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Vivian B Adams Employee Sets the Bar High
Matthew McClellan
If you have ever thought a disability would hold someone back from helping others, then you haven't met J.J. Lightel. "I was born clinically dead- oxygen deprivation," he explains. "After I was revived, the doctors told my mother I would basically be in a vegetative state." Lightel was not supposed to walk or talk, much less drive a car, have a relationship or be able to work a job. Lightel says his mom didn't listen to those doctors. "She worked with me for a long time. She believed that I would be able to do all of those things. I'm thankful to God," Lightel says. Today, at 34 years old, he is a teacher's assistant at Vivian B. Adams School in Ozark. Cindi Miles, an intellectual disabilities coordinator at the school, says having Lightel on staff brings an added compatibility with the students. He spends 25 hours every week working with children and adults with developmental disabilities. "It's really fulfilling, being able to give back," says Lightel, who was once a student at Adams. Giving back doesn't end with academics and skills teaching. When he sits down to play the piano, everyone in the room stops to listen. For Lightel the piano is a way to relax, unwind and entertain others. He says he hopes to show others that no matter your limitations, there is always a way to lend a hand. "We're really not that different. We're just like everyone else. We may just need a little help, a little more time, a small push. says Lightel. "Give us a chance. Let us prove what we can do." With every high-five, every smile and word of encouragement, Lightel is proving that everyone can make a difference in someone's life.
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(January 25, 2012: Ripley, WV 25271) The Ripley Vikings basketball team (Ripley, WV), was nudged 43-41 in Wednesday's league battle with the visiting Princeton Tigers (Princeton, WV)
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DescriptionAFL Premiership 2005 is based off the Australian Rules Football game that is quite popular in southern parts of Australia. Based off the official rules and has full licensing from the AFL board. It is a mixture of a few sports, originally developed by a Australian Cricket Coach who wanted to keep his team fit in the off season. It is mainly played throughout the state of Victoria but has now gotten a following in other states.
The game includes all the 16 teams, 692 AFL players with stats and 8 of the stadiums. The game also includes support for the Cameo Eyetoy (PS2 version) that will allow the player to put his/her head into the game on top of one of the players. Full multiplayer gameplay is supported, using Gamespy for online play, or using the Multi-tap you can have up to 4 players. The PS2 version also comes with a bonus "100 Years of Australian Football" DVD.
The later released Xbox and PC versions do not contain the DVD, but because of the later release changes from the AFL draft have been implemented, even though the overall team score has not been updated.
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Your blog is fun and so well done. I loved seeing your house as I'm living in a ranch too. Our kitchen and bath are close to the same layout. Typical of the era and I recall many posts both here and elsewhere asking for ideas on our layouts.
The blackboard idea has been located in both my kitchen and bath. In my last home I hated the black fridge and bought one large enough to cover the front, then framed it in a chrome framing kit. Used Scrabble board tile holders for the chalk and eraser. Kids and adults seem to enjoy leaving funny messages and drawing pics. I always hate erasing their creations, just leave them alone until someone becomes creative again and changes whatever was there.
You had quite an adventure getting into your home. It is wonderful, especially the enclosed back porch. And the surroundings too.
Applauds for posting pics...from someone who is still shy in doing so. I posted some comments on your blog.
The chalk board and huge fridge went to my daughter when moving into my smaller home. I put magnet tape on back to attach on door. The hobby stores have metal frame kits in many sizes which are easy to put together and are light.
I did spray the door of the shed with chalk board paint, the grand kids can still play. This paint is great stuff, seems to go on anything. Thinking about spraying on one side of an island or even a lower cupboard door. Still using the Scrabble tile holder for chalk, it was meant to be.
The other chalkboard was an old Coca Cola sign from a soda fountain/drug store. I had collected Coca Cola antiques and decorated a half bath with them. Long gone now, for the sake of dusting I opted out of antique furniture and accessories. A couple pieces still exist with memories attached.


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KitchenAid KBLS22KWMS refrigerator?
Does anyone have any experience with the KitchenAid bottom freezer 22cuft fridge KBLS22KWMS? I've only come across a few reviews and they are from 2011. Wondering if it's just old stock or no one has anything to say.
On a quick check it seems to be a Canadian model. Often they put a different number on essentially the same model, so that may be why you are having trouble finding reviews on it. Doesn't say it is discontinued at the Canadian site.
Kitchenaid is Whirlpool and are good fridges. Consumer Reports indicates frequency of repair is one of the best. It looks like an ice cube maker is optional. Most repairs for fridges are for the icemaker not the fridge.
I would suggest if it has the features you want and is priced right it should be fine. You may want to compare it to others with the Whirlpool name on it, or Kenmore which is probably Whirlpool also.
Yes, Kenmore is not always Whirlpool. It changes with appliances, and also over time. Sears doesn't try to make it a big secret anymore, and will tell you if you ask. Also, using the link below and the model number prefix is supposed to identify who is the manufacturer.
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Laundry Room Before & After
After coming out of a home remodel, my laundry area in the garage became a dumping ground and was seriously neglected. Not anymore!
I was inspired by this laundry room picture I found online at Country Living. I wish mine could look this inviting.
Brace yourself for the before picture. Of course, showing this photo is entirely embarrassing, but look how far I have come in getting in cleaned out and organized! I took the picture right in the middle of clearing it out. What a mess! No wonder I hated doing the laundry. Sheesh!
Are you sitting down?
The dryer will be pushed back against the wall.
I'm still trying to figure out what my accent color will be. I think I am going to add some faux shutters in a a blue shade.
I'm also considering a curtain over where the pipes show up behind the washer. Then again, I sort of like seeing the pipes.
And I am also playing with accessories right now.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
That is fabulous! Now you can be MY inspiration. I spent some time this weekend cleaning out the cabinets above my washer. Ugh, how do we accumlate so much stuff? Love your shelves, baskets, table - great paint, too. Thanks for posting, time for me to get busy...
Wow, what a lovely job you did. As for an accent color, blue, red, black, lime green. Any color would go with the yellow. It's lovely. If you don't want to cover the pipes, just slap some white paint on them and they'll dissappear into the wall. I can't tell from this view but it appears the shelf comes past the top of the washer, is that right? If so, I don't think a little curtain would look quite right. If it lined up or was further back from the top of the washer, then I'd say yes.
That looks great and makes a great point.
Less is more.
In my laundry room--not perfect but has some space--I have found it is SO easy to let stuff creep up on the counters and appliance tops. Seems convenient to have some things there. But, it really contributes to the visual clutter and you lose the serenity. Just like the kitchen!
It is easy to keep more stuff than I need and then find that it makes it just a bit harder to put stuff away if cabinets are too full, or I added "just one more" organizer or whatever. So I have to keep weeding and discarding.
Yay for you!
That's definitely as inviting as the before. (you even got a fan, I see!)
I agree, just paint those pipes white and ignore them. I barely noticed them in the first place; if they were white, no one would ever see.
Are you going to put the hanging rod on the left back in?
it's really useful, I bet, but it does make that area a bit choked looking.
Could you switch to something like this?
Hang 'n Hide Folding Laundry Rack at StacksAndStacks.com
Or this?
Hanger Holder from StacksAndStacks.com
Or this:
If you mounted it closer to the cabinets, that would free up the air over the washer, and it would perhaps encourage you not to accumulate stuff. Plus, the cabinet would block most of the view from the outside.
I'm so jealous of your cabinets--and that open shelving is handy, esp. now that it looks like you're wrestled it into submission and shown it who is boss (do you feel very authoritative now? you should!).
And that shelf over the washer & dryer, which is like the one in the pic, is going to be really, really useful, I predict.
And isn't it amazing what a HUGE different it makes simply to get the drywall taped and painted?
Thanks so VERY much for being brave enough to show us the before, and generous enough to show us the after.
Thank you so much for the accent color suggestions. Also, thank you for the "no-curtain" suggestion. I am going to add some paint to the pipes to have them blend in a little. I am becoming fond of those pipes for some reason, LOL.
You are so right with the "less is more" motto. It's a constant battle to keep the clutter away. Glad to hear I am not the only that has the stuff "creeping in", LOL. Thank you for your comments.
Thank you so very much! I'm feeling good about my accomplishment and more importantly, I WANT to do laundry out there. Thank you again.
You are correct about that hanging rod making the space choked looking, especially after I fill it half full. Your suggestions for a simpler hanging rod are brilliant! The "wrestling it into submission" comment made me almost fall out of my chair with laughter! It definitely felt that way at times. Thank you so very much for your suggestions and compliments!
I hope I was able to provide some inspiration/motivation. Thank you so much for your compliments!
Since this post, I added a little vintage AM radio that works, so now I can listen to something while I am out there working. I will post a picture soon, the radio is so cute and vintage, and it WORKS!
Thank you all again for your kind words and encouragement!
I am supposed to organize my laundry room this weekend - DH has been after me for a while! It looks very close to your 'before' picture. Thanks for posting the before and after. Now I have a picture in my mind to aspire for my 'after'. :)
I think it would be best if you put a color theme that matches the laundry area which represents the freshness of the place.


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The invention relates to an improved sealing head for sealing a cover made of a foil material onto a packaging container, in particular a plastic cup. The sealing operation is carried out by means of a heatable sealing head. This sealing head includes an insulating body which provides for the compensation of form and position deviation between the sealing head and the plastic cups which are to be sealed. This insulating body simultaneously provides for the thermal insulation between the sealing head, on the one hand, and the drive arrangement, on the other hand. Thereby a flaw-free sealing is achieved and any down-times due to malfunctioning of the arrangement are substantially reduced.
1. A device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, by means of a heatable sealing head, comprising a formatted part operatively mounted on said sealing head, a driving mechanism reciprocally slidably mounted in said device for moving said sealing head toward plastic cup, a compensation mechanism having at least one thermal insulating element having a heat resistance of at least 240� C. being operatively mounted in said device between said driving mechanism and said heatable sealing head and being operatively connected to both, said compensation mechanism and said insulating element are formed by an insulating body having opposite axial ends, one of said ends is connected to said sealing head and the other end is connected to said driving mechanism.
2. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said insulating body includes a middle support part of reduced diameter and two opposite end receiving parts, one of said end receiving parts is coaxially connected to said sealing head and the other end receiving part is coaxially connected to said driving mechanism.
3. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said insulating body is constructed as a unitary one-piece body.
4. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said insulating body has a middle support part which is shaft-shaped and the opposite end receiving parts are plate-shaped.
5. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 4, wherein said insulating body is made of synthetic material.
6. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said synthetic material is an amide-imide-polymer.
7. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said insulating body is made of synthetic injection molded material.
8. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said insulating body includes a plurality of parts.
9. The device for sealing packaging containers, in particular plastic cups, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said insulating body includes two round parts which are detachably coaxially connected to each other, said two round parts are in the shape of two round plates, each plate includes an axial bore and a rod is fittingly respectively mounted in each coaxial bore of said two receiving plates.
The invention relates to an arrangement for sealing foil covers onto packaging containers, particularly plastic cups by means of a heatable sealing head which supports a formatting part. This sealing head includes a driving mechanism for reciprocally moving the sealing head in the direction of the packaging container. The arrangement also includes a compensation mechanism which is mounted between the sealing head and the driving mechanism and which includes at least one thermal insulating element.
Sealing arrangements of the aforedescribed type are used in many ways in the packaging industry, e.g., they are used in conjunction with plastic cups or deep drawn packages which are sealed by means of aluminum foil covers. In such an arrangement, the sealing lacquer is applied to the aluminum foil, and the foil cover is, by means of pressure and heat, securely joined to the top edge so as to form a tightly sealed joint between the aluminum foil cover and the plastic cup edge. A flaw-free sealing and thereby a tight seal of the plastic cup, respectively deep-drawn package, is, however, only then provided when a uniform pressure distribution is present during the sealing operation.
This result can only be achieved when the sealing head, respectively the formatting member connected thereto, on the one hand, and the packaging container, respectively plastic cup, on the other hand, are precisely mutually aligned in the actuating direction as well as in elevation. These two parts must be mutually coordinated with each other. As a result of unavoidable dimension deviations with packages and plastic cups and the transport mechanism which feeds them to the sealing station, such as, e.g., a cellular sheet metal member or a round table, more or less large form and weight deviations occur, which, relative to the sealing head, must be compensated. A sealing arrangement, which has become well known in the art, provides for an axial compensation by means of a spherical head and a spherical cup which is arranged between the sealing means, on the one hand, and the driving mechanism on the other hand. Such an arrangement also includes prestressed springs arranged between the two parts that are to be actually compensated. The required elevation compensation is achieved with the coil springs mounted in the drive member. Such a compensation mechanism requires a total of nearly thirty individual parts, in order to furnish the required axial and elevation compensation. To this must be added that, despite the arrangement of a plurality of thermal insulating elements, a relatively high heat loss occurs by radiation from the sealing head which operates at a temperature of 280� C. Thereby the spherical head and spherical cup are exposed to a relatively hot zone and are therefore highly thermally loaded. The incomplete thermal insulation between the sealing head and the drive mechanism requires also particular care during maintenance. It has been attempted to maintain the parts forming the assembly during the heating within supportable limits by means of water cooling. However, there is a relatively small constructional space available for such cooling, so that the cooling effect is limited. In no case is it possible, due to the required connection between the sealing head and the compensation mechanism, to provide an inner cooling of the sealing head
It is an object of this invention to provide a suitable arrangement of the aforedescribed type for sealing of foil covers on packaging containers, in particular plastic cups. The arrangement of the invention is capable of producing packaging containers, respectively plastic cups, in an inexpensive and simple manner by providing a compensation mechanism that provides for a thermal insulation which affects the form and positioning deviations received by the compensation mechanism by providing a flaw-free sealing and a preponderantly malfunction-free operation of the device.
This object is obtained by means of the arrangement of the invention in that the compensation mechanism and the insulating elements are formed by means of a common insulating body. The arrangement of this invention makes it possible to obtain, by means of a single structural element, the required axial compensation and length, respectively elevation compensation, and the insulation in an optimum manner. Besides obtaining a reduction of the heretofore required individual parts from nearly thirty into a single construction element, there results, by means of the optimum insulation from a temperature range of 220�-280� to 30�, the possibility to construct the entire arrangement in a much simpler manner.
This object is essentially effected by the fact that the insulating body has a middle support part and two receiving parts disposed at opposite ends, one of which is joined to the sealing head and the other is joined to the driving mechanism. The insulating body can be made unitary, i.e., in one piece, e.g. by means of an injection moulding process. This insulating body is in cross-section substantially double-T-shaped, whereby the middle support part is in the form of a shaft and the receiving parts are in the form of plates. The material for the insulating body most suitable is a synthetic material, preferable an amide-imide-polymer.
The insulation body can also be made of a plurality of parts, e.g., of parts consisting of two receiving plates which are formed by round parts and a middle round rod which, by means of a shrink-fit, is pushed into coaxial bores of the round parts. Summarizing, the insulating body is constructed in such a way, e.g., by means of a relatively large diameter, so that the receiving plate which is arranged on the drive mechanism has, relative to the length of the support part, a substantially larger heat loss producing surface, than the corresponding tranfer cross-section. There is therefore achieved a reduction of the average temperature of the sealing head from 240� to 30� C. in conjunction with the good insulation coefficient of the polymer in the region of the drive mechanism.
The shaping of the receiving portion of the drive mechanism in the form of a plate improves the spring-properties of the material and unburdens, by means of the improved stress distribution, the plug connection between the support part and the receiving parts. The receiving plate, which is arranged on the sealing head, which is selected in dependency of the format of the plastic cup, respectively packages, which are to be produced, is directly joined with the rear side of the sealing head and thereby is not available as a spring element.
The shaft-like construction of the middle support part of the insulating body makes possible, as a result of being bent through, a lateral deviation of the sealing, respectively a skewed position relative to the axis of movement up to 4�. During testing, the support part was bent 8� under pressure of 300 Kp several times without its functioning being inhibited in any way.
Since only machine turned parts are used for the insulating body, a simple manufacture is not only possible, but also considerable savings in costs and in mounting time result. Thereby there is achieved a significant simplification of the construction of the compensation mechanism which has as a consequence that no malfunction disturbances occur due to one part. Moreover, lubrication and down-time are eliminated. Since, moreover, no significant heating of the drive mechanism occurs, a water cooling by means of the pertinent conduits, pumps and controls is completely eliminated. The inventive arrangement provides a very simple construction, which also makes for a better connection between the sealing head and the insulation body proper.
With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood, in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 shows the sealing head mounting of a single, non-illustrated sealing station of a packaging machine is shown in a side elevational, partially cross-sectional view.
FIG. 2 is a similar view of an alternative embodiment.
There is illustrated in the single Figure of the drawing a sealing station of a packaging machine which is designated with the reference number 1. The sealing installation includes a sealing head 2 which is adapted to be heated to a temperature of about 240� C. A formatting part 4 is secured to one side by means of a plurality of bolts 3. Underneath the formatting part 4 there is disposed a transport chain, e.g., a sheet metal member 5 having a plurality of cells in which there are suspended plastic cups 6. In order to give the plastic cups 6 in the cellular member 5 a precisely centered seating an insert ring 10 is provided in the cellular sheet metal member 5. With the aid of the sealing head, an aluminum foil cover sheet 7 can be sealed onto the edge of the cup in a manner which will be described in detail hereinafter. Thereby a tight sealing of the cup is achieved. The formatting part has a recess 9 surrounded by a sealing edge 8, from which recess 9 a central opening 11 extends into the inner chamber 12 of the sealing head 2, in order to achieve during the sealing operation air compensation.
There is mounted on the sealing head 2 an insulation element 13 on the opposite side from the side on which the formatting part 4 is mounted on the sealing head 2. This insulation element 13 is, e.g., made of amide-imide-polymer, and is formed in the illustrated example of three parts, i.e., a middle part 14, which has a shaft-like shape, and two opposite end receiving parts 15 and 16, which are secured to the middle support part 14. The support part 14 has a narrow middle region 17 and its two opposite cone-shaped ends are shrink-fittingly mounted in corresponding bores of the receiving parts 15 and 16. The receiving part 15 is constructed as a receiving plate and is firmly secured to the sealing head 2 by means of threaded bolts 18. On the opposite side, the receiving part, respectively the receiving plate 16, is secured by means of threaded bolts 19 to the support plate 21. The support plate 21 forms part of a driving arrangement which is not illustrated in detail. The support plate 21 is provided with a central axial support shaft 22 which is slidably mounted in a bushing 23 of a guide element 24. The receiving plate 16 has on opposite sides annular grooves 25 and 26 disposed between the outer edges thereof and the middle shaft regions. These annular grooves 25 and 26 make for a better spring-mounting and adaptation to form and support deviations between the drive mechanism, on the one hand, and the sealing head, on the other hand. For the same reason, the support plate 21 has a circular border flange 27 which is aligned with its inner radial edge with the outer radial edge of the inner groove 25 to thereby define a chamber 28 between the support plate 21 and the receiving plate 16.
The plastic cups 6 are transported by means of the cellular sheet metal member 5 in synchronization with the other operations of the packaging machine in one or a plurality of juxtaposed rows to the sealing station of the packaging machine. There is applied from a non-illustrated feed station aluminum foil cover 7 to the upper side of the plastic cup 6, and by the action of pressure and heat applied via the sealing head 2, respectively the formatting part 3, the cup edge 8 is air-tightly sealed with cover foil 7. For this purpose, the suspended sealing head is moved downwardly onto the plastic cup 6. Any form and position deviations that may appear with respect to the sealing head which is to be aligned with the plastic cup 6 is compensated via the insulating body 13. This is achieved by elastically mounting the receiving plate 16, and the middle portion 14 is bent through and, if need occurs, assumes a skewed position relative to the axis of movement. By means of this compensation, there is provided a flaw-free sealing whereby simultaneously there is secured by means of the insulation body 13 that the heat is drained off in an optimum manner. In this way, the heat of 240� C. in the sealing head 2 is reduced in the drive mechanism to 30� C.
It is, of course, understood that the invention is not limited to the single illustrated embodiment but can, within the spirit of the scope of the claims be considerably revised, e.g., the insulation body 13 can be made in one piece, e.g., by injection moulding. In principle, the arrangement of the invention can also be used in cases when a ring-seal is not provided but, e.g., a point-sealing occurs.
While we have disclosed one embodiment of the present invention, it is to be understood that this embodiment is given by example only and not in a limiting sense.
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Time will tell whether the U.S. House Republican leadership is able to coax the party's just-say-no backbenchers to support a rational approach to immigration policy, one that includes permanent deportation relief for millions of illegal immigrants. Still, the "standards" for reform unveiled Thursday by House Speaker John Boehner's office are an auspicious sign that the GOP establishment is trying to assert control on the issue and advance prospects for a workable deal. In Washington's relentlessly dreary political landscape, that counts as a heartening signal of progress.
If anything, the immigration status quo, and the Republicans' insistence until now on impeding sensible solutions, poses the direst threat to the GOP's long-term electoral prospects. Self-preservation lies at the core of the leadership's move toward a compromise that would resolve the plight of 11 million illegal immigrants. Yet until now the rank-and-file hasn't recognized it.
Just three years ago, House Republicans, by a margin of 160-8, voted against the Dream Act, which would grant legal status to those brought to this country illegally as children. Now the GOP leadership's statement of principles includes this sentence: "It is time to provide an opportunity for legal residence and citizenship for those who were brought to this country as children through no fault of their own, those who know no other place as home." That is a revolutionary step forward.
In a similar vein, Boehner's immigration encyclical holds out the promise that Republicans, so long enamoured of self-deportation and harassment for undocumented immigrants through such draconian laws as those enacted in Arizona and Alabama, are now ready to grant them legal status — though no "special path" to citizenship. This, too, is a breakthrough, and it provides a chance for a middle-ground compromise that would materially improve the lives of millions now living in the shadows.
Getting the details right will be a make-or-break exercise. If Republicans insist on holding legal status for illegal immigrants hostage to unachievable enforcement or border security goals, the deal will (and should) die. The plain fact is that enforcement, in the form of dragnet deportations and border security, as measured by boots on the ground and illegal crossings, have never been tighter. Americans will recognize the distinction between reasonable new safeguards and GOP pretexts that block long-term solutions.
Some Democrats and immigrants' rights groups will not easily give way on pressing for some eventual pathway to citizenship. They are right that it is anathema to American values to create what would amount to a second-class caste — unable to vote, serve on juries or enjoy the full range of privileges of citizenship. And some Republicans will still scream "amnesty!" at any new legal regime that stops short of deporting millions of undocumented workers and their families, whatever the economic and humanitarian consequences.
For nearly a decade, common-sense attempts to strike a deal on immigration reform have failed repeatedly, largely as a result of Republican obstructionism. The party's intransigence has inflicted damage on its electoral standing with Hispanics and on the U.S. economy. Republican leaders are now acknowledging as much. And President Barack Obama, who suggested in an interview that aired Friday that he might be open to a blueprint that includes legal status short of citizenship for illegal immigrants, is wisely suggesting that he, too, is prepared to compromise.
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I just bought some Cascade from LHBS and they are listed as 7.6AA on the package. They are still brand new in the package, but they say 2008 crop on them. They are whole leaf kind. Will I need to adjust the amount I use in a recipe since they are a year old? The recipe calls 1oz of pellet Cascades at 5.5AA, so it looks like I have some math to do
Also, on an unrelated note, im just about to bottle my lager thats been lagering for like 2 months now after a 1 month primary, so Im going to add some yeast at bottling to help it carb up faster. I was thinking about just rehydrating 1/4 packet of notty and mixing it in well in the bottle bucket. Is this the right process?
When I plug this into beersmith, it says that the hops have lost almost everything at this point, assuming that they were kept on the store shelves at 68F. But beersmith does not have an option for new hops, I think that it just means ones that people have repackaged.
No one knows? I just opened them and they still smell fine, like any other cascade ive smelled.
this was posted by superior brew in an older thread.
use the google search under the search function "hop storage life" to bring up the complete thread.
from superior brew:
I just ran some Cascade thru Beersmith's Hop Age feature:Vacuum packed 0º
0 months 6.9%
12 months 6.11%
24 months 5.42%
36 months 4.8%
48 months 4.25%
60 months 3.77%Poly Bag 0º
0 months 6.9%
12 months 5.42%
24 months 4.25%
36 months 3.34%
48 months 2.62%
60 months 2.06%
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It's hard to say really. With leaf hops there is prolly some degradation. With pellets kept cold and without O2, not so sure. I brewed an APA once with some at least 18 month old Centennial pellets that were marked as being 13% AA. I used the beersmith hop age calculator and it figured them at 9%. I adjusted appropriately. Guess what happened? A way over bittered APA.
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hey rod, how bout a link to that tread you're quoting? Tried the search and i'm not seeing it in the first page... and i'm too lazy to look further than that....
brewing lots, rather not keep it all updated here
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Poems about christmas. You can read the best christmas poems. Browse through all christmas poems.
85.Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Shoppers, and
Poor women and poor men
With wallets
And without.
Merry Christmas
Whoever is in his or her little cell,
Little box,
In jail for a day
Or for life
For whatever reason.
Merry Christmas
Merry past Christmas
Merry present Christmas
Merry future Christmas
Without exception,
Or exclusion.
Merry Christmas
people from
Or another galaxy.
Merry Christmas
new born,
Children who are left behind,
And future humanity.
Merry Christmas
Street's poets,
Merry Christmas
Low-wage happy faces,
And the running delivery man.
Merry Christmas
Single mothers,
Single fathers,
And lonely adventurer
In the wilderness.
Merry Christmas,
And prairies
Of America.
Merry Christmas,
Who is attached to the past
And who is planning for the future.
Merry Christmas soldier.
Merry Christmas soldier.
Merry Christmas soldier.
Merry Christmas
And firefighter.
Merry Christmas
My friends
My street mates
My Café mates, and
My bus mates.
Merry Christmas
The cheerful,
The antagonistic
The angry
The bored
The one who feels it is not worth it
The one who is almost there
The one who can not make it.
The one who will not make it.
Merry Christmas
Who is sleeping,
And who is dreaming,
Who is on the road,
Who is traveling
Or who is orbiting
Around the planet.
Merry Christmas
And the European:
The first who came
And the last who are trying.
Merry Christmas
The lost and found
Merry Christmas Native America.
Merry Christmas Eileen.
Merry Christmas
America. read more »
86.The Celebration Of Jesus' Birthday
Each year when Christmas comes round,
I sometimes wonder if we really understand what its all about.
We are so busy talking about Santa Claus,
and rushing to the shopping malls, read more »
87.The First Waits
SO, Christmas is here again!--
While the house sleeps, quiet as death, read more »
88.2nd christmas without you!
My little christmas,
with Dad, sister and Brother,
another christmas passes,
still without my mother, read more »
89.A White Christmas
'Twas the night before christmas.
With a blanket of white.
That covered the earth all through the night.
The trees sparkled like diamonds. read more »
90.Christmas is Here
Christmas is here
Christmas is here
Christmas we waited
All this year. read more »
91.Christmas Day
Christmas is so merry, at this special time of year
Christmas is extraordinary, as long as you are here
Inside my heart I'll jump and dance, excited just to see read more »
Have lots of fun
But not much cash
Help a neighbor when in need read more »
93.(Love) From a Snowy Balcony in My Mind
Whether it be a sun-sparkle shine
Or a blizzard bleak grey,
Upon my frozen roses
Springs this Christmas Day, read more »
94.Christmas Magic
Dear, look to the Christmas angel
atop your Christmas tree.
Then all your wishes will come true,
When she smiles down on you. read more »
95.whats Christmas
Christmas isn't about toys
Christmas isn't about money
Christmas is about giving food to the needy
Christmas is about loving your family read more »
96.Christmas Christmas Christmas
Christmas Christmas Christmas
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
it really is amass
with all the friends you know read more »
New Christmas Poems
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- Christmas (Don't Leave Me Lonely), Marcquiese Burrell
- Get Prepared, jayne harris
- Christmas Spirit, cheyenne mccartney
- Christmas Without You, Michael Vestal
- Green Christmas, Saiom Shriver
- Happy Holidays, Randy McClave
- Christmas Night, Randy McClave
- Count Down To Christmas, Karen Lee
- Christmas is For......., Edwina Reizer
- Christmas Time, PHIL WINTER
- Christmas Is The Season of Peace., PHIL WINTER
- 'Christmas', Roxanne Dubarry
- Merry Christmas, SWETA LEENA PANDA
- Merry Christmas To All My Poet Pals!, Stevie Taite
- Festival Haiku - Christmas, john tiong chunghoo
- Christmas is Here, Tirupathi Chandrupatla
- Christmas Spirit, Dorsey Baker
- A Typical Kiwi Christmas...(wooo...bring.., Kaila George
- christmas without you, Muriel Ruth Emerson
- Christmas and Detoxification, Elizabeth Padillo Olesen
- Blue Poetry Christmas Without You, Tommy Laster
- A Christmas To Cherish And To Remember A.., Derek James
- Christmas Time, Geneen Alyssa Meyers
- Beautiful Christmas, Jojo JAC
- Christmas, Christmas, Kathryn King
- Blessings to You on Christmas Eve, Jane Liang
- get prepared [xmas song ], jayne harris
- The Season of Christmas, deanna buendia
- Christmas is Sin, Ebi Robert
- All I Wanted For Christmas, Babbz Rangila
- MERRY CHRISTMAS, Mittur Ramprasad
- Christmas Magic, Cosmic Dreamer
- christmas comes and goes, Esther Obeng
- Let's End This War On Christmas, Louie Vetter
- Chrismas Spirit, akingbehin daniel murphy
- Christmas Christmas Coming, Dorsey Baker
- Christmas, Dorsey Baker
- The Morning of Christmas Day, Dorsey Baker
- Christmas past, Michael Gelb
- Images Of Christmas, Heather Burns
- Christmas, Luke Weinberg
- Our Christmas, Stephen Holland
- The Day of Christmas, Ifeanyi Eze
- Christmas without you, Jorge Rolon
- The Holidays, Rebecca Bell
- Christmas To Me, Mary Louise Mann Gabumpa
- The Greatest Birthday, Udiah (witness to Yah)
- Christmas Everywhere, Phillips Brooks
- Christmas, Sailing home for, jibin joseph
- Christmas, Shae Omani
- Christmas Dreams, Lori Triggs
- This Christmas, Connie Tallada
- IT AIN'T CHRISTMAS, Aldo Kraas
- christmas, cris son.
- Christmas is..., Sophie Shaw
- Its Christmas time, Alyssia Innocent
- Christmas White, Bill Simmons
- A Bloody Christmas, Ramona Thompson
- whats Christmas, Jeffery McNutt
- Christmas day, Kristina Riggs
- Christmas With You, favie erase
- May You Find Love This Cristmas, norman hale
- Christmas Is Coming, norman hale
- What's Christmas?, Dr John Celes
- An Ode to Christmas, Bronti Phillips
- Christmas Blues, David Keig
- Time for Christmas, Shauna Stoltz
- Stoned Christmas Junky, Trade Martin
- Merry Christmas, Atef Ayadi
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Dodo feathers are used for pressing new purple pigments which are used for dying clothes. Iam sorry I can not answer what a dodo egg is for because I have not seen one before
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The dodo egg can only hatch (by itself) so if you want dodos in an area where there isn't any I guess that's what you would use it for. The feather is used as a purple dye on the press bench.
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Dodo birds can spawn in a certain area, sometimes the same area. Randomly, it might lay a dodo egg. You can pick up, eat, or place the egg. When you pick it up, you have a choice of eating it like you would eat regular food or I place it by clicking where u want to put it. If you place it and leaves it alone for a period of time, it will hatch. You can now have a dodo farm! You can do this by leaving the dodos alone and they will lay eggs. The more eggs, the more dodos. If you have five feathers, you can use those with a press and make purple dye. Now you can dye clothes. You can use that dye with a mixing bench and oil and a bucket to make purple paint. Use this paint to paint the walls of your home. You can't paint every block but I don't know which you can and can't. Hope this helped! Happy blocking!!
Answer from: Lily54349
Dear Questioner, Many people say that the dodo egg is only for eating, no it's not! The dodo egg can hatch into a new dodo! But, it will not become a a baby when it's born... I suggest getting all the dodo eggs you can find, than make a shelter for yourself, dig a small room underground, then place the dodo egg in there, you can plant some shrubs or trees so it feels more at home. I think the feathers are for making a purple dye. Hope I helped! Lily54349 P.s : this is my name in game center! =3
Answer from: Krystal
Dodo eggs can hatch new dodos! At first you will see a blue egg and find you can pick it up and place it so if you wanted to make a dodo farm I suggest you make a large area with two block high walls (or doors) and place the eggs down one block space so: space-egg-space because if you don't give them enough space to hatch you will get a feather and raw dodo meat! Happy hatching!!
Answer from: Unknown
Dodo eggs spawn near apple trees. They can be eaten just like other foods; or placed. To place a dodo egg, tap it and tap the ground (like you do with other placable items.) If you want, you can place it in your house! Then you will have a dodo city. Feathers can be used to dye clothes and stuff; when you have 5 of them. They are randomly dropped when a dodo dies.
Answer from: blockheader123
Dodo eggs hatch into dodo birds. You can get a dodo egg when meditating(sometimes). Mostly near apple trees, use an ax (stone or flint) to kill them 2x . Dodo feathers is used to make soft beds, 5 feathers,3 linen and a wooden bed. Hope this helps you!
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As with the above answers, you can use the feather for soft beds, dye and paint. you can use the egg to eat, place and use to make a dodo farm. You should save the eggs and make a little house or stable like egg-space-egg because if you don't, the dodos will kill each other.
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You can also use the feathers to make bows for a bow and arrow and if you have 5 egg you will eventually be able to spawn a fourth person using the portal
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Hi folks. Eliot, Asa, and Ruby are out in the garage working on some sort of wooden box for Asa's Pokemon cards (How is Pokemon still a thing?), and I'm browning sausages — for a Sunday pasta dinner. Yes, it's Monday, but Sunday was a bit rough, and we ended out with Mexican take-out — so the traditional meal — with actual green vegetables — will be tonight.
Ruby slept five for five hours in a row last night and I woke up feeling like I was superwoman. Or a manic depressive in a manic phase… It was a great way to start my coffee taper for the 100 this weekend. I'm drinking just enough coffee to keep the DTs away.
You know when I got a degree in history and then a masters in education — and then the BSN in nursing – and the paramedic certification (#ilikeschool #flighty)… and then taught for NOLS and WMI , I never imagined I'd be coaching ultramarathoners. Not for a moment. And I certainly never saw how these relationships would inform my thoughts and shape my days. It's been a great big blessing. And the whole out-of-left-field nature of it makes me wonder what the rest of this decade will bring. "You know, looking back, I never saw myself as a professional jai alai player…" "Yeah, who would have guessed back then, that Olympic Synchronized Swimming was next for me?" "Liza Howard: America's Hot Dog Queen Looks Back."
Anyhoo. Umstead 100. I will be running eight 12.5 mile loops the day after tomorrow. I have three hours of music loaded on my ipod shuffle, so I figure by the time I hear the Carolina Chocolate Drops' "Cornbread and Butterbeans" for the eighth time, I should be crossing the finish line. Muppets' "Moving Right Along?" Moby's "Run On?" Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer?" I'll let you know which one does it. I really don't have much of a sense for how I'll run out there. I've done some good fast training. And I've done a few good long runs. But I haven't done anything fast and long together. So we'll see how that goes. I'd say I've trained about 70% as much as I need to for this — but 100% as much as I reasonably could and not have Eliot trade me in for a better wife or CPS come and collect the kids. I feel at peace with my lack of perfect training heading into this. Anybody can run 100 miles if they're perfectly trained. Where's the adventure in that? And I'm really excited to be running this particular race. I've heard great things about the North Carolina ultra community. And my friend Alison Bryant is going to be crewing me.
Anyway, I'd best get the breast pump packed and the ipod shuffle charged now. I'm thinking a pump break every other loop. I'll have to recon the discrete pumping locations at the spaghetti dinner on Friday. I refuse to sit in the porta-potty again this race. Refuse.
I wouldn't have been able to do any of the training I have done without Eliot's support and good humor. Imperfect training, but dang near perfect husband. (Eliot's perfection score suffers from his inability to close cupboards.)
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And if I run any fast miles out there, it's due to my running buddy and caffeine dealer, Stefan.
Okay, baby needs a new belt buckle!
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As far as YOUR training, this one seems to have been PERFECT! As your hubz and your friends:) You are going to LOVE Umstead park, NC peeps and you will run awesomely! As far as pump – I wouldn't even bother to step away 5 feet. Don't you follow all that "breastfeeding on public" movement? ESPECIALLY at a trail ultra! Man, we squat in a sheer view! Pump, baby!
Thanks Olga! And if it comes to a choice between the port-o-potty and sharing my impression of Bessie the Milk Cow… Moo.
Can't wait to hear all about it! Thank you for being such an inspiration on so many levels!
Catherine, you would not use the word "inspiration" right now if you were here in San Antonio this morning. Thanks for the kind words. I fell asleep on a pile of work last night, which didn't accomplish much, so I'll have to wait until tonight to get blogging.
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Why AP weapons with the Jem'Hadar set? If you were running Polaron or Tetryon, that would make more sense (because of the Flow Capacitor buff). But, really, the engines are pretty bad.
I'd recommend the Omega deflector and impulse if you want more damage. Or, go with the MACO deflector (for more defense) and an Advanced Fleet Hyper-Impulse engine.
Sorry, can't agree with you at all on that. Although I haven't tried the Advanced Fleet engines yet. I've tried every other set combination over and over. This one does the best. The only place I've seen where the engines really make any difference is in sector space and yes, the Jem'Hadar do lose out there.
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You are going to do less damage than someone who is focused on one energy type. A lot less.
I'd recommend you pick a proc you like and focus on that.
Yes on that part. I wish people would get it through their thick skulls that Rainbow/Technicolor weapons are useless items.


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Hi Brittany, sorry about the crossover of the cleaning maids and your late check out time. Hope you understand that late checkout is a courteous additional time that we work out with guest if we can adjust. However the cleaning time when the maids arrive is out of my control.
As far as the blankets cleaning is concerned, there is a substantial additional cost for cleaned blanket ranges. The cleaning charges I take covers the room cleaning and linens and towel.. If someone is so particular about cleaning the blanket, I will be glad to do that for them but it will be additional cost. Not sure if the washer/dryer in the room will good for cleaning the king size blanket that we have.
Most of the places I have been to even the higher end ones, do not clean the blanket on every day guest checkout, I seem them only changing the linens and plllow cover. so we are not doing any thing different.
Next time when you come let me know if you want your blanket cleaned and we can arrange for it.
Where to begin? We had such a wonderful experience.
Amish was very accommodating. This condo was exactly what we were expecting. The balcony overlooks the beach and he view was amazing.
The resort is centrally located and is near Broadway at the Beach. There are tons of restaurants nearby, and Murrells Inlet is only a 20 minute drive away.
We will definitely stay again.
Thanks Amish
I am a software professional, who is interested in travel, yoga and reading.
Hard to live without a good social structure, without proper trust and relationship with others.
Would like to share the condo that is owned within the family to share with others at a reasonable price so others can enjoy.
Have travelled to India/Australia/New Zealand. Would love to travel to South America and close to US destination
Have enjoyed going to Ruby Falls, TN, Myrtle Beach SC, Natural Bridge VA.