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By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Contributing NFL Editor
(SportsNetwork.com) - If anyone knows the value of a few extra feet, it's the St. Louis Rams and their coach Jeff Fisher.
That was precisely the distance by which the Rams fell short of a season- defining victory on Monday night, when four downs inside the Seattle 5-yard line went for naught in what instead wound up as a frustrating 14-9 loss at the Edward Jones Dome.
It's admittedly been a while, but it was also roughly the same distance by which the Rams clinched the lone world championship in franchise history, by beating their Week 9 opposition -- the Tennessee Titans, who were mentored by Fisher at the time -- in Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
St. Louis enters this year's matchup trying to salvage some positives from Monday's disappointment.
The Rams held Seattle to just 38 total yards in the first half and just 135 overall, bettering its previous best effort of the season, in a Week 7 loss at Carolina, by nearly 150 yards.
Defensive end Robert Quinn sacked Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson three times to boost his conference-best total for the season to 10. He's the second Rams player to reach that number by the season's halfway point and the first to hit double-digits at all since Kevin Greene in 1988.
"He's phenomenal," said fellow end Eugene Sims. "He's got the speed. He's got the inside move. He's got the power. He's one of the best, if not the best. He's something like a superhero."
Quinn and Co. are being leaned on especially heavily in the absence of starting quarterback Sam Bradford, who was lost for the season after injuring his left knee against Carolina. His replacement, ex-New York Jets castoff Kellen Clemens, connected on 15-of-31 passes against Seattle for 158 yards and a pair of interceptions, and got the team within striking distance at the end.
The rally was snuffed when Daryl Richardson was stopped on third-and-goal from the 1-yard line and Clemens misfired on a fourth-down throw to Brian Quick as time expired.
"He managed the game well," Fisher said. "He handled things. He settled down,"
Fisher will face the Titans for the first time since ending a 17-year run with them in 2010.
Clemens is listed as probable for this week with a right shoulder injury, while Richardson is iffy with a foot problem. Also questionable is running back Zac Stacy, who had 134 yards against the Seahawks before leaving with an ankle injury. Guard Harvey Dahl is out after knee surgery.
Stacy's presence is particularly important against the Titans, who are 24th in the league at stopping the run.
"Coach Fisher, he loves that physical type of runner and that's one thing that we all emphasize in the running back room," Stacy said. "We want to bring that physicality out there on the field."
Coming back from an injury is also on the mind of Tennessee quarterback Jake Locker, who'd missed two games with hip and knee problems before returning for the Titans' 31-17 loss to San Francisco in Week 7.
Tennessee was off last week, which gave Locker another few days to get back to his old self.
"He can get that rhythm going that we felt we were getting in on offense that kind of got stripped from us," Titans coach Mike Munchak said. "We've got to get in it fast because we have to win some games. If he can do that this week and get some help from his buddies, we can get ourselves going here."
Locker has 1,047 yards, eight touchdowns and a 61.8 completion percentage in his limited duty this far and had led Tennessee to a 3-1 record before the injuries. In three games since he was dinged up, the Titans have averaged less than 16 points per game and plunged to 27th in the league in total offense. They scored 24.5 per game in the opening four.
Running back Chris Johnson averaged 85.3 yards in his first three games this season, but has managed less than 28 per game since. The Rams allow 116.1 yards rushing per week, 23rd in the league.
"The little details are what's killing us," Locker said. "If you watch all our games, we've moved the football. We've done a good job moving the football getting first downs. But we've had some drives stall out, especially early on."
Go For a Run.
The Titans ran the ball well through the season's first three weeks, which, coincidentally, was the most prolonged success for the team thus far in 2013. Now that big back Shonn Greene has returned to health after injuring his shoulder, he and stalwart Johnson could find holes in a defensive unit that's allowed more than 116 ground yards per game.
Defense with a Twist. The Rams found particular success last week by mixing things up against an injury depleted Seattle offensive line. And while the Titans aren't beaten up to the level that the Seahawks were, they remain vulnerable. If St. Louis can fluster a still rusty Locker with myriad blitzes from different schemes, it might have a chance to limit the Titans enough for Clemens to muster just enough.
There's a case to be made for the Rams to win the game. Their defense was stout last week. The Titans are traveling with a QB who's not been fully healthy since September.
Fisher probably has at least some motivation to beat a former employer. But ultimately, it comes down to Clemens, who's precisely 4-9 in his career as an NFL starter -- with the last win coming in 2009. Enough said.
Sports Network predicted outcome: Titans 23, Rams 17

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Adobe bricks are a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material (sticks, straw, dung), which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun. It is similar to cob and mudbrick. Adobe structures are extremely durable and account for the oldest extant buildings on the planet. In hot climates, compared to wooden buildings, adobe buildings offer significant advantages due to their greater thermal mass, but they are known to be particularly susceptible to seismic damage in an event such as an earthquake.
Buildings made of sun-dried earth are common in the Middle East, North Africa, South America, southwestern North America, and in Spain(usually in the Mudéjar style), also (16th century texas). Adobe had been in use by indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, and the Andean region of South America for several thousand years, although often substantial amounts of stone are used in the walls of Pueblo buildings. (Also, the Pueblo people built their adobe structures with handfuls or basketfuls of adobe, until the Spanish introduced them to the making of bricks.) Adobe brickmaking was imported to Spain in the 16th century by Spaniards who had traveled to Mexico and Peru. Its wide use can be attributed to its simplicity of design and make, and the cheapness thereby in creating it.
A distinction is sometimes made between the smaller adobes, which are about the size of ordinary baked bricks, and the larger adobines, some of which are as much as from one to two yards (2 m) long.
In more modern English usage, the term "adobe" has come to include a style of architecture that is popular in the desert climates of North America, especially in New Mexico. (Compare with stucco).
Bricks are made in an open frame, 25 cm (10 inches) by 36 cm (14 inches) being a reasonable size, but any convenient size is acceptable. The mixture is molded by the frame, and then the frame is removed quickly. After drying a few hours, the bricks are turned on edge to finish drying. Slow drying in shade reduces cracking.
The same mixture to make bricks, without the straw, is used for mortar and often for plaster on interior and exterior walls. Some ancient cultures used lime-based cement for the plaster to protect against rain damage.
The brick's thickness is preferred partially due to its thermal capabilities, and partially due to the stability of a thicker brick versus a more standard size brick. Depending on the form that the mixture is pressed into, adobe can encompass nearly any shape or size, provided drying time is even and the mixture includes reinforcement for larger bricks. Reinforcement can include manure, straw, cement, rebar or wooden posts. Experience has shown that straw, cement, or manure added to a standard adobe mixture can all produce a strong brick. A general testing is done on the soil content first. To do so, a sample of the soil is mixed into a clear container with some water, creating an almost completely saturated liquid. After the jar is sealed the container is shaken vigorously for at least one minute. It is then allowed to sit on a flat surface until the soil sediment has either collected on the bottom or remained a blended liquid. If the sediment collects on the bottom, that indicates there is a high clay content and is good for adobe. If the mixture remains a liquid, then there is little clay in the soil and using it would yield weak bricks.
The largest structure ever made from adobe (bricks) was the Bam Citadel, which suffered serious damage (up to 80%) by an earthquake on December 262003. Other large adobe structures are the Huaca del Sol in Peru, with 100 million signed bricks, the ciudellas of Chan Chan and Tambo Colorado, both in Peru.
An adobe wall can serve as a significant heat reservoir. A south-facing (in the Northern Hemisphere) adobe wall may be left uninsulated to moderate heating and cooling. Ideally, it should be thick enough to remain cool on the inside during the heat of the day but thin enough to transfer heat through the wall during the evening. The exterior of such a wall can be covered with glass to increase heat collection. In a passive solar home, this is called a Trombe wall. Adobe has a relatively dense thermal mass, and is most useful in tropical climates. In temperate climates it is less effective to heat a structure this way due to heat leaching by the ground and walls.
When building an adobe structure, the ground should be compressed because the weight of adobe bricks is significantly greater than a frame house and may cause cracking in the wall. The footing is dug and compressed once again. Footing depth depends on the region and its ground frost level. The footing and stem wall are commonly 24" and 14", much larger than a frame house because of the weight of the walls. Adobe bricks are laid by course. Each course is laid the whole length of the wall, overlapping at the corners on a layer of adobe mortar. Adobe walls usually never rise above 2 stories because they're load bearing and have low structural strength. When placing window and door openings, a lintel is placed on top of the opening to support the bricks above. Within the last courses of brick, bond beams are laid across the top of the bricks to provide a horizontal bearing plate for the roof to distribute the weight more evenly along the wall. To protect the interior and exterior adobe wall, finishes can be applied, such as mud plaster, whitewash or stucco. These finishes protect the adobe wall from water damage, but need to be reapplied periodically, or the walls can be finished with other nontraditional plasters providing longer protection.
More traditional adobe roofs were often flatter than the familiar steeped roof as the native climate yielded more sun and heat than mass amounts of snow or rain that would find use in precipitous roofs. Moisture, however, is often foe to a composite of mud and organic matter, so the introduction of cement is often more common to help ward off any undue water damage. It is at this turn that sense is required before the construction of any adobe is begun, be sure that the location for such a structure is similar to the climate it naturally comes from, that is, a hot, arid climate. Cool and moist climates would do well with moisture precautions planned out.
To raise a flattened adobe roof, beams of wood or metal should be assembled and span the extent of the building. The ends of the beams should then be fixed to the tops of the walls using the builder's preferred choice of attachments. Taking into account the material the beams and walls are made from, choosing the attachments may prove difficult. In combination to the bricks and adobe mortar that are laid across the beams creates an even load-bearing pressure that can last for many years depending on attrition.
Once the beams are laid across the building, it is then time to begin the placing of adobe bricks to create the roof. An adobe roof is often laid with bricks slightly larger in width to ensure a larger expanse is covered when placing the bricks onto the beams. This wider shape also provides the future homeowner with thermal protection enough to stabilize an even temperature through out the year. Following each individual brick should be a layer of adobe mortar, recommended to be at least an inch thick to make certain there is ample strength between the brick's edges and also to provide a relative moisture barrier during the seasons where the arid climate does produce rain.
Adobe roofs can be inherently fire-proof, an attribute well received when the fireplace is kept lit during the cold nights, depending on the materials used. This feature leads the homeowner and builders to begin thinking about the installation of a chimney, a feat regarded as a necessity in any adobe building. The construction of the chimney can also greatly influence the construction of the roof supports, creating an extra need for care in choosing the right materials. An adobe chimney can be made from simple adobe bricks and stacked in similar fashion as the surrounding walls. Basically outline the location and perimeter of the hearth, minding the safety elements common to a fireplace, and begin to stack and mortar the walls with pre-made adobe bricks, cut to size.


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Homecoming 2012 was another big success! So many wonderful alumni came together on campus to see a thrilling Colonials win under the lights and visit with old and new friends at the Reunion Years Reception and in always-buzzing Tailgate Alley.
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Desert Wisdom & Oriental Spirituality : Inner Silence
Led by Joseph Wong OSBPre-Seminar retreat led by Laurence Freeman OSBHong Kong September 16-25, 2013
The practice of Christian meditation taught by John Main can be traced back to the Desert Fathers, in their effort to achieve inner silence and thereby union with God through purity of heart and unceasing prayer. The contemplative-prophetic spirituality of our time is a development from this tradition. Joseph Wong will explore this ancient wisdom, showing its affinity with some Buddhist practices and indicating its contemporary relevance.
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Meditation as an Art of Healing
York St John University
Tuesday 22 May 2012—9:15 am to 5:00 pm
Chair: Professor Peter GilbertKeynote Speaker: Laurence Freeman OSB
The John Main Seminar is an annual event designed to broaden & deepen the teaching of Christian Meditation. It brings together meditators from around the world & those wishing to discover the practice.
Pre-Seminar Retreat
Be Who You areLed by Fr Laurence Freeman OSB / 13th-16th august
The Christian understanding of Jesus as the Word made flesh transforms the way we see our own humanity and also the natural world we are part of. "Nothing that is not against nature is against Christ" (Clement of Alexandria) - this liberating insight has to be more courageously embraced in our own time so that the mystery of Christ can become fully transformative. But this is not only a theological project. It begins - and finds its culmination - at the deeply personal level of experience. And this is why meditation in our own tradition is such a blessing and necessity - it opens us to the mystery of the inner Christ and to the cosmic Christ simultaneously. Our daily meditation leads us to self-knowledge and also gives us new words with which to understand and communicat the Word itself.
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For further info and registrations download the PDF Flyer HERE
The John Main Seminar is a major event of the World Community hosted annually in different countries. In 2011 it was led by the English Dominican Timothy Radcliffe and hosted by the Irish Christian Meditation Community. The pre-Seminar retreat was led by Fr Laurence on "Fruits of Crisis".
For more information on the Seminar theme and the speaker visit: www.jms11.com.
320 meditators from 22 countries participated. Below, there are comments from some of the participants and the gallery of the seminar. Medio Media will be publishing the talks of the seminar shortly.
The John Main Seminar is an annual event led by a presenter of global stature that brings together Christian meditators into dialogue with other groups and communities.
The next John Main Seminar, in 2011, will be led by Timothy Radcliffe OP and hosted by the Irish Christian Meditation Community in Cork city. Visit the link below:
2011 - "ALIVE IN CHRIST" led by Timothy Radcliffe OP in Cork, Ireland 11-14 August 2011 | University College Cork, Ireland
2010 - "The Shape of God's Affection" led by James AlisonAugust 5th to 8th, 2010 - University of Kent, Canterbury, England


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The (northern) winter sale, Bakó says, will run from December 20 to January 4. Just in case you don't spend enough money on Christmas gifts and Steam games this week.
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Let's not kid ourselves; the fine art of cylinder head porting, along with trick engine-building techniques, can go a long way with closed-course competition applications. However, for the average do-it-yourselfer who wants big numbers, whether it's on the dyno or at the track, we can take solace knowing that today's manufacturers are producing components that will transform any weekend engine builder into a local hero. That's right; we're talking about a level of performance that was until recently reserved for those with deep pockets.
The recipe is simple: Start with a solid foundation, be it a mild or big cubic-inch stroker assembly and then add the induction of your choice. Given the caliber of cylinder heads and power adders available, it's only a matter of deciding how far you want to go. In our case, we wanted to put together a blow-through supercharger combination that was mild enough for cruise nights yet powerful enough to throw down numbers on any given test and tune session.
This month's featured combination is the first of a two-part series showing just how radical you can get. For the first rendition, we started with a standard 9.8-inch deck Dart Big M block; Dart built a limited supply of complete short-blocks as a test program and we were fortunate enough to get our hands on one. Don't fret, even though this came to us complete, the internals are widely available from most speed shops. Inside, the rotating assembly consists of a forged Eagle Specialties 4.00-inch crankshaft, and forged Engine Pro 6.385-inch rods with Keith Black flat-top pistons.
Working our way up, we wanted a set of heavy breathers that would support upper-level horsepower while being able to evacuate the spent gases in a hurry. Our cylinder heads of choice were the Brodix BB-3 Xtras with its line of HV 2000 intake manifold. For the power adder, we went with Vortech's Ysi supercharger and relied on our trusty Holley 750hp carburetor that's been modified by The Carb Shop. At the center of our creation, we have a custom-grind COMP bumpstick, including a complete COMP valvetrain. With everything in check, our 454ci produced 2.1 hp/ci, translating into 965 hp and 877 lb-ft! It's impressive to say the least, so follow along and see what it takes to replicate the combination for yourself.
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If you're looking for Greg Heald to take credit for saving a little girl's life, you're going to have to wait a very long time.
Heald, a general maintenance worker for Indyne, thinks everyone is blowing his role in the rescue of an 8-year-old girl out of proportion.
"She just happened to find me," said Heald, who is on a temporary assignment duty to Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. "I'm just glad she's OK."
Heald was in his truck watching a fence line Friday night when the child approached him. It was dark and cold, with temperatures well below zero.
"She had four to five ice crystals hanging off the right side of her face," the Niceville father of four said. "She was wearing a mask and all, but still pretty brutal looking."
He put her in the truck and drove her to the guard gate, where he learned they'd been looking for her for several hours. The child told Heald that she had gotten in an argument with her parents after school and had run away from home.
Security police told him she'd walked about four miles. Heald guessed she'd been out in the elements for hours.
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Back in Florida, his father, Jim Heald, called what his son did "amazing" and choked up talking about Greg's role in her rescue.
"It was the right place at the right time," said Jim, who is the general manager at InDyne. "Not only am I a proud Dad, I'm also very proud because he's one of my employees."
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August 2013
How Railroads Changed American Culture at the Museum of Anthropology
Saturday, Aug 03 - 10:00AM to 4:00PM
144 years ago, officials of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met at the Golden Spike site 32 miles northwest of Brigham City to drive four symbolic spikes which marked the completion of the first American transcontinental railroad. An illustrated lecture at 1 p.m. at USU's Museum of Antropology explores how railroads changed American culture in the 19th century, and how many communities around the country are now transforming old railways. Throughout the day, kids can design their own trains. The museum is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and admission is always FREE!
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Well done stripey.
I liked Bang too Pip.
I do hope we get to find out who wrote all the stories. I admit I didnt vote early on as I loved too many of them as much as each other. I look forward to rereading them with the authors name attached.
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Vintage Buoy Table Lamp Base Blue
Brightly painted bobbing wood buoys were once a happy sight for lobster fisherman, as they indicated the location of the crew's lobster pot. Our lamp was inspired by a vintage original, sporting the same classic shape and weathered paint of the original.
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People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as paper, cotton clothes and food — you'd be amazed how much water it takes to make a single hamburger. Or the beer you might drink with it.
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A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 15-1), is
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Barbie® doll's gypsy-inspired vested dress featured a long-sleeved bodice with a high collar, long raglan sleeves, and elasticized cuffs. The full skirt featured a border of the same fabric, sewn horizontally. A red vest was trimmed in black looped braid, as were the border and the sleeves of the dress. Red trim also accented the sleeves. A velvety black waistband and tie accented the waist. Shown are two fabric combinations: yellow print (like #2218) with a colorful floral stripe, and a solid golden yellow bodice with a predominantly red, white, blue, and green floral stripe. All of the fabrics were woven.
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Jerry and Luke Shumard's 1962 Chevy II has been a stellar drag car since almost day one. This story began 25 years ago when Luke's dad, Jerry, bought the Chevy II racer with 396 rat power under the hood. Painted a heavily oxidized reddish-orange, Jerry decided he'd call the deuce "Tomato Can" because it looked like it'd been kicked around a lot. In short order, the bottom end was repaired, and the Tomato Can commenced to win many NHRA Division Seven e.t. bracket races, including the very first Division Seven S/ST race at Orange County International Raceway, plus the Division Seven e.t. Finals at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. As a result, the Tomato Can was featured in Super Chevy magazine. Jerry, by the way, is also remembered for his Super Pro/Super Gas '62 Bel Air, which was a big winner going way back to the '68 AHRA World Finals at Lions Drag Strip. It too graced not only Super Chevy's pages, but its cover, too. Wishing to go modern in the sheetmetal department, Jerry sold the coveted Bel Air, then built a late-'80s Super Gas Camaro. Super Chevy followed that complete buildup, too. It also won big-including the NHRA World Finals at Pomona. This car was in the national top 10 rankings in NHRA S/G points, finishing 10th one season and second another! All during this time, sitting idle in his garage was the multi-winner Chevy II, the Tomato Can.
Enter Luke, the youngest son of three, who inherited his father's mechanical and driving skills and more. He began drag racing at age 15 in 1989. In '97 and '98, he was the NHRA Division Seven Super Comp champion. In '98 and '99, he was the Jeg's All Star Super Comp champion. In '98, he was the NHRA Division Seven "Driver of the Year." In the NHRA Super Comp points race, he finished third in '97 and eighth in '98.
Then, early in the new millennium, Luke met a nice gal named Nancy. They tied the knot in 2003. Like most of us, Luke graciously traded in his drag racing hobby/career for a home for his new family. By '04, his new job and home were all locked in. Luke was content. But Nancy and step-daughter Sarah weren't. You see, Nancy had been quietly mentioning to Luke that he ought to get back into drag racing. Young Sarah (age 8) kept asking, "Daddy, when are we going racing again?" Luke had already won everything he was capable of winning in sportsman drag racing. He also knew that he not only needed a tow truck, but a fifth-wheel trailer with living quarters, plus tools, a pit bike-you name it. Oh yeah, he also needed a race car! For months, the Shumards scoured the NHRA National Dragster classifieds and finally spotted a trailer in a North Central state that fit their bill and budget. Good deals on trucks capable of towing 15-19,000 pounds were everywhere-locally.
But what about a Chevy race car? Jerry had recently sold his business and semi-retired by accepting a position selling brand-new log cabin homes. Sitting forlorn in his garage was the Tomato Can Chevy II. Luke knew it well. He actually won the first Super Street race he ever entered in it. He went on to finish second in Super Street Division Seven points, then took runner-up at the Jeg's All Star race in Columbus, Ohio. With all this in mind, he knew it needed a complete checkup, checkout, and probable redo. Over the last 25 years, it had been front-halved, back-halved, and fitted with various big-block and small-block Chevy powerplants. To size things up, Luke turned to Mike Bolden at Helix Motorsports in La Mesa, California.
Bolden felt the car needed to be re-wired, re-plumbed, and re-braked. To be Super Street legal, 300 pounds also needed to be added. After Bolden performed his magic, the Tomato Can was trailered to Don and Todd Barton's shop in Norwalk, California, for some bodywork and new paint. Don has owned the most colorful '55 Chevy drag car on the planet, so much so that it won Best Appearing Car at the NHRA World Finals. Friend Eric Reyes came up with a new paint scheme, and the Bartons carried it out to perfection. After four previous decades of quarter-mile competition, the Tomato Can never looked so good.


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Life has been manic lately. Trying to find the time to site down at the computer without someone telling they need a wee, or a drink, or so and so has taken there toy has become tough. I have also had lots of work commitments on top of a husband that has taken on extra work, so for the last four weeks I have had kids seven days a week and no break (an this week will make three!). I only tell you this because I have not stopped by for a few weeks and have missed the glamour and adult company that is Freya Fitting Talk.
So my last break was four weeks ago when I attended another conference in London. This one was aimed more at the Mummy market but had some fabulous speakers like Sarah Brown and Cherry Healey and Katie Hill all there. It was spread over two days and was full on with seminars you could attend, PR networking, photography workshops and of course an award ceremony.
It was inspiring and brain buzzing and exhausting but I really enjoyed it.
Of course the key thing about preparing for such events is the 'What to wear scenario?"
I determined to wear heals on the Friday. I love shoes, is it one of my passions but the practicality of wearing these days is not so good, so they stay and look beautiful in the wardrobe, teasing me.
Out they came on Friday – my beautiful Office shoes in a nude colour. OMG how much have I forgotten what heels are like? To say my feet hurt by the end of the day was an understatement. I feared I might never walk again! They did look good though!


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The scoring system sucks big time, and because of this system we will continue seeing such bad decisions.
Overall, Machida looked much better. Davis landed almost no one significant strikes, all he did to win the fight was to score 2 takedowns, and mantain some control for a few time.
I am not saying that it was a huge robbery, because despite that Machida was clearly better, the scoring system ruins things.
Same thing happened in Machida vs Rampage.
As for the main event, nothing new, Aldo dominated as it was expected.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
Revisionist history. Rampage slightly outstruck Machida in a very inactive fight. That fight was still closer then the Davis fight. I thought Machida won tonight for sure.I am not saying that it was a huge robbery, because despite that Machida was clearly better, the scoring system ruins things.
Same thing happened in Machida vs Rampage.
You can't use the crybaby takedown comments now since this has been going on for many years. Dont get taken down in a low scoring fight or you might lose.
If you are going to say he lost to Rampage, then he definitely lost to Davis...
Man the lyoto decision bums me out. I get that Davis did enough with the 2nd takedown to win the round, but that first one had no relevance in the fight.
This was a terrible night for the judges.
Oh, yeah...never.
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That decision was such a fucking joke. Machida got screwed outta his title run for this bs. This is just ufc wanting a new contender for Jones, especially when he's said he doesn't wanna fight machida again. So I'm guessing from here you will hear DW talking about Davis like he's the next big thing. Its fucking disgusting. Give Davis the winner of Glover/Bader for another snoozefest so they can label him number one or possibly skip him over Glover too
Anyone else surprised that Aldo attacked Zombie when his shoulder was separated? How did Herb not notice that and step in and stop the fight sooner.
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Some great news from HiTechnic.
They've got a color sensor in the works - I've edited the description just a bit, but here's all the details:
The HiTechnic NXT Compatible Color Sensor works by illuminating the target surface with three colored light sources (Light Emitting Diodes or LEDs), one red, one green and one blue. The difference between ambient illumination and the increase due to each light source output is used to measure the target surface's adsorption for each color. The three color values are further processed to correct for the spread of each LED's spectral output.
Three values are returned to the NXT: RED level, GREEN level, and BLUE level. Each color level is returned as a value between 0 – 255. For example, if values returned were Red = 255, Green = 255, Blue = 0, the target color is Yellow.
The sensor updates the color data at a rate of 100 samples per second.
The HiTechnic Color Sensor has a mode control feature permitting two types of calibration function to be performed by the NXT program.
Black level calibration may be used to null unwanted reflected light from the structure in which the sensor has been placed.
White balance calibration may be used to balance the sensitivity of the sensor for each of the three LED outputs when illuminating a white target at a specified distance.
The mode control defaults to 0, normal measurement mode.
If mode control is set to 1, the sensor will operate in white balance cal. mode and will expect to be pointed at a diffuse white surface at a distance of ~15mm. When the cal. function has finished, the LEDs will blink and the mode will automatically reset to 0, normal measurement mode. The cal. process takes about ¼ second. Calibration data is stored in non-volatile memory and will be retrieved each time power is applied to the sensor.
If mode control is set to 2, the sensor will operate in black level cal. mode and will expect to be pointed into empty space with no objects within a 90º cone for a distance of at least 0.5m. Black level cal. measures the signal for each color and creates an offset to null the ambient level for all future measurements. When the cal. function has finished, the LEDs will blink and the mode will automatically reset to 0, normal measurement mode. The cal. process takes about 1 second. Black level cal. may be used to offset signals being returned from parts of the surrounding structure. Calibration data is stored in non-volatile memory and will be retrieved each time power is applied to the sensor.
According to HiTechnic, they are VERY BUSY and have a LOT of things planned for us... please be sure to visit their site over the next few days when they make some official announcements.
May 1, 2006
HiTechnic announcement
Posted by: James Floyd Kelly (Jim) at 11:02 PM
4 comments:
- Jake Covert said...
It's a shame they couldn't have included this sensor in the main kit.
And FLL can only use those sensors included in the kit, right?
- May 2, 2006, 12:39:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
As I understand it, FLL restricts the bots to Official LEGO parts... someone might have to clarify this. Unless the rules change, FLL contestants would not be able to use HiTechnic's compass sensor or the Bridge... which would be a shame because it would be awesome to see what could be done in competition with both bricks being used.
- May 2, 2006, 12:41:00 AM
- Jake Covert said...
Do you know what the difference is between this light sensor and the one that comes with the NXT?
Is it just lack of color differentiation?
- May 2, 2006, 2:39:00 AM
Wow. This is awesome.
- May 2, 2006, 5:36:00 AM
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Female figurines in terracotta and stone have been excavated from Neolithic Period Nubian graves at sites such as El Kadada, suggesting they functioned in the mortuary ritual and perhaps in the afterlife of the deceased. Abbreviated arms, full hips, and incised and painted markings that could indicate tattooing, body decoration, or clothing are characteristic of these figurines.
- Culture: Nubian
- Medium: Terracotta, pigment
- Place Made: Sudan
- Dates: ca. 3500-3100 B.C.E.
- Period: Predynastic Period, Naqada II-Naqada III
- Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in. (14 x 3.7 x 4 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
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- Accession Number: 1996.146.1
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden in honor of Bernard V. Bothmer
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Nubian. Female Figurine, ca. 3500-3100 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in. (14 x 3.7 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden in honor of Bernard V. Bothmer, 1996.146.1. Creative Commons-BY
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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – Bavaria has been called "Germany's Heaven." Filmmakers Fran and Brooke Reidelberger call it a photographer's dream. Their film, "The Best of Bavaria," will be shown as part of the Wilson College World Travel Film and Ethnic Dinner Series on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The evening includes a buffet dinner of dishes representative of the Bavarian region of Germany at 6 p.m. in Laird Hall, followed by the film with commentary by Fran Reidelberger at 7 p.m. in Thomson Hall's Alumnae Chapel.
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Above: Photos from yesterday's Quik and Roxy Pro trials and some other fun stuff…
Looks like Dane Reynolds has found a use for his "Rookie Of The Year" trophy/bowl thing. Where's the guac Dane? Photo: Chris Cote
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast announcer Peter Mel regales TWS Photog Brian Bielmann and Dane with story after story about some pretty heavy shit that went down in Santa Cruz…check the Flea article in the new Surfer Mag for the watered down version. Photo: Chris Cote
Not only a world-class surfer, Dane's got some skills with the camera too. Photo: Chris Cote
The "Kelly Slater Experience" at the event. No, you don't get to hook up with any of his past flames but you do get to see a bunch of his winning boards, old contest jerseys, and more cool Slater memorabilia. Photo: Chris Cote
Bones from Analog with a nice gash on the dome courtesy of a flip gone awry. His board nailed him pretty good and he blacked out underwater for s second before gathering his bearing. Photo: Chris Cote
Corey Zeims in winning form at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Trials. Photo: Surfing Australia
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Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is a publishing phenomenon, around the globe. Three dozen novels over the past 20-odd years have delighted millions of readers. Here, avid fan and fantasy author Watt-Evans offers 62 chapters describing the Discworld for fan and neophyte alike, with a chapter-by-chapter chronological account of how each novel has altered and added to the whole, a taxonomy of the various sub-series and extensive comments on ""How It All Works"" and ""What It All Means"".


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It's a basic principle of marketing high-performance cars: Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Nickey Chevrolet was no stranger to that concept in the late '50s. They'd added a big stock of high-performance parts to their inventory in 1957, while selling Corvettes and high-performance steel-bodied Chevys on Chicago's North Side. The "winning" part was thanks to the cars that they raced on tracks across the United States.
Among the most famous of those race cars is the Purple People Eater Mk III, a '59 Corvette that was an SCCA National Champion in the B/Production class, with Jim Jeffords at the wheel. It was Jeffords' success with this car that solidified the reputation of Corvette's Rochester-built fuel-injection system as a serious piece of race-capable (and race-winning) hardware.
This Corvette wasn't built as a purple one, as that hue wasn't in the Corvette color selection that year. It came out of St. Louis Assembly as a white body/black interior car, optioned with the 290hp fuel-injected 283, four-speed manual transmission, Posi-traction, heavy-duty brakes /suspension, and no heater or defroster. Nickey Chevrolet added a hasp on the hood to keep it closed at speed, as well as a big fuel tank, safety chains underneath, a rollbar (such as it was back then), and replaced the stock windshield and frame with a much smaller windscreen in front of the driver.
Nickey's body shop painted it purple, using a paint formula that, while vivid to the eye, didn't fade like many custom purple paint jobs of the era did. This was the third racing Corvette they'd painted this way, after a '58 that Jeffords drove to the SCCA national B/Production crown the year before, and a '56 SR-2.
Inspiration for the color came from Nickey Chevrolet's secretary/treasurer, Jack Stephani, who thought their cars should stand out from other, factory-painted Corvettes in the paddock. The nickname came from Sheb Wooley's hit song, "Purple People Eater," which was a multimillion-selling chart topper in the summer of 1958, during Jeffords' first B/Production title run. It also came from Jeffords' claim of having only one good eye. What else would you call a car driven by a driver with one good eye that was built with one horn, was larger than most other road-racers of the day, and was painted purple?


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By Tessa Raebeck
Growing up, Eben Fiske Ostby visited his aunt Alice and uncle Andy on Shelter Island several times a year. Playing on the grounds of their family's estate, Sylvester Manor, he had no idea that the hundreds of acres of woods, wetlands and farms would one day be his.
"When I learned of the inheritance," Mr. Ostby said in an email Monday, June 30, "I started learning about ways we could preserve it and its lands. The Peconic Land Trust was very helpful in advising me about ways to do that. Eventually we set about forming a nonprofit to preserve it."
On June 23, Mr. Ostby capitalized on all he had learned, donating the 1737 manor house, its grounds and barns, the 1810 windmill, farm fields and woodlands—a total of about 142 acres—to the Sylvester Manor Educational Farm, a nonprofit he and his nephew Bennett Konesni founded four years ago in hopes of putting their land to the best possible use.
The land gift, the largest in the history of Shelter Island and one of the most significant land transfers on Long Island, brings the family's donation to Sylvester Manor Educational Farm to a total of 225 acres.
"Last week was a big one for Sylvester Manor," said Cara Loriz, executive director of the nonprofit.
"By whatever measures you might come up with, it is among one of the very most significant outright gifts ever made anywhere," said Sara Gordon, the nonprofit's strategic director. "Now that it has been passed on by the family, we have just a blessed opportunity."
Mr. Ostby, who upon his aunt and uncle's passing became the 14th lord of the manor, is a direct descendant of Nathaniel Sylvester, who co-purchased Shelter Island in 1651 and was its first white settler.
Over its 363-year history, Sylvester Manor has given shelter to persecuted Quakers, operated as a slaveholding plantation with African and Native American laborers, and housed 11 generations of Sylvester descendants.
Throughout that history, the Sylvester family's ownership of Shelter Island has shrunk from the entire island to several hundred acres, but the land continued to be passed from generation to generation, ultimately ending in Mr. Ostby's hands.
Rather than let the manor fall into disuse or allow the Sylvester land to continue to be parceled up in order to maintain the manor grounds, Mr. Ostby, with some convincing from his nephew Mr. Konesni, decided on forming a nonprofit as the best means of preservation.
"The idea was to find a use for the manor that would fit in with the culture of Shelter Island," said Mr. Ostby. "My nephew Bennett was and is passionate about food, so we chose that as a focal point."
"Bennett at that point," said Ms. Gordon, "had decided on this vision for this educational farm that would also revive the agrarian culture and agriculture and seek to create a working environment that was joyous and fair and really explore and celebrate the culture of food in all aspects."
"And to upon up the gates at this place to the community—to make it a place that welcomes everyone," she added.
Mr. Ostby first donated a 22-acre conservation easement to the Peconic Land Trust in 2009 and then gifted an additional 83 acres of historic fields and pastures, preserved indefinitely as farmland through town, country and federal conservation programs, in 2012. The total value of property gifts from Mr. Ostby is valued at approximately $22 million, with the most recent 142-acre gift appraised at $12.3 million. Of the nonprofit's total 225 acres of land, 103 acres are now preserved.
In accordance with the wishes of his aunt Alice Fiske, Mr. Ostby also gave the manor's longtime caretaker Gunnar Wissemann a small cottage he and his family have resided in for over 20 years.
In similar stories across the East End, family land is sold to developers and divvied up into subdivisions of Mcmansions, but the Sylvester descendants weren't going to let that happen on Shelter Island.
Now, Mr. Konesni said, "The nonprofit organization owns its own land. It owns the land that it's preserving, owns the land that it's stewarding and sharing—and that's a big deal."
"It's not just my family anymore," he added. "It's really a community organization now."
Having ownership of the manor house, buildings and grounds enables the nonprofit to raise money for restoration of the buildings, which it couldn't do before. They can now move forward on restoring the manor house, the windmill and the barns.
"It's really a new beginning," said Ms. Gordon. "That's how it feels in a way, we feel now the work really starts."
Mr. Konesni's motivation to transfer the land came from three impulses: the precedent of other estates that were successfully turned into educational farms, such as the Rockefeller estate in the Hudson Valley and the Vanderbilt estate in Vermont; the notion that a nonprofit would share the burden and make sure professionals are at the helm; and stopping "the pattern of chopping up and selling off land in order to fund the place," he said.
"We used to own the entire island," he said, "and then we split it up and sold it off and that has helped fund the next generation of dwellers and to me, actually, that pattern can only go on so long before everything's gone."
"This place deserved to be around and to have the stories told for another 363 years and the only way that was going to happen was to really share the burden," added Mr. Konesni.
Mr. Konesni and Mr. Ostby will continue to be involved in the management of the nonprofit. Mr. Ostby, who lives in California and works at Pixar, is acting as president of the board of directors. Mr. Konesni, a Maine native, is staying on as founder and special projects advisor.
"I focus on the long-term vision in making sure that our operations really fit with the original intention of the gift and the non-profit," Mr. Konesni said of his role.
The family is retaining 11.7 acres of wetlands and woodland along the creek, which cannot be built upon without town approval of a formal subdivision.
"I also wanted to retain a family connection to the island, thus the retained lot," said Mr. Ostby, who will give the parcel to his daughter Fiona.
"They've been here since the purchase of the whole island in 1651 and it's important to all of us that the Sylvester descendants continue to have a role here—it's a big part of the story," Ms. Gordon said.
One of the nonprofit's visions, she added, is that the day will come when kids who are biking home from school naturally turn their bikes into the Sylvester Manor driveway.
"It's a rare thing to be in a place or to work in a place where you can feel that—when you know that what's happening today is historic, in the sense that it's going to be part of this long unbroken story here," said Ms. Gordon.


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Jul 19, 2006
NXT Memory concerns/complaints
I would like to offer up a prediction, not based on any insider-info: I believe that sometime within the next 6-9 months, LEGO will make available a USB add-on that will look like a normal NXT sensor (in size and shape) but will simply function as a pen-drive/flash-mem device. This will most likely require a new firmware update, but that's another discussion :) It will connect via a USB cable to the USB port on the brick (not stealing a sensor or motor port, if that's even possible, which I doubt) and can thus be mounted to your bot just like a sensor and not require you to build around something plugged directly into the USB port.
Again, just a guess...
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- eric said...
While we're at it, LEGO will release a firmware revision next month to liberate up to 80% more space for user program storage on the NXT brick. Also next month, we will see a universal binary for Mactel which will finally open up bluetooth communications. And last but not least, a DVD.
- Jul 20, 2006, 12:21:00 AM
Wow, sounding neat!
- Jul 20, 2006, 12:43:00 AM
Isn't the USB port on the NXT meant as a slave device only?
Meaning you can't really connect anything to it?
If you could, then you could just use about any memory stick... or your external disk drive
But even if that's not possible, I suppose there are a lot of other things possible - hey, why not use your bluetooth cell phone as external memory to start with?
- Jul 20, 2006, 12:55:00 AM
I asked Lego-edu a while bakc and in the response they clearly said that the NXT USB was NOT a slave. This went agaist all the other information about the USB that I had heard, so I assumed they had missinterpreted my question. But they still said it. I assume that any old flash drive would work. After all, the NXT has the microprocessor. that is all it needs. If you could tweak the firmware, you coud extend the NXT's memory through the USB.
- Jul 20, 2006, 1:07:00 AM
Just a reminder, FLL requires that all robot components be genuine Lego parts, unaltered in any way. So a team could not use a cable that was cut to make shorter, nor could it use a USB flash drive unless it was from Lego.
- Jul 20, 2006, 2:56:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
Everything I've found on USB 2.0 says this will not be easy. There is a bigger difference than supplying power between a USB host and a USB client - they use a different chipset, with the host (master) chipset generally being more expensive. I'm not sure what LEGO Education knows, but I think a simple "plug the thumb drive into the USB and go" approach will simply not work. That said, this is a known problem, and one others are interested in addressing: Google around "USB on the go".
Brian Davis
- Jul 20, 2006, 3:19:00 AM
As I said, it won't be easy. I think that altering the firmware (or getting another version) is going to be a solution. I know that you can't just "plug and go". even if a host chipset is more expensive, thik of the how usefull it would be: You could add tons of memory to the NXT.
- Jul 20, 2006, 7:07:00 AM
Previously Maniac000 said...
> As I said, it won't be easy.
It is not possible to make the NXT into a "USB Host", controlling the USB bus.
>I think that altering the firmware (or getting
>another version) is going to be a solution.
The NXT is immutably a "USB Device"; a chunk of electronics in the CPU package, (Atmel AT91SAM7S256, as detailed by Jurgen Stuber), is dedicated to listening for data requested from or sent to its USB address.
The alternatives for an external memory are to make the memory module a USB Host, or to use the digital signalling on the sensor connections. The first option will be expensive to develop, the second may not be possible.
(I have previously designed USB hardware, and written the software to drive it.)
- Jul 20, 2006, 7:56:00 AM
Dang. What is the piont of sticking on a USB if only for comunication with a computer! They could have used IR for that and then it would have been compatable with the RCX!
- Jul 20, 2006, 8:34:00 AM
> Dang.
> What is the piont of sticking on a USB
Pretty well every laptop or desk PC has some USB ports already. If not they are fairly cheap and easy to add.
The advantage for Lego is that none of the budget for the kit is spent on a IR tower, or IR parts for the NXT.
USB cables probably cost less than $1 (one US dollar) in quantity, and the USB connector in the NXT around 10 cents. Estimates are just to give the scale, whilst the cost of the custom parts and assembly of an IR tower is probably at least 10 times larger.
The advantage of USB for users is a much, much faster and more reliable communication link. In a school class you cannot accidently install your program on another group's robot.
I am sure that there will be lots of imaginative add-ons being developed as more people get their NXT kits.
- Jul 20, 2006, 10:12:00 AM
- Jürgen said...
Maniac000 wrote:
> What is the point of sticking on a USB if only for communication with a computer!
- It's much faster and more reliable than IR.
- With the AT91SAM7S microcontroller it is almost free.
- Jul 20, 2006, 7:04:00 PM
Does the NXT load programs from Flash into RAM and then run from RAM? If it runs from Flash, then how would they run from an external USB Flash with no chip select, address, and data runs?
- Jul 21, 2006, 3:16:00 AM
As far as I understand the programs run directly from FLASH.
Tony, hoping to have a NXT by the weekend
- Jul 21, 2006, 6:44:00 AM
i thought i'd mention that during the second life/mindstorms/wired event, i asked about a possible memory upgrade in the future and the lego folks said that the software was being worked on so it would compile smaller files, but no actual memory upgrade.
- Jul 21, 2006, 10:08:00 AM
I think Microsoft hit the nail on the head: use "data contracts". Go back and view the Microsoft Robotics Studio video presentation. (Linked to earlier in this blog.)
Since the NXT allows BlueTooth messaging, use the PC to do all the heavy data logging/number crunching/processing. If memory serves correctly, that's what the guy in the video presentation was saying when he talked about "data contracts". (Hum....can data sources enter into contracts? Rhetorical question at best.)
Well, anyway, the idea is to treat the NXT pretty much as a dumb terminal and offload the processing to Robotics Studio. (hummm....did I really say that?) Great for Microsoft - only messaging through the BlueTooth channel might be somewhat, how do we say, band limited?
- Jul 21, 2006, 2:50:00 PM
Bluetooth comm can handle voice. Any datastream the NXT can generate is peanuts in comparison.
- Jul 25, 2006, 1:28:00 AM
I keep reading that the new Firmware and the OS X Universal Binary will be released on 01AUG. Has it been released? I have a Mac Book Pro so I could really use the Universal Binary version.
- Aug 2, 2006, 11:32:00 PM
Looks like NI just released LabView 8.20 which is Universal Binary according to this site:
Perhaps LEGO will soon follow?
- Aug 9, 2006, 12:11:00 AM
- Sol Opacus said...
Here's 2 cents' worth of information...
If it *is* possible to enable it to read USB flash drives, you could program it to retrieve, manipulate, and initiate up to 64 GB of additional programming via these little thumb drives: http://www.myzipzip.com/
- Aug 10, 2012, 3:40:00 PM
- Sol Opacus said...
Sorry that should read 128 or more GB, not 64. I just realized that the color sensor could probably pick out at least 8 of those colors reliably.
- Aug 10, 2012, 3:44:00 PM


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Responders taught, warned about meth labsBy SANDI SWITZER
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The addictive drug methampetamine can be made using legally purchased items. Vermont emergency responders learned about the drug at a local presentation this week.CLARENDON — First responders went back to school this week on a subject of growing concern in Vermont.
Nearly 100 police, fire and emergency medical personnel from across the state descended on Clarendon Elementary School for a "Meth Awareness" presentation.
Responders learned how to identify methamphetamine labs and ways to safely assist law enforcement agencies in securing the labs.
Lt. Reg Trayah, a member of the Vermont State Police Clandestine Lab team, spearheaded the two-hour presentation that featured a slide show of stark images depicting "one-pot" or "shake-n-bake" labs using legally purchased items.
Trayah stressed at the outset Wednesday night that the class was "not meant for you to go in and mitigate any lab whatsoever." Instead, he said the program would assist first responders with identifying potential meth labs and the procedures for notifying the appropriate law enforcement officers.
The lieutenant said the "one-pot" cook method was a cheap, simple and quick way for drug users to produce the highly addictive stimulant at nearly any location — including inside a vehicle, then disposing of the waste along the roadside.
Those using this method cook or shake ingredients — commonly found in kitchen and bathroom cabinets and garages — in a single container to generate heat and produce the drug in a matter of hours, according to Trayah.
"This is the rage right now," he said, holding up a green 2-liter soda bottle outfitted with a clear plastic tube in place of the cap.
Keen observation is needed for responders to spot potential labs, Trayah said. A bottle of the cold medicine Sudafed may not be noteworthy on its own, but several bottles with the bottoms removed would be suspicious, the officer said.
"They like to cut the bottoms off to get to it quicker," Trayah said.
Lithium batteries are common in homes, but spotting those same batteries stripped apart should raise concerns. "They need lithium in the one-pot to cause heat," he said.
Cans of brake fluid, carburetor cleaner, or camp fuel — used in one-pot labs — are often found in garages, he said.
"If you see this, you call me," Trayah said, holding cans with small holes punctured in the bottoms.
First responders may observe those using the drug to have dilated pupils, "meth mouth" or brown enamel along the gum line, and scratch marks on their arms. Users will often hallucinate that insects are crawling on them and continually scratch themselves, he added.
The drug can be smoked, injected, snorted or swallowed to create a "high" that can last four to 16 hours, Trayah said.
Those responding to an accident, fire or criminal complaint should notify Vermont State Police if they see signs of a lab, Trayah said. Responders were warned not to handle suspicious items, due to potential health issues associated with chemical exposure.
The officer said one-pot or shake-n-bake labs were increasingly becoming an issue in New England
For an investment of a few hundred dollars, someone could make thousands of dollars in profit, he said.
"If you had a chance to take $500 and make it $10,000, would jail be much of a deterrent?" Trayah said. "It has to be rehabilitation."
He said police detected six methamphetamine labs in Vermont from December 2011 to December 2012.
"New Hampshire is getting beaten up by one-pots and if it's happening there, it's happening here," Trayah said. "I want meth cooks to feel it's not safe to cook in Vermont."
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Probate records hold a wealth of information about our ancestors. But when you're searching, do you just limit yourself to the will (and inventory), and neglect all of the other documents that are part of the probate process? All parts of probate hold potential clues. Here's a breakdown of other steps that could hold evidence for our family trees:
Petition: The process will start with a petition to the court to start the probate process. This is usually a relative or could be a creditor. Petitions, if they exist, should always be examined.
Hearing: A hearing date will be set by the court to prove the will (or in the case of no will, to administer the estate). The hearing date will usually be published in the local newspaper so all interested parties can have a chance to have their say. If no one contested, the will was proved and ordered recorded,or in the case of no will, an executor is named. Remember also that original wills were retained by the court (unlike deeds which were returned to the owner). Always try to examine original wills if they exist for your locality, versus the one recorded in the will books–transcribing always presents opportunities for error.
Relinquishments/Renunciations: These are interesting sets of records. It could be a executor or administrator relinquishing (or turning down) the duties he or she has been assigned. I found a renunciation for the estate one of my Prather ancestors, and it listed every living heir and where they lived.
Bonds: If a will is proved, the executor posted bond guaranteeing his performance of duties associated with the estate. If no will, the administrator posted bonds. I have found bonds to be extremely valuable, especially in the naming of the individuals who served as securities for those bonds. I have noticed bonds are often recorded in separate books. Usually the court will also approve a notice to creditors to be published in a local newspaper.
Letters Issued: Once the bonds are accepted, the court issued Letters Testamentary (Letters of Administration if intestate). This is the basically the court's authority in writing for that person to perform those specific duties. Letters are also another set of records I often see grouped together in their own book.
Inventory: Usually the court will appoint three disinterested parties to inventory the estate. These are common records for those of us doing slave research. Just make sure that you search subsequent years ahead–if the case drags on, additions and subtractions are often made to the inventory. I've seen slave births be recorded in this way. But don't neglect the other items int he list. The household items can be powerful measures of social history for that family and give you some insight into what kind of life your ancestor may have led.
Accounts and Sales: I can't stress the value of this part of probate. Depending on the size of the estate, some will come to an end within a year, while others may drag on for 15 or 20 years, especially if there were minor children involved. During that time, periodic accounting is made to the court by the executor or administrator about the financial status of the estate. This also holds true for the guardianship process, which often mirrors many of these same steps. Again, don't overlook these sections with regard to slave research–you can find slave sales and sometimes the name of the purchaser as well. Accounts many times are titled "First account", "Second Account", "Third and final accounting", "First and final accounting", etc.. And always pay close attention to the names of the family members and neighbors who are purchasing items from the estate.
Petitions for Sale: Executors/Administrators may petition the court to sell real estate. They will usually include the reason why. You'll find many estates going broke who need to sell, or because the land can't be equally divided among heirs easily.
I have been lucky in Maryland to find books entitled "Docket of Administrations" which listed each individual who had an estate administered, each part of the administration, and each book and page those parts can be found on. So that made life easier for me for that family line. Take full advantage of the wealth of information available in all of the probate process–don't just limit yourself to wills and inventories. You never know what you might find!


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Quick question....I have, so far, read five Discworld books and loved them dearly. I have not yet read any of the Watch books. I received Snuff as a Christmas gift, and was wondering if I would be okay reading it now or should I wait until I have read the other Watch books? Thanks in advance!