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38 Table 10. Example reporting of Airport APM Performance Measure #1: Service Availability (Tier C Approach). February 10, 2010 Day Month-to-Date Year-to-Date Service Availability 99.27% 98.77% 99.75% (Tier C Approach) Service mode 98.65% 99.74% 99.33% availability Fleet 98.55% 97.44% 98.65% availability Station platform door 98.44% 99.77% 99.67% availability Downtime, by Availability and Category, for February 10, 2010 (in seconds) Day Month-to-Date Year-to-Date Mode Fleet Door Mode Fleet Door Mode Fleet Door Weather 300 -- -- 400 -- -- 600 -- -- Passenger -- 1,100 -- -- -- -- 2,000 1,100 -- System equipment -- -- 2,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- Facilities -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Utility -- -- -- 5,000 -- -- 5,000 -- -- O&M -- -- -- -- -- 500 -- -- 500 Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- February 10, 2010, and the associated assignment of down- tions or maintenance purposes does not constitute an time are provided in Table 10, which represents a more com- evacuation. prehensive level of reporting for this measure. The minimum � A mainline derailment. Mainline is defined as the APM data to be reported for this measure would be as found on guideway in the passenger-carrying portion of the system Form B in Exhibit A. but not including mainline pocket tracks and storage and turnback/switchback tracks beyond terminals where 5.3.4Airport APM Performance Measure #2: passengers are prohibited. Safety Incidents per 1,000 Vehicle � Any incident involving damage to APM system property Service Miles wherein safety was compromised during the incident or the damage compromises safety going forward. APM 18.104.22.168Definition system property is defined as any APM system equip- Safety Incidents per 1,000 Vehicle Service Miles is the rate ment within the APM system or any APM facilities and at which safety incidents have occurred in the airport APM related facilities equipment within the system, such as system. It is defined as: the guideway, traction power substations, APM stations, station escalators and elevators, other APM equipment Monthly SI1kvsm = (( m d=1 ) SI � 1, 000 ) rooms, and the M&SF. � Any verified incident involving any person on APM d=1 VSM m system property (e.g., on a train, in an APM equipment room, in an APM station, on the guideway, at the M&SF, Yearly SI1kvsm = (( y d=1 ) SI � 1, 000 ) along the right-of-way) that resulted in injury or could d=1 VSM have resulted in injury. Injury is defined as an incident y that requires any medical attention, including first aid Where: treatment. � Application of the emergency brake(s) on a moving �SI1kvsm = Safety Incidents per 1,000 Vehicle Service Miles. in-service train in the passenger-carrying portion of the �SI = Number of safety incidents. system, but not including mainline pocket tracks and � Safety incident is an unintentional event defined as: storage and turnback/switchback tracks beyond terminals � The evacuation of passengers from a train, APM station, where passengers are prohibited. or other public or non-public area of the APM system, � The fatality of any person on APM system property regardless of whether the evacuation was attended or (e.g., on a train, in an APM equipment room, in an directed by system or life safety personnel. The removal APM station, on the guideway, at the M&SF, along the of passengers from trains or stations for routine opera- right-of-way).
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39 �VSM = Vehicle service miles. Vehicle service miles is defined � Facilities-induced. Safety incidents caused by the facilities, as the total miles traveled by all in-service vehicles in the such as a station roof leaking water onto the floor imme system, with a vehicle being in service when located in the diately in front of the station sliding platform doors. passenger-carrying portion of the system and when pas- � Utility-induced. Safety incidents caused by a utility service sengers are able to use it for transport (see Section 5.2.2 for provider, such as the loss of one or more incoming electrical further clarification). feeds to the APM system. �d = Day of the month or year, as applicable. � O&M-induced. Safety incidents caused by personnel affili- �m = Days in the month. ated with the operations and/or maintenance organization, �y = Days in the year. such as the mis-operation of the system from the control center or the failure of a maintenance technician to prop- Safety incidents should not be double counted. For example, erly isolate a piece of equipment from the active system if all trains are evacuated as a result of a total loss of incoming operation on which he or she is working. power from the utility service provider, this would be recorded � Other. Safety incidents caused as a result of other reasons. as one safety incident, as opposed to one safety incident per train evacuation. 126.96.36.199 Data Requirements and Sources When more than one of the events that define a safety incident (as described previously) occur during the same The data and sources required to calculate Safety Incidents incident, the order of precedence in classifying the safety per 1,000 Vehicle Service Miles are provided in Table 11. incident is as follows: (1) fatality, (2) injury, (3) evacuation, (4) mainline derailment, and (5) property damage. For exam- 22.214.171.124Data Collection Techniques and Calculating ple, a mainline train derails and as a result three passengers and Recording the Measure are transported to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. This is defined as a safety incident because of the mainline It is recommended that the collection of data for the Safety derailment, because of the injuries involved, and possibly Incidents per 1,000 Vehicle Service Miles performance measure because of property damage. In this case, one safety incident be accomplished daily but be reported no more frequently than would be recorded as a result of the injury event. monthly since safety incidents in airport APM systems are In addition to all safety incidents being classified according relatively rare. In addition, the numeric value of the measure, to the event by which they are defined, safety incidents are if reported daily, could be misinterpreted to be high because also to be assigned to one of the following predefined causal the underlying basis is only 1 day's worth of vehicle service categories: miles, as opposed to 30 days' worth of vehicle service miles in a monthly reported measure. � Weather-induced. Safety incidents caused by the weather, For this measure, most of the data will typically be collected such as lightning striking the guideway, or a snow or ice from records and systems in the control center. Where the storm. functionality of the CCCS and the specificity of the APM � Passenger-induced. Safety incidents caused by a passenger, system output data allow, it may be possible to collect data for such as a passenger pulling an emergency evacuation handle the Safety Incidents per 1,000 Vehicle Service Miles performance on an in-service train. measure directly from the CCCS. After the one-time setup of � System equipment-induced. Safety incidents caused by sys- the performance measure in the CCCS, all that may be needed tem equipment, such as a broken axle on an in-service train. thereafter are the incidental updates of classifying incidents Table 11. Data requirements and sources, Airport APM Performance Measure #2: Safety Incidents per 1,000 Vehicle Service Miles. Data Requirement Source Control center logbooks Number of safety incidents and Incident reports 1 the event classifications by Work orders which they are defined Reports and/or records of life-safety agencies 2 Vehicle service miles ATS, CCCS Vehicle maintenance records Control center logbooks 3 Cause of safety incidents Incident reports Work orders

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Sherri Shepherd out at 'Dancing with the Stars'; Melissa Gilbert rests
Too much drama on tonight's "Dancing with the Stars" results show.
Cutting to the chase, it came down to Sherri Shepherd and Roshon Fegan, and when the music was over, it was Shepherd who was show the door. The co-host of "The View" broke down in tears when the announcement was made, but she gracefully thanked the show and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy, and urged viewers to pursue their dreams.
Melissa Gilbert, who was rushed to the hospital Monday night and is reportedly suffering from a concussion and some whiplash, was not present tonight. However, she and her partner Maks Chmerkovskiy will live to dance another day as they were voted on to next week's competition. Host Tom Bergeron and Maks explained Gilbert's condition, with Maks quipping "She's a fighter, a trooper. I'm looking forward to next week, she's looking forward to next week. She's a little sedated, so she doesn't know what she's looking forward to."
A slow-motion look at the video from Monday night's dance showed Melissa hitting her head against Maks' leg, which sent him falling during their demanding paso doble. The audio even reveals Melissa telling Maks that she hit her head.
And kudos to the show's official knight in shining armor, otherwise known as Gavin DeGraw, who carried Melissa up the stairs Monday night to the backstage area while the ambulance was on its way. A gentleman indeed.


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The time we didn't bother to stop the car. The time we didn't feel like changing lenses and nailing the shot. The time we knew we should take our camera with us and didn't want to bother with it.
Actually though, some of our best work is still on the negs or computer, that we haven't spent enough time with to make a great print of. Or somehow passed it by completely when we were editing.
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Dish Network, which April 6 acquired the assets of number-one US rentailer Blockbuster for around $320m at auction, seems clearly interested in making the most of its new subsidiary - with several moves in May towards protecting, and potentially expanding, what's left of that company's physical rental business while lending synergy to its core satellite network operations. The company announced May 27 that it would begin immediately offering many of its in-store titles for rental at $0.99/day, effectively competing with similarly priced kiosk rentals. It also introduced 'single day pricing', with recent new releases starting at $2.99/day and older new releases at $1.99/day, allowing customers to decide how long to keep a rental title instead of requiring return after a set period (this arrangement also precludes any sort of late fee issues).
Finally, it also launched a promotion, which ran through July 4, whereby customers who rented a new-release movie for $2.99/day could take a $1.99/day movie home free for the first day. Until the expiration they could return that movie in exchange for another $1.99/day movie with the first day free - in other words, a customer could come back to the store each day between late May and July 4 and walk away with a free movie each night for just the price of the original $2.99 rental.
Dish had announced May 19 a promotion offering three months of free access to Blockbuster By Mail to new Dish Network satellite TV subscribers who sign up by August 10. The promotion covers the one-disc-out plan with unlimited exchanges (including in-store) and offers Blu-ray Disc (BD) rentals at no additional charge (Netflix charges subscribers $3/month for its BD rental option).
Dish's recent promotional efforts are aimed directly at bringing Blockbuster's physical rental operations into a more competitive position with those companies that have been decimating its business, viz. Netflix and Coinstar/Redbox. With newly comparable pricing and the removal of defined rental periods, the company's in-store value proposition begins to compare favorably with that of kiosks - pitting the ultra convenience of on-the-way rental against massive catalog and no-window (which Dish/Blockbuster proudly trumpets) new-release selection of in-store rental. On the by-mail front, too, Dish's new strategy may pay off; attracting new subscribers to both its own satellite network and its acquired by-mail disc rental program - though it's not likely to cut much into the mostly streaming-fueled growth being seen by Netflix it could well attract away some of that company's die-hard disc-only subscribers who have been put off by the company's intense focus on the digital side of its business.
It seems clear that Dish isn't interested in simply walking away from the physical rental business that makes up the bulk of the $320m in assets it purchased so these moves are important ones for the company as Blockbuster losses continue to mount and more stores are shuttered: Blockbuster's most recent financials (for the period of January 3 through May 1) show a net loss of $193m on revenue of $519m. Another move, the company's demand that NCR cease using the Blockbuster Express brand for its kiosk rental operation (over which NCR filed a lawsuit May 27), may be even more important to the Dish subsidiary's future: assuming the main goal of that challenge was to open the door for direct entry into the burgeoning kiosk business before market-leader Coinstar/Redbox achieves unbeatable dominance. The combination of stores, by-mail and kiosk rental certainly could be synergistic and, while the old Blockbuster was never able to fully leverage that, perhaps Blockbuster under Dish can make something of it.
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1996 Ford Explorer Question: 96 EXPLORER Automatic Transmission - What does it really need?
My faithful servant a 1996 Explorer XLT 6 cylinder with Automatic Control Trac 4WD (with 180,000 Miles)has given me few troubles & still looks & runs good & has done more than expected for so many years & miles, until now. The transmission has become completely inoperable, it will not at all go into any gear, forward or reverse. It did so instantaneously, from one moment running flawlessly, as always to the next, like flipping off a switch, it is totally non functioning, period. In my past I have had a number of other vehicles eventually have automatic transmission problems that would end up needing a major rebuild-repair or replacement. In all of these previous vehicle transmissions there was always advance warnings, tell tale signs like the typical slipping into gear, sluggiah shifts & the easily noticable hints of transmission troubles ahead. Not at all with this Explorer. It had properly & fully functioned flawlessly all the way to the point where while driving downhill then leveling off & having to speed up the engine in order to maintain speed where at an instant the trtansmission stopped working & every forward or reverse gear while engaged was exactly like reving the enjine in neutral. Not even it's attempt to be powering any gear. I did have it towed to two Transmission specialsts & was told by both that the transmission had to be rebuilt-exchanged at an amount that is realistically a bit more that the value of the vehicle. My gut feeling really is that I sense that neither shop actually did any substantial evualation to it because at both shops the vehicle had to be towed away suspicially from the exact spot in their parking lot that the Tow driver had previously left it when the vehicle was towed to them for diagnosis. To me whe way it had ceased operating in an instant & knowing that this transmission is controlled by a somewhat complicated computer "brain" I suspect that perhaps the cause of the probles may be something electrical, from some wire connection seperating, or the "brain" malfunctioning or missing an update or set of codes or perhaps some fuseable link or circuit breaker - fuse tripped & thus produces these results. I really do not want to have this otherwise reliable, fully functioning vehicle that has served me well to be junked for parts & scrap when it is still viable. Could anyone please make some suggestions as to what is the real problem & hopefully offer a suggestion as what I can do to keep it functioning & appreciated without an expensive unwise or unnecessary repair. I would be very appreciative for any help. Mike K - vffmb
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You Say You Want A Revolution
My late friend, the great Andrew Breitbart, loved movies, music and pop culture. He didn't love them just for the enjoyment he got from them, or because he lived and worked in Hollywood. He understood their power. "Politics," he always said, "is downstream from pop culture."
What happens in movies, television, music, whatever, eventually makes its way into the political realm. Pop culture is the fertilizer for the seeds from which the future sprouts. And on the pop culture front conservatives are sorely lagging.
I hear it all the time — conservatives complaining about "the messages coming out of Hollywood" — and they're right. Hollywood is a bastion of like-minded, unthinking liberalism. They also wonder where the "conservative movies" are. There's really no such thing as "liberal movies" or "conservative movies," there are only good and bad movies that happen to have something liberal or conservative in them.
Before Obamacare became law, how many movies and TV shows were made about the sorry state of the health insurance system? For decades we've been inundated with stories of mean insurance companies denying care to sweet, innocent people (mostly children), or how someone without insurance was screwed over by the system, and watched as the hero stood up to or for them and won. It's a compelling storyline from a human standpoint, but it's also incredibly rare. But each of them helped in their own little way in the fight over Obamacare.
When all this began, the vast majority — upwards of 85 percent of Americans by most counts — had health insurance and were quite happy with it. But a story about a child who gets sick and gets treated because his parents had insurance is not a compelling story. It's boring. It's what's supposed to happen.
Through the power of pop culture, we learned the system that served most of us quite well existed only because of the profiteering of the evil insurance companies. If we wanted to "help people," we had to support a 100 percent government overhaul of a problem shared by only a few. And while progressives exploited the power of pop culture to advance this agenda, all conservatives did was complain.
I hear these complaints all the time. "Hollywood is full of liberals." This is true. I also hear, "Conservatives need to engage in pop culture." This is true as well. But what happens when they do?
The last overtly conservative movie I remember was a cinematic abortion called "An American Carol." It could have been good, but it wasn't. It was terrible, and it was a flop at the box office.
It wasn't good because it didn't focus on being good — it focused on being conservative, and focusing on anything other than being good first will yield an unentertaining product.
Just like bands that bill themselves as "conservative bands" and comedians who call themselves "conservative comedians," if you're ideology first, everything else is secondary. If you're a band, be a great band that happens to be conservative. If you're a comedian, be a damn funny comedian who happens to be conservative. And if you're a conservative who makes movies, make entertaining movies that happen to have a conservative message in them, but don't beat people over the head with it.
The most successful pro-life movie, for example, was Knocked Up. It wasn't a conservative movie. It was made by ardent liberals, and it was raunchy. But it was funny as hell and just happened to have a pro-life message. If a liberal could do that by accident, just imagine what conservatives could do on purpose if they focused on making a good movie first.
One example of this is Vince Vaughn. While most conservatives in Hollywood are forced to hide their beliefs, Vaughn is successful enough not to have to worry about it. In Hollywood, the one thing that trumps politics is money. If you can make it, everything else is secondary. And Vince Vaughn makes money.
But one thing Vince Vaughn doesn't do is make conservative movies. He makes good movies that, in some cases, happen to have a conservative message in them. His latest, Delivery Man, is one such movie. It has a pro-life message, an anti-feminist message and a very strong, "do it yourself" message. What it doesn't do is tell you it has a message, or that a message is there. It's just there.
But with all the talk of the need for conservatives in Hollywood, one thing Delivery Man hasn't found yet is a large audience. It's made $12 million in its first two weeks. My question for those who complain about liberal Hollywood is this — Where are you?
Look, if Vince Vaughn movies aren't for you, fine, I get it. But if you've enjoyed his work in the past, why haven't you gone?
Too often conservatives complain about a problem, particularly when it comes to popular culture, but do nothing about it. That's all well and good if you're content to accept the status quo and comfort yourself in the warm embrace of those complaints, but it won't make a difference. I guess my question to you is simple: Do you want to make a difference or not?
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CORVALLIS – Day Three of spring ball marked the first day of shoulder pads for Oregon State, and it was a significant change of pace. The cracks were louder and the competition got heated. Sean Harlow made his presence known and Tyler Hasty made the sidelines roar. Couple that with Storm Woods and Terron Ward turning on the jets, and it added up to one heck of a day inside the Truax Center.
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One more time: Troy Tulowitzki won't be coming to the Mets? Not now, and probably not ever. The recent two-game benching of Wilmer Flores brought the predictable "the Mets need to get Tulowitzki" columns and calls on the call-in shows.
They could have gotten Tulowitzki a long time ago if they caved to the Rockies' demands for either Steven Matz or Noah Syndergaard, and another prospect. There would also be the matter of being willing to pay the $115-plus million remaining on Tulowitzki's contract. And, on more thing, the Mets would have to be willing to gamble with his recent injury history.
We all know the Mets' thinking on giving up their young pitching; paying huge salaries and trading for players with tainted backgrounds.
With Bartolo Colon, Dillon Gee and possibly Jon Niese probably not coming back next year, and Zack Wheeler not being ready until June if not later, it stands to reason the Mets will need Syndergaard or Matz. They aren't going anywhere.
Also, the Mets remain out front with their desires to cut salary evidenced by trade speculation surrounding Gee and Daniel Murphy. They certainly aren't going to take on Tulowitzki's contract.
The talented columnist Ken Davidoff mentioned Tulowitzki in a column today, but was upfront saying the Mets could get him if they wanted to cave. I'm thinking he mentioned him to citing the obvious as opposed to really believing they should go after him.
He also mentioned several other shortstops they could get, but only after paying a hefty price, including Alexei Ramirez (White Sox), Asdrubal Cabrera (Tampa Bay), Starlin Castro (Cubs) and Jimmy Rollins (Dodgers).
Cabrera and Rollins play for teams that could compete, so you have to wonder why they would want to deal them. Any of those four would be pricey.
My preference is to give Flores the opportunity to prove he can play. His defense has been atrocious and directly responsible for one loss at least, and possibly, two. I'm not convinced he can't turn it around and hope he gets the chance.
Will he make it?
I honestly don't know, but neither does anybody else, either, including the Mets.
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Capital Expenditures Capital expenditures were $33 million in 2012, with a higher spend rate in the fourth quarter as activity increased on some of the larger initiatives that had been delayed from earlier in the year by changes in engineering specifications. Investment continues to be focused on capacity enhancements for US/Canada and Mexico Specialty Ingredients facilities, expanding geographically, including the investment in China, and enhancing Mexico's capability to process multiple grades of rock, consistent with the Company's supply chain diversification strategy. Our expectation for 2013 is for capital expenditures in the $40-45 million range.
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Students who pursue careers in Midwestern State University's College of Health Sciences and Human Services don't become certified professionals through classroom work alone.
Hundreds of volunteer professionals mentor these health science students during clinical rotations, and now more volunteers will be rewarded for their services.
Until now, a statewide program rewarded only mentors who worked with nursing students.
As a thank you, the state provided them with $500 tuition vouchers, usable by them or a child.
MSU also stepped in and provided its nursing preceptors with a campus card that allowed them to attend athletic events and special campus performances, to work out at the Wellness Center and to check out books from the student library.
But similar volunteers also assist other health science students.
MSU will extend these same benefits to preceptors who assist students in radiologic science, respiratory care, social work, athletic training and exercise physiology.
Dr. James Johnston, interim dean of MSU's College of Health Sciences, said there are about 200 volunteers in these fields who deserve incentives for their significant gifts of time and talent.
"They're critical," Johnston said Tuesday of the folks who play such an active role in a student's education. "(What we're giving them) is certainly not much compared to what we get back, but it's a gesture of thank you for the volunteering of that work."
For example, a licensed radiographer skilled at taking chest X-rays who allows a student to work alongside him and practice the technique under his supervision will be eligible for the thank-you perks.
In all, about 300 people in Wichita Falls work as preceptors for MSU students.
Of those, only about two or three mentors take advantage of the tuition freebie each semester, Johnston said.
"For the ones who live in the area, the campus card and the access to community events seems to be the more attractive perk," he said. "It's a very low financial impact for the university, but a very important gesture to these individuals."
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Morning all. Another bright and sunny day wasted in the office. I'll find out on Friday if I'm to be made redundant or not. I just hope that gives the job I want enough time to see if they can afford me.
Truth be told I can't wait to get off this sinking ship! The atmosphere in here is awful.
Thanks both. I don't think I'll be allowed to have them on display so will find them a little cardboard box to sit in the cupboard (can't have them loose you know full well they'll tumble out at a moments chance).
Oh I hope so Bekkie. I've a fantastic opportunity that *could* be presented to me but funding is a problem so it may not happen. I know I'm capable of it, I know that I could make it so much more than *awesome* with a big spoonful of *hell yeah*.
Anyway I find out on Friday if I'm out so the weather had better be good for the weekend!!
Well the colour will be blue (since its our favourite colour). All other plans however will now be on hold as the bosses have just made three people redundant and we're waiting to see who is next.
Not amusing that all three of those wages for a year are less than the new machine they brought earlier this year that sits in the car park unused.
Tonight I shall be sending my CV to agencies and the lot. I haven't been here long enough to benefit from redundancy money so I'm jumping ship before we sink completely. A job in Tesco will do me until I can sort out changing my career.
Lesley - I think I'll buy a hedgehog house. OH has too many projects on his list that aren't progressing as it is and he'd never let me use his tools!
As for vehicles. Well I do volunteer at The National Emergency Services Museum and have friends who own a variety of steam rollers, tractors, and classic cars, so if nothing else the car park will look amazing!
Two daughters getting married so close together? Sounds like madness I am already fed up of a friend going on about their plans I can't even imagine what it would be like with two daughters both getting stressed out!
The mums are both very talented and have lots of crafty tools so I'm sure they can be put to good use when not buying hats... providing they'll make what I want not what they want that is. Something our families are not especially great at. My ideas are normally declared not good enough and tossed to one side in favour of what they wanted to do in the first place. Fun fun fun!!
Perhaps I should have brought some more lavenders and had those as favours! Could you imagine how the church would have smelt with 100 or so lavender plants scattered around! (Anything to cover the smell of bat poo that it normally smells of).
A friend brought jelly beans from Costco and is having her favours as jam jars filled with jelly beans. Her wedding isn't til mid August and she filled the jars several weeks ago and I just hope they don't sweat or anything! I feel a little sorry for her parents whose house they once thought they were getting back when she moved out is now being filled up with wedding things! My cousin went for Webster biscuits as that was her new surname but by the time the guests got them they were a little too tipsy to realise and most of them had scoffed them with the coffees before realising they were special!
A trip to Gretna Green is a distinct possibility...
Speed is not something my partner is known for unfortunately (seeing as how it took him six years and an arm pinned behind his back before he realised that he might just want to marry me ) So prices are not going to fun. I've several very talented friends with (very expensive and more twiddly bits than I can dare to mention) cameras who I am rather tempted to ask if they'd work as a team to take photographs (fortunately all men not known for the pleasure they find sitting through a wedding so I don't think they'd mind too much especially if they're in a team so there's not too much pressure on them).
Best get on Pintrest in the evenings and work out what we can do ourselves!
How strange that everyone seems to have gotten 47. I got 48 but one is most definitely dead so another 47 here. Gosh the smell when you open the box for the first time is potent!
Mine are all potted up in plugs - labelled! I'm just hoping inquisitive visitors on Sunday don't mix them up.
We're on a mega mega strict budget now for the garden. Alas I can barely give plants away to friends I'd never be any good at selling them!
Lesley - I'm just hoping that I get to see it occasionally rather than just its deposits .
The amount of bird food we're going through is insane. I think the woman at Pets At Home is starting to think I'm stalking her I'm in there so often. I rather hoped the cherry tree might slow down consumption but it just seems to encourage more birds!
That alas will have to change - I wont be the only one on a diet the birds will have to be on a limit too. I've just been looking at prices for the wedding. The photographer alone wants £1000
OL - We've an ornamental cherry tree in the garden that is currently home to a huge amount of blackbirds feasting - its wonderful to watch but their having to "lighten the load" before they take off is causing quite the mess on the greenhouse roof.
Wonderful to watch though there will still be plenty of fruit for us as the definitely a pear tree" is most certainly producing a good crop of plums!
I'll be building a fruit cage when the vegetable plot is done (I'm already collecting cheap bushes ready to go in!) As we have a huge amount of birds visit us I can see them harvesting everything the moment it appears. I'm going to put some more fruit bushes around the outside of chicken run to "sacrifice" (and hopefully put off the neighbours cat from spending too much time chicken watching as well as providing a bit of shade).
Something that only you'll appreciate - after almost running over the hedgehog on the drive on Thursday night we have discovered that he has taken to protesting by emptying himself all over the lawn - hedge poo everywhere! Its strangely exciting to find and now I'm in search of a nice hedgehog house to put by the compost bins as that area isn't disturbed much.


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New Del Mar complex will open fall semester
Del Mar College officials touring the new $29 million Health Sciences and Emerging Technology Complex on Tuesday walked through the halls talking about the changes ahead for the college and community.
"It's beautiful," said college President Carlos Garcia. "We've been working at this a long time and we can finally see it come to life."
Construction workers continued to move furniture and lab equipment into the buildings Tuesday as regents completed their tour.
The complex is scheduled to be completed by the fall semester, about 18 months after officials broke ground on the project.
It is the largest project in the college's $108 million capital improvements program.
Voters approved the college's bond proposal in April 2003.
The development of Del Mar College West and improvements to existing facilities at Del Mar College East were two of the primary goals of the capital improvement plan.
Community leaders have said the complex will play an important role in the city's economic growth because of the increased demand for health services professionals.
The facility will house nursing and dental assisting and hygiene programs.
Such programs have been among the college's fastest growing.
The complex consists of three health sciences buildings and one emerging technologies building.
The buildings are marked with colorful tile, glass blocks and plenty of windows, which developers say let in the best reading light.
The buildings will have classrooms, labs, offices and dental and health clinics where students, under the supervision of their professors, will offer screenings to the community for free.
Rosie Garcia, interim vice president of instruction, said the complex is a definite improvement from the past facilities for health science programs.
Before the complex, the health science programs were split between different buildings.
Regent Haysam Dawood was all smiles as he made his way through Health Science Building 2.
"Just think of all the lives this building will be touching," he said.
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The striker yesterday completed a season-long loan switch from Bristol Rovers after a weekend that saw him drive overnight from England to arrive in Scotland at 8am on Sunday morning, such was his eagerness to be reunited with his old manager at Falkirk, John Hughes.
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Last night the 26-year-old Scotland B cap said he had been increasingly frustrated over the last two years following his switch to Rovers from Swansea City.He was hopeful, however, that teaming up with Hughes might rekindle the form which saw him net 37 times in 68 outings for Falkirk.
"I feel I was just never given my chance at Bristol Rovers," he said. "I felt I was good enough to play there every week and score goals every week but I wasn't given the opportunity to do that. It was frustrating but as soon as I knew Hibs were interested I was excited. This is a big, big club and the fact that Yogi [Hughes] is the manager and I have worked with him before was a big draw.
"Hopefully I can replicate some of the success we had together at Falkirk and I can get back scoring goals again. I've got two years' worth of frustration built up. I just want to get out on to the pitch and score goals and hopefully use some of that frustration and take it out on a few of the teams in the SPL."
Stokes, who is bound for Celtic, scored 23 times for Hibs last season, but Duffy refused to be drawn into making comparisons between himself and the Irishman.
"I know people will try and compare me and Stokes but we are different types and different players. Stokesy is Stokesy and I'm me and you get what you get from both of us. But I know he had a great scoring record at Hibs and if I can have that type of record here then I'll be happy."
Duffy will play his first game in green and white in a bounce game today and will quickly turn his attentions to finding a house to settle into with his wife Claire and new 10-week-old son Grayson.
Having been farmed out on loan on three occasions already during his four and a half years away from Scotland, the former Rangers trainee is eager to make the most of his latest temporary switch, which takes him up to the end of his contract at Bristol.
He added: "It's completely in my hands. I know that if I work hard and score goals then hopefully I'll have options at the end of the season and if I make a mess of it then I could be struggling.
"It's a big move for me, at a good age. I should be reaching my prime as a striker and this is a good opportunity for me.
"Hopefully I can do well personally and the club can do well as well because I know the expectations are big at this club."
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May 16th, 2012 #1
Brown mechanical pencil lead to much to ask for?
Does it exist?
I found some brown 2mm lead for a specific pencil, but 2mm is too big anyways..
5.0mm would be best. I'm surprised that 2mm is all I could find. There is like 7/8 other colors for a mechanical pencil.. but no brown.
Is there some brown mechanical pencil lead out there hiding?
Hide this ad by registering as a memberMay 16th, 2012 #2
2mm lead is what I use. I switched to it after years of using the .05mm lead and I have to admit it is much more pleasent to draw with. 2mm is also the size most comicbook pencilers use. It is the size of a standard wooden pencil's lead. Sometimes I use the big flat contractors pencils for large areas. Also graphite powder, which is used as a lubricant for equipment, works great. As far as brown goes sorry can't help there.
May 16th, 2012 #3
Probably because colored lead is not the same as graphite and smaller form can cause more breakage.
May 16th, 2012 #4
I have some coloured .5 mm leads and they are really terrible for breaking. Much worse than ordinary graphite. Also, I can get a much sharper point on a 2mm lead using a lead sharpener. If I buy coloured leads again I'll probably switch to the 2mm. Good luck finding the lead you want, but if you don't then consider switching to the 2mm lead-holder.
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Thanks for the help/advice. I ask this question because I have been using a dull and a sharp Brown Col-Erase pencil to get a soft+sharp mix. Which I love, but I was hoping to switch over to a mech pencil to keep the the sharpness stage a little more faster and constant. But I will just continue with my normal process. My under drawings seem so lifeless in the process of drawing them and after the watercolor stage when I use black lead.. so that's why I love to use brown pencils.