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18 year old and 33 year old dating?
So I'm 18 and I'm dating a guy who is 33. We've been going out for almost a year and he is amazing. he's the sweetest guy and everything I could ever... Show More
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i'm in a similar situation , like a girl who is around your age but I'm 29 but look younger so I don't think anyone would notice there was much of an age difference . people focus too much on age some times , should be more focused on compatibility and if the relationship works . its normal for girls to date older guys but I admit many do not have a 10 year age difference but it shouldn't really matter if the relationship works
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it would make me feel weird but I would still be their friend.
love is blind but as long as everyone is mature about it I don't see any issues as long as he's not your teacher or anything. I suggest sitting down with your parents and have a convercation with them about what's been going on and how he makes you feel.
I have a crush on a girl who's 21 and now I'm not so worried about the crush, thanks for your question.
Well, if you go by the half age +7 rule:
33/2 + 7 = 23.5
then you would be 5 years too young.
He hasn't settled down yet for a reason. Maybe he is leftovers?
All the good people take each other early on, you know.
Extenuating circumstances exist, like if he was taken for 10+ years and his wife/or longstanding Girlfriend died in a tragic car accident and he was suddenly thrust back into the single world due to no fault of his own.
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As long as your happy and his real that's all that matter, I love older men
Im 21 I was dating a 35 couple months ago. He was a great guy I just
Couldn't deal with the fact that he has a son. Because I want him all
To myself. So if your happy f*** what people think and say be with him and dont
Worry about people talking, because guess what people will talk
No matter what! Good luck I wish you luck
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Our comrades over at Competitive Cyclist dedicated nearly 1500 words to Skratch Labs' Exercise Hydration Mix when it first launched. We'll be a bit more brief —there's simply nothing else out there that we like more than Skratch for hydration. It's easy to get down, it doesn't cause GI distress, and we feel like we can go a bit harder for a bit longer than we can with plain water or other mixes. Engineered by Allen Lim and tested on some of the world's best cyclists, Skratch Labs Exercise Hydration Mix promises to regulate your body's electrolyte levels during exercise so that you stay more functional for a longer time. The bulk of this is accomplished via sodium, which Lim found to be the most important ingredient in fighting cramps, headaches, and power loss.
None of that would mean anything, though, if it weren't easy on the stomach. Fortunately for us, the use of simple, real-food-type ingredients means that our bodies can digest it easily, and the absence of savoring agents (what you'll see called "natural flavors" on other mixes) means that you won't experience a weird, lingering aftertaste, just real fruit flavors that dissipate as you'd expect.
- High sodium content
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so good
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
this mix has such a great taste to it, full of all the stuff you need to replace after a long ride / run.
the best part is it does not stain your water bottle like other mixes.
Skip the sugar and fuel your body!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This stuff is awesome- not really much else to be said. It tastes great and is WAY better for you than the sugary disaster they call Gatorade. Will definitely be keeping some of this in stock at my home at all times.
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Much better than Gatorade
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I just started using this to replace my other sports drinks and am loving it! I love the taste, it's not as strong as I was expecting but I really like it. I never liked Gatorade, Powerade, or any of the other sports drinks because they had such a strong sugary taste and would always water down my sports powders because of it. This has a subtle taste that's not over powering and I can drink the full serving. I love that you're not consuming as much processed sugar and other chemicals in this product! I feel a lot more hydrated and my recovery after a long run is much better when I drink a full serving to refuel. Highly suggest this product. I ordered the pineapple and like the taste. I'm going to order the raspberry to have another option.
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works great for me compared to multiple products I've tried
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I got this free with an order and love it. It is tasty and does the trick after exerting yourself.
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is excellent tasting. Natural flavor and none of that weird fake chemical icky taste. Have had this both hot and cold and really like it both ways. I think it was very helpful for rehydration and recovery from a recent multi-day high altitude alpine ascent. Will continue to use.
I even mixed some into my oatmeal today at home just to see. Might not be the best application but i felt like I had a lot more energy after eating it. Plus the flavor was a great addition. :)
Ted Kramer
Absolutely the Best Drink Mix I've Tried
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I'm particular when it comes to the taste and performance of my drink. I'm 49 but do more than 5k miles per year cycling and have had some issues with Dehydration (e.g., ending up in the emergency room after a half century due to runners colitis, etc.). But, going along with that, I am needing to watch my calorie intake as I'm getting a bit older than some other people cycling this much that are significantly younger in age. I was using Iron Man Perform for years, but its 200+ calories per bottle. I tried Accelerade Hydro, which is half that but the taste is only okay. This tastes AWESOME. It's not too sweet and works both from a performance perspective and from a calorie counting perspective (only 100 calories for a 20oz bottle). Highly recommend this to anyone who's willing to give it a try. Get the mason jar also as the bags don't seal that well after opening and you need this to stay moisture free as it has real fruit in it.
Chase Smythe
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Does it's job like all the Skratch Labs products do. I enjoy the flavor...just hard getting used to drinking a warm electrolyte drink on the bike, although the flavor lends itself to it.
Don't understand what all the hype is?
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I purchased this product, after reading about how wonderful is was. I used it multiple times, giving it a chance to prove itself, but don't care for it. Tastes great, mixes good, but makes me feel weird, for some reason? I'll stay with the GU products.
Ryan Gibbs
Big Hype...Better Results
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Several of my friends switched over to Skratch labs last season and seemingly had very little muscle fatigue on big days in the mountains. The Gatorade and water mixture just wasn't cutting it for me.
The Skratch Labs products are purpose designed for the task at hand, endurance sports that are high output hour after hour. When you are sweating it out it can be a real challenge to replenish electrolytes and some options are so harsh they leave your stomach feeling queezy.
I didn't notice the results at first. The mixture tasted great (Pineapple) and at the end of the day I had no cramping, no headache, no queezy stomach...The reason I hadn't noticed the results is that it worked seamlessly with my day and I was able to focus on the task at hand rather than fighting off the typical side effects. Since the Spring of 2014 I've exclusively used this product.
Cycling, Trail Running, or Backcountry skiing. This is my go to beverage to keep me going.
Great stuff
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Love this product, have tried and liked all of the flavors, my current favorite is a blend of Lemon-Lime with Raspberry!
Taste like Raspberry lemonade
Trevor J
Can't Beat it.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Tried Skratch for the first time this summer, and I'm completely hooked.
Taste is light, all the flavors are amazing and actually a pleasure to drink on or off the bike.
Function is unmatched, with a proven ingredient mix that gives your body exactly what it needs to keep going (along with real food of course), without over doing the sugar, salt or other ingredients.
Eddie Q
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I was gifted the Apples and Cinnamon flavor and absolutely love it for cold weather days! I wouldn't recommend it for summer days though. Like at all.
Robert W.
Great stuff, not too sweet
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Just enough sweetness to get me through a ride. Love this stuff.
Brad W.
No more cramps
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I'm a road rider and a salty sweater and was prone to calf cramps on hot days after about 25 to 30 miles on rides. Started using Skratch Labs Exercise Hydration Mix. The first ride I used it no cramps. Works great
Will Trang
Scratch Labs for the win!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've tried several electrolytes mixes in the past and they are too sweet and sugary. The matcha and lemons is the perfect balance for me and I love the caffeine boost. I wouldn't recommend using this for night rides though I usually have a hard time sleeping with all the caffeine in my system.
Marc DiVall
Love Skratch!!!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This stuff is the best. All of the other electrolyte drinks are too sugary or taste terrible. Skratch, every flavor, hits it just right. A bottle of this every hour or so of riding keeps me feeling fresh much longer.
Great for racing
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Very light mix that sits well during hard racing and causes no GI issues during long hot rides. Really can not complain. Just know that the caloric content is quite low compared to other carb drinks and for long training sessions you will need to supplement for calories.
John Hart
All the Good, None of the Bad
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Divide the world into two groups of "Sports Drinks," those full of syrup and artificial flavoring and those without. For us smart people (cyclists!), we don't fall for the (mainstream) hype and want something "real." Skratch Labs is not the only option but it is my favorite. Use the Exercise Hydration Mix when you ride and the Daily Electrolyte Mix for post-ride re-hydration. Both are GREAT! All I can tell you is that I have used the Exercise Hydration Mix for a number of seasons and have never bonked...is that thanks to Skratch Labs? Maybe, maybe not...but it certainly has not hurt!
Flovors: I have tried them all...none are overwhelming but all come with a slight after-taste. No big whoop. Make sure to shake, shake and shake your bottle some more in order to get the mix to completely dissolve.
Try it, you will like it!
Mike B
Super Stuff
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This stuff is great. I've tried most of the flavors, and enjoy them all. I've ridden in the heat and under duress, and do feel that they are well designed to keep your body hydrated and with the proper electrolytes. With this type of thing, it is a part of a healthy approach to hydration and diet. I wish they sold it in gigantic tubs at a price break.


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The last remaining member of the 2004 NBA champion Detroit Pistons is apparently gone. Reports started to surface Wednesday evening -- about an hour before the Pistons' game in Indiana -- that Tayshaun Prince is heading to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of a three-team trade. The Grizzlies would also get Pistons forward Austin Daye and send their star swingman, Rudy Gay, to the Toronto Raptors. The Pistons would receive point guard Jose Calderon from the Raptors once the deal is official. Calderon is in the final year of a five-year, 45 million contract -- 10.5 million for this season -- meaning the Pistons would have more salary-cap room after the season. Prince, who turns 33 on Feb. 28 and has spent his entire NBA career with the Pistons, will forever be remembered in Pistons' lore for "the block." During the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004, Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller received the ball after a steal and was headed to the basket for what looked like an uncontested bas...
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Trailing on the road against one of the best quarterbacks in the nation, No. 1 Alabama escaped by doing what it does best: making big plays on defense and giving the ball to Mark Ingram.
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Entering Saturday's game, Derek DePasquale had attempted just two of MSU's 10 kickoffs this season.
The stretch run to the playoffs begins in earnest tonight. For Class 6A Columbus High School and for Class 5A New Hope and West Point, that journey will take them through two of the state's toughest regions.
Jessica Dickens has believed in her team from the start of the season. The first-year Starkville Academy head fast-pitch softball coach said in the preseason and in the beginning and the middle of the regular season that the Lady Volunteers had the potential to be one of the state's best teams if they stayed focused on offense, defense, and in the circle.
East Oktibbeha High School's football team didn't envision being 0-5 at this point in the season.
For Starkville High's football team, particularly its offense, it was necessary a receiver step up to the challenge of leading a young and depleted receiver group. Against West Point, the Yellow Jackets (2-2) found the answer in senior Shaquille Hill, who scored the game-winner on a diving, 23-yard score. He had four catches for 66 yards in Starkville's 21-20 win.
The top-ranked University of Alabama football team inserted a few blue-chip recruits, some longtime backups and a healthy Dont'a Hightower into the defense. And voila, the Crimson Tide once again has been shutting down opponents. Now that rebuilt defense gets to prove its mettle over the next three weeks.
Certain responsibilities at the varsity level rarely fall on the shoulders of an eighth-grader, but Starkville Academy's Anna McKell has handled her role well in her first season as a full-time starter.
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On Monday I posted about the injuries that Pittsburgh Steelers suffered in 2012 in relation to the comments team president Art Rooney II made to the Pittsburgh media last week during his end of the season talks. In that post I touched briefly on offseason conditioning program that cornerback Ike Taylor goes through under the watchful eye of renown trainer Tom Shaw. Taylor has worked with Shaw for several offseasons down at the Wide World of Sports complex in Florida and always shows up to training camp in great shape. It should also be noted that Taylor played 135 consecutive games before unfortunately Read more [...]
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Missing: a sense of outrage
I am amazed that there hasn't been more outrage over the failure of the Youngstown school system. It was recently revealed that the city's school system was the worse in the state, the lowest out of 610 districts. My question is this: why is Dr. Wendy Webb still the superintendent of this failed school system?
Dr. Webb has had ample time to turn the district around and obviously doesn't have what it takes to do so. The blame must start at the top and work it's way down. The future lives of the children of Youngstown are at stake and we don't need excuses, we need action. We need to call for the immediate removal of the current superintendent and find a replacement who can appreciate and conquer the enormous task of turning this school district from failure to success.
Let's quit worrying about what the outside of our school buildings look like, and start paying more attention to what's going on inside them. Youngstown taxpayers are paying a lot of money to the school system and deserve better than the results currently being displayed.
I agree one hundred percent.
I say we start at the top also...where are the parents? They are, above all else, the first teachers the students know. When you have lousy parents, you have lousy kids with lousy test scores. Start at the top.


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Year in Review: Volleyball
The Memphis volleyball team wrapped up a successful 2014 campaign that saw the team finish with the most wins in the program since the 2007 season and most conference wins in school history
Tigers Fall in Season-Finale to UCF
The University of Memphis volleyball team fell to AAC champion UCF in the season-finale, 3-1 (25-17, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16) in Orlando on Friday afternoon
Tigers Overcome Slow Start to Corral USF in Five
Senior Aleksandra Petronijevic became the first player in school-history to record 700 digs in a single-season with 27 on the night
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The Memphis volleyball team hits the road to the Sunshine state for the final two matches of the regular season against USF and UCF.
Women's Volleyball Drops Five-Set Heartbreaker to ECU on Senior Night
The University of Memphis volleyball team suffered a five-set (25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 25-13, 15-11) heartbreaking loss to ECU on Senior Night at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
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Memphis Volleyball vs. Tulsa in AAC home opener.
Prior to MemphisFour-year volleyball letterwinner at Valor Christian High School ... The Eagles played in the Jefferson County League in 2010 and 2011, and played as an independent in 2012 and 2013 ... Valor Christian posted a 69-34 overall record her four seasons ... Team went 17-3 in conference play in 2010 and 2011, including a perfect 10-0 league record and the Jefferson County League crown in 2011 ... For her career, posted 949 kills, 649 digs, 152 total blocks and 116 service aces ... Helped the Eagles to an 18-9 record and the 2013 Region 12 championship ... The squad advanced to the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) state tournament ... Named to the 2013 CHSAA Class 4A All-State first team ... Selected Valor Christian's Female Athlete of the Year ... Senior statistics were 376 kills, 273 digs, 52 service aces and 49 total blocks ... Set school mark for most kills in a season in 2013 ... As a junior in 2012, Valor Christian posted a 20-8 record and advanced to the CHSAA Class 4A state tournament semifinal round (final four) ... Squad won the Class 4A Region 5 championship ... Earned 2012 All-Colorado honorable mention and Colorado Community Media All-Star accolades ... Had 323 kills, 221 digs, 55 total blocks and 26 service aces as a junior ... As a sophomore in 2011, named to the 2011 All-Jefferson County League second team ... Recorded 165 kills, 101 digs, 27 total blocks and 15 service aces ... In her first season on the varsity squad in 2010, had 85 kills, 54 digs, 23 service aces and 13 total blocks ... Also lettered for the Valor Christian High School track and field team ... Competed in the triple and high jumps ... Played club volleyball for the Colorado Juniors ... In 2013, helped her squad to a fifth-place finish at the USA Junior Nationals/17 Open ... The previous year (2012), her team placed 13th at the USA Junior Nationals/16 Open and won the Puerto Rico 16 Open Nationals ... Earned Puerto Rico 16Open Nationals All-Star honors.
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My husband does this and I'm so freaking sick of it!!! I just wanted some people to vent to!
Any wife's deal with WoW?
Jordan 4/02, Tara 8/04, Paige 5/07, and Alyssa 5/10
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World of Warcraft is what she is talking about. Yeah, my husband does not do this and I am SO GLAD. From what I hear it's pretty addicting. It would drive me insane. Sorory!
My husband has a couple of WoW games for the computer, but they are not the online kind. He hasn't played since before Christmas, so it isn't a problem in our house. If he was one of these guys who blows off the family to do it, I would be mad.
I say this as my whole family is out in the backyard having fun working in the garden and I am on stupid BBC.
The pursuit of easy things makes men weak.
What is behind us, and what lies before us, is not nearly as important as what is inside us.
Well phewy, I thought there'd be more wives out there. How bout any role play gaming?
Jordan 4/02, Tara 8/04, Paige 5/07, and Alyssa 5/10
Mine quit recently as he went back to school. It used to make me really cranky until we came up with some nice compromises regarding how much time, and when, is reasonable.
My dh does a game but different from others, I've been told. I believe it is just as addicting, or can be. It involves lots of writing and he is a moderator on it so it takes up more time then I would like. I secretly hope that he decides to quit it and wake up to the family.
Yeah, I deal with WOW all the time.... I have a lvl 70 priest. And I have 53 non-combat pets on one char. My husband got me into it.
A few years ago though when we first started dating he would play ALL the time... putting it before me. I knew he would put his game before the family unless he changed so I dumped him. He later did change and now we're married and we both play.
Are you just sick of him playing or sick of how often he plays? Perhaps you could discuss it and give him a time limit per night (or hours per week to play). Let him have at least one night to play longer though because a kara run can take a few hours.
I'm just sick of that and other role play gaming coming before me and the kids. im sick of being a single parent, kwim? it seems he's ALWAYS gone but I can never be? I mean i think it's stupid that he can just say where he's going or what he's doing but i have to ASK him to what OUR kids? That's my big thing. we hit this about every few years and he agrees to some changes, ie 2 extra nights out a week, and it works for a few months then bam he starts up again and just gets more and more into it. I'm just sick of it all.
Jordan 4/02, Tara 8/04, Paige 5/07, and Alyssa 5/10
I'm there Anne!! I love the play with my DH, we play together after our baby goes to bed. We haven't played in a while, because we don't want to pay for the subs right now. I kinda miss it, it was really good for me to get into his gaming world a feel a part of what he loves to do.
actually, threads like this kind of frustrate me, because a lot of people end up giving their husbands ultimatums about their gaming. My DH is a manager at Gamestop, and he sees people in all the time, with all their games, selling them back because their wives won't let them play anymore. that's what gets me, that a spouse can be so insensitive to a hobby that they make the other get rid of it.
When I get frustrated with how often DH plays, (and I do!! he plays all sorts of games all the time!) I have to sit myself down and say "How you would feel if he came to you and said "You scrapbook w-a-y too much, and it costs too much money. I'm sick of it!" I'd be really, really hurt. (who wouldn't be if someone you loved told you how much they hate something you enjoy?)
so before you talk to him about it, make sure you're cooled down, and don't have the attitude of "i'm sick of it, and I want it all to stop". and tell him you want to compromise.
our compromise is more or less this: You can play games after baby's in bed, and I'm in bed (I need like 10 hours of sleep, he needs 5-6, so he is often up later playing or reading anyway), and we always come first.
and maybe you should ask him to show you how it works. It's actually a pretty fun game, and it could easily become a hobby you two might like to play together.
and a side note to anne--what servers are you on? actually, I'll send you a note about this--I don't want to hijack the vent thread into a pro-WOW thread
-Krystal Wife to Captain Jax SAHM to K-girl(5) Baby M (3)
sorry, I was writing while you were posting----I'm sorry he's doing it this way, it sounds like he doesn't quite understand that you're with the kids all day, and you really need his support when he's home, and to spend time with you and the kids.
one thing I tried, was planning activities OUT of the house---that way, there was NO WAY he could 'wander off' and 'check something real quick'
definitely sit down and have a good chat about it, and let him know why you're feeling the way you are, and how it's frustrating to you to feel like you're not getting the support you need from him, and you'd appreciate if he would put you all first. Maybe he needs to take a break for a while. Tell him he can't buy a new time card when this current one expires (I use the excuse it's not in the budget right now, because we're poor, so sometime $30 really isn't available in the budget)
I wish you luck!!! I KNOW it's not easy. just remember to be sensitive to what he has to say about it, that way a compromise can work out. Otherwise, it's just him doing what you tell him to, which would cause another problem in a few months or years.
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Another "record" year is well underway for sea turtle nesting on the South Carolina coast. Yet nearly half those nests are on a single island left unsupervised: Cape Island in the shut down federal Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
Nesting numbers
2013: 5,150*
2012: 4,628
2011: 4,024
2010: 3,150
2009: 2,193
2008: 2,365
2007: 751
2006: 1,144
2005: 1,021
2004: 345
2003: 1,253
2002: 1,071
2001: 831
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"No work is being conducted on the refuge with the exception of law enforcement," said Raye Nilius, S.C. Lowcountry Refuges Complex project leader.
The nests, though, ought to be OK, said wildlife biologist Michelle Pate, of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, who works with the turtle program. Cape Island is the turtle hatchery for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the refuge. The nests that have not yet hatched are in wire mesh cages to protect them from predators like raccoons — work that service biologists did before the federal shutdown.
"There's no real concern for Cape Island right at the moment," Pate said.
The banner year for the state follows the previous "record" year in 2012 and continues what is now a six-year trend of nest numbers having spiked and remaining relatively high.
It's one more indication that the corner has been turned for the endangered sea turtle species. It just might be that these "new" arrivals are grown-ups of hatchlings that began emerging in the 1970s, after sea turtle excluder devices and other protections were put into place.
Cape Island is ground zero for the 40-year effort to restore the loggerhead and other declining turtle species in the state and region. Year-in and year-out, the six-mile-long strip of sand holds more than 1,000 sea turtle nests — one-third of all the sea turtle nests from North Carolina to Georgia.
As for the turnaround, biologists remain cautious, if optimistic, because more nests than ever are spotted and watched with the growth of volunteer turtle watch groups. The biologists pay closer attention to the "index beaches," six of the densest nesting spots along the coast, where data has been recorded consistently since 1982 and the increases are spottier.
Since the turtles were put on the federal endangered species list in the 1970s, the numbers of Atlantic nesting turtles generally were thought to be in severe decline in Florida, where the overwhelming bulk of nests are laid, and a more gradual decline in South Carolina, where the most nests outside Florida are laid. The states are the two largest-by-numbers nesting grounds in the world for loggerhead turtles, which lay the overwhelming bulk of the nests.
In 1988, South Carolina became the first state to mandate turtle excluder devices on shrimp boats.
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To highlight the success of its small business program, NNSA today launched the third annual "NNSA Small Business Week." NNSA will feature a different small business of the day throughout the week.
"We continue to develop strong partnerships with small businesses while being stewards of taxpayers' money," said NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino.
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees have pledged a record $1.81 million to United Way and other eligible nonprofit programs. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, which manages and operates the laboratory for the National Nuclear Security Administration, plans to prorate its $1 million match among the selected nonprofit organizations, bringing the total donation to $2.81 million.
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SANTA FE (AP) — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, scientists and engineers refer to their planned new $6 billion nuclear lab by its clunky acronym, CMRR, short for Chemistry Metallurgy Research Replacement Facility. But as a work in progress for three decades and with hundreds of millions of dollars already spent, nomenclature is among the minor issues.
Questions continue to swirl about exactly what kind of nuclear and plutonium research will be done there, whether the lab is really necessary, and — perhaps most important — will it be safe, or could it become New Mexico's equivalent of Japan's Fukushima?
This week, the National Nuclear Security Administration Los Alamos Site Office dotted its Is and crossed its Ts as it sent a 386-page Class 2 permit modification request for the addition of a new Transuranic Waste Facility at Technical Area 63 to the New Mexico Environment Department.
In addition, the LASO office sent a 1,074-page document to the NMED, concerning a Class 3 permit modification request for the addition of open detonation units at TA-36 and TA-39.
There were no public comments associated with the open detonation permit modification request.
But that certainly was not the case with the Transuranic Waste Facility, with 30 different emails accompanying the request, all of them against LANL's plans for the new facility.
The public meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to review the individual permit for storm water initiated by Los Alamos National Laboratory has been cancelled due to icy road conditions, snow, and extreme temperatures that have gripped the area for the past few days.
The meeting, which was set to take place at Cities of Gold Conference Center, will be rescheduled for a later date, according to lab officials.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will be closed Monday due to the winter storm currently gripping the Los Alamos area.
The lab posted the notice on its website at 4:42 a.m.
Likewise, Los Alamos Public Schools have called off classes Monday. The school district posted a notice on its website shortly after 5 a.m.
A strangely powerful, long-lasting gamma-ray burst on Christmas Day, 2010 has finally been analyzed to the satisfaction of a multinational research team.
Called the Christmas Burst, GRB 101225A was freakishly lengthy and it produced radiation at unusually varying wavelengths.
But by matching the data with a model developed in 1998, the team was able to characterize the star explosion as a neutron star spiraling into the heart of its companion star.
The paper, "The unusual gamma-ray burst GRB 101225A from a helium star/neutron star merger at redshift 0.33," appears in Friday's issue of the journal Nature.
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans this week to complete the high-fidelity aerial survey of Los Alamos town site begun Nov. 21.
Mechanical issues with the helicopter conducting the survey temporarily halted the flyover before the survey was finished.
NNSA arranged for the Remote Sensing Laboratory/National Aerial Measuring System (RSL) of Las Vegas, Nev., to conduct the flyover following a similar survey of lab property after the Las Conchas fire.
The objective is to ensure that any and all legacy radiological contamination sites have been identified and effectively cleaned up.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan has announced a plan to establish the Laboratory Integrated Stewardship Council (LISC) in response to the uncertainties of operating in FY12 under a Continuing Resolution through Dec. 16.
"This leaves us in a financial position that is filled with uncertainty, since the timeframe for a completed budget is unknown," McMillan said in an organization-wide memo. "While we have already implemented a number of cost savings measures at the laboratory, we must do more given the financial uncertainty facing us."
Will there be layoffs at the lab?
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan announced the selection of Bret Knapp as the new principal associate director for Weapons Programs Thursday. Knapp has been acting in that position since June 2011 when McMillan left the post to become laboratory director.
As the head of LANL's Weapons Programs, Knapp is responsible for the leadership, development, and execution of the Laboratory's primary mission: ensuring the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The programs have a $1.5 billion annual budget that is split between two directorates with a workforce of more than 1,400.
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A movable contact bridge of a molded case limiting circuit breaker is supported by a bar by a system of springs enabling opening with electrodynamic repulsion. The contact bridge cooperates with stationary contacts rigidly secured to current input conductors in the shape of half-loops. An anvil is adjoined to the rear of the stationary contacts to increase the closing impact effect of the contact bridge and prevent contact resistance dispersions. The anvil is made of ferromagnetic material increase the magnetic field for blowout of the arc to the extinguishing chambers.
1. A low-voltage limiting circuit breaker having an outer case, comprising:
a rotary contact bridge;
a pair of stationary contacts cooperating with said contact bridge;
a conductor for current input to each of said stationary contacts, each conductor extending in the plane of movement of said contact bridge and shaped as a half-loop having a first and a second parallel strand spaced apart, the first strand bearing a stationary contact part;
a bar having a transverse opening, a central part of the contract bridge being located in said transverse opening, said contact bridge being rotatably mounted with respect to said bar toward an opening direction; and
a rigid metal block inserted between the first and second strands of each conductor, said rigid metal block being adjoined to the first strand opposite from the stationary contact part, wherein an air-gap is formed between the rigid metal block and the second strand, portions of the metal block extending into grooves provided in side walls of the outer case so as to rigidly secure the rigid metal block to the outer case and prevent movement therebetween, the rigid metal block being made of ferromagntic material to strengthen a magnetic field for arc blowout.
2. The circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein said outer case is a narrow parallelipidedic single-pole insulating case, said circuit breaker further comprising an extinguishing chamber to extinguish arcs formed between the stationary contacts and said contact bridge, each conductor extending inside the outer case and being supported therein respectively by a base plate and a top plate of the outer case.
3. The circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein said rigid metal block is laminated to oppose Foucault currents generated therein.
4. The circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein the air-gap is smaller than the thickness of the anvil.
The invention relates to a molded case low-voltage limiting circuit breaker comprising a rotary contact bridge, a pair of stationary contacts cooperating with said contact bridge, a conductor for current input to each of the stationary contacts extending in the plane of movement of the contact bridge and shaped to form with the contact bridge a looped trajectory to generate electrodynamic repelling forces, a bar having a transverse opening in which there is located the central part of the contact bridge with a freedom of rotation in the opening direction due to the action of the electrodynamic forces against an elastic force providing the contact pressure, the current input conductor being arranged as a half-loop having a first and a second parallel strand spaced apart, the first strand bearing a stationary contact part.
The current limiting effect by a circuit breaker of the kind referred to depends on the speed of opening of the contacts. Regardless of the operating mechanism, this speed of opening depends on the intensity of the electrodynamic repelling forces and on the weight of the mobile assembly, i.e. the contact bridge. The small weight of the mobile contact bridge presents an unfavorable effect on closing of the circuit breaker. The contact resistance, and therefore the temperature rise, is greater. Moreover, the dispersion of the contact resistances is much greater. Correct operation of the circuit breaker can be affected by these increased dispersion and resistance phenomena and object of the present invention is to enable an improved contact device to be achieved.
According to the document EP-A-28740, a magnetic circuit presents a transverse part having a small thickness with respect to the air-gap separating the central part from the bottom strand of the current input conductor. This part of the magnetic current presents a certain flexibility liable to give rise to bouncing of the movable contact on the stationary contact, when the weight of the movable contact is small.
According to the document DE-B-1,227,978, an insulating shim is inserted without clearance between the two strands of the current input conductor. This shim does not rest on any stop of the case.
The circuit breaker according to the invention is characterized in that:
an anvil formed by a rigid metal block is inserted between the two strands of the current input conductor, being adjoined to the first strand opposite from the stationary contact part, and forming an air-gap with the other strand,
grooves provided in the side walls of the case act as support surfaces for the anvil, which is rigidly secured to the case,
the end of the first strand is free and is held by the anvil,
and the metal block of the anvil is made of ferromagnetic material to strengthen the magnetic field for arc blowout to the extinguishing chamber.
The favorable action of the anvil can be explained by an absence of contact bounce upon closing thereby achieving a more efficient impact between the contacts for crushing of the contact surfaces. In state-of-the-art circuit breakers, the weight of the mobile assembly is sufficiently great to strike the movable contact hard against the stationary contact and thus achieve crushing of the contact surface and a low contact resistance. The same result is obtained according to the present invention for a contact bridge of small weight by adjoining an anvil to the stationary contact.
The presence of the anvil provides the stationary contact with a stable support, formed by the contact part and the conductor strand for current input to the anvil. The anvil is preferably made of ferromagnetic material to prevent Foucault currents liable to generate an additional temperature rise.
The invention is described in detail in its preferred application to a limiting circuit breaker of the type described in French Patent application No. 91 12793 filed on Oct. 15, 1991, in which the contact bridge is mounted floating in the operating bar. It is clear that the anvil contact system is applicable to other molded case circuit breakers.
Other advantages and features will become more clearly apparent from the following description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, given as a non-restrictive example only and represented in the accompanying drawings in which :
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the contacts of a pole of a circuit breaker according to the invention, represented in the closed position.
FIG. 2 is a similar view to that of FIG. 1 showing the contacts in the course of opening.
FIG. 3 is a similar view to that of FIG. 1 showing the contacts in the open position.
FIG. 4 is a cross-section along the line IV--IV of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a detailed perspective view showing the movable contact bridge and the operating bar.
In the drawings, a case 10, made of plastic insulating material, contains the breaking elements of a pole of a molded case limiting circuit breaker, including a pair of stationary contacts 11, 12 and a movable contact bridge 13, and two arc extinguishing chambers which are not represented. The case 10 of general parallelipipedic shape is formed by two large side panels 14, 15, a base plate 16 and a top plate 17, and two small side panels 18, 19. The movable contact bridge 13 is supported by a rotating bar section 20, inserted between the two large side panels 14, 15. The bar section 20 presents an orifice 21 which extends according to a diameter in a direction parallel to the large side panels and the contact bridge 13 passes through this orifice with clearance protruding out from each side of the bar section 20. The contact bridge 13 is mounted floating on the bar section 20 by two pairs of springs 22, 23, in the manner described in detail hereinafter. Two current input conductors 24, 25 pass through the small end panels, respectively 18, 19, and are extended inside the case 10 by a curved part in the form of a half-loop whose end 26, 27 bears the associated stationary contact part 28, 29. In the closed position of the contact bridge 13, the stationary contact part 28 cooperates with the movable contact 31 supported by the contact bridge 13, whereas the stationary contact part 29 cooperates with the movable contact 32. The current input at a given moment via the input conductor 24 flows through the closed contacts 28, 31, contact bridge 13, and closed contacts 32, 29, and is output on the opposite side via the conductor 25. It can be seen that the ends 26, 27 have flowing in them currents of opposite polarities to the currents flowing in the contact bridge 13, giving rise to a repelling force moving the contact bridge 13 to the open position. This looped trajectory in the zone of the contacts 28, 31; 29, 32 generates a magnetic field for arc blowout in the direction of the extinguishing chambers. An operating mechanism (not represented) is coupled to the bar section 20 to control its rotation and thereby opening and closing of the contacts 28, 31; 29, 32. A circuit breaker of this kind is described in detail in the above-mentioned French Patent application No. 91 12793 which should advantageously be referred to for further details.
The parts of the current input conductors 24, 25 internal to the case 10 are appreciably symmetrical and only the arrangement of input conductor 25 is described in detail hereafter, that of input conductor 24 being identical. The input conductor 25 adjoined to the base plate 16 is engaged laterally in the notches 30 arranged in the two large side panels 14, 15. The width of the flat conductor 25 is reduced in the curved zone and at its end 27, arranging a clearance between the conductor and the large side panels 14, 15. An anvil 33, formed by a rigid metal block, is fitted between the two branches of the half-loop of the conductor 25, being adjoined to the face of the end 27 opposite from the one bearing the stationary contact 29. The anvil 33 is rigidly secured to the case 10 via its ends 35, engaged in grooves 36 arranged in the large side panels 14, 15. The anvil 33 is separated from the other branch of the conductor 25 by an air-gap 34 and the metal block is laminated to limit the Foucault currents generated in the block 33. It can be understood that when the contact bridge 13 closes, the movable contact 32 strikes the stationary contact 29 and the impact is transmitted to the anvil 33 which prevents any bouncing of the stationary contact 29 and amplifies the blow struck on the stationary contact 29. This blow causes crushing of the surfaces in contact and a reduction of the contact resistance, which does not present any dispersion. The metal block 33 is made of ferromagnetic material increasing the magnetic field generated by the current flow in the input conductor 25, for arc blowout in the direction of the extinguishing chamber. The air-gap 34 prevents any short-circuiting of the half-loop but it is clear that an additional insulation can be provided.
The air-gap 34 is smaller than the thickness of the anvil 33.
Referring more particularly to FIG. 5, it can be seen that the springs of the pairs of springs 22, 23 are arranged symmetrically on each side of the contact bridge 13, framing the latter. Furthermore, the two pairs of springs 22, 23 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the dummy axis 37 of rotation of the contact bridge 13. One 38 of the ends of the springs 22 is anchored on a spindle 39 extending parallel to the dummy axis 37 and taking its bearing in a notch 40 arranged on the face of the contact bridge 13 opposite from the one bearing the movable contact 32. The other end 41 of the tension springs 22 is anchored on a rod 42 slidingly mounted in a notch 43 arranged in the bar 20. The tension springs 22 urge the rod 42 towards the bottom of the notches 43 and exert via the spindle 39 a torque on the contact bridge 13 tending to make the latter pivot in the closing direction. The springs 23 are arranged in the same way, and the same reference numbers assigned with an index are used to designate the corresponding parts. The two pairs of springs 22, 23 ensure floating mounting of the contact bridge 13 in the orifice 21 allowing rotation of the contact bridge 13 around the dummy axis 37. A floating mounting of this kind is described in French Patent n� 2,622,347. The pairs of springs 22, 23 also provide the contact pressure in the closed position of the pole. The pairs of springs 22, 23 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the dummy axis of rotation 37, in such a way as to exert in any position of the contact bridge 13, a return torque of the contact bridge to the closed position. This torque decreases as the contact bridge 13 moves towards the open position, and the anchoring rods 42, 42' are arranged in such a way as to interfere with the pivoting trajectory of the contact bridge 13, at the end of opening travel by repulsion of the contact bridge 13. To achieve this, the edges of the contact bridge 13 bear or are shaped as cam surfaces 44, 44' engaging at the end of repulsion travel respectively the rods 42, 42', making them slide in their notch 43, in the elongation direction of the springs 22, 23. This engagement slows down the movement of the contact bridge 13, and reduces or cancels the impact on the end of opening travel stop, for example formed or arranged on the case 10. The shape of the cams 44, 44' is naturally determined to obtain progressive deceleration of the contact bridge 13 and it can be arranged to preserve in all positions a return torque of the contact bridge to the closed position, or inversely present a ratchet retaining the contact bridge 13, in the repelled open position. In the former case, the contact bridge 13 recloses automatically if opening of the circuit breaker is not confirmed by rotation of the bar section 20 actuated by the mechanism, but the to-and-fro travel of the contact bridge 13 is slowed down by its braking at end of travel. This slowing-down can be sufficient to provide tripping selectivities, i.e. opening of a load-side switchgear device which clears the fault. In the latter case of retention of the contact bridge 13 in the repelled position, this ratcheting is suppressed when rotation of the bar section 20 takes place, actuated by the mechanism, so as to bring the contact bridge 13 back to the initial position with respect to the bar 20. It can easily be seen that the braking and/or retaining system of the contact bridge 13 in the repelled position does not require any additional parts, and is particularly simple and efficient.
The invention is naturally in no way limited to the embodiment more particularly described herein.
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In All Things
A group blog by the editors, columnists and frequent contributors to America.
June 2015
Jun 29 2015 - 1:55pm2 comments
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibits the infliction of "cruel and unusual punishments." It has long been established that this ban does not categorically rule out the death penalty. After all, as Justice Samuel Alito wrote in today's Glossip v. Gross decision, "[t]he death penalty was an accepted punishment at the time of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights." And, as Justice Antonin Scalia added, the Constitution "explicitly contemplates," in...
Jun 29 2015 - 11:23am1 comment
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled that same-sex couples are entitled under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the same marital rights as opposite-sex couples, is of monumental legal importance. The most obvious, celebrated and decried impact is the nation-wide recognition of the current and future marriages of same-sex couples, which includes all concomitant spousal and parental benefits and responsibilities...
Jun 29 2015 - 12:03am0 comments
We are happy to announce that America Media is the recipient of 26 awards for journalistic excellence from the Catholic Press Association. Six books written by America editors and columnists also were honored this year. The winners were announced on Friday evening at a dinner to mark the conclusion of the 2015 Catholic Media Conference, hosted by the C.P.A. this year in Buffalo, N.Y. The annual event gathers the top Catholic journalists from across the country and Canada to...
Jun 26 2015 - 7:17pm2 comments
Today the United States Supreme Court once again redefined marriage for the entire country. This time Justice Kennedy and four other unelected federal judges (with lifetime tenure) have declared that every state must define marriage as the union of any two consenting adults. This requirement we are told arises from the 14th Amendment's protections of due process and equal protection.
Jun 26 2015 - 6:37pm2 comments
The historic decision in Obergefell v. Hodges obviously means a great deal for the same-sex couples nationwide who can now enter civil marriages, and for their children. It also leaves open the many significant questions that arisen about effects on the religious liberty of dissenters.
Jun 26 2015 - 5:20pm2 comments
Court-watchers and constitutional-law experts almost unanimously expected that the justices would do what they did in Obergefell v. Hodges. The result is not a surprise, nor is the fact that the author of the opinion for the five-justice majority was Justice Kennedy. His opinion in today's case confirms and solidifies his legacy with respect to the Constitution and sexual-orientation controversies and it represents the "next step"—and, again, the expected one—in a line of other...
Jun 26 2015 - 3:17pm33 comments
"The joys and hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the women and men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ" ("Gaudium et Spes," no. 1).
Jun 26 2015 - 12:03pm2 comments
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called today's Supreme Court decision interpreting the U.S. Constitution to require all states to license and recognize same-sex marriage "a tragic error."
Jesus Christ, with great love, taught unambiguously that from the beginning marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman," Archbishop Kurtz said. "As Catholic bishops, we follow our Lord and will continue to teach...
Jun 25 2015 - 3:53pm5 comments
On June 25, 2015, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dodged a potentially fatal legal bullet. In King v. Burwell, the US Supreme Court, in a majority decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, rejected a challenge to an IRS tax credit regulation that threatened to unwind the entire fabric of President Obama's signature health care law. This is the second time in three years Roberts has saved the ACA from demise.
Jun 24 2015 - 9:35pm0 comments
Cambridge, MA. One of the lesser noticed but important contributions of Pope Francis' Laudato Si comes at the very end: "At the conclusion of this lengthy reflection which has been both joyful and troubling, I propose that we offer two prayers. The first we can share with all who believe in a God who is the all-powerful Creator, while in the other we Christians ask for inspiration to take up the commitment to creation set before us by the Gospel of Jesus." (n. 246) The second of...
Jun 24 2015 - 9:20am0 comments
Carlos D. Esparza, S.J., 35, is a newly ordained Jesuit priest from Richardson, Tex. A 1998 graduate of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, he earned his B.A.
Jun 23 2015 - 4:39pm8 comments
Pope Francis takes the title of his encyclical "Laudato Si'" from a hymn of praise written by Francis of Assisi. He speaks in rhapsodic terms of the God of creation and ends with a mystical prayer. This is the gentle, simple beauty of the document. Yet there is another side to the encyclical. It was written not only to praise the true God, but to scoff at false ones...
Jun 23 2015 - 1:02pm21 comments
Working for a Catholic media organization can at times skew one's sense of what is Big News in the church and beyond. For the past week it has been, in the words of my colleague Kevin Clarke, #encyclapalooza here at America.
Jun 22 2015 - 11:58am1 comment
Is there anything good to be said for death? I've always hated references to "Sister Death" (sorry, St. Francis) or "Death as Friend." I'm also uneasy when Darwinian minded theologians defend death's positive uses. Yes, I accept evolution and acknowledge that generations of organisms have died to produce the "wonderful life" of earth—including most famously, US!
Jun 22 2015 - 9:46am51 comments
One expects a debate about Pope Francis' new encyclical to form around the details of climate science, or the efficacy of carbon credits, or the theological merits of ecology. But a stranger, subtler difference of opinion has emerged, one that I suspect has more political consequence than it lets on: the interpretation of mood.
Jun 21 2015 - 5:52pm2 comments
June 21 is the Feast Day of one of the most misunderstood saints in the Catholic church: St. Aloysius Gonzaga. A little history, then, may be in order to help us begin to understand this complex and holy young man, today one of the patrons of youth. One must, in a sense, recover the real Aloysius, and the true Luigi.
Jun 20 2015 - 4:52pm0 comments
Cape Cod, MA. Pope Francis' magnificent encyclical, "Laudato Si'," has already been widely commented on, and receiving careful analysis from many angles. It will, of course, be a topic of conversation, material for study, and implementation globally in dioceses and parishes, as a substantive part of the Church's teaching in the 21st century. I am just coming off retreat, and have not had time to digest either the encyclical or responses to it, and wish here only to add several...
Jun 19 2015 - 12:15pm0 comments
It has become something of a late-June ritual for law-beat journalists and Supreme Court watchers generally: Joining the merry band of explainers at the invaluable SCOTUSblog's "live feed" for the announcements of the justices' rulings and opinions. On Thursday, thousands checked in, eagerly awaiting news of the decisions in pending cases involving the interpretation of the Affordable Care Act and the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
Jun 19 2015 - 9:50am3 comments
June 18, was a great day to be a journalist, a Catholic, a Jesuit priest, a teacher, an American and an editor for America. A journalist, because, although as literary editor, I had no direct connection with the Pope Francis' environmental encyclical's coverage, many people around me did.
Jun 18 2015 - 3:26pm0 comments
I was halfway through reading "Laudato Si'" when I heard news that nine black worshipers at a Bible study had been gunned down by a white man. I kept reading, but with a bad conscience, suspecting myself of hiding in an issue...
Jun 18 2015 - 7:49am0 comments
The long wait is over.
The greatly anticipated encyclical letter of Pope Francis that has been the topic for much discussion and speculation for well over a year has now been published. The encyclical on the environment is now available for the entire world to see, read, ponder—and most importantly (as Pope Francis hopes)—act upon. Laudato Si!
Jun 17 2015 - 12:28pm3 comments
Michael Rossmann, S.J., is a Jesuit scholastic who serves as editor-in-chief of The Jesuit Post, a website of social commentary founded in 2012 by young U.S. Jesuit writers. He is currently completing theology studies at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in...
Jun 17 2015 - 9:49am0 comments
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and 13 Jesuit law schools have been working in collaboration to address the recent surge in migrations from Central America to the United States.
Jun 16 2015 - 2:50pm0 comments
This Thursday theologians in the New York area will gather at America House to discuss Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment. These experts in Catholic social teaching will offer an overview of the content and significance of the teachings within the text. They will also offer background on Catholic engagement on social issues and discuss the possible impact of this text on national and...
Jun 15 2015 - 12:47pm3 comments
Well, it has been some kind of morning here in Catholic media land. One might consider news of two bishops resigning 10 days after the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was served with a criminal complaint and the announcement of a defrocked nuncio's impending Vatican trial to be quite enough for one day.
Jun 12 2015 - 8:09pm1 comment
At his death last Wednesday Eugene Kennedy left behind over 50 years of disciplined intellectual writings spanning genres as diverse as original empirical discovery research in clinical psychology, to a wonderfully received play, to hundreds if not thousands of essays and letters to friends. To call him a Renaissance Man is an understatement. Here is just a beginning glance at his contributions to intellectual life in the late 20th and early 21st century.
Jun 11 2015 - 4:48pm0 comments
Catholicism has untold numbers of saints and many of them are beloved. It is only right that in a "universal church" that this should be so; sanctity and holiness are not the exclusive property of a few and the seemingly exponential variety and kinds of sainthood there is offers great hope to those of us within the fold of faith who hope and aspire one day to be not only like them, but to be with them.
Jun 11 2015 - 2:58pm0 comments
Pope Francis will open a homeless shelter on the edge of Vatican City, the latest move by the pontiff to help poor people in Rome.
The shelter is under construction on Via Penitenzieri, just a few steps away from the Vatican walls, a Holy See spokeswoman said.
Once completed, the center will be run by volunteers, who will host 30 people at a time.
Jun 10 2015 - 2:56pm0 comments
As the June 18 release of the pope's encyclical on the environment approaches, pre-emptive commentary either lauding or diminishing its so-far unseen contents continues apace. Asked to comment on the galloping punditry that has anticipated the encyclical, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski noted with some amazement the willingness of many folks "making these arguments without having even read the encyclical or engaged [its] arguments."
Jun 10 2015 - 2:23pm1 comment
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops President and Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz said U.S. bishops would welcome and cooperate with a new episcopal governing mechanism confirmed in an announcement from Rome this morning.
Jun 10 2015 - 1:26pm1 comment
On Friday, June 5, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, reintroduced her Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to FY16 National Defense Authorization Act, calling for removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command. All Americans, especially Catholics should join her. The United States military has demonstrated a inability or unwillingness to provide justice to survivors of sexual assault within their ranks and to dismantle the culture that perpetuates...
Jun 10 2015 - 8:59am0 comments
Gary Jansen is a writer and senior editor of religion and spirituality at the Crown Publishing Group. His books include "The Rosary: A Journey to the Beloved," "Exercising Your Soul: Fifteen Minutes a Day to a Spiritual Life" and the memoir "Holy Ghosts" (Tarcher/...
Jun 7 2015 - 11:11am0 comments
Service Employees International Union Local 500, which represents adjunct faculty at Georgetown University, reports that Trinity Washington University adjuncts have now chosen union representation (74 voting yes, 54 voting no). They join a wave of non-tenured university and college instructors across the United States -- at public and private institutions -- who have organized to address poor working conditions. America's higher education institutions have contracted out a rapidly growing...
Jun 7 2015 - 10:42am0 comments
Some of the most basic labor protections in American life – the minimum wage and overtime pay – were established in 1938 when Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act. But contrary to popular belief, Congress excluded certain categories of workers from coverage. Among these were domestic workers: housekeepers, maids and childcare workers who work (and sometimes live) in the homes of their employers.
Jun 6 2015 - 6:00pm2 comments
It was all so beautiful, heartbreaking and sad: the haunting drones of the Celtic bagpipes, the slow procession of a grieving family behind the casket of the loved one, the packed church, with over 1,000 people gathered together in the solidarity of sorrow; the comfort of the familiar prayers and the scripture readings, the intercessions, the music, the singing and the eulogies, both spoken and unspoken.
Clues to the Encyclical II: A Long Tradition of Papal Teaching on Social, Economic and Political MattersJun 4 2015 - 8:12pm2 comments
Francis' encyclical on the environment will take its place among at least 10 other papal letters issued over the past 125 years that have not only offered specific judgment and guidance on matters of public morality, but have interrogated their philosophical and moral assumptions from the perspective of scripture and doctrine. So while an encyclical on the environment is an expansion into new moral territory, such expansions are part of a well-established tradition.
Jun 4 2015 - 5:04pm0 comments
There is that old refrain—or retort—from childhood that is usually said upon instances of bullying or teasing: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Unfortunately, when it comes to the reality of living in the Holy Land—specifically Israel—words, sticks and crucially—the stones—have become very harmful to the public order, not to mention the peace. And given the recent history of Palestinian-Israeli relations, a lot more than stones have been hurled by the...
Jun 4 2015 - 3:27pm0 comments
Employment laws in the United States alter the private contractual nature of employer/employee relationships. Various federal, state and local laws provide for everything from workplace health and safety requirements to minimum wages and benefits.
Jun 3 2015 - 5:11pm1 comment
In our daily lives, we often find ourselves immune to the constant parade of images, voices and "opinions" which cumulatively make up the background "noise" of our existence. We become jaded from having to deal with the complexity as well as the enormity of things and situations and it gets to the point where little—if anything—surprises us anymore. That is, until something happens to bring us up short and snaps us out of our irrelevant reveries and self-delusions.
Jun 3 2015 - 9:00am6 comments
Father Paul Brian Campbell, S.J., is a Jesuit priest who serves as publisher of Loyola Press in Chicago. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he joined the Jesuits in Dublin before studying philosophy in Paris and theology in Japan. After ordination, he studied...
Jun 1 2015 - 2:21pm0 comments
Cambridge, MA. It is already a week since the Ecclesiological Investigations conference at Georgetown University ended. This was a four-day event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican II, by "remembering the future," as the conference's title put it.
Jun 1 2015 - 9:47am1 comment
When you go hiking up a mountain with your fit husband and fit daughter and find that, between the altitude and the steep grade, you can't keep up with them, even though it's a hike you've done before, you eat a little humble pie. Then, when your boot slips on some rocks on the way back down and you fall and bruise your tailbone, you eat a big slice of humble pie. You see by the solicitous looks on their faces that you have in fact aged while you were not paying attention, and maybe you...


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Pristine Cumbria beaches earn clean sweep in report
Last updated at 16:52, Wednesday, 16 April 2014
BEACHES along Cumbria's coastline have scored excellent water quality standards in the latest report.
In total, 60 Cumbrian beaches were given the top "recommended" rating in The Good Beach Guide, launched by the Marine Conservation Society, including 15 beaches, from Silecroft near Millom, to Grange.
One of Cumbria's driest summers in a decade last year has resulted in more bathing beaches than ever being "recommended" for their excellent water quality.
MCS coastal pollution officer, Rachel Wyatt said she hoped the latest figures would be a boost to UK tourism after several previously wet summers led to a drop in bathing water quality caused by pollution running into the sea and overloaded sewers.
Ms Wyatt said: "The main challenge now is maintaining these standards, whatever the weather."
Barrow Borough Council says it has demonstrated its commitment to keeping its beaches clean by achieving Love My Beach status.
The council has adopted simple measures in its workplaces as part of the scheme, such as fat traps for catering, and toilet stickers asking people to think before they flush.
Town centre and festivals manager, Ann Taylforth said: "The council has achieved Love My Beach status for all its main buildings, from the Town Hall to the Dock Museum to the Park Leisure Centre because we're very keen to improve the quality of our beaches.
"Barrow has some excellent beaches, and particularly those on Walney are ideal for bathing. We look forward to a glorious summer for bathers, windsurfers and kitesurfers."
All businesses and local residents are encouraged to get involved in Love My Beach.
Scheme co-ordinator Emma McColm said: "There's a checklist of things we can do to help keep beaches looking beautiful and it's open to everybody from the littlest cafes to big industries in the area."
Beach users can also do their bit to help maintain beaches to be proud of.
Miss McColm said: "At this time of year people will be taking picnics down to the beach, so take your rubbish home, including bits of food because that attracts the seagulls, and it's not acceptable to leave dog poo anywhere."
By the end of the 2015 bathing season, all designated bathing waters must meet the new minimum "sufficient" standard under the revised EU bathing water directive.
This will be twice as stringent as the "minimum" standard and means that some beaches will need to do more to make the grade, such as including reducing pollution from sewage discharges, agricultural run-off and urban diffuse pollution; fixing mis-connected sewers and putting in place more steps to help dog owners clean up after their pets.
Beaches which do not meet the "sufficient" standard at the end of 2015 will have to display signs warning against bathing in the sea from the start of the bathing season in 2016.
First published at 16:20, Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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BBC News website says Cumbria has two of the dirtiest in the country :(
have our council checked the walney beaches of late, the plastic litter is disgusting along both sides of the island.


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Easy Garmin Mapsource Routing for N00bs (Tutorial)
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Yes, this incremental building of routes (rubber-banding through your via points as you refine it) is the only way to fly with MapSource. I think a lot of folks never figure it out as it is fairly counter-intuitive to have to first click the route to select it, then click it again to stretch it. I would expect a dragging UI, although I think they do it the way they do so you can do other things like scroll and select other tools while in rubber-banding mode.
The issue of routing discrepencies between MapSource and the GPS has been a long-term bugaboo for Garmin. In addition to the GPS-varying mandatory-recalc problem discussed here, there is the issue that routing preferences are globals in both MapSource and the GPS, rather than "sticking" to routes. If these preferences were made properties of routes, they'd get transferred along with the route so you wouldn't have to manually make sure your preferences stay sync'ed. I suspect the reason for this problem is that Garmin never has standardized on a GPS-independent standard for routing preferences, so with 300-odd models in the field, trying to get everything the same would be an exercise in herding cats.
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