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The Pediatric Orthopedics program at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. offers a wide range of pediatric orthopedic services to the Charlotte community and surrounding counties. Our board-certified pediatric orthopedic physicians provide evaluation and treatment for all pediatric musculoskeletal conditions.
We understand that access to care close to home is an important aspect of treating infants, children and adolescents. That's why LCH has recently expanded our pediatric orthopedics at Levine Children's Specialty Centers in Hickory, Gastonia and Ballantyne.
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Rise of Nightmares
Rise of Nightmares - 'Controller' Trailer
Rise of Nightmares is available exclusively on Kinect for Xbox 360 for $49.99 and has been rated "M for Mature" by the ESRB
Rise of Nightmares - 'Euro Vacation' Trailer
We've been telling you this is not your usual Kinect game, but if you haven't been listening to us up until now, we recommend taking a look at some of the highlights from their recent trip here.
Rise of Nightmares - 'Granny Gets Censored' Trailer
Warning: this trailer contains a hilarious elderly woman dropping some serious truths on her grandkids, using language that's not quite suitable for her grandchildren's virgin ears.
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Using knives, chainsaws and your bare hands, rip your foes limb from limb while uncovering the location of your kidnapped wife.
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The Tran family is fighting for their 17 year old son, Brandon, to be allowed to finish his senior year at Falcon High School.
He has been friends with the students there for quite some time, but Brandon has Leukodystrophy a degenerative disease that's terminal.
His parents tell 11 News he was a normal child until the age of four. His mother Teako says she can remember thinking something was wrong when he started tripping over his own two feet.
She took him to the hospital where they weren't able diagnose him at first.
Doctors later discovered he had Leukodystrophy. The disease has slowly taken away his movement and communication.
Recently his Falcon High School teachers started to feel they couldn't care for him safely.
Last week they had a scare when his oxygen levels were low and they had to call an ambulance.
The school and his parents had three different meetings that resulted in half days at school and then they decided he should be home-bound.
His parents say they understand the difficulty in caring for him. They say he loves school and they want him to graduate with his classmates.
He may not be able to talk or move, but they believe he still has the ability to love, listen and feel. They aren't sure how long Brandon will live, but think school is all he has left.
The Trans are requesting District 49 to get creative instead of making him a home-bound student.
Brandon's parents aren't the only ones who want to see him finish out the school year, his therapists have written letters to the school on his behalf as well.
The District and the Trans will meet on Thursday. 11 News will let you know the outcome of that meeting.
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Luxurious lakeside hotels, quaint Bed and Breakfasts, rustic camping, one-of-a-kind motels, vacation rentals and AAA four-diamond rated properties are all part of the Finger Lakes lodging experience. Whatever your tastes are, you are sure to feel at home here.
Ontario County boasts the most bed and breakfasts in the Finger ...
Luxurious lakeside hotels, quaint Bed and Breakfasts, rustic camping, one-of-a-kind motels, vacation rentals and AAA four-diamond rated properties are all part of the Finger Lakes lodging experience. Whatever your tastes are, you are sure to feel at home here.
Ontario County boasts the most bed and breakfasts in the Finger Lakes and is also home to three AAA Four-diamond properties:
The Finger Lakes was named Top Lakeside Retreat by Shermans Travel. Explore all of the places to stay below and make sure to come visit us very soon!
We encourage our visitors to plan ahead, especially in our busy summer and fall seasons. We look forward to hosting you in Ontario County and the Finger Lakes.
Here is a little bit about the different lodging options offered. For more details, explore each section!
A variety of hotels await you in the Finger Lakes. AAA Four-Diamond Geneva on the Lake is sure to "wow" anyone with the hotel's incredible dedication to every detail. Stay right on the shore of Canandaigua Lake at The Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua or get a view of the entire lake and enjoy some golf in the summer or cross-country skiing in the winter at Bristol Harbour Resort. Take the family and experience the incredible views of Seneca Lake at the Ramada Geneva Lakefront, which offers easy access to a variety of activities in downtown Geneva.
The Homewood Suites in Victor is great if you are looking to stay in the area for an extended amount of time. Belhurst Castle in Geneva is the perfect location for a romantic weekend getaway and has received kudos for its expansive wine list.
We have name brands here too – Comfort Inn in Farmington, Hampton Inns in Geneva and in Victor, and a Best Western and Holiday Inn Express in Victor. All of these are conveniently located to the Seneca Lake or Canandaigua Lake Wine Trails.
Whatever hotel you choose, we are sure your Fingerlakes stay will be warm, cozy and special.
The Finger Lakes has numerous motels in a variety of settings. Many offer quiet lodging experiences within minutes of fantastic dining and recreation. High speed internet, swimming pools, unique designs and even Jacuzzi rooms can all be a part of your motel experience in the Finger Lakes. There is great accessibility from these motels to Finger Lakes Community College and Hobart and William Smith Colleges, as well as easy access off the New York State Thruway (I-90).
Bed and Breakfasts
Ontario County has more bed and breakfasts than any other part of the Finger Lakes and the list is as diverse as it is long. Everything from quaint bed and breakfasts in a woodsy environment to Canandaigua and Geneva downtown settings are available.
Ontario County is to proud to have two AAA four-diamond bed and breakfasts. The 1795 Acorn Inn in Canandaigua offers the simple elegance of the past while seamlessly integrating with modern comfort and luxury. The Morgan Samuels Inn, also in Canandaigua, is an 1810 English-style mansion that gives guests the ultimate in Victorian comfort and atmosphere.
Vacation Rentals
If you really want your own space, vacation rentals are for you and we have lots of them in the Finger Lakes. Rentals, especially homes and cottages along the lakes; Seneca Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Honeoye Lake or Keuka Lake are some of the most popular lodging requests in the FingerLakes. With beautiful settings and quality amenities, your next visit is sure to be a memorable one.
Looking for a more remote overnight option? Consider the Quiet Place with its selection of lodges and cottages or Sky Lodge near Naples in the Bristol Hills. This is a great venue for nearby skiing at Bristol Mountain or summer hiking and biking challenges.
Onanda Park in the Town of Canandaigua provides a mix of cabins, camping sites and meeting pavilions. Finger Lakes Premier Properties is a company specializing in rentals on the various Finger Lakes including Keuka, Canandaigua, Seneca and Honeoye.
Many resort destinations have a system of one stop shopping for vacation rentals. Unfortunately, the Finger Lakes, due to its size, does not have a universal reservation system. We recommend that visitors select a vacation rental well in advance by first determining which lake or town you wish to be near and then contact a realtor from there.
Do you really like the great outdoors and want to be as close to nature as possible? Campgrounds in the Finger Lakes feature spectacular natural settings and offer a variety of amenities from pools to playgrounds that will allow you to feel at home in nature. Choose between a KOA in Farmington, the Bristol Woodlands or Cheerful Valley Campgrounds in Phelps and your family fun is guaranteed!
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A domestic violence call escalated even further after the suspect tried to run.
According to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, the suspect bolted from the scene as soon as he saw authorities arriving at his home on Easy Street around 7:30 a.m. Monday.
Authorities immediately shut down surrounding streets and started looking for the suspect, who they believed was armed. The search forced three area school--Venetucci Elementary, Talbott Elementary and Watson Junior High--to go on secured perimeter status briefly.
The suspect was found in the area of Security Boulevard and Crawford just before 9 a.m. He turned himself in without incident.
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We got out this morning and trained in between storms coming in off the Pacific. I'm usually pretty good at looking at the forecast/doppler and finding a window. Today we had a steady gentle rain. We just ran one set up, a triple with 2 blinds. I haven't run very many triples with Winter so we are building them. Today the outside marks were easy and the middle mark was the toughest. She did great. The first blind basksided the middle mark, had a bit of pitch and roll to it and was set out at about 190 yards. Winter took a pretty good line out past the winger (80 yards) but then kept wanting to curl back toward the winger once she was well past it. It took a few whistles and corrections but we got there. The 2nd blind between the two tightest wingers and was about 140 yards out. Just one whistle, a topography line correction.
It is poring and blowing out now so I guess my weather predicting wasn't too bad.
Hope to get out again this week but it depends on if the river rises and flood us off the training grounds. We have been having alot of rain.
If we can't get out a guess I'll be forced to work on our obedience skills in hopes of a CD.
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We got out for an hour. We did some pattern blinds. I then rewarded Buffy with a 280 yard mark through cover. She loved it.
Looks like I will be pheasant hunting tomorrow.
Trained today, only time available this week.
Next weekend is our local HRC test and I have both boys in Finished.
A trend in Finished tests down here is to run a long go-bird past in your face short memory birds. So today we set up such a triple on the water with real short memory birds and a long (100+ yard) go bird over two points of water, very tight to the middle bird. Blind up the middle going through a pinch of water between a point and an island.
I ran the go bird as a single with both dogs first, put them up and ran the triple. As expected I handled on the go bird to keep them from falling for the short bird they had to run past. Both took 2-3 handles then were like, OH YEAH and booked it out to the long one. Not perfect but I'll take it. Both dogs did very nice on the blind.
Later on I did a long single through a bunch of mud/cover/lunging water with Slater, he had a blast and came back not only with the bumper but a big clump of lily pads complete with roots and dirt! LOL I posted the pic on FB
My training partner didn't have such a good time of our setup. I'm not sure how to help him. Well, back up, we have trained together for many years and have helped each other a LOT. I couldn't do it without him. However his dog has many bad training habits that get him in lots of trouble, mainly due to inconsistently correcting the dog and really sending mixed messages. The dog has a lot of drive and wants to do it but has trouble communicating with his handler. My friend goes and trains with the dog's breeder, a very experienced trainer, about once a week. The trainer always tells him "don't worry, don't correct, he's confused, make it simple" etc etc, then when it gets so bad the owner can't do anything, the trainer takes the dog and board & trains for a few weeks. The owner thus hasn't learned how to dig the dog out of problems. Today the dog had a complete meltdown on the triple, totally blowing off all attempts to handle to the long go bird in an effort to get the short marks first (TWICE), then when we finally just decided to run the go bird as a single, he no-goes with a lot of barking and spinning. A complete conflict of control -- dog wants to do what he wants, owner not forceful enough to convince him otherwise. OY!!!! I just don't know where to go with it and how to help. Anyways.....
"Fisher" CH Deauxquest Hard Day's Knight UDT VER RAE MH WCX CCA VCX OS DDHF, Can. CD WC
"Slater" HRCH Morninglo Wing-T Your Bird Can Sing CDX MH NA WCX CCA VCX
"Bally" CH Richwood Wing-T Workin' Like A Dog SH
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Pheasant hunting today. I quicked Angel this miorning when doing her nails so she stayed home and Kate came out of retirement to chase a few roosters around. She's slowed down but still "nose" what a bird is.
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Terrific photo of a happy dog and a couple of roosters.
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My dogs are going stir crazy. I have been out of commission--walking pneumonia after our goose hunt a couple of weekends back. Getting back into things now--going to a Mitch White seminar tomorrow on line strategies. Should be good.
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"Winter" Can/UKC Ch. Amberwood Winter Wonderland Can. SH WCX CD VCI, Am. SH CD WCX CCA VC, 2007 GRCC Nan Gordon Trophy
"Butch" Sterre Badlands Outlaw JH WC I(Ch ptd)/Am JH 2013 Nan Gordon Trophy
"Bonnie" Sterre Texas Bluebonnet JH WCI, Am JH
"Wings" Sterre Widgeon on the Wing
"Chrissy" Halfmoon Embellishment (Cavalier)
"Juniper" Amberwood Northern Exposure CD RNCL (Apr15/02-Feb12/13)
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oh Shelly, that's awful! I hope you get better fast!
CH Rosewood Little Giant, VCD2 UDX VER RA MHU SH MXP MJP MFP T2BP TD DJ VCX WCX CCA CGC FFX-OG (born 3-10-2007), also UCH HR UH UUD UJJ URO1 UHIT a.k.a. "Tito" (the Tito Monster)
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My first dog, and my most special girl
Gibson's Golden Girl, CD, CGC, TDI ( 3-20-1997 - 11-22-2013) a.k.a. "Tiny", "Queen B"
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Gibson's Golden Guy, CD, CGC, TDI ( 01-31-1998 - 01-02-2012) a.k.a. "Toby", "HRH"
What a difference 36 hours makes.
Angel was back in action today in the same field Kate was in on Wednesday. Kate was working in near 60 degree temps and bright sunshine. Angel got to work today in overcast, a couple inches of snow and 20 degrees. Angel did come through with a couple of birds.
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Pheasant hunted Wednesday with my friend's Braque Francais. We put up 7 birds, shot 3. Tough shooting, all in the woods.
I worked Buffy at continental shoots Thursday and Friday. Thursday was a treat because I had my son with me and we took turns working Buffy. He liked watching her work.
Friday it was a big shoot---1000 birds. Buffy had a total of 85 retrieves in two days.
Needless to say we are exhausted.
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The V4043 Motorized Zone Valve provides 2-position (open-close), straight-through control of supply water for baseboard radiation, convectors, fan-coil units, etc. It uses a 2-wire, 24-volt control circuit and requires a SPST thermostat. Integral end-switch models permit the sequencing of auxiliary equipment.
Standard Features
- Quiet, dependable operation is provided by motor-operated powerhead and swing-type ball valve.
- Unique rotating ball plug that seats on a different part of its surface on each closing.
- Closes against the flow of water to assure quiet operation.
- Manual opener moves ball away from seat allowing valve to be installed without disassembly.
- Manual opener allows for valve operation on power failure. Valve retrns to automatic position when power is restored.
- Motor can be replaced by removing one screw, without disturbing the valve body or draining the system.
- Compact construction permits fitting under cover of most baseboards.
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|Fluid Temperature Range (°F)
|40 F to 200 F
|Electrical Connection
|18 Inch Leads
|De-Energized Position
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As MESSENGER neared Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft's Wide Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) took images of the planet through each of its 11 filters. This image of the planet's full crescent was taken using the 7th filter, in light near the far-red end of the visible spectrum (750 nm). The image shows portions of Mercury previously seen by Mariner 10, but when Mariner 10 flew by the planet at each of its encounters the Sun was nearly overhead. For this MESSENGER flyby, in contrast, the Sun is shining obliquely on regions near the day/night boundary (called the terminator) on the right-hand side of the crescent, revealing the surface topography in sharp relief. This image illustrates how MESSENGER, during its future flybys and subsequent orbital mission, will teach us much about the portion of Mercury already imaged by Mariner 10, and not just because of its superior camera and close proximity to the planet. The solar lighting geometry makes an enormous difference.
This picture provides a global context for the MDIS Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) images taken while MESSENGER was inbound. For example,
the NAC image of the crater Vivaldi,
released earlier this week, would fit as a small patch on the terminator just above the center of the crescent. The already
released image that includes the crater Sholem Aleichem
shows a part of Mercury near the top of the crescent. More NAC images of the incoming crescent will be released in the future.
This image was taken about 80 minutes before closest approach from a distance of about 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles) and shows features as small as 10 kilometers (6 miles).
Mission Elapsed Time (MET) of image: 108820027
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The game uses a 3x3 square board. 2 players take turns to play,
either placing a red on an empty square, or changing a red to
orange, or orange to green. The player who forms 3 of 1 colour in a
line wins.
This game for two players comes from Ghana. However, stones that were marked for this game in the third century AD have been found near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England.
Reasoning based on this Japanese activity.
This is a game for two players.
Start by drawing a number line from $0$ to $20$ like this:
You can find some of these number lines here.
The first player chooses a number on the line and crosses it out.
The same player then chooses a second number and crosses that out too.
Finally, he or she circles the sum or difference of the two numbers and writes down the calculation.
For example, the first player's go could look like this:
The second player must start by crossing off the number that player $1$ has just circled.
He or she then chooses another number to cross out and then circles a third number which is the sum or difference of the two crossed-off numbers.
Player $2$ also writes down their calculation.
For example, once the second player has had a turn, the game could look like this:
Play continues in this way with each player starting with the number that has just been circled.
For example, player one could then have a turn which left the game looking like this:
The winner of the game is the player who stops their opponent from being able to go.
This powerpoint presentation also demonstrates how to play the game. You may like to click through it.
Now it's your turn!
Try playing the game a few times to get a feel for it.
What is your strategy for winning?
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Comments On Jan 21, 2013:....but my kid got over it pretty quickly. Maybe if I cover up the bike, and leave the hood by itself outside for a decade it might match. Bottom line, the light performs awesome and was a breeze to install. If you want it to match your LT80, then make sure your LT80 is a black and yellow one.
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Comments On Aug 27, 2010:This is the only way to go if you want a quick add on light to the LT80 quad. It fit/holes lined up with no problems. As they say the color is not matched. Actually the Maier color looks better. It has a darker Blue with a nice shinny finish. The two wire hook up is easy. One ground wire with a crimped on terminal lug you can attach to any frame bolt. The other is attached to the key switch power wire by using a clamp-on insulation piercing displacment type electrical connector. Although I am not sure how reliable this connection would be when water gets into it. The headlight has a High/low switch and gives off plenty of illumination. Overall a good product.
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(1) In general.— The Secretary of Transportation may make grants for technical assistance to local communities and groups of individuals (not including for-profit entities) relating to the safety of pipeline facilities in local communities, other than facilities regulated under Public Law 93–153 (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.). No grants may be awarded under section 60114 (g) until the Secretary has established competitive procedures for awarding grants under this section and criteria for selecting grant recipients. The amount of any grant under this section may not exceed $100,000 for a single grant recipient. The Secretary shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure the proper use of funds provided under this section.
(2) Demonstration grants.— At least the first 3 grants awarded under this section shall be demonstration grants for the purpose of demonstrating and evaluating the utility of grants under this section. Each such demonstration grant shall not exceed $25,000.
(3) Dissemination of technical findings.— Each recipient of a grant under this section shall ensure that—
(A) the technical findings made possible by the grants are made available to the relevant operators; and
(b) Prohibited Uses.— Funds provided under this section to grant recipients and their contractors may not be used for lobbying, for direct advocacy for or against a pipeline construction or expansion project, or in direct support of litigation.
(c) Annual Report.—
(1) In general.— Not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which grants are made by the Secretary under this section, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on grants made under this section in the preceding fiscal year.
(2) Contents.— The report shall include—
(A) a listing of the identity and location of each recipient of a grant under this section in the preceding fiscal year and the amount received by the recipient;
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for carrying out this section $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015. Such amounts shall not be derived from user fees collected under section 60301.
Source(Added Pub. L. 107–355, § 9(a),Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2994; amended Pub. L. 109–468, § 5,Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3490; Pub. L. 112–90, § 32(e),Jan. 3, 2012, 125 Stat. 1923.)
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Public Law 93–153, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 93–153, Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 576, as amended. Title II of the Act, known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, is classified generally to chapter 34 (§ 1651 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1651 of Title 43 and Tables.
2012—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 112–90, § 32(e)(1), substituted "$100,000" for "$50,000".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–90, § 32(e)(2), inserted "to grant recipients and their contractors" after "this section" and ", for direct advocacy for or against a pipeline construction or expansion project," after "for lobbying".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–90, § 32(e)(3), substituted "$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015" for "$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2010".
2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–468, § 5(1), substituted "No grants may be awarded under section 60114 (g) until the Secretary has established competitive" for "The Secretary shall establish competitive".
Subsec. (a)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 109–468, § 5(2), (3), added pars. (2) and (3) and redesignated former par. (2) as (4).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–468, § 5(4), substituted "2010" for "2006".
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Solid wood that has been air-dried without using artificial drying aids.
Active cellring between bark and wood.
Appearance in European Oak that shows in the veneer as a structural deficiency, in the advanced stage as open defects.
The clipping of veneer on the clipping line.
A partially curly appearance on veneer.
Fast growing wild grain.
Discoloration caused by fast and hot drying.
Inner part of plywood.
Runs perpendicular to the log axis, resulting in a cutting surface that shows the annual growing rings and medullary rays.
Figure extending across the grain such as fiddle back, raindrop, and mottle.
Veneer sheets, spliced bookmatched in length and width.
Typical veneer picture produced from the top part of the trunk where the tree splits into branches creating a feather and swirl-like appearance.
Bundles that are sliced across the heart resulting in a cathedral appearance.
Standard guidelines for the industry in Germany.
Color variance in veneer.
Log and veneer lengths between 2,05 m and 2,40 m that are used by door manufacturers.
Flat cut or crown cut.
A veneer application method where veneer is applied to molding or furniture edges.
Discoloration starting at the log ends which can travel through the whole log if stored too long in direct sunlight or kept too dry.
Better quality veneer used on a visible surface.
Grain configuration in crotch mahogany.
Description of a pattern in wood surfaces caused by annual growth rings, rays or knots, which result in irregular coloration and grain. Especially common in Black Cherry Veneer.
Designer veneer; produced in a special manufacturing process, where peeled veneer is glued together flitch-style and then sliced afterwards.
Description of a part of a log in log or veneer form.
Log part prepared to produce veneer. After the slicing the veneer bundles are kept together in the form of a flitch.
Various lengths of veneer that is used by the furniture industry.
Pricing of veneer.
Inclusions of black spots in Black Cherry veneer, which can be differently placed from sheet to sheet.
Slicing of veneer on a Stay-Log machine. Also referred to as excentric peeling.
Wood usually coming from deciduous trees.
Center of the log. In the veneer business a description of the heartwood area that is differently colored.
Tension splits in the log center. The location of the split influences the flitch preparation. Veneer with heart split cannot be used.
A Slicing machine, with a horizontal counter movement of flitch/ knife.
Small veneer strips used for optical partition of veneer surfaces or a unicolor or patterned veneer strip used as decorative edge trim.
Veneer dryer using hot air in a continuous run-through operation. The air is distributed evenly across the veneer via jet and jet boxes.
A computer-controlled drying chamber where lumber is dried as fast as possible in a desired climate.
Lumber dried in kilns.
Small nicks and burrs on the knifeedge are smoothed out with a wetstone.
Hard branches, bullets, nails, sand and stones can damage the knife in places, which shows a knife mark across the veneer sheet. If the mark can be felt, the slicer is stopped and the knife is honed or changed.
Part of the annual growth ring that closes up during the last growth period, after Spring.
Veneer or sawable part of a tree.
Presentation of veneer which was reassembled in form of the original log.
Preparation of a log for veneer production (flitching), e.g. during the peeling and the cut-to-length process. Removal of the bark and maybe the splint. Dividing of the flitch in thirds or quarters to produce sliced veneer with certain textures.
Already processed generally edged lumber.
Saw quality logs.
Veneer inlays to create pictures, designs or patterns for high quality services. Sometimes supplement materials such as metals, mother-of-pearl are used.
The assembly of small veneer pieces to create decorative patterns or pictures. Also see parquet-inlay.
Dark spots or streaks in wood, particularly in American Oak.
With sliced and peeled veneer the open side is the side facing the knife and the closed side is the side facing the pressure bar.
Defects in veneer leading to holes. Open heart splits, rotten hearts and knots must be remnoved prior to splicing.
Cracks in the veneer caused by incorrectly adjusted pressure.
Logs and veneer between 2,65m and 3,20m long used by the panel industry.
Several logs sliced from one specie.
Small black pin knots in Yew, which is a typical characteristic of Yew veneer. The more and regular the pepper is spread on the surface, the higher the quality of the veneer.
Small, often very hard branch, that leads to nicks on the knife. Especially with European Maple.
Derived from the French word "Pommelé" (Pomme = Apple), a description of a veneer pattern showing small blister figures in mahagony and sapele.
In addition to the jet dryer the veneer is pressed between large rotating drums to avoid buckles.
This happens when the gap between knife and pressure bar is too narrow causing indifferent thickness.
The bar positioned opposite from the knife.
Processing of veneer logs that have been quartered, resulting in quarter and half crown veneer.
Bundles produced after splitting the flitch and cutting the heart out, usually ending up with a straight grain appearance.
Also called medullary, pith, or vascular rays, which are ribbons of tissue running radially through the wood at right angles to the axis of the tree.
Pocket-shaped resin inclusions in softwoods causing open defects in the veneer.
Quarters produced on staylog machine.
Separation of the wood along the annual growth ring. These log parts are not suited for lumber and veneer production.
Caused by strong wind exposure, twisting the tree.
A veneer production method where an entire log is centered on a lathe and then continuously turned against a knife which is set into the log at a slight angle.
Flitch is clamped down centrical and an endless veneer band peeled off. During the peeling process the knife block is pushed against the rotating flitch.
Rough spots on veneer caused by wrong pressure adjustment or a dull knife. Can also be caused by big changes in the wood structure.
colored wood of the outermost growth rings of a tree stem that performs functions such as water conduction and storage of food.
Veneer produced by saw cut.
Screen marks on the veneer surface, caused by faulty or incorrectly maintained dryer belts.
Sequentially sliced sheets from a flitch.
Different thickness regularly distributed as strips along the grain of the veneer sheet caused by a vibrating flitch on a slicer or an incorrect pressure adjustment of the machine.
Short bundles = less than door length (2,05) m.
The presentation of veneer bundle by bundle.
Single bundles that are taken out of a flitch. No sequence.
First board off of a log during flitch preparation or lumber cutting. Usually waste material.
Single sheets are sliced off. Decorative, high quality. No cutting waste. A slow process in comparison to peeling. By properly preparing the log different designs can be achieved.
A sheet from a flitch is slid across the sheet beneath and, without turning, spliced at the joints.
A description of wood with small pores i.e. a fine cell structure. Also described as fine-structured.
Mild, slow grown wood.
Wood derived from coniferous trees.
Sorting and pricing by quality.
Sorting incoming logs by size and desired slicing method.
Early part of the growing season, has larger cells and lower density.
The first bundle of a flitch. These bundles usually show a flat cut pattern.
Special veneer cutting machine where a flitch is dogged to a beam and passed by a knife in a circular motion and thereby excentrically sliced.
Material that is surfaced with veneer (e.g. particleboard).
Appearance of spots or streaks in Maple or other species.
The log circumference reduces from butt end to crown.
Within a log there are different growth zones and growth speeds (weather side) where density differences can lead to tension in the log. During logging this tension can result in splits.
A term used in describing relative size and distribution of wood elements. In veneer coarse texture is associated with fast growth and difficult-to-cut wood whereby soft and fine texture is associated with slower growth, less summerwood, which results in wood that is easier to cut.
Top end of the log.
A straight grain appearance caused by slicing perpendicular to the annual growth rings.
A basin used for steaming or cooking logs. Formerly made of concrete, but in the last 20 years mostly made of stainless steel or aluminum for durability.
A thin sheet of wood used to cover the surface of furniture and architectural woodwork.
Method of veneer manufacturing, where the veneer is sliced off of a flitch with a knife.
In Europe and in the U.S. a thickness between 0,5 and 0,75mm is customary. In Asia mostly veneer between 0,2 and 0,3mm is being processed. Veneer between 1 and 3mm is usually called heavy cut. Larger thickness is produced in sawmills, i.e. cut by bandsaw.
Slicing machine where the counter movement flitch/ knife is done vertically.
To transport water from the roots to the leaves.
Any characteristics affecting the normal wood appearance.
Different species have different densities ranging from very light floating in the water to very dense, not floating any more.
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Need to vent :(
Ignore this if you can't stand whining, but I need to vent somewhere.
So right before thanksgiving we got a red nose pitbull puppy. She wasn't planned on. In fact, we didn't want to get her at first, but the people who were caring for her weren't treating her right and she was very small for her age.
We had hired contractors to work on our house and one of the guys would bring this puppy to work with him every day.. the thing could fit in a pint glass and had so much energy, but the guy chained her up and left her in the back yard, and said she slept on the porch at home (in October and November, mind you) and as small as she was, I knew that was bad. So one day he says he knows he can't take care of her and wants to sell her... and I jumped on it, cause I couldn't stand the idea of her being mistreated. She cost me 50 bucks... because the guy claimed she had her first shots (a lie) and was dewormed (another lie) and he just wanted his investment back. Long story short, this guy ended up being a liar and a thief and took us for about 10,000 dollars in cash and items, including stolen checks. He's in jail for that now, but we won't get most of our money back. It's been a really trying time, but it's over, and he's in jail and everything is going back to normal.
And we got Sadie out of it. The best puppy ever. The whole family has agreed that it was worth going through the whole ordeal with the contractor just to get Sadie. She is really that wonderful.
She's smart, she's quiet, unless someone is on the property, then she barks, which makes her a great watch dog. She loves the cats, loves my daughter, and wants to be near people. She was easy to house train, easy to obedience train and every day she gets a little smarter. She's a wonderful looking dog, and we take her out of the house often, to the lake and to the flea market, and everyone compliments how shiny her coat is. She's good with people, very socialable, and doesn't have a mean bone in her body. Even her vet has said he's never met a pitbull like her because he can grab her mouth and touch her face and she sits patiently and doesn't snap or bite. It only took a few weeks of training to get her to not react to having her face touched.
Then the problems started. She's not a properly bred pit. No papers. A male got out of his enclosure because a female close by was in heat and there where puppies. It happens. Both parents are full blooded but one doesn't have papers, so she doesn't have any. Back yard bred pit. Still, she has a LOT of problem.
First it was her knee. She started limping and we took her to the vet and it's a lazating patella. Her knee cap is coming out of socket. So she has to have surgery to get it fixed. 600 dollars and 2 months later, she's doing great. We had her microchipped and she has all her shots and anyone who's owned a dog knows it costs a lot of money at first. But it's worth it. Right?
We found a small lump, like a bug bite, on her chest a few weeks back. Over the past few weeks, 3 or 4, it's gotten to be the size of a quarter and sticks up a lot. It's hard and obviously itchy and my father in law thinks it might be a tick or larva of some sort. I worry, so we took her in to the vet to get it looked at. While we are there the vet says it looks like cancer.... he goes ahead and takes a sample of it and sends it off to the lab without telling me how much all of that will cost, and when I leave I'm handed a bill for 200 dollars.. My husband threw a fit. He's mad at me for letting them to the test without getting a price first, mad at them for not making it clear, and mad at the dog, because at this age she shouldn't have cancer.. she's barely 8 months old.. if it's happening now, it'll keep happening.
And this is why I need to vent. He wants to find her a new home, just because of the vet bill. He got me to put an ad up on craigslist and he's getting his dad to call around and ask if anyone wants a pit. I'm scared she's going to go to some mean person's home and turn into a fighter or a junkyard dog.. and I don't want her to go! She's the best dog ever.. I've always been scared of dogs and she's fixed that.. it's so frustrating!! I know if she gets more lumps it'll cost more money.. but she's worth it to me! She's just not worth it to my husband...
I've cried about this since it happened. I'm refusing to return any emails about her ad on CL, and everyone in the house has been walking on eggshells around my husband.. no one wants her gone... It's making everyone feel like crap.
We call her the 10,000 dollar dog.. because that's what the ordeal with the contractor cost us in the end. And she was so worth the 10,000 dollars. Hubby thinks she's not worth it anymore >.<
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Ignore this if you can't stand whining, but I need to vent somewhere.
Wow, Molly, what a story! I see needing to vent about all of that.
Would hubby calm down if no decisions are made before the lab work comes back? It may be just a cyst or a similar benign issue. Making decisions without all the facts isn't wise IMO. Can you talk to him about holding off on any decisions until you guys know what you're dealing with? Even if it is cancer, a lumpectomy isn't expensive and once the vet knows it's a problem for Sadie, future lumps can be removed without a pathology workup on the assumption that it's cancerous.
Honestly, I'd remove the ad from Craigslist. In my home, my animals are one small rung below my children. I wouldn't send one of my kids away if (s)he came down with leukemia. Same for my dog and our other pets.
How long has your hubby had to calm down and get over his anger? How long does he generally hold on to anger?
With my other half, I know that arguing with him when he's pissed off is worse than useless. I just turn, walk away and wait for him to regain some sanity before resuming discussion.
It's a bad spot you're in but really, no one should be making any decisions until you know what Sadie has.
If it happens that you have to find her another home, please contact the local pit bull breed rescue in your area. They can find a good home for her, especially given her known medical issues.
(((((Molly))))) Please let us know what the lump is and how it's going for you okay?
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You poor thing, that's terrible! I totally sympathise. I paid $200 for a bioopsy on a lump on my $10 rat...because he is more than worth whatever medical bills I have to pay for him.
The test has been done and the money paid. Selling her on won't get that money back, and it will bring you a whole heap of stress, worry and heartache.
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Oh my gosh, I am so sorry to hear all you and your pup are going through! It is so heartbreaking!
I have two pit bulls myself, good with my 4 younger siblings, two Cat's and other dogs...
I'm sorry I cannot help... But If it seriously comes down to rehoming- a no kill shelter might be best. They can give her health care and do background checks on people they adopt out to..
Once again, I'm so sorry. If you need someone to talk to, you may pm me.
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Carver (Atlanta) offensive tackle Delando Crooks is a man of few words.
You won't hear him talking about how he is one of the most physically impressive prospects in the country or how, when it comes to upside, few have the potential that Crooks possesses.
Crooks won't utter a word about how, at 6-foot-5, 265 pounds, he can run the 40 yard dash in 4.9 seconds and is one of the most athletic big men in the 2013 class.
Lucky for the Peach State lineman, schools all over the southeast have noticed, and the offers keep coming.
"He has a lot of offers, and more offers are going to come," said Crooks' guardian, Troy Vaccianna. "He's good at what he does, and is going to keep getting better. When his upper body catches up to his lower body, there is no telling how good he can be."
Crooks, who is a native of Jamaica, visited the University of Georgia for a spring practice on Thursday, and according to Vaccianna, it is becoming difficult to see anything new in Athens.
"We have been to Georgia so many times, that we aren't really impressed with anything new," said Vaccianna. "We had a great visit, but right now it is mainly about building that relationship, and we can definitely tell that they want Delando."
As an attendee for UGA's Very Important Dawg Day, Crooks got a chance to see the Georgia campus in great detail and share his visit with other top prospects.
This visit, however, was a bit more personal.
"We got to spend plenty of time with the coaches," said Vaccianna. "We met with Coach Mark Richt, and Coach (Mike) Bobo. We also spent some time with Coach (Will) Friend and some other coaches. We also met the Athletic Director (Greg McGarity)."
Since day one of his recruitment, Crooks, who plans to pursue a degree in engineering, has made it known that academics are very important, and he and his guardian have been impressed with what they have seen from UGA's budding engineering program.
"We have learned a lot about their engineering program," said Vaccianna. "They are big on Civil Engineering, and they are growing. They are hiring more professionals in the fall for the program."
When it comes to making a decision about where Crooks will play his college ball, no stone will be left unturned.
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Members of Parliament yesterday failed to move Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai to allow them to debate a government statement on the doctors' strike which has severely curtailed health services in the country.
Following the tabling of the government's statement on the doctors' strike by Health and Social Welfare minister Dr Hadji Mponda, MPs began shooting up to demand that the issue be debated immediately.
Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai however ruled that, in line with the principle of natural justice it would be improper and unfair doing so without getting the other side of the story – that is, hearing from the disgruntled doctors.
Accordingly, he directed the parliamentary Community Development and Social Services committee to engage doctors and other health stakeholders in talks aimed at ending the ongoing stand-off between the government and medical staff.
The legislators had pressed the Deputy Speaker to use his powers, as provided for in the parliamentary rules and regulations, to allow MPs to discuss the government statement on the strike.
Before the minister read the government statement, John Mnyika Ubungo MP (Chadema), rose and asked for the Speaker's guidance on the matter. He said parliamentary Rule No. 46, does not allow the House to discuss a government statement issued by the Minister, but "there are options on the same Rules to enable the MPs to discuss statements."
Besides, he said the Speaker may also use parliamentary Rule No. 5, which talks of the Speaker's power to allow discussions on issues of importance to the nation, on the basis of the country's Constitution and local traditional practices and customs."
"On the basis of these grounds, the Speaker may use his/her powers to allow discussions on the issue. It is a national crisis, which touches on the welfare of millions of Tanzanians," said Mnyika.
He described the government statement which was to be issued by the health minister "as biased and one-sided", noting that it was "ridiculous to allow the government, the prime suspect in the strike, to issue a statement on the subject, without getting the other side of the story from the doctors. "Since, we (MPs) are representatives of wananchi, we are best placed to discuss the government statement in order to establish the truth of the matter and find solutions," he said.
But the deputy Speaker put Mnyika's argument on hold, promising to announce his guidance on the matter later on and allowed the health minister to read the government statement on the strike.
However, immediately after the minister's statement, Moses Machali (NCCR-Mageuzi), stood up and asked the Deputy Speaker to allow the House to discuss the government statement.
"Given the sensitivity of the matter, we have to discuss the government statement on the doctors' strike," said Machali.
Outspoken MP and Deputy Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Zitto Kabwe, rose and asked for the same thing, arguing that the crisis has affects many Tanzanians and that it was unreasonable to allow the government to issue a statement without it being discussed.
Responding to MPs concerns and arguments, the Deputy Speaker said "parliamentary Rule No. 49 restricts discussions by MPs on a government stance which is presented in the House by the Minister in the form of a statement."
"We are restricted by this rule. Maybe we should think of reviewing such rules later on. But despite such restrictions, the doctors' strike is a sensitive issue, which must be examined critically," he said.
By the powers vested on him, as provided for in other parliamentary rules, the deputy Speaker said the parliamentary Committee on Community Development and Social Welfare would work on the issue — serving as "negotiator" between the government and medical professionals.
He said the committee will collect views from all stakeholders and present a report in the National Assembly, urging doctors and nurses to report for work while the state organs worked on the matter.
Doctors contacted for comment on the Deputy Speaker's ruling were unanimous that it promised the best way out of the raging strike, which has seriously disrupted services at several public hospitals for lack of medical staff.
Doctors contacted for comment on the Deputy Speaker's ruling were unanimous that it promised the best way out of the raging strike, which has seriously disrupted services at several public hospitals for lack of medical staff.
Briefing journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday after the National Assembly decision, the committee's chairperson Dr Steven Ulimboka said they welcomed the decision.
"The committee and all the striking doctors are happy with the decision made by the National Assembly. We are ready to sit with the committee," said Dr Ulimboka.
Dr Ulimboka added: "We hope the discussion will yield good results and help us reach a solution, make us resume our work and save the lives of many Tanzanians who are suffering in hospitals."
The chairperson said the committee expects to hold a meeting with all doctors any day from today to plan how they will pursue their demands.
Earlier presenting the official statement, the health minister said the government was ready for negotiations with the medical professionals over their pay, allowances and working environment.
"The parties should reach a consensus and amicably solve this problem for the benefit of Tanzanians and the nation as whole," said Mponda.


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Playstation 3 – 3.21 Firmware broke my Ps3Posted: April 14th, 2010 | Author: Gregg | Filed under: Tech | Tags: 3.21, 3.21 firmware update, brick, cant read discs, firmware, firmware update, no blu ray, ps3, ps3 firmware update 3.21, sony, sony playstation 3, update | 1 Comment »
I've had my PS3 for about 7 months and everything has worked without a hitch. Last week I even got around to playing Final Fantasy 13 for a few sessions. Well, last Friday I decided to have some friends over for a Band Hero rock-session before going out. Upon firing up my PS3 I see that there is a new firmware update available. Now being that I haven't ever modified or planned on doing anything cool with my PS3, I blindly said "update now" and told my friends it would be a minute. After the firmware update completed the system rebooted, and all looked normal. I put in Band Hero and realized that it isn't reading the disc, I put in 2 other games…no luck. I put in a DVD, then a Blu-Ray….NOTHING! When inserting any disc the system would make the standard noise, accept the disc, then make a click sound (like its re-arranging the disc) for a second. I did some research and many other people are having the same issue.
One thing that does grind my gears. I called the support line and the lady clearly told me that this was a "coincidence". Even though there are two different internal readers for DVD and Blu-Ray discs. I'm in the troubleshooting field, its my career. One, if she automatically comes up with this response, then she knows about the issue already and it clearly is a known issue. Two, the firmware controls how the hardware functions, so being that there are many different systems and configurations, it is very possible that the update caused my disc-read-click behavior.
I'm upset about this. Sony should know better. I would be very upset if my PS3 wasn't under the 1 year warranty, but the whole point of bringing this up is to work together as a community and figure out WHY.
Some things I tried:
-Insert DVD/Blu-Ray/Game, when it is accepted…quickly power off before the clicking occurs.
(No luck, because when the PS3 is powered on it will do the click sound EVERY time).
-Reset to defaults:
(First thing support recommended, didn't affect anything beside resetting all my settings…same behavior).
-Restore PS3:
I just did this today (20100415) and it formatted the hard drive. Apparently this doesn't make any difference on the behavior because it was still on firmware 3.21 after the format.


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2010 - a good year for financial crime?
Picking over the turkey carcass, this seems like the moment to look back over 2010. Has it been a good year for financial crime?
One would have to say that it has. SOCA has received a record number of Suspicious Activity Reports, over 240,000 of them, in the year to 30 September 2010. In the courts some very big cases have come to light. One alleged mortgage fraud case involves nearly £50 million (and will come fully to trial next year). But in some respects these developments are merely 'more of the same'.
There have been some departures from the past however. Notably there have been a couple of major prosecutions against commercial organisations which have taken place simultaneously in UK and US courts.
The first, in March, involved a company known as Innospec Ltd. That company was convicted in relation to the bribery of officials in Indonesia regarding the sale of lead based anti-knocking fuel additives (which were banned long ago in the UK and many other countries on health and environmental grounds). The bribes were intended to block any moves to ban the additive in Indonesia, and so to preserve a lucrative market for the company's product. (Innospec Ltd is a subsidiary of Innospec Inc, a company incorporated in Delaware, which was being simultaneously prosecuted by the US authorities.)
The second case in the UK courts, in December, involved BAE Systems PLC and the sale of a radar system to Tanzania. The company was convicted of failing to keep accounting records sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions. The suggestion was that large payments made to a marketing adviser acting for the company had been used in part to unfairly ensure that the company would win the Tanzanian contract. The monies were recorded as having been spent on 'technical services'. In the US courts BAE was prosecuted in relation to its activities in countries other than Tanzania.
Because each case involved investigations and activities inside and outside the UK and each case was being prosecuted in both the UK and US courts there was a difficulty to overcome arising from the difference in legal cultures. In particular, 'plea bargains' are well recognised in the US but there is no exact equivalent in the UK. The nearest thing we have (officially at least) are the 'Attorney-General's Guidelines on Plea Discussions in Cases of Serious or Complex Fraud'.
A cornerstone of UK jurisprudence is that it is the court, and only the court, acting in public view, which can determine the appropriate sentence for a crime of which the defendant is convicted. So the UK prosecutors cannot offer a binding 'deal' as to what the punishment will be on a guilty plea. However the prosecution and the defence are permitted, in certain types of case and in accordance with procedural safeguards, to make a joint submission to the court highlighting an appropriate sentencing range for the offence. This is not binding upon the court when sentencing.
In US federal courts however the prosecutor may make a recommendation to the court specifying the sentence to be handed down on the guilty plea. The court may reject that recommendation but, if it does so, the defendant then has the opportunity to change to a 'not guilty' plea - necessitating a full trial.
So a US prosecutor can say to a defendant, "If you plead guilty the sentence will be 'X'" - but a UK prosecutor can only say, "If you plead guilty we will submit to the court that the sentence should be in the region of 'A' to 'B' but the actual sentence may be higher".
In a major investigation the defendant knows that the prosecutor finds a guilty plea very attractive in terms of saving work and expense for the prosecution, as well as providing the certainty of a 'result'. So the offer of a guilty plea is a major bargaining chip. But the prosecutor in the UK is restricted in what he can offer in return to seal the deal.
What we have seen is UK prosecutors going to some lengths to offer as attractive a 'package' as they can to get that guilty plea. In the BAE case the 'deal' was that BAE make available £30 million for the benefit of the people of Tanzania and to pay any penalty imposed by the UK court. So the total cost to BAE was, in effect, capped. The court's role was limited to deciding how much of that £30 million was to be paid to the UK authorities and how much was left to go to Tanzania.
In the Innospec case the UK court was virtually presented with a fait accompli and it fell in with the arrangements negotiated covering both the UK and US jurisdictions.
In each case the UK judges grumbled - but there was not a lot they could do without wrecking years of work by prosecutors. We may see more such innovative deals in 2011.
Closer to home, my own firm has had a record year in 2010. We have dealt with a range of cases from benefit frauds, to thefts by employees, to financial aspects of road haulage offences, to organised thefts of high value cars, to multi-million pound confiscation cases. A real mixed bag - and very interesting too. And there are some tasty cases brewing up for 2011.
So, onward and upward!
Cant say I totally agree
Is it a "good year" when one of the most pernicious pieces of legislation ever to reach the statute book continues to gain a foothold? The number of reports is more to do with people afraid of not reporting than it has to do with actual crimes being disclosed.
Do we really think it's a good idea to hamstring business by making them compete on a playing field that is no longer level - other countries not only allow but encourage their industries to gain overseas contracts by ANY means possible. In many 3rd world countries no bribe equals no business - its simple.
And I hate to admit it, but plea bargaining is one area where the Yanks are way ahead of us. We moan about the number of cases clogging our courts, but until there is absoloute certainty in plea bargains, no sensible defendant is going to risk it - they might as well go for a not guilty plea and gamble.
Some ambiguity
There was deliberately some ambiguity in my use of a "good year" for financial crime. Does that mean a good year for criminals, or for the authorities and the courts, or for expert witnesses such as myself?
The vast majority of reports to SOCA come from the banks and building societies and presumably relate to monies deposited or transferred by their customers. In many cases the grounds for the suspicion which is reported may be relatively flimsy because the reporting bank will not have sufficient information about its customer's financial affairs to make an informed and rounded judgement.
With regard to plea bargains there is rather more subtlety in the UK system than I have indicated in the main piece. The prosecutor decides what offence the defendant is to face and that clearly has a bearing upon the sentence. In practice in police stations and courts up and down the country deals are done on a daily basis whereby 'Jimmy' pleads guilty to a lesser offence and the prosecutor does not pursue a more serious one. (I note in passing that BAE was charged with a failure to keep sufficient accounting records, not with any offence involving corruption of foreign government officers. Perhaps I should also have mentioned in the main piece the enactment of the Bribery Act 2010 - most of which is to come into force in April 2011.)
Also in relation to confiscation proceedings it is, in my experience, very common for the prosecution and defence to come to a compromise agreement on the figures and present that to the court for approval, leaving the judge (if he agrees) to deal only with the length of the default sentence. Judges are, in the main, very happy to accept such 'deals'.
So, arguably, there is a 'drift' in the UK towards more power for prosecutors and less power for judges. We shall have to wait and see what the future brings!
As always the "state" is the winner
There was deliberately some ambiguity in my use of a "good year" for financial crime. Does that mean a good year for criminals, or for the authorities and the courts, or for expert witnesses such as myself?
Posted by davidwinch on Fri, 31/12/2010 - 08:13
With the increased use of MLR I would say it was a good year for the "state" as more and more confiscations add to it's coffers.
As regards plea bargaining - this does often happen in civil cases where the courts actively encourage out of court settlements, however, in the criminal courts there is no set procedure. Yes occasionally the CPS will accept a plea to common assault instead of pursuing a charge say of GBH, however, this is usually because they don't believe they can actually prove the more serious charge. My own advice in these situations is to tell them to get lost, and then obtain a full acquittal on the more serious charge leaving them with nothing.
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The following events occurred in the 15th century:
- Early fifteenth century: Beedle the Bard is born in Yorkshire, England.[1]
- Gifford Ollerton kills the giant Hengist of Upper Barnton.[2]
- Quidditch takes up increased popularity in Europe.[3]
- The French wizard Malecrit writes the play Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré Les Pieds.[3]
- Beater's bats are enchanted to make their swing more powerful.[4]
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- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Introduction
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Quidditch Through the Ages - Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages - Chapter 6 (Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century)
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Compendium of solar cooker designs
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The original author of this article is Dr. Ashok Kundapur. Find more of Dr. Kundapur's work on his website: http://www.solcooker.net/Cindex.htm.
|Design Compendium
Solar panel cookers
The main purpose of this compilation is to present all possible major designs and their variations so as to prevent the solar cooker designer from wasting time creating a design which has already been under the sun.
- For more details on the Compendium, see Compendium Introduction.
- For all solar cooker designs, see Solar cooker designs.
Concentrator Types
Concentrator cookers offer several advantages, including a mode of cooking very similar to day to day cooking. They come in many designs, classed according to whether they concentrate light from above or from below.
Solar cookers that concentrate light from below
Heat coming from below is most convenient for routine cooking, hence, many designers have focused on this type of cooker. There are many designs in this category, and they are classified on the basis of the type of reflectors used:
|Spherical solar reflectors
Spherical mirrors are the simplest type of reflectors, very easy to build and use.
|Parabolic solar reflectors
Parabolic geometry is well known, and it was probably the very first type of solar cooker. There are many designs for parabolic cookers. The reason for its popularity is the focus, which is much better and sharper than that of other types of reflectors. At the same time it is very sensitive to even a slight change in the position of the sun and hence the use of such reflectors means constant tracking.
|Fresnel solar reflectors
Though the parabolic reflector was a perfect design, even good technicians, and even more the villagers, found it difficult to construct parabolic reflectors even with the help of templates. This is how the Fresnel reflectors gained importance.
|Cylindro-parabolic solar cookers
This design was common in water heating, but was later tried out for cooking as well, so as to cook food in more vessels.
|Solar plane mirrors
Plane mirrors, especially small pieces, yield very well to form various shapes, be it parabola, or cylindrical configurations.
Solar cookers that concentrate light from above
In this type of solar cooker, the light is concentrated from above. Though this approach is not the most efficient for cooking, there are several old designs and many new designs that have used this method. One of the most interesting and popular design in this category is the CooKit created by Professor Roger Bernard of France.
|Solar lenses
These cookers use one or more lenses (often a fresnel lens) to concentrate light instead of reflectors.
|Solar panel cookers
Simple, cheap, effective - most panel cookers are just a packet of interconnected reflectors. They unfold into a small bracket of reflectors around a central space where a cooking vessel sits in a transparent container of a heat resistant plastic. The simple cooker works well and is one of the most popular solar cookers on the planet.
|Solar funnel cookers
The funnel cooker has several advantages: it is simple to construct, and also store, and there is hardly any wastage of sheet. Supporting the funnel may pose problem in the beginning but you can easily solve the problem with, for example, a small hole in the ground to hold the base of the funnel.
- For more details on this topic, see Solar concentrators that concentrate light from above.
Solar box cookers
Box cookers are another group of old but popular solar cookers. The very first box cooker design was probably that of Nicholas de Saussure (1740-1799). It was simply an insulated box with glazing; this design forms the basis of all present designs of box-type cookers including Warenham's (1995) 'Sunstove'.
The box cookers presented here are classified on the basis of the presence or absence of reflectors, i.e., those without or with mirrors boosters.
See also Principles of Solar Box Cooker Design.
|Box cookers without reflectors
One of the first cooker types designed on this planet. They are still on the scene.
|Box cookers with reflectors
The Box cooker work well, but to improve the performance reflector boosters are added. Further classification of this type of cooker is based on number of reflectors.
- For more details on this topic, see Solar box cookers.
Indirect Types
Indirect cookers generally use water or oil for heating and storing energy, and then use the resulting energy to cook the food. The water is heated by direct solar radiation through, for example, a cylindro-parabolic concentrator. This category includes 'chemical' cookers, biogas digesters, and solar hot water heaters, to name a few.
- For more details on this topic, see Indirect solar cookers.
Selecting the best design
Evaluation of cookers
See also Testing.
Suggested criteria for evaluation:
Ease of use
This has to be the primary criterion. No matter how good a design is in other respects, if it is difficult to use it will not succeed.
Cooking capacity
Capacity can be measured by the volume of food that can be cooked at one time, or by the mass of that food.
Cooking power
Power measures the amount of heat the cooker can produce in a specified time. Power may be measured in watts, or in Btu per second, or kilogram-calories per second. Maximum power depends on the angle of the sun, the ambient temperature, wind speed, air clarity and other factors that should be specified in describing the cooking power. This is the criterion that allows us to identify regions of the world where a particular design is appropriate.
Maximum temperature achieved
In addition to cooking power, the maximum temperature achievable should be defined. This also will depend on angle of the sun, ambient air temperature, wind speed and air clarity. Since different foods require different cooking temperatures, it is important to identify this criterion as well as cooking power.
Cost of materials
Since it is often the case that solar cookers will be used by the poor, cost is an extremely important criterion. Even minor differences in cost can make a significant difference in comparisons of designs.
Availability of materials
Even very low cost materials, such as the shiny wrapping paper that is discarded in developed countries, may be difficult to obtain in developing countries. Indigenous materials in a given location may be important benefits to the overall design.
Ease of construction
It is desirable that solar cookers be assembled by local unskilled labor in order to save cost and reduce training requirements.
Cookers should be able to fold in some way to make them more compact for storage and shipping. They should be light in weight.
Cookers should last a long time without need for repair. Reflective surfaces should not require frequent cleaning.
Cooker temperature should be moderate, never burn food or cause smoke or fire, pots should have cool handles and be stable against spills, etc. Protection of children should be considered in the overall design.
Open source
Designs should not infringe on any patented technologies without proper licensing. "Open source" implies that the design is unencumbered and released under the GNU free documentation license. ( Author totally agree with the above suggestions. With reference to 'cooking Power, lot of thought has gone into and group of International experts led by Prof Paul Funk have formulated detailed procedure for testing performance of the solar cookers. The test procedure has been accepted by American Department of Agriculture and termed as S 580. Author wishes to have email IDs of contributors to this page, so that he can continue useful dialog with them, alternately they can write directly to Author, at :- email@example.com)
- See Recommendations
Solar cookers are here to stay, or to put it in the other way, if we have to preserve our planet then each and every one of us has to use one or the other type of solar gadget, be it a cooker, a solar water heater, or solar photovoltaic panel.
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make experiments and investigations, through the United States Bureau of Mines, of lignite coals and peat, to determine the commercial and economic practicability of their utilization in producing fuel oil, gasoline substitutes, ammonia, tar, solid fuels, gas for power, and other purposes. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed subject to applicable regulations under chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3306(f), 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4104, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41 to sell or otherwise dispose of any property, plant, or machinery purchased or acquired under the provisions of this section, as soon as the experiments and investigations authorized have been concluded, and report the results of such experiments and investigations to Congress.
Source(Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 23, §§ 1, 2,40 Stat. 1154; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2(18),65 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b),May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)
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1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted reference to applicable regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended.
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"United States Bureau of Mines" substituted in text for "Bureau of Mines" pursuant to section 10(b) ofPub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 1 of this title.
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The ongoing dispute really boils down to simple math. Democrats see the half-billion dollars in Medicaid debt owed to Maine hospitals, the renegotiation of the state's liquor contract for the next 10 years, and more than $100 million in voter-approved bond projects as three separate and distinct proposals.
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"The governor has essentially given the Legislature and the people of Maine a ransom note," says Democratic Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall. Goodall says that ransom note sends a clear message: "Pass my liquor bill and I will release the bonds -- bonds that have been approved by the people of Maine."
Democratic leaders called an afternoon press conference to vent their frustration over LePage's refusal to release $104 million for bond projects. The bonds were authorized by the voters more than three years ago, and others were approved last November.
The state can wait for up to five years to release bonds once they're approved by the voters, but Goodall says the state's economy could use the boost now.
"Those bonds could be released today," he said. "In fact, the last round of bonds could have been released 120 days ago. Today we say this: If the governor is truly invested in getting more than 3,200 people back to work, then he will release the bonds immediately. In fact, he could do this today."
The package includes $51 million for transportation infrastructure and improvements, and $53 million for conservation, clean water upgrades, and energy-efficiency projects. As important as jobs are to the state, Democratic House Majority Leader Seth Berry says what's most disturbing is the governor's refusal to honor the wishes of Maine people.
"Maine people have already stated loudly and clearly that they want these common sense investments to fuel our future," Berry said. "The governor must stop disrespecting the will of Maine people. These bonds have already won the approval of Maine voters, but the governor has taken them hostage. If the governor respected the will of Maine voters, these bonds would already be supporting jobs in areas like transportation, higher education, construction and clean water improvements."
"The governor would be happy to release the authorized bonds once we pay off this old debt," says LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett. "However, it's Washington-style management to issue new debt when we have not paid our bills."
Bennett says the governor is frustrated at the Democrats' refusal to act quickly on his proposal that would commit future state liquor sales to pay off a revenue bond that would be used to pay back Maine's hospitals.
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