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Hello and Happy Monday!!! How nice is this weather?!?!? It should be sticking around for a few more days... maybe just a small change this week - Morning temps inching up a little closer to 60 by Wednesday, afternoon temps also creeping up a little more into the mid 80s by the middle of the week too. Rain chances stay all but out of the forecast thru next weekend, and even then it's a long-shot as of now... Look for more of the GOOD STUFF this week!
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Wait a minute — are you telling me that Roseville has agreed to pay $140,000 for more mass medication? (Press Tribune, Oct. 19.) Fluoride, a poison, will continue to be dumped into our drinking water? Fluoride, the hazardous waste caused by the phosphate industry (fertilizers) who then sell the substance to be used in drinking water so they do not have to pay for hazardous waste disposal? Is this the fluoride we are talking about?
How mass medication became legal in America astounds me. What medication can "they" decide to use next?
A toothbrush costs less than a dollar ($0.88 on Amazon, and I am sure the city could get them cheaper) — more than 100,000 toothbrushes could be distributed to those in need, and maybe have the other $40,000 in a fund to actually provide some dental care. According to the city, we only have about 122,000 citizens — shoot everybody could have a toothbrush!
How many citizens in Roseville cannot afford a toothbrush? I do not believe that just because a family is of lower income that they do not choose self hygiene. I find that philosophy offensive and not worthy of our City Council.
There are many new studies out there indicating that mass medicated water does not prevent tooth decay; yet it does, most certainly cause many ill health effects in a significant portion of the population.
The ADA supported fluorinated water in 1950. Sixty two years later, we may need to step beyond dogma and be OK with change. Bravo to the Fioravanti family for trying to help us all.
A Fellow Fluoride Filtering Momma,
Debra Akeson, Roseville

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Friendship is important at every stage of your life. Everyone needs at least one person that they can tell about their day and share their favorite things with. Early on, it's a lot easier (or should be anyway). We have 18 years of school to hopefully introduce us to a few people that we can play with, chit chat with and just feel general companionship.
As a parent, the prospect of making new friends can be daunting. But we need friends just as much as our children do. I immediately empathized with Stephanie in her most recent Motherlode article about "dating" other mothers. The idea of my neighbor down the street, with two boys the exact same ages as my children, moving even ten miles sends my heart into immediate palpitations. She is my saving grace on the days when we've had three tantrums too many. I am hers when her son won't eat his lunch for the tenth day in a row. We have play dates. We visit local museums. We even exercise together. Sometimes, we call each other at 6:30 pm to schedule a last minute, let's go get some wine, evening out.
It is a NECESSARY friendship.
I am extremely fortunate to live in my hometown and to have several friends, including my very best friend, still live here. But we don't see each other near enough. Our kids range from under a year to almost ten. Our lives are busy. Some of us work; some stay home. We live in different neighborhoods. Our kids go to different schools. While I love them immensely, it got to a point where I knew I needed to find a few friends who were at the exact same life stage as me.
After I decided to stay home with my kids, I'll admit that I panicked a little. It can't be JUST ME with these kids 24/7. I need people to have coffee with, to talk about the highs and lows of parenting with, heck, I'll take someone with whom I can discuss the weather!
I totally did what Leah did a few months back. I eyed moms on the playground. I secretly analyzed the moms in the preschool pick-up line, trying to figure out who might have similar interests or might just really want to leave the house occasionally. I felt awkward, shy and just like I did in high school and college when I really liked a boy.
Could you be the one? My one true mom friend?
All lame feelings aside, working up the nerve to smile and say hi is totally worth it. Everyone needs friends. Everyone.


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May 4, 2016
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) _ A man remains in the Cobb County Jail today
charged with killing another man with a hammer.
Authorities say 36-year-old Dennis Freeman, who lived in Pickens County, was killed at a firewood lot where he was working. Freeman's brother, Michael Freeman, says the suspect, Roger Brown, was urinating near a dumpster near the lot Friday night.
He says Brown became enraged when the lot's owner asked him to stop.
Witnesses told police Brown walked away and came back a few minutes later with a hammer. Authorities say Brown hit Freeman over
the head and killed him.
Brown is charged with murder in the death.
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As Colorado and Utah see each other's parallel frustration since joining the Pac-12, the Buffaloes have one edge on the alleged archrival they play Saturday in Salt Lake City.
In quarterback Sefo Liufau, the Buffs (4-7, 1-7 Pac-12) have a true freshman who's improving every week and has an obviously bright future. Utah's future at quarterback is a muddled mess, complicated by painfully young prospects and a medical report that won't be ready for three months.
Utah (4-7, 1-7) is suffering its first back-to-back losing seasons in 23 years. Yet in mid-October, the Utes looked ready to leap from Mountain West power to Pac-12 contender.
Utah beat then-No. 2 Stanford, and sophomore quarterback Travis Wilson looked as if he was coming of age. Then, the next week in the first quarter at Arizona, he hurt his hand.
Against Arizona State on Nov. 9, Wilson suffered a concussion. He felt no symptoms until the next day, but postconcussion testing revealed a pre-existing condition, knocking him out for the season and maybe for good.
It could be worse. Utes coach Kyle Whittingham said the condition may be life threatening — if Wilson kept playing.
"Head trauma pre-existing," the coach told The Salt Lake Tribune. "And I'm not even sure it's trauma. It could be genetic."
In Wilson's place has come sophomore Adam Schulz, a former walk-on who threw for only 745 yards as a senior at Muskego (Wis.) High School in 2010. His two pick-six plays, one tipped, in the Utes' 49-37 loss at Washington State last weekend left him in tears.
In five games, Schulz is only 56-of-121 (.463) passing for 775 yards, five touchdowns and four interceptions. Wilson's injuries poleaxed Utah's season.
"It took away our momentum," Whittingham said. "We got into a slide at that point and were never able to recover."
Behind Schulz are three true freshmen: Conner Manning, second to Matt Barkley in Orange County career yards passing with 9,449 for El Toro High in Lake Forest, Calif., and dual-threat quarterbacks Brandon Cox of Pasadena (Calif.) High and Micah Thomas of North Shore High in Houston, who also suffered a head injury.
Utah has a commitment from 6-foot-5, 235-pound Donovan Isom, a three-star recruit from Destrehan (La.) High.
Whittingham's quandary: Wilson's diagnosis won't be known for three months. That's after national signing day Feb. 5.
"It puts us between a rock and a hard spot," Whittingham said this week during the Pac-12 coaches call. "We're doing all of our research now and trying to determine which direction we'll go."


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I don't really see the value of the whole possrep thing. The most basic example from TTM wouldn't work very well, because point(x,y) and point(theta, r) *don't* have the same sets of values except in some uncomputable platonic ideal universe. You cannot give a precise conversion of point(1,1) to point(theta, r). In addition, you have to write your conversions routines by hand anyway, so you don't save anything there.
I just don't see what it buys you.
Tagged unions, a la ML, strike me as quite useful, however.
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Tierra and Jared Dufrene are having trouble deciding on a name for their baby girl due in June. Tierra prefers the name Ashlynn Suzanne (Suzanne was her Grandmother's middle name), and Jared prefers the name Kacey Gwen. He likes Ashlynn, but not the middle name Suzanne. Tierra wants to keep the middle name after someone in the family (her first two daughters - Taryn Nicole, after her sister - and Camryn Marie - after Jared's and Tierra's Mother, both used names from family). They also considered using a name ending in "ryn", after the baby's older sisters.


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Against Poverty - From the Torah to Secular Judaism - Walter Jacob ...............................................................1
Alleviating Poverty - A Halakhic View of Social Security within the Modern Welfare State - Daniel Schiff .......47
Obligations Versus Rights - A Halakhic Contribution to Constitutional Legal Theory - Ronald A. Brauner.....67
The Working Poor in the Halakhah - Richard S. Rheins ................................................................................75
Hakhnassat Orhim B Hospitality for Poor Travelers - Frank Loewenberg ......................................................107
Selected Reform Responsa
Historical Basis for Jewish Social Services ........................................................................................................131
Priorities in Charitable Distribution ....................................................................................................................135
Gifts to Organizations Inimical to Reform Judaism .............................................................................................141
Financial Responsibility Toward Jewish Homes for the Aged ............................................................................145
Asbestos Versus Refugees ..............................................................................................................................149
The Hostages..................................................................................................................................................151
Poverty Project and Shabbat ........................................................................................................................155
Holiday Gift Wrapping Project and Shabbat .................................................................................................159
Ronald A. Brauner is Professor of Judaic Studies at Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland, Ohio. He has previously taught at Gratz College, Temple University and Beaver College. From 1972 until 1983 he was chairman of the Rabbinic Civilization Department of the Reconstructionist Rabbinic College and Academic Dean. He is the author and editor of six books of essays dealing with all aspects of Jewish civilization through the centuries. His latest work Thinking Jewish: The Art of Living in Two Civilizations, 2001.
Solomon B. Freehof (1893B 1990) was rabbi of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Past President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the World Union for Progressive Judaism; he was past Chair of the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the author of twenty-six books including eight volumes of responsa, Stormers of Heaven (1931), Modern Jewish Preaching (1941), Preface to Scripture (1950), Reform Jewish Practice (1947, 1952), The Responsa Literature (1955), The Book of Job (1958), A Treasury of Responsa (1963), New Reform Responsa (1980), Today= s Reform Responsa (1990).
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Your Practice
By taking prescription authority and clinical care to the next level in your practice, you can capitalize on profitable patient
care opportunities.
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The Optometric Practice of the New Millennium is the most diverse, challenging and potentially rewarding of any era since our field's inception. With the advent of new technologies, advances in pharmaceutical therapy and expansion of clinical practice, we have the ability to create the ultimate model of the "Primary Eye Care Clinician." One of the challenges we face in moving the profession to this next level is how to incorporate these rapidly developing trends into traditional clinical care without losing the hard-earned ground that is the backbone of daily practice.
There are four key areas we must address in implementing therapeutics and developing new revenue streams for the office. These are acute/emergency care, ocular surface management, pre-/post-operative patients and chronic disease patients.
#1: Be there for emergencies
First and most important to achieving success is providing acute care services (corneal abrasions,
keratitis, conjunctivitis, etc.). This service is invaluable in educating patients regarding your practice. And new drugs, such as the fourth generation fluoroquinolones
(Zymar, Vigamox), enable you to treat safely and effectively. Practice revenue improves for two reasons. First is the office visit fee associated with the service independent of the annual examination and second is the development of a long-term relationship with the patient that creates loyalty and referrals.
#2: Surface change
The second area, treatment of the ocular surface, is one of the great untapped aspects of the primary care practice and has tremendous promise for growth. The reason for the rapid expansion in this arena is twofold. First, we now have therapeutic agents that are specifically designed to treat the underlying mechanism of dry eye which, in most patients, is inflammation.
The second and equally important reason is the marked shift in the demographics of the United States population over the next 25 years. By the year 2030, it's anticipated that almost one quarter of all individuals in North America will be over the age of 65. The impact of this age shift on the primary care practice should not be ignored. The therapeutic care of chronic disease should be and will be a major element of both patient care and revenue for the eyecare practice in the next decade.
Development of new drug classes such as immunomodulation
(Allergan's Restasis), "designer steroids" (lotoprednol etabonate) and the explosion of nutraceuticals for the treatment of the ocular surface have revolutionized dry eye therapy. Used as stand-alone agents, or more frequently in combination, these drugs give clinicians the ability to tailor an approach that is unique to each patient. The revenue impact of this type of care can be enormous for several reasons.
First is the increase in the average number of office visits for patients in this category that translates into income without the overhead costs typically associated with a dispensing practice. Second is the ability, with agents such as
Restasis, to effectively treat patients with intolerant contact lens syndrome and prevent them from exiting lenses. This allows you to maintain the revenue from the contact lens segment of your practice that many clinicians are concerned about and is lost when patients "drop" out. Third is the inherent increase in consumption of "optical." This happens because patients are in the office more frequently and have the opportunity to observe new frame selections and other items.
#3: Surgery isn't the end
The third area of therapeutic growth is the cataract and refractive surgery patients in your office. Refractive surgery has has meant new technology, better patient care and increased revenues to the optometric practice. However, after the procedure clinicians are sometimes baffled by the patients seeming lack of interest in returning for continued primary eye care. This can negate, to a large degree, the revenue obtained for the pre- an post-operative care of the patient and results in a lack of interest, on the O.D.'s part, in developing this aspect of the practice.
This outlook probably won't lead to prosperity, though. The reason is that with the development of new technologies such as intraocular contact lenses (made by
Verisyse, Staar, etc., or phakic refractive lenses), wavefront lasers (VISX's Star 4, Alcon's
Ladarvision, Bausch & Lomb's Zyoptics) and research in the areas of "surface ablation," Mitomycin C, "wafer" lenses, inlays and other technologies, it's clear that refractive surgery in whatever iteration it develops will not only be here, but will continue to grow over the next decade. It will impact our practices. The best approach to patient care and revenue in this area is to be proactive.
Patients who have refractive procedures still need care for allergies, dry eye, blepharitis and other common diseases of the anterior segment. Additionally, we routinely schedule our post-operative patients for yearly follow up examination of the fundus due to the high incidence of peripheral retinal abnormalities in the this predominantly myopic population. In our office, the
post-LASIK patient is a regular part of the daily schedule and is a great source of continuing patient revenue from anterior segment therapy to extended
While most practices have been co-managing cataract patients for some time, I still speak to practitioners who manage these individuals as if they are eye care only and see them once a year or less. In truth the cataract patient is one of the mainstays of every ophthalmology practice and for good reason: Their surgical history typically places them on a two-visits-per-year cycle. And because most post-operative cataract patients are over 60 years of age, they need regular evaluation for not only the progress of their surgical procedure, but for other conditions such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, dry eye,
blepharitis, etc. Given the marked increase in the presence of diseases like glaucoma and AMD with increasing age, it's more than appropriate to provide a level of service to your post-operative patients greater than that of the healthy, general eye exam patient.
#4: Caring for disease
The fourth area in making therapeutics work for you is glaucoma. There is no other patient population in your office that needs your care more and who at the same time is able to help your practice grow than this group. If you aren't as active as you would like in this area, or if you want to increase your rate of growth, the easiest way is to identify the patients already in your practice for whom you can assume care that has in the past been provided by others via your referral. Typically, this is the glaucoma patient.
For years, in large part due to lack of legislative authority, many practices referred their glaucoma patients to ophthalmologists who typically managed their medical needs and referred them back for their glasses. Today the care of the glaucoma patient is almost universal in optometry and the opportunity it provides is unparalleled for practice growth and revenue development. Beyond the comprehensive initial examination, the need to perform testing such as
gonioscopy, visual fields, stereo photos, serial tonometry, optic nerve assessment and nerve fiber layer imaging on a scheduled basis is both important to increasing the level of care provided by your office, and to establishing a reliable source of significant income.
The most important step in creating success is to make the commitment to diagnose and then treat! Writing the first prescription for your patient's glaucoma therapy is a doctor-patient bond unlike any other and is the most important step in assuring the long-term growth of your office. The introduction of prostaglandins has given the primary care clinician a powerful weapon in the fight against blindness.
It's a start
While there's no single formula that works for all of us, these are some basic concepts that will increase the quality or your patient care and begin to develop the growth necessary to take your office to the next level using therapeutics.
Take It to the Next Level
by John M.B. Rumpakis, O.D., M.B.A.
According to the recently published American Optometric Association
(AOA) report on optometric prescribing habits, it's clear that optometrists are becoming increasingly comfortable in managing and treating ocular disease. Yet we certainly haven't become masters of our own domain. Family practice doctors still write more prescriptions for glaucoma than we do, allergists still write more prescriptions for ocular allergy than we do . . . you get the picture. In fact, there's evidence that a significant number of patients still self treat for ocular allergy and dry eye rather than seek out professional assistance.
So what can the average optometrist do to take his prescribing habits to the next level? I have some simple suggestions that will make your patients happier and your practice healthier by changing your prescribing routine.
When routine is a problem
Recognize that what's routine for you can prove problematic for your patients. Many patients who have chronic problems such as dry eye and ocular allergy may never mention them to you during a routine visit. In their eyes, they deal with these problems on a daily basis and they don't view their malady as a problem. Be proactive in recognizing chronic problems and be able to provide a clear solution for patients to follow.
Record everything
Record everything in your medical records. They are the basis for recognizing and acknowledging patients' subjective and objective findings, our diagnoses and the resulting treatment plans. They also allow us to code and bill appropriately for the services we provide and they ultimately justify the need for us to prescribe for treating our patients.
Be brave, recommend
Many optometrists have a fear of recommending a specific product or treatment plan to a patient because of the fear of failure or commitment to a specific care plan. Yet patient studies repeatedly demonstrate that a recommendation is exactly what a patient is looking for. They may like to be presented with options, but ultimately are interested in what you, as the prescribing doctor, think will be their best option for resolution to their problem.
Sample vs. script
Many optometrists take the position that it's better to provide a sample to a patient rather than to write a prescription. I agree with that position, but only in the case of treating glaucoma. Samples play a specific role in our practices: emergency use (and for occasional use for the indigent patient while enrolling them in an indigent drug program). No one ever intended practitioners to provide samples to every patient for the purpose of testing the therapy's efficacy.
Think about what a written prescription represents to a patient: a solution to his problem. Studies have clearly shown that patients respect the treatment and perceive it as more effective when it's a written prescription rather than a sample. Don't be afraid to write a prescription for every condition that requires treatment.
When change is a good thing
These simple but effective steps will help you take your prescribing authority to the next level. Implementing a new behavior is often the most difficult step in the process because for most people, change is difficult. The changes I've described in this article are just as valid when prescribing oral agents as they are for prescribing topical agents. If you can implement what I've coined as the "Three R's of Successful Optometric Practice" (Record, Recommend and Rx), then you can not only take your prescribing habits to the next level, but at the same time, you're also benefiting your patients by taking the care that you provide to them to the next level as well.
The Value of Writing Prescriptions
"Writing prescriptions is the greatest advantage as well as actively marketing to individual patients as they visit the practice."
-- Walter D. West,
O.D., F.A.A.O., Brentwood, Tenn.
"Perfect practice makes perfect. If you want to be a good prescriber of any medication, you first need a knowledge of the available medications, their uses and applications, their side effects and their potential interactions with other medications as well as the appropriate education and licensure. The second skill you require is the ability to properly diagnose illness. It sounds fundamental, but it's surprising how many physicians approach medication with a one-size-fits-all hierarchy. The last skill is practice. You can't replace practical application and experience. That's why internship and residency are invaluable. To learn under the wing of another who has garnered the experience and is willing to pass on the knowledge is the foundation upon which our system has been erected. Translating theoretical demonstrations into outcomes are what molds and shapes physicians' attitudes, values and philosophies."
-- Andrew S.
Gurwood, O.D., F.A.A.O., Philadelphia
Dr. Thimons
is a nationally and internationally acclaimed speaker and serves as medical director at Ophthalmic Consultants. He was awarded Optometry's Top Educator in 1999.
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is out as the religious face of the Park 51/Cordoba House mega mosque community center complex proposed to be built near Ground Zero. Rauf became too radioactive for the project's developers, so he was pushed aside. Despite efforts by some apologists to defend this faux 'moderate, the evidence of his true stealth jihad agenda was overwhelming.
Therefore, to keep moving ahead with their Ground Zero mosque project, the developers turned to Shaykh Abdallah Adhami as Rauf's replacement. This is just like rubbing more salt into the wound. All that the new imam represents is a different mask hiding the same radical Islamist agenda.
As Jamie Glazov wrote in his Front Page Magazine column, there is terror behind both Rauf's and Adhami's masks.
Let's start with the fact, uncovered by Pamela Geller on her Atlas Shrugs blog, that the new Ground Zero Mosque imam has a deep admiration for Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a possible co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and advocates the replacement of the U.S. government with an Islamic Caliphate. Adhami has called Wahhaj "Our Beloved Imam" and the "voice of the spirit of Islam in America and its pride."
Imam Adhami's website Sakeenah has also carried a glowing description of Siraj Wahhaj:
Imam Siraj Wahhaj is the first in the Celebrating Our Elders series. He was selected not simply because of his devoted leadership to the community, but also for his role as a pioneer in the American Muslim experience. Since the 1970s, Imam Siraj has tirelessly laid the foundations for many scholars and leaders that would follow him. From activism to challenges, to the Nation of Islam to revolutions, follow Imam Siraj as he retraces the footsteps of his life.
I wonder if this retracing of Siraj's footsteps included his testifying as a character witness for convicted terror mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman or telling his Muslim audience in New Jersey that
If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own emir [leader] and give allegiance to him. . . . [T]ake my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us.
Maybe, to give the new Ground Zero Mosque imam the benefit of the doubt, he just wasn't aware of this side of Imam Siraj, although Adhami's website did mention favorably Siraj's association with the Nation of Islam. And maybe it's not fair to ascribe Siraj's radical views to Admani through a single episode of guilt by association.
I might possibly be inclined to cut Imam Adhami a break if we were talking about only this one questionable association. But unfortunately that is not the case.
For example, Shaykh Abdallah Adhami showed up as a guest speaker at the annual convention of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP) back around Thanksgiving 200o. The theme of the convention was "All Palestine is Sacred!" Adhami was joined at the speakers' rostrum by Dr. Sami Al-Arian who pled guilty in 2006 to conspiracy to contribute services to or for the benefit of the Palestine Islamic Jihad.


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Come on along for the ride
Yes, our songbook is ballooning, and a lot of volunteer singalong leaders are rising with it. Here's how that happens:
When we in the Hat Band add a song to the book, Sing along with ease, we send free copies of the sheet music to everyone who's already bought the book. That way, everyone's repertoire grows.
When we began marketing copies of our book last January, it contained 313 songs. It's now up to 331, all old favorites that are ideal for singalongs. Most of those additions have come from audience requests, some of them from our farflung group of songbook customers.
The process is simple: When we find a song we like, we convert it to simple sheet music in a singable key through a computer program called Finale PrintMusic. That gives us an electronic version of the song that we can print out for our own songbook and that we can email to everyone else who has the songbook. They print out the song and they've got it, too.
Now, I can't say we've sold hundreds of the books in our first year, but it's been in the dozens. And they've gone to a wide market — from New York to California, from Canada to Australia.
We're not dealing with a mass market here. Singalong volunteers are, sadly, a rare breed. (Although I know of at least one case where a customer wanted a songbook just to help him improve his piano skills. Sing along with ease, with its single-note melody lines and simple chord notations, is ideal for someone who wants to dust off a guitar or return to a long-neglected piano for a little solo music at home.)
Basically, we're in a small niche. Or, to add yet another metaphor, on the big ocean of the Internet, we're in a little rowboat. But we stay in touch with others who've joined us bobbing around on the waves. And as we find additional songs, we mass-email them to everyone else, helping to raise the tide that, as they say, lifts all boats.
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I'm going to make my own Mercury Glass.
I've been practicing on some pieces and using different techniques.
Just waiting for all the stars to align and everything to come out perfect,
Maybe I'll have something to share soon.
I'm working on a custom furniture order and that's why I haven't posted many craft or furniture projects lately.
I'll be sharing the custom order too when it's finished.
White Picket Bentz, Diy Mercury glass
There are some great tutorials for Mercury Glass.
I've combined a few of the tips and made adjustments of my own.
Could be a mess or could work out?
Take The Side Street, Diy Mercury Glass
Mercury Glass is very formal looking but I think with some nice white spring flowers….well we'll see.
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Easy to set up and comfortable, too, the Marmot Limestone 4P Tent with Door Mat fits up to four people quite nicely. The dome shape makes it easy to move around, but the easiest part about this tent are the color clips and poles that make the Limestone 4P Tent a breeze to set up. Added benefits include a seam-taped floor that optimizes space and ventilation, fabrics that are weather-resistant, and the seam-taped full coverage fly (with vents) that prevents those awful, muggy indoor conditions.


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- Diapering Baby
- Baby BM Color Should it be brown, yellow, or green? Depends what baby eats.
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Color Changes in Your Baby's Bowel Movements
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If you're a new parent, you probably have questions about your baby's strange bowel movements and colorful poop: Should I worry when the color turns green? Is the milk causing a problem? Is my baby's digestion on track?
Here are the basics to get you through this stage in your baby's life:
Is My Newborn Normal?
The moment your newborn is delivered, you're bound to heave a heavy sigh of relief. But if you're like most first-time parents, that relief doesn't last long.
Unexpected birthmarks, a pulsating soft spot, jaundice, skin rashes, eyes that cross, head lumps and bumps: It can all be downright scary and can easily send new parents into panic mode.
"If you don't know what to expect, or especially if you are expecting that sort of 'Hollywood' version of the doll-perfect newborn, seeing and examining your baby for the first time can be quite shocking to some parents -- and even cause some serious anxiety attacks," says Tia Hubbard, MD, nursery pediatrician at the University of California at San Diego Medical Center.
What Are Feces?
Your baby's first bowel movements (BMs) are called "meconium." This is a thick and sticky residue that is greenish-black in color. You should never see it after day 3 of your baby's life.
Food in, feces out. Your baby swallows the milk, which is digested by the acids in the stomach and moves into the small intestine. The digested, smaller nutritional elements and water get absorbed into the bloodstream, and the larger, undigested ones (like fiber) keep moving through. If the undigested ones continue down the intestines at a leisurely pace, the water has time to be absorbed and what comes out may be quite firm. Alternatively, if things are moving rapidly, the water has no time to be absorbed and the stools can be quite loose (diarrhea).
As the stool moves thorough the intestines, it also picks up various digestive juices, bile, bacteria, and other chemicals, which impart their characteristic color and odor.
The Effects of Breast Milk vs. Formula
What baby eats makes a difference in the final product. Breast milk tends to be absorbed more completely -- sometimes there is so little residue to come out that a baby may not have a BM for days. On the other hand, many breastfed babies pass a mustardy, "seedy" yellow stool with each feeding, at least for a short while. Formula-fed babies tend to have darker, tan-colored stools that are less frequent.
Most importantly, every baby is different, and there is a very wide range of what is called normal poop.
Tips for Concerned Parents
Don't be frightened by the color changes of your baby's bowel movements. In normal infants, BMs change color and frequency as the baby's diet changes, as the digestive tract matures, and as it is populated by new, normal bacteria. It's rare that color changes signal a digestive problem. Usually, color changes just mean that there is more or less of the yellow/green/brown/orange pigments that are picked up along the way.


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What can Andrew Cuomo actually do about Indian Point?
But putting all those considerations aside—it is certainly possible to replace the facility's energy-generation capacity eventually, and the arguments about air pollution versus safety is ultimately a philsophical one about priorities—the most important near-term question may simply be whether the Cuomo administration has the ability to shut Indian Point down.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the sole authority to renew, or not renew, nuclear reactor licenses. And they've historically been inclined to give Indian Point the benefit of the doubt. In August 2009, the commission made the following statement: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final safety evaluation report (SER) for the proposed renewal of the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit numbers 2 and 3, and concluded that there are no open items that would preclude license renewal for an additional 20 years of operation."
It is rare, in any case, for the commission to shutter nuclear power plants.
"N.R.C. typically works very hard with an applicant to renew their license and would probably go through and suggest technical changes that they think may be necessary to make sure the re-licensing is safe and sufficient," Frayer said.
Entergy doesn't expect a decision until at least 2013.
The state does have at least one other lever in hand: that state D.E.C. water quality permit, which was first withheld by the David Paterson administration in 2009.
"The big issue is that if they don't get their water permit in place, they can't operate," said Frayer.
Theoretically, Entergy could build what are called cooling towers or cooling ponds, but those come at a huge cost: "It's so expensive its may actually prohibitive," Frayer said.
A similar, but not completely analogous, conflict has been playing out in New England. Though the regulatory commission renewed the license for Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, which powers about a third of the state's energy needs, Vermont lawmakers passed a bill requiring state approval for Vermont Yankee to continue operating. And that state approval was not forthcoming.
The case went to court, and a federal judge sided with Entergy, ruling that the state had overstepped its bounds, and that the Vermont legislature had overstepped its bounds by focusing in its public hearings on the health affects of radiation, something he said fell squarely within the regulatory bounds of the federal government.
Vermont's attorney general is now appealing.
If New York is to follow Vermont's example, Governor Cuomo "had better be very careful about what he says," advised Pat Parenteau, a Vermont Law School professor.
Parentau said if New York State focuses not on public health issues, but on its interest in protecting its water supply, its move to close Indian Point might pass muster in court.
"The state has clear authority under the Clean Water Act and the Supreme Court has upheld that a couple of times," he said.
But even then, it will take a lot of time, and litigation, to get to the point where the plant is actually affected. The nuclear power facility can continue operating even after its licenses expire in 2013 and 2015, if the process is tied up in litigation. So while New York State is lining up its replacement sources of energy, Entergy will be able to continue squeezing whatever money it can from a power plant in which it has invested billions. And who knows where Andrew Cuomo will be by then?
"They'll fight their relicensing case," said Musegaas, of Riverkeeper. "They'll fight the state permit case. It's always cheaper for a corporation like Entergy to pay lawyers to litigate these things than to upgrade these facilities."


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Green Bay Packers Projected 2014 53-Man Roster
The Green Bay Packers have to trim their roster to 53 by Saturday. We're trimming it for them right now.
Here's our best shot at the 53-man roster. We focused on the 53 best players, which is how the Packers usually roll, rather than filling out positions.
We wrestled with it and then wrestled with it some more. This is what we were able to spit out.
QB — Aaron Rodgers, Scott Tolzien
RB — Eddie Lacy, James Starks, DuJuan Harris, John Kuhn
WR — Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, Jarrett Boykin, Davante Adams, Jeff Janis, Myles White
TE — Richard Rodgers, Brandon Bostick, Andrew Quarless, Ryan Taylor
OL — David Bakhtiari, Josh Sitton, T.J. Lang, Bryan Bulaga, Corey Linsley, Derek Sherrod, Lane Taylor, J.C. Tretter
DL — Datone Jones, Josh Boyd, Mike Daniels, Mike Pennel, Letroy Guion
OLB — Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers, Nick Perry, Mike Neal, Jayrone Elliott
ILB — A.J. Hawk, Brad Jones, Jamari Lattimore, Sam Barrington, Carl Bradford
CB — Tramon Williams, Sam Shields, Casey Hayward, Davon House, Jarrett Bush, Jumal Rolle
S — Morgan Burnett, Micah Hyde, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Sean Richardson, Chris Banjo
ST — Mason Crosby, Tim Masthay, Brett Goode
IR — Nate Palmer, Khyri Thornton
Here are the last five guys we had making the team.
- Carl Bradford
- Andrew Quarless
- Chris Banjo
- Myles White
- Letroy Guion
Had the Packers not moved Bradford to inside linebacker, he wouldn't have made it. In our eyes, he did enough in that brief audition to merit consideration for a roster spot. Couple that with the fact that he's a 2014 fourth-round pick and he's getting the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe you're wondering why Quarless was so far down. The answer is because both Rodgers and Bostick are better tight ends and Quarless brings nothing on special teams. Someone like Ryan Taylor, meanwhile, was an easy choice because he brings a lot on special teams. We'd say Quarless is among the best 53, but wouldn't be surprised at all if he's cut.
Banjo and White made it using the best 53 principle as well. In fact, it overruled the X players per position principle. Do the Packers need five safeties or six wide receivers? They surely do not, but these guys showed too much in the preseason to cut.
Letroy Guion has only participated in two practices after battling a hamstring injury throughout camp, but the Packers are thin on the defensive line and Guion is a veteran, so he sticks.
Here are the first five guys off.
- Matt Flynn
- Jake Stoneburner
- Demetri Goodson
- Andy Mulumba
- Aaron Adams
Flynn was the toughest call of all, especially with the Great Quarterback Debacle of 2013. We're just not into keeping three quarterbacks and Tolzien brings more to the table.
If Quarless is released, expect Stoneburner to stick. He brings more on special teams and is probably a better long-term prospect as a receiver.
Goodson is the only draft pick that gets released. The sixth-round cornerback didn't do anything impressive and he plays what is the Packers deepest position. The same applies to Mulumba. Not impressive and plays a deep position.
Adams we mostly considered for depth. The Packers really don't have any on the offensive line. This is probably a place where they'll bring in another body from outside the organization. The same could be said for defensive line.
Monty McMahon is one of the founders of Total Packers. He is probably the most famous graduate of UW-Oshkosh next to Jim Gantner.
What are the chances of having a situation where you need three qbs again? You can always stash Rettig on the practice squad and use him in an emergency. I think it is a waste of a roster spot to have a third qb. Especially since Rodgers has been healthy, and only missed one game previous to last year. Since when do you we start assuming people will get hurt and put people on the roster because of assumptions?
Your list does look reasonable. Do question White as 6th receiver. Stoneburner may be better option. The question is do the Packers trust Bostick to remain healthy. A surprise may be Bostick is cut not Quarless.
Five D-line does seem low but I believe only five are in the top 53. We usually only active five bigs on game day anyway. We also have Peppers, Neal and Perry in a pinch. In addition it does look like we will be using only two bigs on most downs except of obvious run downs. It looks like a 4-2-5 D is in the works.
I thought Rolle was in but his special teams play brings that in to question. I think we keep him as we could loose Tramon and House next year. I would be for signing House to a reasonable extension ASAP.
It seamed odd that when Adams was hurt that Volinovich took Sherrod's place at left tackle (and played well) and Sherrod moved to right tackle. Not saying we keep 9 on O-line but V may be on PS and may be one of the last five cuts (maybe).
Vujovich looked better than Sherrod agreed…he will make PS.
Must find a way to keep Rolle, Banjo and Richardson. Each guy brings a great special teams temperament and solid depth.
Still upsetting that we can't field a dominant offensive or defensive line year after year (injury aside).
Would love to keep Flynn as he is a great friend and sidekick for Aaron…but Scott has earned the right to back him up and that extra roster spot is valuable, though, I don't think it should go to Miles automatically… We need another Fat guy somewhere.
Great list and highly likely.
Agreed on the DBs. Flynn provides more value to this team than most any "fat guy" we could add at this time. Weren't you harping on TT last year when Rodgers went down? and now you want to get rid of extra insurance? Do you really think no team would pick up Flynn if their QB went down (or before that-ahem, Vikings)?
Should have kept Crabbie instead of Quarless in the off season IMO; we shall see if they go with 3 QB's.
If Myles White gets cut, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets scooped up by another team.
I hate this part…I get a little attached to some players during preseason; geez, broads & their heartstrings, huh?
I agree with this projected roster except, white, I believe that roster spot should go to the defensive line. Something no one has considered, I think TT needs to find a promising young DL prospect who gets dropped by another team that is loaded at the position hoping they clear waivers to get onto thier PS. Or the best player available that gets cut by any other team. Should be interesting anyway it goes.
5 wr, 3 QB, Flynn over White. White had his ups and downs in TC and doesn't offer much for ST. Put him on the PS with the 2 extra slots. We have to de-activate 7 players every week – there is no reason to not have 3 QBs. One will always be inactive. With 10 PS slots you can keep and develop some talent from the 75 that you want to keep. what is the diff if you have a LB or DL or OL on the 53 and inactive every week or have him on the PS? If you need him, either way it will take a week to get him in uniform.
Instead of Myles White, I'd suggest keeping Mulumba — Matthews, Neal, and Perry have all missed snaps in the most recent season/camp. Jeff Janis can be your speed guy — plus he doesn't bobble punts and can return kick-offs.
Apologies to everyone sniffing the Matt Flynn jockstrap! He's got some severe long-ball deficiency. And if you're hangin' with McCarthy, you know he wants to throw it around, whether Rodgers is in the game, or not.
Oh, shit! I forgot. Flynn's a big winner and all — going 2-2-1. That's championship stuff there!
Don't get the lack-of-love for Barrington — he's made some plays and actually appears to move towards the ball carrier. Keep hoping for that non-Hawk/Jones ILB group (not that I want them to get injured…)
Tolzien started basically 3 games last season and was 0-2-1. Matt Flynn started 4 and was 2-2.
My favorite Tolzien moment was the INT to JPP that sealed the Giants game. That was a beauty.
I don't give a shit about who has the stronger arm. I care about Wins. Period.
That was a really lame thing you did.
I'd expect that shit from Nagler, on CHTV — but not you.
You've had a propensity for dishing out gallons of shit — and you can't deal with a teaspoon of it coming back to you?
That's some punk-ass shit there.
Are you out there?
I know I don't always agree with you.
I know you don't always agree with me.
But I'd defend to the death your right to speak you mind.
Back me up, so these revisionist historians don't make me look like a 'tard (sorry, that's not PC).
Hope you get the message before it's deleted.
The one roster spot I disagree with is Myles White over Alex Gillette. Gillette had 6 catches for 80 yards, and had a circus touchdown. QB's had a passer rating 145 when throwing to him. He was the only receiver in camp to have zero drops.
I have no idea if White even has any business in the NFL other than a little experience.
Good picks.Myles White too much upside to release.Matt Flynn sticks as #3, and inactive on game days.Jayronne Elliott stays.Packers better not screw that up.Sherrod = Marshall Newhouse.
Michael Hill on practice squad.


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Smart Grid: Role of Wireless ICT in Building Automation and Control
The report analyzes markets and technologies for the following WICT:
- ZigBee
- Z-Wave
- Bluetooth
- EnOcean.
The report addresses technologies details and their roles in the efforts to build "green" economy; it is also provides marketing characteristics and survey of the selected vendors.
The report also stresses the importance of integration WICT with wired technologies, such as BACnet; some of the BA&C wired protocols are also analyzed in connection with this.
This report is useful to a wide audience of engineers, managers and sales staff involved in the design, implementation and maintenance of wireless communications equipment for BA&C and Smart Grid.
Target Audience
This report is important to a wide population of researches, technical and sales staff involved in the developing of the WICT for BA&C; and particular, in connection with the Smart Grid project. It is recommended for both users and vendors that are working with related technologies. The report also helps to understand issues associated with relationship between BA&C communications and other networks.
Research Methodology
Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information from various Web sites was studied and analyzed. Evaluation of publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted. Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.
The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and update of the information content.
1.1 General
1.2 Value
1.3 Goals
1.4 Research Methodology
1.5 Target Audience
2.0 Smart Grid and Building Automation
2.1 General
2.2 Building Automation and Control – Part of Smart Grid Initiatives
2.2.1 Details
22.214.171.124 BA&C Major Tasks
2.2.2 Process Example
2.2.3 BA&C System Components
2.4 England
2.5 Definition
2.6 Developing
2.7 ICT Requirements
3.0 History - KNX
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Worldwide Acceptance
3.1.3 Applications
3.1.4 Independence
3.1.5 Details
22.214.171.124 Device Categories
188.8.131.52 Benefits
22.214.171.124 Process
184.108.40.206 General
126.96.36.199 Physical Layer
188.8.131.52 Configuration Modes
184.108.40.206 Device Models
3.1.7 KNX Market for Building Automation
3.1.8 Selected Vendors
- Andromeda
- Gira
- Jung
- Siemens
- Trialog
4.0 ZigBee
4.1 Directions
4.1.1 Drivers
4.2 ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Place in BA&C
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Technology
18.104.22.168 Major Features
188.8.131.52 Device Types
184.108.40.206 Protocol Stack
126.96.36.199.1 Physical and MAC layers – IEEE802.15.4
126.96.36.199.1.1 Frame
188.8.131.52.2 Upper Layers
188.8.131.52.2.1 Interoperability
220.127.116.11.2.2 Security
4.2.3 Platform Considerations
22.214.171.124 Battery Life
4.2.4 ZigBee Technology Benefits and Limitations
4.3 Standardization Process
4.3.1 ZigBee Alliance
126.96.36.199 Objectives
4.3.2 Profiles
4.3.3 ZigBee Smart Energy Profile-WICT for Smart Grid
22.214.171.124 Features and Enhancements
4.3.4 ZigBee IP
4.3.5 Building Automation Profile
4.3.6 Market
22.214.171.124 Expectations
126.96.36.199 Segments
220.127.116.11 Forecast
4.3.7 Industry
- Airbee (Software)
- Amber (RF Systems; BA Application)
- Arch Rock (WSN)
- Atmel (Chipsets, BA&C)
- Aurel (Modules BA&C)
- CEL (Modules; BA&C)
- Cirronet-RFM (Modules-Industrial Applications)
- Crossbow (WSN, Environment Monitoring BA&C, motes)
- Digi (Radio, Energy Application)
- Duolog (SOC Transceivers)
- Dust Networks (WSN, BA)
- Ember (Chipsets; BA&C)
- GreenPeak (WSN)
- Helicomm (Modules)
- Jennic (Chipsets-Modules-Health Care)
- Freescale (Chipsets)
- Nuri Telecom (AMR Application)
- Oki (Chipsets)
- Renesas (Platforms, AMR, BA&C)
- Silicon Laboratories (Chipsets, Modules)
- Synapse (Module, Protocols)
- Telegesis (Integrator, Modules)
- TI (Chipsets; BA&C)
5.0 Z-Wave
5.1 General
5.2 Z-Wave Alliance
5.3 Benefits
5.4 Details
5.4.1 Features
5.4.2 Characteristics
18.104.22.168 Protocol Stack
220.127.116.11 Devices
5.5 ZigBee and Z-Wave
5.6 Advance Energy Control Framework
5.7 Selected Vendors
- Aeon Labs
- BuLogics
- Mi Casa Verde
- Sigma Designs
- There
5.8 Pricing
5.9 Market
6.0 IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth-BT)
6.1 BT Protocol Stack
6.1.1 Transport layer
184.108.40.206 Radio Layer
126.96.36.199 Baseband and Link Manager Layers
18.104.22.168.1 Power Consumption
6.1.2 Middleware Layer
22.214.171.124 Sniffing Mode
6.1.3 Bluetooth Security
6.1.4 Highlights
22.214.171.124 The Standard
220.127.116.11 The Technology
6.1.5 Evolution (BT v2.0-v4.0)
6.1.6 Profiles
220.127.116.11 Power Consumption-ULP-BT V4.0
6.2 Market Estimate
6.3 Industry: Sample
- Sena
7.0 EnOcean
7.1 The Company
7.2 EnOcean Alliance
7.3 Standard
7.3.1 Features
7.3.2 Drivers
220.127.116.11 EnOcean –Green Technology
18.104.22.168 Batteries
7.4 Details
7.4.1 Framework
7.4.2 Generations
7.4.3 Profiles
7.4.4 Benefits
7.5 Unions
7.6 Market Estimate
7.7 Industry
- BSC Magnum
- Beckhoff
- Echoflex
- Illumra
- Thermokon
8.0 Conclusions
- Attachment I - LEED
- Attachment II - BACnet
- Origination
- Goal
- Popularity
- Details
- Vendors and Products
List Of Figures:
Figure 1: Global KNX Equipment Sales Estimate (BA&C) – $US M
Figure 2: ZigBee Protocol Stack
Figure 3: Interoperability Platform
Figure 4: Profiles - Illustration
Figure 5: ZigBee Market Segments
Figure 6: Estimate: ZigBee Modules Sales Market Worldwide ($M)
Figure 7: Estimate: ZigBee Modules Market Worldwide (M Units)
Figure 8: BA&C – related Sector of ZigBee Market – Estimate ($M)
Figure 9: BA&C – related Sector of ZigBee Market – Estimate (M Units)
Figure 10: ZigBee Market Segmentation (2010)
Figure 11: ZigBee Market Segmentation (2014)
Figure 12: Illustration – Z-Wave Protocol Layers
Figure 13: TAM: U.S. Sales – Z-Wave Products for BA&C-Commercial Buildings (Unit M)
Figure 14: TAM: U.S. Sales – Z-Wave Products for BA&C-Commercial Buildings ($M)
Figure 15: Bluetooth Protocol Stack
Figure 16: Piconets Illustration
Figure 17: Estimate –BT Market (Unit Shipped in Billion)
Figure 18: Estimate –BT Market (Units Shipped $B)
Figure 19: BT Market Geographical Segmentation
Figure 20: Functionalities
Figure 21: Energy Requirements
Figure 22: Market Estimate: EnOcean Equipment Sale ($M)
Figure 23: Market Estimate: EnOcean Equipment Sale (Mil. Units)
List of Tables:
Table 1: Comparison
Table 2: KNX Association WGs
Table 3: ZigBee Parameters
Table 4: ZigBee Smart Energy Profile Feature Set
Table 5: Z-Wave and ZigBee
Table 6: Z-Wave Products Retail Pricing
Table 7: Samples of Bluetooth Profiles
Table 8: Illustration-Bluetooth Profiles and Protocols
Table 9: Parameters
Table 10: Estimate: BA&C Segment of BT Market (% from Total)
Table 11: Major Features
Table 12: Energy Scavenging
- Amber (RF Systems; BA Application)
- Arch Rock (WSN)
- Atmel (Chipsets, BA&C)
- Aurel (Modules BA&C)
- CEL (Modules; BA&C)
- Cirronet-RFM (Modules-Industrial Applications)
- Crossbow (WSN, Environment Monitoring BA&C, motes)
- Digi (Radio, Energy Application)
- Duolog (SOC Transceivers)
- Dust Networks (WSN, BA)
- Ember (Chipsets; BA&C)
- GreenPeak (WSN)
- Helicomm (Modules)
- Jennic (Chipsets-Modules-Health Care)
- Freescale (Chipsets)
- Nuri Telecom (AMR Application)
- Oki (Chipsets)
- Renesas (Platforms, AMR, BA&C)
- Silicon Laboratories (Chipsets, Modules)
- Synapse (Module, Protocols)
- Telegesis (Integrator, Modules)
- TI (Chipsets; BA&C)
- Aeon Labs
- BuLogics
- Mi Casa Verde
- Sigma Designs
- There
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...so, if worse comes to worse, i'll be the silly guy there with my old trekenstein (removed the shocks, got a rigid) and use a friend's 1.5 hybrid tires that do have some bite to the tread, but not knobbies...no drop bars (yet)...just risers or flat bar choices for now.
BUT, i want to do this right. i figure the older road bike with good clearance and get some cheapie knobbies (kendas) just to get started and get a feel for the 40 minutes of hellish fun. working on my stamina now. just finished a 50 mile ride (Escape New York) and doing good, brisk 30+ mile stints on the road along with some mountain biking throughout the month (the race is in early november).
i just bought a Giant Defy 3 road bike and do NOT want to use it...nor could i: there is no clearance for knobbies.
...so, should i make one of the following choices, what would be the smart one/least idiotic one : buy a cheapie, under $200 Denali (good frame and i won't care if i get mud on it...of course, change the tires) or the infamous BDirect windsor/motebecane choices ( multi-speeds or SS...)....OR, see if i get lucky and find an old Schwinn Varisty or whatever road bike on craigslist philly or a garage sale.
i do want to join the fun. if it leads to more, sure, i'll amp up the gear. but for now, economics and time are my major competitors.
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I haven't tried double knitting. So far, stranded and intarsia have kept me satisfied with my colorwork projects.
I have used both Swish and Gloss, although I've only made socks with Gloss so far. Both are warm. Swish is more practical if washing is a consideration. Gloss really should be washed by hand, as it tends to felt in the machine. (My socks from Gloss are OK, but the pattern isn't as pronounced.) Gloss has a nice sheen to it. (Before felting, that is, LOL!)
I'm enjoying the Bees' Knees, too! The steeks are done, shoulder seams grafted, underarm sleeve seams and bottom facing of body and sleeves done. Right now, I'm knitting the second front facing. It won't be long now!
I'll be interested to see what you do!
Sharon, I have Gloss in my stash but haven't used it yet. I do like the Swish and I find it nice to work with. I agree with the others that it depends on what you want. Whether you need an easy care or want a dressier piece.
Since I don't know enough about double knitting, this is just a consideration that comes to mind. There really isn't a whole lot of difference between worsted and DK. But I would think getting the same gauge with DK as with the worsted would make for a wee bit looser fabric. Anyway, IMHO, just something to take into consideration.
Sharonknits, I'm sorry that I did not see you already had a discussion started about double knitting. I'm new here & did not scope it out fully before starting my own link. I have no experience with the yarn you are inquiring about, but as you can see in my post, I'm doing my own little projects with every kind of yarn in my stash to get the feel of them for working double knit. that is the best way I know to tell how it feels & the ones I am making can be passed off without feeling I have wasted my yarn & time. After all its hard to go wrong with the look of a little mug mat.
Don't worry about it, Patti. We often have a lot of cross over!
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Kill Me Thrill Me is one of Whistler's most popular rides. It has all the trademarks of a Chris Markle project. It's well crafted, has beautiful flow and takes advantage of wonderful natural features. It begins quickly 200 meters or so north of the Cougar Mountain turnoff on the west side of Hwy 99 (just before the curve) and never really lets up. It is classic Whistler cross country/free-ride with no sustained climbs but lots of short intense bursts; up and down.
The features are mostly natural with the man made stuff only there to avoid terrain damage or support the natural flow. It ends, too soon, back on Hwy 99 a couple of kilometers north of the Wedge turnoff.
Head through Whistler on Highway 99 toward Pemberton. Once past Emerald the last of Whistler's neighbourhoods on Green lake. You will see sign posts to Cougar Mountain on your left side as you head north. The trail begins 200 meters or so north of the Cougar Mountain turnoff on the west side (left) of Highway 99 just before the curve.
The quality of this trail is great and the recent upgrades done in June are incredible. If you are not sure about a ramp or rock take a look first. There are a couple of good slick rocks on this trail which are awesome but not for the faint of heart.
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Commissioned through the Limited Duty Officer program in 1998, Commander Gunther was assigned as the Electronics Readiness Officer in USS KLAKRING (FFG 42) from 1998-2001. After converting to Unrestricted Line Officer and completing Department Head training, he served as the Weapons Officer in USS LABOON (DDG 58) from 2004-2006 and Weapons Officer and Combat Systems Officer in USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) from 2006-2007 as part of the DDG crew swap experiment. He completed eight deployments during 16 years of sea duty, serving in both the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets.
Commander Gunther's shore duties include Electronics and Engineering Department Head at Special Boat Team Twenty; Concept Development, Experimentation, and Requirements Department Head at Naval Special Warfare Group Four; Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Fleet Readiness and Training at United States Fleet Forces Command; and Sea Combat Commander Team Lead at Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command.
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He's Making It Up
In the early weeks of September—the
beginning of my senior year in high school—Mr. David Faber, Holocaust
survivor and author of Because of Romek, came to talk to us about his
tragic experience during the war. His poignant words stirred most of the
lethargic students out of their morning reveries with statements like "my
brother was tortured…" But these bitter accounts were pierced by a much
more evil sound. "He's making it up," came a voice from across the hall,
quiet enough to evade the ever alert ears of authority, but loud enough to
make their impression: already, people are forgetting. I do not wish to
suggest that the person who made this statement actually believed that Mr.
Faber's experience was fictitious, but if he had the impudence to utter
such a vile thing in public, what will the youth of the world be saying
come another fifty years?
"Today is history. Today will be remembered. Years from now the young will ask with wonder about this day. Today is history and you are part of it." These were the words of Amon Goeth in Schindler's List, one of today's most widely celebrated movies concerning the Holocaust. Will that day, however, be remembered? Have we reached a time, where, so blinded by the comforts of the world around us, we forget the tragedies of the past? It appears so, as the war on terror wages on, raising the death toll of our fellow human beings every day. Every hate crime that is committed, every gun that is loaded, cocked, and shot at another person is a demonstration of our forgetting the past and rapidly regressing, a metaphor for apathy and savagery. Why should we pass the knowledge of the past on to the future? It is written in history books, is it not? Is there not enough tribute to it already? And the answer, quite plainly, is no. Of course there are books written about the Holocaust, and there are movies and monuments. But for how long will these things last if we gradually allow them to be forgotten? If we say to ourselves, enough is enough, let us move on, how long will it be before someone else decides to wipe out an entire race? Every time you see a swastika spray-painted on a back alley wall; and the Ku Klux Klan wants to rally in New York City; and a child—the very fiber that makes up the future—says, in the presence of a Holocaust survivor, that "it never happened;" you are witnessing the past being erased. So why, exactly, must we teach and reteach the memory and history of the Holocaust to newer generations? Because only in the hands of the future generations, when all Holocaust survivors have passed on, and even their immediate descendents have gone, only there may the knowledge of the truth remain unforgotten.
The most stunning aspect of the Holocaust, to me, is the fact that an event as astounding and awesome in its sheer magnitude was even allowed to take place. It is a ridiculous notion in this day and age to suggest the deaths of millions and millions of human beings, and yet a mere few decades ago a great many people thought it was a terrific idea. Little children were taught to believe that Jews were bad people, and they believed it. Even as people were dragged from their homes, thrown out into the streets, and eventually taken to camps where they faced their deaths, even then people turned a blind eye. For every person that took another into his or her home to protect them from the tyranny of the Nazis, there were a thousand others who would rather join the forces of Hitler's army. Is this to say that people are inherently evil? Certainly not, for every day one witnesses the heroism of individuals across the world, and why should the present time in history be any different from that of the Holocaust? Is it because there was as yet no precedent to these atrocities to warn people of what was to come? Is it really that old explanation that Germany needed a scapegoat for its financial instability at the time? Was that truly the precursor to one of the world's greatest tragedies to date? How strange it all is.
With all that said, it seems like the future generations, that is, the youth of today, hold a certain responsibility to keep society free of discrimination and violence. To begin with, everyone needs to take it upon him or herself to refrain from making prejudiced comments in everyday situations. It seems that all too often kids use the word "Jew" synonymously with cheap, the word "gay" associated with stupidity or badness, the word "nigger" as a familiarity. People do not realize that when one says these words enough, they become an accepted part of one's lexicon, and discriminatory tendencies begin to go unnoticed.
"Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil," said Elie Wiesel. Saying bigoted things is a demonstration of indifference, both towards other peoples' feelings, and the consequences of said thing. Consequently, everyone needs to make sure that they alert others of their use of these words in a derogatory fashion. Kids need to maintain their courage by telling the offender that what they have said is wrong and offensive. They need to explain that, even as a joke, these things should not be said, because they may ultimately lead to a penchant for violence. And even if there is no threat of violence, people should maintain a level of respect towards one another at all times, because that is what defines humanity. That, in fact, is the fundamental source of the Holocaust and present-day genocides: a loss of respect and decency towards one another, towards mankind.
Mr. Faber's speech that day did not end on a dismal note, however. His final message to the thousand kids gathered in the auditorium of Bethel High was "I believe in you." And after all, the thoughtless comment made by the student represented the opinion of one person. Nine hundred ninety nine other people left with tears in their eyes. We might be headed in the right direction after all.
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