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The Periodic Table is a listing of the elements according to increasing atomic number and similarities in chemical behavior. It was developed in the 19th century by the Russian chemist Mendeleev, before knowledge of modern atomic theory.
The Table is a chart having rows and columns.
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It is not necessary to memorize the filling-order of electrons in atoms since these can be read from the Periodic Table. In fact, the reason that elements in the same Group have similar chemical behavior is because their electronic configuration is similar -- only the valence level electrons are at different energy levels.
To use the Table this way it is necessary to remember:
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Li has atomic number 3. The n = 1 shell is filled with electrons in the same arrangement as He, so these can be represented as [He]. Since Li is in Group 1, period 2, it has its one valence electron at the n = 2 quantum level in an s orbital. We write [He] 2s1.
Al has atomic number 13. Its first 10 electrons are arranged like Ne. There are thus 3 valence electrons in Al at the n = 3 energy level. Al is in the third column, so the first two electrons are in an s orbital, and the last in a p orbital. We write: [Ne] 3s2, 3p1.
Br has atomic number 35. The first 18 electrons are arranged like Ar. The remaining 17 start filling orbitals at the energy level 4s (because Br is in period 4). We write [Ar] 4s2, 3d10, 4p5. (Remember that there are three p-type orbitals, each of which may describe only 2 electrons at most. The designation 4p5 means 4px2, 4py2, 4pz1.)
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This is a beautiful Early American Pattern Glass 1/2" gallon water pitcher. It is in the pattern of "Dahlia" and most likely made by Canton Glass Co., Canton, OH. The main pattern design element consists of clear embossed dahlia flowers and foliage against a stippled background. It has a scalloped rim and a round base pedestal base. It measures approximately 8 1/2" and does have one small chip on the rim and some straw marks. Otherwise, this pitcher is in good condition. This would make a nice pitcher to add to your collection.
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Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 10th round (250th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
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Aclara Announces Its Next Generation Advanced Metering Infrastructure Communication System for Electric Utilities at TechAdvantageFeb 20, 2013 |Aclara Technologies LLC, a leading provider of intelligent infrastructure solutions and a member of the utility solutions group of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), today announced enhanced TWACS® (eTWACS™) at TechAdvantage 2013 in New Orleans. Aclara's TWACS power-line communications technology is the leading advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution nationwide, communicating with more than 13.5 million deployed smart devices and retrieving hourly data with a read rate higher than 99 percent for over 360 utilities.
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Sorry I missed the speed scrap this morning - Saturday mornings DH and I always go out for breakfast and I didn't feel right about cancelling out just so I could scrap. It sounds like you all have alot of fun. Although, it also sounds like some of your computers didn't like getting up so early!
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Solar box cookers and solar panel cookers normally do not need to be turned to follow the sun unless you are cooking beans or an especially large amount of food. They may need to be moved slightly a couple times over a three or four hour cooking period. However, parabolic solar cookers require constant reorientation with the sun to remain effective cookers. If tracking the sun is necessary, some of the ideas below might serve this purpose.
350px|none|See Tracking Solar Accumulating Barbecue.
Scheffler Community Kitchen tracking systems
Simply Solar provides explanation of their various tracking systems at Scheffler tracking systems. The mechanical system incorporates a clockwork mechanism, and often uses recycled bicycle parts. It is run by a weight and controlled by a pendulum. Resetting the reflector back from the evening position to the morning position is done by hand. They also offer photovoltaic options as well.
Programable tracking systems
Still in its infancy, programable tracking systems are being developed with software to not only rotate the reflector to maintain maximum exposure to the sun, but to also control cooking time and desired temperatures.
Audio and video
- December 2010: Programable system tracks the sun, and turns the reflector away when cooking is completed.
|March 2011: Box cooker rotated by PV panels sending power to 12 volt motor. As one PV panel begins to receive less light, it sends less power to the servo, which operates the motor until both panels are a sending balanced power stream.
|April 2010: UC Berkeley student tracking system demonstration
|March 2010: Tracking Solar Accumulating Barbecue - Brian White
|May 2008: Clock based dripper tracker demo
|June 2006: Dripper tracker for parabolic solar accumulator
See also
- Scheffler Community Kitchen
- Sun Switch
- Tracking Solar Accumulating Barbecue
- Tanoor
- Brian White
- Super Solar Tracker for Solar Ovens
- Solar calculations
External links
- Scheffler tracking systems
- Solar cooker research in Jordan
- Solar Tracking With A Box-Style Cooker - Jim Thomasson
- Readymade Solar Oven Trackers available for purchase at: www.solaroventrackers.com
- Solar Oven Trackers - Small Power Systems
- French: Pisteurs pour four solaire
- Appropedia heliostats article
- LightManufacturing Systems heliostats (commercial) and Solar Manufacturing systems


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Kiili, C., Coiro, J. & Hämäläinen, J. . (2016, April).
An online inquiry tool to support the exploration of controversial issues on the Internet
. Journal of Literacy and Technology 17, (1) 1-17.
Hobbs, R. & Grafe, S.. (2015, July).
YouTube pranking across cultures
. First Monday, 20, (7) 1 - 15.
Hobbs, R. & Moore, D.C. . (2013).
Discovering Media Literacy: Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School
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Hobbs, R. & RobbGrieco, M.. (2012, November).
African-American Children's Active Reasoning about Media Texts as a Precursor to Media Literacy in the United States
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Media Education Lab 2010 End-of-Year Report
. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R. (2010, November).
Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action
. The Aspen Institute, (Washington, DC)
Spiller, K and Hobbs, R.. (2010, October).
Talking About Fashion's Fat Girls: Relational Aggression in Online Communities
. Paper presented at the Reimagining Girlhood conference, SUNY Cortland, (Purchase NY)
Hobbs, R. and Rowe, J.. (2008).
Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: Developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls
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Mendoza, K.. (2007).
Connecting the Literature on Girls and the Internet to Evaluation Ideas for My Pop Studio
. Philadelphia: Temple University
Mendoza, K.. (2007).
WATZ UR NAM?: Adolescent Girls, Chat Rooms, and Interpersonal Authenticity
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Mendoza, K.. (2007). How do Girls Experience an Online Game for Media Literacy?: A Research Proposal. Philadelphia: Temple University
Mendoza, K.. (2007).
Book Review: Girl Wide Web: Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation of Identity
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Hobbs, R., Broder, S., Pope, H. & Rowe, J.. (2006, January).
How Adolescent Girls Interpret Weight-Loss Advertising
. Health Education Research, (21) 719-730.
Baker, B., Donnelly, K., Mendoza, K., and Surowiak, D.. (2006).
Analyzing an Online Game for Media Literacy: My Pop Studio Popstar Producer
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Mark Chamberlain is a fine art photographer, environmental and assemblage artist. He owns BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, exhibiting photography, visual and installation art, musical and theatrical performances. In this 2,400 square foot gallery, he has curated many shows that address the preservation of our natural environment.
Dubuque Passages and Future Fossils
Mark Chamberlain explains, "My first major body of work, after returning from the military in 1969, was Dubuque Passages, 1972 to 1976, photos of family, friends and the Mississippi River in my hometown, Dubuque, Iowa." In the mid seventies, he shifted his camera's focus to the California urban landscape, and to his adopted home, Laguna Beach. "I changed to a larger format camera, added color to the palette, and began a new series titled Future Fossils (Lip Service from this series is above), steel and glass structures with the energetic colors, in the glossy billboards advertising the new age, dominated the western landscape. They seemed almost super realistic to me, and the newly minted Cibachrome print material allowed me to convey these impressions."
Art writer Peter Clothier wrote in the Huffington Post: "His pictures seek passionately to preserve momentary events before they are gone, to mark the occasion of their passing, or sometimes to draw attention to their transition as they wither and die. He brings his meticulous craftsmanship to the creation of images that convey that reality in its smallest, most intimate detail. In his assemblage work, that same fascination with the mystery and temporality of objects leads him to extricate them from their original, mostly superannuated context, and invent for them a new, often whimsical new life in art."
BC Space
Mark Chamberlain and Jerry Burchfield (now deceased) opened BC Space in 1973. In that initial 1,000-square-foot space, they shot and processed film for commercial clients, but soon focused on shooting and printing for other galleries, museums, and artists. They also presented photography exhibitions, many infused with political, social and environmental messages. Mark Chamberlain assumed sole ownership of BC Space in the late 80's, expanding the gallery's perspectives, adding visual and performance media.
He says, "The gallery is supported primarily by the Photographic Art Services. With over 35 years experience in photographing and printing two and three dimensional work of all styles, sizes and mediums, sculpture and jewelry, and even kinetic work, we understand the exacting demands of galleries, museums, and individual artists in reproducing their work."
The Tell
Mark Chamberlain and Jerry Burchfield created The Tell photomural, assisted by numerous volunteers, in 1989. (The Tell was phase VIII of their "Laguna Canyon Project" 1980-2010, documenting changes of Laguna Canyon over time.) The Tell, an environmental artwork addressing encroaching urban development of the bucolic Laguna Canyon, was a small mountain, 636 feet long and 36 feet high, dwindling down to the ground; it was composed of hundreds of thousands of family and personal photographs, donated by people from across the country and the world. The word "Tell" comes from the archeological term for a mound of artifacts from prior civilizations, buried over by natural elements. A Tell was cited in James Michener's best-selling 1965 book, The Source, dealing with the evolution of civilization.
The Laguna Canyon Project was the subject of an exhibition, The Canyon Project: Artivism, held at Laguna Art Museum, October 18, 2015 through January 17, 2016.
The Legacy Project
In 2002, Chamberlain, Burchfield and four other photographers, created "The "Legacy Photo Project" to document the evolution of the Orange County Great Park over the next decade. In July 2006, "The Legacy Photo Project "created The Great Picture, the world's largest photograph—3 stories high by 11 stories wide. In 2007, Guinness World Records certified the Project's Camera Obscura as the largest ever recorded. The Great Picture has been exhibited in four venues, will be in the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum though most of 2014, and has been featured in several hundred publications.
The Festival of Arts
An exhibit on The Tell was displayed at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts in 2010. From the narrative accompanying the display: "In 1990, while Green Initiatives were failing at polls across the country (largely because of the economic slump of that time) Laguna Beach was a shining exception with an 80% majority of its voters agreeing to tax themselves to buy the land for preservation. The philosophical and physical foundation of The Tell was a female figure echoing the silhouette of the surrounding hillsides when viewed from the field in front of the mural. The head itself was stylized slightly to resemble those of the giant Easter Island Moai. The stories created by what ultimately grew into over a hundred thousand collaged photographs spoke of the lives and history of successive inhabitants of this region in the early stages; but later faded to reveal other messages about humankind's relationship with the land. These more enduring tales (comprised of longer lived photo material) emerged on the chakra points of the larger body of the mural."
Arts Orange County California presented a 2014 Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award to Mark Chamberlain as "Artistic Visionary," on October 22, 2014 at the Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California. For more information, go to Arts Orange County.


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It's totally the end of the world
The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy rainbow-beam-thingy to paint everything on Earth the same color: white! See, now the title of the movie makes more sense, right? Anyway, if the Pictorians are to be stopped, the... More »


text: Researchers create 3D-printed liquid metal structures at room temperature Science 12 July 13 by Olivia Solon Chemical engineers have developed a 3D-printing technique that allows for the creation of free-standing structures made from liquid metal at room temperature.Using a liquid metal alloy of gallium and indium, the team have been able to create 3D structures using a variety of different printing techniques. All of them rely on the fact that the allow reacts to oxygen in the air to form a "skin" that allows the pieces to keep their shape. This technique could be used to connect electrical components in 3D."It's difficult to create structures out of liquids, because liquids want to bead up," explains Michael Dickey, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and North Caroline State University, who co-authored a study on the work.Creating a flat metal structure using the printing technique is simple, but it took careful stacking of liquid metal droplets on top of each other to create vertical structures. The researchers also experimented with injecting liquid metal into a template to take on the desired shape. NC State University Another technique saw the team create freestanding, vertical wires by squeezing the liquid metal slowly from a syringe. The wires are described as "remarkable and unexpected"."The process of forming the wires begins by forming a bead of the metal on the tip of the syringe. Although the metal is under pressure the entire time, it does not flow out of the syringe due to the stabilizing influence of the oxide skin," say the authors. When the metal contacts with the substrate it's placed on, the tip of the syringe can be drawn back to release a thin wire, which develops a skin which prevents it from collapsing.The work has been outlined in a paper, entitled 3D-Printing of Free Standing Liquid Metal Microstructures (.pdf). The authors explain: "The ability to directly print metals with liquid-like properties is important for soft, stretchable, and shape reconfigurable analogs to wires, electrical interconnects, electrodes, antennas, meta-materials, and optical materials." We are also one step closer to creating the T-1000. T-1000 (left) fights the '800 series' TerminatorFlickr/ac_wctab/CC BY-SA 2.0 Edited by Nate Lanxon Latest on wired.co.uk


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Happy Mother's Day Coloring Page
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America's Best: Radio One, Inc., , Lanham, MD
Among the largest African-American owned and operated media corporations in the United States, Radio One was started by Catherine L. Hughes in 1980. Radio One owns and/or operates 53 radio stations located in 16 urban markets in the United States. The company One received investments totaling $9.5 million from SBA-licensed SBICs in the late 1990s. Hughes also received an SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loan for $600,000 in 1980.


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I believe this was at the Warehouse. I remember Carl Cox, and King Britts sets. BUT, I can't recall hearing Roni Size! Shit...."If I could turn back time...."
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| from what i remember roni size didnt show(canada customs didnt let em in) and for 1/2 thenight everyone was saying that carl cox didnt even show....but as you know he was there...and he played forever! sweeet
i'm actually kinda glad roni size didnt show cuz they proabaly would have stuffed him in the small room....and that wouldnt have done anyone any good.
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Former tv celebrity and now politician, Republican Janet Peckinpaugh may be in some hot water.
Seems State Democratic Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo filed a formal complaint with the Federal Elections Commission today, claiming the former news anchor-turned- state rep candidate concealed some expenditures and misused some campaign funds.
To see the story, go to http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/janet-peckinpaugh.
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Samsung Unveils the Galaxy K Zoom with 20.7MP Cameraby Brandon Chester on April 29, 2014 12:53 AM EST
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In June of last year Samsung released the Galaxy S4 Zoom. The phone was related most closely to the Galaxy Camera and the Galaxy S4 Mini. While its specifications were seen as a step down from the Galaxy Camera, it was equally as much a smartphone as it was a camera and it included support for voice calling and SMS. Today Samsung has revealed the first device in a new lineup of camera-centric smartphones. It is a successor in form but not in name; it is called the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. Like its spiritual predecessor, there's a big focus on the camera, with the phone packing a new 20.7MP sensor with support for 1920x1080 video recording at 60fps. The full specifications are below with the previous Galaxy S4 zoom and the Nokia Lumia 1020 alongside it for comparison as all three are devices with a heavy focus on the camera.
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|Nokia Lumia 1020
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|1/2.3", 1.34 micron pixels
|1/2.3", 1.12 micron pixels
|1/1.5", 1.12 micron pixels
|Optical System
Focal Length: 4.3 - 43mm (35mm equiv: 24-240 mm) F/3.1-F/6.3 aperture
10x zoom + OIS
Focal Length: 4.4 - 44mm (35mm equiv: 24-240 mm) F/3.1-F/6.3 aperture
10x zoom + OIS
Focal Length: 7.2mm (35mm equiv: 25mm) F/2.2 aperture
125.5 x 63.5 x 15.4 mm, 208g
137.5 x 70.8 x 16.6mm (20.2mm max), 200g
130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm, 158g
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|1080p30 max
|1080p60 max
|1080p30 max
4.3" 960 x 540 Super AMOLED
|4.8" 1280x720 Super AMOLED
|4.5" 1280x768 Super AMOLED
|1.5 GHz Exynos 4212
1.7GHz/1.3GHz Exynos 5 Hexa (5260)
|1.5 GHz MSM8960 Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
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2G / 3G / 4G LTE (Qualcomm MDM9x15 Category 3 LTE)
802.11a/b/g/n, NFC, BT 4.0, GPS/GNSS
On the outside we see that the Galaxy K Zoom has a similar outer shell to the Galaxy S5. It is made of dimpled plastic that mimics the feel of leather. On the back we have a 4.8" display that matches the 1280x720 resolution of the Galaxy Camera 2, although it is an AMOLED panel while the Galaxy Camera 2 sports a Super LCD display. On the front we have the camera lens and a Xenon flash. The lens protrudes a few mm farther than Samsung has listed as the average thickness of the phone and the phone is actually 20.2mm thick at its thickest point. In comparison the Nokia Lumia 1020 is only 14.5mm at its thickest point. The device also sheds a tiny bit of weight, dropping from 208g to 200g.
On the inside we have Samsung's Exynos 5 Hexa (5260) SoC which employs ARM's big.LITTLE architecture and has support for HMP (Heterogeneous Multi-Processing) to take advantage of all six cores simultaneously. It sports two ARM Cortex-A15 cores with a max frequency of 1.7GHz and four Cortex-A7 cores with a max frequency of 1.3GHz. There's also ARM's Mali-T624 GPU and 2GB of RAM.
For the camera itself it looks like Samsung has stuck with 1/2.3" for their sensor format but has increased the resolution from 16.3MP to 20.7MP. While keeping the same sensor format as the Galaxy S4 Zoom was likely done to maintain device size and thinness, the increase in resolution results in smaller pixels and a corresponding decrease in low light sensitivity. With the rumors that Samsung would outfit the Galaxy K Zoom with a 20.7MP sensor I had hoped that they would at least increase the sensor size to maintain similar low light performance. The camera still includes OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) to reduce shake when taking photos and videos.
Like the Galaxy Beam, the Galaxy K Zoom doesn't quite have the mass market appeal that Samsung's flagship smartphones have. However, Samsung does not appear afraid to to take risks in entering new subcategories of smartphones and they seem confident that they will be able to market these devices. Clearly there is an appeal to camera oriented smartphones and manufacturers like HTC, Nokia, and Samsung are all going with a different approach to bring high quality photography to the smartphone form factor. For now we'll have to wait and see how things evolve before we can decide which approach to the problem was best.
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So you want to be able to send motor commands and get back video over the same wireless link?
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It has been said though he may stray only a true son will make his way home. As i see it "Its go time" from here.
What is going on with GLCH? I was a buyer at $4 and have continued to buy all the way down...will it recover or should I just write this one off?
Buy @ or below 2.15 and GOD willing you will double your money or at least gain 50%
This financial seems to be near the bottom. I've made good money on C (Citibank) and I think this has a lot of upside with less downside. A few of the CAPS members I follow have made thumbs up on it in recent months. I'd like to see $ 6.00 a share.
I am considering adding to my actual portfolio.
Broadpoint whooped estimates for 3 out of the last 4 quarters, has a FPE < PE, and no debt. Make no doubt about it, its (projected) growth is something to be lacking, but for what it's worth, the topline grew by close to 100% from 08 to 09, taking their bottomline into the black for the first time in a while.
cheap and growth
The numbers are good, the integration of Broadpoint and AmTech is progressing, and note some of the hires they've made in late 2009. The i-banking environment has a lot of room for growth right now and a lot of talent available at cut-rate prices right now. It's highly speculative, obviously, but below $5 it's a gamble worth taking.
extra ordianry growth potential with appreciating security portfolio
near 52 week high screen
This looked overvalued and appeared to have 5 waves complete. I am not currently trading this stock.
First Albany Companies, Inc
$3.99 0.07 (+1.79%)
First Albany Companies, Inc. (BPSG)
CAPS Rating: 1*
The Company and its subsidiaries operate an investment bank and institutional securities firm which focused on the corporate middle market as well as government agencies and public institutions.
Current Price $3.99 Mkt Cap $319.7M
Open $3.99 P/E Ratio 0.00
Prev. Close $3.92 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $3.90 - $4.05 Volume 44,441
52-Wk Range $1.53 - $4.02 Avg. Daily Vol. 69,000
Return on Equity N.A.
Return on Assets -2.50
Return on Investments -14.00
Gross Margin N.A.
EBIT Margin -2.80
Profit Margin -12.00
T Debt/ Equity 0.26
Total Debt / Equity 0.26
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Price Earnings N.A.
Price/Sales 2.17
Price/Book 3.19
Price/Cash Flow -17.80
Per Share Data
Earnings -0.25
Sales 1.81
Book Value 1.23
Cash Flow -0.22
Price to Cash Flow (TTM) -17.80 vs industry 39.40
Price to Free Cash Flow (TTM) -4.70 " 12.90
Revenue/Employee (TTM) 568,678.00 " 643,359.00
Net Income/Employee (TTM) -68,086.00 " 26,902.00
MORN no rating or analysis but summary snapshot:
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Growth F
Profitability F
Financial Health C
Total Return% 2006 2007 2008 YTD
Stock -66.6 -49.1 151.7 32.0
+/- Industry -102.6 -39.3 215.1 -2.2
(Financials-still don't trust 'em or feel we're out of the woods with more ugly news still in the wings & not fully factored in the overall sector pricing. And this had had quite a run up.God only knows why. Nearly at their 52 week high today.)
Negative cash flow per share.
They like solar stocks.
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Woudl you buy used Canister - Eheim 2217
Hi Everyone,
I want to buy a cannister filter for the first time for a 75 G planted tank (which i dont have yet). I was going with the Eheim 2217, which is about 200 $ new, and 230$ with tax from Big Al Canada.
Someone is selling a used one at 140$, which is a saving of 90$ at first glance, and mentions the media is included. Obviously, warranty wont be there, as big al offers 1 year. I think factory itself offers 2 years.
Would you guys buy the used one? What should i watch for, what kind of questions should i ask?
Thanks in advance.
I asked a few questions on the status, and was told the following:
Canister is 4 years old.
Filter Media is 1.5 years old
I have african cichlids - freshwater
Selling as they are downsising
the media in each filter is deffinately not over worked.
Definetly looks less apealing for a first canister for me because of the 4 years, but i still would like more input.
New filter eliminates those concerns.
I think the price is a bit high for a used one. Im thinking maybe $90 to $100 tops.
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University of Texas
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I am a linguistic anthropologist who studies communication systems and
especially languages in use. I completed my PhD in Anthropology at the
University of California at Berkeley in 1969, with a dissertation on language
acquisition by Tzeltal Mayans, and got my first academic job at the University
of Texas at Austin, where I am currently a Professor of Anthropology.
Research Interests
I have broad interests in all four fields of anthropology, while specializing in
studying communication systems and especially languages in use. I am
particularly interested in meaning, metaphor, symbolism, writing, and the ways
in which cultural presuppositions are created in discourse. My geographic
interests are focused on indigenous languages and cultures of Mesoamerica,
including Mesoamerican iconography and epigraphy of the Classic Maya. I
have undertaken linguistic, ethnographic, and folklore research in several Mayan
and non-Mayan communities in Mexico and Guatemala, spending the most time
with Tzeltal Mayan speakers. I also do research and teach courses in the
anthropology of food and in ethnobotany, viewing these topics from the
perspectives of communication and language, and with attention to both
universals and the particulars.
I am currently conducting several research projects, including the following.
(1) Preparation of materials on indigenous languages and cultures in Mesoamerica,
from earliest times to the present, with a focus on Mayan and Mixe-Zoquean
language families in terms of culture, language prehistory, discourse, epigraphy
and iconography. This entails the production of Mayan and Mixe Zoquean
etymological dictionaries as part of Mayan and Mixe Zoquean language and
linguistic prehistory project once included in a database that I designed for a
Project Quest program development grant.
(2) Transcription, transliteration, translation and annotation of a Colonial Tzeltal
(Mayan) dictionary.
(3) Research ongoing concerning the anthropology of food: foods and their uses
for communication in varying social circumstances; feast and famine foods and
the messages they convey; cuisine; food plants, domestication, and language;
edible foam.
(4) Research on Mayan sacred geography, discourse and shamanism.
(5) Researching the role of lightning in Indigenous Mesoamerican religion and
in Andean South America.
(6) Research into the ethnobotany of saponin producing plants in Mesoamerica,
and ethnobotanical notes of the plant genera Plumeria and Cnidoscolus.
I teach the following courses from the perspective of my Linguistic Anthropology specialization:
Culture and Communication,
Language in Culture and Society,
Speech Play and Verbal Art,
Introduction to Graduate Linguistic Anthropology,
Language and Prehistory,
Food in Thought and Discourse,
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing,
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing,
Symbolism, Iconography and Worldview
Introduction to Ethnobotany,
Indigenous Mesoamerica (Indians of Mexico and Guatemala)
Mesoamerican Ethnobotany,
Anthropology of Food (Foodways)
I hope someday to teach a course on
the Anthropology of Music,
as well as one on Ecological Sustainability
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· Language in Culture and Society Ant 325L
· Culture and Communication Ant 307
· Speech Play and Verbal Art Ant 393d
· Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Ant 320L
· Language and Prehistory Ant 320L
· Food for Discourse and Thought Ant 393b
· Mayan Languages Ant 389
· Symbolism, Iconography, and Worldview Ant 393a
· Indians of Mexico and Guatemala Ant 322M
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● Introduction to Ethnobotany Ant 393c
· Ethnobotany of Mesoamerica Ant 393
• Music and Discourse Ant 393k
● Sustaining People on the Planet Ant post 2000
● UT Library Databases and Indexes to Articles
Grants (compiled by Afra Al-Mussawir) Index, Directory Introduction,
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Galbart Glover is a recurring background character in the first season. He is played uncredited by Mark Coney and debuts in "The Pointy End." Galbart Glover is the Master of Deepwood Motte and a loyal bannerman to House Stark.
Galbart Glover is the Master of Deepwood Motte and the head of House Glover, a vassal family to House Stark of Winterfell. He is known as a loyal and reliable bannerman.
Season 1
Galbart Glover dines with Robb Stark and his bannermen as they assemble their armies to march south to confront the Lannisters and free Lord Eddard Stark. Greatjon Umber objects to Glover being placed in command of the vanguard in the order of battle, to the point of threatening to leave and take his troops with him. Robb Stark's direwolf, Grey Wind, rips off two of the Greatjon fingers in response. The Greatjon laughs off the incident and accepts his place in the army. Later, Galbart Glover joins Robb's strategy meetings as the army marches onward.[1]
Following the victorious Battle of the Whispering Wood, Robb holds a meeting with his generals as they decide whether to accept Renly or Stannis Baratheon as king. Galbart angrily says that Renly is not the true king, agreeing with Robb's assertion that Renly is the younger brother. A few minutes later he joins the Greatjon and other lords in declaring Robb as the King in the North.[2]
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In A Song of Ice and Fire, Galbart Glover is the head of House Glover of Deepwood Motte. Their lands are deep in the Wolfswood to the north-west of Winterfell and extending along the coast of the Bay of Ice, south of Bear Island. Galbart is noted as a good lord and a loyal vassal. Being childless, his heir is his younger brother Robett.
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Less than a week after winning 90 percent of the vote in his quest for election to the state senate, Malcolm Smith officially took his seat in the Senate Chamber in Albany and began reaching out to his new constituents.
"Although I've already been serving the people of the 10th Senatorial District for a long time in a variety of capacities, it is an extraordinary honor for me to begin my service today as their state senate advocate in Albany," Senator Smith said.
The newly-elected senator added that his district office will be "up, running and ready for business" by Monday, April 3, and will be housed in the same location as that of his predecessor, Alton Waldon, jr. The address is 172-12 Linden boulevard in St. Albans.
"I am truly grateful for the overwhelming, broad-based support I have received from my new constituents, and I will do everything in my power to both earn and deepen the tremendous trust they have placed in me," Senator Smith said. "It is my goal to develop our community economically, improve health care for working families and seniors, and focus on our children's education through better schools and technology. To accomplish this, I look forward to continuing the many positive working relationships I have already forged here in Queens, and to building many more new partnerships with others in our community."
Senator Smith urged all constituents to contact his office whenever in need of assistance. "Together, we will forge a bright new future for southeastern Queens and all of New York State."


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LONDON – Heather Mills, the former model who was once married to Paul McCartney, testified forcefully Thursday that there was no doubt her phone had been hacked by a U.K. journalist.
Speaking before a judge-led inquiry into British media ethics, Mills said dozens of messages between her and the former Beatle were intercepted by a journalist working for British newspaper group Trinity Mirror. She said the incident happened after a fight she and McCartney had had in January 2001, when McCartney, then her boyfriend, bombarded her with phone calls.
"There were about 25 messages, all asking for forgiveness, (asking:) 'Would I come back?"' Mills said. "One of them said: 'Please forgive me,' and he sang a little ditty of one of his songs into the voicemail."
She said she found it strange that the messages were listed as having been listened to even before she had accessed them, but said she didn't realize what had happened until the Mirror journalist – unnamed for legal reasons – called her up and confronted her with details of the battle.
"I said: 'There's no way that you could know that unless you have been listening to my messages,"' she told the inquiry. "And he laughed."
The messages left for Mills by McCartney are at the centre of the allegations against CNN star interviewer Piers Morgan, who was editor of the Daily Mirror tabloid at the time. Morgan wrote in 2006 that he had once been played an apologetic message left by McCartney for Mills, describing it in detail and noting that McCartney "even sang 'We Can Work It Out' into the answer phone."
Called before the U.K. inquiry last year, Morgan denied ordering anyone to hack a phone or writing stories based on hacked messages. He acknowledged listening to Mill's voicemail message but stubbornly refused to say anything about how he had gotten it.
Morgan even left open the possibility that the voicemail had been played to him with Mills' approval, but Mills said Thursday that was impossible.
"Never," she said. "Never ever."
Mills married the popular McCartney in 2002 and had a daughter with him before they divorced in 2008. She sought and got a substantial divorce settlement, becoming a tabloid hate figure after they separated. She is a fierce critic of tabloid journalists in general and Morgan in particular.
Morgan, who has become a media celebrity in the United States since taking over from Larry King, has returned the favour, casting aspersions on her credibility and calling her a "monster."


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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack today announced that the East Central Intergovernmental Association, which covers Cedar and Clinton counties, as well as Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson counties has received $58,000 from the Economic Development Agency. This funding will be used to establish an economic development planning framework, process and strategy that supports private capital investment and job creation in the region.
"I am pleased that the East Central Intergovernmental Association received this funding to continue their important work of developing and implementing a comprehensive economic development strategy for the region," said Loebsack. "We must focus on growing our economy and putting Iowans back to work. Investing in economic development planning, rural development and supporting public-private partnerships will both help strengthen the regional economy and promote job creation."
This EDA planning investment supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) in the region served by the East Central Intergovernmental Association. The CEDS process is designed to bring together the public and private sectors in the creation of an economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy.###
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Tue 24 Apr 2012
Docked at Jekyll Harbor Marina, Jekyll Island, GA
[photo: bypass pump in place near the rear of the engine.]
The wind really calmed down shortly after sunset and stayed pretty mild all night for a good night's sleep. We did wake up a few times to add more blankets, however, as the temperatures plummeted. I don't have a thermometer handy but it had to be low 50s inside the boat. Even Duane reached for the long sweatpants, sweatshirt, and the foulie jacket upon waking, so you know it is cold.
Speaking with the marina staff this morning, they all said this is the worst cold snap they have had this late in spring since they can remember, so perhaps this is just a fluke and a brief "payback" for the wonderfully warm winter we all enjoyed. The forecast has daytime highs back in the 80s starting tomorrow, so we are glad for that.
As of 0800, I left a message for the mobile mechanic who stays on the boat just 50 feet from us, and I surely hope we connect soon. Plan A.1 has me looking for a gear puller so I can try to finish the job myself.
Diane strolled to the staff office a bit later and found where the mechanic was working right here on site. I went over to speak with him a half hour later and he basically told me that although it seemed that I knew what I was doing, even with the right tools, it was not remotely a simple task. He further said that if something went wrong during this "major surgery," we could be looking at a huge repair bill and losing 3-4 weeks, as he and any other local mechanics were already way too busy. Lastly, he strongly suggested I do as I had originally considered and rig a bypass pump.
Well, at this time the dock hand, Randy, showed up to tell me my camshaft had arrived. I went back to the boat disappointed, but with an open mind about the mechanic's warning. I decided then that I would reassemble all the parts I had taken off, and test the engine to be sure it was still working with no leaks or obvious problems. When that succeeded, I prepared a detailed list of all the parts I would need to jury-rig this bypass cooling circuit and headed to West Marine.
The sales person there was very helpful and cooperative, and between us we found a mix of parts that would adapt what was on the boat to the DC pump I purchased there. I also got a switch and some appropriate gauge wire. We had to drive another several miles to find a store that sold engine coolant. As the marina staff lamented earlier, this is not a good place to need boat repairs.
By 1630, we were back at the boat and Diane readied Clyde to go back to Edie's garden and enjoy a stroll. Diane was also looking forward to being off the boat and away from the mess. I got to work and was able to attach the hoses to the pump with the adapters I purchased. Next, I used crimped butt splices to extend the pump wires to the location of the new switch and an appropriate place to take off electrical power.
With everything in its temporary place and not likely to get caught in any moving machinery, I climbed into the cockpit (not easy with the engine cover and ladder missing), started the engine and tried to memorize the sound of the engine running with no cooling water in the exhaust. About 15 seconds later, I started the bypass pump and observed (and heard) water splashing out of the exhaust port. So far, so good!
Needing to see what the temperature gauge would indicate, I put the transmission in reverse and increased RPMs to put a load on the engine. About 15 minutes later, the temperature was normal and holding steady. I shut down the bypass pump first, and then shut down the engine 20 seconds later. Can't be certain yet, but it is looking like a winner.
I finished securing everything and cleaning up at 1800, just as Diane returned. We got our shower stuff and the food for the grill ready and headed to the bath house and picnic area. I got the grill going and then showered while Diane tended the stuff. Then I relieved her while she showered and went back to the boat to ready it for dinner. The grill was not nearly hot enough due to its age, condition and the still strong wind, but I was able to cook the streaks adequately. The pork tenderloin I was grilling as a future meal would have to be finished aboard the boat.
Overall, it was a good day. We really hope that this problem will remain solved until we are home and can schedule an appropriate time to do the major repair; at least we already have the part.
Was thinking about Mike's warning the other day about the danger of flooding the cylinders. It occurred to me that maybe you could -- as a failsafe - hook up a relay or solenoid to the oil pressure switch, so that anytime the oil pressure alarm was sounding the relay or solenoid would shut off power to the bypass pump.
It would really be a bummer if you had to forgo your plans for something like that, but now you have a work around in place with you having intimate knowledge of it.
Mon 23 Apr 2012
Docked at Jekyll Harbor Marina, Jekyll Island, GA
[photo: Clyde and Diane enjoying a garden that is not heaving, rolling, and pitching, while wind shrieks through the rigging.
[Mike, thanks for those excellent comments. You'll be proud to know that I had considered all those items, but as you will see reading below, we are getting a new camshaft tomorrow and that is our plan.]
Just days ago we had daytime temperatures that had you seeking shade as often as possible and now we have nights with wind chill temps in the low 40s. Even Duane had to reach for his jacket as soon as he got dressed, even inside the cabin with no wind blowing. Armed with a steaming mug of coffee, there was the rather cold trek to the marina bath house. It is customary to use the shoreside facilities as much as possible when you can, and with us not able to move the boat under power, we can't easily get to the pump-out station if we fill up our holding tank.
This morning was mostly about the preparation and then execution of the engine disassembly. We discussed where various parts would be placed, and how we would handle the disruption to our normal situation, which I have to believe saved much grief on both our parts. Next, I gathered the tools and started, with Diane standing by to take dictation as to what I was removing and in what order. I was sure to take a few photos along the way in case I had trouble remembering what went where.
Within about two hours, I had carefully cleaned and removed almost all the parts and sub-assemblies needed to get the camshaft out. What I couldn't do was remove the pulley off the crankshaft, and that is required to get the entire gear case off. I then drained the oil and cleaned out all the spilled engine coolant from the engine pan. Once I had cleaned up the mess and dismissed Diane to her endeavors, I cleaned up myself and went looking for Randy, the part-time dock hand who is also a cruiser.
Randy knows a good diesel mechanic who lives here on his boat and I will be happy to engage his services to get the pulley off and supervise the camshaft replacement (assuming it arrives tomorrow). With that in and the valve clearances set, I can handle putting everything else back together. I could probably handle the entire job with a few more specialty tools, but I am willing to get professional help when needed.
Diane came back from her exile to the pool area where she had found some solace from the relentless wind and could relax without all the fuss aboard the boat. She suggested that we take Clyde over to the beautiful fenced-in yard of our new friend, Edie, and also do laundry. We packed up and drove over in Edie's car and had a most enjoyable few hours.
Dinner back at Diva Di was left-over ham from Edie's house the other night and the scalloped potatoes I made a few nights ago. It was really good, especially after a long, tiring day.
I wish I was there to help. Sue and I have our fingers and toes crossed for you!
I have a C36 over at Brunswick Landing Marinea. There is a mech over there that does a pretty good job. I also have a Auto Prop puller on board if that could be of any help. It looks like it might work. Talk to Cherie or Cindy at BLM. "Going Coastal" Pier 4 BLM
Fair Winds, Paul
After a relaxing early morning with lots of rain overnight, it was time to tackle replacing the leaking raw water cooling pump. First, was the tedious job of cleaning up the mess that the leaking pump makes in combination with the black rubber dust that came of the new v-belt (which is now too loose and needs tightening).
Getting the pump off was easy, but what I discovered then was shocking and very disappointing. The end of the camshaft was broken. It had two tangs that drive the water pump and with those broken, we have no cooling. [For those fellow Catalina 36 owners, yes, the reinforcing sleeve was in place.] I suspect I know why it was still (marginally) working before the disassembly, but nevertheless, the camshaft will need to be replaced.
This can either be a MAJOR job entailing removal of the engine from the boat, or a semi-major job with a partial tear-down of the engine in the boat. Neither will be cheap or without a lot of disruption.
As for our cruising plans, we are not disheartened. We will have to await tomorrow to make our calls to the engine manufacturer and then see what the repair options are. It might be something I can do with my tools and skills, or it may have to be a professional diesel mechanic. We won't know until tomorrow.
I would say we would be very fortunate to have this resolved within a week, but longer would not surprise me at all. We have to be very grateful that we did not have a failure while underway that put the boat or us in peril. We are also in a very desirable location with a new friend to lean on for transportation, if needed. It may not be the greatest place to get repairs done, but it could be far worse.
Rather than brood bot our new predicament, it was time to make some phone calls to family and friends. During one conversation, I mentioned that the only thing wrong with the engine is that the camshaft can't turn the water pump; the engine itself runs just fine. Then it dawned on me that maybe all I need to do for a temporary fix is to rig an electric-driven pump that will do the same job the engine-driven pump does. I have run the idea by some others and they concur.
I still need to call the engine manufacturer Monday and get all the facts before making a decision and then setting the plan in action. If I go with plan B, it may be just 2 days before we can continue.
The day's weather proved why we are at a marina rather than at anchor, although the very blustery winds are pushing us onto the dock from the beam (side) and that makes for less than comfortable conditions. We didn't have to endure that very long, as Edie came to pick us up at 1700 for another short tour of a different part of her island and then cocktails at her house. We went to a resort restaurant just a short bit from her house where we did indeed have one of the best fish sandwiches we had ever eaten.
Back at her place, we enjoyed the company of her son, Kenny, for a while. They are leaving on an unexpected car trip to PA for a funeral of her close friend, and they graciously insisted we take her car back to the marina and gave us access to the home if we needed it for some reason. Even though there is a courtesy vehicle here at the marina, having her car will facilitate whatever errands we need to run for the next few days.
Back at the boat, the winds had not abated too much, yet it was a pleasant sleep after all.
Let us know what solution you choose and how things work out, will you?
Sat 21 Apr 2012
Docked at Jekyll Harbor Marina, Jekyll Island, GA
[photo: Red Bug scooters used to get around the island in the old days.]
We had a few rain showers during the night, but no wind to speak of. Once again the dinghy and boat got a free wash down. The tides were such that leaving before 0700 made sense to have a high tide (greater water depth) and the least amount of foul current. There was absolutely no wind to sail with, as expected, and the overall run was just over 4 hours to Jekyll Island, where we topped off the fuel tank and got settled in along the W side of the long face dock.
Along the way, we learned why many cruisers elect to "go outside" (take an offshore route) to avoid the many miles of twists and turns that thwart any decent progress in this section of Georgia, and perhaps another reason - nasty flies. We started swatting them early on and counted well over 100 killed before we realized we couldn't keep up. Although we had as many as 20 on the underside of the Bimini cover at one time, they were not nearly as aggressive about biting as we feared, so we just left them be. During our all-out attack phase, I remarked that this is a real good way to run aground outside the channel or worse, hit a navigation marker, because you are preoccupied with the flies.
At first glance, Jekyll Harbor is a decent marina, with Wi-Fi, pool, spa, nice showers, a restaurant with a decent reputation for good food, and a very friendly and helpful staff. Shortly after checking in, we got a short visit from Greg and Kate aboard Grianon, now trawler folks whose previous boat was the same as ours only a year older. We have been traveling at roughly the same pace for over a week now.
After a nice shower ashore, we had a quick lunch and then met Edie Bjorn, a school friend of Diane's sister who has stayed in touch all these years. She graciously picked us up to show us around the beautiful island and then gave us complimentary passes for the tram tour through the old Jekyll Club. Back in the beginning of the 1900s, this was a very exclusive club with members of the US who controlled an incredible percentage of the wealth in this country during the "gilded age." Their "cottages" were nothing like the opulent ones they had built in Newport and other locations, but still very impressive and large.
Despite the dire weather forecast, the rain held off all day and the temperature was delightful. On the way home from the tour, we stopped to get some provisions and then had cocktails and a wonderful dinner at Edie's, with her son Kenny. We just beat the heavy rain to the boat and got our stuff aboard. So far, the weather was nothing that we couldn't have handled easily at anchor, but I guess the news and weather forecasters needed to sensationalize a bit.
Fri 20 Apr 2012
Anchored off NPS Dock, Cumberland Island, GA
[photo: Ruins of Dungeness Estate]
Well, we are finally out of Florida! We enjoyed a very restful night and both of us slept until 0700. We got going at 0800 and were surprised to find a wind we could sail with shortly after we left the harbor. At first, I thought we it would be very short-lived as the marked channel would take us in a direction into the wind where we could not sail, but consulting the latest charts I saw that the channel marked the deepest water for ocean-going vessels (and the nearby nuclear submarine base). There was plenty of depth for me to ignore all the navigation aids and sail a directed close-hauled course for much of the way to Cumberland Sound. It was another exhilarating run.
It only took 70 minutes to reach our anchorage across from the National Park Service dock at the southern end of Cumberland Island. We didn't know how much there was to explore by bike, so we wanted to go early. After loading up and zipping over in the dinghy, we found the recently-retired husband of one of the rangers fishing at the dock. He was very helpful.
Our small, relatively narrow bike wheels were marginally adequate for the harder dirt roads, but anywhere with sandy or muddy patches was a problem. After briefly exploring the Dungeness ruins, we continued on to the beach side. It was an interesting excursion, alternating between biking along the dirt road, walking the bikes through the softer sections, then rising along the narrow and bumpy wooden boardwalk, and finally leaving the bikes to trek through very deep, soft sand. It was also a fair amount of good exercise.
The beach is wide and the damp sand was hard enough to drive a truck on it. With all the moderately strong E winds lately, the surf was roaring. Diane collected some shells and before long we were headed back the way we came.
Stopping in the shade for some fresh apple slices was a terrific treat, and later we enjoyed a peanut butter and jam sandwich before reaching the dock.
There is more to see here, but it is quite a long way up island and the roads just aren't good enough for the bikes after the recent rains. We elected to have a relaxing afternoon on the boat for a change.
We prepared the last of the perishable protein we brought from and made hamburgers with grilled onions, and homemade scalloped potatoes, and canned corn, which was surprisingly good. We hardly ever eat canned vegetables, but without the ability to keep frozen vegetables very well, this worked out fine.
After cleaning up, Diane wanted to take Clyde ashore so we got him in his harness and dinghied there in the gentle breeze and fading sun. We had the whole area to ourselves; as Duane had exercises his legs quite a bit today, they were hurting, so he contemplated life under the shade of a huge live oak dripping with Spanish moss, while Diane took the cat on an excursion through the large meadow. He doesn't care to be in harness, of course, but he actually seemed to enjoy this particular jaunt.
We put the dinghy up on the davits and may not take it down for up to 4 days. Starting tomorrow, we have reservations for 2 nights on Jekyll Island in a marina to better weather the expected storms, and then the next two nights will likely be long days of travel and anchoring in the middle of nowhere.
Time to join the admiral in the cockpit with a nightcap.
Thu 19 Apr 2012
Mooring ball in Fernandina Beach, FL
[photo: Nice home near downtown.]
After the tiring events of the day, it was a very early bedtime for the crew (just past 2000). The anchorage is a nice one except for the fact that the shipyard a quarter mile to the SE was working through the night and there was some very loud banging sporadically. It wasn't enough to keep us awake, but it was definitely noticeable. Duane can't stay in bed for more than 8 hours, so I was up at 0430.
After a leisurely morning, we weighed anchor and moved across the creek to the launch ramp where they have the only self-service pump-out station we have ever seen. It worked great and it was free; in mere minutes we were motoring up the creek against a moderate current. The waterway meandered quite a bit, so for every 5 miles we traveled, we were only about 3 miles closer to our destination. The scenery was pretty in a "low country" kind of way, but the clouds were building and we had little sun for the last half of the 4-hour run.
When we arrived at Fernandina Harbor Marina's mooring field, we were glad we called early this morning for a reservation; there were precious few mooring balls left. Our arrival coincided with a rain shower, but there was a short lull just as I had to send Diane to the bow to pick up the mooring pennant. Just a minute after we were secure and the remaining stuff was brought below from the cockpit, the skies opened up and we had a drenching. This is a welcome thing as it washes all the salt off the boat and whatever dirt gets on the deck.
At first glance, definite turn-offs are the two very large industrial plants N and S of our location within a mile. Nevertheless, we got the bikes ashore with the dinghy and paid the registration fee. We left our showering gear in the dink for later so we didn't have to make a second trip to take hot showers ashore (we are learning).
The downtown and surrounding residential neighborhoods near the marina are nice, but nothing special. There are many Victorian style homes in the area; some are noteworthy. The biking was pleasant due to the quiet streets and courteous motorists. When another rain storm threatened, we headed for an Irish Pub to sip a glass of ale while we waited. Diane asked me to try my smart phone to see if I could call up weather radar, and sure enough, I could. The storm would likely not hit us, so we headed back to the marina for a shower. Guess we drank that ale for nothing.
Adjacent to the showers is a seafood market where they sell part of the fresh catch from the many shrimp boats based here. We bought enough for dinner and then went back in the dinghy to Diva Di.
We were getting hungry, so Diane prepared a simple garden salad and I peeled and boiled the shrimp and made some pan garlic bread. With some cocktail sauce for the shrimp, they were delicious and surely tasted very fresh.
After dinner, we took the time to plan ahead another 4-5 days. We need to remember that things we skip on the way north are certainly candidates for the return trip.
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Keith Kunz, Pete Willoughby and their three drivers have dominated the competition all season, and that gave them cautious optimism going into Indiana Midget Week.
They didn't get to be the best USAC midget team in the land by taking things for granted. When they leave for the track their cars are ready to race. Everything on their Bullet/Toyotas has been checked at least a couple of times.
When the scheduled Indiana Midget Week opener at Gas City I-69 Speedway was rained out, the race at Lincoln Park Speedway started the midget week action. Rico Abreu was back in the cockpit for the first time since taking a bad ride in a winged sprint car May 25. The broken collarbone that he suffered kept him out of the cockpit until June 12.
However, when Abreu rolled onto the track to qualify, it was obvious that his game hadn't suffered from the three idle weeks. He set quick time, followed by Tracy Hines, Dave Darland, Andrew Felker, Christopher Bell and Damion Gardner.
The Kunz team ran into problems in the heat races when Bell got upside down and his night was over. Abreu and Thorson finished first and second, respectively, in the first heat to earn berths in the feature.
Darland took the lead and led the feature flag to flag. Tracy Hines got past Abreu to take second, and Abreu was third.
At Bloomington Speedway, Bell prevailed.
"I felt like I had to come back and do that for my team tonight," he said of his win. "They were pretty upset with me after last night (at Lincoln Park), so I owed it to them. I was able to stick the bottom really well from the start, but this place is really tricky. It's easy to get tight down there and lose the nose."
At Lawrenceburg Speedway, Abreu notched the victory. "I just have to thank my guys for giving me an incredible car once again," he said. "It's good to be back in victory lane now after the injury."
At Kokomo Speedway, Bryan Clauson scored a Midget Week victory on his 25th birthday. He chased down and passed Abreu on the 18th lap and led the rest of the way.
Abreu took the series title, followed by Clauson, Hines, Darland, Pickens, Bell, Chris Windom and Kevin Thomas, Jr.
Abreu holds a sizable lead in the battle for the USAC National Midget championship with 481, followed by Hines (388), Clauson (387), Bell (370) and Darland (311).
50th anniversary
Twin Cities Raceway Park at Vernon is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. Racing will include modifieds, pure stocks, hornets and TQ midgets. A large contingent of former racers will be on hand to be recognized. Admission is $10, and the track will be selling $1 hot dogs.
Tim McKinney writes a weekly racing column for The Republic.He can be reached at 379-5632.


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Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.
Expanding waste to reduce waste
16 June 2009
Polymer waste from discarded TV and computer screens can be transformed into a high value material that could be used in biomedicine, say UK scientists.
Recycling broken LCD screens will reduce the burden of electronic waste on the environment
James Clark and colleagues at the University of York expanded the structure of waste polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) from liquid crystal display (LCD) screens to form a mesoporous material with a high surface area. Because PVA is biocompatible, Clark claims the expanded PVA could be used for enzyme immobilisation, tissue scaffolds or drug delivery, all of which require high surface area substrates.
- Martin Goosey, Loughborough University, UK
LCD waste from electrical and electronic equipment is the fastest growing waste stream in the European Union. Although PVA is not a major environmental hazard, wasting it consumes a non-renewable resource, explains Clark. 'Reuse in new LCDs is unlikely, so we need to find new applications for this plastic and thus avoid turning a useful material into a burden on the environment,' he says.
Martin Goosey, an expert in electronics at Loughborough University, UK, celebrates the research. 'There are increasing numbers of LCDs being discarded and this technique provides an exciting new method for recovering materials that would otherwise go to waste,' he comments.
Clark's team is currently looking at other waste streams to identify more potentially useful components.
Amaya Camara-Campos
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Link to journal article
Expanding the potential for waste polyvinyl-alcohol
Andrew J. Hunt, Vitaly L. Budarin, Simon W. Breeden, Avtar S. Matharu and James H. Clark,ĀGreen Chem., 2009, 11, 1332
DOI: 10.1039/b906607a
Also of interest
New lease of life for used cola bottles
Scientists turn waste plastic into useful ultra-strong carbon spheres
Polymers branch into data storage
Harnessing the power of holography leads to improved information storage
Electronic Waste ManagementCopyright: 2008
R E Hester
An up-to-date review of the scale of the electronic waste problem, the impact of recent legislation, current and future methods for treatment, recycling and disposal.


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Things to see and do - Arévalo
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Arévalo Travel guide
Arévalo : Michelin's recommendations
Dominated by a 14C castle with a large keep, this small town has preserved several Romanesque-Mudéjar brick churches and a number of old houses. Plaza de la Villa, which used to be known as Plaza Mayor, is one of the best-preserved in Castille.
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Hotel Fray Juán Gil
Avenida De Los Deportes, 2 E - 05200 Arévalo
Hotel Fray Juán Gil is located in the centre of Arévalo, surrounded by restuarants, shops and cafés. All rooms have flat-screen satellite TV, a private terrace and a bathroom. Arévalo is well known for its Mudéjar architecture and also for the dish ..
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Asador Casa Felipe
pl del Arrabal 3 E - 05200 Arévalo
Accessible beneath the arcades, this restaurant oozing rusticity prides itself on its Castillian culinary roots. The signature dish is the suckling pig roasted in the traditional wood-fired oven.
Las Cubas
Figones 11 E - 05200 Arévalo
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"Everybody was so nice and very welcoming, and I really, really enjoyed my time here," said Smyczek, who won 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 to capture the top prize money of US$4,000. King pocketed US$2,000.
The 24-year-old Mislwaukee, Wisconsin native, Smyczek, believes Jamaica is perfect for hosting international tennis tournaments.
"I think Jamaica has the right tools and I will be waiting to hear of my invite next year," Smyczek shared with The Gleaner. "You have the great weather and obviously with the crowds that have been out you have a lot of people who are interested in tennis.
"That (crowd) is the biggest thing because you see a lot of tournaments where nobody shows up to watch and it is actually underrated," said Smyczek. "But as players anybody can attest that it is much more fun playing in an atmosphere like this where there are a lot of people watching and animated and getting behind the players."
Smyczek did not have things his own way in the final, as the 505-ranked ATP (Association of Tennis Professio-nals) King took the first set 6-4. Smyczek, who is ranked 130, then adjusted his game to storm back and take the two remaining sets 6-1, 6-3.
"Tennis was done for the year and vacation had started, it was a last-minute thing, so my fitness is something I have to work on," the 20-year-old King, who captained Barbados' national Under-20 football team revealed. "At the end of match, I told him (Smyczek) "I wasn't fit today', but I know next time when we play like a real big tournament I will be ready, I will be preparing."
King was also pleased with his time spent in Jamaica.
"It was a great experience for me, my second time in Jamaica and I am glad to be back. I will be ready and waiting on a next invite."
In the women's singles final, Jamaica's Tinesta Rowe got the better of compatriot Ffion Fletcher 6-1, 6-2 to claim the US$1,100 purse. Fletcher earned US$500 for having reached the final.
The men's doubles final, which saw Jamaica's duo of Dominic Pagon and Brandon Burke team up against King and Jamaican Damion Johnson, was suspended due to rain. King and Johnson had won the first set 7-5 and Pagon and Burke were up 3-2 in the second. The teams shared the combined prize money of US$900.
Beaten men's semi-finalist Barbadian Lewis, who had won last year's singles championship, walked away with US$500 for the most aces in the tournament having served a total of 26 in his four matches.


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Ill. man guilty of murdering wife, kids in 2007
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Welcome to Tsumago and Magome on the Old Nagasendo Highway. Tsumago and Magome are located in the southern part of the Kiso Valley in Nagano Prefecture. Many years ago, it was one of the eleven post towns in that district of the Nagasendo Highway. When the Chuo Rail Line was constructed along the Kiso River in 1911, Tsumago lost its role as a post town and it gradually became a deserted village. However, in 1968 a movement to preserve Edo and Meiji Period buildings began and during the following three years many structures were repaired and restored. In 1976, Tsumago was designated as a "Protected Area for the Preservation of Traditional Buildings" by the Japanese government. The Old Nagasendo Highway can now be enjoyed by visitors who wish to see a very important part of old Japan preserved in tact.
Tsumago Luggage Delivery Service: If you would like to walk the Nagasendo Road without carrying your luggage, there is a delivery service available. This service will send your luggage from the Magome Information Center to the Tsumago Information Center or from the Tsumago Information Center to the Magome Information Center. The cost per baggage is 500 yen, and you can drop off your luggage at the information centers from 8:30am until 11:30am (your luggage will arrive at 13:00). This service is in operation: May 21 - July 19 (Saturday, Sunday, Holidays); July 20 - August 31 (Everyday); September 1 - November 23 (Saturday, Sunday, Holidays).
Note: Unfortunately minshuku in Tsumago and Magome do not accept meal changes so if you have allergies or other meal requirements then we advise that you do not stay overnight in Tsumago or Magome. This is a remote area and there are no grocery stores.
All of Our Ryokan Inns in Tsumago are Full Booked on the Dates Below:
April 1, 3, 8, 10, 11 & 12
An alternative to Tsumago is Magome.
Welcome to Fujioto. This Minshuku is conveniently located on the main road in historic Tsumago. Fujioto prides itself on serving its guests delicious meals and offering traditional Japanese style accommodation. Other highlights of Fujioto are the Japanese wooden bath and the beautiful Japanes...
Price: ¥10000 ~ ¥15000
Welcome to Shimosagaya. Located in the mountain village of Tsumago, this Minshuku provides relaxation and comfort amid the beautiful surroundings of the Kiso Valley. Guests are also served home-style cuisine, fresh seasonal vegetables and river fish in Shimosagaya's dining area. Shimosagaya only pro...
Price: ¥7000 ~ ¥10000
Welcome to Matsushiroya. This is a very cozy Minshuku and it first opened for business in 1804. With 8 Japanese-style rooms, Matsushiroya can accommodate up to 25 guests. All washroom and bathing facilities are shared among the guests. Traditional Japanese cuisine such as carp sashimi, grille...
Price: ¥10000 ~ ¥15000
Welcome to Hanaya Ryokan. Built during the Edo Period (1603 - 1867), this Minshuku has been in business ever since. However, a new addition was built recently. Hanaya Ryokan's rooms are all Japanese-style, and the bath is made of Japanese "hinoki" (cypress). The bath is located in the ryokan'...
Price: ¥7000 ~ ¥10000