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Lumatek 400W 120V/240V Dimmable / Multi-Wattage (250W, 400W) Ballast w/ Non-Standard Cord
Up to 20% MORE LUMENS; faster growth, bigger harvests
Generator Ready
Unique graduated fin design for more efficient cooling
Completely pre-wired with popular BAREF lamp cord
*3 years full + 2 years warranty
Internal Resin coating protects components for long life
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Brightest Ballast on the Market The Lumatek Ballast is the brightest ballast in the industry. Light meter readings indicate that the Lumatek ballast is up to 27% brighter than common core and coil magnetic ballasts. The Lumatek is 10-15% brighter than other brands of digital ballast on the market.
Over time, core and coil ballasts will degrade, become louder, use more electricity, and produce more heat, while the lumen output declines. Digital ballasts maintain lumen output and efficiency over the life of the unit. The output of magnetic ballasts degrades over time and can fluctuate by up to 10% during a 12 hour cycle. Digital ballasts produce a constant output without any fluctuation.
Magnetic ballasts waste up to 75 watts to convert the electricity, whereas Lumatek sends the FULL 400 watts to the bulb, lighting it to its fullest potential. The Lumatek achieves superior light meter readings in comparison with other digital ballasts on the market through using microprocessors to detect the precise type of lamp used and accordingly supply the correct power. Some lamps are able to use slightly more than 400 watts. The Lumatek ballast will detect this difference and increase output accordingly.
Electronic Ballast vs E-Ballast
The Lumatek ballast is an E-ballast, unlike other brands on the market, which are actually electronic ballasts. E-ballasts use a microprocessor similar to a component found in a personal computer. This microprocessor allows the E-ballast to run either halide or sodium lamps, to switch between 50 and 60 hertz, to make adjustments for the type of bulb it is running, and even to compensate for degraded lamps by increasing its output. Electronic ballasts have a constant output and cannot make adjustments or changes. They will light a MH lamp; but quickly cause it to degrade, thus shortening the lamp`s lifespan.
Lumatek ballasts are programmed to allow for a `soft start` and do not require an initial power surge to start the ballast. This allows end users to start multiple ballasts simultaneously without blowing a breaker. The ballast will also detect a short in the wiring or a defective lamp. It simply shuts itself off, letting the user know that something is wrong. This should be kept in mind if you have a customer whose ballast keeps shutting down. In most cases, there is a problem with the output wiring.
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All digital ballasts produce the same amount of heat due to the total heat output. Do not be fooled by inferior units that use fans. These fans do not make the units run cooler. They simply exhaust the heat into the room. Each unit is tested at the factory for 12 hours with the lamp 6 inches from the unit. We are currently testing a new mosfet that will lower the running temperature of the 120v unit. The mosfet is the power supply circuit. It transforms the input electricity to the correct current and voltage for the ballast. This is the most important part of the electronic ballast and makes a huge performance difference.
RF Shielded Output Cord
The Lumatek ballast comes with an attached 15ft. RF shielded output cord. Competing brands of digital ballasts which do not employ shielded cords can seriously disrupt radio and satellite TV signals for up to 50 yards. This interference may also disrupt the operation of pH equipment. The Lumatek ballast, if properly connected, will have minimal RF interference at less than 5 ft. and will not interfere with pH equipment. In order to ensure maximum RF shielding, the output cord must be wired directly to the socket. If the ballast is connected to an existing unshielded wire, it will cause radio and satellite television interference. Both ground wires should be grounded to the socket set for maximum RF interference suppression. If it is necessary to extend the output cord further than the 15ft. supplied, the customer should purchase RF shielded wire to lengthen the output cord.
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Lumatek offers the best warranty in the industry - 3 year replacement and 2 year pro-rated. Lumatek will replace any defective units with brand new units for 3 years from the date of purchase. Please retain the original receipt from the place of purchase. A copy is required for all warranty issues. Also, these units should not have been modified or physically damaged. During the fourth and fifth year, Lumatek will supply the customer a pro-rated replacement ballast. For warranty issues, call the toll free support line 1-866-369-8943.
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There are several Lumatek look-alikes on the market. Do not assume that these have the same exclusive quantity and performance as the Lumatek. They typically use inferior components and technology and are not true E-ballasts.
The Lumatek Ballast is the brightest in the industry. Light meter readings indicate the Lumatek is up to 27% brighter than common magnetic ballasts and 10 - 15% brighter than competing electronic ballasts. Over time, magnetic ballasts degrade, become louder, use more electricity, and produce more heat, while the lumen output declines. Digital ballasts do not degrade and maintain their lumen output and efficiency over the life of the unit.
The Lumatek is not just your standard electronic ballast, but is a more advanced E-Ballast. What is the difference? E-Ballasts use a micro-processor similar to your home computer. This micro-processor allows the E-Ballast to run halide or sodium lamps, make adjustments based on the type of lamp it is running, and will even compensate for degrading lamps by increasing output. Electronic ballasts have a constant output and cannot make adjustments or changes. There are plenty of other digital ballasts on the market, do not assume they are all the same. Typically they use inferior components and are not true E-Ballasts.
The Lumatek is programmed for a `soft-start` and does not require an initial surge of power to light the lamp. This increases the lamp life and allows the end user to start multiple ballasts at the same time without tripping breakers. To ensure safe operation, the Lumatek is programmed to automatically shut off in case of a short in wiring or a faulty or missing lamp.
The Lumatek uses a resin-sealed case for completely silent operation without a noisy fan. Each unit is burned in at the factory for twelve hours to ensure maximum reliability. The Lumatek comes with a 15ft. RF shielded output cord. Competing brands of digital ballasts not using shielded cords can disrupt radio or satellite signals for up to 50 yards. The same interference can also be experienced with pH monitoring equipment. The Lumatek ballast, if properly connected, will have minimal RF interference (less than 5 ft.) and will not interfere with pH monitoring equipment.
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Lumatek is the worlds leading supplier of Electronic Ballasts to horticulture. With the arrival of Electronic Ballasts, a technological revolution has taken place in energy efficiency for HID lighting. This replacement of magnetic ballasts (a technology more than 100 years old) with electronic HID ballasts is because of the proven efficiency gains. Tests have shown that Lumatek ballasts are up to 30% brighter than some old style magnetic ballasts. Independent laboratory tests have proven that Lumatek ballasts are more efficient than any magnetic ballast known to Lumatek. This means more lumens are produced per watt of energy consumed.
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9/20/2010 from Naples, FL UNITED STATES
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I replaced my coralvue ballasts with these and I absolutely love them. Quiet, cool, and fat. they fire up up and the bulbs are at their proper color in 8-10 seconds. Cool to the touch and no noise. Slightly misleading in the dimmable department though, 400w is dimmable, but the 250 is not. Wattage selections are 250, 275, 400, and super lumen which is supposed to be 10% higher than 400 so call it 440w. I am almost wishing that I had purchased the other pendant hoods that accepted either 250 or 400w bulbs instead of the Hamilton 250's to take full advantage of these ballasts
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the best ballast
12/10/2009 from EFFORT, PA UNITED STATES
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I bought two 250w ballast for my reef tank. the lighting system was purchased on ebay. not a bad setup until the ballast that came with it almost burned my house down. Not only is the light much brighter but no need to worry about coming home and finding my house burned to the ground
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Great Value!
4/3/2009 from Pittsburgh, PA
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You won't find a better electronic ballast at a better price than here on PetStore.com! The dual voltage ballast, which included both line cords and the lamp cord, is ideal.
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2/24/2009 from OTTAWA, KS UNITED STATES
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As soon as it got i put into an Lumaenarc 111 mini ,which is the same as the other half of my tnak,the only difference is the ballast,my other side is an adjustable coralview, bulbs both new, and you can see a big difference if i did not know any better i would think, i was getting ready on the coralview side,for a new bub and i know i dont, they are both brand new .Very nice , except now i need to save for one on the other side to even it up and keep both side not feeling left out.
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2/5/2009 from LOS ANGELES, CA UNITED STATES
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True to Lumatek's word the new ballast RF shielding does the job. At 2 feet my radio works fine. It generates very little heat!! and is whisper quite. Lights to max brightness a lot faster, time will tell if it's more energy efficient, but in all other respects it's far superior to the magnetic ballast it is replacing. Will it last as long? We'll find out in time.
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This ballast by far is the best 400 watt I've ever used. It brings out the full potential of the bulb. The growth on my SPS have doubled since using this ballast.
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For most of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh and Enkidu go about their business with barely a guide or mentor in sight. True, Gilgamesh talks to his mom Ninsun every now and again, but she's pretty hands-off in her parenting style. Sure enough, without proper adult supervision, Gilgamesh and Enkidu do what pretty much any pair of young hotheads would do, given superhuman strength and endless free time: they get into trouble.
After Enkidu dies, however, Gilgamesh experiences a turnaround: he realizes he needs some guidance. And so, he makes the long journey to speak to the distant, Yoda-like Utanapishtim. And his message isn't really all that surprising: ordinary humans can't achieve immortality, and the only ones who did (Utanapishtim and his wife) did so under very unusual circumstances. (Although, he does mix up his message a bit by caving in to his wife's demand that he let Gilgamesh know about the flower of youth.)
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Our "skier of the day" was Anika who qualified an amazing 6th place overall! She hammered the first hill too hard in the 1/4's and paid the price, finishing 5th in her heat, but that was still good enough for 3rd J1 and 7th Jr overall.
Skyler skied well, but is still shaking off some rust from trying to get healthy. He qualified 19th overall and then missed the semi finals by a couple of inches on a lunge. Good news is that he looked strong and felt healthy. Paddy made the Jr heats and, like Skyler, missed the semis by a couple of inches in an exciting finish where all 6 in his heat finished within 2 seconds. Paddy ended up 3rd J1.
There was some solid skiing from the rest of the team, but no podiums.
On the alumni side, Austin Cobb skied brilliantly. He qualified 24th (last) for the Jr heats, squeaked through the 1/4's and then went on to WIN. This placed him 3rd for Jrs (2 Jrs had made the open heats). Sophie C skied well, qualifying 5th and finishing as the 2nd U23.
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Dorian Green scored 22 points to help No. 24 Colorado State hold off Air Force 89-86 Saturday for its sixth straight win.
The Rams led 82-72 with 1:05 remaining, but the Falcons pulled within four twice in the final minute. Michael Lyons hit a 3-pointer for Air Force with 2 seconds left, but Colorado State inbounded the ball without incident to close the game.
The Rams (21-4, 8-2 Mountain West) have won eight of nine and dropped the Falcons to 11-2 at Clune Arena.
Lyons, the conference's leading scorer, had a career-high 45 points for the Falcons (15-9, 6-5), and Todd Fletcher added 11.
Air Force led 23-19 midway through the first half, but the Rams used their size to build a 21-5 rebounding advantage in the first 20 minutes and took a 48-40 lead into the locker room.
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So it seems that AT&T is trying to loose even more customers now by raising rates on those of you who use exchange on your iDevice.
AT&T has supposedly made some changes to their data plans including several enterprise options, including unlimited enterprise. This new plan carries the cost of $45/month, $15/month more than the standard unlimited version that some users are locked into currently.
I call a mass exodus a la Netflix!
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Basically AT&T is claiming that if they catch you using Exchange, they have the right to auto upgrade and bill you for it. This is complete and udder BS.
So do you use AT&T? Do you use exchange for work? Better start making more money or switch carriers!


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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Now that's gunning your engines. With all the attention focused on the nation's gun laws lately, one powersports dealer has found a way to grab some of the spotlight: Pinellas Powersports is offering a free handgun with every bike purchase.
In its new ad, the store offers a free gift card for a gun from Shoot Straight or Walmart with each motorcycle purchase.
Usually "search engine optimization" means seeding keywords that will make your site appear in more search results. Ron Pownall reversed the idea, choosing a top search term trend – "guns" – as the spark for his promotion.
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Toward the close of their lengthy commentary concerning the "quality of life stimulus" for Yreka, Brian and Connie Meek are asking us to allow our city council to put this issue on the November ballot.
Oh, yes! So here we go again! Well – if this really happens, I will again have to vote against it as one more issue going the wrong way. Yet, much as I sympathize with what the Meeks are hoping for as a stimulus for living, I'm seeing it more as another piece of bad luck for our town. Considering that in these evil times, any kind of taxation for any purpose is and will be most unjust and unfair.
Besides, even though I totally agree that our town desperately needs some changes – which should have been in the works 10 years ago – I do have to ask, why the big rush to make more, worse mistakes now?
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#3299 closed defect (fixed)
[patch] the name of project cannot have the name "site"
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hi all,
$django-admin.py startproject site
$cd site
$python manage.py runserver
and he say he is in a bad moon
Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 11, in ? execute_manager(settings) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/core/management.py", line 1319, in execute_manager execute_from_command_line(action_mapping, argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/core/management.py", line 1237, in execute_from_command_line from django.utils import translation File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 3, in ? if settings.USE_I18N: File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 27, in __getattr__ self._import_settings() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in _import_settings self._target = Settings(settings_module) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 82, in __init__ raise EnvironmentError, "Could not import settings '%s' (Is it on sys.path? Does it have syntax errors?): %s" % (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e) EnvironmentError: Could not import settings 'site.settings' (Is it on sys.path? Does it have syntax errors?): No module named settings
to bypass that just not name your project "site", but I thing when you start with you have that error, you spend lots of time to find what's going wrong,
a simple message with " site bad name change name" is not a lot.
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comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by ubernostrum
This should actually be added to INVALID_PROJECT_NAMES in django.core.management; site is a core module of the Python language and we shouldn't allow projects to be given names which conflict with it (we already don't permit a couple of names which would cause conflicts).
Changed 10 years ago by ubernostrum
Patch which adds 'test' to INVALID_PROJECT_NAMES and improves the error message
comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by ubernostrum
- Summary changed from the name of project cannot have the name "site" to [patch] the name of project cannot have the name "site"
Added a patch which inserts 'site' into INVALID_PROJECT_NAMES and improves the error message by pointing out that the problem is a conflict with the name of an existing module.
comment:3 Changed 10 years ago by Simon G. <dev@…>
- Keywords site INVALID_PROJECT_NAMES added
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Ready for checkin
comment:4 Changed 10 years ago by adrian
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed


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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Analysis: Three-Act Plot Analysis
For a three-act plot analysis, put on your screenwriter's hat. Moviemakers know the formula well: at the end of Act One, the main character is drawn in completely to a conflict. During Act Two, she is farthest away from her goals. At the end of Act Three, the story is resolved.
Act I
The narrator meets the Martians, who turn out to be not your loveable type of extraterrestrial. (No Reese's Pieces for them.)
The Martians come out of their crater in their tripods. With The War of the Worlds, we could break the story down in a few ways, but here's one way that makes sense to us: Up to around Book 1, Chapter 9 ("The Fighting Begins"), the narrator isn't totally caught up in the action. That is, there are Martians around, but they remain stuck in their crater, so the narrator can still go home and pretend to live an ordinary life. It's only when the Martians come out of their crater that the narrator reaches "the point of no return" – which is how we know it's the end of Act I.
Act II
The Martians terrorize the countryside and the narrator ends trapped in the house with the curate.
Here's how we separate Act I and Act II: at the end of Act I, the narrator starts running around, and he keeps running (and hiding) until the end of Act II, when he can't run anymore because he's trapped in the ruined house. Now, if you thought the narrator shouldn't keep running around (because, you know, there are Martians around who could catch him), you might think being trapped in the house would be a good thing. But we could also say that this prevents him from reaching his ultimate goal. He really wants to run and find his wife, but instead, he's stuck playing house with the crazy curate.
Act III
The narrator finds the world changed – but at least the Martians are dead.
In your average movie, Act III is where the protagonist finds the strength to go on from the low point of Act II – the romance works out, the aliens are defeated, the underdog wins the race, etc. However, in The War of the Worlds, Act III is all about the consequences. The Martians defeated the humans, so the countryside is covered in red weeds and is generally ruined. The Martians didn't think to bring along hand sanitizer (and they have no immune system), so they die of simple infections. In the final chapter, people have experienced this crazy alien invasion, so they are forced to reconsider their place in the universe. And, in the narrator's case, he may suffer from some Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.


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Tibetan Buddhist nun and beloved teacher Pema Chödrön reminds us why sitting meditation is so essential to our lives. Contrary to our beliefs, the purpose of meditation is not to "feel good." But it's not to make us "feel badly," either. Read on to find out her five reasons why meditation is beneficial.
Be seated on your meditation cushion and complete your regular preliminaries of taking refuge and awakening the enlightenment thought, as always. Then visualize your mother, whether living or dead, as you remember her best. Visualize her very clearly in front of you. Think of her sitting there, gazing at you with loving eyes and smiling. See her very clearly and just focus on her. Allow the very clear, conscious recognition that "this is truly my own mother." Now begin the reflection to awaken a recognition of her kindness to you.
In this article Zen teacher and author Ezra Bayda asks, "How often have you realized, right in the middle of a sitting, that you don't even know what the basic practice is? How often have you asked yourself, 'What exactly am I supposed to be doing here?'" He goes on to offer us a flexible framework, to help us come back to our breath, come back to our bodies, and come back to "wide-open awareness" through which we can learn to be with our emotions as they are.
Mindfulness training makes it possible for a different kind of healing to take place. Ed Halliwell and Dr. Jonty Heaversedge, the authors of The Mindful Manifesto: how doing less and noticing more can help us thrive in a stressed-out world, explain how.
Physical pain is unavoidable, but meditation practice can ease the mental suffering that often accompanies it. Susan Smalley and Diana Winston teach us how.
Teacher Norman Fischer proposes a two-week trial run to get your meditation practice started and looks at how to deal with some of the obstacles you may encounter.
Meditation is the noble act of making friends with yourself. Breath by breath, moment by moment, we begin to learn who we really are. At first, this prospect may be interesting, shocking, appalling, mysterious, or boring. Eventually, the chop of discursive mind softens, and we find natural attunement with ourselves.
Meditation practice awakens our trust that the wisdom and compassion that we need are already within us. It helps us to know ourselves: our rough parts and our smooth parts, our passion, aggression, ignorance and wisdom.
"Mindfulness practice is simple and completely feasible. Just by sitting and doing nothing, we are doing a tremendous amount."
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Sylhet (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Allrounder Elton Chigumbura struck a fiery half-century to help Zimbabwe achieve a five-wicket win over United Arab Emirates in Sylhet on Friday, keeping their hopes of reaching the next round alive. Chigumbura smashed three sixes and six boundaries in his 21-ball 53 not out to lift Zimbabwe from a struggling 34-4 and surpass a modest 117-run target in 13.4 overs. The win also lifted Zimbabwe's net run-rate over Ireland who face the Netherlands in the crucial match to decide which team qualifies for the Super-10 stage from Group B. Chigumbura added a
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Do Polygraph tests really work?
The problem is not that polygraph tests don't work, it's that they don't actually measure whether someone is telling the truth, but rather they measure how anxious someone becomes in response to a stimulus (e.g. a question about committing an illegal act).
Polygraph tests are scientific if what you're trying to measure is someone's anxiety/nervousness when prompted by different questions, but the accuracy in determining whether someone is actually lying is not so great (at least not enough to be used as evidence in court). This is party because there are various reasons why you may become anxious when answering a question even when you're being truthful (e.g. you may be embarrassed by a question, but decide to [nervously] answer the question honestly anyway). Also, not everyone who lies will necessarily become anxious when they do so…
One key issue is that there are known ways to 'fool' a polygraph which can make the test unreliable if the individual knows how to 'cheat'. For example, if you intentionally apply stress/pain to your body during control/neutral questions, you can produce an anxiety-like response and minimize the difference in anxiety response from questions you are telling the truth to and questions you're lying about (and this may produce inconclusive results or perhaps even a passing result).
Also, polygraph tests are ineffective when you ask people questions about matters they really couldn't care less about (e.g. they really don't care about getting caught and really don't care about the potential consequences of being found guilty and thus don't become anxious about being asked questions about their activities). Also, people who are psychopaths or sociopaths don't typically show anxiety responses like the normal population and can often lie straight to your face with no physiological indications of anxiousness/lying/guilt.
Lastly, if you know how a polygraph works, you can simply be super-confident about all your answers (knowing that the machine is basically measuring confidence) and you may pass simply by not showing any anxiety (because you knew you could beat the test just by being confident in your lies).


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I can't say much good comes from growing old. But I put my feeble mind to the task and came up with four things that are good about advancing age — at least for me.
First, its easier to focus on appreciating "right now" becuz you know the sand in your hour-glass is rushing toward the bottom.
Second, you're more appreciative of your children, grandchildren (and hopefully great grandkids) and good friends.
Third, it gives you a good reason to not suffer fools lightly. You have plenty of time for foolishness, but not for fools.
And, fourth, you have the perspective from decades of observation and experience to put the present into perfect context with the past. In short, you've earned your "Life's Critic Badge" and you're experienced enuf to use it wisely and often.
Appreciating "right now" means good foods pleasure your palate more deeply and good drinks tingle the taste buds to a higher degree. Want a good rare filet mignon? Eat it. Want a dish of Decadent Fudge ice cream? Go ahead. Want another ice cold Dos Equis Mexican beer with rivulets of condensate dripping down the side? Bottoms up! Want a relaxing goblet of red wine, a highball of Crown Royal or Chivas Regal? Why not? Sip and savor. You know homegrown food from the garden, the hen house, the pasture or the woods tastes better (and is probably better for you), so plant, harvest, can and freeze your own while you can — then happily chew on the results and hope there's a next planting season.
Also, all the intricate wonderments of Mother Nature are, well, more wonderful. The sunsets and sunrises are more beautiful (providing you rise early enuf to see the sun rise). You recognize that dewy spider web as a magnificent work of natural art. You examine in detail a flower and sniff deeply of it's fragrance. Spring is a little greener and fall is a cacophony of brilliance. Inhale the musty smell of a summer rain. Contemplate the stars, our Milky Way galaxy, and the vastness of the universe (and your infinitesimally small part of it). It's humbling.
In short, you have every reason to appreciate "right now" if you find yourself lucid, mobile and relatively pain-free.
Now for number two, appreciating children, grandkids, and friends. While going hell-bent through your career choice, you enjoy thousands of pleasurable moments with family and friends, but rarely take the time to fully appreciate them.
Old age gives you the time to deeply reflect upon what you've created in your kids and grandkids. Your children are physically carrying one half of your genes into the future and your grandkids one-fourth and your great grandchildren one-eighth — and those genes won't stop going forward as long as procreation occurs. That's the wonderment of generational succession and it's fun, in your golden years, to introspectively consider what your successive generations will add (or perhaps subtract) from the on-going development of mankind.
As for your friends, by the time you reach the slippery slope in life, you've already sorted out your really good friends from your general circle of friends. Since good friends are the best substitute for family, enjoy reliving your lives all of them.
Now for number three — not suffering fools lightly. All I can accomplish by discussing this subject is to make myself mad and I don't have time for self-anger.
Suffice it to say, with every passing day I see in public and in the mass media more fools and their foolish ways and thinking and I try my best not to let them waste my time.
And number four — gaining perspective. Perspective is unique becuz age and experience only sharpen and deepen it. It helps you evaluate the present and the future more clearly by having the experiences of your life to measure it against. I think our unique perspective is why us "oldsters" so willingly speak our minds and have earned the right to do so — and don't care much who cares what about it.
Now that I've bored you with more of my personal thinking than you ever wanted to know, your life's perspective is telling me to "shut up already!" So, I will by giving you something to smile about. I recently saw a slogan on a child's T-shirt that really put life into perspective. It read: "Don't Grow Up! It's a Trick!"
Speaking of tricks, give yourself a treat by enjoying Halloween this year. Ol' Nevah and I quit masquerading some years ago, but we really enjoy seeing our costumed neighborhood kids come to the door for their treats.
Until next week, remember these words of wisdom. Four boxes keep us free: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
I'll get off my soap box now to give you more time for your evening nap in your easy chair. Sweet dreams and have a good 'un. ❖


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No NFL team has ever done it-- lose atll 16 games in a regular season. The Miami Dolphins went 1-15 last year and the Baltimore Ravens screwed up a certain win in Miami which cost the Dolphins their shot at infamy. The Lions are 0-6 and you'd figure they'll lose at home this Sunday to the Washington Redskins.
But Dan Orlovsky is probably capable of getting them a win at least a couple of times the rest of the way-- at least the way I see it at the moment. It's hard to be that inept-- that's why no NFL team has ever lost them all. Rod Marinelli's record is now 10-28, good enough to get many NFL coaches fired and even in the NFL, Marinelli is still on board when three other NFL coaches have already been fired this season.
With each loss the Lions likely will try less and less, no matter what they say and frankly who can blame them? They're playing for very little and many of them will be gone at the end of the season including all of the coaching staff. It would take an incredible turnaround to save Marinelli-- he plods on and says all the right things, but this ship has sunk. So now the curiosity value of how low the Lions can go kicks in to the end of the season.
I can only image how rough some of these Ford Field fans will get. The Lions doubtless will have some home games blacked out because who in his right mind would buy a ticket to see this product at this point? The only people who'd probably like tickets are those visiting team fans who have a chance to see late season games in indoor comfort.
I don't think the Lions will lose them all-- but don't sell 'em short either because they indeed are off to a great start.


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Radio Free Europe06/24/2002By Ron Synovitz[Printer Friendly Version]
In his first days as president of Afghanistan's Transitional Authority, Hamid Karzai has been appointing individuals to most of the cabinet posts that were not named during last week's Loya Jirga sessions. Negotiations during the weekend appear, at least in the short term, to have defused a crisis about control of the Interior Ministry that briefly threatened the government. RFE/RL reports from Kabul that in the final analysis, the ethnic Tajik Panjshiris who dominated the power ministries of Karzai's previous interim administration have gained even more clout within the new Transitional Authority.
Kabul, 24 June 2002 (RFE/RL) -- Members of the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, the Pashtuns, have been complaining for months about the disproportionate amount of power wielded by ethnic Tajiks from the Panjshir Valley in the country's six-month interim administration.
Western officials, seeking to calm those complaints, have consistently pointed to this month's emergency Loya Jirga as a mechanism that would address the issue of ethnic imbalances within the transitional government.
But in the final analysis, the ethnic Tajik Panjshiris have gained even more power in the new Transitional Authority than they had previously.
The consolidation and expansion of power by Shurai-i-Nezar, the military wing of the ethnic Tajik Jamiat-i-Islami party, became apparent on the weekend, when Transitional Authority President Hamid Karzai offered outgoing interim Interior Minister and Jamiat-i-Islami head Yunus Qanuni a post as his personal adviser on internal security.
Karzai had already offered key posts to two other members of Shurai-i-Nezar, interim Defense Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim and interim Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. Both were asked to stay on as the head of those ministries within the new 18-month Transitional Authority.
Fahim was also named as the first deputy chief of the Transitional Authority, a position that essentially makes him second in command to Karzai while leaving Fahim in full control of the Panjshiri armed forces that moved into Kabul against the wishes of the international community after the collapse of the Taliban.
Karzai's choice for interior minister, the 80-year-old Afghan-born U.S. citizen, Taj Mohammad Wardak, was made in an attempt to bring a Pashtun voice into the ministry that is responsible for both security and intelligence operations. But the appointment of Wardak angered the outgoing interior minister, Qanuni.
Senior aides in the Afghan administration say Qanuni felt Karzai had demoted him by initially offering him only the post of education minister. The morning after of Karzai's initial announcement on 19 June, the rank-and-file Panjshiri troops who dominate the Interior Ministry temporarily blocked off the roads around the Interior Ministry complex in Kabul and brandished weapons to demonstrate that their loyalties remain with Qanuni.
Early Friday morning, small-arms fire and several explosions were heard near the Interior Ministry compound. The tension near the ministry was such that U.S. and British observation helicopters were quickly deployed from Bagram airbase to monitor the area. No serious injuries were reported.
A second blockade and protest by Interior Ministry troops was also planned for Saturday, the day that Wardak formally replaced Qanuni at the ministry. One Interior Ministry officer told RFE/RL his commanders had ordered the demonstrations shortly after Karzai announced that Wardak would become the new interior minister.
But the second protest was canceled and further violence around the ministry dissipated after Karzai defused the crisis, at least for the short term, by offering Qanuni the opportunity to serve as his internal-security adviser. According to Qanuni, who accepted both the security and education posts today, the newly created position as Karzai's security adviser will essentially promote him as Wardak's direct supervisor. "The relation of the [internal-security adviser's] post to the Interior Ministry and the intelligence services is that they must contact the head of the Transitional Authority through the security adviser. The internal-security adviser will have control and supremacy over other Afghan security organizations," Qanuni said.
Manoel de Almeida e Silva, spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, told RFE/RL that the demonstrations and weekend negotiations over control of the Interior Ministry reflect the conundrum Karzai has faced while trying to balance conflicting demands from rival ethnic and political groups. "What we see now does seem to indicate what President [Karzai] had said [at the time of the Loya Jirga], that it was a very difficult task to put together this cabinet attempting to represent all the different forces in the country," Almeida said.
Despite the fact that the militant Panjshiri faction essentially has expanded its control over the key Afghan power ministries, Almeida said Karzai's appointments to other ministries have improved the overall ethnic balance of the new government. "[The fact that the cabinet] remains with just about the same number of members as it had before probably reflects that very difficult task, that very difficult balancing act. The ethnic balance seems to be a bit better than it was before. There are even some minorities represented," Almeida said.
But many delegates at last week's Loya Jirga are now complaining that the new cabinet includes too many regional warlords or the allies of warlords who command their own private armies.
The European Union's special representative in Afghanistan, Klaus-Peter Klaiber, has rejected those criticisms. Klaiber said he thinks it was necessary for Karzai to bring the regional warlords into the new government. "President Karzai, from the beginning of his [interim] administration, has taken the decision that he wanted to integrate or include the regional leaders into governmental policy here in Kabul. I think this is a good approach and as we know, his new cabinet comprises some regional leaders as well, which is a good thing. I can only hope that it will work. That is the big question and the big challenge for the new administration," Klaiber said.
Klaiber went on to explain that the reaction of the regional warlords to the new cabinet, and particularly, their cooperation with the authorities in the central government, is what ultimately will determine whether the situation in Afghanistan will improve further or deteriorate into more factional fighting. "As long as [Karzai's] government is not able to collect customs and duties from all over the country, as long as he has no armed forces of his own and functioning police forces under his control who can guarantee security all over the country and also at the frontiers, there is always the risk that the regional leaders will try to solve the problems themselves. And this, of course, does not contribute to the unity of the country," Klaiber said.
Qanuni was sworn in Monday afternoon after finally accepting the dual post as education minister and internal-security adviser. He waffled on Karzai's dual offer for several days, saying he was consulting with various factions in order to make a well-informed decision. "I am discussing this proposal with the people of Afghanistan, with different ethnic groups and with intellectuals of Afghanistan. I am hopeful that by [Monday] I will be able to declare my final decision concerning either my participation in the Transitional Authority or my rejection of the offer to participate," Qanuni said.
Political analysts in Kabul say the delay by Qanuni on announcing whether he will accept Karzai's offer of a dual post appears aimed at defusing future criticism over the way he was offered the post of internal-security adviser.
By suggesting that he sought a democratic mandate from ethnic leaders before agreeing to join the Transitional Authority, Qanuni is providing himself with a response to political rivals who may allege in the future that he became the internal-security adviser only because of last week's show of force by the rank-and-file Panjshiris in the Interior Ministry. That would prove to be politically unpopular, as many Afghans say that they are tired of living under the rule of the gun.
Anssi Kullberg, a political analyst from the Finnish embassy in Islamabad, told RFE/RL that Qanuni gained moral legitimacy in the eyes of many Afghans when he voluntarily resigned as interim interior minister at the beginning of the Loya Jirga meetings earlier this month.
That move was seen by many Afghans as an attempt by Qanuni to put the importance of national unity ahead of his own personal ambitions. But Kullberg said Qanuni will lose that moral high ground in Afghan politics if, 18 months from now, he is seen as a man who forcefully pressured his way into a senior position in the Transitional Authority.
With the Bonn accords calling for democratic elections in Afghanistan within two years, such a view of Qanuni could upset his chances of being elected as the next leader of Afghanistan.
In the meantime, the strong position that the Panjshiri faction of the former Northern Alliance now controls in the Transitional Authority has left unresolved the simmering animosity felt by many Pashtuns over the fact that an ethnic minority group has more power in the government than their own ethnic representatives. This imbalance is further highlighted by the disappointment Pashtuns feel after the Loya Jirga failed to give a government role to the former Afghan king, Zahir Shah.


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Post subject: Chances of Conception
Hi girls
What did your docs say your chances of conceiving were now you just have the one tube? The first consultant I spoke to (who was a bit of a turd to be honest) said I have a 70% chance of becoming pregnant within a year and another consultant said that my chances are the same as with two tubes as the other tube picks up the slack. Now a lady on here has said only a 5% reduction in fertility but I have also heard its a 50% reduction. The Baby Centre states there is a 65% chance of becoming preggers within 18 months. I know we are all different but OMG is there actually a clear answer to this one?
As I already have Oliver I am hoping that he was conceived using my one good tube and that I will go on to have another lo so he has a sibling.
Terri xx
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:06 pm
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I think a 5% reduction is right, as the tube can and does pick up the egg from either ovary..x
Tubal Reversal 19/7/10
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I have been on a website called justanswer.com a few weeks ago & asked a gyno some questions regarding eptopics, tube removal & ovulation... he answered saying the chances have decreased from 20-25% per month of concieving to 10-15% per month compared with someone who has both tubes!!
Try to look my question up on there and the answers I got... u may find it helpful... cost me £17 but worth it, I felt x
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:11 am
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My consultant didn't give me numbers but just said it hardly makes any difference and seemed confident that your tube can pick up an egg from either ovary , even though my remaining tubes only 6cms instead of 10 , ( I didn't have an ectopic I had a damaged tube removed when I had a reversal )I have beeen ttc for 6 months now with no luck but I am 41 so that probably makes a difference , Good luck x
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:40 pm
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Hiya hun, it make's no difference what so ever, as ware b4 the ectopic your ovary's would take turns in releasing an egg from month to month, ware as now the remaining ovary releases an egg every month to make up for the other one, i had an ectopic in 2003 and have been pregnant 8 times since, i sadly lost 5 of those but i have had 2 beautiful girls and am expecting another, so good luck conceiving hun and im sure it wont be long, i think i actually conceived the first time after the ectopic as soon as 5 months xxx
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:38 am
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She hasn't actually lost an ovary though Louise , most women don't have their ovary removed if they lose a tube , I know I have definately still got two, and they don't take turns as such it's just whichever individual egg follicle is the largest that actually makes it to the point of being released and that could be the same side every month for six months in a row or it could be alternate side each month it's just down to chance , but women tend to have a dominant side when it comes to ov and will tend to ovulate slightly more on one side than another . Of course if you do lose an ovary then the other should ovulate every month because a follicle from that side will always be the biggest one as it has no competition so to speak . Either tube can pick up an egg from either ovary though so it shouldn't make too much difference , it certainly doesn't mean that if you ov from the side with no tube you can't conceive that month, but it may be a slight disadvantage because your uterus encourages more sperm towards the side you released the egg from even if there's no tube there anymore , as I discovered after watching the great sperm race so maybe Ladies with only one tube need to BD more to balance this out or maybe lie on the side with the tube after BD in the hope gravity will help x


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Grade 1 winner Tannery will go in search of her third North American graded stakes victory on Saturday at Belmont Park in the Grade 2, $200,000 New York.
Trained by Alan Goldberg for Richard Santulli, Tannery's first graded stakes victory since arriving from Europe in 2012 came in last year's Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay on May 25 at Belmont. Since then, the bay mare has raced against males twice, finishing fourth in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational and third in the Grade 3 Red Smith, to go along with a runner-up finish in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational and a win in the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor, both against fillies and mares.
Tannery has raced only once in 2014, when she took the 1 1/16-mile Miss Liberty on May 26 at Monmouth Park.
"We got what we were looking for [in the Miss Liberty]," said Goldberg. "She might prefer a little more ground but we're pointing her towards the [Grade 1, 1 1/8-mile] Diana, so we're going to have to turn her back, anyway. She likes the turf a little soft, but she's doing awful well right now, so I don't think it will make a difference."
Javier Castellano will be aboard Tannery, the 9-5 favorite on the morning line, and the pair will break from the rail.
Riposte, trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott for Juddmonte Farms, finally made good on the promise she displayed overseas when she captured the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay by 1 ¾ lengths on May 24 at Belmont. From three prior North American starts, the daughter of Dansili's odds had never been greater than 5-2, though she failed to find the winner's circle in those outings. In the Sheepshead Bay, jockey Joel Rosario chose to switch tactics and send his mount straight to the lead, a decision that led to the filly's breakthrough performance and a career high Beyer Speed Figure of 96.
Rosario will be back aboard Riposte, who drew post 2 and sits at 2-1 on the morning line.
Inimitable Romanee, trained by Graham Motion for Gallagher's Stud, figures to relish every last bit of ground on Saturday. Since getting her first taste of racing beyond 1 1/8 miles in the fall of last year, the 6-year-old daughter of Maria's Mon has three wins from four starts, all in graded stakes. Prior to being stretched out, the New York-bred mare had only two wins through 19 starts.
"I think [the 1 ¼-mile] New York is a great fit for her," said Motion. "She seems to have found a niche doing these longer distances. I think it took us so long to stretch her out because we always looked at the New York-bred races, and there aren't many options available. She's so straightforward; she's a pleasure to train. She seems to handle just about anything, and that goes for ground and distance."
Alan Garcia has the mount aboard Inimitable Romanee, 4-1 on the morning line, and the duo will leave from post 3.
Rounding out the field are Viva Rafaela, who was third in the Grade 3 Bewitch at Keeneland in her last start, and Scampering and Gathering, who were both second in optional claimers at Belmont in their latest outings.
The field for the Grade 2, $200,000 New York:
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