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The Havana Christmas Tree Farm is a sight to behold during this time of year. Families and friends travel from miles away to get a fresh, live tree to serve as the centerpiece for holiday festivities.
James Lewis said he traveled more than an hour to bring his sons Bennett, Keaton and Jase to pick out a tree.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded the city of Midway a $150,000 grant for wastewater infrastructure improvements.
According to a DEP press release, the funding came from a 2016-17 state legislative appropriation and will go toward eliminating failing septic tanks and provide sewage services.
A crash in Quincy claimed the lives of two women on Friday, Dec. 2.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, 48-year-old Tyronica Hill, of Oakland Park, was traveling northbound on State Road 267 when she attempted to pass another vehicle.
After entering into the southbound lane, Hill collided head-on with Bridget Britt-Austin, who was traveling southbound on State Road 267.
Hill was pronounced dead at Gadsden Capital Regional Center, while Britt-Austin was pronounced dead at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
Torreya State Park's new park manager is no stranger to the outdoors, or Florida's parks system.
Ponce De Leon native Aaron Miller was a park ranger at Three River Springs for five years. He was also the assistant park ranger at the Florida Caverns in Marianna for two years.
Three newly re-elected Gadsden County commissioners were sworn in at a special meeting on Nov. 22.
Gene Morgan, Eric Hinson and Sherrie Taylor all vowed to continue to serve their county and its citizens.
Taylor was appointed to be the BOCC chairperson, while Eric Hinson was appointed to be the vice-chair.
"Sophia home now … it's going to be some straightening 'round here," Taylor said, jokingly quoting a line from "The Color Purple" after banging the gavel.
There has been a recent increase in brush fires in Midway. One of these fires destroyed a family's home a few weeks ago.
Midway's interim police chief/safety director, Tom Murray, announced he will ask Midway City Council members to adopt a burn-ban ordinance because the municipality already has one one in place.
"It has caused our volunteer firefighters to put in a lot of hours, also having the Midway Fire Department call other cities for backup," Murray said.
In the midst of the holiday season, Gadsden County Toys for Tots volunteers working diligently to ensure every local child has a Christmas.
They've set up shop in the old IGA building in Quincy. Sam Palmer, Gadsden's TFT coordinator, said thanks to several generous citizens, businesses and organizations, boxes of toys have already started rolling in.
According to www.toysfortots.org, the program is a top-
rated, nationwide charity run by the U.S. Marine Corp Reserves. More than
The Gadsden County Commission was recently awarded a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant.
The grant is funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
County Administrator Robert Presnell said the CDBG office recommended updating the following policies:
• Housing Assistance Plan
• CDBG Procurement Policy
• Resolution Prohibiting Excessive Force
• The CDBG Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Policy
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Hotel Palacio de Aiete: Find photos, reviews, information, amenities and compare prices for 4 stars hotels in San Sebastian, Spain.
Boasting free Wi-Fi and a rooftop terrace, Hotel Palacio de Aiete is located in San Sebastian and provides modern accommodation. It is ideally positioned for guests wanting to sightsee in the area.
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This elegant hotel offers a coffee bar, an express check-in and check-out feature and massage services. There is an in-house day spa and a golf course.
Rooms are both modern and comfortable, with each providing a mini bar and a flat-screen TV. They boast an en suite bathroom where a shower, a hair dryer and a bathtub can be found.
A satisfying breakfast is available every morning at Hotel Palacio De Aiete San Sebastian, and there are numerous cafés and eateries close by.
Palacio de Aiete is less than a 25-minute drive from San Sebastian Airport and Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is a brief walk away. The hotel is also surrounded by the area's popular clubs and pubs, plus Miramar Palace is a 20-minute walk away.
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A Sun Prairie man faces drunken driving charges after a Dane County sheriff's deputy found him pulled over on the shoulder of Highway 151, officials said.
Around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday a Dane County sheriff's deputy stopped to check on an occupied vehicle that had pulled over onto the shoulder of Highway 151 near Twin Lane Road in the town of Bristol, according to a release.
The deputy talked with the driver, Todd D. Finkler, 55, of Sun Prairie, and determined he had been drinking alcohol, officials said.
Finkler was arrested on tentative sixth-offense operating while intoxicated charges.


text: Hotel Ishan Paying Guest House is a 2 star property, located at an accessible distance from Airport, Railway Station and Bus Station. The property is a a family run guest house that is preferable choice for travellers visiting the holy city. It has air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned rooms that feature all comforts of a home. Amenities provided in room include standard facilities and attached bathroom with running hot and cold water. For convenience of guests, Wi-Fi and 24-hour room service is provided. Besides spacious rooms, the guest house boasts of a yoga facility on the rooftop that gives guests a chance to uplift their senses in the sacred environs of Varanasi. Upon request, the guest house also offers pick up and drop facility to guests and makes boating arrangements. There is a shared kitchen within the guest house where guests can cook their own food, as and when required. Those who do not wish to cook can explore the eateries around the place that serve good food. Guests can find some must visit areas of attraction, which are closed to the property like Assi Ghat (500 metres), Durga Temple (1.2 kms) and Kashi Vishwanath Temple (4.2 kms). Climb the rooftop to behold unobstructed views of the sacred Ganges!


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Basic Functionality
The DS210+ is one of the two top-end dual-disk NASes that Synology offers for the 2010 model year but it must be noted that Sinology's products vary but little in terms of firmware features. The difference is limited to special hardware traits like eSATA ports, WOL support or overall platform performance (it affects the max number of users and IP cameras). Thus, most of the description below refers to any Synology NAS with firmware version 2.3.
Hard disk drives are the main component of any NAS as they provide the storage space for user's files. Multi-disk NASes allow to create several independent disk volumes. The firmware we are discussing supports RAID arrays of the following types: Basic, JBOD, 0, 1, 10, 5 and 6 (dual-disk NASes support only the first four variants, of course). Besides, you can use the exclusive Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) technology which is meant for inexperienced users who want to build a RAID out of different-capacity disks and add them one after another. If there are more than one HDD, the SHR technology builds a fault-tolerant array that will survive a failure of one disk. We have seen analogous technologies in NASes from other brands.
The user can select the type of RAID he wants to use. Besides the above-mentioned RAID levels, the NAS supports iSCSI volumes in two variants. One works on the level of files: a file with a disk image is created on the specified existing disk volume. And another works on the level of data blocks and requires a separate disk volume (created automatically). The latter iSCSI variant is faster.
Synology NASes have always offered rich options for disk migration without losing data. For example, a single-disk volume can be transformed into a mirror or RAID5 (in multi-disk NASes), or you can increase the total storage capacity by replacing disks in a fault-tolerant array one after another. You can even take disks with data from one model and install them into another. This migration support is a convenient feature in many situations.
As for nonstandard situations, when a disk fails (this didn't happen to us during our tests, though), you just replace it with a healthy one and synchronize data. If your NAS contains four disks, you can create a RAID5 array with a replacement disk which is used automatically to repair the array in case of problems.
The NAS can view the S.M.A.R.T. data of the installed HDDs and run related tests. You can check out the temperature of the HDDs on the status page. The second HDD is usually somewhat hotter than the first one due to the design of the case.
Data access is provided by means of all popular protocols including SMB/CIFS, AFP, NFS, FTP, and HTTP. To integrate into a Windows network, you choose a workgroup or a domain. The NAS can serve as a master browser (this may help if you don't always see all devices in the network environment) and supports a recycle bin for deleted files. As for Mac OS X, you can choose a shared folder to be used with the OS-integrated Time Machine utility. Bonjour and UPnP are supported for identification purposes.
NFS doesn't have any special settings. The two most popular applications of this protocol are to connect to Linux systems and to network media players.
The FTP server has a number of options that make it a very handy implementation. Particularly, you can change all ports (also for the passive mode), limit the speed and number of connections, enable encryption, and choose a code page.
HTTP-based access is called File Station. It allows working with data stored on the NAS via an ordinary web-browser. We will discuss File Station in more detail shortly.
The access control system is based on users with passwords that can be united into user groups. You can assign disk quotas, prohibit to change the password, and limit the account lifetime. You can also create a large number of users by importing a text file with names and passwords. Exporting is not available, though. The max number of users and groups in the DS210+ is 248 and 256, respectively (you can check out the numbers for other models at the manufacturer's website).
Next you must specify access rights for each shared folder as no access, read only, read & write. There are special options for FTP and File Station: you can prohibit to view the list of files and to modify or download them. The accessible host or network addresses and the access type (read only or read & write) are specified for NFS.
The NAS supports up to 256 shared folders each of which can be encrypted using AES. For more security, you have to enter the encryption key each time the NAS is rebooted. The key can also be stored on the NAS so that the folder could be mounted automatically. Such encrypted folders won't be accessible via NFS.
And interesting feature of the access control system is that you can individually restrict user access to the NAS's services: FTP, File Station, Audio Station, Download Station and Surveillance Station. You cannot disable SMB/CIFS access in general but you can do that for each individual folder.
The NAS is equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet port. The IP address can be acquired automatically or specified manually. The network interface supports Jumbo Frames up to 9000 bytes. Senior NAS models from Synology may come with two Ethernet ports. Recently, the ability to connect wirelessly, via a USB dongle, has been added. The list of compatible Wi-Fi adapters is listed at the manufacturer's website and includes 14 models (also with 802.11n) at the time of our writing this.
The NAS has integrated PPPoE and DDNS clients and can set up your home router automatically so that the NAS's services could be accessed from the Internet. The list of compatible routers includes about 40 models. An integrated firewall is available for users who care about security or want to install the NAS on the global network. Firewall rules are specified using port numbers or service names.


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Kings defenseman Alec Martiinez spent last week back home in Dallas. Although the NHL lockout was nearing the completion of its second full month, he was feeling pretty good about himself. Martinez had been over in Finland playing for TPS Turku and just before leaving he scored his first goal with the team
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Daily Archives: June 22, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 06.22.11
Cal baseball coach wins national coach of the year [SF Chronicle]
Cafe Med on Telegraph gets permit to stay open 24 hours [Daily Cal]
Semifreddi's helped define Bay Area bread revolution [Patch]
Cal to hold annual emergency drill on Friday [UCB News]
Charges dropped against soccer club coach accused of molestation [Patch]
Cal Nobel Prize winner Melvin Calvin gets his own stamp [USPS]
Campanile closes for six weeks starting July 5 [UCB News]
Photo: The sun at solstice by dhparks/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
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New taqueria opens in old Amanda's space on Shattuck
Casa Bernal Taqueria celebrated its grand opening Tuesday at 2122 Shattuck Avenue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a 10-piece mariachi band, and $2 beers.
The new taqueria, which opened in the space once occupied by Amanda's, is the project of Guillermo Bernal and his father. Their family owns a number of restaurants in southern California and Mexico. It features Niman Ranch pork and beef, free range chicken, and organic produce.
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Typewriters are making a comeback in Berkeley
By Edward Derbes
Typewriter sales have gone up in Berkeley over the past few years, and the owners of the city's two typewriter stores can't quite explain why. But, whether it's the vintage appeal or just because people want to write without the distraction of the internet, the two stores aren't complaining.
Berkeley Typewriter is on University Avenue, a few doors down from the year-old Trader Joe's and across the street from Performance Bikes, where a Grand Opening sign is still displayed in its two-story window. The store has been operating from its squat storefront since the 1930s. Joe Banuelos, its third owner, has run the shop for nearly twenty years.
Joe's brother, Jesse Banuelos, who works as a typewriter technician at the store, said most of the new customers are in their 20s and 40s. "It's attorneys," he said. "They prefer to type on these kinds of machines. They tell me, 'They look cool in my office.'"
A fascination with vintage typewriters also accounts for the recent rise in sales, said Joe. In particular, people in Japan are buying typewriters built in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. The store will charge $250 to repair a classic Olivetti, but that machine can be resold for $1,000 in Japan, said Joe. "They buy them because they are antique. There's a big demand because they are part of American history." … Continue reading »
Library architect apologizes to Berkeley
The architect who worked with Concerned Library Users, the group suing Berkeley to stop the demolition and rebuilding of the south and west branch libraries, has sent an apology for his actions to the City Council and city manager.
In a letter dated June 17, 2011, Todd Jersey apologizes for "causing more harm than good," by presenting two designs that he said would "save the original buildings." Jersey said his work was a misguided effort to resolve the dispute between the city, which wants to tear down the two branches and build entirely new structures, and CLU, which contends bond monies raised to renovate the city's branch libraries cannot be used for demolition.
"This clearly backfired in many ways that in retrospect I should have known," Jersey wrote in his letter. "Therefore I am also writing to apologize for the stress and hardship that my participation in the project caused you as City officials. Looking back on this now I can see that I naively thought that my participation could help settle the suit and alter the course of the projects in a good way. Obviously I failed to understand the amount of community investment in the work done by the other firms and furthermore, that in a lawsuit, there really is no opportunity for discourse. Instead of helping, my efforts created hardship for the City and for the Library Staff and The Friends of the Library. For that I am personally sorry. Clearly I have no intention of doing anything like this again." (emphasis is Jersey's)
Jersey wrote that he was never a signatory to the efforts of CLU to sue the city. In fact, he said, he does not support suing his own municipality.
The letter will not have any legal bearing on the CLU lawsuit against Berkeley, which will be heard before a judge on September 9th, according to Berkeley City Attorney Zach Cowan.
But Councilman Darryl Moore, who sits on the board of the public library, hopes Jersey's letter prods CLU to reconsider its actions.
"The lawsuit is causing nothing but difficulty and pain throughout the community," said Moore. "I hope those who filed it will read it, take it to heart, and consider dropping the lawsuit." … Continue reading »
City project will transform utility boxes with vibrant art
There are 60 different utility boxes in downtown Berkeley and they are all gray. But not for long.
A new civic art project has plans to transform these dull, bleak and utilitarian boxes, which are owned either by the city or by PG&E, into a kalidescope of color and art.
Called the "60 Boxes Project," the idea is to pair patrons with artists who will paint the boxes or make a design that can be transferred to large polymer stickers and be affixed to the boxes.
"We've had a very very positive response to this project," said Elyce Klein, who is coordinating sponsorships for the group, a collaboration between the Earth Island Institute's Streets Alive! program and Berkeley's Civic Arts Commission. "The quality of artwork on the boxes will be very high."
A wide range of sponsors have already pledged their support for the initiative, including Berkeley High School, Peet's Coffee, the Downtown Berkeley Association, numerous private schools, businesses, individuals, public officials, and non-profit organizations — even the city's Mayor, Tom Bates.
Now the 60 Boxes Projects is putting out a call for artists to participate. They must fill out a form and submit examples from their portfolio. Each sponsor will get to choose their own artist. The theme is "sustainability." … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Dragnet Girl
Talking pictures came relatively late to Japan: it would be 1930 before a feature-length Japanese talkie was released, and silent films continued to be produced throughout the decade. Yasujiro Ozu's 1933 drama Dragnet Girl (Hijosen no onna, screening at Pacific Film Archive at 7:00pm on Friday, June 24 as part of the Archive's Japanese Divas series) is no exception: in fact, it doesn't even feature a musical score.
For those who can't abide absolute quiet, silent film accompanist Judith Rosenberg will be tickling the ivories during the screening of this rare title. Dragnet Girl's power, however, derives from its consistently stunning imagery and distinctive mise-en-scène. Music and dialogue are definitely surplus to requirements.
The story revolves around Joji (Joji Oka, who — at least according to The Internet Movie Database —is still with us at the ripe old age of 107), a washed-up boxer turned hoodlum. Joji's former glory and current infamy has won him an admirer in the form of impressionable young 'Lefty' Hiroshi (Koji Mitsui), who has abandoned his studies and taken up smoking and snooker in order to emulate and ingratiate himself with his hero.
Hiroshi's foolish lifestyle choices have upset sister Kazuko (Sumiko Mizukubo, only 16 at the time), a record store employee who opts for traditional kimonos and get-a instead of pencil skirts and high heels. Kazuko appeals to Joji, asking for his help in convincing her brother to straighten up and fly right. … Continue reading »
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I just got back from Vegas. We took a group of teenage girls out there for a dance convention. While the girls danced of three full days, we shopped for three full days. My friend Shelli was so funny. One day she was teaching me a poker game just so we could have free drinks. She was so excited to save on not paying for drinks yet she tried to talk me into buying these Helle Comfort Sandals. I did agree the adjustable straps and padded footbed with extended arch were comfortable, I just had … [Read more...]
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somehow you're gonna have to look innocent
when crossing...Kathleen can teach you the 'look.'
i notice you'll be in banff (my dad & phyllis just loved their trip there)and are you headed to calgary too? i've got a HS friend who has an art studio there.
still dark, cool dreary & rainy, the cavs now have Shaq...tribe in dead last place...send some sunshine!
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July 2 - Since we vegged out most of yesterday, we decided that today we would explore Great Falls.
We visited the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center. It is located on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River (which is longer than the Mississippi.) The Center commemorates the Lewis & Clark Expedition's accomplishments across the entire length of the Trail through interactive exhibits and programs. I completed a project about Lewis & Clark in about 6th grade, but have forgotten the who, what, where, why, and when of almost everything about their expedition...just like I've forgotten most things from yesterday.
Outside the Center, more than 40 species of plants native to north-central Montana were identified and some of the information described how they were used by local Indians - mostly for medicinal purposes. Art was hoping to find a quick cure for hangover.
Down the road, we went to the Giant Springs State Park, first recorded by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. It is one of the largest freshwater springs in the world, flowing at a measured 156 million gallons of water per day! Here we picnicked by the Missouri River and visited the fish hatchery. We also got to see the world's shortest river. The Roe River is only 201 feet long.
We just came back from a final short meeting before we leave Great Falls tomorrow morning. We were told to keep our mouths shut at customs when crossing into Canada, to only answer what is asked, and not to offer any information. Oh, God, with Art at the wheel, are we in trouble! Send bail money via Wells Fargo.
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Alviero Martini Handbags
Alviero Martini is an Italian designer known for accessorizing clothes and accessories with map motifs.
Alviero Martini considers itself the interpreter of the cultural phenomenon that it Italian design. The company combines quality, desire, and detailed precision to create clothing that embodies spirit, individuality and an aversion to conformity.
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Martini is best known for its 1A Classe line. 2004 Miss Italy, Christina Chiabotto, is a huge fan of the line and is often photographed carrying the shopping and travel bags.
Other celebrity customers of the brand include actress Kelly Preston, actor Adrien Brody, Joseph Fiennes, and Cynthia Garrett. Aimed at an upper class clientele, Alviero Martini hand bags are crafted of the highest quality materials, including calf leather and are a highly prized and sought after collection.
The map motifs, which appear in colour on his beige handbags and luggage, set the Alviero Martini handbags apart from the competition. The company refers to the maps as a geo print. On solid coloured leather handbags the geo print is embossed. On the 20th anniversary of the company, Martini celebrated by opening a new flagship store in Rome, Italy, and released a special edition of its bags.
The bags, which celebrated the city of Rome, were adorned with golden overprint which read Roma and a gold stud appeared on the purses' map to identify the city. Another custom bag was created for the flagship store in the city of Catania. This bag was decorated with an image of red elephant, an icon of the town, covering the geo print.
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Alviero Martini has come up with a classic collection for his Spring Summer ALV line.
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A student allegedly sodomised a 16-year-old student he invited to his house for dinner, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.
MAN, 19, Emirati, is also accused of consuming a bottle of Vodka.
The victim, MA, German, testified that on March 22 at around 11pm, he left the house of his British friend in Mirdif accompanied by a compatriot.
"I walked with my friend till I reached his house, then I walked towards Mirdif Uptown. On my way, I met MAN and his cousin who was with us in my friend's house. They stopped their black Suzuki and offered to drop me at the centre. They went with me to the food corner where I was supposed to meet a Kenyan friend. I called my friend to tell him I had arrived but he told me he could not come.
"We all left the area and MAN offered to have dinner with me. I agreed and he stopped at a petrol station and bought a McDonald's meal and drove to his house in Mirdif. After we arrived, his cousin left in the same car and I entered the living room with MAN where we had dinner and watched a film on TV.
"All of a sudden, he pulled me by my hand to a toilet attached to the hall. There he threatened to beat me if I did not obey him. I got scared, so I opened my trousers and underwear which he pulled down towards my knee. After he finished sodomising me, I put on my clothes and left for home.
"The next day, he asked my Kenyan friend to guide him to my house. Both came together and he threatened to hurt one of my friends if I did not go with him. I went with him and he drove to Uptown centre. He and his cousin stayed next to their car and were adjusting the lock.
"My friend had warned me not to ride the car with them as they were planning something bad. I got scared and called my mother and told her about the threats. My mother connected me to a person and this person connected me to the police. When the police arrived, they ran away," MA testified.
The victim did not tell the police about the sodomy because he was scared of the accused who had threatened to kill him if he told anyone about it. However, the victim later told his mother who informed the police.
Police arrested MAN who had a criminal record. He confessed to drinking alcohol and sodomising MA.
The Prosecution asked the court to award the stiffest penalty for MAN who denied the accusation.
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Patterns of Courtroom Justice
Jessica M. Silbey
Northeastern University School of Law
Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 97-116, 2001
Any one film can sustain a myriad of compelling interpretations. A collection of films, however, sharing formal and substantive qualities, reveals a common effect more than a diversity of meanings. This essay traces the shared formal and substantive qualities of a group of films, as I name them 'trial films'. It documents this genre of film by identifying the genre's norms of viewing and identification. It also investigates the peculiar hybrid discourse of the trial film genre that combines both filmic and legal discursive practices to show how trial films cultivate support for the American system of law through its constitution of a specific viewing audience. In so doing, I broach the following questions: how do images of law in film help sustain the power and legitimacy of legal institutions? How does the study of film genres, like the courtroom drama, reveal the way lives beyond its formal processes?
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1589: Wind power
This paper is summarised from an Institute for Public Policy Research report by Reg Platt, Oscar Fitch-Roy and Paul Gardner, "Beyond the bluster why wind power is an effective technology"
Year of Publication2012
Wind turbines convert wind into electrical energy without emitting polluting gases. Carbon dioxide emission savings from wind energy were at least 5.5 million tonnes in Great Britain in 2011. Although wind is a variable energy resource, it can be easily integrated into electricity systems. Wind power output is predictable and varies at similar rates to existing electricity demand. Our ability to 'keep the lights' on during 'cold, calm spells' is secure at the levels of wind power projected for the UK by 2020. There are several adaptations to the grid that could enable a much gr eater contribution from wind.
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Prizes for kids planned at Elkins Raceway
Elkins Raceway and the Mountaineer Insurance Kid's Club are set to give away two children's ATVs and 10 Bicycles this Weekend for the Budweiser All-Star Memorial Weekend.
The promotion of free to all children who attend the races and sign-up.
Since all Kids 12 and under get in for free in general admission at the track with an adult, Elkins Raceway has joined forces with Jonathan Kyle of Mountaineer Insurance Services to create a Kid's Club with tons of prizes being given away each and every racing night as an incentive for kids to be there spending quality time with family and friends. Through a joint effort with Jedson and Gina Liggett of Liggett's Supply in Mill Creek, the track has purchased nearly 60 bicycles to be given away in multiples for boys and girls each night through the season.
Two Kid's ATVs, one boys and one girls, also will be given away Saturday night. They were purchased from Pat Elza of Elza's Cycle and P&M Outdoors who kicked in helmets to go along for the winners.
Business from the local surrounding areas were more than generous in this endeavor to create a weekend hangout for the local kids with prize rewards for their support.
Area business's not listed above that have supported the Kid's Club include:
Hunter's Haven, Sharp Jewelry, Valley Supply, Jenkins Ford, Bulldog Physical Therapy, Scott's Auto, WV Pools, Cooridor H Tire, Melvin's Transmissions, Liberty Machine, FasTrak Racing Division, Smith Enterprises, Sponaugle Trucking, House Hunters, Bennett Brothers Construction, Fast and Friendly Pharmacy, High Point Construction, Valley Steel, Mountain Valley Bank, Performance Motors, Wyatt's Used Autos, Fancy Paws, Topline Exhaust, Joey's Bike Shop, Hilltop Recycling and Miller's Used Cars.
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The college football season is a long one, but championships often come down to moments. Those moments add up to wins and losses, some of which weigh more heavily than others.
For college football's blue-blood programs, the ones with their eyes fixed on a national championship, there are games that could set the tone for the rest of the year. Or, in some cases, there are games that could could put an official stamp on the direction of the season.
In other words, they usually begin a tough stretch of the season or fall on the tail end. In any case, they're important for playoff hopes.
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Milwaukee police say a statue of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig that stands outside Miller Park has been defaced with paint.
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report says one person was arrested at the scene Sunday about 4 a.m.
Workers spent Sunday afternoon power-washing paint off the statue.
Selig is a former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, who play at Miller Park.
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ReBirth Brass Band
To most Americans, a brass band is what they see in that car commercial—somber men in black suits, white gloves, white Salvation Army hats, brass horns and a bass drum, playing a desultory, unison dirge duet with their feet, lumbering to a New Orleans graveyard. Sorry…that's old school. The real edge is cut by the children of the revolutionary Dirty Dozen Brass Band (the first brass band to leave the streets and cold-rock the house with jazz and funk back in '81): crews like ReBirth Brass Band.
The Dirty Dozen inspired a new generation who had the second line in their blood and "paartay" in their souls. In 1983, Philip Frazier, a tuba-playing junior at Joseph S. Clark High School, heeded the call and formed the ReBirth Brass Band with his brother Keith (bass drum) and John Gilbert (sax). "The Dirty Dozen, that's my role model," says Philip. "Basically ReBirth started out as a project in the French Quarter for tips, out of love." By the end of the decade, ReBirth was making far more than mere "tips." Weathered by the harsh streets, ReBirth's fierce blend of hard second line beats, '70s R&B/funk grooves and go-go swing made them the hometown sound of choice. Adds Frazier, "I knew it was time to get a little serious, to take it to another level." The next level was national tours and a recording contract with Rounder Records.
Four albums, countless opening spots, festival dates, soundtracks (Boomerang) and television (The Big Easy) later, ReBirth is ready to go where no brass band has gone before. "I want us to be the first brass band to win a Grammy," says Frazier. By the evidence of the seven piece's newest jammie, We Come to Party (Shanachie), that Grammy should be right around the bend. Recorded in three days, We Come to Party is so "live" that your speakers sweat. "We're a fun band, we tried to put all that joy and happiness in the studio," says Frazier proudly. "We didn't want everything to be perfect, we wanted that energy to hit right there." Indeed, from the bumpin' honk of the title tune to the sublime, raggedy vocal turns of "Let's Get It On," the ReBirth is onto some stanky stuff. "We want people to say we've crossed over without guitars and stuff—we want people to say we keepin' it real."


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Helena Bonham Carter Joins 'Les Miserables' Cast
Helena Bonham Carter is to reteam with her The King's Speech director Tom Hooper for the latest movie adaptation of stage musical Les Miserables.
The actress has joined Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in the film - as Madame Thenardier - according to Britain's The Daily Mail.
Jackman will lead the cast as Jean Valjean, while Crowe has reportedly accepted the role of Inspector Javert.
Bonham Carter portrayed the Queen's mother in Hooper's Oscar-winning film.
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Research has found that dynamic withdrawal strategies for retirement income, or those that change to incorporate actual experiences during retirement, can be more effective than static approaches. David M. Blanchett, head of retirement research at Morningstar Investment Management, offers two formulas that advisers can use to create a dynamic withdrawal strategy without the use of complex software or other tools.
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Kristen Wiig Turns Down 'Bridesmaids' Sequel
Kristen Wiig has turned down a lucrative sequel to the hit comedy Bridesmaids, and she says the decision wasn't a hard one.
Wiig told Harper's Bazaar she and Bridesmaid writer Annie Mumolo were given the chance to start work on a sequel, and the two immediately turned it down. "It wasn't a hard decision. We knew during the first one, this was it. We would have made a lot of money if there was a second one, but that's not my goal in my creative life."
Bridesmaids was a runaway hit when it came out in 2011, grossing almost $300 million in theaters and helping to catapult Melissa McCarthy into stardom.
McCarthy and Maya Rudolph have said they would be interested in a sequel, but it's safe to say without Wiig there is little chance any of the original stars would get involved.
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Air Marshall Sir Peter Horsley Claims He Met E.T.
In Timothy Good's excellent new book, "Alien Base – Earth's Encounters with Extraterrestrials" he reports on Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley, former Deputy Commander in Chief of Strike Command, a war hero who flew Mosquitoes against the Germans, who has held one of the highest ranks in the RAF who in 1954, had a two hour meeting with an apparently extraterrestrial man in London.
In his fascinating autobiography, "Sounds From Another Room", Sir Peter devotes a lengthy chapter to the subject of UFOs, including details of his investigations into sightings reported by pilots; details which he relayed to Prince Phillip, who shared his interest in the phenomenon.
He was equerry (advisor) to Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Phillip for seven years. Another enthusiast was air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt, who retired from the RAF at the end of the war. Barrett introduced Sir Peter to a friend of his, a General Martin, who believed that flying saucers were extraterrestrial vehicles from another planet whose inhabitants were trying to warn us of the perils of nuclear war. Sir Peter was not convinced.
One day in 1954, General Martin phoned Sir Peter, inviting him to meet a Mrs. Markham that night at her London flat in Smith Street, Chelsea. Morning There, in a dimly lit room, he was introduced to a 'Mr. Janus.' Without any preliminaries, writes Sir Peter, 'Mr. Janus dived straight into the deep end by asking me to tell him all I knew about UFOs. He listened patiently… At the end I thought I might be equally as direct and asked Janus what his interest was? He answered me a quite simply, "I would like to meet the Duke of Edinburgh." Somewhat taken aback, Sir Peter replied that this would not be easy. But it was here the strangeness of it all started – the man's extraordinary ability to read my thoughts.'
Asked why he wanted to meet Prince Phillip, Janus replied: 'He is a man of great vision. . . who believes strongly in the proper relationship between man and nature which will prove of great importance in future galactic harmony… perhaps you and I can discuss the subject first and you will be able to judge whether I'm dangerous or not. 'Sir Peter devotes 14 pages to the ensuing two hour discourse, of which selected excerpts follow.
Janus began by pointing out that man was 'now striving to break his earthly bonds and travel to the Moon and the planets beyond'. He continued: But flight to the stars is Man's ultimate dream, although knowledge of the vast distances involved in interstellar flight makes it appear only a dream. Yet perhaps after a hundred years or so… exploration of his own solar system may be complete and it is just not in Man's nature to stop there…
Just as tribes found other tribes and Christopher Columbus discovered on his travels unknown centers of ancient civilizations so Man in his journeys through the universe may find innumerable centers of culture far more ancient than his own…He will discover a wealth of experiences infinitely more startling and beautiful than can be imagined: and infinite variety of agencies and forces as yet unknown: great fields of gravity and anti-gravity where objects are accelerated across space like giant sling shots, even other universes with different space and time formula.
Why does Man reach for the stars? His energies have never been solely directed towards material benefits alone. From the beginning of Man's history he has striven… towards a spirituality and grace of which he was aware but could not fully comprehend. This drive to reach out beyond himself has been the motive power behind some of Man's finest achievements…
So Man invading space for material gain or personal glorification alone will gain nothing, but Man searching to enrich his own spirituality and nature will come closer to understanding that God is Universal.
A Dark Age
"The Earth is going through a Dark Age at the moment," Janus went on. "Material processions count more than a Man's soul." Like a child, Man is preoccupied with his technological toys, which he believes will bring him riches and happiness. This shows up in the superficiality of his culture and a careless disregard for nature. In his greedy quest for more complex machines Man is prepared to sacrifice almost anything - his natural environment, animals and even his fellow humans.
The dreadful specter of blowing up his world hardly makes him falter in this headlong rush.
Janus expounded on cosmogony– the origin of life in the universe – seemingly lending support to the so-called Big Bang theory, which he even referred to as the generally accepted theory of an expanding universe that originated from the giant explosion of a vast area the high density gas which contained all the elements necessary for life and matter.
'If you accept this theory,' he went on, 'then all galaxies contain the elements necessary for life and matter, even at the very boundaries of the expansion, the original explosion is still distributing these elements… If you accept the theory of the expanding universe you accept that it is an ocean of galaxies with solar and planetary systems similar to our own. By the laws of probability there must be billions of planets in the universe supporting life, and within our own galaxy thousands supporting life more advanced than on Earth.'
Earth is a young a planet with its Sun a young mother. We may hazard a guess that other planets in this solar system are unlikely to support life except in possibly rudimentary cellular form and are no more than uninhabited and hostile islands. But imagine a galactic solar system somewhere in space with conditions similar to Earth except that its Sun is in the autumn of its life. Provided its inhabitants have survived wars and the alien invasion, it is impossible to imagine what super technology and cultured advancement they have reached…
A Prediction
Janus predicted correctly that 'perhaps in twenty years time manned rockets will be commonplace and that the Earth will be girdled by satellites of all sorts and sizes,' and that there would be 'great strides in the miniaturization of all our present technology, advances in navigational guidance and communication over vast distances.
Why then were aliens coming here? 'The answer is that this is only a thin trickle in the vast highways of the universe,' explained Janus. 'The Earth after all is a galactic backwater inhabited by only half civilized men, dangerous even to their neighbors.'
Most of these vehicles are robot controlled space probes monitoring what is going on. Some are manned in order to oversee the whole program and to ensure their probes do not land or crash by accident. They must also ensure that evidence of their existence is kept away from the vast majority of Earth's population.
You must be well aware of the damage which your own explorers have done by appearing and living among simple tribes, often leading to a complete disintegration of their society and culture. Such impact is far too indigestible and only the most developed societies can cope with such contact. The basic principle of responsible space exploration is that you do not interfere with the natural development and order of life in the universe anymore than you should upset or destroy an ant heap or bee-hive. You will have to grow a lot of older and learn how to behave on your own planet, if indeed you do not blow your selves up between times, before you are ready for galactic travel.
The Observers
'Since time immemorial,' Janus continued, 'there have been tales of vessels coming out of the sky bringing strange visitors.' Observers do come among you and make contact on a very selective basis where they judge that such contact could not harm either party.'
These observers have studied earth for a long time. With advanced medical science may have been fitted with the right sort of internal equipment to allow their bodies to operate normally until they leave. It is not very difficult to obtain the right sort of clothes and means to move around quite freely. The observers are not interested in interfering in your affairs, but once you are ready to escape from your own solar system it is of paramount importance that you have learned your responsibilities for the preservation of life everywhere. While you are still far away from traveling in deep space, such contacts will be infrequent and must be conducted with great secrecy.
The observers have very highly developed mental powers, including extra- sensory, thought reading, hypnosis and the ability to use different dimensions. and rely solely on their special powers to look after themselves. They make contact only with selected people where secrecy can be maintained. In the loosely-knit societies of the Western world, particularly in England and America, it is fairly easy with the help of friends to do this but not in police and dictators states.
Editor's Note: I met Prince Phillip and told him about my sighting of a huge UFO over England. He indicated he believed in UFOs because his uncle Earl Mountbatten had seen them up close and he believed his uncle..
The discourse ended. Sir Peter bade Mr. Janus farewell, saying that he would give consideration to the request to meet Prince Phillip. Thanks to Timothy Good, "Alien Base Earths Encounters With Extraterrestrials" Pp.25-26, 212-213. Thanks to http//: www.space.com
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- Jim Rosebrock
- I am a lifelong student of military history with particular interest in the Battle of Antietam. I work for the federal government in Washington DC and have two teenagers who I love very much. I currently volunteer at the battlefield and devote much time to the study of this battle and the Maryland Campaign. I enjoy collecting notable contemporary quotations by and about the men of Antietam. These words often add a degree of color and character not found elsewhere in their stories. A feature of this blog is the presentation of some of these quotes. My perspective comes from a 28 year career in the U.S. Army. Travels took me to World War II battlefields in Europe and the Pacific where American valor ended the tyranny of Nazism and Empire. But our country faced its own greatest challenge 80 years earlier during the Civil War. And it was the critical late summer of 1862, when Robert E. Lee launched the Maryland Campaign that fortune could have gone either way. It is an incredible story of drama, carnage, bravery, and missed opportunities that culminated around the fields and woodlots of peaceful Sharpsburg MD. So join me as I make this journey South from the North Woods.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2010 Living History Schedule at Antietam National Battlefield
Here is the link to all the living history events, hikes and other activities at Antietam National Battlefield this year. I will soon be posting photographs of this years Irish Brigade hike which occured this past Sunday. Come out to the park this year and enjoy the beauty and history of Antietam.
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The Friendship Circle of Miami Beach and North-Dade has been working to integrate special-needs youngsters into the local Jewish community. The organization, launched in 2009, now serves approximately 75 children and 130 teenagers. The organization pairs teenage volunteers with children and young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. The arrangement is mutually beneficial. The volunteers gain an experience that expands their horizons. The special-needs children have an opportunity to integrate into the mainstream community in a positive atmosphere of acceptance and understanding.
Children with special needs often lack the gift of friendship. By pairing them with typical teens, the youngsters have access to friends, a place in the community, and a chance to simply hang out. The organization can provide a powerful positive impact in a way that therapists, parents and schools may be unable to deliver.
Zack, who has Asperger Syndrome, recently celebrated his bar mitzvah with a small party for family and friends. Rabbi Mendy taught him to read from the Torah. At the event, his mother noted that almost all attendees were family friends, community members, and Zack's buddies from Friendship Circle. Noticeably absent were other children his age. She said, "Zack's only friends here today are his teenage buddies from Friendship Circle. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have any friends his own age."
David, an 8-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, recently attended a Friendship Circle event. As he entered he told his Dad, "I love coming to the FC programs 'cause everyone loves each other."
"As several special-needs mothers and fathers have told us, once your child gets the diagnosis of developmental disability, first you're overwhelmed and then you don't know where to turn," said Friendship Circles director Rabbi Mendy Dechter.
"Moms, dads, siblings, and grandparents may all be affected. Friendship Circle programs allow us to ease some of their burden with meaningful programs, time out for parents, siblings and others. Getting to know other special-needs families, as well as the families of our teen volunteers, provides support these families may not be able to find elsewhere."
For more information and to volunteer or contribute, contact Rabbi Mendy at 305-330-5653 or 305-735-9686.Shelley Benveniste
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Death Angel -- Tampa, FL -- November 3rd, 2011
Headlining off-date by Death Angel last night at the Brass Mug in Tampa. Turn out was shit :(, but other than that great show. Setlist is definitely out of order, but all of the songs should be there...
01. I Chose The Sky
02. Relentless Revolution
03. 3rd Floor
04. Claws In So Deep
05. Dethroned
06. Evil Priest
07. Buried Alive
08. This Hate
09. Mistress Of Pain
10. Truce
11. Seemingly Endless Time
12. The Ultra-Violence / Thrown To The Wolves
13. Lord Of Hate
14. Bored
15. River Of Rapture
16. Kill As One
If I had the means and the time I would have been there!
Sucks that the turn-out was shit. Death Angel are quite underrated I believe:(
They were brilliant when I saw them in Orlando and I definitely would have made this if I wasn't fucking skint now :mad:
very underrated. and i couldnt believe how good the new album was when i first heard it. never lost a step.
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Death when it comes will have no denial.[/QUOTE]
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U.S. Targets Sadr's Militia
Posted on Jan 23, 2007
The U.S. military says a series of 52 operations over 45 days led to the capture of some 600 militants and 16 leaders of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. With some estimates placing the size of the Shiite militia at 60,000, that leaves only 59,384 to go.
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By mideast vet, January 24, 2007 at 6:34 am Link to this comment
Gee, Frank, do you think that they got the right 600 leaders, organizers? etc. I highly doubt that they got all these guys in specific targeted operations instead of actually just going into a neighborhood and rounding every military age male up. These numbers thrown at the media are eerily reminiscent of the early days of the war when Then 4th ID General Odierno was bragging about rounding up a hundred suspects here or there. Isn't it funny that he is not the assistant MNF commander in Iraq? I also highly doubt that they suddenly rounded up 33 insurgent cell leaders in the last forty0five days. Intelligence is a two way street and I remember signficantly rounding up so-called "insurgent leaders" when they turned out to be nothing more than victims of jealosy or a vendetta.
By Rodney Matthews, January 23, 2007 at 1:50 pm Link to this comment
For everyone that we kill, there is another one we need to kill. As much as Bush would like to, we can't kill every middle eastern man that doesn't agree with with us or our policies. If our oil wasn't under there sand we wouldn't be there in the first place. WE're not in Rawanda,Solmolia,Sudan, or any other country with civil war or a brutal dictator. Bush is a failure,his presidency is a failure,his legacy will be a failure. The day he and Cheney leave office will be a day of celebration not only for our nation, but the entire world as his policies has made the security of the entire world unstable. The only thing that Americans can take any comfort in is that we have a Democratic congress,he and Cheney only have two years left in office, and the American people finally realized what a farce and a sham this lying and lame duck egotistical maniac has been.
By jon eden, January 23, 2007 at 1:00 pm Link to this comment
response to Comment #49155 by Frank
We get rid of the Shiite power base and then….I hear the lunatics in Washington once again are dreaming of Chalabi after they finish undermining Maliki…..We are not going to mitigate a bloodbath in Iraq, borrowing a word from our pseudo Sec of State, we are going to augment the bloodbath. We continue to drive this disaster to ever greater heights, and we haven't even played our Iran card yet…....Surely there must be some adults in Congress who are willing take a walk down Pennsylvania Ave and have a little heart attack talk with Mr. Bush the gist of which is: either knock it off or you and your buddy Dick are going to be out of here and it going to be quick.
By John in Bear, January 23, 2007 at 12:09 pm Link to this comment
Pick an analogy. Sadr City is about to become the next Falujah or Sadr City is about to be purged like the Warsaw Ghetto in WWII. Either way the "surge" will be a brutal, needless disaster. These pretextual captures are just a warm-up PR stunt. Our Congress needs to get motivated and start the impeachment process while we still have a Nation.
By John Earl, January 23, 2007 at 11:32 am Link to this comment
Was it 60% or 70% of polled Iraqis that wouldn't have minded if US soldiers took a bullet or were bombed?
Let's see—there're about seven million people in Baghdad…
By jon eden, January 23, 2007 at 11:09 am Link to this comment
Attacking the largest and most popular branch of the Iraq's majority Shiite sect would not seem to be an exit strategy.
Jon Eden
By Quy Tran, January 23, 2007 at 10:56 am Link to this comment
Are they real SADR's Militia or innocent people ?
By Steve Hammons, January 23, 2007 at 9:38 am Link to this comment
At this point in the Iraq War, it is questionable if any tactics can help, as many experts have said.
However, positive psychological operations (PSYOP) that have intelligent cultural components might have some good impact (if the job is not outsourced to incompetent political contributors to the administration).
Along these lines, the article below might shed some light on these kinds of ideas:
Modern consciousness research, World War II lessons combine to win hearts and minds, war and peace
Steve Hammons
By Frank, January 23, 2007 at 6:12 am Link to this comment
"With some estimates placing the total size of the Shiite militia at 60,000, that only leaves 59,384 to go."
Spoken like a military neophyte. The US and Iraqis don't need to kill or capture the whole militia to achieve their goal. They only need to go after the small fraction who are the brains and leadership of the force. That forces the remaining leadership to reconsider their position in the interest of self preservation.
This operation apparently has already yielded significant results by pressuring Sadr back into participation with the Iraqi government, as he announced an end to his boycott this week.
Sadr knows if the majority of the skilled leaders, propagandists, and bombmakers are eliminated, the remainder of the force will likely fracture and become ineffectual, or disintegrate altogether and he will lose his power base. This is not simply theory, it has been the reality of warfare for thousands of years.
By Att. Alfonso Alvarez Rodriguez, January 23, 2007 at 4:28 am Link to this comment
Still we can capture all terrorist. This war is lost. One person is responsible, and only one: President Bush! We're over 3,000 deaths. How many more does he wants. Bush also wants to take Iran, Siria, North Korea. He has gone mad!! I like to see him on the front line. I was back in 1964, in Vietnam. There are two things I cannot forget:Seeing my brothers butchered and our welcome parades!!


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Food Sensitivities and My Pregnancy
If you don't know me personally, you probably don't know I'm pregnant. In fact…I'm so pregnant I could have this little baby any day now. GULP!
My pregnancy has been pretty easy, I actually think I've been very lucky. No morning sickness and little weight gain. However, one of the adjustments that I have had to make (and had previously decided I wanted to) has been my diet. Before I was pregnant I had an alternative diet because of my food sensitivities. I knew that during pregnancy I wanted to make extra sure I was giving both myself and my baby all the nutrients we need. Luckily for me, my body seemed to just allow me foods that it previously punished me for even considering!
Pre-pregnancy diet:
- Preservative and hormone free beef about once a month
- Fish a few times a week (mostly salmon and tuna)
- Eggs
- Lots of nuts and vegetables
- No dairy, gluten or sugar
Pregnancy diet:
- Preservative and hormone free beef and pork at least twice a week
- No fish or eggs
- Lots of nuts and vegetables, but fruit has become so much more important!
- All the dairy, gluten and sugar I can handle, which is significantly more than before
The reason I can eat the foods listed in my Pregnancy Diet, and why they're quite a bit different that what I was eating pre-pregnancy, is because this is what my body has been asking for. I made an informed decision to try introducing foods into my diet during my pregnancy that would normally upset my body because I knew those foods would be a benefit to my growing baby. I never dreamed my body would be accepting of them; I got the exact opposite reaction I was ready for. I started craving from very early on foods like beef, yogurt, and cheese. When I brought this up with my Naturopathic Doctor she suggested that our bodies have a way of knowing what they are lacking and create cravings based on that. When I gave into these cravings I noticed my body was completely accepting of them. I have been free to eat any food I choose for the past 8 1/2 months! This has been totally shocking to me because I have based my diet around my food sensitivities for almost 10 years now.
I've found my pregnancy to be a journey of food discovery. I feel like it's given me a second chance to decide which foods I actually like, and which ones I can live without. Even though my body can tolerate cheese right now, it's not a food that I need (unlike yogurt, which I'm having a love affair with). I've heard that during pregnancy women's tastes can change and adapt due to hormone changes and that after the baby is born they can completely change again. I wonder if this change in food tolerance my body has granted me is here only until the baby is? Let me know if you've had a similar food sensitivity experience during your pregnancy, I would love to compare notes.
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I've never been pregnant but a good friend who has always been lactose intolerant found with her first pregnancy that she was craving dairy and her body was happy to accept it. She's been able to eat/drink dairy ever since!
Hi Melissa, thanks for the reply. I really hope that happens for me too!
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Thank you once again buddy! I'll get back to looking at this tomorrow, I'm afraid I have to go sleep as I have to wake up early tomorrow. Thanks very much for helping me out Your a really nice person to go all this way to help me out
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All Blog Posts Tagged 'conditioner' - Home Energy Pros 2016-12-03T17:39:47Z http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profiles/blog/feed?tag=conditioner&xn_auth=no Why should I have my ducts cleaned in Ottawa? tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2015-05-21:6069565:BlogPost:181674 2015-05-21T14:32:08.000Z Fresh Air Duct Cleaning http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/FreshAirDuctCleaning

Have you ever thought that your indoor air mightbe dirtier than the outdoor air? Your disposable filter can only remove a small portion of…

Have you ever thought that your indoor air mightbe dirtier than the outdoor air? Your disposable filter can only remove a small portion of the pollutants entering into your home; 90% of those pollutants pass through your filter and are deposited onto the sides of your ducts and pushed into the air of your home. These pollutants can include dirt, dust, dander, spores, and many other harmful pollutants.

We clean our homes regularly so the surfaces that we can see are taken care of but what about the inside of our ducts? Your ducts can be cleaned by professionals with the proper equipment, creating a healthier home for you and family. Having pollutants build up in your ductscan cause mold and bacteria to grow as that environment is precisely where they can thrive, take care of your home and your health and have your ducts cleaned.

How does a dirty duct system encourage mold growth?

Mold needs a stable environment to thrive, and with the dark and humid environment of your ducts, that is a pretty good place for mold to settle. Mold receives its food source from the dirt and the dust passing through your filter and lives in this environment.

So what is the problem? The problem is that the live mold releases spores which travel into the air of your home, which can result in allergic reactions or asthma attacks. Even if the mold is no longer living, it is still able to produce toxins which can aggravate and cause allergic reactions. If the mold is present for a longer amount of time, we know that this can lead to worse medical symptoms, such as severe allergic and asthmatic reactions.

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 Warnings About Portable Air Conditioners tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2013-07-02:6069565:BlogPost:123208 2013-07-02T19:20:53.000Z Perry Ning http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/PerryNing
Warnings About Portable Air Conditioners

Here are some warnings about portable air conditioners to help you to be aware of their low energy efficiency rating when purchasing a new air conditioner. If you already have a portable air conditioner or if a portable air conditioners your only option to get some cooling,…

Warnings About Portable Air Conditioners

Here are some warnings about portable air conditioners to help you to be aware of their low energy efficiency rating when purchasing a new air conditioner. If you already have a portable air conditioner or if a portable air conditioners your only option to get some cooling, these fair warnings may help you understand your air conditioner and make better use of it. We will look in details why portable air conditioners are taking more room, wasting more power, producing more noise, and costing more money.If you are in a hurry, just looked the colored text, bookmark this page, and come back later when you have time.

Warning about "Portable"

An major claim of portable air conditioners is that they do not need installation and they are portable. On the internet or in the showrooms, we see portable air conditioners neatly displayed without a hose most of the time. In reality all air conditioners need to pass heat to the outside. Central air conditioners and window air conditioners use Freon to carry the heat to the outdoor coils. Fans are used to drive air to cool the outdoor coils.

A portable A/C brings the outdoor coil inside the room but still need to cool the coil. The coil passes the heat to air then the hot air has to be sent out the house. These pictures show portable A/C in actual use. They are less prettier than the units themselves – everyone has at least one bulky hose connected to the outside. Tip: The longer the total hosing the more power will be wasted to drive air through the hose.

Portable air conditioners need venting kits installed almost the same way as window air conditioners. It is true that the venting kit is much smaller than a window unit. However, you may run into the same installation problems as installing window air conditioners. Do you like the installations in the pictures? Think what the installation will look like in your house when deciding the purchase.

Once installed like the above, "Portable" is questionable. To move the portable A/C to different rooms, we need the venting kit installed in every room or re-install the venting kit for every move. Small wheels may not move well on carpets. Will the move be practical for you? Will the move be easier than with a window air conditioner? Tip: A window air conditioner is more efficient and weigh less as you see below.

Warning on Lower Energy Efficiency

The cooling capacity of an A/C is defined by its BTU/h rating. The BTU/h number indicates the amount of heat the air conditioner can remove from a room each hour. A hot climate will need more heat to be removed from a room to feel cool. A cooler room will also need more heat to be removed for the deeper cooling.

Here are recommendations from HomeDepot.

We can see from these two tables, comparable portable units will cool less space than window units. Take the recommended 12,000 BTU units for example, a portable air conditioner is recommended for a 400 square feet roomwhere a window unit is recommended for a 550 square feet room. In other word, for the same sized room, we will need a higher BTU portable unit.

The power needed to run an A/C is tied to its EER (Energy Efficiency Rating). Also at HomeDepot, the highest EER of portable air conditioners is 9.5 like the Haier CPN14XH9. For this 14,000 BTU unit to work, 14,000 / 9.5 = 1,473 Watt of power will be consumed. All consumed power will become waste heat. 1,473 Watt will become 1,473 x 3.412 = 5,028 BTU (per hour) waste heat. Tip: For a 9.5 EER unit, the wasted heat is almost exactly 30% of the BTU number.

Here is a quote from ConsumerReports.org 2008 .

While portable A/Cs might be convenient, those we tested delivered only about half of their cooling capacity—that means they operated with an energy-efficiency ratio (EER) of about 5 or 6. Compare that with the minimum EER of just under 10 for the window air conditioners we've recently test (we tested window models with an EER as high as 12).

Central air units and window units have most of this power consumed outside the window and the waste heat is dissipated to the outside air. A portable A/C has all the power consumed inside the house. All consumed power turns to about 30% more heat that has to be removed from the room. This percentage will go higher for a lower EER unit or for a portable air conditioner whose EER has dropped because blocked air flow or dust on the coils.

Warning on exhausting cool air out of the room

Another hidden problem is inherent with single hose portable air conditioners. They suck air from the room and dump it outside. Besides cooling, a single hose portable A/C creates a vacuum for the room it is in. The vacuum may not be measurable if the room is not air-tight. The more air-tight the room is the higher the vacuum will be.

The vacuum enable air from elsewhere to leak into the room for the same amount as the exhausted air, as shown in this picture. If the air is leaked in from outside, it will be humid and hot. If the air is from other rooms of the house, outside hot air will leak into those rooms. So, we may get some cooling near the portable A/C but more heat and humidity will come to the house, as seen in this image.

The tricky thing is that it may take an hour or two to vacuum out the cool air from the surrounding rooms. In the first couple hours, we may feel pretty good about the A/C. We may never thought the other rooms are getting hotter because the use of a single hose air conditioner. That is why we put the word "Warnings" in the title of this article.

To be fair, due hose portable air conditioners do not have this problem. The trade-off is another hose. These hoses will be vibrating in use and could break easily. Any leak in these hoses or their connections will result in dumping room air outside in the same manner as a single hose portable A/C.

The more leaks, heat leaks or air leaks, to the room the more heat need to be removed from the room. Hence, the higher BTU rating is needed. To achieve the same amount of cooling, a single hose portable air conditioner needs a substantially higher BTU rating. The higher the BTU rating, the more power an air conditioner will consume. All the consumed power will turn into heat. That heat also needs to be exhausted through the hose for a portable air conditioner. More heat needs a bigger fan to drive more air out the hose. A bigger fan turns more power to waste heat inside the house.

Warning about condensate, noise, and space

As air is cooled, moisture in the air will condense to water. A portable air conditioner may fill its condensate tank quickly in a humid day. Watch out for condensate overflow or drips. Tip: When buying a portable A/C, check if it has the feature to evaporate the condensate with the exhaust air like shown in this image. In comparison, a window air conditioner is designed to have its condensate pan tilted down towards the outside. Any condensate will flow to the outside half of the air conditioner. The condensate evaporate into the hot outside air without being noticed most of the time.

The most noisy part of an A/C is the compressor. For central air unit, the compressor is in the outside unit. For window unit, the compressor is outside the window. For the portable air conditioner, the compressor is inside the room in the cooled area. The compressor is also bigger because of the higher BTU rating cited above. Any loose parts like the hoses could resonant and amplify the noise. Tip: A soft pad under the unit will reduce the noise.

A portable air conditioner need about 18 inches of space on each side for it to breath as shown in this image of an installation guide. Put your hand about that distance away from the unit, if you feel air flow though your hand, that place should be open for air flow. Any blockage of air flow to or from the unit will lower the EER and reduce the cooling. Do not put the unit too close to a wall, a sofa, or a bed. Make sure you have the space before you buy the unit.Tip: To achieve the full EER, a portable air conditioner need a lot more space than its physical dimensions.

Conclusion

BTU rating is the amount of heat an air conditioner can remove from a room. For a duel hose portable A/C, about 30% of that heat is the waste heat produced by the unit itself. For single hose portable air conditioner, about 50% of that heat is produced by the unit or sucked in by the unit from outside the house. In comparison, a window unit or a central air unit only has waste heat from the indoor fan for removal that could be less than 5%.

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