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Gooood Saturday morning. Balmy 39 degrees today.Posted Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 10:48 AM
The past three days have been too busy for me to blog. Besides taking care of business, I had to feed the fire and part of that was splitting more wood to feed that fire. A good ol' country health spa.
Although the goldfish pond has been frozen over a few days, the stream between the upper falls (filter) and second falls stayed open for the birds and some nocturnal animals to get their drink.
Strangely, the water going over each falls froze over with water running underneath, but the four foot section of stream never froze. I am supposing the rocks on both side and ground heat gave it the extra needed to stay open. Good thing since the extra water we put out there froze overwithin 30-45 minutes.
Hopefully, this is the coldest snap we will have this year. I like the short seasons we have to give us change, but I like winter to be the shortest.
Some people prefer the winter because of their favorite activities (skiing, ice fishing, skating). Some make some of their seasonal income from the snow season like renting snowmobiles, ski resorts, cutting firewood, and digging out driveways.
My apologies to those who do, but I compare the cold snowy climate like a city. They are fun places to visit, but I don't want to live there.
With all that said, I will probably start some of my cool weather greens this week. I have seen from the fall that they can handle some pretty chilly weather, so as long as I harden them off well and give a little protection, I should be harvesting in early March.
It will be a real treat to get my hands back in the dirt, well... potting soil. I know that might have some of you scratching their heads, but many gardeners develop this "thing" for dirt.
The artichoke must be doing well under the mounds of wood chips. They keep growing their tops out and I keep cutting them off, but this past week I let the freeze do it. Maybe that will get the point across that they need to do their growing underground or just chill out for another 6-8 weeks.
I compared notes with another grower at the last Weed'em and Reap meeting and they have had no luck growing this as an annual either. I planted them early this past spring (even had to cover them a few times, but they did not flower. Maybe our weather swings get them confused.
I read that the plant needs to chill, so they should be happy now. Hopefully it did not please them to death.
I also read that cutting them back will help them form more (smaller) flower heads. If that works, mine should have a record number, whatever that is.
Sitting here I looked over at the begonias I brought to the last meeting and need to propagate some more. Jere & Donna, I think it is a variegated Angel Wing Begonia, but I will put a picture up here in a separate post and see what people say. It flowers, but infrequently and they are not spectacular, but any are nice.
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What happened to the 39 degrees?
Now the "high" is lowered to 33? Darn, I was counting on wearing shorts today, while I chopped more wood.
Oh well, weather-persons should never get bored.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Jan 17, 2009, at 1:30 PM
Anyone know where the temperature is measured that shows in the top, right corner of this page?
My temperature measuring device must be broken up here on the hill, 'cause I have not seen mine go above 22 degrees all day.
Not complaining, it is better than the 0 I had the other morning, but.....
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Jan 17, 2009, at 3:19 PM
I don't know about the temp on the t-g site but I know for a fact it felt a lot colder than 35 today. The wind today felt like ice
-- Posted by Dianatn on Sat, Jan 17, 2009, at 4:42 PM
It was colder when I left the house (33 degrees), than it is now (39 degrees), from my thermometer readings. It sure was cold out this afternoon.
-- Posted by Sharon22 on Sat, Jan 17, 2009, at 11:52 PM
Six deer browsed our yard this morning and I feel bad that they could not get through the ice on our bathtub,water-garden at the base of one of our regular gardens. The only open water is up by the house and they did not come that close.
I probably need to put some electricity or solar down there so I can run a recirculating pump. Come to think of it, electricity is so expensive now, I better find another way.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sun, Jan 18, 2009, at 11:23 AM
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R.E.M. Debuts New Album Trailer For "Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage"
R.E.M. has it's greatest hits album coming out November 15th, what is to be their last album, and has just released a trailer for it.
The album is called Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage and you can view the trailer above.
It clocks in at just under 3 minutes. 3 minutes. 3 decades. Sound fair?-DocFB
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After 31 years together, R.E.M. has broken up. What do you do after a break up? Release a greatest hits package.
If that is really the official cover of the upcoming 2 cd greatest hits spanning 31 years, the fans really are getting screwed.
R.E.M. will release Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982 - 2011, on Warner Bros. Records on November 15th, 2011. The album is a 40-song career-spanning retrospective that collects, for the first time ever, songs from R.E.M.'s entire back catalog, including the pioneering American band's years on both the IRS label (1982 to 1987) and Warner Bros. Records (1988 to 2011).
For those that want to, you can pre-order the album HERE.
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+1 and well said.
Tea come from Camelia Sinesis and it does not recognize any border or country. It is human who make them different. When we drink tea from any region, we should enjoy them as tea processed and served in different styles
and enjoy its intrinsic value and quality without any regional inclination.
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Debates of June 17th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #118 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was salmon.
- An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
- Lung Association
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- La révolte des pêcheurs
- Child Soldiers
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An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
10:50 a.m.
Ed Broadbent Ottawa Centre, ON
And the Conservatives in Saskatchewan before that.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
10:50 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Ottawa Centre has reminded me of a graphic illustration. Seven years of Grant Devine's Conservative government almost ruined that province. Eight years of Allan Blakeney budgets were all balanced. Eight years of Roy Romanow budgets were all balanced. Now the current premier has actually turned that province with balanced budgets into a have province instead of a have not province. That is a good track record.
I do not say that to be smart or critical of my colleagues in the Conservative Party, but let us be historically accurate when we make these kinds of claims. It is not fair to do it at midnight when I am not here to defend my party.
I am proud today that with 19 members of Parliament, I believe we have made a difference. I compliment my colleagues from the ruling party, the Liberal Party, for listening to our legitimate concerns and the legitimate concerns of Canadians and accommodating through consultation some of those spending measures.
It should be noted as well that there was another inaccuracy that I want to correct. Some people said that the NDP came in and negotiated an end to the tax cuts that were in the original budget. That is not accurate. We negotiated an end to the corporate tax cuts. Small business and medium size business will still get the original tax cuts that were contemplated in the original budget.
We believed that because there had been four successive cuts in a row to the corporate tax rate, it was time to balance things out a little bit and spend a little bit of our taxpayers' dollars on taxpayers. Not all money has to be shovelled dutifully to Bay Street. It is not written or carved in stone anywhere on the threshold of this place. Sometimes we are allowed to spend some of our surplus tax dollars on the needs of individual taxpayers. What is wrong with that concept?
I cannot understand the party that used to call itself the great grassroots party not standing up for the interests of grassroots Canadians who would enjoy a little bit of relief in terms of tuition for their children going to university, and who would thank the House of Commons.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
11 a.m.
Ken Epp Edmonton—Sherwood Park, AB
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, before we go to question period, I want to make a point to all of my colleagues.
BlackBerries have to be switched off on airplanes because their transmission interferes with the electronics of an airplane. The same thing is true here. If the BlackBerries are active when they are next to the microphones, the microphones pick it up. It is most annoying and it is broadcast right across the country.
I wish members would turn the things to "no transmit" when they are here, just as they do when they are on airplanes.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
11 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
I thank the member for his electronic expertise. Members can take that advice, as they will, please.
Lung Association
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Peter Adams Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Lung Association has been helping Ontarians for more than 100 years. The Peterborough branch has worked in our community for many years.
In the early days, the Lung Association successfully fought TB. In recent years it has been at the forefront of the fight against tobacco smoking in public and in private.
The association's "Lungs are for Life" school program directly addresses young people at a time when they are most vulnerable to tobacco addiction and at a time when lifestyles tend to be set.
Although great progress has been made against public smoking, there is still a great deal to do. One in five Canadians still smoke, 18% of young people still smoke and 12,000 people a year die from tobacco use in Ontario alone.
I commend Health Canada for its support of the Lung Association's fine work and I urge that it continue. I thank all those in the Peterborough Lung Association for their fine, dedicated work. I urge members to visit www.yourhealthyhome.ca.
National Defence
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Rob Moore Fundy, NB
Mr. Speaker, in the 1950s and 1960s the Department of National Defence sprayed agent orange, agent purple and other highly toxic chemical herbicides at Base Gagetown in New Brunswick. The health and well-being of many were put at risk because of the use of this poison. Civilian and military personnel, their dependants and the public in general who were living near the base were told there was no danger. It was obvious they were misled.
The Government of Canada has known the consequences of this spraying for many years now and since then has continued to dither, hide evidence and deny any responsibility for its actions. The Minister of Veterans Affairs has suggested in the House that she is eager to help. However, with 20 files on her desk seeking compensation without any resolution, I suggest her definition of eager is somewhat similar to the actions the government displayed on the issue of hepatitis C.
The government was quick to come up with a $4.5 billion ad hoc budget scribbled on the back of a napkin in a hotel room in Toronto to serve its own political agenda, but when it comes to helping ordinary Canadians, it has failed to act.
Science Fair
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Anthony Rota Nipissing—Timiskaming, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this occasion to congratulate a 14 year-old student from my riding, Alexandre Harvey, who recently won the gold medal at the Canada-wide science fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Alexandre attends École secondaire Sainte Marie in New Liskeard. His project, aptly titled "Ça cliques-tu?" measured the effect of the sound of a metronome on students writing mathematics tests or spelling dictation.
By comparing marks, Alexandre was able to determine that students who wrote tests to the sound of a metronome got 25% better marks.
Alexandre's goal was to find a way to help students get better marks, regardless of their work methods.
Alexandre is obviously a young scientist who bears watching in future, judging by these excellent results.
Congratulations, Alexandre, we are very proud of you.
La révolte des pêcheurs
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Raynald Blais Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC
Mr. Speaker, on May 1 in Rivière-au-Renard, I had the pleasure of attending a dramatic reading of the Maurice Joncas play La révolte des pêcheurs , directed by Francine Guimond.
This play based on historical facts re-enacts the terrible experiences of a group of fishermen in the Rivière-au-Renard area of Gaspé in 1909. They had had enough of being exploited by the Jersey merchants, and rose up in revolt.
The Liberal MP of the day panicked and sent two Canadian navy frigates as scare tactics. Soldiers came ashore at Pointe-à-la-Renommée in the dark of night and searched homes at gunpoint. They tracked people into the woods and arrested a number of them.
William Savage, Édouard Riffoux, Jos Tapp, Urbain Chrétien, Aurèle Élément and many others have gone down in history as the ones who organized this uprising.
I salute the courage and tenacity of these fishermen who stood up to the injustice and exploitation to which they were being subjected. Yet all they wanted was a modicum of freedom and respect.
Child Soldiers
Statements By Members
June 17th, 2005 / 11:05 a.m.
Russ Powers Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of rising in the House today to discuss the efforts of a number of students in my riding to make the world a safer place for children.
Bryan Vanderkruk, Allison Klimeck-Stark and Brad Fonseca of the Hamilton District Christian High School have formed the Making A Difference Political Involvement Group. Working in collaboration with like-minded students from Hamilton's Westmount Secondary School and the St. Thomas Moore Catholic Secondary School, the students are trying to stop the use of child soldiers in armed conflict.
The students would like to see Canada play a leading role in bringing attention to this horrible tragedy that affects an estimated 300,000 children worldwide. I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting the efforts of these students to see that the practice of using child soldiers will not be tolerated.
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Gordon O'Connor Carleton—Lanark, ON
Mr. Speaker, today there are at least four million Canadians over the age of 65 and the number continues to grow. In my riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills, about 4,000 residents are seniors.
Those over the age of 65 are becoming a dominant segment of our society. Currently one in eight in our population is a senior. As the baby boomers become seniors, those over 65 will become one in four in our population. I support strong and focused policies for seniors in the areas of health care, tax relief and benefits to help improve the quality of life for seniors.
Every year in June, Seniors Month is celebrated across Ontario. Seniors Month is an excellent opportunity to pay tribute to all seniors. They are the ones who built our society and it is only fitting that their contributions to our way of life be acknowledged.
I extend my best wishes for health and happiness to all senior citizens in Carleton—Mississippi Mills.
U.S. Open Golf Tournament
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Lloyd St. Amand Brant, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate David Hearn, a 25-year-old resident of Brantford, Ontario. David is an exceptionally skilled golfer and this week he is competing for the first time in arguably the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the U.S. Open being held at Pinehurst, North Carolina.
After a very successful career as a junior golfer, David attended the University of Wyoming on a scholarship and continued to achieve at a very high level.
Indeed, David has been tremendously successful at all levels, including the time he spent on the Canadian Tour, the Nationwide Tour and now as a member of the PGA Tour. It is not an exaggeration to say that the PGA Tour consists of the world's finest golfers and David Hearn certainly deserves to be ranked in that category.
Most important, David is a true gentleman, both on and off the golf course. He is a credit to his parents, to his community and to our country. He is a rising star in the PGA Tour and his name will be recognized by all golf fans in the very near future.
I congratulate David for all he has accomplished.
Satellite Radio
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Maka Kotto Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the CRTC gave the green light to satellite radio, by granting its first two licences. The decision will perhaps appear in the coming years as one of the most important and reckless ever taken by the CRTC.
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage noted a good two years ago that the Canadian government was inadequately protecting Canada and Quebec's cultural sovereignty and now the CRTC is doing the same thing by imposing very few restrictions.
The Minister of Canadian Heritage has to wake up. Since the Broadcasting Act will have to be amended in order to put the decision into effect, why not take the opportunity to implement the recommendations of the standing committee to strengthen cultural sovereignty?
Although we remain certain that sovereignty for Quebec is the best way to protect Quebec culture and to foster its development, we can assure the minister that we will support any initiative in this regard.
Albert and Jeannette Lord
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Jean-Claude D'Amours Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, June 18, I will be attending celebrations marking the 70th wedding anniversary of Jeannette and Albert Lord. They will be celebrating 70 wonderful years together.
It is not every day that a couple celebrates such an event and such an anniversary. This is why I want to express my own congratulations and those of the people of Madawaska—Restigouche to Mr. and Mrs. Lord.
They are a remarkable couple, who invested time and energy in their family. They had 11 children, who produced 25 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
In closing, I reiterate my congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Lord on their 70th wedding anniversary. I wish them many more wonderful years together.
Health Care
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Bev Oda Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, ON
Mr. Speaker, in my riding of Durham, Lakeridge Health is a multi-site organization with four hospitals facing critical challenges that began when its funding no longer met its needs as a consequence of the government's $25 billion cut in health care spending.
Programs delivered at the smaller rural hospital in Port Perry to serve Scugog Township are now under threat.
The government has promised a health care fix for a generation. The government seems to think that wait times is the only crisis facing our health care system. In the meantime, the special needs of multi-site and rural hospitals such as Port Perry are being challenged.
It is critical to meet this special need and not forget rural Canada and the health care funding crisis it faces.
I ask the government to address this funding issue with recognition that we may lose the most basic of health care services in our rural small towns and communities.
NATO Military Committee
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Keith Martin Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, this week General Ray Henault assumed his duties as chairman of the NATO Military Committee, becoming NATO's highest ranking military officer. This is only the second time a Canadian has been selected for this position.
General Henault will bring the same attributes of professionalism, commitment and dedication to the chairman's position that he so clearly demonstrated in his three years as chief of the Canadian Forces. Indeed, his qualities of honour, dignity and courage are representative throughout the members of our armed forces.
His election clearly demonstrates Canada's commitment to and leadership in the world's premier security organization and places a Canadian at the most senior level of the alliance's strategic leadership.
In his role, he will chair the senior military committee, offer his advice to the secretary general and will, with NATO strategic commanders and representatives of other NATO nations, conduct operations and shape the alliance of the future.
General Henault's service will bring a Canadian's perspective to NATO transformation. The whole House wishes him well, and Godspeed.


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Saturday, October 6 marked Ecological Debt Day - the day when humanity has consumed all the resources the planet will produce this year.
Ecological Debt Day highlights the fact that humanity is living off its ecological credit card. Just as spending more money than you have in the bank leads to financial debt, ecological overshoot, or using more resources than the planet can renew in a year, accumulates an ecological debt. This can go on for a short time, but ultimately it leads to a build up of waste and the depletion of the very resources on which the human economy depends.
One of the most significant consequences of our global overshoot is climate change, but collapsing fisheries, deforestation, and topsoil loss around the world are also signs of our mounting ecological debt.
As ending overshoot is at the core of our mission, Global Footprint Network coordinated an international media campaign with our partner network to spread the message of overshoot and Ecological Debt Day. Our partners' efforts have been outstanding - the story was released in at least ten languages, with coverage in Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, South Africa, the UK, the US, and the United Arab Emirates.
This campaign around Ecological Debt Day opens doors for a more extended conversation about humanity's overshoot. One exciting project emerging out of this campaign is an Ecological Debt Day video contest. Global Footprint Network, together with partners Planet2025 Network and EPA Victoria, will be hosting the contest through Planet2025 TV. The contest will run from now until the end of the year and asks the public to submit 2-3 minutes videos addressing the questions: What is overshoot, and why does it matter? We're looking forward to tapping into the public's creativity in addressing this question and encourage all amateur and professional video makers to submit your ideas!
Our hope with this campaign and video contest is to spark a creative dialogue about ecological overshoot and how to end it. With international commitment to end overshoot, Ecological Debt Day can become history instead of news.
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The challenge with using those diagrams is that they don't really accurately reflect the thermodynamics. The air is obviously a continuum of temperatures, not quantum levels, and also the oven should be full of convection currents stirring the air, not to mention what happens when you move wood around or put a pizza in and out.I don't disagree that a lower door might be important, but you would have to look at a lot more variables to scientifically come to that conclusion. Maybe I will publish a paper in Pizza Science Magazine if I can get the Reep door to work.
Now, a high door, like a high ceiling, can definitely be worked around. If you throw enough wood at it, it will get plenty hot.
Have you ever cooked pizza in your oven without live fire Craig? I understand the reasoning, and it is sound, but doesn't match what I have experienced in multiple ovens, I know we touched on this from a different angle in another thread. Radiation off of the bricks doesn't have the power to cook the top of a pizza at neapolitan bake times, it's all about the convection. Change the dynamics of the door and you change that convection.Regardless of all the technical and theoretical stuff, the 950B works, and cooks a great Neapolitan pie from everything we have seen. Added to that Antoine has offered a great solution for the case where the door height is an issue. I think we are really talking about a moot point.
I didn't read the whole thread, but Scott's diagrams are not correct. There is no inversion layer trapping superheated air against the dome, the convection is visible in the oven in use and it sweeps the dome. Any superheated air is below that in the center of the dome where a rolling cloud of smoke is visible if enough logs are added to create smoke.
I'm still unclear how a couple extra inches of hot air at the ceiling is going to make a meaningful difference?The temperature of the dome itself and the height of the dome are what really matter, right? The power radiated from the dome is a 4th order function of the temperature of the dome - for example, a 1200F dome would theoretically radiate more than 2X as much power as a 900F dome. Likewise, increasing the dome height decreases the view factor thus reducing the radiated power that strikes the pie. Compounding this, a high dome is harder to heat for the same reason. What role does the extra hot air play?
The extra hot air makes for a hotter dome. It's kind of like when you pre-heat a home oven using the bake function and then turn the broiler on. The convective air rising from the bake element below pre-heats the ceiling of the oven, so that when you turn the broiler on, the top of the oven AND the broiler are radiating heat down. Just like the active fire/red hot coals in a WFO are doing the lions share of the IR, the broiler element is doing the bulk of the work, but the air heated ceiling plays a part. In a WFO, where the ceiling has significant thermal mass, this role is even greater.In a perfectly cylindrical 42" oven, a 2" lower door translates into 264 square inches of additional brick surface area contacting the hot air and 2772 cubic inches (19 cubic feet) of additional hot air volume. That triples the volume of the 1" head space created by the original door. And that's with a perfect cylinder. With a rounded dome, that 1" of head space with the original door could be 1/5 to 1/6 of the head space with the 2" lower door. 5 times more volume translates into 5 times the space for superheated air.
If that is true, and the primary factor, then should it take 5-6x as long for an FGM oven to heat up, and 5-6x the amount of fuel to keep it hot? This isn't the case according to those who have used both door heights. I think there are many more factors involved than just the hot air trapped above the door.
Also, remember that you can only count the dome space in the vicinity of the door, not the back of the oven.
Tom, the exhaust layer isn't trapping heat, it's the top of the dome that's trapping the heat as it rises. This really isn't all that complicated. Hot air rises. Cooler exhaust air sinks. The rolling layer of smoke we've all seen at the door level is cooler then the air above it.
In a perfectly cylindrical 42" oven, a 2" lower door translates into 264 square inches of additional brick surface area contacting the hot air
and 2772 cubic inches (19 cubic feet) of additional hot air volume. That triples the volume of the 1" head space created by the original door.
Fabricate an insert, and pre-heat the oven with and without it. If the insert doesn't trim off at least 1/4 of the pre-heat time (and use at least 1/4 less wood to reach the same temps), I'll eat my hat.
It will be a while, but I will have a way to test the oven under both conditions. I'll weigh out the same amount of wood, burn it under the same conditions and at the same time point after lighting I will take a temp measurement of the dome and floor and compare them. It will be a while though, so Scott better not salt his hat yet.
Remember the most important of the "same conditions" are the moisture content of the wood, the ambient air temperature, and the initial heat content of the oven which, of course, is at least partially a function of the ambient air temperature. If there has been a big swing in ambient temperature (particularly if there is also wind) before the test, the starting temperature of the oven might not be a reliable indicator of heat content. Small differences in moisture content of the wood will make a big difference in the test.
Yeah, I can use the same lot of wood, and in SoCal we have a lot of very mild days, so consistency isn't a problem. I can even take starting surface temperatures to make sure it's the same. I have a Ph.D. in science so I think I can eliminate most variables and get a good result. I will wait until the oven is well broken in too so we don't get any variation from that.Now, off to order my oven.
its about the different ovens and all the hoopla on heat loss, floor temp gases.... Boggles my mind you cant go wrong with either as I said before. Build 1 . go to italy for a month and train ? come back its done and have some fun !
The Bottom Pie was from the Four Grand Mere Party I did for RickM now a member here andcame over last night. You can confirm it in my FWF thread toward end before bacholorette party same pics are there
Triple sounds impressive, but consider the numbers. (N.B. 2,772 in3 = 1.6ft3)Lets say the superheated air is 1500F/1089K 2,772in3 = 0.0454m3At 1089K, the density of air is .3243kg/m3, so you have 0.0147kg of air in the extra 2At 1089K, the specific enthalpy of air is 1,149kJ/kg, so the energy of the extra 2 of air is 16.9kJ or 0.017MJThere is about 10.4MJ/kg recoverable energy in oak firewood, so the energy in the air in the extra 2 is about the equivalent of 0.0016kg or 0.06oz of oak.


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Bradbury and ECFriday, March 21st, 2008
As longtime readers of this blog know, I am a big fan of Brian Cronin's excellent Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed column. In last week's entry (#146 March 13), Cronin explored an urban legend involving Ray Bradbury, revealing a story I had never heard.
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Ray Bradbury had a rather interesting response to finding out his stories were being adapted into comic form without his permission.
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We tend to have pretty lofty ideas of famous personalities – there is an almost unspoken expectation that writers and actors are constantly "on," and that they are as clever in their personal lives as they are in their professional ones.
That is not often the case, but in the case of the legendary Ray Bradbury, his letter exchange with William Gaines certainly lives up to our expectations of the man.
The situation began in 1951, when William Gaines and Al Feldstein, in a rush to come up with an original story for one of their numerous magazines, decided to simply swipe a Ray Bradbury story.
The story, "A Strange Undertaking…," a swipe of Bradbury's "The Handler," appeared in Haunt of Fear #6.
Feldstein did a couple more swipes after that, but it was one he did in 1952's Weird Fantasy #13 that caught Ray Bradbury's eye (and, presumably, a bit of his ire).
The story, titled "Home To Stay!," was cobbled together between two Bradbury stories, "Kaleidoscope" and "The Rocket Man."
Now, some writers would react to their work being swiped by getting angry. Bradbury, however, decided to play it a different way, by sending the following brilliant letter to Gaines in 1952:
Just a note to remind you of an oversight. You have not as yet sent on the check for $50.00 to cover the use of secondary rights on my two stories THE ROCKET MAN and KALEIDOSCOPE…I feel this was probably overlooked in the general confusion of office work, and look forward to your payment in the near future.
Gaines was no fool – he quickly sent the money, along with a cordial response, and pretty soon, Bradbury was authorizing EC Comics to do OFFICIAL adaptations of his stories, and that became a draw for their science fiction titles, so long as they lasted.
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Adobe Captivate customers have always been very active on the forums. It has been a great place to interact with customers, resolve their issues and learn more from them. Recently our customer Paul Thrippleton raised a CPTX file size bloating issue in forums. Thanks Paul for raising the issue. We worked on it and have found out that the issue is seen because of the audio files (.wav and .mp3 files). Although we will be surely fixing it in the next release, the good news is we have an easy workaround to overcome the problem.
Let me first explain the problem:
One of the ways to insert audio file in Captivate, is to insert it on slide and using the "Audio Split Options" dialog, spread it across another slides.
Insert an audio file on slide or directly in library. Then duplicate the audio file in library
Insert an audio file on slide or directly in library. Then "Update" the audio file in library.
In above scenarios the file size of the CPTX file increases more than normal. This issue is not noticed if the audio files are smaller in file size because then the increase in CPTX file size too will be not so noticeable.
Note: This issue happens only if you have inserted audio in Captivate and performing any of the above scenarios without editing the audio file.
We have a simple workaround to the problem.
-Once the audio is inserted into the Captivate project, go to library.
– Right click the audio file and select "Edit with Captivate"
– Make a minute modification in audio file waveform. (Delete small portion of audio) and save the changes.
Now you can apply any of the scenarios mentioned above and they will work without increasing the CPTX file size.
- This issue is not noticeable when audio files are of smaller sizes.
- This issue affects only the CPTX file size and cannot affect SWF file size.
- Issue is seen only if you perform above scenarios using an unedited imported audio file.
- This issue is only in Captivate 5 and not in any other releases of Adobe Captivate.


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FAA Issues Approvals to Sandel Avionics' HeliTAWS
Sandel Avionics has received FAA approval for its first HeliTAWS Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type Certificates for Part 27 and Part 29 helicopters.
Photo, courtesy of Sandel Avionics.
The AML-STC allows for appropriate reuse compliance data across TC data sheets. Under the approval, Sandel's models can be used more progressively, by updating its AML listing, which can provide more standardized installation for approved models listed on the AML.
Eurocopter AS350 airframes are covered under Sandel's ST3400H Part 27 AML-STC, and Bell 412 airframes are covered under the ST3400H Part 29 AML-STC.
"Sandel is working aggressively to add additional airframes to each AML-STC," said Varun Malik, director of certification for Sandel. "It is a challenging and iterative process, but we were able satisfy all the stakeholders at FAA. The end goal of the AML STC is to have the product installed on many airframes using the data that was used for initial STC."
The approval was obtained in a timely manner, shortly following the FAA's recently issued mandate requiring all air medical helicopter operators to equip with helicopter terrain awareness avionics systems.
Sandel is looking at a number of airframes for its next round of GAP analysis for HeliTAWS, including Bell 212 and 206 variants, as well as the Eurocopter EC130 T2.


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Hikohadon wrote:OK, let's look at it this way:
Let's say the medical staff was fully aware that Harrison just plowed Colt in the head. What motivation did they have to not perform a proper concussion test?
And if they performed said test and found that he was OK, why would they cover up the fact that they gave the test?
And if they performed said test and found he was concussed, what motivation did they have to proclaim him fit to return (thus risking their very jobs)?
Was the game THAT important? Was Colt McCoy so integral to the team that they couldn't possibly win without him on the field?
There has to be a motive for these actions which the Browns are supposedly covering up. There has to be a believable alternative explanation in order for me to call them liars.
Try this. What if there was a LACK OF COMMUNICATION between the medical staff and the coaching staff?
That's not a reach. We're talking about a coach who handed the ball off to a 3rd string TE, lined up as a FB, on a crucial play and admitting in the pressor "Wuh I dunno how he got there."
The same Gomer who Walrus said in the last presser was in over his head, and was getting an OC next year.
We don't know if he knows the definition of concussion. Could he be part of the old guard who shoved players back on the field to play unless they had body parts missing? This focus on concussions is new, fairly recent.
He asked Colt if he was ready to play and Colt said YES. Maybe Colt doesn't understand the implications. Maybe he thought he was is the youth leagues again. "How's your hand?" "Fine, I'm ready to play." The staff might have benched him, and he wondered around looking for pearls in the pretty water until Gomer found him.
Who the hell knows. Somebody dropped the ball.


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10 Cars That Retain Their Value When You Sell in Five Years
While it's tough to think long term about an investment that depreciates in value as soon as it leaves the lot, it's not as if the value of that vehicle immediately falls off a cliff. Unless you decide to run it into the ground or buy a model not known for its longevity, there's still going to be some resale value down the road. The folks at auto pricing and valuation site Kelley Blue Book note that depreciation costs a car owner more than gas, maintenance or insurance during the first five years of new-car ownership.
Kelley Blue Book has been publishing its residual value guide since 1981 and knows a thing or two about resale value. That "blue book" value used-car buyers talk about when pricing a vehicle? Yep, same company that's been handing out their Best Resale Value Awards since 2003.
The 2013 model year has been extremely kind to Toyota
Though Honda
There are only a handful of cars that give owners a big portion of their investment back five years later. According to Kelley Blue Book, the following vehicles are a car buyer's best chance of getting half their money back or more once it's time to sell:


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The Associate Nursing Instructional Personnel (ANIP) works under the direction and supervision of the Nursing Faculty in assisting students in laboratory and/or clinical experiences to meet the specific nursing goals and learning outcomes. The ANIP, in collaboration with nursing faculty, is responsible for instruction and evaluation of student performance in laboratory and/or clinical settings. The role of the ANIP is to assist students in applying knowledge and skills to care for patients and clients. The ANIP is physically present and immediately accessible to students in the laboratory or clinical setting. The ratio of ANIP to student shall not be more than 1:10.
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In some areas, highway roadsides are really the only places left for species to live.DOT mowing regimen might benefit roadside pollinator populations is now underway.
An Iowa planner calls roadsides 'the last refuge, the last vestige of hope' for ground-nesting birds.have instead withdrawn more than 1.5 million acres since 2008 to plant wall-to-wall corn and try to cash in on the market for ethanol. That makes roadsides "the last refuge, the last vestige of hope" for ground-nesting birds like quail, pheasants, meadowlarks, and bobolinks, as well as for many butterflies and other insect species, says Rebecca Kauten, manager of the integrated roadside vegetation management program at the University of Northern Iowa.
A dozen European nations formed a coalition to develop ways to reduce road mortality of species.institutional resistance," he says. "The guy who runs the highway department wants to defend his fiefdom and keep his little army of mowers."
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ESCANABA – A 23-year-old Escanaba man was sentenced to up to five years in prison for his role in the assault and attempted robbery of a Bark River man last December. The sentence was handed down in Delta County Circuit Court Tuesday.
Scott Allen Wahl pleaded guilty to attempted larceny from a person and assault with a dangerous weapon, also known as felonious assault, in February.
The charges stem from a Dec 17, 2012, incident near P Road in Bayview Location, below the railroad bridge between Gladstone and Escanaba. According to Wahl's witness testimony in district court on Feb. 12, he and co-defendant Jeffery William Dickerson, 31, of Escanaba, assaulted a 41-year-old Bark River man who allegedly had illegal drugs.
Wahl, who has known Dickerson for about two years, testified he did not know the victim when the three went to the train bridge with the intention to "buy drugs, get drugs, or get rid of drugs."
According to Wahl, Dickerson hit the victim, then Wahl hit the victim twice with a broken glass bottle and held the victim down while Dickerson hit him again.
Wahl said he believed they were going to rob the victim. However, the two men panicked after seeing railroad workers in the area and fled the scene without taking anything from the victim.
Railroad workers notified police of a person bleeding from the head near the train bridge. The victim was located by a sheriff's deputy and transported to OSF St. Francis Hospital where he was treated for head injuries.
During sentencing Wahl apologized to his family and vowed to become a better person.
"I want you guys to know that I will come out to be a better person from this. I will take every class and whatever I can to come out better from this," he said.
Wahl was sentenced to a minimum of 18 months to a maximum of four years for the assault. He was credited for 105 days already served in jail.
In addition, Wahl was sentenced to a minimum of 18 months to five years in prison for attempted larceny from a person. He was credited with 105 days served. Both sentences will be served concurrently.
Wahl will not be eligible to be placed in a special alternative incarceration facility. He has been ordered not to contact Dickerson.
Wahl also will be responsible for paying fees totaling $266 and restitution in an amount yet to be determined. His attorney fees have been waived.
Dickerson has a pretrial conference in district court next week to decide on a date for plea or trial.


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Trail Transfer
While skiing can reduce injury risk and impart overall health benefits, can it improve running performance? 2011 USATF 50K National Trail-Running Champion and competitive cross-country ski racer, Stephanie Howe, 27, of Bend, Oregon, says yes. In working toward her PhD in exercise physiology at Oregon State University, Howe also has an academic interest in the relationship of strength training to performance in both skiing and running. "There is laboratory research that links improved performance to strength training," says Howe. "And [anecdotally] the strength I have gained from ski training has helped my running. I feel better on hills and generally stronger when racing."
Trail runners also need more balance and proprioception skills than road runners. Cross country and ski mountaineering require athletes to maintain balance on a single moving ski. In skating, one's weight is completely on one ski as the other advances forward. Ascending even moderate hills with good technique requires traditional cross-country and randonee skiers to push off one ski, committing all of the athlete's weight onto the other forward ski.
Most skier-trail runners are great downhill trail runners too. The dynamic balance gained from skiing improves your confidence and ability to complete quick side-to-side movements on technical terrain. To enhance my balance skills, I make a game of seeing how far I can ride one ski down a slight grade.
Mental Break
Skiing provides a mental break from running. You might find that closeting your trail shoes for a few months each year helps keep your love for the sport alive.
"When it is cold and snowy outside, it's easy to become unmotivated to run," says Howe. But skiing helps her maintain a fresh attitude and fresh physical state throughout the off season.
Even while running, she trains by "ski walking," an uphill workout in which the athlete mimics traditional cross-country technique by walking with a bouncy long stride. This offers Howe a mental break from running hill repeats, and serves her well in ultra racing.
"Using ski walking, I often pass other runners who are hiking uphill, even though we are expending about the same amount of energy," she says. In fact when Howe feels herself mentally or physically fatigued from too much running in the summer she will "take a few days and focus on `ski' training to let (herself) recover."
Nikki Kimball, MSPT, lives in Bozeman, Montana, and is a three-time USATF Ultra Runner of the Year. She has top-20 finishes at NCAA Division I national skiing championships.


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By Bob Gourley
We are now two days away from the 30 July Analyst Forum, an event we organized with our partners at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF).
Now that I have seen the most recent list of attendees coming to the forum I am more excited than ever. Although we have a a great agenda, the kind of people that will be in the room will turn a great agenda into an absolutely incredible event. I hope to see you there. If you have not registered yet this might be your last chance to do so.
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Here is a recap of the agenda:
Agenda at-a Glance
- 0700-0800 – Registration and Continental Breakfast, Hyatt Regency Reston, Grand Ballroom
- 0800-0810 – Welcome Remarks: Bob Gourley, Publisher of Analyst One and CTOvision.com, and Co-Founder and Partner of Cognitio; and Keith Masback, Chief Executive Officer, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
- 0810-0815 – Introduction of Keynote: Tom Lash, Strategy Development, Leidos
- 0815-0845 – Keynote: Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist of Context Computing,IBM
- 0845-0915 – Advanced Analytics: A conversation with Dr. Natasha Balac, Director of Predictive Analytics Center of Excellence at the San Diego Supercomputer Center
- 0915-0945 – Crisis Threat Analysis: Dr. Dave Warner, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Neuroscientist and the Director of Medical Intelligence at MindTel
- 0945-1030 – Morning Networking Break & Exhibits
- 1030-1100 – Keynote: Dr. David A. Bray, Chief Information Officer, FCC
- 1100-1145 – Cross-Sector Analytical Lessons Learned
- Moderator: Dr. Kirk Borne, Data Scientist and Professor, George Mason University
- Dr. Philip E. Bourne, Associate Director for Data Science, National Institutes of Health
- Dr. Robert Grossman, Director, Center for Data Intensive Science, University of Chicago
- Dr. John Harer, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Duke University
- 1145-1230 – Panel: Law Enforcement
- Moderator: Dr. Colleen "Kelly" McCue, Senior Director, Social Science & Quantitative Methods, DigitalGlobe Analytics
- David J. Roberts, Senior Program Manager, IACP Technology Center, International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Abe Usher, Chief Technology Officer, HumanGeo
- Bill Wall, Vice President, Praescient Analytics
- 1230-1330 – Lunch Reception & Exhibits, Hyatt Regency Reston Grand Ballroom
- 1330-1415 – Panel: The Education of the Analyst
- Carmen Medina, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting
- Ed Mornston, Director, Human Development Directorate, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Dr. William Nolte, Program Director, Intelligence Center of Academic Excellence, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
- 1415-1500 – Panel: The Analytics of Cyber Conflict
- Moderator: Matt Devost, President & CEO, FusionX
- Adam Elkus, Senior Analyst at Analyst One, Strategic Planner and Ph.D. Student, Computational Social Science, George Mason University
- Ned Moran, Professor, Analyst, Cyber Practitioner
- 1500-1530 – Afternoon Networking Break & Exhibits
- 1530-1615 – Panel: Lessons From and For the National Security Community
- Moderator: Dr. Erin M. Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Caerus Associates
- Dave Gauthier, Activity Based Intelligence Portfolio Lead, Analysis Directorate,NGA
- Bob Jimenez, Chief Technology Officer, NRO
- Jason Thomas, Manager of Innovation for the Government, Thomson Reuters
- 1615-1700 – Keynote: Scott Sorensen, Chief Technology Officer, Ancestry.com
- 1700-1900 – Networking Reception & Exhibits, Hyatt Regency Reston, Grand Ballroom
We could not do this without our sponsors. Thank you very much Leidos, BAE Systems, Carahsoft, Cloudera, Digital Reasoning, Digital Globe, IBM and ICG. We love you guys.
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Headphone use and pedestrian injury and death in the United States: 2004–2011
- 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Hospital for Children, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 2University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 3Office of Health Services, Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Correspondence to Dr Richard Lichenstein, Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research, University of Maryland Hospital for Children, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; rlichenstein{at}peds.umaryland.edu
Contributors All authors provided substantial contributions to the conception and design of this report, data collection, and interpretation. Each author contributed to the draft of the article and its multiple revisions to develop the intellectual content that constitutes the final version.
- Accepted 28 November 2011
- Published Online First 16 January 2012
Background The association between distraction caused by cell phone use while driving and driver/passenger fatalities has been documented, but the safety risks associated with headphone use by pedestrians remains unknown.
Objective To identify and describe pedestrian–vehicle crashes in which the pedestrian was using headphones.
Methods A retrospective case series was conducted by searching the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Google News Archives and Westlaw Campus Research databases for reports published between 2004 and 2011 of pedestrian injuries or fatalities from crashes involving trains or motor vehicles. Cases involving headphones were extracted and summarised. The likelihood of headphone involvement was graded on a three-tier scale based on the information found in the article or report.
Results There were 116 reports of death or injury of pedestrians wearing headphones. The majority of victims were male (68%) and under the age of 30 (67%). The majority of vehicles involved in the crashes were trains (55%), and 89% of cases occurred in urban counties. 74% of case reports stated that the victim was wearing headphones at the time of the crash. Many cases (29%) mentioned that a warning was sounded before the crash.
Conclusions The use of headphones with handheld devices may pose a safety risk to pedestrians, especially in environments with moving vehicles. Further research is needed to determine if and how headphone use compromises pedestrian safety.
- Distraction
- pedestrian safety
- traffic accident prevention
- adolescent
- ems
- violence
- pedestrian
- passenger
- adolescent
- pedestrian
- case study
- sensory impairment
Competing interests None.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.


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peeker643 wrote:I guess I am. But I'm not committed to anything other than the gun-toting part really.
What I am is a selfish prick. I don't give a fuck about much other than me and mine. My sense of global right and wrong is broken.
I'm fine with helping a fellow redneck out but not the same redneck 30 times. I'm not about a welfare state and repeated handouts and abuse of the system but I honestly don't care if Jack marries Jill or Jack marries Bill and it's okay with me if they adopt 'Lil Phil.
Not talking to you JB but everyone from Keith Olberman to Sara Palin thinks they're a centrist. I'm just tired of everybody shouting as loudly as they can and no one listening. That's why I've determined the whole fucking process is hopeless and therefore pointless.
I'm a disinterested dude that wants to hunt deer and rabbits and who will help you up once or twice til you start abusing my assistance.
Whatever that makes me is what I am.
If you recall some of my posts regarding politics, and I doubt you have, this pretty much sums up my entire stance on worldly things. However, I have much more Hatey McLife flowing through my veins. The backwards ass folks in the ME can dig their own holes and die in em. At some point, people being "oppressed" or those who don't have the means to have their voices heard are better served taking up a firearm. And if you think that view only applies to folks outside US borders, uh uh.
While we're on the subject of Democracy, who's to say Democracy is the cure over there? If you have large congregations of people who deny/hate/don't want to adopt western culture, by all means they can topple a theocratic government and put a system in place that makes voting FOR beating women and using draconian methods of punishment a completely acceptable practice. Its 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other all that changes is the method of delivery.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (584 votes).
In short: Fantastic race and nice weatherIn full: This is my second year and as usual brillantly organised from start to finish (this included getting in and out of the car parks). The weather was really good compared to last year.All being well I will make it round the whole course next year without crampDate of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Phew first ever half but a good run!In full: 1st time at a half marathon finished in 2hrs 10, would've broken 2 hrs but had an injury when training, well worth the trip and fantastic value, I will be back for a sub 2hr run!Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Disappointed with myself, but not the raceIn full: 8 minutes slower than last year because i didn't respect the course and prepare well enough. That said well done to the organisers it ran like clockwork and it is a great run. Weather soooo much better than last year!!Only small critisism is the carparking was much further away than last year and 20 minutes with a cramped foot was painfull...Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: where else can you run within such a famous track ?In full: fantastic organisation, brilliant marshalls (who knew what they were doing - how many times in the past have I asked marshalls at other events questions to which they reply "I don't know ask someone else !!!!!!!!!"A good medal , and the sheer thrill of finishing under the big bannerDate of review: March 10, 2008
In short: A great event.In full: A well organised event at a great venue. It's a shame that the number of runners seems to be falling.Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Great race at a great venueIn full: great to run in a traffic free zone, a little twisting in places but a great event at a great location, and I loved it. this is a potonital PB course depending on the weather as its a little exposed in places.Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Really enjoyed this half marathon, nice weather and well organisedDate of review: March 10, 2008
In short: As a first timer I didn't know what to expect but it's a great event.Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Great for F1 fans and very well organisedIn full: A really well organised race, with a big enough field that you won't be running on your own. Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Perfect for a 1st timer or an F1 enthusiastIn full: Good stuff:-- The organisation was simple and straight foward.- No hassles- Plenty of space- Bag drop area very effective- Route was excellent (but i am a huge F1 fan).... running through the pit lane at 3 miles WOW!- Marshalls were encouraging- Goodie bag was ok, i only wanted the medal :-)- Speed of results on the web was instant. My partner relayed my position, official time, etc etc just minutes after i'd finished.- Plenty of camerasNot so good stuff:-- Could have done with a couple more toilets at the start- As a person allergic to isotonic drinks, i needed more water stops - but that's a learning point for me really.Date of review: March 10, 2008
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