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Making the move: Growing your Ontario home-based business
For many first-time business owners, starting a business at home is an affordable and simple way to get a business idea off the ground. But when your business is growing, you might wonder if it's time to move to a commercial location. Changes in inventory, staffing needs, or a rise in customer demand can mean that your business has outgrown its home-based operation.
Growing your business can be expensive and requires planning, but don't let that discourage you. In Ontario, Business Advisory Services can help you with your business growth plans. There are also advantages to a commercial space like increased visibility and production capacity that can take your business to the next level. Before you hire the movers, you may want to think about what switching to a commercial location will mean for your business. Ask yourself:
Do I have enough money to move to a commercial location?
A commercial space could mean new expenses that you didn't have when you were operating at home. This can include additional rent and utilities, and furniture or fixtures; in addition, you can no longer claim tax deductions for working from home. Before you move to a commercial space, consider whether your business can cover the expenses.
Do I need more space for inventory or equipment?
As your business grows, new product lines or increasing inventory can quickly take over your home business space. Depending on your business, you may need to upgrade to industrial-size equipment for manufacturing, increase your storage capacity or obtain warehouse space.
Do I want to hire employees?
If you're finding it hard to meet customer demand, you may be thinking about hiring employees. Depending on your industry and location, there may be restrictions on hiring employees to work from your home. You can learn about your obligations as an employer by contacting your municipal licensing office and visiting the Ontario Ministry of Labour website.
To learn more about expanding your business, check out the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade's Your Guide to Small Business. You may also be interested in our blog posts Time to leave home? Moving your business OUT of the house and Financing your growing business.
Thank you for your comment. Generally, property taxes are assigned by each municipality according to the type of property and its use (e.g., residential, industrial). An artist operating at another location may have different zoning regulations and property taxes from those assigned for your zone.
For more information on your property assessment you can contact MPAC. You can also speak with your local municipal government for more information about commercial rates, zoning and permits that are specific to your city. You can find a complete list of municipal governments in Ontario at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario website.
MPAC indicates that I must pay 30% commercail property tax to operate this way. In turn the municipality is charging me commercail utility rates (at 100%) on top of the residentail utilities.
Does this apply to all artists? I've never heard of it before nor have my art friends. It adds $4,000 per year to the expenses!
Our goal is to provide businesses across Canada with the resources they need to grow and prosper, including a wide range of information on government services, programs and regulations. However, from time to time we publish regional blog posts, such as this one, from our network of service centres. There is a centre in each province and territory working with partners in many communities across their region to provide numerous service access points. If you require help in growing your business, please do not hesitate to contact the Canada Business service centre in New Brunswick by email or by dialing toll free 1-888-576-4444 (TTY 1-800-457-8466).'
This is a Government of Canada website, isn't it?
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Pocatello Police aims to crack down on street soliciting
POCATELLO, Idaho - The Pocatello Police Department's Lt. Paul Manning had been getting so many complaints about panhandlers roaming the streets, he decided to make it his mission to crack-down on this as part of a bigger picture to make the city's streets a bit safer.
So this past Spring, he decided to do some research and found some agencies in both Idaho and Utah who have tried to draft ordinances dealing with panhandlers.
The problem there, is the fact that panhandlers have a constitutional right to be on a sidewalk.
So, he found other jurisdictions that approached the issue targeting motorists, making it illegal to stop in a traffic lane.
Manning found it only fair to then propose his own version of an ordinance similar to the ones he researched that would combine their ideas.
"I essentially took both of them, combined them together, and just said that it will be illegal to do any type of hand-to-hand exchange," Manning said.
This way, he's targeting panhandlers alone, but others who stop traffic from the side of the road to propose other business deals you can do right through your car window.
"This includes anything for sale, anything for trade, any kind of barter. So, this proposal is not to single-out any particular class or type of person. It's to prevent crime."
Manning said it's dangerous for cars to be stopping in the middle of a busy traffic lane to give hand-outs to people standing on the street.
Mocha Madness manager Casey Gustaveson said he has also noticed an increase in panhandlers hanging around his local coffee shop.
But, that's not to say you can't help out the panhandler you see standing on the street corner.
Manning said it's perfectly fine to help them out, just as long as you pull over, legally, or even park in the closest parking lot before getting out of your car to give to them.
"If they're not in the store, they'll just be out there on the corner making people so uncomfortable they don't want to approach them or come in," Gustaveson said.
In fact, he said although he's pretty laid-back when it comes to most panhandlers who are just traversing through town, he has been forced to call the police on others who tend to stick around and harass his customers.
"If they just want to come by and use our restroom or WiFi, I'm fine with that. But when they start hassling customers and drive business away, that's when we have to shoo them off. Sometimes, it takes more than one time. We have to have the police come and tell them not to come back."
Manning said as the weather warms up, usually that is the time we start to see more panhandlers out and about.
Gustaveson said he usually likes to talk to some of them to hear their stories. He said although there's a good number of transient panhandlers along with those who are down on their luck and just trying to get by, he's noticing a bigger influx in panhandlers who have just stopped trying altogether.
"For example, there was this guy who was getting all of these job offers on the corner for minimum wage and he said, 'no, i'm making $12 an hour doing this,'" Gustaveson said.
In fact, Manning noted that some panhandlers can make up to $80 per day, tax free.
Which, happened to be another factor into his drive to create this ordinance.
"On one hand you have someone standing on a street corner getting paid minimum wage to hold a sign while paying taxes on that wage. And then on the other hand you have someone standing across the street on the opposite corner with a cardboard sign making virtually the same amount of money, and not paying any taxes," Manning said.
Gustaveson said he would back this ordinance based on what he has seen.
"I think at this point now, at least from my experience, it's outweighed with people not wanting to work or people having drug habits and stuff like that over people who are having a hard time trying to get back on their feet," Gustaveson said.
The Homeless and Housing Coalition of Southeast Idaho's Mark Dahlquist said the coalition is excited to back the ordinance, saying it will keep everyone safer.
He also said the coalition is now working to make resource cards people can hand-out to panhandlers, pointing them in the right direction toward the community's local non-profit organizations.
"Helping out the down and out is definitely a good thing, but we urge people to send their donations to their local non-profits instead," Dahlquist said. "Keep in mind the broader perspective. There are so many more of these people who are in similar situations as the person you are helping."
He also mentioned donating to the local non-profit such as The Idaho Food Bank and SEICAA would be able to help more people, making donations a more efficient way to help out the community's fellow mankind.

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Are you a coffee lover? Many java fans wonder if coffee is healthy. It can be, but it depends on how you drink it. Coffee calories can be very low if you drink it black, but coffee nutrition changes when you add creamers and other fattening ingredients.

Coffee Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 Cup (270 g)

Per Serving	% Daily Value*

Calories 1

Calories from Fat 0

Total Fat 0g	0%

Saturated Fat 0g	0%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0g

Monounsaturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg	0%

Sodium 6mg	0%

Potassium 132.15mg	4%

Carbohydrates 0g	0%

Dietary Fiber 0g	0%

Sugars 0g

Protein 0.3g

Calcium 0% ·

*Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Black coffee provides almost no calories, no carbohydrates, and no fat. But black coffee also provides no nutritional value either. Coffee provides caffeine, a stimulant, that helps people feel more energetic.

If you don't drink your coffee black, then you may consume some calories and fat. In fact, some coffee drinks are high in fat, high in sugar, and high in calories. For example, a skim cappuccino provides only 43 calories and zero grams of fat. But if you order a cappuccino with whole milk, you'll consume 77 calories and 4 grams of fat.

And what if you add sugar or cream to your coffee? Then add these numbers to your coffee calorie total.

If you add one teaspoon of sugar to your coffee, you'll consume an extra 16 calories.

If you add two tablespoons of half and half to your coffee, you'll consume an additional 40 calories, and four grams of fat.

If you add one tablespoon of Coffeemate French Vanilla Coffee Creamer to your coffee you'll consume an additional 35 calories. But many varieties of Coffeemate creamers also list hydrogenated oils (trans fat) as ingredients. Health experts recommend that you limit your intake of trans fat as much as possible.

Health Benefits of Coffee

Coffee is linked to certain health benefits. For example, some studies have shown that coffee drinkers have a decreased risk of certain diseases including type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, heart disease, dementia and even some types of cancer. Some studies have even linked coffee consumption to a decreased risk of death. But that doesn't mean that coffee causes these health benefits to occur.

Researchers say that they don't know why coffee drinkers enjoy these health benefits. But medical experts generally advise that black coffee, rather than coffee drinks with sugar and fat, is likely to be more beneficial. In addition, there are some people, like women at risk for osteoporosis and people with high blood pressure, who may want to limit their intake of caffeine.

Choosing and Storing Coffee

Coffee flavor is at its best when the beans are fresh. For that reason, many java fans buy fresh whole beans and grind them immediately before using. Whether you buy whole bean coffee or the ground version, coffee should be stored in an opaque, air-tight container at room temperature according to the National Coffee Association.

Healthy Ways to Prepare Coffee

When you make your own coffee drinks, you control the amount of sugar, the amount and type of milk and the amount of caffeine that goes into every cup. And think about what you could do with the time you save by skipping the morning trip to the coffee shop. A morning workout, perhaps?

Of course, when you make your own coffee drinks at home, you need to own your own espresso maker. Don't own one yet? The initial investment can be costly but if you add up the amount of money you currently spend at Starbucks, you might find that buying a coffee maker to use at home is less expensive in the long run.

How to Make Coffee at Home

One of the best ways to decrease your caloric intake and lose weight is to make your coffee drinks at home. Many popular coffee shop drinks are loaded with calories and they are expensive, too. So why not save time, save money, and save calories at the same time? It's easy to do with coffee drink recipes that you make at home.

When you make your favorite coffee recipe, use skim milk and sugar-free syrups to make sure that your coffee drink is low in calories. You can also use powdered cocoa or cinnamon on top of your drink for flavor instead of flavored syrup to cut additional calories.

After you master coffee drinks, get creative and make other creations at home. For example, do you crave chocolate at night? Find a high-quality dark chocolate powder and make a small hot chocolate with foamed milk. The drink contains about 100 calories, significantly less than the 520 calories you'd find in a cup of Haagen-Dazs chocolate ice cream.

Need a caffeine pick-me-up in the middle of the day? Instead of reaching for a soft drink, make yourself an iced coffee. Brew an espresso and throw it over ice or add one-half cup of chilled skim milk. Soft drinks, like Coke and Pepsi, contain about 150 calories per 12 oz serving and contain no healthy nutrients. An iced coffee with skim milk contains about 40 calories, 4 grams of protein and other nutrients such as calcium.

Simple changes that save 100 or 200 calories each day can have a big impact at the end of the month. Consider investing the time and money into learning how to make coffee drinks at home. The folks at Starbucks might miss you, but your scale will be happier.

Sources:

Butt, Sultan M. Coffee and Its Consumption: Benefits and Risks. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 2011;51(4):363–73. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21432699.

Freedman ND, Park Y, et al. Association of Coffee Drinking with Total and Cause-specific Mortality. New England Journal of Medicine. 2012;366(20):1891–1904. doi:10.1056/nejmoa1112010.

Higdon J, Frei B. Coffee and Health: A Review of Recent Human Research. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 2006;46(2):101–23. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507475.

Rush Medical Center. Health Benefits of Coffee. Discover Health. https://www.rush.edu/health-wellness/discover-health/health-benefits-coffee.


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Any products out there you'd recommend for any of the components having to do with either?
I've been looking into it (slowly) and I definitely would like to start putting movies into some sort of computer storage, but I also want something that'll be able to expand with home control/security as well.
I've got a PS3, but I'm not sure if it's useful to stream to that or to just get a stand-alone system. The software media servers that I've tried so far haven't really worked. The best one I found was the PS3 Media Server which would play music (after loading for 1-2 minutes), but all of them had the same problem with video - load for several minutes, play a few seconds, freeze, play a few more seconds, freeze, etc.
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The next meeting of the club will be Saturday, 30 June. As usual, the meeting will be at 9:00 at the OSU Klamath Basin Ag Extension office, 3328 Vandenberg Road in Klamath Falls. Our guest speaker will be:
Harry Vanderpool, a commercial beekeeper from Salem, will be having a presentation about Nucleus Hive Utilization.


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All Blacks team and coaches in reflective mood as they head into end-of-year break.
A galling end-of-year All Blacks defeat persuaded Andrew Mehrtens to use that scoreline as his bank card number, guaranteeing ugly flashbacks to go with his bank withdrawals.
Not many All Blacks will forget the result or the manner of their 38-21 loss at Twickenham to England. They were whacked on the scoreboard and thumped all around the park.
It sent the All Blacks away in reflective mood on a variety of business duties in Europe as they pushed through a few more days of work before they could call it quits.
As they recall their year, they will wonder about the loss to England, think about where they were dusted and apportion ideas about the loss to various elements of their work.
They will factor in some intrusive glitch from the norovirus which afflicted them during the buildup and think about how or if they have to alter their plans after being bullied by England.
The All Blacks sparked into life in June with an opening 42-10 win against Ireland and aside from a wobble in the next match and a stalemate with the Wallabies in Brisbane, they were impressive.
Dispatching the Springboks, Pumas, Wallabies, Scotland, Italy and Wales around stacks of travel was a resilient effort. It is time now for the squad to use their downtime wisely, to stay physically tuned but give themselves a break before next year's Super rugby campaigns.
The coaching group will also unpick their ideas and assess their squad for a year which starts with a three-test series against France.
They will look for more evidence from men such as Zac Guildford, Hosea Gear, Tamati Ellison, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Piri Weepu, Adam Thomson, Liam Messam, Victor Vito, Ali Williams, Ben Franks, Charlie Faumuina, Ben Tameifuna, Hika Elliot and Dane Coles that they remain All Blacks material.
Ageing teammates like Keven Mealamu, Andrew Hore, Tony Woodcock and Conrad Smith will get just as close scrutiny as the selectors project a broad outline on a 2015 World Cup selection strategy.
Some like Richard Kahui and Anthony Boric who are threatening to return after injury, will go into the mix. So, too, many new faces like Tom Taylor who was a late addition on this trip.
The panel will be asking whether their broad game plan works as well north of the equator against teams who are improving their skills and fitness to go with their undoubted size.
If so, where do they tweak it, how do they take it to the next level?
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What do you think guys?
Which would you pick and why?
What do you think guys?
Which would you pick and why?
For me, that's a hard one. My primary carry gun is one of my gen3 G23's. However, if I had to have just one Glock, my gen3 G19 would be high on the list. I suppose in the final analysis, it would have to be my primary G23.
.357 SIG hands down.
My G17 and G21 are both fine weapons.
10MM. I've got plenty of other 9s.:mrgreen:
I only own one glock and it's a glock 26. I chose the glock 26 over the glock 19 just because you can make a glock 26 bigger, but you cannot make a 19 smaller. A glock 26 will accept a 19's barrel, and a 19 or 17 magazine. You can even get grip extensions for those magazines. They are all great guns.
I like the 9mm over the 40 cal because you get more shots and about the same ballistics. For example, Shooting Illustrated posts penetration and expansion test in jello and came up with these examples: 9mm 124 +P Rem Golden Saber 15" penetration with .64 expansion, 40 cal 180 grain golden saber 15.5" penetration with .65 expansion. And, 9mm 124 +P speer gold dot 13.25 penetration and .71 expansion. 40 cal 155 grain 13" penetration and .68 expansion. Most modern high quality ammo gets about the same results with penetration and expansion with service calibers. So why not go with the one that costs less, has less recoil, and affords you more rounds. This is why I like the 9mm and think the Glock 26, 19, and 17 are all great guns. I didn't consider a 17 because I already had a Beretta 92fs.
One more example, Federal HST post results such as 9mm 124 +P 10" penetration and .87 expansion. 40 cal 165 grain 12" penetration and .87 expansion.
I'm not knocking any other calibers and the above is just my opinion. Choose whatever you like :)
I'm leaving towards the G19 but we'll see. I've gone back and forth with this one.
To the poster above, do you prefer the glock over the beretta? lets tell the truth! ;)
LAGuy, if you don't mind me asking what is your age and what if any experience do you have with firearms other than the classes you are currently taking? Do you have any friends or family w/ firearms or firearm experience, and lastly, you should if you can rent the pistols you are interested in and shoot them if at all possible. "What is really important for you is just what you like."
caliber wise: 9mm
will always be able to get ammo where ever you are or go
basically i think it is a world wide standard
Either of these loads are at the top of the premium choices in 165gr .40S&W carry ammunition.
BTW, I have tests of the Federal 124gr +P HST into simtest fronted with four layers of denim and the result was 14 3/4" of penetration at .602" of expansion.
I do only have one Glock, and it's a 10mm G20. I like it a lot - very accurate, despite feeling like a brick in my hand.
I would own more, but the XD line suits me slightly better.
Springfield? Aren't those quite a bit cheaper?
get what you pay for
i don't like the XD's
you liked the glock 19 so get it
most of the decision on a gun is how it fits your hand - if it fits you must buy
Aren't springfields known as kinda the cheaper part of the semi-autos?
I do like the G19 at first I was going to go with the G17, but considering resale value, I cant hold extra rounds due to CA law, and a little bit smaller, I'm thinking the G19.
You got a glock so no matter what caliber your going to get you'll be set. 9, 40, 45, 357sig, whatever.
I recommend 9 for the economical value, cheaper bullets higher capacity
Do you recommend the 9 if you live in CA and can only have 10 in your magazine?
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UTSA Mexico Center hosts Oct. 31 conference
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Oct. 26, 2006)--The UTSA Mexico Center and UNAM-San Antonio will host a conference, "Perspective on U.S.-Mexico Relations," from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the Durango Building Southwest Room (1.124) at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
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In related Mexico Center events, a collaboration agreement between UTSA and UNAM-San Antonio will be signed in a ceremony at 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1 in the Buena Vista Theater, Downtown Campus. UTSA President Ricardo Romo, UNAM President Juan Ramon and Rosaura Ruiz, UNAM secretary of institutional development, will speak at the signing.
Additionally, the UNAM-UTSA Mexico Center book collection will be dedicated at 1:30 p.m., Nov. 1 in the Downtown Campus Library, Buena Vista Street Building second floor. At 2 p.m., there will be an open house in the new offices of the UTSA Mexico Center, Monterey Building Room 2.260, Downtown Campus. Refreshments will be available. The events are free and open to the UTSA community.
The UTSA-UNAM conference will open with remarks by Harriett Romo, UTSA Mexico Center director and associate professor of sociology, and Mario Melgar, director of the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) at San Antonio.
Speakers for the conference are Enrique Berruga, Mexico's U.N. ambassador, and Clark Reynolds, Stanford University professor emeritus. They will be followed by commentaries from Robert Rivard, San Antonio Express-News editor, and Mauricio Gonzalez, columnist for Periodico Reforma, a respected Mexican newspaper.
Established in October 1995, the UTSA Mexico Center is an umbrella institute that connects Mexico-related expertise at UTSA through cross-disciplinary research projects and activities. The center's research focuses on four areas relevant to U.S.-Mexico relations: economic development and global entrepreneurship, transnational families, bi-national collaboration with academic institutions in Mexico, and study-abroad programs.
For more information, call (210) 458-2849.
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Enrique Berruga, the permanent representative of Mexico to the U.N., has a bachelor's degree in international relations from the Colegio de Mexico, and a master's in international politics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has been a member of the Mexican Foreign Service since 1984, and has held positions in Mexico's embassies in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Costa Rica. He has represented Mexico in multilateral organizations including UNESCO and the U.N.
Clark Reynolds is a specialist in economic development, international trade and finance, economic history, and employment and migration. His research focuses on global economics with a focus on Mexico, Latin America, North America and China. He received a bachelor's degree in economics and humanities from Claremont Men's College. He earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and taught at Stanford and Yale. Reynolds has received awards, grants and honors from universities and other institutions in the United States, Mexico, Canada, China and Italy.
Bob Rivard is executive vice president and editor of the San Antonio Express-News. After receiving a bachelor's degree in political science from UTSA, he began his career as a sports reporter for the Brownsville Herald. He switched to news reporting with the Dallas Times, and persuaded his editors to send him to Central America to open a news bureau to cover the region's revolutions. In 1982, he received the Society of Professional Journalists' Distinguished Service Award for Foreign Correspondents. He served as Central American bureau chief for Newsweek, and joined the Express-News in 1993. Rivard was promoted to his current position in 1997.
Mauricio Gonzalez is a columnist for the Mexican newspaper, Periodico Reforma. He has a B.A. degree in economics, and has written extensively on political and economic issues, focusing on Mexico's interactions with the United States and other countries.


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What do you think about this mite count, what is instore for me? I did a mite count on two of my hives and four nucs today. They were very low and I dont know what to make of it.
Hive 1 was a package that I bought this year and did two splits from it. Both times I gave the queen to the split. On a three day mite drop I counted 9 mites on the board, for a mite count of 3.
Hive 2 was a split I made from my hives this May with a purchased queen, and the count for a 3 day mite drop was zero.
I have 4 nucs that I started this year with queens from the split hives, and the 3 day mite drop on them was zero.
Im happy to have these mite counts, but I dont know what to expect next year. Could I get crushed by mites, or will they build up slow? If I keep breaking the brood cycle will they stay low? Can anyone give me a hint what to expect, I am clueless about mites.
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She was on the summit of a mountain that is 10400 ft high. I saw bumblebees all along the hike on the way up to the top. The top was quite windy and probably less than 50 degrees F. I was surprised to see a bumblebee up there, but then I read that they have been observed at higher than 18000 feet. This type of bumblebee is different than any I see in town. These look a but fuzzy. They are truly a marvelous creation.
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The Flying Dutchmen are atop Division III men's basketball, at least in the eyes of the pollsters.
The newest d3hoops.com poll of sports information directors and the media puts Hope at number one for the first time since the end of the 2007-08 regular season. That year Hope went on to finish third in the NCAA Division III championship.
Coach Matt Neil's Dutchmen are riding a 16-game winning streak, have a 20-1 season record and are guaranteed at least a share of the MIAA championship. Hope received 15 of the 25 first place votes to beat out Middlebury, Vt. who suffered it first defeat of the season last week.


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Engine manufacturers have a number of options, including alternative fuels, for meeting U.S. EPA emissions requirements. But for heavy-duty applications, one thing's certain: For the foreseeable future, the power plant of choice remains diesel.
Diesel has two main advantages over all other fuels:
Greater energy density. Diesel produces 132,000 Btu/gallon to 144,000 Btu/gallon compared to gasoline's 112,000 Btu/gallon to 118,000 Btu/ gallon.
More efficient use of intake air. More air compressed more tightly equals more power.
The ratio of air to gasoline must be 14.7:1; if too lean or too rich, the mixture won't burn. A diesel engine, on the other hand, uses as much air as engineers can deliver.
The problem is that what lowers particulate emissions — unburned fuel in the form of smoke or soot — increases noxious gaseous emissions (NOx); and what lowers NOx increases particulates. You can burn diesel more completely with higher combustion temperatures, but within the pressurized confines of the engine's cylinders the heat fuses nitrogen and oxygen to form NOx.
Manufacturers address this Catch 22 in one of two ways. All except Navistar International Corp. treat exhaust after the fact with a process called selective catalytic reduction (SCR), while Navistar's MaxxForce engines use a proprietary "in-cylinder solution."
The difference is notable because four manufacturers — Cummins Inc., Detroit Diesel Corp., PACCAR Inc., and Volvo Power/Mack Trucks Inc. — are taking the same approach while a fifth is going it alone. It's the "War of the Words" in advertising and at truck shows that's adding excitement to what would otherwise be fairly routine competition.
To understand the controversy, let's examine the two approaches.
All engines made after Oct. 1, 2002, dilute oxygen-rich intake air by recirculating exhaust, which is inert. This lowers combustion temperature, thus limiting the formation of NOx. To meet 2007 regulations, manufacturers introduced diesel particulate filters (DPFs) to remove particulate matter.
By the 2010 model year, engines were allowed to release no more than 0.2 gram NOx per horsepower-hour (0.2 g/hp-hr).
The process most manufacturers use, SCR, injects urea into the exhaust, where heat converts it to ammonia that breaks nitrous oxides into their harmless components: nitrogen and oxygen. This allows for more complete combustion, reducing particulate generation and improving fuel economy. Because the catalysts are downstream of turbochargers, the process doesn't compromise engine components and accessories by increasing under-hood heat.
Navistar opted to save the cost, weight, and complexity of exhaust after-treatment by using "Advanced EGR." Although the process recirculates more exhaust, advances in fuel and air management limit particulate formation to keep filters from clogging.
The bad news is that the process achieves 0.5 g/hp-hr NOx, which is 0.3 gram short of EPA's requirement. But because Navistar engines surpassed requirements for years, they have enough credits to be certified as compliant for 2010. In fact, using credits, they comply through 2012.
While that protects you, the buyer, it also gives Navistar's competitors some ammunition.
First, their product doesn't have to resort to credits.
Second, they claim that Advanced EGR aggravates the two complaints customers have been making since the process was introduced in 2002: less fuel economy and more under-hood heat. Instead, they say, their process is easier on components and accessories and 4% to 6% more fuel-efficient.
Navistar's response is to cite tests and customer experience showing comparable fuel economy gains. The company says engines achieve results by carefully metering fuel injection multiple times each piston stroke. High-pressure injections atomize fuel more finely, giving it greater surface area to absorb heat, vaporize, and combust. Director of Business and Product Strategy Tim Shick says that slows the rate of burn, thus lowering NOx formation. Shick also told PUBLIC WORKS that Navistar has compliant (0.2 g/hp-hr) engines in operation now, pending EPA certification.
This particular war's been both entertaining and informative. I enjoy the debate between proponents and opponents of Advanced EGR. The ultimate winner will be you, the customer using diesel power.
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 71, January 26, 1996
Mike Ess's Remarks at the PSC Optimization of Codes Meeting
I don't often use this newsletter to explicitly editorialize, but I was asked to say a few words at the opening of the PSC meeting. Below is what I said:
Address to PSC Meeting on the Optimization of Codes for the CRAY MPP SystemsI am happy to say a few words on the importance of this meeting on code optimization.
As the youngest of the members of Pharoh, ARSC does not have a long history with CRI. In fact we received our Y-MP less than two and half years ago and our T3D has been on site only two years.
At ARSC I have had a chance to observe many attempts to port and optimize codes on to the T3D. It is still surprising to me that users attempt this without an understanding of vectorization. But because we are such a young site we do not have the long history of vectorization that an established CRI site would have.
But lack of a history in vectorization is a refreshing experience because these new users do not have the attachment to DO loops like some of us gray haired guys. And from our parallelization experience, we know that parallelization works best on a level higher than that of a DO loop.
In observing the many users and would-be users of ARSC's T3D I have tried to categorize them based on the following triangle:
/\ / \ I / \ E n / \ x f / \ p o / \ e r / \ r m / \ i a / \ e t / \ n i / \ c o / \ e n / \ ---------------------------- CommitmentBy evaluating a user's strength in each of these areas, I believe I can predict whether their project on the T3D will be a success or not. I evaluate a user in each of these areas by asking these questions:
- Experience: Have they run on other MPPs before?
- Commitment: How much time are they willing to invest in getting their code running?
- Information: Do they have access to specific T3D information?
ExperienceEach user is different and brings different skills and experience to the T3D. If a user has a working code on another parallel machine then porting it to the T3D is a short task. Beyond the syntax differences of different methods, the semantics of message passing are preserved on all MPP implementations. And CRI has one of the best implementations.
CommitmentIn giving the T3D classes at ARSC, it is typical that the students come in pairs: The professor/advisor who understands the code and the graduate student who will implement the code. The professor will provide the experience in this application and the student will provide the blood, sweat and time that it will take to get the code up and running on the T3D. And it will take lots of time.
InformationI have often seen a potential T3D user stuck at a point in development, unable to continue, not knowing of a library function, missing some NQS information, or just a overall view of how PEs communicate. Without this piece of information the progress stops. This is where I believe support people, like myself and CRI can do a great good. By getting this information out to the user we have a chance to keep the progress going.
There are two things that you can do with information, you can hoard it or you distribute it. I know in these times of downsizing and reduction that there is a tendency to hold onto information as it might somehow provide job security. But this tendency to hide information is easily discovered by others and then others do not share with you. I feel that we are still judged on what we produce and without the information that I receive from others, my own production would not be enough. So I have tried to share what I know in hopes that I will eventually receive in kind.
I see this conference as part of this opportunity to share information with other users. By sharing our own experience on the T3D we save others from the hard, time consuming effort that it takes to port and optimize codes on the T3D. And by making the effort less for everyone, we grow our own efforts and grow the business of parallel processing.
So to the presenters, I hope that we hold nothing back and give as much as we know. Mistakes and errors may not be flattering to ourselves, but we all learn from other's mistakes by not repeating them. And to the attendees, I hope that you take what you learn here and share it with those at your site.
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If you're like me and my wife, you and your significant other have a few shows you both record and watch as a couple. Or you're in the process of catching up on older shows you missed when they were live, binge-viewing episodes of Battlestar Galactica, The Wire or Breaking Bad on HBO or Netflix. Right?
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(April 3, 2007)--The UTSA community is invited to meet U.S. Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez from 2:30 to 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 4 in the John Peace Library Building food court at the 1604 Campus.
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Ciro D. Rodriguez was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and raised and educated in San Antonio. He graduated from Harlandale High School, received his B.A. degree at St. Mary's University and earned an M.S.W. degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio.
Rodriguez recently was elected to represent Texas Congressional District 23, but his experience as a public servant in Texas goes back more than 30 years.
He began his career in public service in 1974 as a board member of the Harlandale Independent School District. At that time, he served as a social worker with the Bexar County Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and later became a trainer for the Intercultural Development Research Association. In, 1987, Rodriguez launched his legislative career in the Texas Legislature and began teaching for his alma mater, Our Lady of the Lake University.
While in the Texas House of Representatives, Rodriguez served on the higher education and health committees and worked to increase Texas high school graduation rates by drafting the landmark law guaranteeing acceptance of the top 10 percent of Texas high school graduates to any public four-year Texas university. He also was responsible for developing the dual-credit program, which allows high school students to earn college credit for advanced courses.
In a special election in 1997, Rodriguez ran for the U.S. House of Representatives District 28 seat and won with nearly 70 percent of the vote. He worked to eliminate unemployment along the border, to provide access and opportunity to small businesses, and to provide access and opportunity to small businesses through job training and health programs.
As a result of redistricting that the U.S. Supreme Court later declared unconstitutional, Rodriguez lost his seat in 2004. In 2006, he returned to the House of Representatives to represent Texas District 23.
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and abused
. The TSA has received sweeping condemnation for the Orwellian scanner program, which many experts say
cannot detect dangerous materials
as well as
metal detectors or traditional search techniques
A handful of high-profile civil liberties watchdog organizations have targeted the deployment. Perhaps the most successful was the
Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC) lawsuit against the TSA. While EPIC fell short of felling the nude scanners on Constitutional grounds, it did score a victory of sorts when the
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
found the TSA violated a federal transparency law.
The court on July 15, 2011 ordered the TSA "to act properly" and rectify its breach of the
Administrative Procedures Act
(APA) of 1946, which requires federal programs to hold public hearings. The TSA held no such hearings with regards to the court scanners, so three judge appellate panel
ordered the agency
[PDF] to undergo a 90-day public comment period.
The TSA has defied a court order to hold a public review its "nude" full-body scanners.
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So what's problem? The TSA never complied with the court order. As of last month, it told
an interview
that the hearing and policy review had been shelved until sometime "next year". The TSA has stated it really doesn't want to hold the public review at all, as it feels it could harm the government's capability to respond to "ever-evolving threats."
That defiant stance landed the TSA back in court this week. In a
short ruling
[PDF] the federal court reiterated its demand for hearings, ordering the TSA to respond by Aug. 30.
Jim Harper, the director of information policy studies at the
Cato Institute
, has
an active petition
on the new White House petition site rolled out by the Obama administration. The petition demands the TSA follow the law and hold the public hearings. The petition has almost 16,500 signatures and only needs about 8,500 more to reach its goal of 25,000. Under the rules of the petition site, if the additional signature mark is met, President Barack Obama must personally respond.
A petition hopes to get President Obama to force the TSA to follow the law.
It's understandable why the TSA wouldn't want to have to answer tough questions from the public on
health risks to frequent fliers
and why the TSA was
storing nude body scanner images
, after it had promised not to.
However, even considering the controversy, it's in the relative minority. Agencies like the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
have complied with the APA rules, offering public reviews of contentious provisions such as the
CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards
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I need advice. 5 weeks ago before we went on vacation I checked my first year TBH. The girls were doing great, new comb, new brood and capped and uncapped honey. They were doing just what I'd hope they would and I saw no signs of pest or oddities going on. We left for vacation for a week, when we got back my mom went into the hospital and needless to say for the last several weeks I've not been out to check the hive. Friday I went out, finally home during the day with free time I was eager to go see my girls, what I found left me incredibly sad and somewhat confused.
Most of the girls are gone, there is maybe a package worth near the far end. The comb that was gloriously full of bees, brood and honey is all dry and empty. Some comb had holes all the way through it and I spotted small hive beetles as well. However no slime, no funky anything on any of the comb where there are still bees. I noticed that two of the ventilation holes at the top that had screen stapled over them had been chewed through. I made sugar syrup for the remaining bees and put the feeder in the hive with them and I closed off the ventilation holes that had been chewed through.
Now my girls have been very docile since I first got them, I could inspect without need for smoking with ease. Yes they'd come out to check me out but the buzz from the hive always remained the same. This time though when I started to move toward the bars that still contained bees and comb they were not pleased at all. The pitch of the buzz changed dramatically and they started coming out at me and seemed very irritated. I stopped and decided to give them a chance to settle and feed hoping that they would calm some with a food source close by.
I checked this morning and added a second 2:1 syrup bottle to the feeder inside. I put the feet of the hive in moats with oil and water to stop the ant march up the legs and into the hive. I've always made sure that no weeds or anything were touching the hive so that pest couldn't get in.
I'm sad and angry and I don't know if I did something wrong or if this is just part of the 'experience'. In all honesty I'm not very hopeful that feeding them at this point will do any good and fear that they won't make it through the winter.
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>Michael Palmer, and anyone else that makes their own foundation or starter strips,
Have you made whole-sheet foundation (without embossing) and had it work smoothly? (drawn-out pretty clean). I guess this was done in the early days of "foundation production". Does anyone have advice on how it worked?
I haven't tried a full sheet of it, but have tried wider starter strips. From my experience, one concern I would have is the bees will start working the sheet and may not get it attched well enough to the top bar. I would be tempted to do BOTH the angled top bar and the full sheet of blank starter. That way the bees will be more likely to build some attachement comb at the top. They sometimes start a little ways down the sheet. I would also probably wax it into the groove well to help with attachment.
>I am trying to decide between using the Un-founation method, like Michael use; and providing just a thin foundation with wiring hoping for straighter and stronger comb.
I'd love to hear how the full blank sheets work. I will be trying some in frames this spring (if I get it done). But was trying to keep the TBH simple.
It would be lovely to get some wires into the comb in the TBH. Do you have a wiring pattern in mind? I would be tempted to do a "W" to follow the natural shape of the comb.


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Obama "accommodation": Insurers must cover contraception at no cost to … anyone?; Update: "Magical thinking," says LA Times
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Today, the Obama administration hastily called a press conference to announce a change to its HHS mandate for employers to cover contraception at no cost, including religious organizations whose doctrines oppose contraception and abortifacients. Instead of religious organizations footing the bill directly, the revised "accommodation" now says that insurers must cover the costs, which changes … nothing:
The revised Obama mandate will make religious groups contract with insurers to offer birth control and the potentially abortion-causing drugs to women at no cost. The revised mandate will have religious employers refer women to their insurance company for coverage that still violates their moral and religious beliefs. Under this plan, every insurance company will be obligated to provide coverage at no cost.
Essentially, religious groups will still be mandated to offer plans that cover both birth control and the ella abortion drug
According to Obama administration officials on a conference call this morning, a woman's insurance company "will be required to reach out directly and offer her contraceptive care free of charge. The religious institutions will not have to pay for it."
The birth control and abortion-causing drugs will simply be "part of the bundle of services that all insurance companies are required to offer," White House officials said.
So these employers will still have to provide the health insurance, and the health insurance must cover the contraception and abortifacients. The White House apparently wants t pretend that the funds for these outlays will come off of the Unobtanium Tree, where insurers find money to cover all mandates. This exposes once again a stunning ignorance of risk pools and how costs are passed along to consumers.
Let's just take this one step at a time. Where do insurers get money to pay claims? They collect premiums and co-pays from the insured group or risk pool. No matter what the Obama administration wants to say now, the money that will cover those contraception costs will come from the religious organizations that must now by law buy that insurance and pay those premiums. Their religious doctrines have long-standing prohibitions against participating in contraception and abortion, and nothing in this "accommodation" changes the fact that the government is now forcing them to both fund and facilitate access to products and services that offend their practice of religion.
Basically, the Obama administration told religious organizations to stop complaining and get in line. This "accommodation" only attempts to accommodate Obama's political standing and nothing more.
Update: The LA Times' Jon Healy calls this new position "magical thinking":
Here's where the magical thinking comes in. The following is from the fact sheet the White House released Friday:
Covering contraception saves money for insurance companies by keeping women healthy and preventing spending on other health services. For example, there was no increase in premiums when contraception was added to the Federal Employees Health Benefit System and required of non-religious employers in Hawaii. One study found that covering contraception lowered premiums by 10 percent or more.
Making everyone in a pool carry coverage whether they need it or not spreads the cost, saving money for those who really do need it and who'd choose to carry it if it were merely optional. But costs faced by the insurer are the same — and when the care is provided with no out-of-pocket costs, the insurer's costs are likely to go up because more people will use it. Such is likely to be the case with contraception.
Also, let me emphasize one point that this does not address. The government is forcing religious organizations to both pay for and facilitate activities that violate their religious doctrine. If anyone thinks that passes muster with the First Amendment, that's even more magical thinking than this funding shell game.
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The former Gold Coast captain has recently knocked back English club Hull.
Prince looked certain to sign a three-year contract with the Super League side after weeks of talks but Hull owner Adam Pearson admitted on Monday the club had failed in their bid to sign the 32-year-old.
Hull said Prince's advisors told them another NRL club, thought to be either Brisbane or St George Illawarra, had tabled a significantly bigger last-minute bid which they were not willing to match.
"We tabled a final and competitive offer for Scott and one that I know he was happy with and looked keen to sign," Pearson said.
"It was a difficult decision for him to weigh up, particularly with it being such a major move to the other side of the world and knowing he is still a prominent player in the NRL competition.
"Therefore, the bid which came in from another club in Australia has turned his head and rightly so with the money they have put forward.
"Scott has done what any player would do in this situation and, despite being extremely keen to secure his signature, we aren't willing to match that offer with an amount of money that would be unjust for our club.
"It is very difficult to compete for players of his calibre against a rival club that is governed by a salary cap three times the size of ours and we won't do anything to put Hull FC at risk."
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Heartbreaking levy defeat for Culver schools
Second loss in 18 months; third try planned this fall
CULVER, Ore. - The Culver Bulldog hangs proudly on banners through the street, a message of support from the close-knit small town.
But Culver voters on Tuesday narrowly rejected a nearly $10 million bond measure to make repairs to the school district's old buildings and pay for a piece of land the district purchased back in 2008.
Still, Superintendent and Elementary Principal Stefanie Garber is trying to stay positive.
"The good news is, you don't need much heat in the spring or in the fall," she said Wednesday.
Garber said getting the school's failing heating system updated is crucial --something they've been patching up for years, waiting for the money.
It's the second failed bond measure; as voters also rejected a $14.5 million bond in the fall of 2011.
"There was many weeks where we went, at least one, or a couple days, with no heat. So kids were freezing and at points, didn't have electricity," Garber said of the failing heating system and the make-do space heaters that would cause their electricity to short-circuit.
But some residents say they are on fixed incomes and cannot afford to pay more taxes.
There's also some controversy lingering behind the school's nearly $2 million land purchase.
The Store and Old Court House Gift Shop owner Christian Avila told NewsChannel 21 he wasn't surprised the bond failed. He said many of his customers were against paying for the school's new land.
"The property (cost) was too much, and they actually were not aware of the purchase," Avila said.
Garber was not superintendent when the land was bought. but says it was purchased behind closed doors. She said she suspects the land debt portion of the bond was why it didn't pass.
"The way it was purchased, I wish was done differently," she said. "So we're holding the kids hostage and impacting their education because of bitterness toward a decision that was made about buying property."
Garber says the district will try again in November -- and keep trying until it passes.
She doesn't yet know if the district will ask for less money next time, or even take that controversial land debt off the proposal.
In the meantime, she says, it's the kids who suffer.
"Perhaps cutting technology, reducing sports or cutting teachers, --we're going to have to go back to the drawing board," Garber said about possibly passing a bond that drops the dollars for paying off the land debt.
But she's hopeful it will pass, ad says the district is slowly winning over voters.
On Tuesday night, when the votes were tallied it turned out 53 percent of voters rejected the measure -- which failed by just 60 votes -- that's compared to a 2-to-1 rejection of the last levy request in 2011.