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26 October 2007 04:59 PM
I am very comfortable with the electrical and instrumentation equipment I have installed in Zones 0, 1 and 2. However, I am uncomfortable with the mechanical equipment and equipment is dust areas.
The reason I am uncomfortable is the apparently inability of suppliers to read the specifications.
All my specifications state that the equipment must come with an ATEX certificate suitable for use in the area and I always give the Gas / Dust group, Temperatures, etc.
Suppliers of pumps seem to ignore and although their quote states I will be supplied with an ATEX certificate, when it comes down to it, I am supplied with a CE (Certificate of conformity) stating it complies with xxxxxxx. I have always dug my heels in and rejected the equipment as it did not meet my spec.
Recently we have been installing instruments in Zone 21 and Zone 22 areas and the instrument manufacturers are supplying goods without an ATEX certificate, but with a CE complying with xxxxxx. I had always understood that the actual equipment must be marked with the Dust Group ie 1D, 2D and the temperature class, but some suppliers insist this is not the case.
I am keen to understand more about the acceptability of the CE against and ATEX certificate. Can this be used, where can it be used? It would certainly open up more suppliers.
In the mean time, if it doesn't meet my spec.......
So can anyone help clarify?
31 October 2007 01:26 PM
If you have specified the area classification requirements for the equipment and the manufacturer cannot provide certification to this, the equipment is useless.
You would be best talking to either EEMUA (Engineers Equipment and Materials Assocciation) www.eemua.co.uk, or someone from DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations)or BASEEFA about this problem. They are the certification bodies in this country.
I don't have much experience in dusts but this and the inclusion of mechanical parts was introduced as part of ATEX a few years ago (The theory being that a rotating piece of equipment can produce enough frictional heat to ignite a vapour, dust cloud or settled dust). All of our new pumps on site have ATEX ratings stamped on them.
I would suggest that you need to approach vendors who have experience working in hazardous areas as your current vendors don't seem to have experience.
The CE (Certificate of Conformity) is not worth much as it means the equipment meets the European standards (as interpreted by the country of origin) so the equipment can be sold throughout Europe. The European Standards normally used are Machinery Directive, Low Voltage Directive and EMC Directive. The Certificate of Conformity means the goods can be moved throughout Europe but doesn't mean they meet the local requirements i.e. British Standards. A classic example is guarding of machinery is less stringent in some countries on the continent than UK, yet the machine will have CE stamped on it.
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02 November 2007 11:57 AM
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02 November 2007 08:48 PM
I am the responsible elect eng /Dsear competent person on a Dsear Site.
I'm afrain that once again this area is a bit of nightmare.
If you want something fairy standard [pump or motor] used in the petrochem industry and it can be bought in the Uk you are probably going to be OK.
The minute is is something unusual [vacuum cleaner, shaker] bought from elsewhere in EU you will probably have issues.
These suppliers don't seem to understand Atex or the Equipment and Protective Systems for use in potentiaally explosive atmospheres Regs.
Often I have to go back to the Co and say your CE certiicate does not reference the correct BSEN Atex harmonised standards. I have to tell them what they should quote. They then reissue a certificate or the equipment has to be sent back.
Most salesmen /purchasing / orders depts do not understand the difference between gas and dust zoning (Z2 and Z22)protection standards so will often sell or send the wrong equipment.
Do use the Europe Atex Harmonised standards web site for up to date info
it is buyer beware and hard work.
Good luck Peter
17 October 2012 10:07 PM
Can anyone help?
We have an instrument which is made up of small PCB at intervals of 30cm to 50cm and connected by a few cables, housed in a stainless steel tube, and two layers of heat shrink and stainless steel braiding, it is not ATEX certified. It is powered by a 12 battery located in a safe area.
But we have found an ATEX IIC certified flameproof flexible conduit that is perfect for the instrument, which needs to be installed into a Zone 1 gas area.
What exactly do we need to do with the instrument (in terms of testing) to allow it to be used with the conduit? A DSEAR manager for the infrastructure claims that the conduit is only certified for cables but the manufacturers spec does not state this and neither does the ATEX cert.
18 October 2012 02:13 PM
Gary. Unfortunatly it is not the voltage (12v) that counts, it is the energy of a spark generated by a fault or the surface temperature generated by localised overheating that can cause ignition of a flammable atmosphere. Therefore you must seek professional advice {Baseefa or Trac or others} for advice. In terms of what you can "put" in a flexible Atex conduit, you must read the words of the Certificate of Conformity in detail, not what a salesman says! Another way is to ask if your instrument can be constructed to work in an "Instrument pocket" with the exterior part in a Zone 2 or Safe area, in which you have a lot more flexibility as to what you can allow. i.e. The instrument is not in the Zone 1. OR Can the PCB be run through a simple galvanic isolator type 'IS' protection? Try reading the MTL instrumants web site.
Others wil have more conformity with EPS regs /BSEN, knowledge than I. Regards Peter
19 October 2012 11:23 AM
Can anyone help?
We have an instrument which is made up of small PCB at intervals of 30cm to 50cm and connected by a few cables, housed in a stainless steel tube, and two layers of heat shrink and stainless steel braiding, it is not ATEX certified. It is powered by a 12 battery located in a safe area.
But we have found an ATEX IIC certified flameproof flexible conduit that is perfect for the instrument, which needs to be installed into a Zone 1 gas area.
What exactly do we need to do with the instrument (in terms of testing) to allow it to be used with the conduit? A DSEAR manager for the infrastructure claims that the conduit is only certified for cables but the manufacturers spec does not state this and neither does the ATEX cert.
The instrument itself must be suitable for use within a hazardous area i.e. have its own ATEX certificate unless it is housed within a certified explosion proof housing.
The cable transfer method is irrelevant.
I think you should consult a specialist consultant as this is an area with strict regulations and none compliance may lead to catastrophic accidents.
Try BSEN 60079 for more information on compliance.
Drop me a message if you require specialist information.
20 January 2013 10:30 PM
Working in this area mechanical equipment does come under atex..if the temperature of the external equipment bearings air regulators rises to the flash point of the zone or gas group you are working in is exceeded then you will have a problem. I know of mechanical equipment that doesfall under atex roots blowers for example. Stick with reputable companies to ensure safety...i have seen many pieces of kit incorectly installedwhen it is atex equipment
20 January 2013 10:33 PM
As already mentioned look at intrinicly safe circuitsyour equipment may fall under being called a simple device.however it will still need to be safe ina hazardous area
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- 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
- 1-1/4 cups water
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 medium bananas, mashed
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water, eggs and applesauce; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in the bananas, chips and walnuts.
- Transfer to a 10-in. fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray and sprinkled with flour. Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 16 servings.
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Videos: Kobe Bryant's 3 late three-pointers, dunk key Lakers overtime win
By Ben Golliver
Friday night couldn't have gone much better for Lakers fans, who saw their team's playoff picture improve as they witnessed a vintage performance from Kobe Bryant.
The Lakers beat the Raptors 118-116 in overtime at the Staples Center thanks to three Bryant three-pointers in the final 100 seconds of regulation and an emphatic dunk in overtime.
With 1:40 remaining and the Raptors leading 105-100, Bryant pumped and juked at the right angle, eventually sticking a three over Alan Anderson.
A little more than a minute later, with the Raptors leading 107-103, Bryant darted open into the left corner, setting his feet to launch a turnaround three over Anderson.
Then, with the Raptors leading 109-106 with eight seconds remaining, Bryant weaved through two defenders attempting to deny him the inbounds pass, eventually receiving the ball at the right angle. He pumped to let Amir Johnson fly by before burying his third consecutive three to tie the game.
Bryant's threes provided the bulk of a 10-4 closing run in regulation; Raptors forward Rudy Gay was unable to hit a buzzer-beating jumper on Toronto's ensuing possession, forcing overtime.
In the extra session, the two teams traded leads before Bryant threw down a dunk with 10.6 seconds remaining to give the Lakers the lead for good, 117-115. He beat a trapping double team from Raptors center Aaron Gay at the top of the key to work his way all the way to the rim.
"I knew Gray, he's not the fastest guy in the world, he's coming up to trap me," Bryant explained in a televised post-game interview. "I had to wait until he got close enough to me to attack him and go by him. Once I got by him I saw daylight and took off."
Bryant finished with a game-high 41 points (on 11-for-22 shooting), 12 assists, six rebounds, two steals and nine turnovers in 44 minutes. L.A. also got some help from Chicago, who beat the Utah Jazz 89-88. The Lakers' win and the Jazz's loss moved L.A. to just 0.5 games out of the Western Conference's No. 8 seed. L.A. has now won six of its last eight games. Houston, the West's No. 7 seed, defeated Golden State 94-88 to open up a 1.5 game lead over Utah.


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Austin, Texas — Specialty golf retailer Golfsmith International has promoted Eli Getson to executive VP, general merchandising manager. In his new role, Getson will be responsible for all North American merchandising activity across the company's U.S. Golfsmith stores, Canadian Golf Town stores and e-commerce channels for both brands.
Following last year's merger of Golfsmith and Golf Town, which resulted in the creation of Golfsmith International, Getson led the successful integration of the company's merchandising function. A single merchandising team based at the company's corporate headquarters in Austin is responsible for executing merchandising strategies that deliver on customer needs, supporting the interests of key business partners and strengthening the Golfsmith and Golf Town brands.
"When customers walk into one of our stores or shop online with us, they expect an unrivaled product selection of the best brands in golf," said Sue Gove, president and CEO, Golfsmith International. "Eli's role leading North American Merchandising is to apply this differentiator across our business. His ability to build trusted relationships with vendor partners, and his passion for golf, will drive creative merchandising solutions that set the standard in golf retail."
"I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to step into this expanded role," said Getson. "Our world-class team of merchants is committed to helping customers improve their games with the latest equipment, look and feel their best on the course, and have more fun while playing golf."
Prior to joining Golfsmith in 2010 as senior VP, general merchandising manager, Getson held a variety of senior leadership positions with leading brands including Cabela's, Perry Ellis, Polo Ralph Lauren and The Bon Ton Stores.
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All I can say is WOW!!!!! I love it. Adopt me, please.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
All I can say is WOW!!!!! I love it. Adopt me, please.
I totally agree...beautifully crafted
OTE=dakotamaid;5687497]That is so pretty. I love the fact you did the embroidery. Makes it even more special. [/QUOTE]
The patchwork, your embroidery, and the fabrics are just lovely! She is sure to love it!
Beautiful quilt! The embroidery is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
What a gorgeous quilt. Like the embroidery stitches. Lots of work in it. Well done
What more can I say that hasn't already been said ..... I agree with all the above comments. Thanks for sharing the details .... great inspiration!
Make it a scrappy happy day!
that is an awsome quilt, did you embroider this after the batting and backing went on or did you embroider the blocks?
I did foundation piecing onto muslin, did the embroidery, then pieced the quilt, sandwiched and tied the squares sitting at the kitchen table watching 4 versions of Criminal Minds (by the way watching more than one of these is way too many), then quilting in the sashing and did SID around the squares, then used adding machine tape to make the inner border, quilted the borders with stippling, then made the binding by sewing together random sizes of batik strips, then cut that into strips, and sewed them together to get my 400+inches of binding. I got wiser with the pillow shams and did the tying with using the machine and doing bartacks. much faster for the smaller pillow shams. Would have been cumbersome to do the whole quilt that way.. Once again, thank you everyone for your kind words.


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In Chiang Mai, they have 12 temples which are associated to the 12 animals (Chinese Zodiac). It is believed that, people should visit the temple according to their Year of Birth (according to your animal Zodiac) to bring them highest prosperity. They also strongly believed that you should visit the temple at least once in your life or if time permits, on the anniversary of each 12-year cycle (i.e. 12, 24, 36, …).
So this trip, I make it a point to visit Phra That Wat Kedkaram (Year of Dog) 🙂 There were no tourist when I was there, and I believe that, because not many people know about this particular reason or the existence of such temples associated with your Zodiac. Most tourist visit the Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (Year of Goat), which is the most famous temple in Chiang Mai. I will blog about Wat Phra That Doi Suthep later. 🙂
Pictures around the temple.
The Pagoda. There's a reason to why the Pagoda is not built straight but "senget"
The Wishing Wheel
Dogs Ornament Around the temple
I promise myself i'll be back to the temple again 🙂


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A Chayna is a very headstrong girl. Could be a fire sign like an Aries. Artistic could be very good at fine arts or performing arts. Outgoing and shy at the same time. A loyal friend and a devoted girlfriend.Loves to laugh and make people smile.
I wish I had a Chayna
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Pleasanton PTA Council drives this Parcel Tax Campaign?
Original post made by old crow, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Mar 7, 2009
Does that mean that PTA Council President can actually chair a political campaign?
Active role to me, is participating in meetings and fundraising. Not being THE chairperson that drives this campaign. Would the parcel tax even been as strongly considered by the board without the backing of the Pleasanton PTA Council?
Postings on another thread have parents saying they will now be choosing not to give money at the walk-through registration to PTA for school activities, since they feel they will be paying twice if the parcel tax passes.
Will this PTA Council with the President as the co-chair of Save The Pleasanton Schools Committee, be prepared when the funding at the local schools dries up when the parents choose the tax over PTA donations?
Have your cake and eat it too?
Interesting that the public hearings didn't announce that PTA would be using 5% of the PTA members funds to drive this campaign under the guise of Save Our Pleasanton Schools Committee.
This is cut and pasted from the Pleasanton PTA Council website:
PTAs can be most effective by:
• Taking an active role in planning the campaign.
• Providing personnel to inform the community (speakers, etc.).
• Developing and/or distributing available campaign material—but not by using
student help, unless permitted by the school district (California State PTA
Legislation Policies and Procedure No. 11, 4.2.5k, 126).
• Making use of radio, TV, and print media, including newsletters, editorial board
visits, letters to the editor, and other communication resources such as PTA e-mail
and Web pages.
Comments (11)
a resident of Walnut Grove Elementary School
on Mar 7, 2009 at 11:58 pm
If you don't like the way a PTA is spending the money you've donated - go to a meeting and VOTE!!!!!!
People who care about kids and schools get involved in PTA. Once they join PTA, should they stop every other activity in their lives? The busiest ladies I know are smart, capable AND INVOLVED. Politics, schools, community. ALL THREE.
As far as withdrawing PTA dues because you don't agree with their spending...Do you not pay your federal or state taxes when you don't like how the government is spending your tax dollars? Sounds like a Hollywood Superstar who said she'd rather move to Canada if the people didn't vote the way she wanted - BYE!!!!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Mar 8, 2009 at 1:33 am
Wrong! If you don't like the way a PTA is spending the money you've donated, just stop donating!!!
We have every right to expect our donations to benefit the classrooms and not used to fund the PTA President's pet project. The PTA will never see another dime from this household.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Mar 8, 2009 at 8:33 am
This kind of PTA activity is the reason why many of Pleasanton's school's formed independent SPO and PFA's in the past. Unfortunately most were pressured into converting to PTA.
a resident of Country Fair
on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:08 am
Old Crow, I have news for you - as an attendee of the rally yesterday and the strong show of support from concerned parents that their childrens' education is in jeopardy, I can assure you that the PTA aren's the only ones affiliated in backing this initiative. Do you realize what's at stake here if this parcel tax doesn't pass? Ask 99.9999% of the parents in Pleasanton as to why they chose this city as the place to raise their children and why we bought our homes here......THE GREAT SCHOOLS AND HIGH TEST SCORES. Get a clue. This affects everybody.
a resident of California Reflections
on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:51 am
Everyone wants to support our schools , many of us do not want to support continued irresponsible practices.
a resident of Birdland
on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:05 am
The basic issue here is that the quality of Pleasanton schools are an integral part of what makes this community a great place to live. Although 30% of Pleasanton's households have kids in school, nearly 100% of Pleasanton households benefit from the positive effect our excellent school system has on maintaining their high property values. For the wealthiest mid-sized city in America to raise such a fuss over a household paying the equivalent of $19 a month to create a means to keep our children well educated, property values high, and our quality of life at a level that many envy, is actually quite sad and certainly myopic. Direct and indirect attacks on the PTA, and the people who care about preserving this quality of life is truly uncalled for.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:47 am
To one Pleasanton parent from another, know what you are talking about....................
The PUSD budget deficit is made up from ongoing salary increase. The State has mandated a freeze on salary increase and will not continue to fund it, hence the budget shortfall. The message from the state is clear, everyone must be a part of the burden of this economy.
PUSD pulled a bait and switch, cutting reading specialist and CRS instead of salary increases. This is intended to panic parents into funding a parcel tax to make up the shortfall…in effect paying for their continued salary increases.
Web Link
Look at this PUSD presentation, the 4th to last slide that shows the 4mil shortfall is compensation increases!!!!!! See how the shortfall continues to increase, this will require a new parcel tax each year to keep up with the compensation increases!!!!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 9, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Just to keep this thread on track, should the PTA Council President be on the co-chair of this POLITICAL organization? I agree that money is needed. Having their cake and eating it too could be disaster if the parcel tax fails.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 10, 2009 at 2:27 pm
This is a call to anyone who believes that the PTA has misused our donations to fund a senseless parcel tax campaign to halt all future donations and fund-raising purchases from the PTA, PFC, P-whatever.
Instead, donate that money directly to your childrens' classrooms and help our teachers to shoulder the burden.
We as a community should not tolerate politically-driven irresponsible spending of our donations to support a senseless cause. That money was donated for the school and classrooms and needs to stay in the school and the classrooms.
I urge everyone to join me in this fight for our children.
Put our money back into the our school, our classrooms, NOW!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 10, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Dear Boycott,
I urge you to find out where from the various PTA's and other parent groups budget the donated funds are coming from. HPMS PTA took it from staff development with the approval of their teacher rep and the principal because no further staff development was being paid for this year anyway. No class funds were touched on purpose. All this was voted on at a general membership meeting. You can make all the fuss you want but if you don't know the entire story you really should do some research.
editor of the Pleasanton Weekly
on Mar 15, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Jeb Bing is a registered user.
We're intentionally giving topics pertaining to the June 2 parcel tax measure and teacher layoffs a rest because the postings have become repetitive and, in some instances, accusatory and hurtful to teachers and other employees of the school district who are unable to respond to postings, most of which are made under the cloak of anonymity. The postings online will remain, but future postings to these threads or new ones dealing with teacher layoffs and the parcel tax can be made only by registered users of the Pleasanton Weekly forum.
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HAWS' Rodent Rally is Saturday, March 1st beginning at 1:00pm. Guest speaker Dr. Nicole Mueller, of Brook-Falls Veterinary Hospital and Exotic Care, will discuss all things rat, mouse, hamster and gerbil! During the Rally attendees will also have the chance to interact with the many small pets available for adoption at HAWS. Admission is free; donations to HAWS' Small Animal Fund are welcome.
The Friends of HAWS Multi-Media Sale will 'play out' on Saturday, March 15th from 10am-3pm. Purchase new and gently used CDs, DVDs, video games, books and magazines. All proceeds benefit HAWS.
The 4th annual Extreme Makeover: HAWS Edition is Sunday, March 23rd. Groomers compete using HAWS' adoptable dogs as their canvas. Work begins at noon; judging is completed by 4:00 p.m. This FREE event also includes a doggie treat bake sale. Come watch the transformation from 'fuzzy to fabulous'!
HAWS' Annual Bunny Day is Sunday, March 30th, from noon – 4:00 p.m. Spend a day learning the Bunny basics, win prizes, meet adoptable rabbits and more. Presented by HAWS and the Wisconsin House Rabbit Society, admission is $5 for adults; children under 12 free with parent. This event is for bunny caregivers only, please leave companion rabbits comfortably at home.
Highlighting HAWS' Mobile Adoption Center visits in March is the annual Dog Day at the Milwaukee Admirals on Sunday, March 30th. Gametime is 5pm – purchase tickets for you and your best canine companion to benefit HAWS through the link at hawspets.org or call Brian of the Admirals at 414-227-0567.
Help HAWS raise $10,000 in 10 weeks for Annie's Fund! As Waukesha County's only open admission and full service shelter, HAWS often takes in animals needing medical treatment and life-saving care. Annie's Fund ensures those animals aren't turned away. Donate at hawspets.org or call 262-542-8851 for details.
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One thing you see offenses like New England, Denver, Green Bay, pretty much the better offenses through the air, all have well designed 4-5 yard short pass plays. The are high %, and can be based on a number of ways to exploit the D, such as body positioning or quick double moves, having crossing routes set picks in the zone the ball will go to...basically watch Denver, NE, GB, and notice how they can be just as effective with the short stuff as the long stuff.
And it confuses me bc in SB 46, we often moved the ball downfield with those shorter routes to the flats, and TE's...so I know KG is at least cognizant of it. The games our offense was shut down, it felt like we were relying on the same patterns that were putting us in the hole we were in, we never seemed to mix things up. and that baffles me bc eli can break down defenses. he doesnt get that chance when 3 of 4 routes are all downfield with their back to Eli, and he holds on and either takes a sack or forces it for bad news...didnt seem like we used bennett enough imo, thats 1 way i thought we could have taken advantage of those quicker passing plays, but we used bennett downfield as much as underneath when he wasnt blocking. oh well, hope they implement more of those kind of passing plays this offseason.


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Level 3 predatory offender again living in Pine River
Level 3 predatory offender Robert Arthur Litzau was released from prison Monday, Feb 4, and is moving to 24th Avenue Southwest in rural Pine River.
A community notification meeting was held Monday night in the Pine River-Backus School media center to inform residents of their rights, and those of Litzau, 70.
Litzau was released after serving time for a 2011 conviction of violation of predatory offender registration requirements and burglary of a dwelling. He was sentenced to 24 months in prison, a minimum sentence due to his prior convictions.
He was arrested May 27, 2010, when officers responded to a burglary call at a property on Hazel Street in Backus. The address was registered by Litzau as a place he regularly visited. Evidence showed it was actually an unregistered residence. Litzau broke in after being kicked out of the
Litzau now faces increased restrictions. Michele Murphy, Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) community notification coordinator, said Litzau will remain under close supervision by special dedicated agents untilOct 4, 2023, and will be required to register as a sex offender until 2033.
Conditions also require that Litzau register his place of residence, any vehicle he is driving, his appearance, his place of work and place of education. Any failure to do so can result in additional sentences and punishments.
He is also prohibited from using drugs or alcohol, purchasing or possessing sexual materials or entering establishments with sexual entertainment. Special agents with the DOC have the power to randomly search Litzau and his property, administer breathalyzers and urinalysis, and arrest him on charges, all without a prior warrant.
Litzau is also forbidden from places where children congregate. This includes schools, sporting events or the county fair. He is also currently banned from all church property in Pine River. He is required to wear a GPS bracelet for a minimum of 90 days. This time period may be extended
depending on his behavior during that span of time.
"If you see him (violating these restrictions), the first call should be to law enforcement the second call should be to us or vice versa," said Andy Hadrava, Minnesota DOC intensive supervision agent.
Litzau has completed his prior prison terms and is not currently wanted by the law.
Some residents expressed concern that Litzau's place of residence is near the Pine River-Backus School. Some residents asked why he is not restricted from living so close to the school.
Murphy said that research in Minnesota showed that restricting offender residences due to proximity to certain areas was not shown to reduce sexual offenders reoffending, and can actually reduce effectiveness of sexual predator registration programs.
"If we start putting too much restriction on where they can live, then we're not going to know where they are because they're just not going to register," Hadrava said.
Murphy said residency restrictions are an ineffective safety measure.
Murphy and Hadrava both emphasized the value of public awareness. Murphy said that notification programs have contributed to a 4 percent decrease in sexual offender reconvictions. Since 2002, only 3 percent of offenders arrested have prior convictions of sexual offenses.
"That's an indication that what we're doing in Minnesota is working to reduce sexual reoffense," Murphy said.
Litzau's history of other charges, accusations and sentences include:
• 1998, fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charges involving a 15-year-old male from Crow Wing County. He was sentenced to a minimum jail sentence of 12 months and one day.
• 2008, failure to register as a predatory offender. He returned to St. Cloud prison for 17 months with credit for 298 days in September 2009. He was released in May 2010.
• January 2011, Litzau was recognized in Pequot Lakes eating a meal at St. Alice Catholic Church. Litzau was later given an order of trespass, making it unlawful for him to be on any Lake Country Parishes property.
• Feb 1, 2011, Litzau was arrested at SuperAmerica in Pequot Lakes for having an unregistered vehicle. Litzau faced a felony charge of knowingly violating predatory registration requirements/intentionally providing false information, and a gross misdemeanor charge of obstructing the legal process with force, violence or threat of violence for fighting with arresting officers.
If you have any questions or anything to report concerning Litzau, contact local police officers and/or intensive supervision agents at 800-417-3836. If you witness suspicious or concerning behavior from any adults or children, do not hesitate to contact authorities. Warning signs can also be found at http://www.stopitnow.org/mn.


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In the interest of full disclosure, I am a real estate broker and I am very successful. I am not a Keller Williams agent and never have been. With that little tidbit out of the way, let me say that I think this book is great to give experienced and succesful real estate agents a skeleton of what a real estate business should look like. The only problem that I see is that this book will not tell you HOW to generate the business to become a "millionaire real estate agent". It merely tells you how to leverage your highly successful real estate practice into the next level, creating a team and making your personal real estate business function like a real business. While I think that this book is helpful and very truthful, I can't help but think that most agents that pick this book up are newer and want to know HOW to get business instead of advice on hiring multiple buyer agents and becoming a CEO of your own personal real estate business. The book talks quite a bit about creating a real estate business that nets a million dollars. Great. Sign me up. The book merely tells you that you need to sell 300+ homes a year. Gee, I could have done that math. This book does very little in the way of talking about how the mega agents that are mentioned and quoted in the book market themselves or their services. The bottom line is this; if you are a successful real estate agent and want to take your business to the next level read or listen to this book 5 times and follow its advice. If you are new and want to start creating business, skip this book until you are able to generate enough business to keep yourself busy. This book won't tell you how to be successful finding and marketing to clients, only how to organize yourself when you are ready to advance beyond being a solo practioner real estate agent to a "team leader".
"Fabulous book BUT Horrible Narration!"
3- wonderful information but horrid narration. Sounds like a used car salesman screaming at you the entire time. Gary Keller can afford someone at least descent!!
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I wouldn't hire Kyle to read anything. He's a used car salesman screaming like one solid commercial.
This is incredible information that you need to listen to over and over. Would buy again if read by someone else. Worst narration I've ever heard!!!
"A road map for running a business"
I thought I had a business until my son was born and had to have open heart surgery. As soon as I was taken out of my business I realized I had nothing more than a glorified job with a 1099, no Health Insurance, 401K or paid time off. It was then I realized I had to do things differently. As I started to assemble my team I was courting a KW agent. Through this process I realized MREA had the road map I was looking for and left RE/MAX and joined Keller Williams. In 12 short months I went from being a single agent to achieving the 7th level. Read on and you'll know what I'm talking about. I dare you to have a business and not just a J.O.B.
"Where were you Gary?"
As a Realtor for almost 2 decades, I basically had to learn on my own, and through the school of hard knocks and trial and error. I have always been successful, and withing my 1st year in the real estate business, I was one of the first realtors in my state to develope a team approach to Real Estate. Since then, I have fought with every Broker I worked for over the Team Approach to the business. Brokers simply did not understand teams, and consequencly they put obsticles in our way. Certainly there was no support or mentoring on how to work more effectively as a team, rather all we learned was trough trial and error.
It is so refreshing to read about how to build and develope a team, and from the mouth of a Broker! WOW what a suprise, and music to my ears...
Imagine that a Broker who actually understands, supports, and encourages Teams. Keller Williams is on to something, and I predict they will establish a new yardstick by which all the rest in the real estate business may be judged.
My team and I are employing many of the things we have discovered in the pages of the Millionaire Real Estate Agents, and I am sure it will make our business skyrocket beyond our wildest expectations.
I just wish I had the opportunity to read this book years ago!
Thanks a MILLION!
"The WORST Narration of All Time."
Kyle Hebert is the WORST speaker on the planet. He reads EVERY sentence with the MOST annoying emphasis possible. It sounds like a used car commercial. It is IMPOSSIBLE to just sit back and listen because his emphasis AND inflection. This guy ruined the ENTIRE audio book. Don't bother. Just get the actual book and read it.
Nothing with Kyle Herbert narrating, that's for sure.
How about Gary Keller, the author.
Read the book yourself. Skip the audiobook.
"Worth Reading"
I've been in real estate for 2 years, and I learned a tremendous amount to help me move forward and improve myself and in the process my business.
"My Feedback"
I have read many Real Estate Book, but this book is amazing. If you follow the structure and layout that is explained by the author will be successful. The plan is very real and achievable. I really liked the book and recommending it to all Real Estate Professionals to read it.
"Good book"
This book is great for a new agent. Lots of information!
"Don't think I can Tolerate Listening to the End"
The extended introduction to the book goes on and on about what the book is going to tell you, how its going to tell you, when its going to tell you, how important it is that they tell you, how important it is what they tell you, etc., etc. Bottom line the introduction is such a blatant waste of time-its almost insulting. I'm about 3/4 through and there has been so much repetition and filler that its just barely tolerable and don't think I can make it to the end. I hope audible will accept a return of this book.
I would have appreciated the book more if they had cut through the wasteful verbiage and gotten to the point. I think the book would be about 80% shorter if they had done that.
The performer was obviously trying to add pizzaz to verbiage with little substance.
I would have, to respect the time of the reader, condensed the substance of this book and by doing that would have reduced the listening time for this book by about 80%.
I notice also that most of the people who gave this book a good rating have only rated one book-this one...?
"Horribly cheesy performance detracts from content"
If it didn't include the sound of a bell ringing every single time they tried to make a point.
It sounded like they were trying to sell me something. I'm listening to the book so I obviously already bought it. Just focus on the substance.
It had good advice. Unfortunately it was poorly presented. If there was another version of this book I would have gotten it.
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lovely program, shame about the mistakes
lovely program, shame about the mistakes
Maybe Brian didn't do the last spin (if he actually didn't) because of his bloody hand?
Verner was ehhh, still a good MJ program even though there were mistakes.
PJ Kwong mentioned that Tomas has an ankle injury; does anyone know what happened exactly?
Anyways, I'm glad Tomas fought for everything and refrained from popping/doubling in the second half. Baby steps!
Dornbush up next!!!!!!! Hope he goes clean this program is sooooo good
Tomas: 140.93 into 4th
i just love that beginning of dornbush's program, he's a future champion i tell you!! amazing
loved brian!!! this program really suit him IMO!!!
but, yes, the ending was a bit..what? but great
sad for tomas, though
3A Barely
3A+3T great!
3Lz+2T+2Lp(Both hands in air) excellent!
2A+2A seq good
Doing really good!
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Whoa how did Dornbush manage to hold onto that first 3A?
Solid performance aside from near-miss on the first 3A and a small spin bobble. He is very promising and a testament to Tammy Gambill's skills as a coach.
Dornbush was GOOD!!
solid, but not as good as at US Nationals, a few bubbles here and there
Dornbush looked clean except for that doubled salchow.
Well done Donbush.
Should beat Brain in PCS
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Patterson enters this season with record of 120 -44 as the headman at TCU. There are 15 returning starters with the recent dismissal of Devonte Fields and The Frogs lost just 18 letterman. Fields missed nine games last year due to injury after being named Big 12 Rookie of the Year in 2012.


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"One of our goals is to engage and empower people," said Dr. Michael Rich, a cardiologist with the Brainerd Lakes Heart & Vascular Center at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. "This new online tool can give you the information you need to make important changes for your heart health."
Go to www.essentiahealth.org/heartvascular. The free survey only takes a few minutes and walks you through simple questions about your age, weight, exercise habits and stress levels. It also asks about your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers.
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Welcome to the 2009 post-election trauma center. If you're here to donate organs, we've got a long waiting list for brains. We could also use spines and guts, but we don't need any more noses. Most of this year's winners told so many lies, their nasal passages grew longer than the Maine Turnpike. We're harvesting the surplus and freezing it for use in the 2010 gubernatorial race.
Before you enter the first ward, please sign in. It makes the patients happy. They love signatures, because they're all survivors of petition drives to place unsuccessful referendum questions on the ballot. As soon as they recover from the injuries sustained in this campaign, they'll be hitting the streets with another round of initiatives, many of them identical to the ones that were just defeated.
You see, these poor souls are only capable of doing one thing — collecting names. They almost always get enough to put even politically untenable issues out to a vote, but they lack that part of the cerebrum that might allow them to figure out how to raise money and run an actual campaign. You're going to hear a lot of screaming and gnashing of teeth in here, because these losers can't understand why they're always outspent, out-hustled, and out-strategized.
In these adjoining beds, we have the Maine Heritage Policy Center and Maine Leads, the organizations behind the Taxpayers Bill of Rights and the excise-tax cut, both ballot questions that lost by margins usually associated with Chrysler quarterly financial reports. Even before the votes were counted, these groups were talking about bringing their ideas back for another try.
Of course, they're not discussing a new approach that might make TABOR III and EXCISE ME II more appealing to voters. And they aren't lining up deep-pocket donors capable of competing with the municipal associations, unions, educators, social-welfare advocates, and construction companies that worked to defeat both measures this year. They're just planning to make the same mistakes in hopes of getting different results, and you know what that's the definition of.
The heavily bandaged bodies next to them are Republican gubernatorial candidates Bruce Poliquin and Paul LePage, who tried to tie their campaigns to TABOR. If either of them survives until next year's general election, he'll need more than a Band-Aid to cover the spot where that mistake will come back to bite him.
Over here, we have the anti-school-consolidation crowd. We're short of space, so we had to put them all in one bed. There's probably some irony in that.
They, too, decided to embark on a long, difficult campaign without considering how they'd overcome their lack of money and political savvy, as well as the opposition of an entrenched bureaucracy. Apparently, they don't teach that stuff in unconsolidated schools.
These patients over here are municipal clerks, who were blindsided by the defeat of their pet constitutional amendment that would have given them more time to certify petition signatures. They believed the authority of their office would be sufficient to convince the public this change was needed, so they skipped the part of the process where they might have troubled themselves to explain it to the little people. The plebes, in turn, took the opportunity to revenge themselves on public officials who've made them wait in long lines, told them they were at the wrong window, claimed their documentation was incomplete, and ordered them to come back next week so the whole process could be repeated.
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Established in 1766, The Homestead sits on 3,000 impressive acres of verdant rolling hills, manicured gardens, and quiet forests in Hot Springs, Virginia. This iconic red-brick resort evokes a stately air befitting American royalty, counting Thomas Jefferson and 22 other US presidents among its esteemed guests. Today, The Homestead features a full-service spa and salon, golf courses, tennis courts, several dining and drinking options, and, of course, natural hot springs.
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Guest rooms and suites are adorned in crisp, classic Virginia style. Ranging from 250 to 280 square feet, Preferred Resort rooms are tastefully appointed and feature views of the resort grounds, while the 450- to 500-square-foot Homestead suites boast separate living and sleeping areas, plus custom furnishings. All rooms feature feather beds, flat-screen TVs, and Wi-Fi, and some offer warm fireplaces and sun decks, as well.
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Families will enjoy the programming designed by the resort's KidsClub, and an in-house movie theater provides a treat all ages can enjoy. Nearby, the picturesque town of Hot Springs offers an array of shopping options, from boutiques to antiques.
At night, don your most stylish business-formal attire and tuck into time-honored dishes in The Homestead's main dining room, serving local and seasonal fare like heirloom tomatoes and burrata, lobster bisque, Virginia grass-fed beef, and Allegheny trout. End the evening with a nightcap at Sam Snead's Tavern, a rustic-chic affair with a stone fireplace and wood walls.
"Soothing orchestra music plays as guests stroll the column-adorned hallways, sauntering into the ornately decorated dining room for a luxurious six-course meal of regional and continental cuisine."-- Read Fodor's Review of The Homestead
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the exorcist are demons in disguise, you didnt know that? you will see one tonight when you turn off the lights and you're ready to go to bed.
lmao k, thanks for the warning.
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Yeah, demons. ROFL.
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He would be giving up 6 inches to many tackles in the league. Playing against a guy with that much of a leverage advatage for an entire game would be pretty hard.
I would also bring up his problematic injury history. He has knee and shoulder probs which will hurt his stock a bit.
Simply put, i love the versatility that Simon could offer, and his non stop desire to make the play .. Theres just no quit in this kid... Again, part of my liking him, is hes whats good about football..


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Proper septic system operation and maintenance can save homeowners money while protecting the environment.
With proper maintenance, septic systems can effectively treat wastewater for 20, 30 or more years. Improper maintenance can lead to system failure and the need for expensive repairs in 10 years or less.
It is much cheaper to pump a septic tank on a regular basis, monitor water use and regulate products that go down the drain than it is to replace a septic system drain field.
Properly designed, constructed, operated and maintained septic systems reduce the levels of fecal coliform bacteria and nutrients discharged into streams and groundwater. Elevated levels of fecal coliform bacteria from human wastes are of special concern because of potential human health risks.
Crow Wing County residents are invited to attend a free Septic System Care (Septic System Homeowner Operation and Maintenance Education, HOME) class at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 8, to learn more about the proper treatment of human wastewater.
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On the strange attraction of spheres that like to stick together
Brian Hayes
Both the Harvard and the Yale groups were inspired to undertake this exercise by an interest in aggregations of material spheres rather than mathematical ones. Hoy, Harwayne-Gidansky and O'Hern discuss the mysteries of crystallization. Bulk materials tend to favor configurations that maximize density, such as the Kepler packing. But crystal growth must start from clusters of just a few atoms, where the configurations that minimize energy are not the same as those in the bulk. Some high-contact-number clusters exhibit motifs seen in the Kepler packing, but other clusters are incompatible with space-filling structures. For example, the n=7 pentagonal dipyramid is not a pattern that can tile three-dimensional space.
Arkus is particularly interested in the self-assembly of nanostructures, both natural ones (such as viral capsids) and engineered materials. Guangnan Meng of Harvard, working with Arkus, Brenner and Manoharan, has developed an experimental system that offers another way to explore small clusters of sticky spheres. The spheres are polystyrene beads one micrometer in diameter, suspended in water along with a large population of much smaller plastic nanoparticles. When two spheres come into contact, the nanoparticles are excluded from the space between them; this phenomenon creates a short-range attractive force between the spheres. Hence the system is a good model of idealized sticky spheres.
In Meng's experiments the microspheres were spread over glass plates with thousands of cylindrical microwells, where they formed clusters with an average of about 10 spheres per well. The wells were scanned with a microscope to tabulate the relative abundance of various configurations. If potential energy were the sole criterion, then clusters with more contacts would be more common, but entropy also enters into this calculus: Structures that can be formed in many different ways are more probable. For the most part, results were broadly in accord with theoretical expectations. Entropy favored clusters with lower symmetry, and also enhanced the representation of nonrigid structures. But because extra contacts lower the potential energy, structures with more than 3n–6 bonds were also overrepresented.
Apart from these physical applications of sticky spheres, the contact-counting model also evokes a celebrated open problem in pure mathematics. The question was raised by Paul Erdös in 1946: Given n points in d-dimensional space, how many pairs of points can be separated by the same distance? By scaling all distances appropriately, the repeated distance can always be set equal to 1, and so the problem is sometimes called the unit-distance problem. In three dimensions, the maximum-contact problem for unit spheres is equivalent to the Erdös unit-distance problem with the additional constraint that no distance is allowed to be less than 1. Thus the recent results on sticky spheres solve this restricted version of the problem for all n≤11.
What lies beyond n=11? Arkus suggests that the main roadblock to enumerating maximum-contact clusters for higher n is not the geometric problem of solving for coordinates and distances but the combinatorial one of generating all appropriate adjacency matrices. Because so few of the matrices correspond to valid packings, the process becomes hideously wasteful. Arkus suggests a possible alternative approach, although it has not yet been successfully implemented. Through n=10 she has shown that every cluster with 3n–6 contacts can be converted into any other 3n–6 cluster by some chain of simple transformations, in which a single bond is broken and another bond is formed. She conjectures that this property holds true for all n. If it does, the maximum-contact problem might be solved by generating any one structure with 3n–6 contacts and then systematically traversing the tree of all single-bond-exchange transformations.
At some large enough value of n, the diversity of these curious geometric structures will necessarily begin to diminish, as all larger clusters come to look more and more like pieces of the Kepler packing. But we're not there yet, and there may still be oddities to discover.
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