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Argentina, meaning "land of silver," is a rich and vast land—second largest (after Brazil) in South America and eighth largest in the world. Its heartland is a broad grassy plain known as the Pampas (pronounced PAHM-pahs). Here Argentina's gaucho, like the U.S. cowboy, has galloped into the country's folklore.
The Spanish first arrived around 1516, and Argentina gained independence in 1816. The small native population died from European diseases, and today's population is over 95 percent European. For Spanish, Italian, German, and other immigrants in the late 19th century, Argentina held great promise. Today the literacy and urbanization rates are high, the birthrate and the infant mortality rate are low, and most Argentines consider themselves middle class.
The recent past has been tumultuous. Some 30,000 people disappeared—the Desaparecidos—in the "dirty war" during the military junta's 1976-1983 rule. In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the British-held Falkland Islands, which Argentina calls the Islas Malvinas. Defeat by Britain during the 1982 Falkland Islands war loosened the military dictatorship's stranglehold on democracy.
Since then much has been won: greater freedom of the press, tolerance of opposition, and increased foreign investment. However, a deep recession caused economic collapse at the end of 2001—followed by fragile economic growth. Unemployment plagues the economy, even as the nation enjoys the continent's highest per capita income.
The Andes mark Argentina's western edge, forming the boundary with Chile. The highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, Aconcagua, dominates the Andes at 6,960 meters (22,834 feet). From the Andes, gently rolling plains extend eastward toward the sea. Much of the Pampas, including a rich agricultural section, occupies this region. Northeast Argentina features rain forests and Iguazú Falls. These spectacular falls, on Argentina's border with Brazil, drop along a 2.7-kilometer (1.6-mile) front in a horseshoe shape. South of the Pampas, dry and windswept Patagonia stretches to the southernmost tip of South America with the world's southernmost city, Ushuaia.
- Industry: Food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles
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Veteran suicide rate double that of general population
MISSOULA, Mont. - NBC Montana has a special report on an epidemic that's taking the lives of thousands of veterans a year.
According to a new report released this month by the United States Veterans Affairs Office, in a country with one of the highest suicide rates in the world, Veterans are about twice as likely to take their own life as civilians.
Montana has the highest per capita percentage of veterans in the country. Montana's also notable for having the highest suicide rate in the country. For veterans these, are statistics specialists at the Montana V.A. Center are painfully aware of, and are working hard to change.
"It's hard," said Iraq war veteran Ryan Ranalli. "The nightmares, flashbacks, anger, depression, just feeling like you are alone"
Ryan Ranalli left Iraq five years ago, but for him and his fellow soldiers, the casualties continued.
"Within a 13 month span when I got out, I had 6 friends commit suicide that I served with," said Ranalli. "They isolate themselves so much that they feel that's the only way out."
I didn't see the V.A. for probably a couple of years after I got back," said veteran Bob Clemo.
He fought in Vietnam, and said it was a different war, but the same story.
"I know an awful lot of Vietnam Vets (who) took their lives."
A study released early this month by the U.S. Veterans Affairs Office found that suicide killed more active duty veterans in 2012 than active duty combat did.
The report estimates that 22 veterans a day, or one every 65 minutes, takes their own life.
According to the Montana V.A. center, last year in Montana, 6 veteran suicides were reported, and 2 years ago, the number was 11.
"(Suicide) is kind of the last taboo," said V.A. Suicide Prevention Coordinator Kellie LaFave. "You don't want to talk about suicide, you don't want to say the s-word. We have a culture that says, well, if you go get help for mental health issues, than you must be crazy, you must be dangerous."
LaFave said, in 2005, The U.S. Veterans Affairs Office has started a coordinated, large scale effort to understand veteran suicide, and prevent it.
"We need to come to the point with mental health, and talking about suicide, is as common as talking about your cholesterol level, and what your numbers are," said LaFave.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Specialist Dr. Dudley Blake said preventing veteran suicide will take more than medical treatment.
"If we had mental health services at a larger scale, we could meet a lot of the needs of many veterans, but I do think that the greater impact would be a greater understanding of what this is about," said Blake.
In 2005, the Veteran's Affairs Office set up a confidential veteran's crisis line that's available 24 hours a day. Than line can be reached by calling 1-800-273-8255.
Montana also has its own crisis line staffed by V.A. trained volunteers from the non-profit group Spartan's Honor. That number is 406-327-7834. Veterans living on Montana reservations can also call 406-407-3589.

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NEW ORLEANS, LA-- Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu joined with the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) to encourage organizations in the New Orleans community to partner with NORDC in the implementation, maintenance and operations of their fall programs.
NORDC Programmatic Partners are organizations that provide creative and innovative programming at NORDC recreation centers and designated facilities at no cost. Examples of Programmatic Partnerships include after school programs, summer camps, youth athletic programs, creative arts programs, and senior health and wellness programs.
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If you've used the library website in the last few days, you may have noticed that Brooklyn Public Library sports a snazzy new logo and color scheme on its homepage. Gone is the sad little black box that for so long meekly defined our presence in the digital realm. There's something invigorating about the facelift that comes with rebranding -- it seems to signify a fresh start, a new direction. The library has gone through several such reincarnations over the years, and today's blog post concerns itself with the various iterations of the our logo, from classic to retro to ultramodern. Think of it as the institutional equivalent of embarrassing photographs of yourself in 1970s bell-bottoms or 1980s shoulder pads.
The above book plate image appears, with minor variations, in the library's earliest materials. Joy's blog post about our book plate collection goes into greater detail on the many iterations of the torch image with the Latin motto "Litterae, lux, scientiae". Images like this one were employed to establish ownership of library materials or the provenance of book donations. On some of our older books you will also see perforations on the front page that spell out "Brooklyn Public Library". It may not be a logo, per se, but I do think its an interesting graphic rendering of our name.
Logos as we now know them -- a kind of iconic shorthand representing a larger concept -- started appearing in Brooklyn Public Library materials, as far as I can tell, in the 1960s.
The above logo, from a 1967 BPL Bulletin, oozes mid-century-futuristic charm, while the masthead below, from ten years later, employs the iconic Brooklyn Bridge in a more nostalgic style.
One especially unique design campaign, which you will still see on our letterhead and on the signs at our many neighborhood branches, celebrated Brooklyn's status as a home to authors by incorporating the autographs of well-known writers from the borough, including Gay Talese, Isaac Asimov, Anais Nin, and Norman Mailer, among others.
It was also deployed on our library card design. Residing as they do in the wallets and purses of hundreds of thousands of Brooklynites, library cards serve as a little plastic ambassador of the Brooklyn Public Library brand.
Although they started out as purely functional, like the paper card above from 1954, library cards have transformed over the years to become a bit more colorful and playful. Here are a few different designs you may remember (or maybe you are still carrying them around, even, in your bursting-at-the-seams wallet).
And lastly, here is the black box logo we've used for so many years, to which we now happily say goodbye, and thanks for the memories.
The new logo is really terrible. Blocky, misspelled, awful. I hope you guys keep going and settle on something more acessible and design-forward.
if there is no money for books how is there money for a new logo and promotions?
dana cubitt
I love the library more than anyone, but I am shocked at the choice for the new logo design. The design looks like something from the late 90s. I am picturing plastic signs sitting in tacky suburban parking lots. I don't understand what message the library is trying to send with this design. The spelling is inappropriate for an institution that promotes literacy. The redesign is unnecessary when the money can be used elsewhere. Just because it's new, doesn't make it good.
Yes, it is horrible: hard edge, harsh, no class, no grace, no soul, no sense of history. What are they aiming for? why bother?
Evelyn Friedman
I'm going to have to disagree with everyone and say that I think the new logo is amazing. Forward-thinking, modern, fresh, and perfect for the digital age and the future of the library.
I'm disappointed. And I'm disappointed by the new online catalog system too. No renew all option? Really? 10 emails every time my books are close to due? No thanks!
Your new logo is awful. I am generally supportive of the idea new logos (change is good) but this new one is insanely BAD. I am a graphic designer living in Brooklyn and I loved the old logo and website. Now it looks like a horrible logo from the 1990s, designed by someone's cousin who 'knows desktop publishing'. I really think you have made a huge mistake here, and I am very sad you did away with the excellent old design. I challenge you to get any positive support from even one designer on this. The old logo was not a sad little box to me, it showed seriousness, confidence and reliability. The new one looks unrefined and seems like a misspelling, what could be a worse image for a library to project?
I won't go negative on the new design but I much prefer the "sad little black box". It's timeless and simple.
The new logo is nice but I much prefer the old logo as it fit the personality of a library better. I mean neither really gives off the feeling of library but the new one seems off color-wise and the choice of using "Bklyn" as opposed to fully spelling it out. Also the green color scheme fits in better with knowledge and growth with the library the blue with grey brings on feelings of sadness.
The old logo and color scheme were much better.
I can just repeat, what I already said on LinkedIn/Communication Arts Group:
Good or bad, we keep on discussing, which is undoubtly a quality. The relaunched brand seems to me more adequate than the former one (much too long for a quick world). To work with TYPES in case of a library I find it reasonable. If it's "Book" or "Brook" in the end doesn't really matter. As long as people recognize it as such (context), everything is ok. A provocation puts always our brains on work. What would be nicer for a library than that?
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Sorry to say, but the new logo is very "generic low-tier tech company" and looks like something straight out of freshman graphic design class. The "sad little box" is strong, smart and dignified. The faded blue seems really corporate and clinical compared to the bright green. The logo was really something that didn't need fixing.
The new logo = middle-aged administrators saying "yea yea the kids who love texting will love this!" I agree with Brio that it looks like something out of a freshman design class. Futura is big among inexperienced designers who want to let the played-out typeface do all the heavy lifting for them.
From afar the banners at the library merely appear to say BKLYN with no mention of a library. Did no one at the design firm or library print this out large scale and view it from afar? That's logo design 101.
I don't believe the design firm is the main culprit because they have plenty of good work in their book. Design by committee doomed this project. You don't have to trash a brand to give it a facelift and bring it into a new era. The only sad little black box is the one in which the minds of those responsible for this reside. It's a travesty that a dime of desperately needed library funds was spent on this rebranding which was clearly a vanity project for someone new in the administration or board (which is so typical - it happens every time someone new comes in and decides to throw the baby out with the bathwater). The new information commons at the central branch is inspired and forward-thinking. This logo is not.
Here's a much more inspired reinvention of the existing branding: www.howsueisnow.com/.../brooklynpubliclibrary.html
Would BlllKLYN (with the ROO) turned sideways
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Mason Jar Candle Holders
I took some vintage sheet music and ripped it on both sides so it would fit around each jar. First, I distressed the edges a bit for a nice aged look.
Next, I wrapped the sheet music around each jar and used a glue dot to hold the overlapping piece in place.
Tie a piece of twine around, knot it and done! You have some super cute candle holders in a matter of minutes. I'm thinking of lining these up our front walk for our next outdoor party!
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- Donna said...
What a fun and easy idea! I love any project that involves vintage sheet music. And I was thinking the same exact thing about how cute they would be lining a walkway:)
- June 12, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- Donna said...
What a cute and easy idea! I love projects that involve vintage sheet music. And I was thinking the same thing, about how pretty they would be lining a walkway:)
- June 12, 2012 at 7:02 AM
- Jamie said...
I love how your mason jar candles turned out!! The sheet music and the twine are so pretty. I may just do this myself now. I have a lantern where I want to modge podge old sheet music to the glass. Sheet music looks so elegant in candle light. ~ Jamie
- June 12, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- beachcomber said...
i love candles in jars & yours look great! they will be lovely outside.
- June 13, 2012 at 3:53 AM
- Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made said...
Love the way the candlelight shines through the sheet music and highlights it -- these WOULD be so pretty lining a walkway. I also like that you have the lids/rings on too!
- June 13, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- The Polka Dot Closet said...
Oh, you have a great blog, I love anything with Mason jars! Thank you for dropping by!
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1/4 teaspoon pepper
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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
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4 medium carrots, peeled and cut into sticks
8 ounces white button mushrooms, halved
2 tablespoons flour
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2 bay leaves
4 fresh thyme sprigs
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Ten youth and five adults from the Austin Camp Fire Backpacking Club , Pecos Wilderness, New Mexico, June 28-July 4, 2012. This year we drew an especially enthusiastic group. For most, it was their first backpacking trip longer than a weekend. We had a mix of older (ages 15-16) and younger (ages 12-13, with one 10-year-old) kids. Six girls and four boys. The two different age groups were skeptical of each other at first–they all knew each other from weekend trips but hadn't bonded. We needn't have worried–all the kids reached "across the aisle" quickly; consequently this group was probably the most congenial we've had. We departed from Austin early on a Thursday morning, after a fun swimming party and gear-check the night before. Two minivans and one car. It takes until suppertime to get all the way across Texas to Camp Monakiwa, a Camp Fire camp in the foothills near Las Vegas, NM, where we always spend the night on this trip. After supper, we have the Big Gear and Food Rummage. How to find space for all the food and gear in the packs, without making anyone's too heavy? The kids were responsible for calculating and purchasing their food assignments, but parents (bless their hearts) just can't help adding more. We are always still learning what to bring and what can safely be left behind.
Friday morning, first stop Pecos National Historical Park. Gives us another half day for elevation gain, fun spot to stop and explore, kids always like the restored kivas.
Then up, up the Pecos River valley to Jacks Creek trailhead. After filling water bottles and one more pack rummage and weighing on the hanging scale, we were off, up the switchbacks two miles to the Fun Rock Pile. With most of our previous groups, this stretch results in frequent rest stops, much moaning and groaning, and a backpacking reality check. Our 10-year-old was a bit tentative and stuck close to her father. One of the adults has health challenges, so she and her husband (parents of one of the kids) hiked as their own separate unit. But all the others, especially the girls, were up and at 'em. (Not stereotypical behavior.) Cool! At the top, after setting up camp, everyone explored the rocks, with the help of a trip leader's ukulele and a fine sunset. We were able to see East Pecos Baldy, our destination, to the north, from the top of the rocks.
Saturday on this route is six miles and nearly 2,000 feet of elevation gain, no really steep parts but climbing steadily all the way. We don't do high mileages on these trips because for so many of the kids it is their first mountain trip, plus kids like to mess around in camp and explore, morning and afternoon. A bit of a sprinkle in early afternoon, but mostly the weather was cool (compared to Austin anyway) and partly sunny. We crossed grassy hillsides, lunched at the Jacks Creek crossing, and made it through the forest up to Pecos Baldy Lake by mid-afternoon.
After lunch, one kid, a 13-year-old boy, reacted to the altitude; for a little bit he seemed to be feeling bad enough that we were wondering if we might have to take him down, but he rallied and wanted to go on. To be cautious, we had one of the faster adults shuttle his pack up, and he walked with the parents who were taking it more slowly. By suppertime he felt a lot better, and even took his cooking shift as planned. We camped in the hollow just to the south of where the Skyline Trail passes by the lake. There's a good stream coming down the hillside there, easy to get water without going to the lake. Lots of singing and passing the ukulele around, games and horsing around. Hardly any snow this year, and the lake level was low.
Sunday was our layover day. Morning excursion–a day hike up to the top of East Pecos Baldy (12,529 ft.) and back. The trail switches back through the woods above camp to a saddle, then a side trail from there up the mountain to the top, all walking, no scrambling required. Six girls, one boy, and four adults started out. Two of the other three boys had been up in previous years, and the fourth boy was our altitude kid, who wisely chose not to push it. After starting out, our youngest girl changed her mind, so she and her father returned to camp. One more girl got a sinus headache part way up the switchbacks, and she and her father turned around too. (Always helps to have a few extra adults on a youth trip!) We found a mound of snow in the woods, and stopped to play in it–a treat for kids from central Texas.
The mountaintop is way high above the lake; from up there you can see really far. We took the big map and our compasses so we could identify various landmarks. We could almost see the Rock Pile back the way we came but not quite. (No binoculars–they all got weeded out.) The kids said next time we come out to Pecos it would be fun to try going up to Truchas Peaks, another five miles north. If they still want to do that come trip-planning time next spring, we'll figure out a route to do it.
We made it back to camp just in time for lunch and a two-hour rainstorm, good for naps. The rest of the afternoon was for exploring around the lake and in the woods, hanging out in camp, and more games and music. The area was still under a burn ban, so no camp fires in the chill of the evening. The kids came up with what they called a "penguin huddle" as a substitute–all sitting back to back in a circle, to stay warm. In a penguin huddle, you are facing out so you still have room to sing, play the ukulele, tell stories, make up jokes, and draw and write in each other's journals, all while staying toasty.
Monday morning it was time to pack up, climb those switchbacks to the saddle again but this time loaded, and cut down Rito Perro, across the hillside to Panchuela Creek, and up and over to Horsethief Meadow, about five miles. Those who did not go up East Pecos Baldy yesterday were worried about the climb to the saddle with packs on, but everyone made it just fine. Our sinus headache girl (now fully recovered) and her dad, and one of the veteran boys wanted to climb the mountain after all, and there was time, so I took them up. We only had a couple of minutes on top this time, because weather was closing in fast, but they had a good time and I was glad they go to go after all.
We made it back to the saddle just as the rain started.
The trail takes a gentle downhill through open forest and along Rito Perro–we lunched on a huge boulder by the creek–through some damp meadows of tall grass, not as many flowers this year, probably because of the drought, and down to the Panchuela Creek crossing. From here the Skyline Trail goes steeply up the side of a ridge; it looks like it was built before modern switchback practices. Altitude boy, the 10-year-old, and the mom with health challenges were all seriously flagging, so one of the trip leaders (the other one, not me) and two of the older teen boys shuttled their packs to the top, and those two boys decided to carry the extra two packs along with their own (front to back) the rest of the way into Horsethief Meadow! (Good thing we had lightened them up.) They kind of wore themselves out doing it, but were justifiably proud of themselves. The rain returned on the way down to camp, along with thunder and lightning. Some of the kids had actually listened to their lessons about avoiding being out in the open during lightning, and hesitated to cross the meadows, but since we were on lower slopes partway down the stream valley and not out on ridgetops, they acquiesced to simply hurrying across. We arrived in camp damp and chilly, put up shelters in a hurry, took a rest, and then the trip leaders fixed up some hot water and took chocolate and tea around. One of the older teens on this trip was the boy mentioned in last spring's article (see the link at the beginning of this report), who has been sleeping in an old generic bivy sack on every trip. Well, that old bivy finally failed him that evening at Horsethief Meadow, letting the rain in on his sleeping bag, and he had to retreat into one of the other boys' tent. We promised to tell his parents that he has definitely earned a brand new fancy bivy for his holiday present this year.
The next morning, our last morning on the trail, we had clear sunshine over Horsethief Meadow.
The rest of the way from there is about four miles, up and over into the Cave Creek drainage, and down the creek to Panchuela Campground, with a lunch stopoff at the Caves about a mile before the end. Our geologist friend, a mom who came along on the 2010 trip, has previously explained that these small caves are "real" caves, not just cracks in the bluff. Part of the creek plunges through them, and it is fun to go in and explore. After lunch we did just that, and emerged right in time for the rain to start again, and follow us the rest of the way down.
Here we are crossing Panchuela Creek.
And here's our "we did it!" picture at Panchuela Campground.
We shuttled the cars from Jacks Creek, lit out across the New Mexico desert, and stopped for the night at Sumner Lake State Park under a bright full moon. One of the girls was showing one of the boys some swing dancing steps she'd learned; the parent couple in the group turned out to be experienced swing dancers, and showed them some more, and pretty soon the whole group of kids, with voices for the beat, was swing dancing on the desert in the moonlight.
See you on the trail!
MinaOct 10, 2012 at 5:08 pm #1920019
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@cameronLocale: Idaho Falls
Cool report Mina! You might want to tell "Bivy Boy" to keep an eye on the floor of his new bivy as well as the top. The waterproofing wore of the bottom of my bivy and its not even water resistant now. I kept thinking I was having condensation in my bivy when it was really moisture soaking up from the bottom!
If funds are a hang up he could always buy a small and cheap 5×8 foot tarp to go over the bivy. The tarp would keep most of the rain off and the bivy is probably good enough still to deal with any spray.
Funny thing, I was just in the Pecos although I spent most of my time farther east on the Skyline trail. Its a cool place for sure.Oct 12, 2012 at 8:31 pm #1920730
Thanks! I'd like to take some exploratory trips out to some other parts of Pecos, it's a big place and we've generally just taken variations of this one route because it works so well for a one-week trip and we are usually taking a bunch of new people anyway.
Bivy boy really likes being out under the sky without a tarp. He has to burrow in when it's raining of course.
MinaOct 12, 2012 at 8:36 pm #1920732
Eugene SmithBPL Member
@eugeneiusLocale: Nuevo Mexico
Mina (my sister's name is Mina btw), this was a great little write up, really enjoyed seeing a familiar place through your eyes.
The Pecos is a beautiful slice of NM.Oct 12, 2012 at 9:03 pm #1920743
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@cameronLocale: Idaho Falls
Mina I'm no expert on the area but if you want to know details about where I went feel free to PM me. I'll probably post a trip report soon. I'd have to look at elevation gain and loss but off the top of my head I don't think getting a bit higher on the Skyline trail would be too difficult.Oct 16, 2012 at 8:04 am #1921732
Katie HughesMember
Hi Mina,
I really enjoyed reading about your backpacking adventure this past summer–what a great experience! Lucky Bums shares a very similar passion for the outdoors, always trying to encourage kids to get outside and create lasting memories with their families. I would love to help out the next time you write on this topic or put a kids event together.I look forward to hearing from you!
Best Regards,
Katie Hughes
firstname.lastname@example.com 19, 2012 at 8:24 pm #1923037
Luke, I'd love to see your trip report when you are ready to post it. I need to study the map and figure out some more loops besides the one we've been doing. Plus, I might just *have* to make an extra trip out there, you know, to familiarize myself with the route possibilities before taking the kids on a new route!
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Got my SP!!
1. There are 2400 miles between us.
2. Does not like chocolate.
3. Likes to read.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Got my SP!!
1. There are 2400 miles between us.
2. Does not like chocolate.
3. Likes to read.
Happy guessing
Ok lets see how many do I have...... ummmm
My MAIN (big) ironing board** is the Martha Stewart "professional" wide (got for my b-day MANY years ago)
2 table top that has folding legs**
Another table top that is two-sided two smaller sections on one side and a larger section on the flip side.
And the newest one to my collection I got last week at Goodwill for $5 is an old table top sleeve board.
I also have a table top "mat"** that I seldom use (mostly because I folded, put away and lost now).
Lets not forget the little Omni cutting/ironing pad that looking like a portfolio type note pad.
The last one is a "Quilter's Cut & Press II" (cutting on one side ironing on the other).
So that is 8 in all, but one of the table tops with folding legs needs to go to the ironing board heaven
as that sucker is so bowed in the center that I am surprised it hasn't snapped in half. What do you expect
for $5 right?
The last 3 listed above I can't really make a new cover for, but all the others I can.
The 3 with the ** have covers that are made from the same fabric that firefighters suits are made
from. They don't burn, or scorch, but I have discovered that constant "rubbing" my arm/wrist on
this stuff has irritated my skin to the point that it feels like fiberglass in on my arm which is why I
want to make another cover for my big board.
Here are pictures of what some of them looks like although these are NOT mine.
This is very similar to mine except mine is MUCH wider and the legs are different,
but it has the sturdy iron shelf on back end and the shelf underneath like in the pic.
My husband bought the Martha Stewart board at KMart about 11 years ago.
This is what my two sided board looks like I LOVE this board. Got it a few years ago
at Costco $25 (I think).
Of course this is the small "take to class" that I bought thinking I would take it to
class/sewing gatherings (which never seem to have taken place).
Louise - Ya-ya to Zachary April 13 2015. I collect mugs from the U.S. and around the world. Also collect handmade pincushions, sewing/quilting themed fabrics, and fabric in general.
My package is almost complete???
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Wow Krystyna I hope that doesn't make you think of me! LOL! I agree scary!
DH went to pick up Chinese Food we live too far out for delivery, I'm home on the computer and trying to decide what to make for my SP as she has been sewing far longer than my over 2 yrs. Hard to decide, maybe a tote or mugrug?
Both Sweetwater Quilter and I have been under the weather this past week, guess I really got it bad as I am just starting to feel human...
I did manage to get my name in for February SP and got my name last night...
#1 SP lives in a state with a " M " in it
#2 any Chocolate.
#3 Color purple
Last month my SP guessed who I was.. LOL My clues may be to easy...
Hearing happens when the ears and the brain team up, but listening happens with the ears of the heart.
I collect Angels and homemade ornaments
Olive Garden was wonderful. We like it as much as Ruby Tuesday because we fill up on salad and bread as a meal and then bring the entree home! We did not bring the rabbit. We were afraid that my SP might show up and that would not be good. Plus he would have eaten all the salad. I'm making him stay outside tonight and hoping he runs away.
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Nice Article. I have been studying temporary power safety rules for years, and I was not aware of who may be the possible AHJ on a job site.
I do have one question about GFCI protection for temporary power. In your article you mention some suitable means are via Circuit Breaker, Receptacle, Cord Set, Adapter or other means. However, I do know that GFCI Breakers and Receptacles have limitations with Reverse Phase and Open Neutral Protection on the line side. If they are using this type of GFCI in a temporary application, isn't it required they employ a relay on the line side to protect against an Open Neutral or Reverse Phase?
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I am an interventional radiologist — a physician who uses imaging guidance (CT, MR, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy) to do minimally invasive procedures. By using imaging, we can in many cases avoid the need for an operation, thus speeding the patient's recovery and enhancing quality of life. The types of procedures we perform include venous access, drainages of abscesses, fluid collections and obstructed systems, peripheral angiography, and tumor embolization.
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Charming Loft in Belsize Park
Size455 ft²
Floor No.2
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The stylish bedroom features a double bed and smart internet TV
The comfortable lounge is normally used as a second double bedroom.And comes complete with 42in / 107cm 3D smart internet TV, and 3D glasses, There are massive, international movie libraries for both TV's and rainy days.
The kitchen/breakfast room comes with cooker, fridge, microwave, toaster and cooking utensils etc, and its own, third TV.
The newly installed [Dec 2014] modern bathroom offers both bath and supersize rainfall shower facilities, and even a shower radio..
Guests also have access to the larger communal kitchen and laundry facilities in the apartment downstairs
There is free 150mbps wi-fi, internet powerline, and free towels, bedlinen and hairdryer.
You can find all essentials round the corner in the local Tesco Express, and there are plenty of nearby restaurants and cafes
Parking is usually available for a small fee.
The location is ideal. Belsize Park tube is just 4-5 minutes walk, Swiss Cottage 7 minutes, and Camden Town and its famous Camden Market two Tube stops away. It takes only 10-15 minutes by tube to central London and most of London's major attractions. And you can get here from Heathrow or Gatwick Airport in about an hour.
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We had a fantastic time during the 5 days we spent at Michael's flat. The apartment is perfectly situated in a very nice and calm neighbourhood, excatly what we needed to relax after a whole day of sightseeing and walking. (WiFi, Smart TV etc. everything available) Super markets and the tube station are within 5 min. walking distance, Camden is just two tube stations away, Westminster about 15-20. Michael is a super friendly and helpful host! Any time again! (Jörg from Germany)
We just spent 7 days staying in this value for money apartment. It's in a nice neighbourhood but near enough to all this city has to offer. It was perfect for us a family of 4, 2 adults and 2 teenagers. The apartment was fabulous, new bathroom, powerful shower, lovely bedrooms with good beds. Kitchen has all the equipment and everything you need. The area has a great mix of local shops and close proximity to the tube. Michael was available for information or advice we needed and we had the best sight seeing holiday we could have wished for!
The apartment is at a very nice, residential location - it is quiet and easy to reach the tube station (5-7 minutes) from there. You can find a cheap Tesco supermarket in the nearby. Our host was very helpful and reliable. The apartment is comfortable for 3-4 persons. The kitchen is small but enough for small meals. I think we got good value for its price. We would definitely come again if we visit London.
everything you would need is there in the apartment, (hair dryer, plug adapters, microwave, coffee machine, TV, Wifi, fridge, cooker, hard disks full of films if the weather is poor or for evenings if you don't want to go out), which is a plus. The location is excellent, pub around the corner (The Washington), tesco for food, etc. and a good selection of restaurants/takeaways, Belsize Park tube station is 5 minutes walk away. The bathroom was clean (new toilet brush wouldn't have been a bad thing though when they are 2 a penny).
Whats the down side? Well at £170, give or take, per night you would expect the place to be pretty spotless, carpets cleaned, curtains not full of dust, bedsheets without any stains (they were washed, but still). Sadly, this was not the case and this really let the place down if im being honest. These are only small details, but they really count in my honest opinion. The windows are a pain to open and close. OK, this is something that would cost the owner a lot of money to fix....but then its pretty expensive to stay there, and fair enough Belsize Park is an expensive area to live, but again, small things count, like the kitchen table top wasn't fixed and we nearly lost a bottle of wine because of this, more annoying than a deal breaker.
I reckon if the place was better cleaned i would think about staying there again.
However, I can say, that despite the rather shabby feel of the apartment (im english, i know you have to allow for London sometimes, but still..) the owner, Michael, is very welcoming and friendly. I didn't have to ask him about anything because im fairly familiar with London, but I got the impression he would always be willing to help out and answer any questions.
So to sum up, a good location with everything you need in the apartment, but the cleanliness let it down.
We had a wonderful time in a really cosy flat in London. Michael is a very nice and helpful host and the flat was clean, comfortable and offered everything we needed! We will surely come back again!
Thx Michael for a perfect stay! The appartmen is very nice, quite, clean and very good. To the next Underground is a 5min walk also to the next pub if you want a beer in the evening. Michael is very friendly and he will help you if you have any questions! We come definite back!!!
MIchael is an amazing host, and we loved our stay in the loft. Belsize is a great area, close to supermarkets and the underground. It couldn't have been more perfect!
Very nice owner, impeccable location in an upscale residential neighborhood.
Large bedroom, small kitchen.
Cleanliness .... well. The tortellini of predecessors glued areas slippers still in kitchen sink and the carpets throughout the Apartments. Lumpy mattress in the master bedroom. Windows were partly not open properly.
After a thorough cleaning, and small investment it would certainly be a place to stay.
Sehr netter Vermieter, tadellose Lage in gehobenem Wohnviertel.
Große Schlafzimmer, kleine Küche.
Sauberkeit.... well. Die Tortellini der Vorgänger klebten noch im Küchenbecken und die Teppiche des ganzen Appartements gebieten Hausschuhe. Durchgelegene Matratze im Elternschlafzimmer. Fenster waren teilweise nicht richtig zu öffnen.
Nach einer Grundreinigung und kleinen Investitionen wäre es sicherlich eine tolle Unterkunft.
apartment in excellent area connected perfectly from Northline Metro London. It is located in a neighborhood of well-stocked shops for the necessary daily and restaurants for eating out without getting away.
The landlord is friendly and helpful.
The space is great for four people. The bathroom renovation right from the day of our departure. So for the next guests will be brand new.
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And more than likely, this will be my last. I've been an official observer here for a few months, and an unofficial observer for longer than that. I work primarily on commercial projects, under one of those nasty contracts that claims my employer has an interest in any work I produce. As long as I'm working at this job, I can't be associated with open source work, so I'm essentially barred from becoming a participant here. Sure, I could work under a pseudo or anonymously, but I've never done that and don't plan to start now.
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IT AIN'T BROKE: And Brett Ratner didn't try to fix it.
The Last Stand may even be the most moving of the three films, since the allegory behind the mutant heroes' saga is more overt than ever. This time, the government develops a vaccine, a "cure" for mutants. (The source of the serum is the bloodstream of a mutant boy who's locked up in Alcatraz, now home to the government lab.) Each mutant must decide whether to take the voluntary vaccine. But is difference a disease? Would you give up what makes you different if that's also what makes you special and powerful?
X-Men patriarch Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) takes a cautious wait-and-see attitude, but Magneto (Ian McKellen) and his band of renegade mutants have no faith in ordinary humans' willingness to do the right thing, and they'll go to any length to ensure their own survival. Their skepticism proves justified; as Magneto predicts, the government is quick to turn the voluntary cure into an anti-mutant weapon. His disdain for all non-mutants has a ruthless logic, but he doesn't realize until too late how that animus hardens into a prejudice just like the one he abhors.
There's a lot here for fans of the comic to appreciate, including the introduction of the "Dark Phoenix" plot line, in which telepath Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), presumed dead at the end of X2, returns as a being so powerful she can't control herself. The film gives X-Men leader Storm (Halle Berry) more to do, and it finally introduces to the screen such fan favorites as the feral but eloquent Beast (Kelsey Grammer), the winged Angel (Ben Foster), and sensitive Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page), who can walk through walls. All this may be lost on newbies; if you haven't seen the first two films, you'll have a hard time following this one.
There are some grandly spectacular action sequences, though they don't make much sense. To transport his mutant army from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island, Magneto uproots the Golden Gate Bridge. (Couldn't he just commandeer a boat?) Jean's resurrection is similarly wondrous but shrouded in mysterious, never-explained loose ends. (How long has she been under? When I asked Janssen at the junket even she didn't know.)
What gives the X-Men movies their emotional weight is the fact that people we love suffer and die. The Last Stand toys with our feelings by undermining that sense of finality, not just with Jean's revival but also with a post-closing-credits teaser suggesting that another major character may yet return from the dead. Sometimes even the laws of mortality bend to the laws of Hollywood sequels. That makes the movie's title a cheat, but like any fanboy, I'll look forward to another opportunity to see these characters grow.
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The story of how our nation did away with gas lamps and adopted electrification has been told many times. And why not? It's a dramatic tale, with the larger-than-life Thomas Edison fighting for the direct-current (DC) system he had built to power his light bulbs and electric motors, while George Westinghouse championed the more sophisticated alternating-current (AC) approach that Nikola Tesla had devised. That Westinghouse's forces won this "War of the Currents" very early in the 20th century is no surprise. The voltage of AC could be easily transformed, allowing long-distance power transmission by virtue of the fact that electricity sent at high voltage (and correspondingly low current) suffers very little loss in the wires. Edison's DC system, by contrast, required that the generating station be located within a mile or so of where the electricity was to be used.
Though far less practical than the AC distribution system that soon supplanted it, Edison's DC system did not die immediately. The power utility that serves Manhattan, Consolidated Edison, continued for decades to offer DC power to those who needed it—say, to operate ancient DC motors in old elevator machine rooms. But Con Ed had been urging such customers to switch to AC and, as of last November, it ceased supplying DC power altogether. So Edison's brainchild, a system of distributing electrical power as DC to equipment located just a short distance away from the generator, is now completely dead—or is it?
In fact, Edison's concept is alive and well, particularly among people who manage data centers. These facilities, which might belong for example to an Internet service provider, typically contain racks of furiously cooled file servers, which are set up to operate through short power outages. These computers can continue to run because they are not directly connected to the grid. Rather, they are fed by uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), which contain batteries that are continuously being charged off the grid. When the lights go out elsewhere, the file servers draw their power from the center's many UPS batteries.
But batteries are DC devices. And file servers, like the computer that sits on your desk, normally run on AC. So a number of conversions have to take place: from the AC that the grid provides to DC to charge the UPS batteries and then back to AC for the various servers. Actually, the situation is even worse than that, because the output of the kinds of UPS systems found in data centers is typically transformed to a lower voltage before it is sent to the many computers. And within those computers, that AC is converted to DC, and that DC is converted yet again to low-voltage DC, at least once if not twice. So there can easily be five or six power conversions between the grid and the circuitry that's actually doing the computing work.
The inefficiencies of each of these conversions are small, but they add up. A recent study of this issue sponsored by the California Energy Commission found that for each watt used to process data, another 0.9 watt was required to support the upstream power conversions. And those losses generate heat, so they exacerbate the problem of trying to keep equipment cool.
William Tschudi, who heads Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's High-Tech Buildings program, helped lead that study. Its roots go back to work he and others had done earlier for the California Energy Commission to ascertain the efficiencies of the various power conversions carried out within the UPS units and power supplies of file servers. "Somebody on the team said, 'What if we just eliminate some of those conversions?'," Tschudi recalls.
Eventually, after much testing and experimentation, Tschudi and his colleagues found the answer: By converting to DC just once, distributing the DC power around a data center and stepping the voltage down as necessary, the overall efficiency could be improved by 5 percent compared with the very best AC equipment available. And compared with more typical equipment found in data centers, the gain was 28 percent.
As this study was going on, a very similar exercise was taking place in Sweden. The municipality of Gnesta, located near Stockholm, wanted to provide high-speed Internet access to residents and local businesses as a public service. The information-technology managers there thus needed to upgrade their equipment. The five existing UPS units never worked very well anyway, so they took the bold action of replacing them with a UPS system that provides 350 volts DC, which is then fed to standard server equipment. John Åkerlund's company, Netpower Labs, provided the necessary electronics. He characterizes the manager who committed the town to this then-untested scheme "a brave man."
What's remarkable is that Gnesta's off-the-shelf computer equipment ran just fine on 350 volts DC—or almost fine. The European standard is 230 volts AC, a number that refers to the root-mean-square value of the sinusoidally varying voltage. The peak level is considerably higher, so feeding a piece of European electronic equipment 350 volts DC will not damage it. This strategy requires only that the connectors and fuses be changed over to ones rated for DC; the built-in switching mode power supplies typically work just fine. The worst hitch that Åkerlund and his coworkers discovered was that special protection circuits in some equipment may detect that something is amiss with the power and either prevent the unit from starting or perhaps allow it to run but report a fault. Before coming up with more sophisticated solutions, Åkerlund and his colleagues got around such difficulties by just ignoring the bad-power alarms or, in the case of stalled gear, by merely pulling the plug and plugging it in again. All of Gnesta's servers have been running on DC now for nearly a year.
Similar change-overs are being tested in France and Japan. And the telcom industry has a long history of running switching centers on 48 volts DC. Tschudi points out that one advantage of this approach, above and beyond the energy savings, is that it allows a facility to run more easily off of various DC sources, such as photovoltaic panels. And for power-hungry installations, the notion of generating the power locally is growing in popularity. Part of the reason is that waste heat from the generator (be it a fuel cell, diesel engine or conventional steam turbine) can be used to warm nearby buildings.
By combining the production of heat and power, facility managers can squeeze much more useful energy out of the fossil fuels they use, so this approach will certainly become more widespread as time goes on. At the moment, this kind of locally generated power is AC, but perhaps soon the advantages of DC will pave the way for its reintroduction in more places than just data centers. If so, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla will no doubt turn over in their graves.—David Schneider
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Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?
You can make a calculator count for you by any number you choose.
You can count by ones to reach 24. You can count by twos to reach
24. What else can you count by to reach 24?
Find the squares that Froggie skips onto to get to the pumpkin patch. She starts on 3 and finishes on 30, but she lands only on a square that has a number 3 more than the square she skips from.
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Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies.
They shared them out evenly and had one left over.
Just as they had finished sharing them their friends Kishan, Hayley and Paul came along. They wanted some lollies too so the children shared them out again between all of them. This time they had two lollies left over.
How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
Once you've had a chance to think about it, click below to see how three different groups of pupils began working on the task.
Sarah, Danielle and Sally said:
We also notice that $7$ works and $27$ works, as well as $107$."
Poppy began like this:
If the two children end up with one lolly it must be an odd number of lollies. Then three more children come making the total number of children $5$. Say they had $1$ lolly each when they shared them, the number of lollies would be $7$ because $1$ times $5$ is $5$ add on $2$ for the left over ones and it makes seven. If we carry this on to $10$ lollies each it shows:
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Can you take each of these starting ideas and develop it into a solution?
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At a suitable time, hand out this (doc, pdf) to pairs. Suggest to the class that when they've finished or can't make
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Allow at least fifteen minutes for a final discussion. Invite some pairs to explain how the three different methods might be continued. You may find that some members of the class used completely different approaches when they worked on the task to begin with, so ask them to share their methods too. You can then facilitate a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages
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Birth Date: 1994-01-17
Country: Belgium
Best ATP Ranking: #649
Racket Played: T-FLASH 315 SPEEDFLEX
Starting year with TF :2003.
Best shot :
Favorite player to watch :
Roger Federer, Fernando Verdasco.
Best double partner :
Julien Cagnina !
Worst loss / ashamed of ... :
In grade 4 in Benicarlo (Spain) , I won 1st round 6/0 6/0 and lost 2nd round 6/0 6/0 against Cajigal.
Your power song in your ipod before entering the court ?
I gotta feeling, Black Eyed Peas (I gotta feeling, that this match gonna be a good match :) ) .
Dans la vie
Favorite food :
Beefsteak with French fries, ice cream with strawberries.
Favorite citation / quotation :
"Winners never quit, quitters never win".
Main objective in life :
To be a top 50 ATP or higher !
Nothing is better than :
Winning a Grand Slam :)
I could not play tennis without :
My family, sponsors, friends.
If you could turn pro in another sport which would it be and why ?
Cyclocross, because I love to watch this sport , it's a typical Belgian sport and I like to do it.
If someone walked into your room right now, what would they notice first ?
That I play tennis.
You're on a date and trying to impress, where do we go ?
To go for a walk along the beach. To go for a walk along the beach.
You've got 2 weeks and a private jet, where do we go ?
Miami, New York, Paris, Milan.
Top 3 reasons to wake-up every morning ?
To have a better day than the day before, to get a step closer to the top 50 ATP, to enjoy every minute of life.
How long does it take to get ready in the morning ?
20-25 min.
How do you relax ?
To lay down in the sofa and watch a film, to swim in the pool, go to the city with friends, go to the beach with friends.
Best shopping place ?
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