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Milwaukee M12 vs. Bosch 12V Max for DIY
I'm new to the forum and was hoping I could get some guidance on picking a 12 volt system for DIY. I had a Hitachi set (drill/circular saw/recip saw) that batteries died and it seems more cost effective to invest in new tools. I've settled on 12 volt as I'm looking for repairs, small projects, and tinkering around the house. The tools that I'd like to pick up are a drill/driver, impact driver, recip, and possibly oscillating tool (down the road).
HD has Milwaukee and the folks there swear by them while the folks at Lowes swear by Bosch. Both systems appear great and more than enough for my needs but which is better? Milwaukee has a 5-year warranty (I'm not going to be pounding on the tools) so might not be necessary but good piece of mind. The Bosch seems lighter and feels a little better in my hand.
I think I'm over thinking it and leaning towards Milwaukee but any input would be appreciated.
I have the bosch 12 volt system. I have the flashlght, angle head screwdriver, drill/ driver and oscillating tool. Works really well. The oscillating tool eats up batteries every 5 minutes. Because of the short battery runtime I bought a corded Fein multi master. Oh and it's the oscillating tool that is power hungry the rest of the tools have decent runtime.
I'm also a DIY'er and am firmly in the Milwaukee camp. I've got the M12 impact driver, hammerdrill, multitool, right angle drill, and 3/8 ratchet. Love them all as they just feel right in my hands. That's the most important thing - how they feel in your hands. I also think the depth of the M12 system can't be beat - they have something for just about everything.
Don't know too much about the Bosch but I do hear they are good as well. Their system lacks the "depth" of the M12 but if you don't need those tools, that is not really a concern.
I have the Bosch 12v drill/driver at home, and I use the Milwaukee 12v stuff occassionally at work. I think you really can't go wrong with either. They are both great tools and I would go whichever you can get for the best price.
Having said that, I would seriously consider an 18v system. I also have the Bosch 18v set (drill/driver and impact driver) and I rarely pick up the 12v anymore. The 18v sets these days are way smaller and lighter than the older 18v Ni-Cads. They aren't particularly heavy and are very comfortable to use. And when you need that extra power, you'll be really happy that you have it.
the bosch 12v line is just as good if not better than the milwaukee tools in my experience.. the batteries are more reliable also..
the core tools they both offer are pretty much the exact same.. the extra tools milwaukee has are geared towards professionals in specific trads such as the caulking gun for glazers, the pex cutter for plumbers and the inspection camera for plumbers, electricians and hvac guys not diyers
I appreciate the feedback and ended buying a set of tools (drill/impact/recip saw) in both Milwaukee and Bosch. The Milwaukee seemed like a little better deal as it included a hammer drill (never needed one) and had a longer warranty but opted for the Bosch as it felt better in my hands. I felt like I was splitting hairs looking at both sets of tools but actually taking them home made it a little easier. I'm lucky HD/Lowes are close by and their return policy made it easier to decide.
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Monkeys born with edited genes
DNA-snipping technique inspired by bacteria shows therapeutic promise
By Tina Hesman Saey, 11:23 AM February 1, 2014
The birth of two monkeys in China provides hope that a new type of gene therapy may one day help correct genetic defects in people.
The two cynomolgus monkeys, also known as crab-eating macaques, are the first primates to have their genes precisely edited using a gene-snipping tool borrowed from bacteria, a team of Chinese scientists reports January 30 in Cell. The work is part of an effort to genetically engineer monkeys to produce mutations like those seen in human diseases, especially ones ...
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Tempelfjorden cruise...
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Once again, it was a fairly small group with no more than twenty people onboard, a relief because the boat was relatively small and would have been crammed had the maximum number of seventy been there. Most of the people who visit Svalbard are from Norway or Sweden, and this trip was no different as I was the only person whose first language was English. It seems that Svalbard is something of a hidden gem, a place that is well known amongst Scandinavians but certainly not amongst the English, and I must admit I quite liked that...
The first point of interest came when we passed the bird cliffs in Isfjorden and saw many different species, my favourite being the cute little puffins. It was amusing watching them flapping about in the water, and diving into the sea when they noticed that the boat was coming! I was thankful for my binoculars at this point as I used them to get some good close up views of the birds nesting on the cliffs.
The guide on the boat was exceptionally well informed and knowledgeable, as well as being ultra enthusiastic. This cruise was to be his last before moving back to the south of Norway, and you could tell he was a little reflective as he'd spent the last three years in these parts and did more than 300 cruises.
His daughter was onboard too, and they told me about their chance encounter with a polar bear and its two cubs when travelling on the frozen Isfjord in the middle of winter. They were on their snowmobiles so it wasn't a dangerous situation, and I couldn't help but be extremely envious of what must have been an unforgettable experience.
I palled up with the Swedish guy for the mostpart because we were nearly always outside, despite the cold, while some of the others stayed indoors
For most of the journey, I was in awe of the scenery because it was a 360 degree view of snow covered mountains. I'd not seen anything like it before, and I even took a short video clip of it with my camera because although photographs look nice, they don't capture the vastness of it all. In fact, as we approached the gigantic Von Post and Tuna glaciers, the ever informative guide told me that they were over 20km long, which is simply mindboggling.
We couldn't go right up to the glacier's face because the water was too shallow for the boat, but I was happy with the view we had as the adjacent mountains were completely visible, creating an awesome sight. A seal swam past us too which was nice, before we slowly turned around and made our way back towards Longyearbyen.
Of course the sun doesn't set in Svalbard at this time of year, and it actually barely dips at all. So at midnight it was a strange feeling being in full light, with the sun peeking through the clouds and patches of blue sky even on show. It's great having 24 hours of daylight, but the flip side is that it stays dark for a full 3 months in winter!
It was past 1am by the time we got back to base, and I was pretty tired after a long but amazing day. I needed to get some sleep because I was doing a potentially more difficult walk the following morning, and I wanted to be in good shape for it...


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Lab is completely lame
I have a 15 year old pure yellow lab. He has been fine, peppy, walking twice a day, tail wagging .. happy.
He does have arthritis and is on Tramadol and Gabapenton.
Five days ago he could not get up from laying down position and his front legs were stiff. The night before he had been pacing and drooled a bit.
He is very well taken care of, lots of fitness, not around other pets much, eats a lot of healthy mostly human food now.
He has feeling in his legs and feet and can scratch well with both hind legs. Relfexes are there.
He can't get up from laying down unless I pull him up and then he can hold his head up.
He is still his normal self however is starting to show some distress in the way of whining, whimpering and barks if I leave him alone but I think he is sick of not moving around.
He eats, drinks, poops normally.
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I would take him to the vet and see if they can do anything for him.
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He is obviously in pain, I hope you have had him to a vet by now, he needs help by the sound of it.
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Recently I started work on a Node project that was built using Sequelize with MySQL. It was chosen to ease the transition from an earlier version written with Ruby on Rails. The original's ActiveRecord models mapped quite closely to their Sequelize equivalents, which got things started smoothly enough.
Although Sequelize had some API quirks that didn't feel very idiomatic alongside other Node code, the developers have hungrily accepted pull requests and it's emerging as a reasonable ORM solution. However, like many others in the Node community I feel uncomfortable with ORM.
Why? Well, some of us have learned how to use relational databases correctly. Joining an established project that uses ORM only to find there's no referential integrity or sensible indexes is to be expected these days, as programmers have moved away from caring about databases to application-level schemas. I've had my head down in MongoDB/Mongoose and Redis code for the last few years, but relational databases aren't going away any time soon so either programmers need to get the hang of them or we need better database modules.
This all prompted me to look at alternative solutions to relational databases in Node. First, I broke down the problem into separate areas:
Some projects won't need to support all of these areas -- you can mix and match them as needed. I prefer to create simple veneer-like "model" classes that wrap more low-level database operations. This works well in a web application where it can be make sense to decouple the HTTP layer from the database.
The mysql and pg modules are actively maintained, and are usually required by "abstraction layer" modules and ORM solutions.
A note about configuration: when it comes to connecting to the database, I strongly prefer modules that support connection URIs. It makes it a lot easier to deploy web applications to services like Heroku, because a single environmental variable can be set that contains the connection details for your production database.
This level sits above the driver layer, and should offer lightweight JavaScript sugar. There are many examples of this, but a good one is transactions. Transactions are particularly useful in JavaScript because they can help create APIs that are less dependent on heavily nested callbacks. For example, it makes sense to model transactions as an
EventEmitter descendent that allows operations to be pushed to an internal stack.
The author of the pg module, Brian Carlson, who occasionally stops by the
#dailyjs IRC channel on Freenode, recently mentioned his new relational project that aims to provide a saner approach to ORM in Node. This module feels more like an abstraction layer API, but it's gunning to be a formidable new ORM solution.
There are some popular libraries that tackle the abstraction layer, including any-db and massive.
I usually find myself dealing with errors in web forms, so anything that makes error handling easier is an advantage. Validation and schemas are closely related, which is why ORM libraries usually combine them.
It's possible to treat them separately, and in the JavaScript community we have solutions based on or inspired by JSON Schema. The jayschema module by Nate Silva is one such project. It's really aimed at validating JSON, but it could be used to validate JavaScript objects spat out by a database driver.
Validator has some simple tools for validating data types, but it also has optional Express middleware that makes it easy to drop into a web application. Another similar project is conform by Oleg Korobenko.
The sql module by Brian Carlson is an SQL builder -- it has a chainable API that turns JavaScript into SQL:
He's using this to build the previously mentioned relational module as well.
Sequelize has an API for managing database migrations. It can migrate to a given version and back, and it can also "sync" a model's schema to the database (creating the table if it doesn't exist).
There are also dedicated migration modules, like db-migrate by Jeff Kunkle.
The Node community has created a rich set of modules for working with relational databases, and although there's a strong anti-ORM sentiment interesting projects like relational are appearing.
Although these modules don't address my concerns about the way in which ORM gets used with apathy towards best practices, it's promising to see lower-level modules that can be used as building blocks for more application-specific solutions.
All of this has come at a time when relational database projects are adapting, changing, and even growing in popularity despite the recent attention the NoSQL movement has been given. PostgreSQL is going from strength to strength, and Heroku provides it as default. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL that has a non-blocking Node module. SQLite is probably technically growing in usage as it backs Core Data in iCloud applications -- Android developers also use SQLite.
Let other readers know how you deal with SQL-backed Node projects in the comments!


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A Spanish Cigarette
Sleep was not for me, despite Harley's injunction, and although I was early afoot,
the big house was already astir with significant movements which set the
imagination on fire, to conjure up again the moonlight scene in the garden,
making mock of the song of the birds and of the glory of the morning.
Manoel replied to my ring, and prepared my bath, but it was easy to see that he
had not slept.
No sound came from Harley's room, therefore I did not disturb him, but
proceeded downstairs in the hope of finding Miss Beverley about. Pedro was in
the hall, talking to Mrs. Fisher, and:
"Is Inspector Aylesbury here?" I asked.
"No, sir, but he will be returning at about half-past eight, so he said."
"How is Madame de Staemer, Mrs. Fisher?" I enquired.
"Oh, poor, poor Madame," said the old lady, "she is asleep, thank God. But I am
dreading her awakening."
"The blow is a dreadful one," I admitted; "and Miss Beverley?"
"She didn't go to her room until after four o'clock, sir, but Nita tells me that she
will be down any moment now."
"Ah," said I, and lighting a cigarette, I walked out of the open doors into the
I dreaded all the ghastly official formalities which the day would bring, since I
realized that the brunt of the trouble must fall upon the shoulders of Miss
Beverley in the absence of Madame de Staemer.
I wandered about restlessly, awaiting the girl's appearance. A little two seater
was drawn up in the courtyard, but I had not paid much attention to it, until,
wandering through the opening in the box hedge and on along the gravel path, I
saw unfamiliar figures moving in the billiard room, and turned, hastily retracing
my steps. Officialdom was at work already, and I knew that there would be no
rest for any of us from that hour onward.
As I reentered the hall I saw Val Beverley coming down the staircase. She looked
pale, but seemed to be in better spirits than I could have hoped for, although
there were dark shadows under her eyes.
"Good morning, Miss Beverley," I said.
"Good morning, Mr. Knox. It was good of you to come down so early."
"I had hoped for a chat with you before Inspector Aylesbury returned," I
She looked at me pathetically.
"I suppose he will want me to give evidence?"
"He will. We had great difficulty in persuading him not to demand your presence
last night."
"It was impossible," she protested. "It would have been cruel to make me leave
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100 Years Ago in Warren: Oysters and racers
Taken from the pages of the Barrington and Warren Gazette this week in November 1912:
Sixty miles per hour!
Barney Oldfield caught by the camera while making a mile a minute: Barney Oldfield is the king of speed artists when it comes to smashing automobile records. At Fort Smith, Ark., recently he made a new world's record for a half mile track, lowering his own figures, which were the previous record, by several seconds. HIs time was within a fraction of a minute for the mile. The photograph proves the claim that the camera is far quicker than the eye. An automobile racing past the vision of hte eye at the speed indicated appears little more than a streak. The camera, however, brings out the car and driver plainly.
Warren's booming oyster trade
The big piles of oyster shells that yearly grow and disappear, are now beginning again to pile up, and some have already reached large proportions. The batch this year seems to be very satisfactory so far and the output from Warren will probably be as large as usual in the coming season.
A visit to the Sealshipt Oyster Co., showed a lively scene, everyone busy, and the well-known product being shipped in various packages of different sizes and shapes.
At the present time there are about 84 hands employed in the house at the foot of Baker street, and from 600 to 700 gallons a day are being shipped. This however sounds small, when the information is added that at Providence, 300 men are employed by the same concern.
The Sealshipt Oyster Co., has been in existence only about seven years, but during the time it has become well known throughout the country, by reason of the extensive advertising campaign carried on, and the peculiarity of the packages sent out, the plan being to send the oysters direct to the consumer without opening the package. That many housekeepers appreciate this point is assured by the large trade that has been built up, and the constantly increasing business. Not all of the product by any means is shipped in the small family packages, but the greater part of the output is packed in larger packages, to be opened by the retailer, and transferred as soon as possible to the table of the consumer.
At the oyster house of George T. Greene Jr. the season has opened apparently with a rush, as everyone seems to be busy, and the large loads sent to the railroad every day, show that the festive oyster is being demanded in large quantities, and Mr. Greene is doing his best to supply that insistent call. About 30 men are employed there at the present time, and the output is something like 175 gallons a day. This has run up to 350 during some of the rush days, already this season, and when the height of the season is reached in December this will be largely exceeded.


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Looking forward to an AWESOME week, here's my Itinerary!!!
Just got back from resorts world where me and my family along with my tito and tita's family had dinner to celebrate my older brothers passing the bar (ang haba ng sentence na to). It was an awesome dinner, sobrang busog, and we're all proud of my Kuya.
I was supposed to sleep already but I can't help but be all giddy and excited for next week so I decided to write this post. I've got a lot of things lined up and I'm looking forward to each activity.
Let me break down everything I'm doing.
3/23/2013: I'm buying myself a DSLR. Finally getting into photography hehe. I need better pictures for my blog and I've been traveling a lot lately and have a lot more trips lined up so I decided that it was high time I took my own pictures.
I'm getting a Pentax K-X FYI. Getting it for 15500 from a guy on TipidPc. It's brand new, if you're curious.
3/24/2013: Heading to Laguna to join the GK Bayani challenge. I was supposed to leave today but because we had the dinner for kuya I couldnt. I'll be catching up on Sunday along with some other friends.
Really excited to help out, to make new friends, and to hangout with a lot of inspiring people.
This is the first time that me and my group (Initiatives for Social Action) are joining the Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge so we're all looking forward to this.
3/28/2013: Flying to Davao to climb the highest mountain in the Philippines, Mt Apo. The climb actually starts on the 29th, we'll be in Digos by then. It's a 3 day trek total (including the descent).
4/1/2013: We go down from Mt Apo. We're planning to go to Samal Island and hit the beach before my friends fly back to Manila. I'm staying for an extra 2 days though to catch up with some friends from Davao.
I'll be drinking with an old friend in the evening, I can already taste the cold beer. I just know it's gonna be awesome since I'll be really tired by then.
4/2-3/2013: Davao exploring time. I'm staying an extra two days so I can see everything to see in Davao (well probably not everything since it's just two days). I might meet up with some friends as well but for the most part I plan to do a lot of sight seeing.
Dunno where I'll be staying but I'll worry about it when I'm there hehe. I'll prolly just look for some cheapo bed and breakfast place if I can't crash at anyone's house.
4/4/2012: Flying back to Manila :(. All good things have to end lol but I'm sure I can find something exciting to do when I get back. Oh yeah, me and my friends are planning to finally start learning Jiu Jitsu next month. I guess I won't be too sad to leave Davao then :).
Well, yun lang. Just wanted to write about my week. Had to get it out hehe.
Enjoy the summer everyone, I'm certainly going to :):):):):):).
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a very busy schedule indeed. have fun!


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Neighborhood: Dupont Circle
The Setup
As yet another friend on her way out of town, Official Friend of DCWD Olive decided we needed to have one last meal for the blog. With a Groupon to Marrakesh Palace, she and I went with two of her friends to the Dupont Circle restaurant.
The Vibe
Marrakesh Palace is expansive, more than you would expect from its humble exterior. The dining area is broken into a couple parts. The entrance and the first section is like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark, orange walls with lots of paraphernalia like large urns, palm fronds, and a fountain. The feeling is warm, with lots of yellow and orange and red, and extends out to some limited outdoor seating (though with only two tables out there, the question you have to ask is why bother?).
The second section is best described as crazy authentic, a backroom with animal-print furniture couches around the wall, producing a number of half-booths. Blue skylights combine with lighting that looks like torches to provide some dim light to the room. The walls and floor are all tiled, the floor in plain white covered by rugs while the walls have Moorish-style patterns that you would assume are common in the Maghreb. All this while Middle Eastern pop plays in the background.
The Food
I guess everything is about managing expectations. I didn't think it was going to be anything mind-blowing, but still. With a Casablanca beer in hand (unfortunately, just a pretty conventional lager), I tried to order a couple small plates to get an idea of how things were... but they were out of two dishes that I went for. Not an auspicious start.
I eventually settled on two dishes: a chicken pastry of baked filo, chicken, almond, and cinnamon sugar, and some merguez, lamb sausage on a bed of tomatoes, lettuce, onions, lemon vinaigrette. I had high hopes for the chicken pastry, but it was pretty standard, and the merguez was disappointing with only three small pieces.
What I will say was that one of the nice dishes that came out was one of our companion's lamb barkouk tagine, braised lamb with sweet prunes, almonds, and sesame seeds. It was a nice combination of savory and sweet.
The Verdict
I'm not too keen myself on places that try to go way authentic to the point of becoming kitschy. And while there were some good things from the kitchen, there were also some pretty disappointing dishes. Without a coupon, I probably won't go back.
Food Rating: ** (out of 5)
Date Rating: 2.5 Hearts (out of 5)
Dress Code: Casual
Bar Rating: N/A
Vibe: Calm
Cost: $$ (out of 5) ($25-$50 for two)
Pairing: I love used bookstores, and there are a bunch of them near there, but I'll pick one for this review: Books for America Used Bookstore, on 22nd St south of P St.


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New York Yankees Beat
New York Yankees Beat:
By Bryan Hoch
Relief is coming to the Yankees bullpen, in both the figurative and literal sense of the word. Closer Mariano Rivera, on the shelf since August 15th with a right shoulder strain, successfully passed the litmus test of a 30-pitch batting practice session this week and is on schedule to return to active duty in time for the playoffs.
The eventual reappearance of Rivera (1-4, 2.85 ERA, 27 saves) into the Yankees bullpen will make them that much more of a formidable foe for the playoffs. Steve Karsay and Mike Stanton have been excellent in their relief roles while Rivera has been out, and Joe Torre has no reason to rush the hard-throwing righthander back into duty.
With the Yankees a lock to make it onto the October stage, look for Torre to treat Rivera tenderly until the big dance. Even then, Torre says that Rivera will be called upon to pitch the ninth innings only, and nothing more.
Brotherly Blows: This week's mini-scuffle between righthander Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez and catcher Jorge Posada, in which Hernandez reportedly threw a punch, ruffled no feathers and may have actually increased the camaraderie in the Yankees clubhouse.
The dispute, which took place Saturday, is said to have arisen from a game last Wednesday in which Hernandez was called for a ball because he went to his fingers while on the mound. Hernandez apparently felt that Posada had been informed of the possible violation and didn't make a sufficient effort to vocalize them to his batterymate.
No matter, said Torre, who dismissed the incident as two players being "passionate" and stated that the matter was settled in house. He went on to describe Hernandez and Posada as good friends who also engaged in a shouting match a few years back in the visiting dugout at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, only to be spotted eating dinner together that same night at a local mall.
Rocket Fizzling: Maybe there was more to that Shawn Estes fastball than we'd all realized when it sailed behind the backside of righthander Roger Clemens.
Clemens, who turned 40 on Aug. 4, just hasn't been the same pitcher since his anticipated showdown with the Mets at Shea Stadium on June 15th. He came into that Saturday afternoon contest holding a record of 8-2 with a respectable 3.57 ERA, but since then, Clemens is just 4-4 with a bloated 5.47 ERA.
In addition, he has allowed five runs or more in five of his 13 starts since the Subway Series. That includes coughing up seven runs to both the AL East rival Blue Jays and Orioles, clubs with sub-.500 records.
Chasing History: The hits keep on coming for second baseman Alfonso Soriano, who is on the cusp of becoming just the fourth player in major league history - and the first at his position - to amass 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season.
Of course, when you mention a 40-40 season and the Yankees in the same sentence, it calls to mind the words of the legendary Mickey Mantle. Back in 1989, when the national media was raving about Jose Canseco's pursuit of the milestone, Mantle scoffed.
"Heck, if I'd known it was such a big deal, I'd have done 40-40 a bunch of times," Mantle said. And 'The Mick' probably could have, if he'd set his mind to it. Mantle belted 40 homers in four different seasons over his career, but topped out at 24 attempted steals in 1959. That year, he was successful in 21 of those attempts.


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Lecture at the Mummification Museum 3/12/6 by Francisco J Martin Valentin on the Senenmut Project
Firstly there is a good website www.senenmut.com in Spanish and English where you can read more.The team consists of Teresa Bedman his wife and the name of the architects of his equipment(team) is: Juan Martín Rojo and Luis Abad . Dr. Ayman is the geologist of the equipment(team) TT353, the tomb of Senenmut was discovered by Herbert Winlock in Jan 1927 and its most unique and special feature is the astronomical ceiling, the oldest in the world and in the opinion of Martin Valentin as special as the Sistine chapel. Some slides were shown showing the site in 1926/27 and Martin Valentin explained how some broken statues had led the way to the discovery. Behind the bricked up entrance was a strange monument. The tomb is 41.93 metres down and 97.36 metres long through complex stone of quartz, calcite, gypsum and other stone. The tomb was published in 1991 by Peter Dormar the ceiling shows the Great Bear, Sirius and 4 of the 5 planets known to the Ancient Egyptians. According to the website and touched upon during the lecture a deep study of the astronomical ceiling allowed the setting of the position of Jupiter and Mars in that time, and through impressive and complex astronomical and mathematical calculations, the ending of the works of the ceiling could be dated in the year 1465 B.C., i.e., the 17th year of the reign of Hatshepsut.There are chamber has Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts and chapters from the Book of the Dead. In fact it has the first example of Chapter 110 of the Book of the Dead. The first problem facing the team was how to protect the tomb from the damage of the environmental and human contact. They made a proposal to the SCA in 1999 and in April 2003 the project was started. The issues covered were documentation, protection from flood water, study of the site and the provision of a replica within the confines of the temple of Hatshepsut.2004Humidity was noted on the ceiling with subsequent problems with saline. The solution is not universally agreed upon. But now they have stopped the cause of the water it is appears that it has resolved itself. The old toilet block had a huge water tank supplying it and this was always parked in a certain place and leaked. These toilets were closed and the water stopped. Every time he sees the new toilet portacabins he is thankful. Slides showing the extent of the problem in 2004 were shown and the problem looked massive at that time. As long as there is no water there again it should never arise again.The team cleared the first part of tomb from the entrance to the first chamber, working in very cramped conditions. The tunnel entrance gives little room for them to hold their instruments. When cleared the steps showed themselves to be crisply cut and well defined.2005The second part of the tomb was cleared; slides were shown picturing mud from the severe floods in 1994. The existing flood protection did not work and part of the teams work was to provide protection for the future. A stone wall was put round the tomb to protect against further damage.The room was 3 m by 3m. The team have installed a wooden staircase with lights in the risers which gives the tomb a very sympathetic lighting system and greatly adds to ambience. A safety rail was made on the landing and a roof put over the entrance of the tomb. In fact all the wooden installations looked to be of high quality. The floor of the tomb needs protecting as the stone is very soft. Inside the tomb various objects were found; a mud brick stamped showing it was from the temple of Ahmose Nefertari and some early 18th Dynasty pottery.2006 This year will see the completion of the first part of the project and then they have to look to the future. Currently because of the small size of the tomb and its entrance ways only up to chamber A can be viewed so the team is proposing to have a museum area with a visitor's centre and a reproduction of the tomb. The proposed structure would be under the eye line so hidden from a panoramic view of the temple. The engineer involved Dr Ahmed Mohammed produced a design that would not contaminate the vista of the temple. The idea would be to have a reproduction of the decorated chamber. There would be use of local materials such as strengthened mud brick to house it. The various methods of producing a reproduction were briefly touched upon but not gone into any detail. (Think about the repro of the tomb of Thothmosis III and this gives you an idea of what they are thinking along the lines of). Apparently they can go to a resolution of 100 microns. They see the need for a slip road, protection against flooding and provision of light. This is their dream. Martin Valentin then went into a very complex presentation of why Senenmut built this monument. For example why did he choose chapter CXLVIII of the Book of the Dead. TT353 is a special design and did not follow the standard beginning to end route. Although the tomb is unfinished it has a special place in front of the false door for some kind of function. There are also some odd inscriptions; one said funeral offering by his brother Amenemhet priest of the bark of Amun. ( I didn't get exactly what the significance of this was and would be grateful for any amplification) there was also a changed inscription which should Hatshepsut and Senenmut in the same positions as Tawosert and Chancellor Bay were shown, kneeling in front of each other which indicates something but truly we do not know what.They found what looks like the head of a canopic jar which was found with seals of Hatshepsut. There was some hastily done graffiti by the stone mason Tuy in chamber C. the vaulted ceiling is the first example others being KV19 and KV20 and shows the same architectural characteristic as that of KV17 and KV9 with the Nut ceilingWas this Senenmut's second tomb, the team came to no definite conclusion.TT71 his previous tomb was also unfinished but his parents Ramose the respectable and Hatnofer the Lady of the House were found underneath it, in the cliff. There was a destroyed sarcophagus found which has been restored and is on display in the Metropolitan museum. At 88 cm wide it was too big for the tomb which is irregular but in some places only 99cm wide and it would have been very difficult to it inside Winlock found deposit foundations which are not normal for Nobles tombs.There appears to be a possible relationship between this monument and the Mentuhotep temple. If you take a line from the middle of the wadjet eye in the false door this connects on an axis to the Hathor chapel and although it is 255 metres apart the line is only a few centimetres out. Perhaps this is a secret part of Deir el Bahri being indicated inside. There is another possible connection with Mentuhotep that the statue found inside the temple by Carter shows the king wearing the Red Crown, was this his desire to be the wearer of the red crown, is the temple a cenotaph indicating this desire. There is a connection with the pyramid text 220-222 to be the owner of the Red Crown, did he want to be shown forever wanting to be the owner of the crown. Did Senenmut, in secret, want to be the owner of the Red Crown? The central strip of hieroglyphics in the ceiling mentions him as seal bearer of the King of lower Egypt, why did he chose that of all his titles, His name is in the same place and the same size as that of Hatshepsut which indicated some kind of special relationship.The conclusion of the team was thatTT353 was not for a mummyThere are no parallels with other private tombsIt is ritually linked with the temple
There is a link with Mentuhotep
It is a place of funeral worship with a special motive
It is a chapel or cenotaph
There followed a rather robust Q and A session between Francesco Tiradritti and Francisco Martin Valentin Francesco stated that the Red Crown is also connected with the underworld not just Lower Egypt. The Narmer Palette supports this. He did not agree with the idea of secrets of Senenmut and perhaps Mentuhotep's desire was to be Osirus rather than the White crown. He did not agree with the idea of a museum because there is not enough room for everyone to have a museum for their work. He also disagreed with the idea of a replicaMr Mansour Boraik broke in the middle of this heated debate stating that this was a proposal only and lots had to be discussed.Actually on a personal note I like the idea of replicas. I think the vast majority of tourists who come to Egypt would be quite happy to see replicas like those caves in France and it would leave to tombs not having to cope with the hordes of visitors and the damage they do. I would like then for the real thing to be available only to accredited scholars and not just to people with money. But that is my view. Any comments?
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My district is offering three modes, Absentee Ballot, Touchscreen for Early Voting, and Paper Ballot for actual Election Day (primaries).
Supposedly Touchscreen will see its final days during this Early Voting for the Presidential Primaries , and then will be phased out forever.
I am very suspicious that my state is deciding to use Touchscreen for the Last Time during Early Voting, and then Paper Ballots will be on actual Election Day. Why? Usually working people will vote during Early Voting . Self-employed and management can vote anytime, including actual Election Day , because usually self-employed and management can excuse themselves from work anytime they want. So the majority of people using Touchscreen for the last time in my state during the Presidential Primaries will most likely be WORKING FOLKS.
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Save a stamp and DON'T stand in line! Heh-heh, my Dad figured this one out. He called ahead and found out that he can hand-deliver his ABSENTEE BALLOT to an EARLY VOTING POLL, he goes to the FRONT OF THE LINE, and hands it in (thereby by-passing the multitudes of voters patriotically standing in line).
EDIT TO ADD: As far as I know, TOUCHSCREENS NO LONGER EXIST IN FLORIDA NOW. If this is incorrect , please come forth with link and information on which counties in FL are still doing this!
In Chicago, and Cook County, early voting began on Oct. 13th and will conculde today. When I went to the local public library to cast my vote, all of the voting machines used were touchscreen machines, and although I had no problem casting my vote, a combination of paper ballots and touchscreen machines will be used on Election Day, along with provisional ballots. No absentee ballots are going to be made available on Election Day. Absentee ballots are only being made available during the period of early voting.
I've been tapped to be a Democratic Election Judge next Tuesday, and if the long lines which occurred for early voting are any indication of the kind of massive turnout on the day itself, Election Day is going to be a doozy. After the election's over, I'll let all of you know what happened in my precinct on Election Day. It should be interesting, to say the least.
I expect to be working out of town next week (I hope I get called back). I chose a paper ballot instead of a machine. Felt like I was back in school taking an exam. The answers were easy (not like school).
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Friday was a good day for seniors Arrika Reeder and Bryce Downey. Both girls performed superbly in Friday's regional track meet, each qualifying for state in three events.
Downey qualified in the high jump and triple jump and was part of the 400-meter relay team that finished second behind Gardner-Edgerton.
Reeder was also part of that relay. Besides earning her silver in the team race as its anchor, Reeder took third in the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash.
She said she was amazed at how tough the competition was at the regional.
"This class had the fastest runners last year and it sure has them this year" Reeder said.
But competition was tough everywhere. To get her high jump bronze, Downey had to clear four feet, 10 inches, and she had to fly 31 feet, five inches to win the same in the triple jump.
"When Bryce is focused, she's tough to beat," said Coach Bill Shaw.
That may be why the Tonganoxie coaching staff and the girl's letter club voted her Most Outstanding Athlete.
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Besides running in the meet, Arrika Reeder helped sing the national anthem at the beginning of finals.
The Kansas State track meet is this week in Wichita.
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CBS News has lately been running ads touting their new Evening News anchor Scott Pelley as bringing "the world class original reporting of 60 Minutes, now every weeknight." If so, those who hoped CBS would finally shift towards a more fair-and-balanced approach to the news may again be disappointed.
Last year, MRC news analysts reviewed "the world class reporting" on 60 Minutes and found a lopsided agenda that strongly favored liberals. In the previous five years, 60 Minutes aired 35 interviews with liberal leaders and celebrities, most of which (69%) were friendly and unchallenging. In contrast, only five of the 17 conservative segments (29%) were soft, a huge tilt both in the amount and the tone of CBS's coverage.
In a "Profile in Bias" report MRC put together earlier this spring, Pelley's 60 Minutes segments were well-represented for his generous coverage of liberals, including Hillary Clinton ("star power") and retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Pelley also used his podium to make a case for universal health insurance and decried the horrible economy as seemingly taken from "the pages of the Great Depression" (that was during the Bush years, when unemployment was 5.7%, not during the Obama years when unemployment has averaged more than 9%).
And, when one of his 60 Minutes pieces on global warming came under fire as being too one-sided, he disdained those who disagreed as akin to "Holocaust deniers," grumbling to a reporter for CBSNews.com: "If I do an interview with Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?"
Here are a few of Pelley's most notorious moments at CBS thus far (for the full package, visit www.MRC.org):
>> Pelley: U.S. Health Care as Bad as a Third World Country
On the March 2, 2008, 60 Minutes, Pelley plunged into the presidential campaign with a story supporting the liberal issue agenda: "One of the decisive issues in the presidential campaign is likely to be health insurance. Texas and Ohio vote on Tuesday, and those states alone have nearly 7 million uninsured residents. Nationwide, 47 million have no health insurance. But that's just the start, because millions more are underinsured..."
He proceeded to profile a charity called Remote Area Medical and its efforts to provide free health care in the United States: "Recently, we heard about an American relief organization that air drops doctors and medicine into the jungles of the Amazon. Its called Remote Area Medical, or RAM for short. Remote Area Medical sets up emergency clinics where the needs are greatest. But these days, that's not the Amazon -- this charity founded to help people who can't reach medical care now finds itself throwing America a lifeline."
>> Hailing Hillary's Work Ethic and 'Global Star Power'
During a May 9, 2010 profile of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 60 Minutes, Pelley hailed that "she doesn't let anyone work harder" and "she's the only person in American politics with global star power close to" that held by Barack Obama, Pelley gushed: "A few Secretaries of State have been famous; none has been a first name celebrity like Hillary."
>>Global Warming Skeptics Just Like Holocaust Deniers
In a March 23, 2006 interview about his coverage of environmental issues Pelley was actually asked by CBSNews.com's senior political reporter Brian Montopoli why he refused to include skeptics of global warming and he replied: "If I do an interview with Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?"
Montopoli went on to report that Pelley said: "His team tried hard to find a respected scientist who contradicted the prevailing opinion in the scientific community, but there was no one out there who fit that description" and then quoted Pelley arrogantly insisting: "This isn't about politics or pseudo-science or conspiracy theory blogs. This is about sound science."
>> Misinformed Ground Zero Mosque Opponents Whip Up 'A Fury'
In a September 26, 2010 60 Minutes story that gave a glowing portrayal of the real estate developer and imam behind the Ground Zero mosque, Pelley also used the opportunity to smear opponents of the project: "...a national controversy with anger, passion, and more than a little misinformation. Opponents whipped up a fury, calling the project a grotesque mega-mosque tied to terrorism."
>> CBS's America Under Bush:Depression-Era Food Lines
Back on the January 8, 2003 60 Minutes II, over video of a long line of people in Marietta, Ohio, Pelley ominously intoned: "The lines we found looked like they'd been taken from the pages of the Great Depression. It's not just the unemployed, we found plenty of people working full time but still not able to earn enough to keep hunger out the house. If you think you have a good idea of who's hungry in America today, come join the line. You'd never guess who you'd meet there."
Pelley's emotions-over-facts style of reporting included this line: "Pre- schoolers come here with their parents and play in boxes as empty as the day's want ads." Pelley asked, "When you look at this line, what do you see?" And answered the question himself: "You know what I see? Some pretty average looking Americans."
>> Republicans Just Like Timothy McVeigh
On the January 2, 1996 edition of CBS Evening News, Pelley perhaps overdramatized the impact of the government shutdown when he opened his story this way: "In April, terrorists tried to kill them. Today politicians stopped their paychecks. In Oklahoma City's Social Security office, they're being ordered to work for nothing."


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On the details pages of each listing we try to provide as much information as possible as to the type of treatment assistance you can receive at the specified treatment center location. Many are simply sober living halfway houses, while others are also christian alcohol or drug treatment. We also provide location websites and phone numbers for these halfway houses. Give them a call directly to obtain complete information and applications for treatment.
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Bixi: Big Expansion of Washington DC's Bike Share System
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) -- "Bixi roulera de Washington a Washington" announces the website of the Montreal-based BIXI bike sharing company today.
Here's a partial (and somewhat loose) translation from the French: "The capital of the United States, Washington, District of Columbia, its neighbor, the city of Arlington, Virginia, as well as the campus of Washington State University, situated on the west coast, in the state of Washington, are adopting bike share systems like the one that made its debut in Montreal just a year ago. Starting this fall, 1,100 new BIXI's will be available in one of 114 stations that will be installed in the heart of the Washington/Arlington area, and 30 will be available to students on the campus of Washington State University."
Washington's bike share has been up and running, but it's been so small (120 bikes) that it hasn't really augmented DC's mass transit system, and has been widely pooh-poohed by bike-share technical experts.
Denver's bike share debuted on Earth Day, and Boston and Minneapolis systems are expected to start up in June.
Here's my look, from Marketplace last February, on how look at how bike-sharing works.


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The temple has been burned.
Grandmaster is dead.
The only five survivors have scattered like the wind.
Alone. For the first time. No brothers, no mentors, no teachers–just eleven-year-old Malao, the "monkey," all by himself in the woods. Malao loves to make jokes and fool around, but now the only home he has ever known is burning and his four surviving temple brothers have disappeared. Suddenly nothing seems as funny as it used to.
Grandmaster told Malao to discover the secrets of his past, but for a monkey nothing is ever simple. He hasn't traveled far when he stumbles into a battle between a group of bandits and an army of monkeys. One of the bandits looks strangely familiar, and the monkeys are led by a large, white, one-eyed male, who seems to know Malao.
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Big Bird wings it to 'Saturday Night Live'
FILE – Big Bird, of the children's television show Sesame Street, arrives at the Daytime Emmy Awards on in this Aug. 30, 2009 file photo, in Los Angeles. In a week when Big Bird was in the news, it seemed fitting to find him perched at the parody news report [auth] Saturday Oct. 6, 2012 on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — In a week when Big Bird was in the news, it seemed fitting to find him perched at the parody news report on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
But joining Seth Meyers at the "Weekend Update" anchor desk, the popular "Sesame Street" character declined to comment on presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's vow to cut federal funding for PBS. Explaining why, Big Bird said he didn't want to "ruffle any feathers."
He told Meyers how he had learned of being mentioned on Wednesday's debate. He said he'd gotten "a million tweets." From real birds, that is.
Since then, he said he was feeling very famous, standing tall above every other 8-foot talking bird.
In closing, Big Bird shared a joke befitting his childish sense of humor.
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new light fixture won't work after having worked fine initially
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we've installed a new light fixture today. it worked initially after we turned the light on but after staying on for and hour or so, the light went off. it sounded as if the bulb burnt out but we've tried two others and none of them lit up.
we reconnected the three wires several times but it didn't help.
any ideas what could have happened and how to fix it?
there are three wires coming out from the ceiling: black, white, copper. there are also three coming out of the light fixture: white, black and green. we've connected white to white, black to black and copper to green. it is a light with one switch only.
also, we have changed the box from plastic to metal due to the weight of the new fixture. could anything have gone wrong there?
dumb question: how's the breaker?
The first thing to do would be to use a volt meter
and check if there is power available at the lamp base.
If there is, then the most likely cause is the lamp is
not making good contact with lamp base.
Bad wire nut connection, or did not use the wire nuts at all.
Hello Analogmusicman, thank you for response - we did check the breaker and it was on. also, we checked the other lights on the same breaker and they are working.
Hello Gregzoll - thanks for your answer - we did use the wire nuts - we tried both the ones that were with the old lamp and the ones that came with the new lamp. what do you mean that there is a bad wire nut connection? that the wires are not "twisted" tight enough? we've tired that but didn't help either... any other ideas?
If the old one was working before you put in the new one, and worked fine, I would say that the problem lies in the installation of the new light fixture. That means, either did not use the wire nuts properly, or even as easy as the bulbs went bad. If the breaker has been cycled as in put to off, then on, and the fixture does not work, then go back where you started, and that is checking the connection point of the new fixture to the wiring.
Gregzoll, again, thanks for your response. the old lamp was working fine, the new one was working fine initially (maybe for an hour or so) and then, out of nowhere, the light went off. at first we thought it was the bulb but we checked two others and they wouldn't come on. also, we connected the wires and put wire nuts on a few times but nothing has changed.
the breaker seems to be working fine because we checked the other lights on the same breaker and they are working
any hint will be appreciated. :)
Hint, redo the wire nuts properly, so you have a good firm connection, and the wires do not pull out. I would say the best thing to do at this point, is call an electrician, because as you stated, the other lights work, but this one does not, and checked the wire nuts.
thanks gregzoll. will try that. and if you can think of any additional solution, please let me know...
Don't rule out a problem with the new fixture. Is there some way you could remount the old fixture?
if you know how to use an "ohm-meter" and you've got one (mine's a cheapo from "radio shack"),simply put one probe on the black lamp wire and the other probe on the center tab at the bottom of the light socket,it should read 0 ohms (should be a dead short) repeat that procedure for the white lamp wire to the screw base of the lamp socket, it should also read 0 ohms. I'm thinking that a wire came loose inside the lamp.
ps: if you don't have a VOM,you may be well advised to buy one at RS since you'll have the satisfaction of fixing this yourself and you'll learn how to use one. most people here can give you precise instructions on using one.
@ a7ecorsair - that's what we are thinking so will try the old fixture, thanks!
thanks so much for the detailed instructions, Analogmusicman, we are going try all the hints out!
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holley / quadrajet question
so awhile ago i asked what i should do to get better mileage with my '64 gmc p/u with a 350 & holley 4160. The overall opinion was that I should get a Quadrajet because its got modest primaries and larger secondaries.
so, if that means the size of the jets, then can't I just switch out the jets on my holley to smaller ones? Or is that not going to save me mpg's in the long run?
You can only lean down the Holly so much until it runs lean. You want a nice tan color plug when jetted correctly.
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You can only lean down the Holly so much until it runs lean.

Is that because of the size of the throat? (is that the right word?) In other words, if the Holley primaries allowed less air to pass, by being of smaller diameter, then they wouldn't need as much fuel?
right on. the bigger the mouth , the more food it eats. lol mikey
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I'm extremely envious of you beeks who are already into your hives. We hit a low of 9F last night after it was close to 30 at bed time.
But tonight is the the first night of Bee School! Can spring be all that far away?
The computerized presentation is ready. There are stacks of magazines and catalogs on the stairs. And the projector is all lined up.
A question mostly for newish beekeepers: What kinds of questions did you wish were answered in your first Bee school class?


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r134a adapters
I got an A/C Manifod gauge set but it has threaded hose and my old Chevy PU has r134a with quick-attach male ends - tried harborfreight and a couple other spots. Does anyone have leads where I can get adapters ?? (female quick end and external threads for the gauge end)
How are the lines attached to the manifold? If they are just threaded on you might have better luck getting replacement lines that have threads on one end and the right disconnects on the other end.
These people will have what you need.
AC Supplies Automotive Tools OTC Tools Robinair Bosch FJC RTI Sunex
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Here's a hint. Go to Google and type in R134 adapter fittings.
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Last Friday I added some new keywords and it took around 6 hours for some of them to become active. Not all did, only some.
Seems to me that they are manually approving ads behind the scenes.
Ah google, don't ya love it! :)
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California hoops may never be the same with the addition of the open division next season. If it works well, it could have ramifications across the nation.
There's no secret that the CIF state basketball playoffs, for both boys and girls, has needed a shot in the arm for a long time.
Two weekends ago, the CIF Federation Council may have provided that boost by voting in favor of adding an open division as a sixth division to the state playoffs.
There's a good chance that adding an open division will result in increased attendance and TV viewership. Two years ago, for example, the Mater Dei of Santa Ana and St. Mary's of Stockton girls possibly would have played in an open division final that also would have determined which team was going to be No. 1 in the nation.
The open division will be for teams from any division, any section and regardless of enrollment.
Criteria include winning two straight section titles, playing in a regional final in three of the previous four years and appearing in the top 10 of the Cal-Hi Sports, MaxPreps or Calpreps rankings for two straight years, including the current one.
Two other considerations will be that no section is required to send more than four teams to either boys or girls brackets and that the eight-team open division brackets do not have to be completely filled.
Section commissioners in the north and south will determine the open division brackets once the section playoffs are completed. They'd then seed the other five divisions just as they always have and would fill in spots left by teams moving up to the open division probably with additional semifinalist or quarterfinalist section playoff teams.
Here are some questions some may have as the open division takes shape prior to the 2012-13 season:
1. Is this going to level the playing field between private and public schools?
For the second straight season, all 10 CIF state champions in basketball in 2012 were from private schools. This is going to give public schools a better chance to win state crowns, but it's not going to "level the playing field." In fact, it may only result in just a few public schools here and there winning titles. In Northern California anyway, for every Archbishop Mitty of San Jose and Salesian of Richmond (both boys and girls) that might be going up to the open division, there's often a second-place team from the same private school powerhouse league that is just not that too far behind.
2. Will a school that has never won a CIF state title before get any special consideration to avoid being placed in the open division?
This was a big concern among many who devised this proposal, which is why several steps were taken to make that scenario more difficult to arise. First, there doesn't have to be eight-team open division brackets. It's only "up to" eight teams, which means smaller brackets and first-round byes for the No. 1 or No. 2 seeds won't be discouraged. Second, teams that have not won two straight section titles or haven't been in a regional final in three of the last four years won't have to go to the open division, either. It's not among the criteria whether a school has or hasn't won a state title before so it is possible that a school that hasn't won one will have to go up. If it wins another section title, Sheldon of Sacramento, for example, would probably be in the open division for the boys next year even though it has never won a state title before.
3. How will the addition of an open division impact the schedules of elite teams?
For teams that have aspirations to contend for mythical national rankings championships, it would have none. For those that know they will probably be open division if they win a section title next year, then there could be the desire to save some money and not travel all over the country when a final ranking will be determined by what happens in an open division state tournament anyway.
4. Will there now be open divisions in other CIF state championship sports?
We could see it for girls volleyball and for the two boys volleyball regional playoffs (the NorCal event starts next year). There are no divisions of any kind in wrestling and track-and-field and don't see the need for it in cross country. The basketball concept in California, though, is ground-breaking nationally. New Jersey has a tournament of champions at the end of its various divisional playoffs, but no other state has had an open division format like this one. If it works well, we could see other states (especially Florida) take a good, hard look at doing the same thing.
5. How is this going to effect the Cal-Hi Sports rankings?
First, it makes the overall top 10 of the rankings much more significant since that will be one of the main cutoffs for the open division criteria. We can in fact see the possibility of some schools lobbying us to be ranked lower, such as No. 11 instead of No. 10, so those schools wouldn't have to go up to the open division and instead play in a more natural division. Second, with an open division, there's no longer going to be any difficult decisions for a final State Team of the Year. That still happened in football even with an open division in 2008, 2009 and 2010, but with all of the very top-ranked teams now playing each other it will probably not happen. Technically, it could happen if LeBron James Jr. were to suddenly appear at a school that wouldn't qualify for the open division but has wins over other top teams, but we don't envision too many other possibilities.
Do you have a question about this topic or how it might impact your school? Email it email@example.com or twitter it to @CalHiSports. We'll post the best five questions next week and will answer them.


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Historic Newburgh Celebrates Christmas
A number of events told by a Christmas street musical.
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It is the first full weekend in December. A number of events will be told together by a street musical. We have period costumes recreating Newburgh in the 1880s. There are musicins, carolers, and chestnuts roasting on an open fire. There will be Trolley Tours, Find the Elf Contest, and Photos with Santa.


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Weekly roundup of science and food: Scientific cooking is connected with molecular gastronomy. Molecular gastronomy is one of the sub branches of food science that applies scientific thinking to cooking of food. This analysis into the scientific procedure of cooking has developed gradually into a path breaking culinary practice which has become the rage in all upscale restaurants, all over the world.
What Are Ingredients Used In Scientific Cooking?
The ingredients used in scientific cooking seem totally unfamiliar to a layman's ears, nevertheless they are all naturally derived products which were hitherto unknown to him. They can be classified based on the functions they perform in cooking.
Alteration To Taste or Aroma
There are sweeteners such as Glucose, Miraculin, Fructose, Maltodextrin (Tapioca), Sorbitol, Maltodextrin (General) used here. Alcohol is an aromatizing agent whereas to enhance flavor salt, Potassium Citrate, Potassium Chloride and MSG is utilized. The Maillard reaction is influenced by the use of Sorbitol, Baking Soda, Fructose and Sodium Hydroxide. For acidification you have Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Lactic Acid, Tartaric Acid and Sodium Ascorbate.
Revision Of Texture
For inducing carbonation you need to use Baking Soda and Carbon Dioxide. Clarification can be obtained through Agar, Gelatin and Pectinex. Alum Powder and various calcium salts such as Calcium Chloride, Calcium Hydroxide, Calcium Citrate and Calcium Lactate are brought into play for firming of vegetables. Maltodextrin goes for bulking in the course of cooking. Some of the hydrocolloids involved in scientific cooking are Agar, Carrageenan, Cornstarch, Arrowroot Starch, Gelatin, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Modified Starch, Gellan Gum and Tara Gum. To modify the moisture content in cooking, Tapioca Maltodextrin or an option between Sorbitol, Glucose or Isomalt can be made. Some of the ingredients which enable the spherification are Gelatin, Calcium salts, Gellan Gum, Sodium Alginate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate and Sodium Citrate. Protein denaturation can be done with the help of Alcohol, Transglutaminase and salt.
Change In Physical Appearance
If you want to retain the green color of certain vegetables then three ingredients namely Cream of Tartar, Calcium Hydroxide and Baking Soda is effective. Ascorbic Acid and Sodium Metabisulfite help in preventing browning effect. The coloring agents that go into this type of cooking are Caramel, Chlorophyll and Anthocyanins.
Other Effects
In order to obtain some specific effects such as altering the ph levels, you have a series of ingredients that do the trick like Baking Soda, Potassium Carbonate, Calcium Hydroxide, Alum Powder, Malic Acid, Lactic Acid, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Citrate, Tartaric Acid, Calcium Citrate and Cream of Tartar. The names of emulsifying agents are Gum Arabic, Gellan Gum and Lecithin.
The modernist cuisine cook's pantry is filled with all these ingredients; it helps him to accomplish the various tasks needed to dish out the perfect recipe.


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Resolved to Love and Serve
After 52 years of military service, raising four children, and losing one to cancer, Ed and Tina Green remain committed to one another.
Each year, Ed and Tina Green watch their daughters wedding video at their Gambrills, Md., home in silence. She died on July 5, 1993, of cancer, just one year after walking down the aisle.
If I was ever going to be depressed, that would have been the time, recalled Ed. But Tina and the kids kept me from it.
Their daughters loss was a test the Greens would not have passed had they not resolved early on to make their marriage work.


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Client connectivity and online client services are central to Contract Express. From document automation extranets that make the premise of fixed fee arrangements profitable to marketing showcases that establish client relationships from the earliest stages; Contract Express enables law firms to better engage their clients.
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Purpose of Notice: Through the 2013 EEC CCRRS RFR, The Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) is seeking proposals from agencies that meet industry standards and have qualified staff, engage in strategic planning, are fiscally sound, coordinate with other agencies that serve families and providers with family focused services, understand and value provider development, and have systems in place that support their technological needs to provide resource and referral to families and providers in Massachusetts.
|RFR Release Date:
August 9, 2012
|Intent to Bid e-mails due by
August 17, 2012
Boston Bidders' Conferences:
Springfield Bidder's Conference:
August 21, 2012,12:30 PM -3:00 PM
August 22, 2012,12:30 PM -3:00 PM
|Submission of Written Inquiries
August 24, 2012
|EEC Response to Inquiries (estimated)
August 31, 2012
|On-line submission of registration due (mandatory)
September 19, 2012
|Response Due Date and Time
September 19, 2012 4:00 PM
|Evaluation Period
September 24-28, 2012
|Contract Awards Announced (estimated)
October 1, 2012
Application Information:
To apply click here:
RFR Number 2013 EEC CCRRS 003 Update #1
Child Care Resource and Referral Services RFR
Child Care Resource and Referral Services Appendices file size 1MB
CCRR Bidder's Conference Presentation
CCRR Online Application Screenshots file size 1MB
Submission Instructions:
I. Submit an Intent to Bid
II. Register On-Line as a Bidder
This online application is now closed since the application was due on September 19, 2012 at 4 PM.
III. Complete the Fiscal Forms outlined in Appendices H and I, as applicable
Submit with your RFR Response in a separately addressed envelope to the following address:
Department of Early Education & Care
EEC Child Care Resource and Referral Services Bid
51 Sleeper Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Attn: Fiscal Status Forms Review Unit
IV. Determine the Number of Responses to Submit
V. Respond to Narrative Questions
VI. Mail Required Forms and Responses to Narrative Questions (including any attachments)
Department of Early Education & Care
51 Sleeper Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Attn: FY13 Child Care Resource and Referral RFR
Bidders must submit the required forms and attachments listed below. The forms listed below are required to be submitted with the proposal (unless they are already on file with the Commonwealth) and must be completed and submitted to EEC by the due date specified above (unless otherwise noted below). These forms can be found in this solicitation under the Forms and Terms tab on the Comm-PASS website. EEC shall have the right to refuse to review any responses received that fail to include one or more of the required forms or attachments.
- Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (W-9) (unless already on file with the Commonwealth)
- Commonwealth Terms and Conditions for Human and Social Services (unless already on file with the Commonwealth)
Additional Information:
Appendix A: APPENDIX A: NARRATIVE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY RESPONDENTS
Appendix B: APPENDIX B: EVALUATION OF RESPONSES
Appendix C: APPENDIX C: REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS
Appendix D: APPENDIX D: LIST OF CITIES AND TOWNS IN EACH EEC REGION
Appendix E - 1: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING CITIES AND TOWNS IN MASSACHUSETTS
Appendix E - 2: FY13 CCRR Funding Formula Narrative
Appendix F: ALLOCATION OF FUNDING: ESTIMATED AMOUNTS AVAILABLE BY CITY/TOWN
Appendix G: APPENDIX G: EEC PROVIDERS/SYSTEM REIMBURSEMENT RATES
Appendix H: CONTRACTING FISCAL STATUS
Appendix I: NEW CONTRACTOR FISCAL & ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
Appendix J: CCRR FUNCTION CHART AND DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTION
Reference Materials:
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Career Center
Falls Road Animal Hospital is seeking an overnight Emergency Room Veterinarian to join our growing practice!
In return for your hard work we offer a range of great benefits including competitive salary, medical and dental insurance, CE allowance, productivity bonus, membership dues, PTO and even relocation if needed.
We take the health and well-being of our employees seriously, offering flexible working conditions and encouraging a well-rounded work/life balance.