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Staple Up Radiant - Old House, Is this possible?
September 2013
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I know the answer - yes and no, it depends... I apologize in advance for the long post, but I want to get as much detail in here as I can.
I have an 1878 house that I bought in May 2013. The house is essentially a two story structure of 700 sqft per story, there is also an original one story kitchen addition of 400 sqft and a closed in porch of 150 sqft.
Shortly after I bought the home I did an energy audit which said that I needed to tighten up bypasses in the attics and spray foam the rim joist, which I plan to do. Currently we have one air exchange per hour, and we are in MN, so this leads to a lot of heating of the house in the winter. I imagine that if I seal most of the bypasses and add more attic insulation, this would improve the situation substantially.
The second story has been remodeled in the last 10 years and have wall insulation, the wall insulation in the downstairs is non-existent, except for in the porch, which is fully insulated. I also plan to add insulation in the attics to get to R-50, from current R-19. The floor is 1" subfloor and 3/4" pine on top.
I am hoping to do staple up radiant because I love warm floors (and my wife hates the baseboard heaters, which line the exterior walls in most rooms).
I have not done a load calculation, but here is some data that I have.
The house is heated with natural gas, and last winter, which was cold (lowest was -44 with wind chill),
had an average daily use of natural gas (both stories of the house) of a
little less than 10.5 therms/day in January and February. The main
floor is about 1100 square feet, so it gives me a little less than 40
btu/hr/sqft (not taking into account that part of the 11 therms that was used
for heating the 2nd floor (separate heating zone).
The boiler output is 83000 BTU/hr.
We have a total of 141 linear feet of baseboard heaters in the house --> 70000 btu @ 500 btu/linear foot.
The main floor comprises 48000 btu @ 500 btu/linear foot, which gives me about 43.5btu/hr/sqft for the main floor.
My wife would like to get rid of all baseboard heat, don't know if this is possible, could do one or two runtal wall radiators in strategic locations as the piping is available, but would prefer to have as few as possible.
Now, is staple up possible?
I heard from one company that I would need to add wall insulation before doing anything,
another specified 7/8 PEX ($2k), and
a third specified 1/2" PEX with extruded plates ($8k).
What do I need? Can I go with less heavy duty plates and save some money, or would it not get warm enough? Of the $8k, $3k was the heating plates.
Sorry for the long note, but I wanted to get as much info as possible crammed in.
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Consider radiant ceilings
That's a lot of heat loss. Even under the best circumstances a heated floor can only provide up to 35 BTU/sqft due to surface temperature limit recommendations, and yours are not the best circumstances so even that may not be attainable. 1.75" of wood is no small barrier to heat flow. To boot, the subfloor is probably cupped and there are gaps in it so contact between heat transfer plates and it might be tenuous. There's a system (UltraFin) that uses little convective plates that snap onto the PEX tube that's suspended a few inches below the subfloor in the joist bay, which would not be vulnerable to irregularities in subfloor but would require that the joist bays be sealed really well at the perimeter to prevent heated air leakage. Bare PEX tube, regardless of size, is not likely to be able to transfer enough heat to be a primary heat source in any non-superinsulated house in a Northern climate.
And then, as I indicated in the subject, there are radiant ceilings, which are a good retrofit option. Search for that term on the site and you'll find out a lot about the pros and cons. These typically, but not necessarily, involve furring out the existing ceiling and stapling thin plates to the furring strips, snapping tubing into them, and then sheetrocking over the entire kit'n'kaboodle.
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Is the key need to do a heat loss first.
Probably before that tighten up the envelope first. This then will give you an accurate heat loss to design a radiant system to.
If you do the radiant (if doable) then the envelope you will end up with an oversized heating system.
Stay away from the 7/8 pex guy. Bigger is not better. Willing to bet the mind set is use bigger pex with no plates, and wider spacing is the same result...... its not!!
If you can do under floor then extruded plates with 1/2" pex 8" centers is the way to go heat loss will tell all. this method will require the highest water temps near what you are running for baseboard. I'm with Gordan your pushing through a lot of wood thus rvalue to get the heat to the space.
IF you are considering new floors then the over the top method with plates will yield more out put with lower water temps.
Over the top methods are sandwich, warm board R, Roth panel,amongst others.
Ceiling radiant is a wonderful option that will yield more btus per square foot output than radiant floors you can have a higher surface femp than radiant floors, but you are limited to 120* water supply temps on the sheet rock.
And No heat does not rise hot air rises your room will be with in a couple of degrees from ceiling to floor. I have radiant ceilings. You wont have the warm floors they will be neutral.
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I live at the Jersey Shore, and a tree fell in my daughter's room (we weren't there - thank God! - but she lost a lot of things. She is 10 months old. I know that many of her things will eventually be replaced by FEMA, etc., but that will take ages. I am unemployed, don't have money for gas, but I, myself, am doing ok. I am down to basically no money and her father hasn't been able to work since Friday because of the storm because his office was located in Belmar, which is now under water. My daughter needs the following things as quickly as possible:
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Our local food banks are pretty sparse as you can imagine and Im doing what I can. WIC checks aren't being accepted, but even that will only replace 3 cans of formula, 16 jars of food, and 3 boxes of baby cereal. Estimated wait for WIC checks being replaced is at least a week and we need things asap for her. She was just at Jersey Shore University Hospital last night with a fever and is going through meds pretty quickly, and they're really expensive.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Here you can see the X sewn across them.
Starting in the center, sew a zig zag stitch so that it catches both side of the cord and secures them together. When sewing in the center area like this, you'll have to pivot a lot because it is such a tight curve. As you get further out you can just sew and sew because it is easier to turn out there. For now, just sew up to that point where the X touches the outside of the spiral. As you can see, you will end up with several spirals around your work. So go ahead and clip the tread and unspiral those extra rounds.
Now we have this and we are ready to start sewing again.
Start zig-zagging again and just keep turning it by hand to guide the work through the needle.
As you can see, it gets bigger and bigger!
Once you have the bottom as big as you want, lift the bottom up so that it is diagonal with the plate. We're going to start the walls of the bowl now. Continue sewing but do so now so you are pulling the cord a little to the left as you sew, which causes it to form the sides as you go around. Continue sewing around with the bottom lifted up on the diagonal like this.
You can make handles on the bowl by cutting the thread and bumping out the cord a bit, then start sewing again. Afterwards, I come back and put a reinforcing zig-zag on both sides of the handle.
I like to finish the cord off on the top edge by cutting it on a diagonal right before the handle so that it is not so obvious and then just zig zag over the end a few times to secure it down.
That's it! Enjoy!
Thank y teacher Eddie for sharing us such a good lesson. I like every thing made of cloth. :-)
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Crude Rises as Fuel-Price Gain Spurs Demand for Oil
West Texas Intermediate crude rose on speculation that increasing refinery profits from making gasoline and heating oil will bolster use of the raw material.
Futures advanced 0.9 percent as the margin to turn crude into fuel, expressed by the so-called crack spread, climbed to the highest level since August. Gasoline jumped on forecasts that a government report tomorrow will show supplies fell for a fifth week. WTI's discount to Brent oil widened to the most in seven months as unrest in Libya disrupted exports.
"Gasoline is leading the way," said Kyle Cooper, director of commodities research at IAF Advisors in Houston. "The crack spread is strong, and that's pulling WTI higher."
WTI for December delivery went up 84 cents to settle at $93.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract tumbled $2.10 to $93.04 yesterday, the lowest close since May 31. The volume of all futures traded was 26 percent higher than the 100-day average at 4:43 p.m.
Prices reduced gains after the American Petroleum Institute reported inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for WTI futures, rose 1.67 million barrels last week. U.S. total supply increased 599,000. WTI climbed 62 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $93.66 a barrel at 4:43 p.m. in electronic trading. It was $93.77 before the report was released at 4:30 p.m.
Gasoline for December delivery advanced 4.16 cents, or 1.6 percent, to settle at $2.628 a gallon in New York. Ultra-low-sulfur diesel for December delivery rose 4.45 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $2.8977 a gallon.
The profit from processing three barrels of crude into two of gasoline and one of heating oil, based on New York futures settlement prices, rose 95 cents to $20.27 a barrel, topping $20 for the first time since Aug. 1.
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An Energy Information Administration report tomorrow will show that gasoline inventories fell 900,000 barrels last week, based on the median of 11 analyst estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Gasoline supplies slid 9.84 million barrels in the four weeks ended Nov. 1.
Refineries operated at 87.4 percent of capacity in the week ended Nov. 8, up 0.6 percentage point from the prior period, the survey showed. Refiners scheduled maintenance in September and October after the end of the peak-gasoline-demand summer months.
"Gasoline is still rising in response to last week's inventory report, which is an overreaction," Cooper said. "As refineries increase operating rates, you'll see a lot of reports that gasoline supplies are rising, while crude supplies drop."
Crude stockpiles probably climbed by 800,000 barrels in the week ended Nov. 8. Supplies surged 8.4 percent to 385.4 million barrels, the most since June, in the seven weeks ended Nov. 1.
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"Tomorrow's report should show another build in crude supplies, but not one as extreme as in previous weeks because of an increase in refinery runs," said Bob Yawger, director of the futures division at Mizuho Securities USA Inc. in New York. "Seasonal maintenance is coming to an end and the gasoline and heating oil cracks are really strong."
The EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm, is releasing its data a day later than usual because of the Veterans Day holiday on Nov. 11.
Brent rose and the spread with WTI widened as demonstrators at Libya's Hariga port stopped a tanker from loading. The African country pumped 250,000 barrels on Nov. 10, said Mohamed Elharari, a spokesman for state-run National Oil Corp. That's down from an average of 1.28 million barrels a day in the first six months of this year, according to Bloomberg data.
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"We're now looking at two separate oil markets that are moving different factors," said Rob Haworth, a senior investment strategist in Seattle at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, which oversees about $112 billion of assets. "Brent is moving higher because of sanctions against Iran and unrest in Libya, while WTI has been under pressure because in the U.S. there's plenty of inventory and production."
Brent for December settlement, which expires tomorrow, increased $1.31, or 1.2 percent, to end the session at $107.12 on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The more-active January contract rose $1.35, or 1.3 percent, to $106.89. Volume was 25 percent above the 100-day average.
December Brent rose to a $13.24 premium to WTI contract from the same month, which is up from $12.77 yesterday and the highest on a closing basis since April 2.
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Kuwaiti Oil Minister Mustafa Al-Shemali said he expects no change in the crude production target for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries when the group's oil ministers meet next on Dec. 4 in Vienna.
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Implied volatility for at-the-money WTI options expiring in January was 18.4 percent, down from 18.8 percent yesterday, data compiled by Bloomberg showed.
Electronic trading volume on the Nymex was 692,109 contracts as of 4:43 p.m. It totaled 804,101 contracts yesterday, 40 percent above the three-month average. Open interest was 1.74 million contracts.
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Celebrating Saint Paul of the Cross
by Patricia Mathson
Preached the Good News Feast Day: October 20
for a fun activity page about St. Paul of the Cross.
When he was a boy in Italy, Paul Daneo liked to play with his 15 brothers and sisters. By the time he was a teenager, he saw God's love for us through Jesus on the cross. He knew he was not too young to hear God call him.
Shared the Gospel
Paul became a Catholic priest in 1734. He went all over Italy teaching the gospel. He also wrote thousands of letters to those seeking direction in their lives. He was known as Paul of the Cross because of his love for Christ on the cross who brought new life to us.
Founded Religious Orders
Paul of the Cross founded the order called the Passionists. Today his followers work in many countries. They bring compassion to those who suffer and they share the Good News with everyone. There are Passionist vocations for priests, brothers, nuns, sisters, and lay people.
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The life of Paul of the Cross reminds us to give thanks to God for God's unending love. We must see how God is calling us to share the Good News with others. The example of this saint calls us to be people of the gospel.
What Can We Do?
* Let's read Matthew 16:24 to see what Jesus tells his followers about the cross. He says to pick up your cross and follow him. Many people carry crosses of poverty, illness, and hunger. Name other crosses that people carry. We can pray for the needs of others.
* Let's look at different designs of crosses. The cross helps us remember how much Jesus loves us. There are wooden crosses, painted crosses, glass crosses, metal crosses, and others. In the processional at the beginning of Mass, a cross is carried to the altar. We display crosses in our homes. What other kinds of crosses have we seen?
* Let's talk about vocations. God calls each of us in a special way. Some people serve God as priests, brothers, or sisters. Is prayer important in deciding on a vocation? We can find out more about vocations at vocationguide.org.
Almighty God, thank you for your Son Jesus, who died and rose to new life for us. Like St. Paul of the Cross, may we remember your unending love each day. Guide us to share the Good News of your love with others. Amen.
Patricia Mathson has many years experience in faith formation as a DRE and holds a Master of Religious Education degree. She is currently the children's ministry coordinator at Hope Family Center in Des Moines, IA. She is the author of ten books with the latest titled
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Hundreds of police officers from all over the state are gathered outside my window right now, but it turns out they're not after me -- it's Governor Deval Patrick they want. What do they want? To embarass him in front of his weekend guests: other governors from all over the country, in town for the National Governors Association (NGA) conference.
The NGA has a shindig at Fenway Park tonight; the cops are gathering at Yawkey Way and momentarily will march down to the corner of Landsdowne, where they'll rally for the cameras.
I went down and asked Patrick Rose, Secretary of the Boston Police Patrolman's Association (BPPA), what point they were making. "The disparate treatment the governor has shown to the [police] unions over three and a half years," he said. As I pressed, Rose insisted that it is not just about the paid details, over which the union has most notably butted heads with the governor. "He's going after our pensions, our collective-bargaining agreements, our health care coverage -- everything he can attack us for," Rose said. (He left out Quinn Bill funding, but I'm sure that's part of it too.)
I noted that this was coming quite soon after the BPPA endorsed Tim Cahill for governor. "This has nothing to do with Tim Cahill," Rose said, noting that unions representing some 17,000 officers statewide were at the protest. (That seemed to be true, judging from where several officers I asked said they were from.)
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Sir Alex Ferguson has given a candid insight into the breakdown of his relationships with Wayne Rooney and David Beckham during his reign at Manchester United and revealed how he rejected an offer from Roman Abramovich to manage Chelsea.
Ferguson, preparing to embark on a series of publicity events to coincide with the launch of his second auto-biography this month, was interviewed by American broadcaster Charlie Rose on the PBS network.
With Rose having interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the President of Iran, Hasan Rouhani, the broadcast with Ferguson highlights the 71-year-old's status as a globally recognised figure as a result of his achievements and longevity at Old Trafford.
His comments about Rooney and Beckham carried the air of a presidential pardon, with Ferguson, who retired as United manager in May, extending an olive branch to both men.
With Rooney seeking a move away from United this summer following friction between him and Ferguson, exacerbated by the Scot's revelation of the player's determination to leave the club, the former United manager insists that the 27-year-old would now shake his hand, instead blaming the player's advisers for the efforts to force a move to Chelsea.
Asked whether his relationship with Rooney ended badly, Ferguson said: "No, I don't think so.
I think if Wayne walked in here today, he would shake my hand."
Asked when they had last shaken hands, Ferguson responded: "The day when we won the league and the winner was presented with the cup. I never fell out with him at any time, you know. Sometimes I would discipline him, but sometimes they all need discipline.
"Wayne is unfortunate in the sense that he is England's big white hope. So therefore, the media is always centred around Wayne. And he has people who advise him. And I think that's where all that's coming from.
"He is back to his form and if in some way I've helped to bring that back, then I've done the right thing - made him aware that he's a great player and we need him. When the club refused to sell him to Chelsea, he realised his only job was Manchester United. And it has brought back his focus. It's brought back his work ethic and his purpose, and, you know, he is playing well again.
"I managed a team and at that particular moment [when his desire to leave was revealed], he wasn't doing particularly well. But now we see him today, he's got his energy back, he's got his purpose back, and he's doing great. So maybe that was a good turning point for the boy, you know?"
While United have been able to keep Rooney at the club, despite the player's issues with the Scot still to be resolved, the rift between Ferguson and Beckham resulted in the midfielder being sold to Real Madrid in 2003.
Before Beckham's departure, the pair had infamously clashed with Ferguson kicking a boot on to Beckham's head after an FA Cup defeat at home against Arsenal, leaving the player with stitches above his eye. Beckham's celebrity lifestyle and marriage to Spice Girl Victoria Adams had left Ferguson exasperated by the player's lack of "focus", but he admits the former England captain became one of the few players to succeed after moving on from United.
"He is an amazing boy," Ferguson said. "I mean how he has created himself. He's an icon for young people. He's fantastic, a wonderful boy. He always had a lovely smile, you know, and he always presents himself well, but as a young kid when I got him at 12 years of age his great desire was to play some of the best football.
"He was a fantastic trainer, practised all the time and at night-time, he would come by with the schoolboys and practise with them. And then of course, his life changed, when he married the girl from the Spice Girls and his focus changed. He got drawn into that celebrity status, you know? And for me, I'm a football man. I'm a football man. He lost the focus, but when we sold him to Real Madrid, he did well."
Ferguson admits he was shocked by Beckham's decision to leave Real for five years in the Major League with LA Galaxy in his early thirties. "I couldn't understand that. I would never do that, you know?
"If I was going to go, I would be making sure he would go to the best, and Real Madrid was the best, I would say, and United. But he reinvented himself.
"He's unbelievable. He really is - and good, well done to him. I mean, he's - you can't argue with the status he has in life. But for me, it would have pleased me more to see him be a great, great player, you know?"
Ferguson confirmed he could have followed Beckham out of Old Trafford in 2003 after being contacted about the manager's job at Chelsea following Abramovich's takeover at Stamford Bridge.
Asked whether Abramovich had ever asked him to manage Chelsea, Ferguson said: "He used an agent when he first came. They approached me and I said, no, no. No chance. I said: 'No chance. Manchester United is my team. My club'."
By that stage of his United career, Ferguson had delivered eight Premier League titles and a European Cup. However, he admits he suffered a crisis of confidence when fans were calling for his head in 1989, before his first trophy - the 1990 FA Cup.
"One or two banners were up saying 'time up' and things like that, but I think it would be true to say that at that period I did lose a little bit of confidence," Ferguson said.
"However, I didn't lose my determination." Ferguson also endured criticism from many United supporters for his public support of the club's owners, the Glazer family.
"Obviously, there's the misconception about the Glazers buying the club and it created sort of ... different factions of Manchester United supporters. They forget that the minute it became a PLC [Public Limited Company], someone was going to buy it.
"The Glazers did that. And then my time with them, they're nothing but supportive. Very strong, single-minded people, but always supportive of the manager and the things that happen in the club.
"They've been very good and I've had absolutely no hesitation supporting the way they're going about the job - very low-key, very seldom, never give me a phone call."
He said that he had no interest in returning to United and that he had full confidence in Moyes. "I'm not interested in managing again or getting myself worked up about Manchester United's results," Ferguson said.
"United are in good hands with David Moyes. He will be fine. He is a good manager."


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Wife, husband accused of stabbing each other with kids present
CARTERET COUNTY - Deputies have arrested a wife and husband accused of stabbing each other while their young children were in the room.
The Carteret County Sheriff's Office said 27-year-old Stephanie Feist and 28-year-old Edward Feist, both of Highway 101 just outside Beaufort, stabbed each other after an argument Monday. The couple's two children --4 and 5 years old-- were in the room, said deputies.
Both suspects were taken to Carteret General Hospital and later released to the custody of the Carteret County Jail, investigators said.
The wife and husband are each charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and assault with a minor present, according to the Sheriff's Office. They were being held under no bond and were scheduled to have their conditions of release set by a judge Tuesday morning.
The Carteret County Department of Social Services removed the suspects' two children from the home, said investigators.


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Marty Smith fit the description of a "typical guy." As he would say, "I didn't really like going to doctors. I'd rely on advice from my family and friends."
Nearly three years ago his friends were telling him that his wheezing and strange whistling sounds were probably caused by asthma. Or bronchitis. Maybe a chest hernia. They were wrong. At the age of 50, Marty learned he had a large, cancerous tumor on one of his lungs.
"My sisters insisted I get treated at Loyola because of its reputation. They said academic medical centers attract the brightest people from all over the world. So I went to Loyola."
Loyola University Medical Center (Loyola) welcomes cancer patients, regardless of where they received their diagnosis. A multidisciplinary team of 20 or more specialists meet once a week to review each case, including films and disease pathology.
The specialists develop a treatment plan customized for each individual and share it with the patient the same day.
"Under the right circumstances, in the multidisciplinary setting, we can achieve positive outcomes even with advanced lung cancer," said Christopher Wigfield, MD, lead thoracic surgeon at Loyola. "It is not simply the combination of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy that is important. Knowing how and when each of these advanced tools should be used is crucial."
The Loyola team agreed that Marty needed radiation and chemotherapy before lung surgery, followed by more chemotherapy after the operation. First, Dr. Wigfield had to improve Marty's ability to breathe. "I used a laser on his lung to maintain airway function. Without this step, it is unlikely that Marty would have tolerated aggressive chemotherapy and radiation. And without those treatments, we couldn't perform advanced surgery on his lung," Dr. Wigfield said.
Loyola physicians are dedicated to continually learning how to improve outcomes for patients like Marty. "They are able to offer patients access to leading-edge clinical studies, that target lung cancers based on their "molecular fingerprint."
"The studies we're participating in now are looking at the genetic makeup of tumors and how people respond to customized therapy," said Cheryl Czerlanis, MD, a Loyola oncologist who specializes in lung cancer. "Research findings help us determine what is most likely to cure an individual patient. A clinical trial may not be your last hope, as many people think. It may be your first and best option."
After the radiation and chemotherapy successfully shrunk the size of the tumor, Marty was ready for surgery. "I was prepared for the worst, but I made sure I did everything the doctors said," Marty recalled. "I realized this wasn't just a job for them; they really cared about patients. So I ate well, took my medications and quit smoking."
Dr. Wigfield and his colleagues agreed that the removal of an entire lung was the best option for Marty's survival and long-term health.
"Marty received the whole nine yards of lung cancer treatment," Dr. Wigfield said. "His functional outcome is remarkable, and that is due to a comprehensive assessment and treatment plan. Having tested his single lung capacity and oxygen needs, we knew he would not have trouble breathing with one lung, but we're surprised that he would be able to carry mattresses up and down stairs!"
Marty used to deliver mattresses for a living, and at times his friends still ask him for a hand. More than two years have passed since his surgery, and Marty is enjoying life. He likes to read, travel, attend neighborhood festivals and occasionally catch a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Using a baseball analogy, Marty says that his first hospital was good, but Loyola was "like going to the major leagues."
Based on his recent experiences, Marty says he's a different man. "I'm more proactive about my health, and I have a better feeling about doctors. I'm more inclined to see them when I should."
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Since Trent Baalke officially took over as San Francisco 49ers' general manager in 2011 his background in scouting has led to a different approach at the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis.
In fact, the team doesn't send scouts to the scouting combine.
Why? The answer is simple: the information from the combine can be gathered remotely and it allows the team's scouting department to spend more time at the team's headquarters watching film on prospects projected to go later in the draft. The 49ers are one of the few teams in the NFL to keep its scouts at home.
"A big part of it is the interview process and it's the first time the coaches ever get a chance to interview guys," a team source said this week.
"Scouts interview and dig background on guys in their areas throughout the process - school visits, all-star games, pro days - so by the time the combine hits, they have at least a familiarity with the top guys."
Last year, the 49ers identified first-round pick Eric Reid before the combine. His 4.53 time in the 40-yard dash, 17 reps on the bench press and 40.5-inch vertical jump only cemented what they already knew about the former LSU safety.
"Eric was a young guy we identified on film and we're film guys. What they do here, we gather the numbers like everybody else, but it still comes down to the film. What do they do on film? That remains the most important thing for us as evaluators. And we'll continue to going forward," said Baalke.
San Francisco was able to take Reid after trading up from No. 31 to 18 in a draft-day deal with the Dallas Cowboys. He started all 19 games at free safety earning All-Rookie Team honors by the Pro Football Writers of America and a trip to the Pro Bowl.
Baalke told 49ers.com in an interview this week that roughly 60-65 percent of the team's draft board was already complete prior to combine. That evaluation is done by the scouting department during the season through hours and hours of film study. The 49ers use the combine to get to know players on a personal level through the interview process. Only Baalke, Jim Harbaugh, select coaches and high-ranking members of the personnel department are currently in Indianapolis seeing the draft prospects first hand.
With the draft pushed back two weeks to May 8 from it's normal date in mid-April, it gives teams two more weeks to ponder who will be available when they make their selections. But Baalke doesn't necessarily view the extra two weeks as a good thing for the evaluation process.
"The first time you look at a player, you're usually right. Your gut's usually right. Through the process you gather more and more information, you watch more and more film, and sometimes the process is so long, it's drawn out another two weeks, that you end up talking yourself out of that first impression," Baalke said.
By giving scouts more time to look at film and do research on back-end prospects, it's allowed the 49ers to find sleepers in the late rounds of recent drafts. Since Baalke became GM three seasons ago, San Francisco hit on late-rounders Bruce Miller (seventh round), Daniel Kilgore (fifth round), B.J. Daniels (seventh round) and Marcus Cooper (seventh round).
San Francisco is projected to have 12 picks in May's draft, including six in the first three rounds. There isn't room on the roster for 12 rookies, so expect Baalke to be active in trade discussions for picks in next year's draft much like he was in 2013.
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Is there any value to positive testing? Some experts say No! I think there is--and here's why...
There is a school of thought in software testing that debunks the value of positive testing. This school basically states that any test that does not produce a defect is not a good test. I respectfully disagree.
Software tests can be divided into two categories: positive tests and negative tests. A positive test is used primarily, if not solely, to validate that a given system, function, operation, etc. works as designed when a user enters the right data, in the right place, at the right time, clicks the right buttons, etc. Negative tests try to purposely break the system to verify that the system responds as expected and fails gracefully when it gets the wrong data, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. It's with negative tests that we really earn our stripes as testers. A negative test should cause an error. It's expected to cause an error. If it causes an error, and the error is handled correctly, the test passes. So to recap–a positive test should not cause an error. Does that make it an invalid test–absolutely not!
The ultimate goals of each of positive and negative tests are completely different. To my thinking–we need to verify that something works correctly before we try to break it. If we don't know that it works correctly, then how can we know when it doesn't? Positive tests answer that question. If the system doesn't work as it's supposed to when everything is correct, all other tests, especially negative tests, are really irrelevant.
Let me state right up front–I'm not a professional software developer–not even close. I never claimed to be one. But I'm no slouch either! Let's just say–I like to dabble. Given enough time and the right reference books, I can build a class, or a Web page, or whatever. From my limited experience, I like to make sure something works first, and then I focus on what happens when it doesn't. It's also much easier to build. Call me crazy, but that just make sense to me.
Imagine my surprise when I was recently told that some negative functionality would be delivered before the positive functionality. I was perplexed! Surely, they could not be serious! They were. The results were predictable. I couldn't create and save a basic record but the error handling was really nice. In a nutshell, the system could not do what it was designed to do but it looked really good.
It reminds me of a car I bought in high school. It looked really nice in the driveway. It had to sit in the driveway–it rarely ran. But I washed and waxed it every weekend! It also had an awesome 8-track stereo system! I spent hours sitting in the driveway listening to my Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith 8-tracks. Life was good! I remember a friend once telling me that the car was over-rated and didn't perform anywhere near they way it was rumored to perform. I just wanted it to start and take me to the store. How fast I got there was really irrelevant at this point. Apparently it also got really bad gas mileage. In the late 70's, with gas prices hovering around 80 cents a gallon this was pretty important. Of course, sitting in my driveway it got great gas mileage!
Automotive magazines would advertise all kinds of devices to boost miles per gallon. Again, my "friends" would encourage me to purchase all of these gadgets. "They will pay for themselves after just a couple of tanks," they would say. I could care less. I just wanted the stupid


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What does the law say?
Under the 1996 EU posted workers directive the Italian and Portuguese contractors at the Lindsey oil refineries are free to employ their own direct labour force from their countries. As a result of European Court of Justice rulings last year the contractors need only be paid the statutory minimum wage laid down in British law. Posted workers can only be paid the equivalent of the British national agreement if it is universally applicable, which is rarely the case in the UK.
Was Alan Johnson right to say that European Court of Justice rulings weakened the posted workers directive?
Unions say there has been a string of judgments, notably contentious rulings in two cases known as Viking and Laval. These, according to the European TUC, "licensed employers to use posted workers to undercut collective agreements", limiting the protections that can be given to posted workers. Unions have been campaigning in Europe and inside the Labour party to get the effect of these judgments reversed.
How many foreign workers are there in the UK?
There are no clear figures, but most of those coming from eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 are required to sign the worker registration scheme. This shows that the number of migrants from these eight countries, including Poland, peaked at 234,730 in 2006, falling the following year to 217,965. This represents a fraction of the total in work in the UK, which in 2007 stood at 29,222,000.
What about those from other EU countries?
Tim Finch, from the thinktank IPPR, says the movement of people between the UK and the other countries in the European Union "roughly balances out", with up to 1.5 million people from the UK working in other EU countries. He adds, though, that because there is no system of "counting in and counting out" for the rest of Europe, precise figures are not available.


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We recently hired two young and talented graphic designers to our staff. Katie Major is one of them and she wrote up a short little bio for you.
I joined Go Media for several reasons. The employees are down to earth, hard working people that respect the importance of GOOD design. I liked much of the work that is produced, and their client base is diverse. Most of all I respect their idea that honest business is good business; this seems to be a mantra that few companies embrace these days.
Work I've done in my 3.5 weeks so far: TPM Magazine Advertisement, LOTS of Pepsi website development, flash animations and other promotional stuff for Go Media. Created 3 new fonts for the Arsenal: Celest, Diffraction, and Identity Theft. They will be available soon.
What I'm responsible for: Designing, coding, and enhancing anything that is thrown on my desk.
What I like: Knitting, photography, movies, exploring new places, museums, shrinky-dinks, tea, camping, gallery openings, beaches, parks, jogging, playing violin and piano, learning new things.
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Human life in all of sectors has pushed speed in their activities, included usual daily work. One of them is washing clothes. Some people more choose to send out their cloth to a laundryman. On the other hand, there are still many people doing their washing cloth by themselves. Along with the development of technology, people do not need to do the laundry one by one. They can use washing machine that now has been modified in some functions. Sometimes people with less knowledge about this engine use it as they like. So we are gonna discuss what sorts we have to know in the treatment of washing machine.
First, clean the cabinet, rubber door and the door washer constantly by using wet fabric. Let the door washer opened so the air will be circulated inside so there will be no unpleasant scent in the engine. Secondly is cleaning the place of detergent periodically. The remnant of the detergent will make your cloth smells not as you want. Third, clean the pump filter. Make sure there is no cloth or water in the tube, and there is no electricity when you do this step. The next is cleaning the water filter with a soft brush. The last is the machine tub. The best way to clean the tub is letting it work with no cloth inside. You can use hot water and lemon or vinegar. The dirt and soap left inside will slowly vanish.
There are many ways of how the function of its component should be treated. Several functions of washing machines depend on their prices. The variety of LG washing machine prices for example has risen by the time. So if you do not your machine broken, you have to treat it with its use. Unless you have to service your machine or you must get the new one.


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Sonic Hurricane by cyberuniqueWatch
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Hey guys! here a picture of one of my fav character in street fighter so i hope ya like it...
SF2-Guile says: "ALEX FULL!!"
Funny thing is that Guile and Knuckles share a VA so it's kinda funny for him to be saying "Sonic"
Guile: 100% MAN!
Flash Kick/FADC Backdash/Let it RIP
Could you by any chance draw a pic of Sagat setting up either his supreme tiger shot or maybe his tiger genocide?
simply awesome
Goddamn, while your style of females are probably in my top 5 favorite styles out there, I'd like to see more of this. Straight up furious raging power shit, nicely done.
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Really like the colors and shades for his muscle tone and attack
very cool. its like wait for it, wait for it, ... BOOM!!!! lol
This was an awesome move. Combine with Shinku Tatsumaki and Kikoshou-Goku for a fine holiday treat.
I hope that's not a random Ultra.
*plays guile theme song*
I remember the first time someone used this Ultra on me I didn't know how it worked...tried to jump over it...ended up jumping right INTO it...hated it ever since
Ahhh, that's quite an epic pic of what him calling that energy forth looks like...
Guile kicks ass.
Awesome work here
very nice
i ain't seen guile in a minute in most games, he wasn't in MvC3.
I agree, epic!
Spectacular job.
Looks like he's preparing for a Sonic Hurricane.
I was never very good at this game--three or four rounds in, and I'm done for. I do like Guile for that crazy upside-down high kick and the thing with his hair when he wins. This is a good piece, even if I played mostly as Chun Li.
OH 1995 how I miss thee
May be your favorite character, but he still gets owned by Chunny. XD
lol... you right Chun li rules... lol
I'm now imagining him cursing the blue hedgehog like he has done in the BISOOOOOOON meme.
I'm now imagining him cursing the blue hedgehog like he has done in the BISOOOOOOON meme.


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Here we are in the 21st Century and what
does the NFL use to determine ball placement,
Crossing the goal : referees eyes and freaking
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Wonderful looking at a 4th and one and seeing
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The Jenner sisters ditched their normally super straight hair for big, voluminous curls for their latest photoshoot.
Kylie Jenner Tweeted the picture of herself and Kendall Jenner posing with '80s-esque curls: "Check out this amazing photo @NickSaglimbeni shot! We will be leaking more next week!" We're looking forward to seeing more! Sometimes it's nice to spice up your typical style.
Do you like this photo of Kendall and Kylie or should they keep their sleek strands straight from now on? Sound off below!


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A few weeks prior to Christmas, I was searching for a Microsoft Kinect for my son. Most places were out, so I turned online and finally found one at Sears.com. I placed my order through Sears, including requesting (and paying for) expedited shipping. Sears happily deducted the money from my PayPal account. The receipt said the payment was sent to the Sears Holding Corporation. I received an email from Sears confirming that I had purchased the item from Sears.
Fast forward to early last week. The item had not yet arrived, and I got in contact with Sears. Imagine my surprise when they told me that the item had been ordered through their third party marketplace and they weren't responsible. I went back and repeated my steps, and at no point did it suggest that there was a third party marketplace at Sears.com. I had no clue. When I finally found where it was mentioned, it was on the product page in teeny tiny letters that my middle aged eyes couldn't see. I even asked my equally middle aged husband if he could see it. He couldn't. And all it said was "sold by Ventures by the Sea." That was the only indication throughout the entire transaction that showed I wasn't doing business with Sears, and I missed it. Yeah - I get it. That is entirely my fault, but Sears does its best to hide the fact that you are about to do business with a third party vendor through their site.
As I researched further, I found that Daily Ventures by the Sea has a bogus phone number and a yahoo.com email address. They also have only poor feedback. They gave a bogus shipping tracking ID to Sears. Clearly, they have stolen from me and Sears helped them do it. Sears says it isn't their problem, it is mine. They will not help me and they will not refund my money even though it is Sears Holding Corporation to whom my payment went. All they do is apologize, tell me its up to me to work out, tell me they value me as a customer, and suggest I continue to shop at Sears. Which is never, ever going to happen again.
The way I see it, Sears needs to take several actions:
1. Give me my darn money back. I paid them - not a third-party vendor.
2. Better inform their customers that they are about to do business with a third-party vendor.
3. Screen their vendors better, since they are allowing them to sell through Sears' system.
4. Get rid of this clearly crooked vendor.
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The New "Captain America:Winter Soldier" Movie Is Already Breaking Records
"Captain America:The Winter Soldier" makes its North American debut this weekend and the Marvel flick is already breaking records, here and overseas.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie has already passed the $100 million mark overseas as of Wednesday and that number will go up since it opened yesterday in Russia and today in China.
Advance ticket sales have also been very good for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." On Thursday, the movie became Fandango's top selling April title in Fandango's 14 year history.
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" cost $170 million to make and is the sequel to "Captain America" which made $360 million worldwide.
This second Captain America movie has gotten very favorable reviews and could top $90 million this weekend, which could also break box office records.


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The royal parks should be for the free recreation of all Londoners, not nice little earners for a few moneymen.
Where is London's Tahrir Square? Where would thousands of Britons assemble if, plague the thought, they thought an elected government had ratted on its election promises? Where would they protest if, as now in Egypt, they felt pledges on jobs and public services had been broken?
London's promenade of protest used once to run from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square. Such demonstrations now need police permission for fear of "terrorism". Grander rallies would once go from the Embankment to Hyde Park. In February 2003, when a million people gathered in London to protest against Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq, parks minister Tessa Jowell tried to stop them entering Hyde Park, on spurious "health and safety" grounds. Soon the sheer weight of numbers swamped the place and filled it anyway.
Jowell's successors have found a different device. They can simply sell the park to private contractors and declare it closed. Today they have encased the park's entire eastern end in barricades, lorry parks, caravans and an encampment of sheds and platforms for two weeks of concerts and grassland spoliation. Any protest would today have to await a rendering of You Can't Always Get What You Want, as if sponsored by Her Majesty's Treasury.
Nor would such a rally have more luck in Trafalgar Square, once the safety valve of dissidence and scene of a hundred CND rallies, student protests, union marches and anti-poll tax riots. When in May the Tamils staged their march and rally in the West End, they found the square had been leased to morris dancers. Protesters had to be crammed into Waterloo Place next door and bellow their slogans at the Athenaeum Club.
Last month, London's large Brazilian community sought to rally against the cost imposed on their country by the World Cup and the Olympics — in part as a result of London's pandering to the organisers of these lavish extravaganzas. They were forced to wander down Victoria Street and pitch camp on the grass outside the House of Lords.
Trafalgar Square used once to stand open to argument and anger. It now regularly fills with a clutter of worthy exhibitions and structures. It is a venue not for political demonstration but for political correctness, a sequence of ethnic festivals, Chinese new years, Russian pancake fairs and Eid revelry. If Tony Benn or Arthur Scargill wanted to wax rhetorical from the steps of Nelson's Column they would need to dress in diwali costumes and promote literacy awareness.
All capital cities are cockpits of political congregation. British democracy may be robust but it too has its arguments. It needs to take them, however ineffectively, onto its streets and into its squares. The Blair government so loathed street protest as to let the police ban it within a kilometre of Parliament (a law since repealed).
London lacks the grand spaces of most capitals. It has no Place de la Concorde, Red Square, Tiananmen, Wenceslas or Pennsylvania Avenue. Its political institutions are housed in a job lot of buildings amid a maze of informal streets. Parliament Square is tiny and has been kept a traffic roundabout to aid security. St James's and Green Parks are thick with trees. Revolutionary London is less Les Misérables than dirty cafés and draughty halls.
As for poor Hyde Park, there is no one to defend it. Try to do so and you will be called a killjoy, a fogey and the enemy of growth-and-jobs. The Establishment has seized it and turned it over to bread and circuses. No sooner has the winter funfair gone than the fashion shows and antique markets arrive to take its place. We now have two weekends of Rolling Stones and others. Their appearance in Hyde Park makes Glastonbury's Worthy Down look like a vicarage garden. It is no longer a park but O2 up west.
This has nothing to do with public resort. Performances in New York's Central Park are free. From Summerstage to concerts by the New York Philharmonic and Met Opera, the concept of the park as a place of open resort for all New Yorkers is sacred. Events are not for the profit of promoters or ticket agents. Nor are those who live on its fringe persecuted by late-night rock music.
Hyde Park at present looks as secure as Guantánamo Bay. This is small wonder, as even the cheapest tickets for the Stones, once £95, are now on the black market at between £300 and £12,000. When so many people want to see a show, it makes no sense to hold it in a central park rather than at Wembley or O2, just so a few lucky, rich people can have an easy journey home.
More to the point, if concert promoters, fair organisers and product salesmen can now purchase the royal parks for money and close them to the public, who is to set the limit? The parks agency operates under a statutory requirement that the parks cannot be used for commercial gain. It is there in black and white and is as old as the parks themselves, given to the people of London by successive royal families for their free recreation and enjoyment.
Whenever I put this to the authorities they just shrug. The law does not apply to them. The agency's objective should be to maximise public enjoyment of open space, not maximise revenue from commercial exploitation. Its competitor should be the English countryside, not Olympia, O2 and Glastonbury, let alone Bluewater and Westfield.
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Contemporary Dance Comes to Montréal's Quartier des Spectacles
February 19, 2016 – Montréal – Department of Canadian Heritage
The Honorable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, today announced a total of $2,650,000 in funding to help Agora de la danse, Tangente and the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal relocate to the Wilder Building in the heart of Montréal's Quartier des spectacles.
This funding, provided by the Government of Canada through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, will be used for renovations and to acquire specialized equipment for this new space devoted to dance.
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- The Department of Canadian Heritage will provide $650,000 to the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, $900,000 to Tangente and $1,100,000 to Agora de la danse to help these organizations get set up in the Wilder Building.
- The Wilder Building, soon to become Wilder Espace Danse, is located at the corner of de Bleury and Sainte-Catherine streets in the heart of Montréal's Quartier des spectacles. The big move is scheduled for winter 2017.
- The École de danse contemporaine de Montréal specializes in professional training for contemporary dance performers, while Tangente and Agora de la danse are dedicated to choreography and the promotion of performances. All three are leaders in their fields.
- Having these major contemporary dance players in the Wilder Building will help reinforce Montreal's role as a leader in the world of arts and culture.
"Our government is pleased to support the creators and performers of the world of dance, who will benefit from a work space that reflects what they are: innovative and inspiring. The Wilder Building in the Place des Festivals will offer them exceptional visibility."
—The Honorable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage
"Artists will soon breathe life into these new state-of-the-art facilities, and make Wilder Espace Danse a hotbed of creation in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles."
—Florence Junca-Adenot, Chair of the Board of Directors, Agora de la danse
"This financial support from Canadian Heritage is making it possible to add the final touch to a key project to promote and showcase contemporary dance, to the delight of emerging artists, artisans and their audiences."
—Stéphane Labbé, Executive Director, Tangente
"This Canadian Heritage funding is a great boost for a key project that will do wonders for the vitality of the dance community. This support will also help sustain excellence in training future leaders in the performing arts."
—Daniel Denis, Chair of the Board of Directors, École de danse contemporaine de Montréal
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Brian Johnston discovers the town of Edam combines Golden Age riches with smartphone modernity.
I gaze out of the window as the bus heads beyond Amsterdam and reflect that certain things are a given in the Netherlands. Many of them are charming: polished door knockers, plump waitresses, bowls of tulips on window sills. Others aren't really what I look for in a holiday, such as chilly North Sea winds and light rain, as modest and apologetic as the Dutch themselves.
It's raining now, big drops slinking down the bus windows. But how can I mind? There's something wonderful about scudding northern clouds reflected in water. These views are Dutch landscape paintings come to life, and they are constantly changing. Arriving in Volendam, the light is Rembrandt grey and so are the waterbirds. Yachts scud along on the Ijsselmeer and, unexpectedly, the sun creeps out.
I'm only 30 minutes from Amsterdam and intend to walk between Volendam and Edam. They were rich little fishing and trading towns during the 17th century's Golden Age. Now they're destinations for day-tripping, sailing and bird-watching urbanites. Volendam's main street is a hoarder's delight of wooden tulips, clogs and postcards, but yachts and fishing boats give it a raffish air. Its alleys are a quiet jumble of mediaeval houses with tidy picket fences and window boxes of geraniums.
I sit for a while, keeping an eye on seagulls as I snack on smoked eel. Then I set off on the two-kilometre walk north along the edge of Ijsselmeer to Edam. As with everywhere else in the Netherlands, it's flat the whole way, though the wind makes me pant as it buffets me along dyke-top footpaths.
Volendam draws the crowds, while Edam - with its more famous name - appears mysteriously peaceful. I find a pretty little town of fine houses and narrow canals, with an interesting history and delightful air of somnolence: the sort of place where retirees prune roses and tut-tut in the bakery over the follies of the world beyond.
Edam was founded in the 12th century by fishermen and farmers. A Gothic wooden building from the 1530s on the Eilandsgracht is the oldest surviving building, but most date from the 17th century, when Edam got rich on ship-building and trade with the Baltic, and started building in stone. The original shipyard is still there, and now restores historic ships.
Wandering Edam's little squares is a pleasant pastime, and in the Great Church I admire a rich collection of stained glass and a humongous organ. The compact Edams Museum is informative and has a "floating" cellar that rises with the changing water levels of this damp land.
The chief attraction is really the Wednesday cheese market, which I've missed by two days. No doubt that's when the tourists come to town, to see the yellow-skin cheese wheels laid out on the cobblestones by men in traditional white costumes and straw hats.
It's a quaint tradition in keeping with the doll-size houses, bicycles and herring sandwiches, of which the Dutch are inordinately fond. I'm not fooled, though: up the road, gargantuan engineering projects keep the sea at bay and the Dutch live lives as modern as you can get.
And, yes, they ride bicycles, but they've perfected the technique of answering their mobiles as they cycle.
It's another given in this delightful country: windswept Dutchmen pedalling like acrobats as they juggle mobiles and iPods, smug in the knowledge that they combine the best of tradition and modernity.
Getting there Emirates flies from Sydney and Melbourne to Dubai (14½hr) with connections to Amsterdam (7hr 20min). Return economy fare from $1750 from Melbourne and $1766 from Sydney, low season, including taxes. Phone 1300 303 777, see emirates.com/au.
Staying there
- L'Auberge Damhotel in the middle of Edam has a eccentric, baroque atmosphere and friendly staff. Phone +31 299 371 766, see en.damhotel.nl.
- The Dylan Amsterdam has boutique comfort in a 17th-century building overlooking an elegant Amsterdam canal. Phone 1800 665 433, see slh.com.
Eating there
- Tasty, simple home cooking can be enjoyed at informal De Beurs Eten en Drinken in Edam. Phone +31 299 316 471, see debeursetenendrinken.nl.
- D'Vijff Vlieghen in Amsterdam serves New Dutch cuisine in a house straight out of the Netherlands' Golden Age. Phone +31 020 530 4060, see thefiveflies.com.
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Apr 24 2009
False Alarm
By yesterday afternoon, observers watching the Gulf Tower webcam wondered if any eggs had actually hatched. Twice they'd seen Tasha and Louie trade places and each time they saw all eggs, no chicks. The situation got so confusing that I put off making another announcement. It was too embarrassing to keep changing the news.
Somewhere in the back of my mind was a voice that said, "There's another way tell if the eggs have hatched besides watching for white fluff on the camera." Duh! We can use the old-fashioned bird watching technique. If there are babies at the nest, the parents feed them. We've seen none of that activity.
As I sat down to write this message I checked the webcam. There was just enough light to see Louie standing in front of Tasha, probably asking if the eggs had hatched overnight. She stood up to show him but his body blocked the camera view. After he left I got lucky. Tasha left too and I was able to capture this picture.
No babies yet. Louie didn't bring food. Tasha didn't feed chicks.
And so we wait.
(photo from the National Aviary webcam at the Gulf Tower in downtown Pittsburgh)
p.s. Tasha has one white feather on her left wing. You'll see it when she faces left.
13 Responses to "False Alarm"
# Amy Fon 24 Apr 2009 at 11:48 am
So far all I've managed to catch today was Tasha delivering a non-verbal editorial comment to all us human voyeurs.
(It did make me laugh, though.)
# Kit McGlincheyon 24 Apr 2009 at 12:35 pm
Dear Kate – I have been hesitant to write this because it is a little bit gruesome (you may certainly edit it out if you think best) there was a chick in the nest – not a falcon chick – it was Tasha's dinner. She flew in with it, wallowed it around a bit, sat on it a while and then decided it was lunch. Sincerely, Kit
# Kate St. Johnon 24 Apr 2009 at 12:57 pm
It is possible she snacked on something while at the nest.
If it's true that the eggs should have hatched by Tuesday, then I'm sure she knew that too and is feeling rather desperate about it. By this time the chicks would be making peeping noises from inside the eggs. We can't know if those eggs are silent or not. We can only wait.
I'm not sure but it looks like 1 of the eggs may have hatched. I can see something white from one of the eggs but she or he is sitting near it & I can't tell for sure.
# Gloriaon 24 Apr 2009 at 3:51 pm
I see it too, she left the nest… it looks like a cracked egg… not sure… can't tell how many are there….
# Annetteon 24 Apr 2009 at 3:52 pm
Yes, it sure does look like an egg has hatched!
# Gloriaon 24 Apr 2009 at 3:52 pm
There is a chick…. I see it…. on the left…. how exciting…..
I see movement at 3:52 PM either Tasha or Louie is bowing & it looks like one of the eggs has hatched! Unfortunately, I don't know how to bring the picture from the webcam to this website.
# Donnaon 24 Apr 2009 at 3:53 pm
I think an egg has definitely hatched. I see something white moving around among the unhatched eggs.
# Amy Fon 24 Apr 2009 at 3:55 pm
Got it! First we saw a suspicious white blob in the nest with Tasha, and when she left the nest briefly, it moved too!
She's now feeding the baby. 😀
# Donnaon 24 Apr 2009 at 3:58 pm
Oh no! One of the parents just carried something away. Looked like a frog, maybe an enticement for the chicks-to-be.
# Kate St. Johnon 24 Apr 2009 at 4:19 pm
As soon as the eggs hatch the parents bring food – just in case the baby is hungry. They carry the food away when they see that the baby isn't ready to eat. Soon enough they'll bring it back.
# Janet Hon 24 Apr 2009 at 5:45 pm
Just a few minutes ago, I saw her fly out of the nest with a dark looking chick or something. Hope someone else saw that, too! She flew back a minute later without anything.