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Loving the lotus themed pick!
Love it all!
SO pretty Jolene! I rreeealllyyy like that lime lotus bead. But I couldn't think of anything to do with it. You have found such lovely friends to play with.
Now I need all of this, too! Gorgeous composition!!
Perfectly beautiful, Jolene – - you made me fall in love with the lotus and lime !
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Lula Garmon
Lula Pearl Garmon, 82, of Lovington died at 10:52 a.m. Saturday Dec. 28, 2013 in her home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church in Lovington. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Monday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial will be in Keller Cemetery in Lovington.

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Honestly all I was trying to do was get through the day.
That was it: Just get through the day and the list of many things that had to get done. Simple, yes? You'd think but, uh, yeah, not so much.
It was all good while I was home at my desk plowing through a mountain of work except chatty people kept calling and asking the same question: "Whatchya doin'?"
To me it was obvious. I had been working but was now on the phone talking to them. This obvious state of affairs was apparently beyond their comprehension, much to my frustration.
After several of these calls opening with the same inane question, I regained attitude control and shifted my frustration into my amusement and began answering the question thus:
"Eating daisies."
"Blowing bubbles in my cold coffee."
"Reworking Einstein's theory of relativity."
"Building the Robie House out of sugar cubes."
But the real party started when I ran out to do errands. First the parking lot of the bank and grocery store was being held hostage by a traffic jam. There were plenty of parking spaces but for some reason no one could figure out how to get around each other or pedestrians to get into one. I sat for five minutes watching a family of five with two carts play chicken with an F-250. Obviously not the brightest fowl in the coop.
After only another five minutes, I was able to slip into a spot and gamely made my run through the obstacle course of vehicles and pedestrians to the front door of the grocery store/bank.
The store's shopping carts are all outside to the left of the door however, the sanitary wipes to clean off the handles are to the right of the door. This makes about as much sense as hollering "heads up!" when what you really mean is "duck, there's a ball/bat/airplane about to hit you in the head."
Honestly I don't get it, this whole carts to left, sani wipes to the right. Who the heck was the genius behind this? All it does is cause a pedestrian jam as germaphobic shoppers block the door as they pull their carts out and move backwards to grab a sani wipe effectively blocking the doors — which spastically keep opening and closing — so no one else can get through? I'm pretty certain it was the same guy who designed the parking lot — a fellow who doesn't drive or go shopping.
So this woman in front of me pulls out her cart, backs up to the sani-wipe holder, reaches over and yanks the bit of wipe sticking out with such enthusiasm that the whole container flies out of the holder and goes sailing up in the air.
"Go long!" I hollered as I did an amazing mom sprint and caught it. I took a bow saying, "Thank you. Thank you, very much," even though no one was applauding my mad receiver skills. In fact the woman seemed oddly afraid of me and bolted through the door. The thing was there was a 20-foot garland of sani wipes still connecting us. What a mess.
Once inside I bumped into, not literally, an acquaintance who asked, "Whatchya doin'?" Seriously? Really? I'm in the grocery store what the heck do you think I'm doing?
"Oh, just hunting elephants." It was the first thing that occurred to me and it sounded like a lot more fun than "shopping for toilet paper and turnips." She responded with a wary smile. Oh well.
Mostly you go to the store and just walk through with your cart doing the shopping, no big deal but this day — OMG! Not a single person's natural GPS system was working. People pushing their carts left suddenly veered hard right and stopped causing me to, literally, bump into them. Others stopped abruptly in front of me for no apparent reason whatsoever and then just as abruptly backed up bumping, literally, into me. I had been T-boned, run off the aisle into the shelves, and rear-ended by the time I reached produce. It was there that worst collision of the day occurred.
I had just picked up a lovely bunch of bananas when the guy in front of me did a high-speed U-turn. Bam! Crash! Crunch! Tip! Head-on collision. My lovely bunch of bananas and everything else in my cart tumbled around as I tried to keep my cart and myself upright after the impact.
"What are you doing!?!?!?!" he hollered at me.
"Research on a career in currency arbitrage."
I left him standing with his mouth hanging open and my cart which was locked onto his from the force of the impact standing by the onions and strolled to the candy aisle where I grabbed a box of chocolates so when the next person asked me "Whatchya doin'?" I could truthfully answer, "Just sittin' around eating bon bons."
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Sound of a typical modern alarm clock.
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Pistol shot used in a flash game as SFX. Recording of a 1911 Colt .45.
Simple song using delay and reverberation. Atmosferic and space.
The burst of static at the end of a radio transmission, a toy walkie-talkie in this case.
A radio tuning through static noises. Recorded with Edirol R-1.
Loud scream.
The very first scream from the Wilhelm Scream reel. Sort of a Wilhelm scream outtake.
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2007 Chehalis Flood Waters Over I-5
GeoMetrix Office provided assistance with documentation and recovery efforts by using photography, scanning and mapping of damaged areas. One of the services offered was ground based laser scanning, (3DTL), to safely collect data of the slides and flood damaged areas. View photos below.
Geographic Services Response Timeline
This aerial view of the SR 6 provides the big picture of the damage at milepost 27. You can see how the slide split in two directions around a rock outcrop covering the state route, impacting residents, and blocking travel.
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These pictures show the 3DTL Survey crew setting up the scanner amidst the excavation workers on the slide area.
This is the close-up from the top of the slope at left.
Scanner on the R 6, mud is covering the state route. Click to see larger image.
Scan of the slope in the slide area. Click to see larger image.
3D Terrestrial Laser Scanning Crew, Jeff Shields and Jay McDermott are shown here with (from left to right), GPS unit, 3D Scanner, Scanner Target. For more information on this new technology see our 3DTL page.
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Mapping
This shows a point cloud (scanned data) of the SR 6 slide cross section showing the excavation tractor on the slope.
This shows the contour file created from the Point Cloud data. The excavation tractor on the slope is visible here too.
This shows the Point Cloud data for the entire slide area. The black dot in the center of the image is where the scanner is sitting.
This is the contour file created from the Point Cloud data.
This shows the accuracy of the contour lines overlaid on the point cloud.
This is a cropped portion of the .5 foot resolution orthophoto completed at 3:00 PM, December 19th.
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Hi all,
I was stupid enough to agree to run the Birmingham half marathon in October 2013 (it was an ego thing with the brother in law...) and now need to try to get into shape and start some training to be able to run for more than 30 seconds. I've tried jogging in the past, but never really got into it. I'm hoping this is because I was rubbish at it and I never gave it more than a week. I did find it a little dull though. I find that with most exercise that isn't a competitive sport unfortunately.
Anyway, got some tips from here about where to start and still have my old jogging shoes but not sure about where to run. Not many places round here that are lit up in the dark and the local streets are not ideal due to narrow pathways and I think too hilly for a beginner. I also feel a bit self conscious when other people see me walking more often than jogging and pretty red faced/near collapse to go with it.
So I was just wondering if a treadmill is vastly different? Could I still build up the stamina on a treadmill initially and venture into the dark, hilly roads when I can actually job for 10 minutes? I've heard people say a treadmill is completely different and 10 minutes on one of them is nothing on tarmac.
Fairly clueless really so any help appreciated
Some find them far easier than the road - some harder, others about the same. I can run 13 km/h on the road for a few miles ok, but on a treadmill I'm down at 9-10 km/h for the same heart rate (give or take depends on treadmill). So I now only use them with a HR monitor rather than worry about the speed. My work colleage can run 12 km/hr on a treadmill comfortably but struggles at this pace outside.
Don't be worried about what others think - I was like this early on and it held me back. Now I'll happily wear lycra tights and luminous yellow top. If someone is watching you they don't know if you are running for endurance or doing intervals and are walking deliberately - try not to worry about it. You can always travel to somewhere better to run (do you drive?) or join a running club.
Saying all that my treadmill is useful for those days I just can't be bothered to go out - keeps me ticking over, though I can't see me using it for the majority of any serious training (unless unsafe to run outside due to ice/snow/lightning etc.).
Def train on the roads. Just find a bit of residential estate and run / walk between alternate lamposts. Its actually better starting out this time of year as its so dark no one can see you red faced huffy and puffy! We've all been there.... Just start by running half the speed you feel you "should" be... go for time running at first, not pace. Alternativly go to the BBC website and use their couch to 5k plan, which is pretty good too. Def agree with deave about finding a running club.
If you're motivated by competition can you beg/borrow/steal a garmin from someone? (a wrist watch - style GPS tracker) itll tell you you;re route, pace, hart rate (if you get on with the monitor) , calories burnt etc etc ... its great for competing against yourself, I find I do anyway.... (or is that just me?!) Now get off the forum and get on those mean streets lol good luck!
Alan, I only started 10 days ago and couldnt run for 1 mins before my shins cramped and I literally limped of home. It was pathetic and I felt really terrible about it. A week later and i completed the days 1-3 of week 1 of the C25k. Tonight is the start of week 2.
With encouragement from people on here, as I had, and your friends, just prove everyone wrong and get out there and do it.
Best advice I had was get some proper running shoes from the start.
Thanks for all the replies, I hadn't expected so much help!
Running from work isn't really an option, the distance might be doable when I get a bit fitter but i'd struggle to get in the next day and would have to either jog in again or walk which would most likely make me late. I tend to work quite long hours at the moment as it is.
I had a quick look at the Garmin watches, they seem very pricey. Are there any recommendations? I'd be willing to get one if/when I can get into running a bit more but would be reluctant to buy one now and then have it sat on a shelf.
Not sure about my running shoes, I went on one of the gait machines at decathlon but they didn't fill me with confidence that they knew what they were doing with it. Only spent a few minutes on their machine and walked rather than ran... Still, will see how I get on.
I'm planning to go for a run on Saturday when theres a bit of daylight so will see how unfit I am. I've also found a beginners running club that is on Monday nights at a nearby park so thought I'd head along to that as well and get a bit of local knowledge/advice.
I'll let you know how I get on
Thanks again
Hey Alan,
Best of luck for the half-marathon training. I reckon you've made a great decision to start thinking about it early - you've got plenty of time to get training in.
I did the BUPA Great Winter 5k last weekend - there were all shapes, sizes and speeds there.. Some were flying up the route, and others were walking the first 1k. I picked out a few guys and raced them, really enjoyed the race and pushed myself harder to catch these guys.
If you feel like a bit of healthy competition would help you to enjoy training, why don't you book yourself in for some 5k, then 10k races for march/april to give you something smaller to look forward to and break up your overall training.
Let us know how you get on.


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Like the subject says I have a 3d flip card that I purchased from a dev on here but I need one extra feature added to it.
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New Delhi: Normal service was restored for Delhi Daredevils who followed up an excellent run-chase two nights ago with another sloppy batting performance that formed the basis of their seventh defeat in eight matches. Given first use of a sluggish Feroz Shah Kotla surface on Tuesday evening, the hosts made 120 for 7 which Kings XI Punjab chased down for the loss of five wickets to pocket their fourth win of the season.
Punjab's victory was fashioned by their bowlers, in particular medium-pacer Harmeet Singh who marked his first appearance of the season with three wickets to stall Delhi's lukewarm innings. Delhi's problems started as early as the fourth ball of their innings when Mahela Jayawardene edged Praveen Kumar to slip for 4. The next blow came as the experiment of sending Roelof van der Merwe in at No. 3 failed, the South African allrounder playing an ugly hoick to cover off Parvinder Awana in the fourth over. Virender Sehwag pulled off a few stunning shots but then fell softly for 23, scooping to a diving Mandeep Singh at extra cover off Harmeet. As was the case during Delhi's first six matches, the top order had failed to fire.
The rest of the innings was a series of fits and starts as Delhi heaved their way to 120 for 7. Harmeet picked up Manprit Juneja (14) and Kedar Jhadav (0) in a telling double-wicket 14th over, and Johan Botha (1) did his team no favors by slicing left-arm spinner Bharghav Bhatt to long-off five deliveries later. David Warner made 40 with some punchy shots but a superb yorker from Praveen cut him off before he could really do damage, and Delhi found the boundary just once in the last 16 balls.
In reply, Punjab suffered the obligatory early wicket as skipper Adam Gilchrist (6) top-edged the third ball from Irfan Pathan to extra cover. That was followed by a flurry of shots as Mandeep clattered five boundaries in six balls - three in a row off Ashish Nehra - and Luke Pomersbach two in two to take the score to 40 for 1 in three overs. Of those, 19 had come off Irfan's second over.
Two quick strikes gave Delhi some lift. Pomersbach, one of three changes to the Punjab XI, struck 18 off ten balls before he missed a heave at van der Merwe and was bowled; off the next ball, a direct hit from Warner ran out Mandeep. The fourth to fall was Manan Vohra for 9, top-edging a big shot back to Botha in the tenth over.
At this stage Punjab were ahead of the asking rate by some distance, and so David Miller (34*) and David Hussey (20) did not need to do anything drastic as they knocked off 40 of the required 51 runs. Hussey fell 11 short of the finish line looking to collect the second six of the innings, but Miller stayed cool. The win took the team's points tally to eight, a cushion of six over last-placed Delhi as the half-way mark of IPL 6 beckons.


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Thick clear discharge? *Stina* [[Mommy to 3]] 19 kids; New York 3504 postsDec 1st '09
I have been having thick clear discharge allday, sometimes it feels like it is pouring out of me..has anyone else experienced this in late pregnancy?, what could it be?
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i actually had the same exact thing happen this past week, they tested for amno fluid, but it came back neg..my doc said it was normal
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Could be your mucus plug coming out in little chunks
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You're almost finished!! That's completely normal. Good luck and I hope every thing goes well for you!! :D
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Individual investors' fixed-income allocations rose to a four-month high last month, according to the June AAII Asset Allocation Survey. Equity allocations rose, as well, while cash allocations pulled back.
Stock and stock fund allocations rebounded by 1.7 percentage points to 67 percent. This is the 15th consecutive month and the 17th out of the past 18 months with equity allocations above their historical average of 60 percent.
Bond and bond fund allocations rose 0.5 percentage points to 16 percent, the largest allocation since February. The increase puts fixed-income allocations at their historical average of 16 percent.
Cash allocations fell 2.1 percentage points to 17.1 percent. The decline follows May's eight-month high for cash allocations. June's decline puts cash allocations below their historical average of 24 percent for the 31st consecutive month.


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still scraping paint off but thinking ahead
I am removing super old paint off the exterior of my 1/2 1950's 1/2 1993 house. Mostly pealing and then chalky primer underneath the older part of the house. I have most of it scraped off, with the wood showing and now I'm thinking of which primer to use. It's a cedar shingle house with white trim and it is the trim/soffit/window/doors that I am working on. I live in San Diego, Ca if that matters and most painters seem to use latex here. Will the wood bleed through and what does that really mean? Whatever I use I want it to last because this isn't really fun.
Cedar has one of the highest contents of Tannins, the brown stuff that bleeds through the paint. Tannins disolve in water so they will bleed through the latex primer. Oil is really the only way to go. Plus it lasts longer.
Oil is really the only way to go.
I agree for primer only.
I coat oil primer, 2 coats 100% acrylic top coats is the standard.
still scraping and powerwashing
Thanks for the primer advice. I did notice that in some areas I have mold or mildew on the old paint. I know that I need to treat it before I paint and I've heard to use a bleach water solution. Anyone know the concentration? I know that I need to be careful because I am using it on the exterior trim/soffits/doors/windows and don't want to get it on the cedar shingles (which my house is covered in) which I am not painting.
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One of my favorite shops to browse during some down time is Anthropologie. The store transforms regularly with inspiring and unique displays. My latest visit did not disappoint! This wall gallary was put together with such simple items, and looks effortless. They always showcase out-of-the-box displays, making my shopping experience that much better.
The painted canvas displayed in all directions is very clever and clearly unique.
I find different and unique inspiring. I enjoy seeing creative wall displays, whether it is somewhat funky, artsy, or clean and simple. Imperfect and positioned can be perfectly styled. Take a look at these creative ways…
I love the idea of using a mixture of objects for wall art, like this example shared by decor8.
Mixing frames and typography is fun, personal, and they are easy to find objects–cute Pinterest find.
This is a great idea if you need a new purpose for all your baskets- image courtesy of HGTV.
I'm drawn to the grouping of a collection of frames, interesting objects, or similar shapes hung as wall art. Grouping items together can make one cohesive statement. These lanterns are a perfect example from HGTV.
…and a collective grouping of mirrors like this lovely vintage inspiration shared by loving. living. small.
There is so much inspiration and so many creative people. Take a look at more ideas on the Simply Savvy creative wall art board on Pinterest.
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Re: Honda eu2000i and air conditioning
Thanks for the informative letter Dometc. As an HVAC tech. Yes 18A sounds great and should enable the honda 2000 and the A C unit to run more dependably and longer.
And yes, I agree when common sense is applied. The Honda 2000 is quite safe. Yes you must allow for safe storage of gas and unit above decks. And exhaust gasses must be addressed. On my last boat, (I ran the unit on the aft deck of a center cockpit boat). I used a Honda 2000 every day for batteries and 110 cold plate fridge. Every day 1.5-2hrs for 8 years! with no problem.
I recently purchased a tartan 37 and will seriously consider this combo. (Although I agree primary use for AC is in port. Amongst the few times I really wished for AC at anchor is when it's still, hot , humid, and the bugs are in FULL FORCE! Especially in areas with Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya. When it was just Dengue ( which is bad enough) I was a lot more cavalier about mosquitos.
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She always enjoyed most of the 18 boats I've owned during our 52 year marriage, but since she retired 6 years ago, her level of physical activity went pretty much down to zero, thus her overall health has severely suffered. Most of the time I sail by myself, at least for the past two years, because she has a great deal of difficulty getting on and off the boat, and going down the 4-step ladder to the cabin. And, she equates living aboard to camping out in a tent, mainly because I don't have a genset on the boat to run the AC when it gets hot, or the heat pump when it gets cold.
The boat has all the comforts of home - AC/heat pump, swamp cooler AC, 2 burner gas stove, gas oven, refrigerator/freezer, hot and cold running water, big galley (I do all the cooking, though), big stainless galley sink, flat screen TV, head with shower (she says the head is too small), huge Vee berth, big quarter berth, dinette turns into queen size bed with air mattress and memory foam topper, lots and lots of storage, AM/FM/CD stereo system, AC power to 1,500-watts throughout the boat, big spacious cockpit with full cushions and full enclosure for when it's cold, and screened enclosure when it's buggy, 7-foot ceiling height throughout, great interior lighting, fans at three locations, AND, the boat sails like a dream, does not heel more than 7 degrees on 20 MPH wind while on a beam reach, handles well in a following sea, very dry in all sea conditions, doesn't rock all over the place at most anchorages and a very, very comfortable helm seat. Oh, and it's paid for - no payments other than slip rent, which is relatively low where I'm at - Just $1,600 a year. I told her that I would put in an electric lift for the cabin ladder, but she said I would be wasting my money. Not much more that I can do other than install a genset, but I don't think that will make any difference. Guess I'm on my own.
Yesterday, while motor sailing up Chesapeake Bay (the wind had nearly died), I was sitting in the helm seat, a frosty, cold Margaretta in my right hand, my feet propped up on the gunwale and watching the world go by, I said to myself, this, damn-it, is the way I want to spend the rest of my days. Therefore, when October 1st rolls around, I am going to fully retire. I've been working for 65 years, non stop, with only a 5-month pause when I was paralyzed from the waist down due to herniated disks in my lower spine. Since then, when I was faced with the prospect of never being able walk again, I decided to enjoy life to the fullest, doing a job I really enjoyed doing, and for the most part, that's exactly what I have done. Now, my entire spine is shot from peripheral neuropathy, which is the result of Lymne's Disease and a deficiency of B-12. My music career skyrocketed, I perform 5 to 7 days a week, but every day that I'm not working I'm on that old tub of a Morgan, headed somewhere over the horizon. As the Zack Brown song goes "Life is good today, life is good today."
All the best,
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Originally Posted by travlineasy View Post
After more than a half century of being married, I'm thoroughly convinced that the only way I could make my wife happy aboard a boat is if I purchased her a small cruise ship.
As for the diesel genset, they are very expensive, and if you have ever anchored downwind of one, the smell of diesel fumes makes me want to puke. Personally, I'm not at all in favor of diesel, but maybe that's because I've been spoiled for so many years with my A4s, both of which have never failed me. They're quiet, do not smell, and pretty economical to run.
Still, inboard gensets are pricey. In my case, I know there are some creature comforts that my wife would start drifting away from boating, if we gave back. Oddly enough, she would push back in the shoulder seasons, without heat, more than she does in summer air conditioning. Having hot water in 20 mins from the electric heater is pretty important, especially when at anchorage.
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After more than a half century of being married, I'm thoroughly convinced that the only way I could make my wife happy aboard a boat is if I purchased her a small cruise ship. She refuses to go on an over-nighter anymore, says she's too old and it's too hard for her to get around on the Morgan. i stopped asking her to go with me on day sails, too.
As for the diesel genset, they are very expensive, and if you have ever anchored downwind of one, the smell of diesel fumes makes me want to puke. Personally, I'm not at all in favor of diesel, but maybe that's because I've been spoiled for so many years with my A4s, both of which have never failed me. They're quiet, do not smell, and pretty economical to run.
Yesterday, I met up with my son and his fiance at Fairlee Creek, located in the Chesapeake's upper reaches. She had cooked a great tasting pot roast at home, refrigerated it and needed to heat it up. She used my microwave oven, a 750-watt appliance that is connected to my 4-T105 house battery system via a 1,500-Watt inverter. She heated three dishes separately, a total of 9 minutes. WOW! They came out piping hot, but it sure did suck down a lot of battery. I was amazed at how long it took to recharge them while motor sailing home yesterday evening.
The main reason I installed the inverter was for my wife's C-pap machine and the flat screen TV - the microwave oven was an afterthought. I wouldn't even consider using an inverter to run an AC unit, but it can be done. My solution for the AC was to construct a swamp cooler using a 72 mm computer fan and a cooler chest filled with ice. Works great, but a bit on the damp side at times. That 72 mm computer fan only draws .04 amps when running full blast and moving lots of air. Plus, it has four tiny, blue LED lights that serve as night lights in the cabin.
For those of you that take along TV dinners, which many of us do for convenience sake, I developed an easy, relatively fast way of preparing them without a microwave. Merely place about an inch of water in the bottom of either a frying pan or larger sauce pan, or better yet, a pressure cooker, remove the film, fire up the stove, place the dinner in the bottom of the pan, put on the lid and in 10 minutes or less you have a steaming hot TV dinner. I even made a TV dinner lifter from a length of brazing wire so you don't burn your hands in the process of removing dinner from the pot.
All the best,
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Originally Posted by Don0190 View Post
and the $$$$$$$$
However, we are talking about marrying it up with a 16k air conditioner and surge controller, so the OP isn't trying to cruise on pennies either. Still, it's thousands more, for sure. Maybe a used genset to save a few boat bucks.
Since the reported purpose is to make his wife happy, there is an awful lot more to having an onboard generator that will help. Suddenly, all 110v appliances are fair game. Not to mention, it's safer to use the onboard diesel supply, rather than carrying supplemental gasoline and worrying out exhaust fumes from a portable running on deck. Quieter for your neighbors too.
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Originally Posted by Minnewaska View Post
Nothing beats an installed diesel genset, if you have the room for one.
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Nothing beats an installed diesel genset, if you have the room for one.
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I've been looking around at gen set combos along with marine ac and other A/C appliances. After reading this thread, the first thing that comes to mind is reserve capacity. When you set up a system, is it wise to run that system up to 90-95% of it's rated capacity continuously and expect flawless service over time? Question not a statement. My "this might not be the best idea indicator" goes off in my head when I see this. I too am looking at 16000 to 18000 BTU systems. I can't seem to make the numbers work with the Honda 2000i and have a comfortable reserve capacity regarding output.
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I just checked out the make and model of my AC/heat pump. It's a Mermaid 12CHP-L, which is 12,000 BTU cooling, 14,000 BTU heating. Because it's an older model, the surge current when it starts is quite high, especially on the heat mode. I think that's why the Honda 2000i was struggling a bit. In the heat mode, the heat coils come on first, then the compressor kicks in, which is a real kick to the current draw.
Today, I checked the cooling time when the cabin temperature was 82 degrees inside. On average it took about 4 minutes per degree to cool the cabin to 70 degrees. I can live with that.
All the best,
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My Honda 2000 runs my Pompanette 16000 BTU AC just fine. Will run about 3 hours per internal tank. Eco switch must be off. Not a real big fan of Dometic products. Bad customer service, bad AC units and won't' honor their warranty. Catalina manufacturing won't have anything do with any Dometic products either.
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Lawmakers push for reform of Indian trust
MONDAY, JULY 28, 2003 A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation on Friday that includes a number of trust reform proposals embraced by tribal leaders before negotiations with the Bush administration broke down. Standards, greater tribal involvement in trust management and elevation of Indian affairs within the Department of Interior are some of the major components of S.1459, the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments Act of 2003. The package is sponsored by Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the Senate, and Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) in the House. "This legislation is a step in the right direction," said Johnson in a statement. "The federal government has work to do to live up to its treaty and trust obligations to Native Americans." The bill is a follow-up to one that was first introduced last summer. At the time, tribes and federal officials were wary of it, citing their ongoing work on the trust reform task force. After talks between the two parties ended, tribes took a bigger role in lobbying Congress for changes they consider essential. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Inter-Tribal Monitoring Association (ITMA) were the key players in development of the new package. One of the major features is Congressional affirmation of standards by which trust funds and assets are managed, a provision in response to the Bush administration's stance in litigation that it has a limited set of obligations to Indian beneficiaries. The bill codifies all of the common law trust principles -- such as the duty of loyalty and the duty to maximize trust assets -- and adds Indian specific ones such as promotion of tribal self-determination and protection of treaty rights. But in a more significant move, the bill counteracts the ongoing reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the expansion of the Office of Special Trustee (OST). Citing substantive and procedural problems with the initiatives, tribal leaders have spoken out against them. By abolishing OST and elevating the assistant secretary for Indian affairs to a deputy secretary position, the bill responds to tribal complaints about the impact of trust reform on Indian programs. The deputy secretary would have line authority over trust matters and BIA programs -- like education, law enforcement and economic development -- instead of segregating them to competing agencies. OST would be replaced by a new Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight. Competition between OST and BIA has fueled much of the debate in Indian Country over the past year. Under the reorganization, OST emerged with the lion's share of new funds and resources, to the dismay of tribal leaders. Another area of concern for tribes is their relationship with Interior. Since the task forced ended last September, the Bush administration has not committed to new talks, instead choosing to implement the reorganization without further tribal input. The bill would not restart the task force, which had been one suggestion offered by tribal leaders. Instead, it creates an eight-member Congressional commission that will examine and report on trust management issues within 32 months of first meeting. At least five members of the panel must be tribally-enrolled and at least one of the five has to be an Individual Indian Money (IIM) account holder. Other sections of the bill would protect the ongoing Cobell v. Norton lawsuit by preventing; authorize tribes to enter into agreements to manage trust funds and assets without diminishing the federal government's trust responsibilities; and require Interior to develop regulations by consulting Indian Country. "The bill we are introducing today is not intended to either whitewash or redress past wrongs, and it will not forestall the courts from resolving matters properly before them," said Udall in a floor statement. "Instead, it is intended to take an important first step toward a better future for the Indian tribes and individuals in whose behalf the government is duty-bound to act." Relevant Documents:
S.1459: Trust Standards | Statement: Sen. Daschle | Statement: Sen. McCain Relevant Links:
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://www.ncai.org/main/pages/
Office of Special Trustee - http://www.ost.doi.gov
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But this year the demographics are much different heading into the political betting dates in the fall and the far right is but a fringe group. After all but making the presidency of George W. Bush the religious right will have little to do with crowning a winner in this year's political betting for the presidency. In 2000 and 2004 the religious right wielded considerable power as a unified force behind the conservative apparatus that brought two terms to Bush and his administration in the online political betting.
But the political betting landscape is much different this time around and the electorate in the online political betting is much less unified in all sectors. But this is especially the case in the religious right as they seem a demographic without a political betting candidate. A major player in the past two online political betting battles for the presidency, the group has now all but fallen off the radar.
Of the two presumptive candidates for in the major political betting parties, neither seems all that appealing to the religious right. McCain, the Republican's man would seem the most logical figurehead for his movement as the conservative party values of the Republicans in the political betting most closely matches that of the religious right. But McCain has long been an enemy of this group in online political betting contests for his stances on abortion and gun control.
Barak Obama on the other hand has proven entirely unpopular with this group in the '08 political betting battle for his supposed liberal social views. The reality is that many voters in this sizeable political betting voting block with simply go with a third party candidate like Bob Barr or maybe even Ron Paul. And this would spell all but certain doom for the McCain candidacy in November when the political betting season draws to an end. If McCain can't even win his own party in political betting action he we certainly fare much worse in the open election.


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I use top entrances and that way I don't have to worry about lawn or weed care at all...just let the flowers grow and save time too.
I use top entrances and that way I don't have to worry about lawn or weed care at all...just let the flowers grow and save time too.
I am a newbee in Amarillo, TX getting my bees in about two weeks. I have a couple of patches of white clover about 100 feet from where my hive will be. I just notices some areas of the clover infested with aphids. Any suggestions on how to eliminate this peat and not harm the bees with any residual or systemic insecticide spray?
Tobacco tea....the nicotine is organic, will kill the aphids quickly, but breaks down slowly in UV light & shouldn't leave ANY residue in 2 weeks. (click on the link for a recipe from eHow.com)
...just please do it in the evening, so no ferals & no other beekeepers' bees get poisoned while you're spraying it.
Soaps may be gentler than tobacco tea...nicotine is highly toxic but in a tobacco tea it is supposedly very shortlived (a few hours). Sprayed *late* in the evening it should(?) be inert by the next morning from what I've read. Be aware of tobacco mosaic virus in the event you may be gardening in the area. Inspect the area for natural aphid predators before spraying soap, tobacco tea, or anything else...the predators may already be working on the aphids.
Colorado State University...
GardenWeb suggests: Only use natural soaps or Murphy oil soap or mild liquid dishwashing soaps like Ivory. Soap help make teas stick better to plants and pests, and they also paralyze many insects in direct contact. Use no more than 1-2 tablespoons of soap per gallon of water. Do not use much on flowering fruit or vegetable plants. Can hinder fruit production.
Don't use detergents...only soap.
Best wishes,
I don't have an area where I can put my bees where I wouldn't have to mo just do it really early in the morning, either mower or weed whip, and wear my veil. It doesn't seem to bother them. Its all finished so fast.
Round up and/or stock salt. Stock salt is about 4.50/50lbs and will not hurt anything except the vegetation.
I use rock salt. The kind you put in a water softener. 40 lbs twice a year scattered around 2 hives. It costs me about 8 dollars a year. It kills almost most all of the vegitation.
Per jupiter and willy's mention of salt - something just clicked.
I'm a poultry farmer and with the annual cleanout of my houses, the company I contract with provides bagged stock salt, which is broadcast on the bare dirt pads. I understand this is a treatment for parasites/larvae left behind.
As far as around/under the hives, weed control and maybe the added benefit of some measure of non-chem pest control could result.
Beware...you may attract the local deer herd to your yard with the salt.
I mowed right up to the entrance of my hive (italians) and didn't have any problems. The didn't even seem to notice the mower. The weed wacker on the other hand did kind of piss them off, probably because the string was hitting the hive itself.
I also use the weed wacker. My hives are on a stand so I do hit the stand, but didn't hit the hive. This has worked well so far. I don't use a vail or anything, just do what I need to and move on. On another note. . . I'd be surprised if the deer would actually hit this salt. The salt that you get for a softener will go into the soil fairly quickly. One rain and it'll be almost all gone from the surface. Also I think that deer go for salt more in the winter. Is this correct? Regardless the salt bricks for deer seem to hold up much better than what's used on a softener.
I dug down about 8 inches, poured in some gravel we had sitting off to the side of the driveway, and set big flat rocks down, kind of looks like a rustic patio. I've got butterfly bush and bee balm as a wind break/screen beside it, and the lawn on the other side. the other advantage of this, is because I'm foundationless, I was able to really level the hives nicely. Also, I was worried about frost heaving, which we get a lot of around here. And it just looks nice and tidy with the hives and the flowers So far no problems, although I'm new to all this.
I have been mowing right up to mine for years, as long as you don't throw the clippings against the hive you won't have any problems.
Deer will eat salted dirt, it doesn't have to be a brick...they're animals looking for something they need and want and that isn't available in abundant quantity in most places...that's why they go for it so eagerly. But, they may not even give it a second thought, depends on the deer I guess.
I am also doing a sort of rustic patio. I'm making stepping stones, using cake pans I got at goodwill as the molds. Some of the stones are decorated with family members handprints, others have impressions of leaves. I'm planting creeping thyme between the stones. A lot of trouble, yes, but my hive is fairly close to the house and I wanted it to look nice (and i hate mowing and weed eating too!!).
Vinegar, cheapest you can find at your grocers applied with in a garden sprayer.(without rain)
I create an area of soil near the hives/stand so I can mow close without a problem.
Spray with straight vinegar to kill vegetation anywhere/safely.
Early in the morning the girls don't even know your there.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JOHN F. KENNEDY -
Two layers of cardboard, one layer of burlap coffee bean bags and 3 inches of cedar wood chips. No mowing, weed whacking or spraying needed.
The cheapest weed killer I've found is the saved brine water you get from making churning homemade ice cream. I save it in plastic milk jugs. I use it around the hives, on the fence lines and cracks in concrete. Of course, you can just make it with rock salt without the churning. I got the idea years ago when I read in the Bible about Joshua salting the ground after conquering some city. And the girls like the saltiness occasionally.
And instead of buying insecticidal soap, I just dissolve plain old homemade lye soap, which is natural and pure, not a detergent, in some water to spray. It's good for treating ant mounds, just keep it away from the girls.
Layers of cardboard and a winter's worth of shredded junk mail make good mulch around the hives as well. It mats together like paper mache after a while, impervious to weeds.
Mine are on cider blocks two high, not a lot of attention needed, for my ease. about three times a summer I weedeat or mow and if I have upper ebtrance I usually don't have to do that until just before first frost, snow or ice.


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In the heart of Charleston, Comfort Suites West of the Ashley is close to Citadel Mall and Village Square Shopping Center. This hotel is within the vicinity of St. Johns Yacht Harbor and West Ashley Greenway.
Make yourself at home in one of the 100 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, and flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an indoor pool and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite from a snack bar/deli serving guests of Comfort Suites West of the Ashley.
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Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
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- Free breakfast
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Ok so now that I have applied for my CCW, I needed to get a concealment holster for my Ruger P345. Although I wanted to get a good quality holster, being new to the whole concealed carry thing, I did not want to spend a ton of money until I was sure what method of concealment I would use.
So after looking at various holsters online, as well as several alternate methods of concealment, I saw a post here about someone who bought the Bare Asset holster from high noon -
Bare Asset
When I went to the website, not only was I impressed by all of the information in the FAQ page, I was also impressed by two other things - the price and the fact that the Bare Asset was a stocking item they could send out immediately.
So I ordered the holster. Ok, I have to tell the truth - the first one sent was wrong. It was too small and my 45 just did not fit. After getting over my frustration, I emailed James at High Noon, and he sent a new one out immediately, which got to me in two days, did fit, and let me keep the old one as well - pretty darn good customer service.
As for the holster, it is awesome. It is black cowhide, and very thin. I wear it at about 3:30 and even though my 45 is not a tiny gun, you cannot tell at all it is there - no printing. The other thing I noticed is how comfortable it is. Of course I do notice it is there, but it is pretty easy to deal with. I have already practiced my draw and re-holstering, and find both easy to do with this holster, especially with the 15% cant.
Are their any drawbacks? Well, about the only thing I can say is that it does collapse somewhat. I have used a Galco and that one does not collapse at all, so it is easier to re-holster. The Bare Asset does not collapse completely, so with a little practice it can be re-holstered though. For about 35 bucks including shipping, I can't really expect more than what I got.
This is an excellent holster for the price, and High Noon's customer service is top notch.
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Re: st: cluster() or svy? (analysis of cluster-randomized trials)
"Austin Nichols" <email@example.com>
Re: st: cluster() or svy? (analysis of cluster-randomized trials)
Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:30:03 -0400
Michael I. Lichter <email@example.com>:
If the clustering is all you're fixing, then -svy- and the -cluster-
option should give you the same answer. Is there more to your story?
webuse nhanes2
egen c=group(strata psu)
svyset c
svy: reg bpsystol height weight
reg bpsystol height weight, cl(c)
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Michael I. Lichter <email@example.com> wrote:
> Hello, friends. I have a question about the analysis of data from
> cluster-randomized trials (CRTs). CRTs are experiments where subjects are
> randomly assigned to conditions (control, treatment) based on their group
> membership rather than being assigned individually as is usually the case in
> randomized controlled trials. In my study, the clusters are medical
> practices, so when a medical practice is assigned to a condition, all of the
> eligible patients therein are also assigned to the condition. CRTs should be
> analyzed using methods that take account of the clustering in the study
> design, of course.
> My question is this: For CRTs, is there any statistical reason for
> preferring the cluster() option on estimation commands (e.g., regress,
> logit) over the survey commands, or vice-versa? I've used both and the
> results are similar, but the survey commands estimate larger standard
> errors. If the answer is that they're both equally appropriate but produce
> different results because they use somewhat different methods of estimation,
> that's fine.
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Chapter VI
The months passed. Soon three years had gone by, and the third winter since
the ceremony in St. James' Church drew to its close.
Since that day when--acting upon the foreknowledge of the French import duty--
Jadwin had sold his million of bushels short, the price of wheat had been steadily
going down. From ninety-three and ninety-four it had dropped to the eighties.
Heavy crops the world over had helped the decline. No one was willing to buy
wheat. The Bear leaders were strong, unassailable. Lower and lower sagged the
price; now it was seventy-five, now seventy-two. From all parts of the country in
solid, waveless tides wheat--the mass of it incessantly crushing down the price--
came rolling in upon Chicago and the Board of Trade Pit. All over the world the
farmers saw season after season of good crops. They were good in the
Argentine Republic, and on the Russian steppes. In India, on the little farms of
Burmah, of Mysore, and of Sind the grain, year after year, headed out fat, heavy,
and well-favoured. In the great San Joaquin valley of California the ranches were
one welter of fertility. All over the United States, from the Dakotas, from
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois, from all the wheat belt came steadily the
reports of good crops.
But at the same time the low price of grain kept the farmers poor. New
mortgages were added to farms already heavily "papered"; even the crops were
mortgaged in advance. No new farm implements were bought. Throughout the
farming communities of the "Middle West" there were no longer purchases of
buggies and parlour organs. Somewhere in other remoter corners of the world
the cheap wheat, that meant cheap bread, made living easy and induced
prosperity, but in the United States the poverty of the farmer worked upward
through the cogs and wheels of the whole great machine of business. It was as
though a lubricant had dried up. The cogs and wheels worked slowly and with
dislocations. Things were a little out of joint. Wall Street stocks were down. In a
word, "times were bad." Thus for three years. It became a proverb on the
Chicago Board of Trade that the quickest way to make money was to sell wheat
short. One could with almost absolute certainty be sure of buying cheaper than
one had sold. And that peculiar, indefinite thing known--among the most
unsentimental men in the world--as "sentiment," prevailed more and more
strongly in favour of low prices. "The 'sentiment,'" said the market reports, "was
bearish"; and the traders, speculators, eighth-chasers, scalpers, brokers, bucket-
shop men, and the like--all the world of La Salle Street--had become so
accustomed to these "Bear conditions," that it was hard to believe that they
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"The now is the only thing that's tangible; it's the only thing that you can change. Forgot about the next lift, next movement, next workout, the next week, whatever it is. Truly stay focused upon the only thing that matters, the only thing that you have a tangible affect on, which is the now. That is really the best way to be successful". -Ben Bergeron, Coach and Owner of CrossFit New England
I am the most Type A person that I know. I disguise it well, and try to look cool, calm, and collective most of the time, but inside, my wheels are alway turning. This became apparent to me last summer when DP and I visited Bermuda. There I was in the most beautiful ocean water that I have ever been in, and I was focused on one thing: what were were going to do next? Were we going to swim to the rock far off in the distance? Would we jump off of that rock? Would we go to another beach? Find another bar? How would we get home? How much would it cost? Was there a restaurant nearby? Ahhhhhhhhhh………………………………
This was a moment that I realized the importance of what Bergeron states above. Stop focusing on the past. Stop focusing on the future. Focus on the now. The now is all that we can control. If we aren't focused on the now, chances are we'll screw up the now.
This clearly applies to what we do at the gym. You focus on the next round…how much it's going to suck, how heavy the weight is going to feel, how tight your back is going to get, how out of breath you're going to be…how could you possibly focus on the movement you are currently performing? How could you perfect the now if you're obsessed with that which hasn't even happened?
Don't be me in Bermuda. Enjoy the water. Embrace the now.
She is right….the farther u think ahead, the more likely it is you will wake up older and frustrated. Plan, but enjoy the moment. Be goal oriented, but enjoy checking off the steps as u go.


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AOL Video: Close But No TiVo
By Catherine Holahan
Little in life is free. So I was skeptical when AOL (TWX) launched a video site on Aug. 3, just one day after announcing the elimination of broadband subscription fees. Would AOL attempt to hook my attention with funny viral clips and then, after a few weeks, demand fees?
Turns out the content is fabulous—and free. The site features more than 45 video-on-demand channels that stream millions of clips ranging from humorous home movies to hard-hitting news. The home page serves as both a TV and ratings guide, explaining in five words or less the focus of each station, the most recent content, and the most-viewed clips. There is also a "Hot 10" list directing users to the 10 most-watched videos on the Web that day.
Many of the top clips are quirky user-created short features of the sort that flood YouTube and iFilm every hour. Think kooky college kids, homemade spoofs, funny ads and animals, and video blogs. The day I was surfing around, the "Hot 10" featured a clip about crazy cats and a short showing soccer fans head-butting strangers. Either one could be seen on any of a hundred video sites.
There's not much special about AOL's user-created page, called UnCut Video. The channel has all the features now standard on viral video sites. Videos are searchable by genre, tags, keywords, most popular, highest rated, and most talked about. Links below each video allow users to rate, save, and send clips to friends. A prominent orange button at the top of every page links to a site allowing users to upload, label, and sort their own videos (see BusinessWeek.com, 8/3/06, "YouTube: Entertainment for Everyone").
What sets AOL apart from its competition is the breadth and scope of its other channels. It is here that AOL video proves it isn't some fly-by-night startup, but a company with the backing of a media giant. AOL's channels marry original content with segments from Time Warner-owned stations such as CNN, TBS, and the Cartoon Network, to name just a few. AOL also has content agreements with the likes of Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV, TV Land, TV Guide, Sorpresa!, A&E, the History Channel, and TNT.
AOL's news channel, for example, is packed with breaking news clips and unedited video from CNN, the Associated Press, ABC, CBS, Reuters, and the Weather Channel, among others. It also features highlights from nightly news programs as well as entire segments from news magazine shows. The news search capability makes it easy to zero in on particular stories or subjects and often returns extensive results.
The celebrity channel prominently includes content from Extra! and Time Warner-owned online affiliate TMZ.com, which recently made headlines by breaking a story on A-list actor Mel Gibson's arrest for drunk driving. The celebrity station also features two channels focusing specifically on Latin and African American entertainers.
AOL's music channels include full-length videos from AOL and MTV's networks. A kid-friendly channel shows clips from popular Nickelodeon cartoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants as well as singsong AOL videos aimed at the kindergarten set. The Comedy Channel broadcasts the highest-rated viral humor videos as well as Comedy Central content. The sports channel features extreme sports clips, highlights from televised games, and athlete interviews from major news organizations.
Also setting AOL apart is the length of its clips. Videos range from minute-long clips to full-length programs. On the sports channel, for example, there is an original comedy series about a sports radio station titled Sports Bloggers Live. For former WB fans, the site broadcasts full-length shows from the now-defunct network, including once popular cartoons Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. There are full-length classics on the "Gone But Not Forgotten" station.
Regardless of the length, clips load fast because they are streamed rather than downloaded. It is possible to download full-length, DVD quality videos, but AOL charges for some content. The cost is typically $1.99 per episode. Once downloaded, videos can be viewed on several devices, such as portable media players and multiple computers, and stored in an account. AOL also offers unlimited audio and video downloads via its Music Now site for $9.95 a month. Currently, the site is offering a free 30-day trial. It does not sell movies, instead focusing its video site on movie trailers.
With all the content coming in from users, networks, and other AOL units, search is key. Fortunately, AOL does a good job. Videos are sorted into categories and subcategories. Each channel also has tabs that show what is "hot" and watched now.
The search feature typically returns related content. This is true even in the more difficult viral video category where content is reliant on user-created tabs. AOL uses a "visual crawling" search that combines the efforts of AOL, its Google (GOOG) partner, and others. When AOL can't return results from its own page, a query in the general search bar returns results from the most popular video sites including YouTube, Yahoo! (YHOO), Google Video, iFilm, and AtomFilms.
So is AOL the best thing to happen to TV since DVR, or is there a catch? The catch is commercials, and lots of them. Ads are appended to the beginning of seemingly every video and, unlike with television, there is no way to avoid them. They can't be fast-forwarded. The channel can't be changed until they go away. AOL doesn't even allow users to skip the commercials, unlike other sites such as iFilm.
Even worse, the same commercial is typically tagged to the beginning of many videos in the genre, forcing users to hear the same pitch to apply for a loan or buy a new soft drink again and again and again. By the end of a few hours on AOL video, even I felt I needed to refinance my mortgage—and I rent.
If not for the commercials, AOL would deserve a near perfect rating. Its content is among the best on the Web. On AOL there is more than just mindless entertainment, cheap laughs, and teenagers sharing way too much in video clips. There is some well-thought-out programming and news on AOL's site.
Understandably, AOL has to make money, and it has decided ads are the way to do it (see BusinessWeek.com, 8/3/06, "AOL Casts Its Fate With Ads"). But the experience would be better if, at the very least, AOL allowed ads to be skipped after an initial viewing or differentiated its ad content a bit more.
Still, commercials are a small price to pay for everything AOL offers. After all, little in life is free.


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Posted by Tex Dworkin in End Dirty Energy, World News & Events on 28th September, 2011 | 1 Comment
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The Australian dollar is hovering at about parity with the United States dollar and the pips are squeaking.
Business groups call the supersized $A a game-changer and, with the opposition, are calling on the government to cut spending and get interest rates and the dollar down.
"All we are doing is penalising our manufacturers who export, our farmers who export [and] our tourist operators," says
"Everyone knows what is causing it – our interest rates are 450 per cent higher than our nearest rivals, Europe," he complains. "The dollar should come down to where it was when it was allowed to free-fall in [Paul] Keating's day which was 60¢."
It is a sentiment probably echoed in manufacturing boardrooms, farmhouses and tourist resorts across the land.
But while tighter fiscal policy probably would help, it would not remove the main cause of the dollar's strength, which is mainly structural.
The exchange rate has risen with mineral prices and the terms of trade, and has been driven mainly by the inflow of capital needed to expand the mining sector.
After years of reform, China and India have entered a phase of accelerated, resource-intensive growth in their quest to catch up with the West. Australia, with its massive, rich mineral deposits on Asia's doorstep, is in a prime position to benefit from this economic revolution.
But in a fully employed economy, the expansion of one sector must be at the expense of others. The ones who will suffer most are the other producers of internationally traded goods and services who do not have the benefit of booming global prices to offset the strength of the dollar.
The manufacturers, the tourist industry, and agriculture will be among the prime losers. They will contract, at least in relative terms, to make room for the mining sector's expansion.
Some of Katter's beef producers will disappear, and probably a good many more manufacturers will follow the example of
The strong Australian dollar is both the product and the agent of this structural change. The high exchange rate, not just against the US dollar but against most of the world's currencies, makes our internationally exposed industries less competitive. Imports are cheaper and exports are less profitable.
Even the producers of goods and services that are not internationally traded – the hairdressers, home builders, brick manufacturers, and so on – will be affected by the dollar's strength, although not to the same degree.
Consumers will switch their demand to cheaper imports. The extra room for the kids will wait, while mum and dad go for an overseas holiday or a new car.
But, unlike the manufacturers and the tourist resorts, the producers of the "non-traded" sector also get a powerful bonus from the strong dollar and the high terms of trade that stands behind it.
By making internationally traded goods and services cheaper, the dollar also makes the local producers of these products less profitable. Investors will switch their attention to the non-traded sector.
The strong dollar, therefore, will have a starring role in the structural change that is sweeping through the Australian economy.
But as with most starring roles, the appearance will be larger than the reality.
If the nominal Australian dollar exchange rate were fixed, the surge of export income would still boost demand. The mining sector still would expand at the expense of the other sectors. And there would still be a massive inflow of foreign capital to finance the mining sector's investment.
However, with the nominal exchange rate fixed, the process would be more inflationary. There would be the same scramble for skilled labour and other scarce resources to feed the expanding mining sector. Wages would take off and the real exchange rate would appreciate, but because of rising inflation rather than a rising nominal exchange rate. The response of the Reserve Bank would be to raise interest rates.
In past decades, wage inflation breakouts have led to mining investment booms being prematurely snuffed out with high interest rates.
The strong Australian dollar is helping us manage the impact of the mining boom. It is acting like a huge shock absorber, redistributing the increase in real income across the economy, dampening the inflationary effect of the boom and the associated capital inflow, and enabling the shift of needed capital and labour from the lagging manufacturing, farming and service sectors to the rapidly expanding mining sector. The floating dollar is making the structural change less disruptive.
The only way Australia can avoid that structural change is to take our chips and opt out of the full boom. But this boom is not likely to be a temporary burst of demand. Opting out of the structural change now gathering pace in the Australian economy means opting out of an industrial revolution of world-changing proportions.
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Ronald P. Mondello, Esq.
Ron Mondello is a solo practitioner in Fair Lawn, N.J. Mr. Mondello engages in the practice of municipal court law, land use, immigration law and municipal government law. He is an expert in the immigration consequences of NJ criminal activity ("crimmigration").
Mr. Mondello is also a computer consultant. He was previously employed as a Year 2000 consultant with a New York bank where he designed plans to enable the bank's trading systems to obtain Year 2000 compliance certification from the banking regulators.
While at AT&T, he was employed as a project manager supervising over thirty computer programmers and data base analysts. He has functioned as a business analyst in developing cost/benefit feasibility studies for various information technology platforms.
He is an adjunct professor at Bergen Community College and Passaic Community College teaching WordPerfect and Intro to Systems Analysis. He has taught business organizations and criminal law at the Academy for Legal Assistant Training.
Mr. Mondello was born on February 2, 1961 and graduated from Fair Lawn Senior High School in 1979. His has lived in Fair Lawn until 2005 when he moved to Kinnelon, N.J. and currently serves as Councilman. He received his Bachelor's degree from William Paterson College in 1983, his Master's degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1988 and his Juris Doctor from Loyola University in 1992. He is a licensed stock broker, insurance agent and realtor although not practicing in those fields. He is also a certified court mediator.
Mr. Mondello is or was the Public Defender for the towns of Emerson, Fair Lawn, Paramus and Saddle Brook. He is the Planning Board and Zoning Board Attorney for Bergenfield and Wanaque.
Ron Mondello is a member of the Bergen and Morris County Bar Associations, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, New Jersey Bar Association, Municipal Court and Criminal Lawyers Section. He is a pro bono volunteer attorney for the Bergen County Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ADV) organization and represents women that have been subject to domestic violence. Ron Mondello is a member of the Fair Lawn Cosmos Club. He is a member of OLM Church in Kinnelon and a seventh grade CCD teacher. Mr. Mondello, his wife, Kaity, his 13 year old daughter, Allessandra, his 10 year old son Nicholas live in Kinnelon, NJ along with his mother-in-law Fu-Mei and his dachshund Sparky.


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"I decided to transfer because I felt like I needed toget a new start," White said. "I want to give thanks to Coach [Duane] Akina and Coach [Mack] Brown for everything they've done for me here. Texas is a great school and a great program, and I appreciate everyone in the program and the time I've had here, but I just felt like I needed a change and a fresh start."
White played in 17 games during his two seasons at Texas, playing 11 last year as a sophomore. He recorded nine career tackles. One of the Longhorns' many DeSoto products, White was an early enrollee in January 2010.
Cornerback Eryon Barnett was the first cornerback to leave post-spring practice.
"While we hate to see anyone leave, we understand A.J.'s decision and will support him in any way we can," Brown said. "We appreciate what he's done for the program and wish him luck in the future."


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An Apple A Day
In this episode Jed flies solo and interviews Apple Cider Mage and talks with her about her guild, her experiences as a guild leader, and her thoughts on all the great stuff coming in patch 5.4. We also discuss @Kurnmogh's youtube video series on recruitment.
Can Jed handle the pressure? Will he come through in the end? Tune in to find out!
As always, if you have a question/comment or if you are a GM or officer and would like to be on the show, you can send a message to us at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter at @leaderpodcast! We will also be recording live from now on, so be sure to check us out when we are broadcasting here.
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Provide education and training related to functional task performance and includes traditional therapies and community re-entry activities. Staff members are experienced and specialized in techniques to care for spinal cord injury populations and employs evidence-based techniques, devices and technology to maximize independence and when possible functional recovery. A few such techniques and devices include the use of adaptive and restorative therapy techniques, functional electrical stimulation, body weight supported treadmill training, computerized balance systems, etc.
Addresses impairments related to functional movement and mobility, balance, pain, exercise/activity intolerance, falls/injury prevention, fatigue and energy conservation, and spasticity management
Addresses impairments related to ability to perform activities of daily living including self-care (bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming), seating and skin care, bowel and bladder management, edema management, home management and safety skills, and fatigue.
When indicated addresses specific impairments associated with language and communication, social interaction, swallowing dysfunction, and cognitive functioning.
When indicated, certified professionals work with nursing staff to address diabetes prevention and management issues. Comprehensive outpatient programs are available.
Specialized staff and physicians from the Baptist Rehabilitation Wound Care Management Center are available for consultation and assistance with management of specific wound or skin needs.
Nutritionists and Dietitians address spinal cord injury specific complications and co-morbidities such as fluid restriction, skin care needs, weight management, etc.
Psychiatrists and psychologists assist with program design and are available for consultation to assess and address social, behavioral, cognitive, or emotional issues through education, medication, and counseling. Applicable issues include depression, sexuality, alcohol/drug use, changing life roles, and social coping and adaptation.
Ancillary Professionals and Vendors are available to assist Baptist Rehab-Germantown staff with fitting and selection of specialized devices and equipment as needed for optimal functioning. These include: seating and mobility specialists, prosthetists and orthotists, product manufacturer representatives, rehab engineers, and DME providers.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by DallasDW00ds0n, Dec 20, 2012.
Cowboys -31
Saints - 27
Saints - 48
cowboys - 10
Cowboys 38
Saints 35
Cowboys 3 Saints 2
cowboys 20
saints 17
ot victory
It's going to be a close one. But I can't make a prediction.
Cowboys win 24-16
we win the TO battle 4-0
we run for 180 yards and control the clock
24-23 Saints. Bailey misses a 53 yard FG at the end of regulation.
Saints 34
Cowboys 26
Cowboys - 34
Saints - 31
I know their defense is not all that..but so is ours with all the injuries...their offense however is more productive than ours .. and it might turn out irrelevant anyhow knowing we have to beat the redskins (hoping ravens beat giants) so I am going to go with
Saints 33
Cowboys 27
Still want a good showing so our spirits don't get crushed going to the final week...
We have to win the turnover battle.
Realistically, I see this game as a tossup. Their offense is extremely hard to stop when Brees is hot, which can be pretty often. However, their defense has been extremely poor but is improving.
Our offense is also hard to stop when it's clicking, although our OL still gets far too many penalties. Defensively, we're sorely compromised with all the injuries we've had.
Both teams should be scoring well and with regularity. This game figures to hinge mostly upon which team happens to be executing the best on Sunday.
Not believing has been working for me.
Saints 37
Cowboys 20
How does this help things around here?
Don't make your own prediction but take a shot at someone else's?
Here's another one for you to deride:
Saints - 34
Cowboys - 24
I think that the Saints will kill us in the middle of the field.
Ya think?
Sanints 31 - Cowboys 20
Saints - 35
Cowboys - 24
Can't defend the middle... Can't score touchdowns till the 4th qtr...
Boys dreams die in the death star!!!
With our interior defense gutted and crap like Mccray and Sensabagh playing safety ... Drew brees tears this defense a new one.
Saints 45
Cowboys 35


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(Update: Adds details from conference organizers.)
(CNSNews.com) – Iranian President Hasan Rouhani this month will once again miss the chance to rub shoulders with senior American officials, as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final word on foreign policy, evidently tolerates only lower-level encounters with the "global arrogance."
Rouhani was invited to participate in the Munich Security Conference, an influential annual gathering of hundreds of senior figures focused on current and future strategic challenges. The event this year marks its 50th anniversary.
But although conference organizers sent the invitation to Rouhani months ago Iran's IRNA state news agency now reports that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend instead.
A conference spokesperson, Barbara Mittelhammer, confirmed Tuesday that Rouhani was invited but had yet to reply. She said the conference chairman, former German ambassador to Washington Wolfgang Ischinger, expected Iran to participate at "cabinet level or higher."
Had Rouhani taken up the invitation for the Jan. 31-Feb. 2 event, which includes speeches, panel discussions, breakout sessions and interviews, he would have been hard pressed to avoid interactions with senior Americans.
Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and national security advisor Susan Rice have all been invited, and Mittelhammer confirmed that they will attend.
Past U.S. participation has been at a senior level: Vice-President Biden attended just days after the inauguration in 2009 and again last year, and in 2012 the U.S. was represented by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
This year 18 heads of state and government and 50 foreign and defense ministers have already confirmed attendance. Mittelhammer said they include German President Joachim Gauck, who will deliver the opening speech. Special guests include former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and former French President Valerie Giscard d'Estaing.
Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, has met with senior Americans several times – including a meeting with Kerry at the U.N. General Assembly last September and again during nuclear talks in Geneva in November – but Rouhani himself has not.
On the U.N. sidelines in New York in September, administration officials tried to secure an encounter between the Iranian leader and President Obama, without success.
"It was clear that it was too complicated for them to do that at this time, given their own dynamic back home," a senior administration official speaking on background explained at the time.
Obama did speak to Rouhani by phone before the Iranian flew out, in what was described as the first direct communication between U.S. and Iranian presidents since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Whether Khamenei approved of the phone conversation is not known, although in a speech several days later the supreme leader said the delegation had performed well in New York, but added that some aspects of the trip had been "inappropriate" and "not quite desirable." He did not elaborate.
Then in December, plans for a high-level state memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela raised speculation that a Rouhani-Obama handshake could be on cards. In an article headlined "Satan lays a trap, this time in Johannesburg," an Iranian newspaper with close ties to Khamenei warned that Rouhani may be unable to avoid an encounter with Obama in South Africa.
In the event Tehran sent a foreign ministry official to Johannesburg, Rouhani stayed home, and the handshake that made headlines around the world was the one between Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro.
At last year's Munich conference, Biden used the opportunity to reaffirm that the administration's offer to engage with Iran, first made four years earlier, remained on the table.
Iran's then-foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, who was also attending the conference, said afterwards that Iran viewed Biden's comments in a positive light, but added that whenever Iran had agreed to negotiate in the past, "it was the other side, unfortunately, who did not heed to its commitment."
After Rouhani succeeded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following elections in June Khamenei gave the go-ahead for a resumption in talks with the U.S. and five other world powers.
Two rounds were held in Geneva in November, resulting in a deal offering Iran limited sanctions relief in exchange for limited curbs on its nuclear program. The interim agreement has a six-month time frame, although the period has yet to begin.
After the Nov. 24 agreement was struck, the Associated Press reported that secret talks between U.S. and Iranian officials had been underway for months.


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WGST-253-01 Women's International Human Rights
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Women's human rights issues have been conspicuously absent from post-World War II efforts to promote and protect human rights. This course looks to the critical work of activists and scholars from around the world to assess the human rights framework in terms of its successes and failures in advancing women's rights. We will examine country-specific cases of human rights abuses and activism in order to develop an understanding of the nature of sex-specific human rights abuses, including violence against women in conflict, trafficking of women and institutional discrimination and the different means used to combat them. Fall and Spring.
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Marion County Adopt-A-Pet 3/12/14
Time to check out some "adorable""adoptable" animals out of Marion County looking for a loving home.
Chester is a 4 year-old male, hound mix. He is quite the character who always has you smiling. Chester is great with kids and other dogs. His foster mom says he does great on walks, riding in the car and is housebroken.
Starlight is a 1-year-old female domestic shorthair mix. She is a sweetheart that loves to be the center of attention. Starlight is very gentle and enjoys being close so she can snuggle. Starlight is also good with other cats and children.
Sheba is a 1 and a half year-old female hound mix. She is energetic and has yet to meet a toy she doesn't like. Sheba does great on a leash, rides well in a car and loves her bath time. Sheba also does well with other dogs and kids.
The adoption fee for all dogs and cats is only 40 dollars and includes their spay/neuter surgeries, county licenses, current vaccinations and microchips. Call Marion County Animal Services at 352-671-8700 for more information or visit the shelter Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 5:30pm or Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
See all the pets available for adoption online at www.marioncountyfl.org/animal
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Seashells provides the perfect getaway for two, with light and airy accommodation and wine and chocolates on arrival. The views of the sea and across the fields to the lighthouse at Happisburgh are unrivaled, but if you can tear yourself away there is plenty to explore from the coastal villagesthrough to the Norfolk Broads.
Size: Sleeps up to 2, 1 bedroom Nearest beach: Less than 0.5 miles Nearest amenities: Less than 1 mile Pets: 1 small dog allowed Short breaks: Available at this property Smoking: Not allowed at this property Rooms: Bedroom, bathroom, living/dining room, kitchen, conservatory, small study/library Beds: 1 king-size bed Luxuries: Video player, woodburner-style electric fire General: Oil fired central heating, TV, radio, CD player, books and games Utilities: Electric cooker, microwave, fridge, washer/dryer, freezer Standard: Kettle, toaster, iron Other: Linen and towels provided. Outdoors: Front lawned area. Rear ' seaside' garden with sea views, patio, shingle and garden furniture Parking: Private parking for 2 cars Mobile signal - strong.
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