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The Canterbury rebuild is hitting its straps and is set to dominate the economy for up to a decade. The rebuild is timely, as the economy could do with a boost. However, it will draw in resources from other parts of the economy. As a result, farmers across the country may notice labour shortages, cost increases, higher interest rates and a strong dollar.
Bigger than Ben Hur
The latest Treasury estimates of rebuild costs jumped from $20 billion to $30 billion. While we think this estimate may prove a tad ambitious, one thing is for sure: the rebuild will dominate the economy for years to come.
For some context, the estimated rebuild is equal to 15 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. By comparison, Australia's much-hyped mining investment boom amounted to just over 10 per cent. Also relative to the size of the economy, the earthquake damage estimate was bigger than other recent natural disasters such as the Japanese tsunami, the Queensland floods, and Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina combined.
Hitting its straps already
The rebuild has already hit its straps. And it is accelerating.
Residential and commercial building surged 7 per cent and 12 per cent respectively in the September 2012 quarter, driven largely by rebuilding and repairs in Canterbury. With building consents rising 26 per cent in the year to November 2012, there's plenty left to come.
It's timely
The rebuild is timely as the economy is weak and could do with a boost. As other economies are scrambling for stimulus, the rebuild is set to spur our economic growth from 2.5 per cent, at last count, to above 3 per cent for the next two years.
If this estimate proves correct, we expect to outperform our Australian cousins over the ditch.
The accelerating growth will help create jobs and absorb spare capacity in the economy. As a result, we expect the unemployment rate to fall about 5 per cent by 2014.
Resources from across the country
Some of these workers will be drawn to Canterbury from other parts of the country, creating worker shortages in not only construction, but in the supporting service sectors too.
Other resources such as plant and machinery will also shift to Canterbury.
As a result, farmers may find it hard to get work done, particularly building. Where farmers may not notice shortages, they may notice an increase in price.
Leading to inflation
Inflation will increase as worker and other shortages lead to wage and cost increases.
Initially these cost increases will be isolated to construction and Canterbury, but eventually the increases will spill into other sectors and regions.
Interest rates will rise
Our view is that in order to nip inflation in the bud, interest rates will need to rise from the end of this year. This view is earlier than the Reserve Bank currently anticipates.
The Reserve Bank thinks improving productivity in the construction industry in Canterbury will keep a lid on inflation through 2013. We are not so hopeful.
We also expect the dollar to remain high.
In particular, the earthquake rebuild helps our growth prospects look good compared to other economies, making New Zealand assets, including the dollar, a good bet for international investors.
Rebalancing on hold
Exports will take a back seat over the next few years as the rebuild dominates the economy. Imports of machinery and equipment for the rebuild will also increase.
Together, this will widen our current account deficit through 2014 and rebalancing the economy towards exports will be postponed.


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Lolindrath Thoughts on computers and programming languages https://lolindrath.com/ 2016-06-02T15:08:00Z Andy Williams Ruby vs Go - Structuring Data https://lolindrath.com/2016/06/02/ruby-vs-go-structuring-data/ 2016-06-02T15:08:00Z 2017-03-16T22:02:30-04:00 Andy Williams
I'm trying to write a Taskpaper parser in Go.

A very basic Taskpaper file looks like this:

Home: - Mow the lawn Don't hit the flowers Work: - Fix all the bugs Seriously, all the bugs

Projects end with a : and tasks begin with a - and any line that doesn't have that is a note. Projects have tasks and notes and tasks can have notes.

I got totally stuck yesterday on how to structure this data in Go.

If this was Ruby I would do it like this:

class Item attr_accessor :parent attr_accessor :notes end class Project < Item attr_accessor :tasks def initialize(desc) super(desc) end end class Task < Item def initialize(desc) super(desc) end end class Note < Item def initialize(desc) super(desc) end end

An Item holds generic fields and then there's a Project, Task and Note classes.

In Go there's no way to say that a Note struct has just a generic Parent i.e. Parent *Item. To work around this I had to create a ProjectNote and also a TaskNote:

type Item struct { Desc string } type Project struct { Item Tasks []Task Notes []ProjectNote Tags []ProjectTag } type Task struct { Item Notes []TaskNote Tags []TaskTag Parent *Project } type ProjectNote struct { Item Parent *Project } type TaskNote struct { Item Parent *Task }

It feels a bit wrong to break these out like this but that's probably because I've been stuck in the OO world of Ruby and Java for too long.
 Brief Thoughts On Task Management https://lolindrath.com/2015/08/01/brief-thoughts-on-task-management/ 2015-08-01T18:37:00Z 2017-03-16T22:02:30-04:00 Andy Williams

No task management means you're completely interrupt driven. Whatever email arrives or whoever stops by your office always gets first priority. A lot of bosses will reward you and promote you for this because you're reacting to their every whim, but that doesn't mean it's the best for the company. No task management means you're not working on anything that's important yet not urgent (at least not yet). There's no goal-oriented, strategic thinking there.

Paper task management lacks the far future tasks (like sign up for a conference three months from now) and recurring tasks that make digital powerful. It also lacks scalability, if you're managing a hundred projects1 paper will make it impossible. Though, maybe if life starts going past what can be managed with paper than it's too complicated? Maybe there's something to be said about putting a physical limitation on how many projects you can juggle at once; if managing your life with paper is sufficiently annoying it will encourage you to cut things out.

Digital task management lacks the physical limits that paper has, so cruft builds quickly. You have to constantly trim, review and cut to keep it from getting out of hand and out of date quickly. It tends to attract way more things than you can possibly get done in a year and since its not taking up any space in the physical work you're more apt to let those far out tasks stick around in the system for longer and longer.

Digital task management also lends itself well to switching between multiple apps. If you're doing paper task management and you're switching between notebooks or from a Franklin-Covey planner to a Hobonichi Techo you will have to rewrite at least everything that's going into the future and then carry the other one around to reference for the past information until you've switched for long enough. It's all too easy to switch between apps once a month (which is a great form of procrastination) and never land on one you fully adopt.

All of that said, I'm using Todoist and I've committed to it for a year (to avoid switching to whatever the new and shiny thing is that just came out). The way they represent projects makes having too many painful which I think is a good thing. Omnifocus allows for too many projects and would be way too fiddly for my personality (especially since you can script it).

Not unheard of if you go by the GTD definition of a project. ↩

 Taming Nightstand Device Charging https://lolindrath.com/2015/01/30/taming-nightstand-device-charging/ 2015-01-30T11:00:00Z 2017-03-16T22:02:30-04:00 Andy Williams
Like most modern-day geeks I have too many devices that need to be recharged regularly. The constant accumulation of new wall warts has turned into this situation next to my nightstand:

I decided to use one of the new desktop USB chargers to get this mess of cords cleaned up.

Having it sitting onto of my nightstand really didn't solve the problem so where's what I did.

Materials List

Anker 40 watt 5 port USB charger

Photive 50 watt 6 port USB charger

Quirky Cordie

3 ft USB Extension Cable

Large 3M strips

First attach the charger to the back of your nightsand using a 3M strip. You'll have to figure out the best height for your cord lengths:

I used a USB extension I already had laying around for my Fitbit charging cord since so short:

Slot the cords through the Quirky Cordie:

Plug it all in:

And here's the final product, much neater. The extra cord length drapes down the back along with my surge protector:

 Running Teamspeak 3 Server As a Regular User https://lolindrath.com/2014/05/28/running-teamspeak-3-server-as-a-regular-user/ 2014-05-28T09:59:00Z 2017-03-16T22:02:30-04:00 Andy Williams
In my previous article on How to run Teamspeak3 on Digital Ocean the instructions have you create a teamspeak3 user and change ownership of the files. I noticed in some of the comments over there that people noticed it was running as root, not the greatest thing for security.

I noticed my server was also running as root, here's how to fix it if you used my instructions:

Shut down Teamspeak:

sudo service teamspeak3 stop

Remove the /etc/init.d/teamspeak3 soft link:

sudo rm /etc/init.d/teamspeak3

Now edit /etc/init.d/teamspeak3 and set the contents to this:

#!/bin/sh su -c "/usr/local/teamspeak3/ts3server_startscript.sh $@" teamspeak3

Set the file to be executable:

sudo chmod u+x /etc/init.d/teamspeak3

Fix permissions, many of the Teamspeak files are probably owned by root now which would prevent the server from starting:

sudo chown -R teamspeak3:teamspeak3 /usr/local/teamspeak3

Start the server back up:

sudo service teamspeak3 start

Use your client software to connect and make sure everything is operating properly and you're done.
 Embarassing Old Code https://lolindrath.com/2014/04/10/embarassing-old-code/ 2014-04-10T05:32:00Z 2017-03-16T22:02:30-04:00 Andy Williams
The Inspiration

We just switched to Slack at work and a friend created some integrations using PHP. This reminded me of a personal PHP project I'd worked on and thought I should dig it up.

The Setup

Back in 2005 I was doing C# WinForms work for a day job and just dealing with falling out of love with Perl. I hadn't done any serious web development since college. I got into GTD pretty heavily and was looking around for tools that I could use anywhere. Of course a web app was the best solution for that time since there really wasn't much in the way of smart phones or devices out1.

I found a great project run by BSAG2 called Tracks. It was built using Ruby on Rails. I didn't know Ruby or Rails so of course the logical thing to do was to rewrite it in PHP.

I've been using Rails off and on from 2008 to 2012 and from 2012 mostly full time. Ruby is now one of my favorite languages and I think this project helped me understand what a good web framework Rails is.

Let's see what gems we can discover in this treasure trove of old code.

Overall

Overall this code doesn't match my current sense of code cleanliness. There's a mix of tabs and spaces everywhere and tons of trailing whitespace. There's lots of dead code, mostly around database access. It looks like I was working on multiple different techniques at once.

<?php $query = $this->db->prepare('UPDATE todos SET context_id=:context_id, description=:description, notes=:notes, due=:due, project_id=:project_id WHERE id=:id'); $query->bindParam(':id', $id); $query->bindParam(':context_id', $context_id); $query->bindParam(':description', $description); $query->bindParam(':notes', $notes); $query->bindParam(':due', $due); $query->bindParam(':project_id', $project_id); ?>

About the only thing I have going for me in this code is that I'm doing variable replacement in my SQL statements properly so it's at least not one giant SQL injection attack.

Project Structure

Man, I had no concept of organization in this thing.

The tpl files are actually just PHP files I was using as templates, I guess the idea is that they were kind of like erb's. I remember thinking how clever I was to use PHP as the templating language (because that's what it was developed for) and not something like Smarty.

My Idea of MVC

<?php while($row = $completed->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)): ?>
 <td valign="top"><img src='<?=$c->BASE_URL?>/img/done-checkmark.gif' alt="done checkmark" />	<td valign="top"><?=htmlentities($row["description"],ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8');?> (<?=$row['context_name'];?>, <?=$row['project_name'];?>)
 <?php endwhile; ?>

So… there's really no division between models and views. I have one giant model that sets up the queries, the views actually execute it and use the raw results.

I remember trying to figure out why people needed models since if I wrote them it would basically just be querying the database and filling in an object with what I already had in my associative array.

<?php class AgingController extends MvcController { public function route($options, $tpl) { global $db; $model = new TodoModel(); $tpl->set('title', 'Portage - Aging'); $body = & new Template('aging.tpl'); $body->set('c', Config::singleton()); $body->set('completed', $model->getLastCompleted()); $agingQuery = $model->getSortedByCreated(); $body->set('todos', $agingQuery); $tpl->set('content', $body->fetch()); return; } } ?>

My controllers at least load the view and combine some of the data and inject it into the views. I can appreciate some of the magic that Rails does by automatically matching views to controller actions after seeing how much boiler plate code is copied everywhere in here (not that I couldn't have done better with the language that I had…).

My Crazy Router

<?php else if($options[$c->offset] == "todo") { if($options[$c->offset+1] == "edit") { $todoEdit = new TodoEditController(); $todoEdit->route($options, $tpl); } else { if($options[$c->offset+1] == 'submit') { //set some cookies  setcookie("last_project", $_REQUEST["project_id"], time()+$c->COOKIE_TIMEOUT, "/"); setcookie("last_context", $_REQUEST["context_edit_id"], time()+$c->COOKIE_TIMEOUT, "/"); } $todo = new TodoController(); $todo->route($options, $tpl); ?>

my IndexController.php3 contains a giant nested if statement that handles all the routing for the site. I remember one of the issues I ran into was trying to figure out where I was. If I was hosted at http://lolindrath.com/gtd/ vs http://gtd.lolindrath.com I had a global offset variable to figure out where the parts of the URL I cared about started (i.e. /todo/12). I spent a good bit of time reading CakePHP source code trying to figure out how they did it (I obviously never got around to fixing that up).

Death of a Project

I abandoned the project sometime in 2010 then I learned Ruby on Rails and how to deploy it. I used the main Tracks project for quite a while until I setup a task syncing system using gitdocs. Now I've moved onto using Taskpaper and Dropbox.

Conclusion

I've obviously come a long way in my development as a programmer / software engineer / software architect.

It's nice to keep these bits of old projects around as yard sticks with which to measure growth and progress.

I hope I see just as much growth in my coding style in another couple years.

My Handspring Visor Platinum didn't count. Though graffiti worked pretty well. ↩

I even managed to contribute back a little code (my first ever OSS contribution). ↩

Redundant comment! "Redundant comments are just places to collect lies and misinformation." - Clean Code ↩

 Seven Years is too Long https://lolindrath.com/2014/01/29/seven-years-is-too-long/ 2014-01-29T17:10:00Z 2017-03-16T22:02:30-04:00 Andy Williams
I was at my last company for seven years. I moved between locations, projects, positions and responsibilities but I was at the same company for seven years, not really even thinking about moving.

I worked for one of the major defense contractors and at the time it was fun and we were doing interesting work. It was mostly short lived research contracts for the service labs and the DoD so it was always something new. It stopped being fun though when the money started to dry up and belts started to get tightened. I could see the writing on the wall and it was time to make a move1.

My interview skills were rusty, my resume was completely neglected and it took time to get everything in line before I started breezing past the phone screens and into interviews at companies I could really work for.

Looking back now after a year working at my new company here's what I would've done differently.

1. Know the Companies in the Area

Keep up with what the great companies are in the area, the technologies they use and the kind of positions they look for the most. Shop for companies that match what you want as far as benefits, culture and your skill set. If you target a specific set of companies you know already match what you want you will save a lot of time by not peppering Monster with a million resumes and getting a ton of replies from people who don't know how much you're worth.

Go to the user groups in your area. If you want to stay in the same technologies or branch out, it's a perfect way to find out who is in the area. Many companies sponsor these as a way to recruit new employees. This is also a great way sharpen your presenting skills. You can start with a lightning talk and move from there.

2. Interview at Least Every Other Year

You might not be ready to leave your current company but you should at least stay in practice. Most programmers have enough recruiters calling that you could answer the phone every once in a while and do a phone screen and see how it goes.

Doing this regularly helps you overcome the interview jitters.

3. Practice

Find a sample interview programming question on the web and work through a few with a timer.

Review the Big-O notation of some of the common algorithms.

Work with a whiteboard to talk through an overview of some software you wrote recently.

4. Perfect Your Pitch

You know the companies now, you've talked to a few people, now change your pitch.

Incorporate what you've learned from your practice interviews. For me people were worried that I worked on some ancient radar system mad had no relevant skills. I emphasized that I worked for a research group and worked on new technology like Ruby on Rails and did networking research.

Another important area I had to work on was how to concisely describe the projects I worked on and how to taylor that description to technical and non-technical people. This is where face time is great, if you start seeing someone's eyes start glazing over while you're telling them about the distributed test infrastructure you setup and the long list of all the technologies you used you know that you have to change tact.

5. Time Your Move

Don't leave a job you love for no good reason but also don't blindly trust that they are paying you what you're worth and will take care of you for the next forty years. Dan Benjamin of 5by5 and Quit! fame emphasizes this point: when push comes to shove, if they have to let you go they will.

If you see the business going downhill or in a direction you don't agree to you can make your move quickly before everyone sees the writing on the wall and starts peppering local companies with resumes. You won't have to blindly apply to all the job board postings you can if you've already established good contacts in your local user groups and know exactly for which companies you work.

6. Wear a Suit

Make more excuses to wear a suit or get dressed up. This will make you feel more comfortable and less out of place when you do have to put one on to go to an interview. It will also limit the surprises when something doesn't fit or the TSA zipped your suit pants into your suitcase ruining your favorite suit 2.

Conclusion

Being on top of the above items can save you months worth of hassle and get you onto your next job more quickly and painlessly.

About all I got right was the timing. ↩

Not that I'm bitter or anything. ↩


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- 2/3 cup prepared yellow mustard (hot-dog style)
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One of the most interesting announcements about mysteries this summer is the news that HarperCollins has hired Sophie Hannah to write a new Hercule Poirot mystery, nearly 40 years after Agatha Christie's last Poirot book.
The Monogram Murders will be published on September 9.
Author Hannah writes psychological crime thrillers and her non-Poirot books can be found in WPPL's Fiction section.
The official Agatha Christie website posted this statement: "Written with the full backing of Christie's family, and featuring the most iconic detective of all time, this new novel is a major event for mystery lovers the world over.."
Readers are asking how there can be a new Poirot case since he was killed off in the final novel, Curtain. Hannah has explained that she is setting her story earlier in Poirot's career, thus avoiding having to bring him back from the dead. The author also said that the main character of her novel will be a policeman who asks Poirot to become involved in his case.
I'm sure many mystery readers will have mixed emtions about the news that one of the most-loved characters in mystery fiction is finding new life in the hands of someone other than Agatha Christie. However, this is not the first time a character has been revived by a new author.
There have been six authors who followed Ian Fleming in penning James Bond novels. And while Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective has appeared in hundreds of stories and novels written by dozens of writers.
A number of other popular mystery series are being continuef in the same fashion by other authors. At the time of his death in 2010, Robert B. Parker was writing two series, Spenser, the PI in Boston, and Jesse stone, police chief of Paradise, MA. Since that time, with the approval of the Robert B. Parker estate, author Ace Atkins has written 3 new Spenser novels. The Jesse Stone series continuation is a little more confusing. Michael Brandman, who collaborated for years with Parker and wrote some of the screenplays for the TV adaptations of the Jesse Stone novels, has also written 3 books since Parker's death. However, this year another writer has taken over. Reed Farrel Coleman, author of the Moe Prager series, has been signed to write 4 Jesse Stone mysteries. The first, Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot, will be published on September 9.
Parker's western series in Fiction, featuring Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, is now being written by Robert Knott. My spouse, who loves all three series and their characters, has read all the Atkins, Brandman and Knott books. He likes that the series have continued, but he says, "It's just not quite the same."
In a real twist, Parker himself continued writing Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe series. He first completed Chandler's unfinished Poodle Springs in 1989 and followed that with Perchance to Dream in 1991, a sequel to Chandler's The Big Sleep.
In recent years Jill Paton Walsh has taken on the challenge of reviving Dorothy Sayer's popular sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. At the request of the Sayers Estate, she first completed Thrones and Dominations, begun by Sayers in 1938 and published in 1998. She has since written three Lord Peter mysteries: A Presumption of Death (2003) which was inspired by letters Sayers had written about Lord Peter, The Attenbury Emeralds (2011), and The Late Scholar (2013). The two most recent titles are shelved in the mystery section under Paton Walsh.
Donald Bain, author of the popular "Murder She Wrote" series is now writing mysteries in the Margaret Truman "Capital Crimes" series. The second title, Margaret Truman's Undiplomatic Murder, was released on July 15 and can be found in WPPL's new mystery section in the Reading Room.
Two other series continuations are being written by children of the authors. Anne Hillerman is following her father in crafting the long-running series featuring Navaho tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Her first novel, Spider Woman's Daughter (2013), focuses on the secondary character of Bernadette (Bernie) Manualito, who now shares the spotlight with Leaphorn and Chee.
in 2007, Felix Francis began collaborating with his father, Dick Francis, on his horse racing mysteries. Felix has written 3 books on his own since his father's death in 2010. All are shelved under Francis in the mystery section. The newest title, Dick Francis's Damage, will be published in October.
There is also a TV tie-in based on Monk, the obsessive-compulsive police detective in San Francisco. 15 titles were written by Lee Goldberg, who also worked on the TV program. He is now writing an FBI series with Janet Evanovich and has passed the Monk series on to Hy Conrad, one of the original writers for the TV show. His newest is Mr. Monk is Open for Business. We are now shelving all the Monk books, both by Goldberg and Conrad, under the title character's name, Monk.
And there is similar news from the Fiction section. Vince Flynn authored the popular Mitch Rapp series until his death last year and now Simon and Schuster and Flynn's estate have commissioned author Kyle Mills to complete the unfinished novel Flynn started before his death. The Survivor is tentatively scheduled to be published in 2015. Two additional Rapp novels by Mills are also part of the arrangement. Mills has written other Fiction titles along with authoring several Robert Ludlum Covert-One titles.
There are lots of titles for you to try and then decide whether they live up to the standards the original authors were known for. There are some big shoes to fill for these new writers.
Next up in some popular mystery series:
Howell, Dorothy - Beach Bags and Burglaries, with amateur sleuth and fashionista Haley Randolph (#8).
Krueger, William Kent - Windigo Island, featuring Minnesota PI Cork O'Connor (#14).
Martin, Nancy - A Little Night Murder, with the Blackbird Sisters (#10).
Penny Louise - The Long Way Home, (did you think Gamache had retired from sleuthing?) (#10).
Pronzini, Bill - Strangers, featuring the Nameless Detective (#38).
Todd, Charles - The Unwilling Accomplice, with Bess Crawford (#6).


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SALTSBURG: Elementary students learn about the weather
SALTSBURG — On Oct. 30, Pennsylvania State Police Officer John Matchik visited the Saltsburg Elementary School to discuss bullying and how to prevent it.
Matchik showed the students an educational video about bullying and showed them ways they could be bullied.
He informed them that bullying can occur by telephone, in person, or most commonly by Internet. He taught them to be a "S.T.A.R." — which stands for Stand Together Act Responsible.
Matchik said that bullying is "a learned behavior — kids are picking things up at home and things transition and carry over into the school environment. (Because of technological advancements,) we see it becoming more problematic at a younger and younger age. It's imperative for schools to incorporate programs like this —educational opportunities for them, so that kids understand the right things to do and how to act."
On Nov. 6, KDKA meteorologist Dennis Bowman visited Saltsburg Elementary School for a weather and safety program.
Bowman started his presentation with a magic trick involving a coloring book fully colored. He flipped through the pages and showed the book again, but this time the book was not colored. Bowman related the changes in the book to the ever-changing weather patterns and atmosphere.
Bowman then performed a ventriloquist act narrating a story about the sun and the wind.
He taught the students how the winds are produced and the dangers of storms. He stated, "When thunder roars, go indoors."
He also taught them the dangers of rain and flooding adding, "Turn around, don't drown." For his last performance, Bowman demonstrated a tornado with dry ice in an upright chamber.
Why does Bowman care so much about educating the public on weather?
He said, "weather is something that affects everybody — not everybody is a Penguins fan, not everybody cares what one politician said to another, but everybody is going to be affected by the weather, and so it is an important job."
Bowman stated that sometimes weather is critical to discuss because it can be a life or death situation, which is why his job is so important.
"Plus," Bowman added, "we don't have everything all figured out; we still have more to learn with our science, so it's an on-going study to make the weather forecast better each year."
Also on Nov. 6, Saltsburg's senior class sponsored its annual powderpuff game. The seniors dominated the juniors with a winning score of 18-0.
The senior coaches were Steve Richards, Tony Salandra, Tyler Bendis, Tommy Roman, Lucas Mowery and Arthur McGuire. The junior coaches were Jacob Grguric, James Beitel, Zachary Sinclair, Caleb Treece and Tyler Frassenei. Faculty coaches for the seniors were Darrin Baker and Geoff Dixon. The juniors' faculty coaches were Josh Cunningham and Lauren Falcsik.
On Nov. 7, Saltsburg student council held a blood drive for local recipients at the high school. The blood drive had received 56 donors, and collected 50 usable pints. The Central Blood Bank sponsors a scholarship for students where schools earn points for every participating donor. Money will be awarded to schools based on the number of points earned.
Saltsburg competitive majorettes will be kicking off their annual Rada Cutlery fundraiser.
If you would like to purchase cutlery, please contact the high school office or order from a majorette.
PHOTO: Pennsylvania State Police Trooper John Matchik recently visited Saltsburg Elementary School to present an anti-bullying program.
PHOTO: KDKA meteorologist Dennis Bowman visited Saltsburg Elementary School recently. (Submitted photo/Saltsburg High School)


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SSI Hall of Fame: Pick 6
Half-a-dozen individuals who have profoundly impacted the electronic security industry are named to SSI's Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement. Leaders and innovators in business, technology, training and standards, and more make the Class of 2010 a class act indeed.
By Scott Goldfine · February 28, 2010
Established in 2004 to represent the ultimate recognition for exceptional performance, the SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION Hall of Fame annually enshrines those uncommon people who have etched out an enduring impression within the profession, consistently maintained over the course of an entire career. Inductees are honored each year in an official induction ceremony held during the SAMMY Awards the eve of ISC West (March 23) at the Venetian Hotel.
SSI is pleased to announce the Hall's esteemed Class of 2010 (in alphabetical order): Lou Fiore, president, L.T. Fiore Inc.; John Hakanson, president, Honeywell Sensing and Devices; Donald Horn, president, The Horn Group LLC; Bill Moody, former vice president of technology, ADT; John Murphy, president/CEO, Vector Security; and Ralph Sevinor, president, Wayne Alarm Systems.
Like the 46 illustrious individuals who preceded them into the Hall and nominated them for inclusion, this year's inductees carry impeccable credentials and their industry contributions are irrefutable. Their profiles vividly convey how this sextet has blazed trails that are equal measures extraordinary and captivating.
For more information on past Hall of Fame inductees, click here.
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It was already a surprise when I got the e-mail saying that I
was nominated for the Win a Trip to Kyoto part IV, so it was really even greater surprise, when I
got the e-mail telling me, that I had actually won the lottery. I was just
stunned, since I really couldn't believe that this sort of luck could fall upon
me: Im really going to Kyoto! It took me many days to calm down, thats how excited I
was about this trip. And it really was a worthy trip.
When I arrived at Osaka International Airport and came out of the plane, the first thing that was very
much different from Finland was of course the weather. It was very warm day, around
+35 degree Celsius, the sun was shining and the humidity was really something.
To be honest, the only thing I had problems to cope with was the weather. Still
I tried not to let it bother me, just had to drink lots of water and try to
stay out of the sun when possible in order to avoid dehydration.
I took a bus from Osaka International Airport to Kyoto with help of a Japanese lady, to whom I'm very grateful,
and finally arrived to Kyoto Station, where one of Tozando's international team
employees, Yu Bo, was waiting for me. After a short introduction we took a taxi
in order to get to the Tozando Main store and office, and during the trip I saw
a little of the Kyoto's city center. At the office I met another employee of
the international team, Gavin, and together with Yu Bo they told me some of the
basics of how to get around in Kyoto, gave me a map, and also some bus tickets. At this point
we also made some plans regarding the next few days. After that I left for my
first short walk around Kyoto.
While walking around the streets I was already amazed by
how different everything was compared to a city in Finland: the traffic, streets, architecture, just everything.
The streets are much steeper and buildings are built very near by one another,
which is very much different from the area where I live in Finland. Also the traffic is left-sided in Japan, so it took me some time to get used to it (in Finland its right-sided). I must have looked like a real
tourist, since I was taking pictures of pretty much everything I saw.
After the first day I got a ride from Gavin to the
Tozando guest house which was in a place called Omi Maiko. It was 42 kilometers
away from Kyoto, and thats where I was going to live for the duration
of the trip. The guest house was a very nice place to be staying at, and I
really did enjoy my stay there. Also I was very happy that the guest house had
an air conditioning system which really was needed after the long and warm day,
and also after the days to come. It was also nice that Gavin actually lived
quite near by the guest house: when he was going to work Id get a lift from
him, so it was very convenient and easy for me to get to Kyoto. Of course during the weekend I took a train, which was
actually quite easy to use, even though I was rather nervous about it at first.
At the beginning of my trip Yu Bo was going around Kyoto with me, answering my questions to his best knowledge
and teaching how to get around easily by bus and how to use the bus tickets. He
really seemed to know a lot of the places we visited, and I really enjoyed
listening to the stories and facts he told me about the temples and shrines.
The places that struck me the most during the trip were probably Daikaku-ji
temple, Kinkaku-ji temple, Heian Jingu shrine, Fujimi Inari area and Kiyomizu
Dera area. Also the Higashi Hongan-ji temple was something very amazing in my
opinion, even though it was under some heavy reconstruction, and I wasn't able
to see all of it. Out of the modern places, I really enjoyed visiting Kyoto National Museum and Kyoto International Manga Museum and also three different stores Tozando has around Kyoto.
Before my trip I actually didn't know that Tozando has
different stores around Kyoto, so those were also places I wanted to visit. The stores
specialized in different products: the 'Main Store' specializes in Kendo,
Aikido and also some other martial arts, The 'Shogoin Store' specializes in Iaido
and Samurai armor among other things(obviously my favorite store of the three,
since Im practicing Iaido) and the third I visited was called 'Gallery 369'
and had different kinds of decorations and Buddhist statues made out of wood
and other materials. Of these three stores, we used the main office as a place
where we would meet up if needed.
With help of Yu Bo I had little chats with the people working in the different stores. It was actually a pleasant surprise that in the store which specializes in Iaido, the woman behind the counter, Tsuchiya-san, was able to speak English. Also at the main office there were employees who were able to speak English. All of the stores were very nicely decorated and had a nice traditional feeling to them. The staff was always very helpful and polite, so it was very easy for me to ask anything from them, if I had a question about a product or about anything. At the Main Store it was also interesting to watch when a few of the craftsman employees working there were actually crafting the pieces of equipment needed in Kendo.
During the walks I visited different kinds of restaurants
and I have to say Japanese food is very good. I was very happy to be tasting
all those different, and to me rather exotic dishes. Yu Bo took me for lunch to
couple very nice restaurants, and during the days I was going around by myself,
I just went to different restaurants without knowing what to expect. I really
have to recommend a little restaurant in the Arashiyama area called Ichi Kyu
(Im unfortunately not sure if it was spelled like that). The food was
absolutely delicious and the service I got there was really top notch. I also
met an old Japanese couple there, with whom I had a very nice conversation
with. Of course there was a little problem with the language, since Yu Bo wasn't with me during this day, but we managed quite alright with a little
English, very basic Japanese and also with different gestures.
On the 12th I got a chance to watch Kendo and also Kyudo practice
sessions. I had heard about Kendo, and I had watched some Kendo matches from YouTube,
but Kyudo was completely new to me. Im practicing Muso Shiden Ryu Iaido
myself, so I didn't take part in these two. I had never seen how either of them
is actually practiced, so it was very interesting for me to just sit and watch.
It was also interesting to see what kind places the Dojo's are in Japan. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take part in Iaido
practice session even though we tried to arrange for that, but I really didn't
mind. There was so much to see that I really didn't think it was that bad to
miss a training session. Perhaps Ill get my chance to practice Iaido in Japan another time.
I was lucky that the Gion Matsuri festival was going on during my visit. Occasionally I saw one or two of the carriages being built, and I thought that I really should see them when they were ready. On the 17th July I went to see the main event of Gion Matsuri, the large parade, and again I have to say I was rather stunned. It was just very impressive; every carriage was so massive and so many people were needed to pull this very big event off. And the music which was played added very much to the atmosphere of the parade. It was very crowded during that day in the Gion area, so I really got a feeling that something big was going on. Its actually a shame that I didn't do more research about Kyoto before going there. Perhaps I would have understood better the reasons behind everything that was happening during the Gion Matsuri, and about many other things too. Still even though I wasn't completely sure what was going on it was really amazing. And in my opinion it's very important that a tradition like this has been preserved all these years. I had never seen something like that before.
Another thing I never got tired of was the nature and the
mountains surrounding Kyoto and also Omi Maiko where I was staying. In Finland we have no real mountains, so I was very excited to just
look at them and let my eyes rest on their beauty and greatness. During two of
the days of my stay I was walking around in Omi Maiko and admiring the
surrounding forests and the mountains. There was also this large lake called
Biwako near Omi Maiko that really got my attention. It might have been nice to go
and have a walk in the wild, but I couldn't manage to do everything I wanted in
such a short time. Perhaps I'll get a chance to do that if I'm ever able to
visit Japan again!
The thing that made my stay at Kyoto so easy and carefree was probably the fact that everyone
was so polite and willing to help me if I needed help, even though I dont even
speak Japanese. The things I really did enjoy in Kyoto were the politeness, the helpfulness and also the very
good manners that people had there. It is unfortunate, that I cant speak
Japanese, and therefore couldn't have conversations with the people I met
during my visit, but of course when Yu Bo was with me, he would translate the
conversation, if we were speaking with someone. Also I noticed very soon that I
was bowing to everyone, even though thats not a custom in Finland, but still I thought it was very nice. It was quite
catching and it becomes a habit quite fast. Perhaps I should keep bowing even
though Im back in Finland at the moment!
Overall I'm very satisfied with the trip. There's nothing more I could have ever
asked for this kind of trip, and I'm very grateful to everyone at Tozando for
giving me this great opportunity and honor. Special thanks to Yu Bo and Gavin
for taking care of me during my stay and for arranging everything for me. You
really made my visit to Japan unforgettable. Ill be sure to keep supporting Tozando!
Best regards,
Riku Huomo (Finland)
Ps. There is one more thing to be mentioned. Three days
after my arrival in Finland, the custom Iaito I had ordered from Tozando
arrived. It truly is a piece of art and so far I've been very happy to be
practicing with it. It arrived at the perfect time after my trip: I was able to
come home and settle down, and then the Iaito arrived. It was a good way for me
to go back in time and remember what I had seen and experienced in Kyoto, and also a good reason for me to check every
single one of the photos I took during the trip again.


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|Date Added: Tuesday 13 August, 2013
I bought this to hatch quail eggs, I set 15 eggs in it. When I candled around 8 days, I was pretty sure only 14/15 eggs I had set were fertile. This incubator worked great but needed a few tweaks. Without a fan it was hard to keep the temps stable in there. So I bought a small USB fan and set it inside the incubator. That helped a lot. I had a temperature spike one day but the eggs seemed to do ok. Keeping the humidity stable was a little tricky, but I didn't use anything to measure the humidity. On hatch day, things started looking dry so I upped the humidity by adding water. I think I upped it too much because one of the babies got stuck in the egg and died. I had two more that were slow to hatch and the incubator started to get dry so I had to help them out. (mistake) They both ended up dying a couple days later.All in all, it was a good starter incubator, wasn't too expensive and got the job done. I ended up with way more quail babies than I expected, especially for a newbie. If you purchase this incubator, definitely invest in a cheap USB fan. The one I used stood up on it's own.
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|Date Added: Sunday 30 June, 2013
Nice size, keeps a constant tempature like the big windows easy for viewing. I would recommend this for any one.
|by Krysten
|Date Added: Saturday 11 May, 2013
This item is a great value for the price. Best price I have seen and it does the job just fine.
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|Date Added: Friday 01 February, 2013
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|by Anonymous
|Date Added: Thursday 06 September, 2012
I actually used this incubator to make tempeh, but it worked fairly well given its price. I set it around 90 degrees, and never saw it go below 85 or above 95. The fluctuations that everyone is reporting could be due to the temperature within the house (it affects it somewhat). The other explanation is that its integrity is a hit or miss, or that it works better at different temperatures.
|by Jessica
|Date Added: Tuesday 06 March, 2012
Ok, so incubating eggs is no easy task. I gave this bator 4 stars because well, IMO its a bit pricy and it's missing something... The automatic egg turner!!! If you don't have all day for 18 days to turn egg 3 times a day, you NEED an egg turner!!! I find it kind of hard to believe these suckers cost very much to manufacture, but if you want both the bator and the turner you are gonna pay $100+... Where's my Oh S*$! face??? I just want to show my kids the miracle of life without breaking the bank. Other than my gripe on the price. I havn't used the bator with the turner, so I'm hoping my next hatch will be much better than my first (2 out of 15 eggs just isn't good numbers). So crossing fingers and hoping to remember to update my review!! PS. I'm using the thermometer that came with the bator and it reads a constant 99.5 (ideal) that we set it at. I put a digital (battery operated) hydrometer in the bater and with all the reservoirs filled keep at least a 67% humidity (60%+ is ideal) at the top of the bator.


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The Domination of Strangers: Modern Governance in Eastern India, 1780-1835
€ 106,49
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Dezember 2008
BeschreibungOffering a major new interpretation of the transformation of political thought and practice in colonial India, The Domination of Strangers traces the origins of modern ideas about the state and Indian civil society to the practical interaction between the British and their south Asian subjects.
InhaltsverzeichnisMaps and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Comparing Eighteenth-Century Political Societies Crisis, Anxiety and the Making of a New Order Colonial Indecision and the Origins of the Hindu Joint Family Governing the Power of Proprietors The State as Machine and the Ambivalent Origins of Colonial Reform Indian Liberalism and Colonial Utilitarianism Reflections Notes Bibliography
PortraitJON E WILSON is Lecturer in History at King's College London. He has degrees in both history and anthropology. His research focuses on the history of modern South Asia, especially Bengal, its relationship to global social and intellectual forces and their contemporary political and philosophical implications.
Pressestimmen'Innovative and stimulating...The Domination of Strangers is a remarkably evocative book. Its methodological suggestiveness both in its particular understanding of what marks a 'modern' state as well as its arguments that the history of political thought must attend not just to abstract philosophy or to its reception, but to the ideas produced out of political practice of those in the middle who did the governing - will make it quite stimulating reading both within colonial history and beyond it.' Philip Stern, Reviews in History 'This elegantly written and thought-provoking book opens up new perspectives on changes in colonial governance in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Eastern India. Innovatively applying a reading of Georg Simmel's essay on 'The Stranger' to the colonial context in India, it characterises these changes in terms of ambivalent and contradictory responses to a practical and semantic crisis in the East India Company's relations with Eastern Indian society. This important book also sheds new light on other areas of debate (such as the Anglicist-Orientalist controversy) by relocating these in the context of this crisis of governance. In addition, it brings its conclusions to bear on a wider comparative framework that discusses the differences and similarities between non-colonial regimes in continental Europe and Britain, and the colonial regime in India. As such, its breadth of perspective combined with focussed archival readings will appeal to historians of both modern South Asia and Britain, and to those who are interested in the issue of modern governance as a whole.' - Javed Majeed, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Untertitel: Modern Governance in Eastern India, 1780-1835. 'Cambridge Imperial and Post-Co'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH
Erscheinungsdatum: Dezember 2008
Seitenanzahl: 242 Seiten
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-94?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12476374 ] Patrick Linskey commented on OPENJPA-94: ---------------------------------------- > However, it doesn't work if deleteTableContents is replaced with delete-table-contents. Oops, sorry about that. > It is better to document the usage with examples. Turns out it's in the 0.9.7 docs; we just haven't done a release since it was implemented. > Allow MappingTool and persistence.xml to support drop-create for database schema > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: OPENJPA-94 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-94 > Project: OpenJPA > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Shay Banon > Attachments: openjpa_94.zip > > > Currently, in the persistence context, one can define: > <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema" /> > Which causes OpenJPA to build the database schema based on the mapping defined. Currently, there is no way to define it to drop tables if they exists before creating the database schema. This is very useful for tests that drop (if exists) and creates new tables for each test. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Throughout her exceptional career, Kate Winslet has held a wide array of critically acclaimed roles. With multiple Academy Award nominations under her belt (and one win), Winslet has proven herself to be one of the most formidable and skilled actors currently in the industry. Here are nine of her most standout roles.
1. Titanic
Regardless of whether you believe Winslet's performance in the beloved 1997 James Cameron film is her finest, it's by far one of the best-known and highly recognized roles of her career. Her turn as Rose DeWitt Bukater in the fictionalized account of the sinking of the British passenger liner in 1912 earned critical acclaim, as did co-star Leonardo DiCaprio and the film overall. The movie, now considered one of the most classic love stories of all time, became the first film to ever gross more than $1 billion. In addition to being a commercial success, it also earned 14 Oscar nominations, including one for Winslet. Winslet didn't win an award, but the movie went on to win Best Picture.
2. The Reader
Winslet won both the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this 2008 romantic drama, based on the novel of the same name. Her gutsy performance as Hanna Schmitz, a 36-year-old woman who has an affair with a 15-year-old in 1958 Germany, earned glowing reviews from critics. The film itself also earned several Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director.


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Austin, Texas, that bottomless pit of odd rock, offers us yet another kook-group, Tele Novella. Featuring former members of Agent Ribbons and Voxtrot, their sound isn't too crazed. The tune here is a dippy twist of a latterday '60s James Bond theme lamenting an ex-heartthrob, while back-up harmonies lollygag around. But the video, that we're premiering today, is a surrealist's idea of a basement party with some jittery mimes who end up signing out the song. The band will be releasing a torrent of 7-inches over the next few months, this being one of them. And they've got a tour starting tomorrow in Austin. Check out the video and tour dates below.
Tour Dates For Tele Novella:
04/23 – Austin, TX @ Stubb's (HAIM after party)
04/24 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
04/25 – Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge (matinee show)
04/26 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
04/27 – Madison, WI @ Mickey's Tavern
04/28 – Appleton, WI @ Lawrence College
04/29 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
04/30 – St. Louis, MO @ Lemmons
05/01 – Memphis, TN @ Lamplighter
05/02 – New Orleans, LA @ The Saint
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To Mike and I, Pismo Beach is a place to take a crap and eat. The coastline looks like much of the Southern California coast so there's really nothing to gawk about. What does make some noise is the clam chowder.
Every time we visit Pismo, we stop at Splash Cafe, a little restaurant on the main strip near the Pismo pier. The clam chowder here is second to none - much better than the chowder we had in Monterey.
The first difference is the toasted bread bowls. It's amazing how a little crunch in the bread can make something so much better
The other good part of Splash Cafe is their bathrooms. I've washed my face and dropped deuces in there many times. It's a comfortable little bathroom with strange scrawls and pictures on the wall.
If you want to get a sugar high, go to the California Coast Candy Company a few blocks from the pier. The saltwater taffy there is the best and there's also sugar-packed fudge brownies that will make your eyes pop out of the sockets.
We spent an hour in town before hitting the road again. There was much to do before getting back to OC.
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I was browsing through stores and noticed dlps are still available. Many of them show ghosting however, and the salesman said that is typical of dlp. Is that true?
I m looking for a large screen 65+ inch, and do not necessarily need a flat screen for this particular room. Most dlps I see tend to be dimmer and have viewing angle issues.
So should I forget about dlp? The viewing angle does not bother me. The dimness bothers me a tad. The ghosting is a definite deal killer if symptomatic of dlps.
A lot that you see in the stores, is just the effect caused by people playing with the settings, and the retail environment. Friends of ours has a 65" Samsung DLP and we have not seeing any ghosting, etc when watching sports or other fast moving programming on it. Usually what you get with DLP's is the Rainbow effect caused by the color wheel on the Engine.
The DLP is a "projection screen TV" as opposed to a "direct view screen" TV. Projection TVs tend to be dimmer and have viewing angle issues compared with direct view. The latter is due to screen gain which brightens the picture for those sitting directly in front at the expense of those sitting off to the side. Separate projector and screen setups (front projection) also has viewing angle issues if you choose a screen with gain.
The Rainbow Effect can be thought of as a kind of ghosting.
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Bank analysis suggests the black hole could be as large as £60 billion. The Governor said banks would have to raise billions more, because they had not put aside enough funds to cover potential losses on previous loans, as well as payouts on scandals such as payment protection insurance and Libor-fixing.
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Today was another short weekday.
I cleaned and painted my oil catch can.
It was originally chromed, but I personally don't like chrome and it didn't match anything under the hood and stood out like crazy.
I ground off any loose chrome and cleaned it using mineral spirits.
I painted it satin black, which shouldn't really stand out but look nice.
I mounted my MAFia to the battery tray with velcro.
Part of that is so it can be removed to adjust when necessary, and I may go to a lightweight battery later on so no need to permanently mount it to the battery tray.
I installed the 55lb injectors.
Aside from having to huff a lot of gas fumes, this was one of the easiest things I've done so far.
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Each injectors has a small metal clip that easily pops off using 2 flat head screwdrivers.
That metal clip goes on the new injectors.
I also removed all the stock spark plugs and coated the threads with anti-sieze and then reinstalled them.
I don't want any suprises when I go to get my car tuned, and siezed spark plugs definitely fit that category!
I gapped the Autolite 103 plugs to .035" and set them in the passenger seat so I won't forget them when I go to get my car tuned.
Finally tonight I installed one of the -3AN reusable, swivel hose ends to my oil feed line.
I then ran a test route for the line, screwing the one mounted hose end to the oil sending unit.
This way I can get a clear idea of how much line I have to trim from the 6' section it comes in.
I'll install the other hose end after I trim of the excess.
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AAPL selling was pretty short-lived. Anyone trying to drive AAPL down…pretty much failed.
The trend continues to look like it's up. And the markets have yet to have a particularly awesome up day!
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I have a 125 gal Fresh Water Tanks and am getting ready to add 2 M/H lights for the plants. My ? is this.
Is 2 400 watt 4000K bulbs
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More than enough light. You might want to get a higher color temp though. Your algae will love you for it. 6.4 watts per gallon is a hell of a lot of light. You would be better off with a couple of 150 or 175 watt bulbs.
You'd also get better dispersion with, say, three 175w MH's. And you'd still have 4.3 watts per gallon, which is a excellent amount of light for a tank that size.
My balists are 175s so I am going to have to stick with the 175 M/H what if I just used one light in the middle of the tank would that work or would that make the ends of the tank kinda low on light :(
will post a picture of my light setup later if anyone wants to see it and have a better idea of what I am using :flick:
If yours is the conventional 6 foot long 125 gallon all-glass aquarium, then you're definitely not going to be able to get away with a single light, no matter what the size. One MH is generally used to illuminate two feet of tank width. If you already have a 175, simply add two more and that would be perfect.
I have 2 175s on my 125 gal tank sorry for all the ? but I am new to the live plant tank thing so any and all info is welcome
also I think before I siad 2 400 watt M/H
But they are 2 175s right now with 10000 K and am looking at going to two 175 40000K
sorry for the mix up :confused:
Ok so you've already got the two 175 watt Metal Halides with bulbs that have a color temperature of 10,000K. You want to replace these with bulbs of the same wattage (175w) but a higher color temperature (40,000K)?
If that's what you're asking, I definitely do not think that is a good idea. While plants do rely heavily on blue light for plant growth, they also need strong output in the red are of the spectrum. I'd actually look at bulbs in the 5000K - 6700K region, but if yours are still working, I wouldnt' change a thing. Next bulb change you can try a lower color temperature.
ok thats what I thought I need a lower k and same 175w
is it normal for the blubs to blink like a strob light but super fast
or are they on there way out ?
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Guests are always impressed when I serve these restaurant-quality shrimp. A selection of sauces served alongside adds the perfect touch. —:Tacy Holliday Germantow, Maryland
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- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon seafood seasoning
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3/4 cup pineapple juice
- 1 package (14 ounces) sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Oil for deep-fat frying
- Sweet-and-sour sauce, plum sauce or Dijon mustard, optional
- In a bowl, combine the flour, seasoning, egg and pineapple juice until smooth. Place coconut in a shallow bowl. Dip shrimp into batter, then coat with coconut.
- In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry shrimp, a few at a time, for 1-1/2 minutes or until golden brown, turning occasionally. Drain on paper towels. Serve with dipping sauce or mustard if desired. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.
Originally published as Coconut Shrimp in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2003, p29
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"The batter and coconut would not stick to the shrimp at all. It was a big mess."
Reviewed Jul. 17, 2008
"and it taste really good"


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Quirky Japanese designer Takayuki Fukuzawa is on a mission to make people smile.
A graduate of Tokyo's Nihon University, Fukuzawa started designing his own unique brand of "humourous art and design" products not long after entering full-time employment as a home designer. After bringing smiles to exhibition attendees' faces and realising that he might be on to something, he quickly established his own company, ekoD Works (pronounced "eco doh"), and hasn't looked back since.
Japan's Excite News sat down with Fukuzawa to pick his brains about his unusual product line-up, the meaning behind the company name and the runaway success of his mercilessly cheeky "Wild Idea Mapping red Bra T-shirt".