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Wireless N Speed & Range
Equiped with 3 antennas, users can create a high speed wireless network and up to 18X the speed and 6X the range of conventional 11g products. It shows more excellent abilities of mitigating data loss over long distances and through obstacles in a small office or a large apartment, even in a steel-and-concrete building. Above all, you could easily pick up the wireless network during long-distance connection where legacy 11g products may not!
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Crimson Ocher is a semi-transparent deep red with purplish-pink undertones, fine grained. The red ocher comprising Crimson Ocher is a red iron oxide earth from quarries in Lori province of northern Armenia.
Red iron oxide or ferric oxide is the principle coloring agent in red ochers, such as Crimson Ocher. This color is based on the natural mineral hematite associated with varying proportions of other minerals such as clay, chalk and silica. They differ from other ochers in that they do not contain water bound with iron oxide. In other words, the iron to which they owe their color is iron oxide not hydrated iron oxide.
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Calif. wildland firefighters have to pick their battles
By Scott Lindlaw
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U.S. Forest Service crew Superintendent Chip Laughaun, center, in red hat, briefs his firefighters before creating a fire line beneath a house as the Basin Complex Fire burns downhill towards Big Sur, Calif. on Monday.
Their plan is this: Crews are dispatched to protect communities in the path of flames, while blazes are allowed to chew through acres of forest land.
Officials say the tactic is necessary in a fire season that already has seen hot weather, rough terrain and lightning storms complicate efforts to bring blazes under control.
"It's like eating an elephant, you've got to eat it one bite at a time," said Jason Kirchner, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service. "We have to take a step back, figure out where the best place is to make a stand and sometimes wait for the fire to come to us in those situations."
Long-running wildfires are not unusual in California. It was four months before firefighters controlled a blaze that blackened more than 375 square miles of Santa Barbara County backcountry last year.
What is extraordinary this year is the number of fires burning at the same time, Kirchner said. The weekend of June 21 saw some 1,200 fires burning, a figure Forest Service officials said appeared to be an all-time record in California.
State officials, however, counted more than 1,000 ongoing blazes. The source of the discrepancy apparently was a different counting method.
Also unusual, Kirchner said, was that there have been no significant injuries to civilians or firefighters even though some 570 square miles have burned in California this season. There were a few minor injuries as harsh terrain hampered firefighters' efforts to battle a blaze in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
"It is extremely steep, very rugged territory, and there are a lot of injuries, twisting ankles, slipping on hills," Kirchner said. Burning debris is "rolling downhill right past your containment line. It's very complicated, difficult, dirty firefighting work."
Even so, firefighters managed to increase their containment of that 55-square-mile fire to 36 percent by Monday evening. A smaller blaze in the nearby Trinity Alps Wilderness, a popular summer hiking spot, was only 2 percent contained after scorching more than 4 square acres.
Two wildfires choked parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills, sending up plumes of smoke that darkened patches of the 100-mile stretch between Sacramento and Reno.
The fires in the Tahoe National Forest blanketed portions of the Interstate 80 corridor linking the two cities and the foothill communities in between where tens of thousands of people live.
Along the Pacific, fire officials said fog and humidity helped them gain ground on a blaze in the Los Padres National Forest that was just 3 percent contained and had blackened nearly 62 square miles near the storied town of Big Sur.
Firefighters poured personnel and equipment into the area to ensure the fire did not reach the town, said John Ahlman, a Los Padres forest spokesman.
Officials said there was a possibility of rain in the far northern part of the state this week. But the changing weather pattern also could bring new lightning and high winds, which could touch off new blazes and fan the current ones, said John Heil, a Forest Service spokesman.
Even a modest rain storm, highly unusual in July, would do little to diminish the likelihood of a long, tough fire season, Heil said.
"Unless it rains, and we get some really good rainfall, you can pretty much expect it to be here right through October," he said.
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It's difficult to embrace the idea of Utopia these days — contemporary cynicism and irony don't leave much room for addressing the healing of our planet or improving the human condition. Still, artists dare to hope — striving to envision a perfect world even as they critique some life's grimmer realities. In "ALMOST PARADISE: DANIEL HEIDKAMP, JO JACKSON, ERIKA SOMOGYI, AND CRISTINA TORO," which opens at LaMontagne Gallery on November 17, four painters offer commentary, criticism, and observations on the world as they find it.
In the West Coast–based Jackson's new work, for example, skeleton keys, pocket watches, and playing cards rain down on a melting glacial mass. Puerto Rican–born, Upstate New York–based Toro is inspired by art from India, Africa, Peru, and China as he invents a personal world that recalls folk creation myths and epic fairy tales. Boston Museum School grad Heidkamp fills large-scale paintings with humans interacting in ways that range from the gory to the mundane, and often bathed in a kind of visionary light. And New Yorker Somogyi creates large watercolors that the Village Voice described as "breezily upbeat . . . like the Day-Glo, utopian posters that adorned many a wood-paneled '70s basement" but that reveal themselves, on closer inspection, to be "more like the hangover from a party that devolved into nastiness."
Actual, old-style reality, filtered through personal experience and cultural identity, informs the work of MARIA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS, whose own identity and biography have provided subject matter for her art since the 1980s. The Cuban-born Campos-Pons, who lives and works in Boston, where she teaches at the Museum School and runs the innovative GASP gallery that she founded in Brookline, speaks at Boston University on November 26 as part of the School of Visual Arts' "Contemporary Perspectives Lecture Series."
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Silent Parables is a recognized student ministry club of Mount Vernon Nazarene University now which has been in existence since 1998. This group of Christian mimes has performed at various college and community events and in churches in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and California.
Silent Parables conveys the Christian message in mime, which includes original scripts and dramatic motion to some of the more popular Christian music of the day. Many of the routines are created and choreographed by the students themselves. Each year the team is composed of 10-12 dedicated students who practice two hours each week and travel on planned weekends..
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Date of Stay: September, 2012
I read reviews to determine what parks we stay in. This one had good reviews and is in a good location to visit the Columbus River and Mt. Hood. I found the park to be overrated for several reasons. The sites are very tight. We have a 40 foot RV with four slides. One slide had to push back a pine tree which also made it difficult to walk to the rear of the motorhome without bending over. The driver's side slide extended into the neighbors site while the window awnings extended even further. The sites are paved and somewhat tight to get into but doable, but expect a narrow site on the pull-through sites. The site also has a half space to park your car. We found that we could barely open the coach door without hitting the car. Keep in mind that some sites in the park are wider and you might ask for a wide site when calling for reservations. The office person was very nice to deal with. We stayed five nights but would probably look for another park if we return to the area. We paid about $28 per day for a five day stay.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
This would be our first choice in West Yellowstone. It has paved roads and paved sites and good power. The only downside is that they do not allow campfires. We stayed here for ten days and enjoyed being near the center of town. The staff was helpful and friendly. We enjoyed the free coffee in the lounge each morning. A great park in a special place.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
This is a good family campground. We picked it for a family reunion because it allows campfires and has an indoor swimming pool. The family enjoyed the time here. The owners/managers/staff are friendly and helpful. We were at another RV park in West Yellowstone so we arrived at 10:30. Initally they said we had to wait until 11 am although the site was ready. I thought that since we had rented three cottages for five nights and two weeks in the deluxe motorhome section, that this was not right. I am an old man without a lot of patience. The manager finally agreed with me and we got settled. The site we had was great. Very spacious and they brought us two extra picnic tables. We had a total of seventeen people so that was great. I would recommend this park for families. I would rate it higher but I have been to some really opulent RV parks that do rate a ten.
Date of Stay: May, 2011
We arrived on April 27 and paid for a month. The rate was 425 plus a 100 deposit for electricity. The staff was helpful. The roads are paved and the sites have concrete strips for the tires. Otherwise the sites are rock. The power is good. Be careful when you check in as some of the sewer connections are at the very rear of the pull thru sites and you will need a long hose to dump. Some rows have the sewer towards the middle of the site. They have a decent store and gas station with a nice lounge for guests. We would stay here again. I am a tough critic but will give this park a seven and recommend it. It is close to Lake Tahoe and Carson City. The casinos are fun with some having good food at a reasonable price.
Date of Stay: January, 2011
Good power, water and sewer. Wide paved streets and fairly wide concrete sites. We were at a premium site which is wider than the regular sites. Rather noisy with Monterey Highway and the commuter trains right across the highway. Lots of hiking and bicycle trails right behind the park along Coyote creek. A park of this class should provide picnic tables. Two dollars a day extra if you want a table. Nice clubhouse and nice staff. This is one of the best RV parks in the South Bay area and we would go back. I would rate it a nine or ten but the Motor Coach Country Club in Indio is a ten and no other park is that nice. We stayed here for a month in January of 2011. You won't be disappointed. Our rate was based on a rate of 950 for a month.
Date of Stay: October, 2010
I agree mostly with the former reviews. Yellow rocks protecting the grass and somewhat narrow but long pull through sites. The connections are at the very rear so if you are towing you will be able to hook up electricity but water will require an extension hose and the sewer was just too far to try so if you need to dump you will have to park toward the rear and unhook your tow. Otherwise, a decent park with paved roads and concrete sites. I might rate it higher but for the location of the services and the painted yellow boulders. Watch out for them.
Date of Stay: April, 2010
This is a convenient stop just off of I95. It is easy in and out. We are in a motorhome full time for eight years so I have had a lot of experience in campgrounds and RV Parks. I am a tough rater. Any park without paved roads and sites cannot be rated over 8. But this is one of the best KOA's we have used. Very long pull through sites with wide access. There is a nice trail that goes around a pond. The trail starts at the entry. We stop early in the day and try to get a walk. I would definitely stop here again.
Date of Stay: January, 2009
We use this park for overnighters between Kerrville and Las Cruces. They have a cafe which my wife likes, plus level and large pull through sites. This is an excellent rest stop. Not much freeway noise. We plan to stop again in January of 2010 on our way across Texas. I highly recommend this park.


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Centura Health, the region's health care leader, will enhance its smoke/tobacco-free workplace policy to no longer hire tobacco users, effective January 1, 2015. In 2012, Centura Health became smoke- and tobacco-free at all its entities and facilities, so the use of tobacco products on Centura
Health premises is already prohibited. As Centura Health moves upstream to manage health, the enhanced policy demonstrates its continued commitment to create and maintain a healthy workplace.
Tobacco use is undeniably dangerous to a person's health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco use leads to disease and disability and is the leading preventable cause of death. Modifying its existing policy to reflect a
tobacco-free hiring workplace in Colorado and Kansas is the latest step Centura Health is taking to promote the health of its workplace and help associates control their health care costs.
The change to the smoke/tobacco-free workplace policy does not apply to current associates. Under the enhanced policy, applicants selected for a position after January 1 will be tested for tobacco as part of their post-job offer screening. Applicants who
test positive for tobacco use will be eliminated from consideration and may be eligible to reapply for job opportunities at Centura Health following 90 days after their last test result.
Learn more about Centura Health's tobacco-free hiring workplace.
Centura Health encourages its associates to actively manage their health and wellness and provides resources to help them be successful through a number of tools including CaféWell, the Centura Health Quitline, the Profile Employee Assistance Program,
and the classes and wellness coaching available at Centura Health entities.
"As the region's leading health care system, we are deeply committed to improving the health of our communities, especially as we move upstream to manage health," said Gary Campbell, president and CEO, Centura Health. "It is important that we serve as a role
model by internally promoting the benefits of health and wellness to create and sustain a healthy workforce. By inspiring one another to achieve our own level of health and wellness, we will truly optimize health care value for consumers."
About Centura HealthCentura Health connects individuals, families and neighborhoods across Colorado and western Kansas with more than 6,000 physicians and 17,100 of the best hearts and minds in health care. Through our 15 hospitals, six senior living
communities, health neighborhoods, physician practices and clinics, home care and hospice services, and Flight For Life® Colorado, we are making the region's best health care accessible and affordable in every community we serve. We believe you can inspire the people you care about to live healthier lives by
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Oral History Research Guide
Start with
- How to use the Oral History Collection at Columbia
Then go to
- Oral History Online
Available only to current faculty, staff and students of Columbia University. It is an index of English language oral histories that are publicly available on the Web and that are held by repositories and archives around the world with intent to make it possible to find and explore the voices of more than 300,000 individuals.
South Asia Oral History Projects Around the World
- British Hinduism Oral History Project
Conceived and developed by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies to record the experiences of Hindus who have settled in Britain. The project ran from 2000–4 and involved conducting and recording interviews with Hindus who migrated to Britain.
- British Voices from South Asia
An exhibition at LouisianaStateUniversity. It examines the Indian Empire, which was the central focus of later British colonialism. It does not deal directly with politics or economics, however, but rather with the social and the cultural, with the experiences of British life in India and with intercultural influences. The exhibition marks the acquisition by the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at LSU of a series of taped interviews—conducted by Professors Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan of the LSU English Department—with British people who lived and worked in India before Independence in 1947. Collectively they provide a sort of "self-portrait" of a colonial subculture and accounts of how Europeans experienced a great Asian society under the peculiar conditions of their time. Quotations from the interviews have been included for each section of the exhibition. These first-person "testimonies" allow the visitor to experience history through the immediacy of spoken recollections.
- South Asian Oral History Collections (International Institute of Social History)
IISH started recording oral history of different movements of South Asia since 1997. These included communist, labour, peasant, women, cultural, anti-colonial and nationalist movements of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Recording oral history in South Asia is a tough job. Most of the communists, peasants' and labour leaders hardly wrote anything about themselves or about the movement. These leaders indeed contributed a lot in building up communist/labour/peasant movements in British India, but when they died within a few years people had forgotten their contributions and they went into oblivion. While recording oral memoirs our priority was to focus on those leaders who didn't write anything about themselves but made significant. Most of the interviews were recorded in Bangladesh and West Bengal and the language is Bengali. Other than Bengali there are some interviews in Urdu and Telegu.
- India Association of Minnesota, Oral History Project
The goal of this multi-part oral history project between the India Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical Society was to record the experiences of Asian Indian immigrants in Minnesota.
- India's Independence Movement
Systematically, GandhiServe Foundation, in cooperation with its sister organization, GandhiServe India Trust, Mumbai/India, identifies these veterans and talks to them about various aspects of the struggle, which was the first large campaign in history based on truth and nonviolence.
- HistoryTalking
Created by Voluntary History Group the first web based South Asian talk radio, aims to create an online resource of South Asian oral history and heritage in the UK.
- Oral Archives at SOAS
Plain Tales from the Raj; British in India Oral Archive Project; Partition of India; and other sound recordings are available.
- Oral History of Labour Movement in India
Interviews conducted in India as a project of the Archives of Indian Labour in collaboration with N M Joshi Centre for Labour Research & Education, comprises of 55 interviews in nine subcollections.
- Oral history projects of the Center for the Study of History and Memory, Indiana University
- Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project 1971-2006 (Smith College, Northampton, MA)
Thirty-eight interviews (with complete transcripts) of individuals throughout the world who have made important contributions to the reproductive health movement since 1965. Includes reproductive health advocates, communication specialists, lawyers, managers, physicians, researchers, social workers and others. The series addresses the historical period 1965-2005.
- Sounds: the road to 1947
Illustrated oral archive featuring interviews with keen observers of the Indian and Pakistani independence from the British Raj. Includes voices of Gandhi, Jinnah and Nehru.
- The South Asian Literary Recordings Project
Launched in April 2000, to record the voices of South Asian authors for the Library of Congress' Archive of Recorded World Literature, the project has captured the readings of prominent South Asian poets, novelists, and playwrights. The authors recorded so far represent more than fifteen of the languages of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
- South Asian Oral History Project (SAOHP) (University of Washington Libraries)
One of the first attempts in the U.S. to record pan-South Asian immigrant experiences in the Pacific Northwest using the medium of oral history. It was conducted in three phases.
- Talking History
Coming from India Produced in 1997, this documentary takes us into the East Indian community in in New Jersey, third in population after California and New York. Through wide-ranging interviews with diverse members of the community, we learn of the great diversity within this community. "Coming From India" was written and produced by Marty Goldensohn and David Steven Cohen for the New Jersey Historical Commission and New Jersey Network Radio.
- Tales of three generations of Bengalis in Britain
A product of the partnership between Swadhinata Trust (Nirmul Committee) and CRONEM (Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity & Multiculturalism, University of Surrey)
- University of Cambridge, Center of South Asian Studies, Oral History Archive
The archive includes over 300 interviews, ranging from 15 minutes to 8 hours long, some are with women, most are in English and date from the 1970s. They cover an enormous subject range—from the popularization of Hindi and question of Hindi as national language of India, to leprosy and surgical rebuilding, and from discussions about Gandhi, the civil disobedience and non-cooperation movements to mass migrations at Partition, to the life of tea planters and forest officers.


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North Force let 65 minutes of hard work go as they conceded three goals in the space of six minutes during their 5-1 loss to Auckland's Melville United.
After being nil-all halfway through the second half, North Force went to sleep mentally as Melville snatched the opportunities presented to them by the youthful northern side in their last game of the season.
Assistant coach, and manager, Carl Compaan said the side performed admirably considering only two players are over 19-years-old.
"It is gutting to lose like that," Compaan explained after Saturday's loss at Kamo. "I feel we played very, very well, [especially considering] half of our team was away for secondary schools competition.
"A lack of experience and tired legs meant [Melville] scored three quick goals, that was a bit of a heartbreaker because we'd played very well. [But], being a young team it just happens."
Compaan said Joel Crawford was North Force's player of the day with his consistency in putting in a spirited performance.
Scoring North Force's lone goal, however, was Compaan's son Charl.
Compaan conceded that while it was not an ideal way to finish up the season, there were still plenty of things learned, which had come from blooding a new crop of North Force players.
"Result-wise [it has not been a success], but for developing players, yes. Some of these young players have come a long way.
"We're always hoping for results, but we were focused on more things than just the result," Compaan explained.
"[If you] look at the ages of the players, and to not be outplayed for such a period of time [on Saturday], I think there is a lot of potential for the young players coming through. If you look at development-wise then, yes, the season has been a success."
He added that despite the loss, his side had maintained a positive attitude in the sheds and were already talking about next season.
"They don't like losing, but they're already looking forward to next season. And, now they have a year's experience under their belt."
Next up for many of North Force's players is an under-19s tournament on Labour Weekend which will see them test themselves against players their age rather than adults like they have with North Force.
Meanwhile Kerikeri came close to claiming the Federation One Cup in Auckland, going down 5-4 to Te Atatu. More in tomorrow's Northern Advocate.


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Dear Statalist,
I am trying to create a wealth score using the ownership of different
assets in the DHS survey. I am suing -pca but I am not sure how to
estimate the score as I want to use the wealth score as one of the
independent variables.
pca x1-x4
predict p1,score
but -predict only generates score from first component.
I also tried the following,
-pca x1-x4, components (2)
predict p2, score
However, p1 and p2 are same.
My questions are, (a) why there is no difference between p1 and p2?
(b) How can I generate score by using first 2 components only?
(c) Is it ok to use continuous pca score as an independent variable?
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Shirley Hensen of Sunrise, Fla., passed, quietly and with dignity, into that great Flea Market in the Beyond, on April 7, 2013.
Shirley was the mother of Lori Walters and mother-in-law of Ed Walters, both of Key West.
Shirley was a retired executive secretary in Grumman Aerospace ,where her transportation to many meetings came in the form of a ride in an F-14, an experience she would often refer to as "Not Too Shabby."
She was an extremely inquisitive person who loved to travel and read. Shirley actually graduated high school a month before she turned 16 as she was skipped two grades in elementary school, in the Bronx, N.Y., where she grew up.
In 1948, she married Ed Hensen, a decorated World War II Army Air Corps bomber pilot, and raised three children, Eric, Lori and Dana. Shirley leaves behind four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She is preceeded in death by her youngest child, Dana, who is probably now escorting his mother to every flea market and secondhand store available in the heavens.
A service to celebrate Shirley's life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Menorah Gardens, 21100 Griffin Road, Southwest Ranches, Fla.


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Energy Management - The Top Down Perspective
Most Energy Management Strategies use a "Bottom Up" approach. In this approach the focus is on individual devices or systems such as meters or building management systems. These individual items are connected as a subsystem or to other subsystems and eventually may be networked to business or enterprise systems. This approach is "organic" starting at the device level and growing the effort to some end which may not be clearly defined. It's the approach the industry has driven from the "device or system" level. We define this as a Level 1 solution.
Our concept of an Energy Management System (EMS);
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The quote, "you cannot manage what you cannot measure" does not just apply to monitoring of energy usage by meters and energy loads to condition the space but must be applied to every function and usage of the facilities. Very few system control sequences, energy optimization strategies and space loading conditions have been modified to reflect actual usage change.
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Former Tory Chief Whip Alastair Goodlad thinks the current holder of his old job, Andrew Mitchell, was in too much of a hurry when the celebrated "Plebgate" incident occurred.
"Andrew's father David worked with me in the Whips' Office and had a habit of running everywhere," Lord Goodlad told me at a wine tasting at the Italian embassy. "I always told him a whip should walk slowly to maintain his dignity. I'm surprised the police didn't recognise him. He must have been in and out of that gate several times that day."
David Campbell of Vineyards Direct, who arranged the event, thanked the ambassador for allowing his guests, including David Heathcoat-Amory, William Cash and Sir Martin Jacomb, to use the most elegant embassy in London.
They sampled wines including those of Graham C Greene, nephew of the novelist. Just the job for El Vino, the Mitchell family's old firm in Fleet Street.
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With vacation, a planned hike to the summit of St. Helen's, and a climbing project brewing that I'm excited about sharing later, I recently reread a book called "Bone Games: Extreme Sports, Shaminism, Zen, and the Search for Transcendence". Rob opens with the story of his most desperate moment. He's fallen, is seriously injured and stranded on a small ledge with hundreds of vertical feet below waiting to devour him when he tries to down climb - with his injury - in the dark - in the snow. Not … [Read more...]
The Best Version of Myself… What's the recipe?
The Piano – and the painful goodness of letting go
I didn't know on Saturday night that they'd be the last notes I'd play on it. I sat down a few minutes before a woman came in response to our Craig's list ad and touched the keys with a tune I made up on the fly. It's what I do best with pianos. Those pesky notes from Bach or Mozart have always felt too confining for me. So I simply sit and play, letting the music well up from my soul and pour out over the keys. I've done that multiple hundreds of times on this piano. It's been a friend. L … [Read more...]
The Path… why we desparately need silence, solitude, and paying attention
My daughter and I are going up into the high country, but we'll be taking the road less traveled.Instead of parking at a trailhead and following a line on a map, we'll be walking up, behind the chalet we purchased nearly one year ago with a vision of offering hospitality, space to hear God's voice, and a sharing of life in a mountain setting with guests. This way of getting to our destination offers no line on a map - just word of mouth, unused and overgrown roads and subtle paths which, if … [Read more...]
What are you wearing today?
Warning: No chicken sandwiches were eaten, or boycotted, in the production of this blog post. I love this little bit in Colossians 3, which reads: "put on (or 'drape yourself with') a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." The author goes on to declare that a community clothed in these will be quick to forgive and also won't be inclined to pick at each other over every little thing (which is the meaning of 'bearing with one another'). It's a wonderful word picture … [Read more...]
Imagine: The Importance of Envisioning a Different World….
The authors of "Colossians Remixed" write: If with Christ you died in your baptism to the principles of autonomous consumerism that still hold the world captive, then why do you live in a way that suggests that you are still in the iron grip of its ideological vision? Why do you submit yourself to its regulations to consume as if there were no tomorrow, to live as if community were an impediment to personal fulfillment, to live as if everything were disposable, including relationships, the u … [Read more...]
Solitude – Antidote to loneliness
As we enter the Lenten season, I'm happy to offer some practical advice on the various disciplines which will enable us to grow in our intimacy with Jesus, as we follow in his footsteps, learning to subject our will to the will of Another, for our own good and the good of the world. I'll start with solitude.Years ago I had a conversation with someone about trust. It was quickly apparent that we'd both fallen off the trust wagon, but in different directions. She'd felt that God had let her … [Read more...]
Ready, Set, Lent. Why it matters – more than ever.
"And early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there." Mark 1:35I'm ready for Lent.Because Lent is a time of "retreating into the wilderness with Jesus", I say bring it on.I'm embarrassed by what Christianity is becoming in the west:Individualism is touted, at the expense of deeply committed community, through rap and poetry about love for Jesus, but hatred for religion, failing to mention that … [Read more...]
Advent – It's about the Gap, and paying attention
For we who follow Christ, the season of Advent is about looking squarely into the thick of our lives and our world, paying attention, and seeing what's really there. Like good artists, we need to pay attention to the details, because its in the details that we see the distance between what's actually there, and what we know, deep in our hearts, could be there if all was well. In our image saturated world, we don't pay enough attention. Our eye catches an image of this or that, but because it f … [Read more...]


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E&M services, by their nature, are a diverse set of cognitive procedures. The American Medical Association's complex CPT E&M code set describes the various physician work and expense scenarios encompassed within the procedures. Medicare is required by federal law to pay only for services that are medically reasonable and necessary. For E&M services, medical necessity applies to both the frequency and the intensity of paid E&M services. Add to these the conflicting information available about work-based coding and the relative lack of medical necessity-based coding instruction (not to mention the myriad issues that arise simply from the technical variability of physician and practitioner record-keeping), and it's easy to understand the current conundrum of recalcitrant E&M CERT error rates.
Medicare's definition of medical necessity requires that paid services meet but not exceed the patient's medical needs and be provided in accordance with accepted standards of medical practice. Accordingly, TrailBlazer believes that the patient's condition (e.g., severity, acuity, number of medical problems) is the key determinant for the frequency and intensity of E&M services for which Medicare pays. Coding E&M services first on the basis of medical necessity followed by verification of documentation of required key work components for the selected code allows coders and clinicians to avoid several common pitfalls of E&M documentation and coding. The CPT E&M codes, their CPT section preamble, and the CPT clinical examples (Appendix C) contain material that is useful for classifying severity of illness usually associated with the various E&M services. TrailBlazer uses the CPT definitions in its medical necessity determinations of E&M services and recommends that clinicians and coders do so as well.
Given this framework for E&M coding, the TrailBlazer medical directors offer the following highly simplified but very useful "bottom-line" E&M coding advice.
Regardless of how much history, physical examination, and/or medical decision-making related to an E&M encounter are recorded …
This approach simplifies coding E&M services by eliminating from consideration the highest-level codes for reporting services that (by their clinical nature) usually do not require a detailed or comprehensive history and physical, high (and sometimes moderate) complexity medical decision-making, or lengthy counseling and coordination. When clinicians and coders use the number of conditions stated above for selecting a CPT E&M code, the medical record must demonstrate clearly that the conditions were significant and distinct, and the physician evaluated and managed those conditions in a manner consistent with accepted standards of care. It is insufficient to simply count the patient's conditions or problems if documented physician work to evaluate and manage those conditions or problems is absent from the record. Also, key component work elements required by the CPT code definition and CMS' E&M Documentation Guidelines absolutely must have been performed and properly documented in the patient's record.
This "bottom-line" advice addresses the most common source of known Medicare E&M coding errors: failure of medical records to demonstrate the work of and/or medical necessity of higher level E&M services reported for payment. Adopting this coding approach will likely reduce the level of and payment for E&M services reported by some physicians and practitioners. But it does so by reducing inappropriate Medicare resource utilization. This approach can provide the tangible payoff of substantially reducing the burden and risk associated with unnecessarily documenting and coding clinically irrelevant key component work. And isn't a reduction in any administrative headache a welcome relief for clinicians and coders alike?
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Cracked cement floor in garage.
At my new house, the garage cement floor is cracked through the middle of the garage. One side may have shifted up to 1/4 inch in comparision to the other side of the crack. What is the best way to fix this and that will last other than removing the whole floor and adding new cement?. I was told to grinde the higher side down and patch it. Will this last?
there's probably no construction / contraction / expansion jnt down the middle like in mine :( so i gots a crack, too :furious: topping that, we've got expansive soils in atl, ga, [ clay - you should see the bsmt exercise room :censored:
i'm grinding the high side & acid-staining but this is our work & i'm not concern'd my work won't last :thumbsup: at my age, i don't often buy ripe bananas, either :laughing:
I think 1/4" is not just a stress crack, rather the slab is moving. I would think you should contact a foundation contractor experienced in remedial repairs - if the movement continues, there is no lasting fix for the crack, it will continue to widen.
never heard of a ' stress crack ' in 36yrs,,, yes, it crk'd because of stress - the real question now's not so much why but how to repair it as i understand the post.
simple physics - ALL concrete moves - its a solid & reacts to temp inversely as does liquid to the same force - ie, when conc's HOT, it expands ( hgwys ' blowup ' ),,, when wtr's cold, it expands ( ice ),,, when conc's cold, it contracts - hence, jnts & crks widen.
not sealing exercise room crks,,, my acid-stain'll react differently w/crks than it will w/unblemish'd conc,,, the crk's always-present moisture level creates interesting results w/the mineral salts in my mix but that's the artistic side,,, the other side says sawcut, backer rod, & sealant/epoxy of my choice for the task at hand ( i'd pick polysulfide - it resists hydrostatic pressure AND will ' take ' color ! )
far's experts, 1st guy mentioning hydraulic cement's out the door :laughing: you won't stop the crk as its already there; you can't hide it unless you pile stuff ' on top of it; you CAN repair/seal it w/this accept'd repair method,,, look for intersecting crks not easily visible to the untrain'd eye - slight crks that ' hold ' moisture when the rest of the floor's dried,,, conc's still undergoing stress ( that word again :) ) & won't be satisfied til its square horizontally relative to its thickness as a genl rule,,, if crks're already there, live w/it UNLESS: 1, you're positive the cracking'll lead to total destruction; 2, you've got loads of spare $$$; or 3, you're anal w/VERY good credit :thumbsup:
' bailout ' is a 4 letter word !
you said your new house. Is it a one or two car garage?. another theory is that when the foundation was dug the center of the garage was not excavated ( very common ) just the foot print of the foundation was dug. the footings were set and poured and then the wall installed. it sounds as tho when they back filled the inner walls they did not compact it . and what is happening now ,is the soil is settling and the slab is settling with it from the weight of the car, the center of the garage soil was not touched there for will not sink and is acting as a fulcrum. I have seen this on many of homes. The repair method that I have used was a slab jacking company, And to rip the old slab out and pour a new one. and some customers opp out and leave it alone. This is also very common when they install walkways close to the foundation wall. it has a tendency to sink, pitch back to wards the foundation letting water pool along the house. Hope this was of some use to you. Good luck BOB
I guess there is no "easy" fix to this cosmetic problem and I do not intend to pay for new concrete for now. I will leave it alone for now.
AH! So its not a new house! just new to you. But this still might pertain to you. Good Luck. BOB :thumbsup:
you gotta be kidding - no easy fix ? ? ?,,, 1st place, unless you repair the crk, damage'll increase; 2nd, if you repair as i post'd, the cost'll be under $100 incl mtl & tool rental; & 3rd, if you're in a freeze/thaw area, damage may be geometrically more than anticipated in #1,,, the crk's there because no contraction jnts were originally installed/cut/sawed.
then again, its YOUR house, not mine ! ! ! :whistling2:
As far as the crack I was looking at it a bit closer and it looks like I may have exaggerated on the verticall displacement of 1/4". Although it is desplaced horizontally to the point that you may be able to insert a pencil in between the crack at some points. I will be looking into patching the crack and see how that goes.
So basically one fairly level crack up to 1/4" wide in a 60 year old concrete garage floor - I'd say you got a pretty decent floor. Use one of the good concrete caulks and seal it up pretty. It will keep water out (eliminates a lot of potential problems). The slab should last another 60 years.
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Across the Nullarbor Plain & SE Coastal WA BirdingAuthor: Carl from Pahrump (More Trip Reviews by Carl from Pahrump)
Date of Trip: January 2001
We went for a late afternoon walk about the property. My wife spotted a pair of Rufous Treecreepers nesting. They are a beautiful reddish-brown, with a striped pattern on their wings when they fly.
For dinner the owners had prepared Corn Beef with cream gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and cooked cabbage. For dessert we had chocolate cake with chocolate pudding and whipped cream. Beautiful!!!
Water is at a premium out here. To encourage conservation, they charge $1 for a 5-minute shower. After showering, we crashed!
On March 4 we saw it getting light about 4:30am thru our one and only window. We got dressed for birding and went out. Then we discovered the light was coming from the almost full Moon shinning in our window.
We left at 9am heading west to Norseman, then south to Esperance. The Yellow Gazanias along the road looked like Dandelions. We stopped at pull-offs along the route. We were rewarded with a Slender-billed Thornbill, a Regent Parrot, ten Purple-crowned Lorikeets, and a flock of Black-capped Sittellas.
We got to Esperance at 2:15pm. We didn't have a hotel reservation till March 6. It turned out this was a long weekend, and all the hotels were full. After exhausting our rooming options, we drove 2-hours back to Norseman to find a place to stay for Sunday and Monday nights. We got an Executive Room at the BP in town (AAA 3 Star) -- I feel sorry for the people who got the standard or budget rooms!
We ate dinner at our hotel. On Sunday night they only have one meal to choose from. We got veggie beef soup, followed by lamb roast and gravy, potatoes, Japanese Squash, cooked Cabbage, green beans, and pea pods. For dessert we had chocolate cake, pudding, and ice cream. Very Good.
On March 5 we drove out to Dundas Rocks (32.468S 121.784E) in the early morning. We parked on the narrow road several times to look for rocks and minerals. Flocks of small birds were working the Mallee trees for bugs. Our best sighting was a Lesser Wanderer Butterfly.
Water out here is more valuable than Gold. We examined a water catchment system built on the side of a granite hillside over 100 years ago to catch rainwater during the past gold rush. For lunch we had Snapper and chips at the BP Restaurant.
On March 6 we left at 6am in the pre-dawn darkness. We had to carefully watch for errant Kangaroos. All we saw was a pregnant Brumbe and three Red Fox pups.
Our first stop in Esperance was the VC where we got a Concessionars (retired person) national park pass. We spotted a Western Wattlebird in the trees at the VC.
We stopped outside Esperance at the Lake Warden Wetland System (Kepwari Trail 33.803S 121.891E). We went on a track around Wood Lake and saw a Western Shrike-thrush and pair of Red-eared Firetails amongst the Bottlebrush Trees and Wild Geraniums.
We drove 60 Km east to the Cape Le Grand NP (33.990S 122.219E). As we got to the park we saw a mob of Emus -- there were dozens of them. The beaches here were spectacular -- brilliant white sugar sand, light blue water, surrounded by Mulga greens. We went to the bird sanctuary where we saw hundreds of Western New Holland Honeyeaters and a White-cheeked Honeyeater.
We had tea (Dn) at the Loose Goose. We started with Herb Bread and Garlic Bread, and Creamy Garlic Prawns with rice (our second choice was Avocado and Strawberry Salad with Mango dressing). For the Main, my wife had Crayfish. I had a Veal Steak encrusted with peppercorns over home made noodles mixed with fresh spinach and Esperance olive oil with pureed Pumpkin & Coconut dipping sauce. We also got a side order of baked Pumpkin, and Cauliflower in a thick cream sauce. Beautiful -- especially the Veal.
On March 7 we stopped at Monjingup Lake, 10 Km west of Esperance (33.821S 121.834E), early in the morning. This is an extremely bird rich environment -- probably the most movement and singing we have ever heard. Right off we saw several Red-capped Parrots. Other best birds were the Western Magpie, White-tailed Fantail, Scarlet Robin, and Western Spinebill. We also saw a dozen Elegant Parrots feeding off the Showy Banksia plants (Bottle Brush to us). We found a Musk Duck in the lake. Quite a morning!
As we were getting ready to leave a man walked into the park. It turned out he was the manager/caretaker of Monjingup Lake. He got to be the retired "manager" since he talked the Council (similar to our county government) into designating the area as a park. Ten years ago it was a motorcycle camping area.
We continued driving west till we saw a turnoff for Oldfield Estuary and Munglinup Beach. We drove the 26 Km to Oldfield Estuary. We would have to walk 3 more Km in blazing sun to get from the road to the estuary, so we just drove on down the dirt road to Munglinup Beach. We spent an hour at the beach picking-up treasures (quartz and shells).
We arrived at the Fitzgerald River B&B near Jerramungup at 4pm. Our hosts were Janine and Trevor Barrett. They live on an active station with 7000 sheep and 7000 acres of wheat, barley and canola.
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One of the underlying premises of almost all gastric bypass surgery programs is that gastric bypass patients can experience a wide range of benefits from exercising on a regular basis. Without question, exercise can play a critical role helping gastric bypass patients achieve long-term success in their efforts to fully recover from surgery and engage in a "normal" routine of activities. However, certain exercise training considerations and precautions exist for these individuals.
Benefits of Exercise Training for Gastric Bypass Surgery Patients
Within the first 30 days after gastric bypass surgery, patients are typically very sore and uncomfortable. During that time, bariatric surgeons may prescribe a simple walking program for their patients. In most instances, patients are encouraged to walk at least three times a day for 5 to 10 minutes at a time, gradually increasing the duration of each walking bout as tolerated. Other forms of exercise are generally not recommended during this period. In fact, resistance training is contraindicated during at this time.
Depending on the fitness level of the patient, bariatric surgeons may approve of other types of exercise activities to be undertaken, beyond walking, at some point between 30 – 90 days after surgery. Aquatic activities tend to be a popular choice, since most exercise movements are more easily performed in water and the level of stress on the body's joints is minimal. To the degree that they can tolerate them, patients can also engage in other low-impact, aerobic exercise activities. Regardless of what activities are part of a person's exercise regimen, all aerobic workouts should stay at an exercise intensity level where speaking is comfortable (Zone 1 of the ACE Integrated Fitness Training Model for Cardiorespiratory Training).
As a rule, strength training exercise usually isn't included in a gastric bypass surgery patient's exercise program until about 120 days after the procedure to ensure that the body has been given sufficient time to heal. Furthermore, exercises targeting the abdominal and lower back regions are typically not recommended until at least six months after surgery. In addition, high-intensity and near-maximal load resistance training is normally precluded until almost a year post-surgery. Finally, caution should be taken when performing exercises that require a significant degree of balance and coordination (e.g., squats, lunges, step-ups). Because of the patient's rapidly changing body weight following a bariatric procedure, which alter the body's center of balance, these types of exercises are not recommended during the first six months after surgery.
A well-designed and supervised exercise program is an essential component of a successful gastric bypass surgery program. As such, it is recommended that you work with your bariatric surgeon and a properly-trained fitness professional to develop a program that addresses your unique needs. By creating a program based on your personal preferences and abilities, the likelihood that you will experience long-term success in your pursuit of healthy active lifestyle will be greatly enhanced. For more detailed information on exercise and gastric bypass surgery, view the article from ACE Certified News magazine "How Fitness Professionals Can Help Gastric Bypass Patients Make the Transition to Healthier Lifestyles"
Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., FACSM, is Chief Science Officer for the American Council on Exercise and represents ACE as a national and international lecturer, writer and expert source. Bryant has written more than 250 articles or columns in fitness trade magazines, as well sports medicine and exercise science journals, and authored, co-authored or edited 30 books. He can often be found as an authoritative resource for fitness and nutrition articles in a variety of respected national outlets including USA Today, Washington Post, The New York Times, Parade, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Reader's Digest, Consumer Reports, Fox News, CNN Headline News and more. Bryant has held a position on the exercise science faculties at several prestigious institutions, including the United States Military Academy at West Point and Pennsylvania State University, and earned both his doctorate in physiology and master's degree in exercise science from Pennsylvania State University.
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Many things in David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo get expressed without dialog. They're communicated by the looks on characters' faces and, more subtly, by the sound textures behind the action.
Through the echoes of Lisbeth Salander's boots, the hum of a floor-waxing machine and the tapping of a furious hacker's keystrokes, the sounds of Dragon Tattoo take you into author Stieg Larsson's Swedish underworld before your brain has a chance to recognize why your ears are already nervous.
To get that level of intensity, composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as sound mixers Michael Semanick and Ren Klyce had to pull off some interesting audio magic. In the video above from SoundWorks Collection, they talk about how intricate that work was and what they did to get it right.
"Without using the orchestra as an instrument we can kind of break down the walls between sound design and music and it's role," Reznor said. "[We could] see if we can bleed the music right into the sound of the world a bit."
Reznor, who won an Oscar with Ross for his score of Fincher's The Social Network, also talks about his initial reticence about doing a cover of a classic recording — in this case Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song." Though covering well-loved rock cuts is "usually a recipe for disaster," Reznor said, he began to understand why Fincher wanted it when he saw how it was going to be used for the trailer and opening credits.
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i was going to hire a car for a couple of weeks too. is anyone up for it?
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Thought this could be a helpful resource for anybody scrounging for parts If you're out yarding and see something post it up, maybe someone else can use it.
Thought this could be a helpful resource for anybody scrounging for parts If you're out yarding and see something post it up, maybe someone else can use it.
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Pick-A-Part Mesa
2 Mk3 Jettas, pretty stripped but may have some decent body parts
1 MK3 Cabrio, also stripped
Pick-And-Pull Chandler
Maybe one or 2 Mk3 Jettas
1 MK3 Cabrio
1 88 MK2 Golf, front driver corner, fender door toast. Good hatch and rear glass, good quarter glass.
If anyone goes to the Chandler Pick-n-Pull can you check the interior color of a car for me?
On Row 15 there is supposed to be a 95 Audi A6. If somone could check the color of the interior it could save me from making a wasted drive up from Tucson.
The majority of these cars has either Tan or Grey interior. Of course, I am looking for one with a Black interior.
Man this should be a sticky, I like.
"Let's launch over it!"
Anyone heading out - if you see a 90 -93 digifant cabriolet (usually has a clipper kit, large bumpers in rear and front and side skirts) that is a manual - please let me know. I need a cluster.
Thanks for the heads up. Went out at 7 am this morning - and unfortunately didn't see what you saw.
However, the other Ecology on Broadway and 32nd is now turning into an import only yard.
4 or so mk3 jettas, a mk2 gli, a couple mk3 golfs, 2 early rabbits and 2 cabbies. We pulled a cluster, now to see if it works.
The one one 27th Ave has a 1.8t B5.5 wagon, Mk2 Scirocco, B3 16v, a B4 VR, an Audi 80 & a 90, like 2 or so Mk3 4 cyl. Jetta's, 2 Audi GT Coupes, some aircooled Beetles too.
The Pull-A-Part on Buckeye & 23rd Ave (?) has a 2.8 B4 A4, 2 B4- 1 VR / 1 Diesel, 1 B3, Mk4 Jetta 2.0 & a couple Mk3's if my memory serves...
'90 Corrado |'92 Jetta 8v | '91 Golf 8v | '95 GTI | '98 Jetta VR6 |'04 Jetta 2.0 |'04.5 GLI |'92 Passat VR6
I went to pick and pull in chandler. They didn't have crap there. Should have gone to the one you went to today. I may head out there this weekend. Need some stuff for the Jetta.
If anyone happens to spot a Candy White MKV Rabbit or GTI with a good rear upper bumper cover on it around a yard please let me know. Thanks!
Hit up both Ecology yards in PHX today (7/7)
27th street has some German and Euro but not much. As mentioned before, a few cabbies, a couple MK3 Jettas, a couple Foxes, B3/B4 Passats, Audi GT Coupes. Most everything is stripped. Watch out for the pigeon ****!
The one on Broadway is all foreign now and had a few MK2's (one golf and a couple Jettas), a few cabbies, a few MK3's (one Golf and a couple Jettas), Passats, random Audi's and a bunch of BMW E21's, E28's, and E30's. It's all in the south west corner.
Also spotted a lowered MK2 Jetta with Colorado tags (and AZ temp) in the lot on Broadway. Anybody around here?
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Went to ecology on 36th and broadway. There are still some good parts to be had. Way more than I thought.
For the B4 guys there is a B4 euro front bumper in pretty good shape
Cars I found today
That looks like the other ecology off 27th. You can see the red water tower in one of the pics.
My bad..... pull and save next to Ecology on 27th
If anyone sees a mk3 4dr in seqiuoa green that had a clean drivers door, please let me know.
Is the car you can barely see at the left side of this pic the "correct" green?
I snapped this yesterday at the Ecology on Broadway. It is sitting in the "off limits" lot.
was out at pull a part on buckeye this morning
mk2 Jetta coupe, white, small bumper
mk2 Jetta GL WB, maroon, big bumper
early 16v passat (i pulled the interior black grab handles)
westy golf 4-door, has some decent tan and brown interior parts (pulled all the black carpet in the rear)
84 cabby, white
vr corrado, a few gutted mk3 jettas
btw, does anybody know if the white mk2 golf is still at the chandler pick and pull?
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went to a couple yesterday and not one MK4 anyone know of some mk4s in a junkyard
the pull a part on buckeye the corrado is a 90 G60 someone did a vr swap into, it was green now blue. also several mk3 jettas a mk2 golf and a 2dr mk2 jetta and a mk1 cabby and a bay window bus that caught fire.
the ecology on Broadway had at least 5 mk1 cabbies, 1 80 Rabbit, 1 81-84 rabbit, 2 or 3 mk2s and 3 or 4 mk3 jettas.
the pick a part just east of ecology on Broadway has a pretty gutted new beetle and maybe 5 mk3 jettas and a mk1 cabby. they did how ever have a seat ibiza.( the only thing i took a pic of )
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We are only about a week in, but my kids are already loving reading AND writing about their animals!
This was the schedule for week one:
Here are my students during their book walk:
After they find out their animal, I have them complete a fascinating facts page:
Next, we made a diagram and a dedication page! My pictures of those are on my real camera... which is dead... so next time I will add 'em to the post!
Some how-to writing:
When people cut down trees we need to make sure the owls out of the tree. If an owl gets trapped in a tree we need to help them so they can go free. When owls are hurt we need to help them when owls are hurt.
First, you go to the forest and find a dead rat at night and some worms. Next, you climb a tree and find an owl...
Okay...So.... We need to work on these lol, but they crack me up and they are just the "sloppy copies." I will be sure to take more pictures of the process as we go!
If you'd like to start this all About Book with your kids you can read more about it by clicking the picture below:
This unit is also in my Common Core Writing for 1st Grade Bundle which includes a unit for writing narratives and opinion pieces!
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The Los Angeles Times recently reported (29 May 2009) that eBay has reduced the demand for looted antiquities. The story is based on the research of Charles Stanish (University of California) who has been studying the online trade in antiquities.
Stanish's argument is that 'whilst archaeologists were terrified that demand for ancient loot would explode' following eBay's founding (in 1995), instead it seems that 'contemporary inhabitants of ancient lands' have 'learned that many online antiquities shoppers…could be fooled into buying knickknacks dressed up to look plausibly ancient'. Good for archaeology (perhaps), but less so for unsuspecting consumers–though most archaeologists might see this as some kind of divine justice.
Given the enormous numbers of antiquities listed on eBay each day–at time of writing 5,834 on eBay (UK) alone–it is tricky to see how it is possible to assess how many might be looted, given that the provenance of few is actually established and most are never studied by an expert/archaeologist first-hand. The Greenhalgh case (where the Metropolitan Police's Art & Antiques Unit successfully prosecuted a family of forgers from Bolton) highlights how even professional museum curators find it difficult to distinguish between ancient art and contemporary facsimiles.
Even if the US trade in Mesoamerican looted artefacts has dipped, our experience as regards UK antiquities is different. Since October 2006 the British Museum's Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure has been monitoring eBay for the sale of antiquities, specifically unreported items of Treasure. The overall trend on eBay has been an increase in trade over this period from a monthly average of 1,275 to 4,811 for all antiquities offered for sale (though, as stated, at time of writing it is 5,834); and the monthly average of British antiquities has increased from 375 to 1,516 (today 1,871). This is not to say any of these finds are illicit or fake; but the large proportion of 'unprovenanced' finds undoubtedly will concern most archaeologists.
To date, 573 cases of unreported potential Treasure have been logged by the British Museum. Of these, 302 cases were followed up by questioning the vendors of these finds, and the responses are intriguing: 6% stated the sales were old finds that did not qualify under the Treasure Act, but perhaps should have been reported under (the old law) Treasure Trove; 2% stated that it was the finder's responsibility, not theirs, to report the finds; 26% stated that the find-spot was 'unknown', and therefore they were uncertain whether or not the find should have been reported; 18.5% said the find was 'foreign', without explaining whether or not the find came legally to this country; 16.5% gave a response that was not possible to categorise, such as simply asserting that the find was 'not Treasure'; 22% did not respond; and 9% said they would report the find.
What is readily apparent is that third parties (dealers) are acquiring potential Treasure finds without making appropriate due diligence checks, and even perhaps knowingly acquiring unreported Treasure, thus depriving museums any rights to acquire these finds for public benefit.
For this reason the British Museum has been lobbying for a change to the Treasure Act 1996 through an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill (currently in the Lords), which is supported by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, to require all that come into possession of Treasure to report it. Furthermore, in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland vendors who sell antiquities on eBay are required to provide documentation regarding provenance, and there is a strong case for requiring vendors of UK antiquities to do likewise. These changes would ensure fewer fake finds are in circulation and that those that are illicit are difficult to sell on the open market.
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I use Windows 8 and have continual internet connection problems. I always get a notice that the website is unavailable (even Hotmail). The trouble-shooter always detects that 'The DNS serer isn't responding', yet when I close the trouble shooter window, I then connect. Has anyone else had this problem?
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On the internet properties / programs tab, insure the [ open Internet Explorer tiles on the desktop ] Check Mark Box is Checked.
It is not by default and you have to do it during system setup after installation.
Thanks raphoenix. That box wasn't checked - did so - but it did not correct the problem even after a restart. Maybe I'll try calling my internet provider.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - City officials are continuing efforts to encourage solar energy use here by streamlining permitting, opening a solar energy demonstration center and installing the first major solar array on a city building.
The effort is part of the city's "Healthy RC" program, which includes a "Healthy Earth" component meant to increase sustainable development and energy use in the city. As part of that initiative, the city recently set rules allowing residents of larger properties to apply for a wind turbine permit.
"Renewable energy such as a solar and wind power harnesses a free resource and hopes to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels," said Alana Rivadeneyra, sustainability coordinator for the city.
"They help to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions associated with conventional energy production. Solar panels also raise property values and stimulate our local job market."
While solar panel use has been permitted in all development zones of the city for a number of years, Rivadeneyra said the permitting process for solar panels has been streamlined to encourage their use in the city. Application documents are revised to be easier to understand, she said, in addition to supplying applicants with a checklist of required items prior to permit approval.
"The process is easier and clearer, so we've been working with these new revised documents, and we've also been getting feedback from our solar community, like the contractors, so they can provide input," Rivadeneyra said.
The city has also partnered with GRID Alternatives Inland Empire, a nonprofit group that helps provide no-cost solar installations for qualified low-income residents.
"To date, six homeowners have participated in the program, with more to come in 2013 hopefully," Rivadeneyra said.
Building and Inspection Supervisor Mark Berg said the city in recent years has also issued more than 300 solar permits to property owners annually, while it only issued one system permit a month in 2007.
As residents increase their use of solar energy power, the city will soon join them with its new public works service center and household hazardous waste center, set to open in February near Ninth and Hellman avenues.
The complex will be the first municipal building to feature a large-scale solar panel project, said Public Works Director Bill Wittkopf.
About 80 percent of energy for the buildings, Wittkopf said, will be supplied by the 200-kilovolt panels. The household hazardous waste building has 165 panels installed on its roof. The public works services building has 630, for a total of 795 new panels collecting solar energy.
"This will help offset the electrical utility costs because the solar panels should produce 70 to 80 percent of the power demand for the buildings," Wittkopf said.
In addition to solar permitting and implementation efforts, the city will begin education efforts with a solar panel demonstration center at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center and learning materials at the library.
A kiosk in the cultural center is attached to new solar cells above the library, and visitors will be able to see data on energy collection and production, said Trina Valdez, management coordinator for the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility (RCMU), which provides electricity for Victoria Gardens and City Hall. The solar-voltaic demonstration project is a joint effort between the library and the RCMU.
Installation of the project is almost complete, and the city will have an open house to begin operation of the center sometime in early February.
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