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For more than 40 years, safety in the workplace has been under the watchful eye of OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. And while OSHA has not always been popular among manufacturers, Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of Labor OSHA, notes that since 1970 workplace fatalities have been reduced by more than 65%, and reported occupational injury and illness rates have decreased by more than 67%. Despite those reductions, the workplace still poses significant injury and illness challenges each and every day:
- Every day, nearly 13 workers die on the job (4,609 killed in 2011, an improvement from nearly 38 worker deaths a day in 1970).
- Every year, more than 4.1 million workers suffer a serious job-related injury or illness.
- Total costs paid for workers' compensation reached $74 billion in 2009 (according to the National Academy of Social Insurance report):
Of the 4,114 worker fatalities in private industry during 2011, the latest year for which full statistics are available, 721 or 17.5% were in construction. The leading causes of worker deaths on construction sites were falls, followed by electrocution, struck by object, and caught-in/between situations. These "fatal four" were responsible for nearly three out of every five construction worker deaths in 2011. Eliminating the "fatal four" would save roughly 410 lives in America every year.
- Falls – 251 in 2011 (35%)
- Struck by Object – 73 in 2011 (10%)
- Electrocutions – 67 in 2011 (9%)
- Caught-in/between – 19 in 2011 (3%)
As you can see, even with the significant worker safety improvements from OSHA's inauguration in 1971, there is still room for great improvement, especially when considering that 13 workers who go to work every day will not return home to their friends and family.
OSHA Top 10 for 2012
Every year, OSHA releases its top 10 most frequently cited violations from the previous fiscal year as compiled by OSHA inspections. OSHA publishes this list to alert employers and employees about commonly cited standards so that they can use this information to take preventive measures. Many if not all of these frequently cited standards are preventable injuries or illnesses that occur in the workplace.
Year after year, this top 10 list of frequently cited OSHA violations remains basically the same. There may be a reshuffling of violations from year to year, but essentially the layout remains unchanged. Patrick Kapust, OSHA's deputy director of the Directorate of Enforcement Programs, best described the reason for creating a top 10 list in a recent interview with the Safety and Health Council: "The data found in the top 10 list is not meant to gauge how well OSHA is performing or how safe businesses in the country are. The list is at its best when used by employers as a tool to improve safety at their work sites. Employers who may be interested in what are the possible hazards in their workplaces could look at the top 10 list and see if they're covering all hazards and assessing the kinds of changes they may have to make to their safety and health programs."
The top 10 most frequently cited standards (Construction and General Industry) for fiscal 2012 (Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2012) are:
#1 – Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501 – cited 7,250 times)
The use of 100% fall protection at the point of work, as well as going to and from the work area, is mandatory for all employees and all contractor personnel on projects when employees are at risk of falling or working a minimum of 6 ft or more off the floor or ground. The exception is the plant area covered by 29 CFR 1910.23, where the minimum distance off the floor or ground is 4 ft. Falls continue to be the leading cause of fatalities in the construction industry. Violations occur when these minimum requirements are not met.
#2 – Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200 – cited 4,696 times)
It is important to establish requirements and procedures necessary to evaluate chemicals used at each respective site. Employers must provide information concerning physical and health hazards associated with these chemicals to employees who may come in contact with one or more of the chemicals on the job, and they must protect employees against uncontrolled exposure to these chemicals.
Employers share information through comprehensive hazard communication programs, which include container labeling and other forms of warning, safety data sheets and employee training. The requirements of this section are intended to be consistent with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, Revision 3.
With the implementation of OSHA's new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) into its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), which will require full compliance by June 1, 2015, precasters will need to start transitioning their HazCom training, information and labeling to GHS in order to fully comply with OSHA regulations. Read more on GHS and the phase-in dates in the January-February 2013 issue of Precast Inc. magazine.
Mislabeling and the absence of training and safety data sheets continue to be among the top violations in the construction industry.
#3 – Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.451 – cited 3,814 times)
Scaffolding violations may not be as prevalent in the precast industry, but for precasters who use scaffolding in their day-to-day operations, violations often occur when a walking surfaces fails to resist the load that it is handling; workers fail to provide fall protection for heights above 10 ft; or they incorrectly set up the scaffolding platform, access points, base/foundation or guardrail provisions.


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Vemola CRAZY highlight reel
Not sure if you guys have seen this or if it's been posted (my apologies if it has)
This guy has a few screws loose to say the least, he's f*cking CRAZY!
Very exciting to watch though.
So far he's a massive can crusher, but i'd really like to see him face some better opposition now that he's in the LHW division.. Maybe him VS Thiago Silva when Thiago can return.
Nice find:thumbsup:
He is crazy dude, but from video i can see he is unproffesional, when referee says its over, he didnt stop hiting or choking opponent..:thumbsdown:...We see him against Stephan Bonnar, that will test him...
Lol ment to be impressed ? Horrible striking the only looking good vs cans who can't take the pressure of someone running at them throwing wild overhead straights :s and hammer fists on the ground...
From that I'd say he's going to gass horribly against Bonnar.
Also Bonnar is better in every aspect.
You never know, but I'm going 2/3rd RD submission victory for the 'American Psycho'!
This guy has really great takedowns. Could possibly be force in the Light Heavyweight division.
I'm not trying to discredit him at all, but I didn't see anything in that video that was impressive or note worthy, except perhaps a shockingly early stoppage, and he like to get an extra hit in once the fight is over.
That brute force bullrushing style won't be successful in the long term.
Besides, I think my granny could have KO'd some of the cans that guy was fighting.
I think Bonnar will stop him in the second, after Vemola gases himself out in the 1st.
Dude makes me laugh. What a loony.
I'm a fan.
Clearly, he wont last long in the UFC.
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AMES, Iowa — Updates on the latest crop production products and recommendations are featured topics at two Iowa State University Extension and Outreach meetings planned for December. The update meetings will be held Dec. 2 in Iowa City and Dec. 11 in Ames.
Agriculture input providers will have an opportunity to meet with extension specialists from Iowa State and hear presentations on Pythium seedling disease, Palmer amaranth management, cover crops, soybean aphids and changes to nutrient management recommendations. Each meeting also will feature presentations on weed, insect and crop disease management as well as soil, water and nutrient management.
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text: We're getting ready to celebrate in April our 8-year anniversary of meeting as the "Emerging Church Discussion Group" (a.k.a. the Charlotte Emergent cohort). The group has changed a lot over the years, but one thing remains the same: There is still a need for a safe(r) space for theological conversation, because most churches do not create space for it.This is still true here in Charlotte ("the city of 1,000 churches"), and I suspect it's true of the many cities where other Emergent cohorts … [Read more...]


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The University of Utah gymnastics program has picked up two verbal commitments, Kristina Baskett of Puget Sound Gymnastics in Puyallup, Wash., and Nina Kim of World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano, Texas.
Both are considered two of the top recruits in the nation. Oral commitments are nonbinding, and the two cannot sign until November. Utah coach Greg Marsden cannot comment on recruits until they have signed letters of intent.
Baskett chose the Utes over other top programs such as UCLA because of Utah's tradition and fan support, according to her coach, Brad Loan.
"She likes to be a showboat on the floor, and having 10,000 screaming fans made a difference," he said.
Award winners: Rose Park Golf Course's Steve Elliott was named the Utah Section PGA's professional of the year.
Elliott, the section's president, has helped develop The First Tee of Salt Lake City's program to introduce youngsters to golf.
Other 2004 section award winners include Michael Marion of Promontory Golf Club, teacher of the year; Colby Cowan of Coral Canyon GC, Horton Smith Award for education; Jon Unger of Callaway, John Wallace Award for salesman of the year; Chris Newson of Soldier Hollow GC, Bill Strasbaugh Award for club relations; John Pearson of Murray Parkway GC, assistant pro of the year; Kirk Abegglen of Golf City, junior golf leader; Chris Rudi of Hidden Valley Country Club, merchandiser of the year (private); Jeff Jerman and Kent McComb of Bountiful Ridge GC, co-merchandisers of the year (public); Sonny Braun of Hobble Creek GC, "Gentleman Jeff" Award; J.D. Donnelly of Special Olympics Utah, Bill Howard Golf Citizen of the year; Larry Emery of Hidden Valley CC, superintendent of the year (private); and Glenn Evans of Coral Canyon GC, superintendent of the year (public).
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What is the best way to brew iced coffee? I'll tell you right now, it's not using leftover coffee and putting it in the refrigerator. What is leftover coffee, anyway? I'm not sure that there is such thing.
Here's what you need, no frills:
- Death Wish Coffee ground coarsely
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The best things in life come in thirds
Fill your mason jar (or any container) a third of the way with coffee. The best thing about cold brew is that it is forgiving. Eyeball it, you're a risk taker. You've got this.
Grind it coarse
Grind it fresh. Grind it coarse. It is better that way. After all, preground coffee is too fine for this method.
Give it some life
Add the water. Tap will do, but filtered is better. Room temperature is ideal.
Now shake it.
Shake it more. And more.
Now we wait for twelve hours. Shake it every once in a while. Now some more. Ok.
Extract the goods
Damn, that's good.
There you have it, the most incredible, easy cold brew you'll ever make. If you made enough for more than just one, filter it over the container you will be storing it in. It stays fresh for days, but I wouldn't keep it over a week. We all know it won't last that long anyway.
Feeling lazy? Try Death Wish Nitro Brew, our original canned cold brew.


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Structural Response of Concrete Pavements under Moving Truck Loads
Y. Darestani, Mostafa, Thambiratnam, David P., Nataatmadja, Andreas, & Baweja, Daksh (2007) Structural Response of Concrete Pavements under Moving Truck Loads. Journal of Transportation Engineering ASCE, 133(12), pp. 670-676.
While there has been a great deal of research conducted on concrete pavement performance and deterioration under static loads, only very limited research has been carried out on its dynamic response. Furthermore, opinions differ as to which type of loading (static or dynamic) results in greater values of slab deflection or flexural stress. In the present study, a test section consisting of two jointed reinforced concrete pavement and two jointed plain (unreinforced) concrete pavement was constructed and tested under both quasistatic and dynamic truck loads. Truck load was allowed to wander at predetermined locations on the instrumented pavement at speeds from 5 to 55 km/h. Strain gauges and displacement transducers were installed along the test section to monitor the pavement responses. Time history responses of the test section were recorded and used to validate a finite-element model developed in the ANSYS platform for further sensitivity study on those parameters affecting the dynamic response of concrete pavements. Results indicate the significance of dynamic amplification in concrete pavement design.
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Group Delay............When Is Too Much Too Much?
With Group Delay, I will admit, I'm a novice. Although my software offers Group Delay, I just look at the chart and say............hmm ok.
Is there "A Rule Of Thumb" when using Reflex, and Bandpass Enclosures?
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text: Cheap import, poorly assembled with cast parts. I just had one for a two week evaluation. Rough finish and assembly. Shoots just fine for what you pay for. If you just want a knock-around fun gun, it's fine. If you want a quality self-defense gun, or one to build on, look upward my friend! For a little more, you can buy a Springfield, still an import, but with quality construction. For a couple hundred more, you can get a Colt. I'd recommend not cheaping out on something you might have to depend your life on. It's not just RIA, it's the whole line of cheap Filipino guns that have come and gone. They're all the same thing from the same factory.


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Ryan Thunder wrote:Singular Intellect wrote:Right, my bad; do elaborate then how being autistic makes anyone more creative than a non autistic person. Otherwise drop the whole 'losing creativity' argument.
I think what he means is that he feels that his autism makes him more creative. I don't think he intended to compare himself to a non-autistic person in the sense that you're taking it.
Right, and how was this conclusion reached? At what point did he compare his autistic creativity with his non autistic creativity?


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Kirk and Heather Brown of Elizabethtown announce the birth of a son, Brody Evan Corbit Brown, on Feb. 15, 2013, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long.
He has two brothers, Connor and Noah Brown.
Maternal grandparents are Jerry and Sherry Corbit of Elizabethtown; and paternal grandparents are Vicki Brown of Elizabethtown and the late Bob Brown.
Maternal great-grandfather is Roy Hilton of Elizabethtown.
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Hello friends, I hope all of you have had a good beginning of the new school year. I trust my whole year will be great. I want to once again thank all of you who read my column; it means so much to me when someone says something about reading it and how they enjoy it.
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KENTUCKY WEATHER. It's getting warmer. I think most gardens are prospering well. Dad's neighbor, Chris, has brought him some nice tomatoes, squash and cucumbers from his garden.
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Well school is back in session and we need to watch for those yellow school buses and the children who are loading and unloading. What precious cargo those drivers take responsibility for; I admire their courage.
The 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and senior leadership came out to recognize Brig. Gen. Flem Bowen "Donnie" Walker Jr., commanding general of the 3d ESC, for his promotion to brigadier general at a ceremony Aug. 2 at the Saber and Quill.
The Heartland Festival in the Park's Baby Contest is Aug. 23 at Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown. Baby contests are open to boys and girls ages birth to not yet 5 years old.
Additional information and registration forms are available at www.heartlandfestivalinthepark.com, Republic Bank, 1690 Ring Road, Suite 5 in Elizabethtown and Pritchard Community Center, 404 S. Mulberry St., in Elizabethtown.
On July 6, the Hardin County AM Rotary Club and the Rotaract Club of Greater Hardin County volunteered at Mission Hope for Kids in Elizabethtown to design and create a new learning center classroom that will be used by children in kindergarten through 12th grade. The service clubs donated its time and money to paint, clean and organize the room, as well as purchased school supplies such as posters, books, bean bag chairs and other resources for the classroom. David Gibson of Gibson's Painting volunteered his time and effort to assist with the service project.
Helping Hand of Hope Executive Director David Dozer accepts a significant donation to the new building fund from Mr. & Mrs. Bob Cooper, who have pledged their continued support. The Coopers have been supporters for more than 23 years. Mr. Cooper was head of the finance committee for North Hardin Hope when it raised funds to build its existing building in Radcliff. He served on the board of directors for North Hardin Hope and remains supportive of the mission. To donate, contact David Dozer, 270-769-3092.
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The problem with the loaded chamber indicator is most likely an accumulation of bullet lube. A good soaking in solvent should cure it.
Yes, Bullseye and Unique can be somewhat dirty. It is less likely to happen if you will run a bit higher pressures than you are now.
P.S. The soot will wipe right off.
As for Clays---It is pretty good stuff too. The only way you can be certain is to buy a small container and give it a try. If you dont care for it in your .45, you can always use it up in your 12ga.


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Holy smokes, why did the Nasdaq zoom up 103.2 points (4.3%) to 2,518 today? Why did the Dow cruise ahead 189.9 points (1.8%) to 10,785? In short, the U.S. Labor Department's core Consumer Price Index rang us a lucky number.
The so-called CPI measures inflation at the consumer level, and it showed that prices remained flat for May. That was below (and thus, better than) the consensus 0.2% increase that Wall Street economists had been expecting and light years better than the spooky April jump of 0.7% caused by rising energy prices. The more important core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose by just 0.1% versus expectations for a 0.2% gain. Looking at core items, the price of clothes, computers, automobiles, and transportation declined while the price of housing and prescription drugs increased. Although the first five months of the year show consumers suffering under an overall annualized 2.6% inflation rate, versus just 1.8% for the same period of 1998, the core CPI is running below last year's level.
"So you're telling me that one government stat came in one-tenth of a percent below expectations and that's why the market added multiple billions in value today?"
Yes, more or less.
As Fools, we're interested in investing in businesses for the long-term rather than making short-term bets on which way macroeconomic events will play out and how they'll move the market hither or thither this week, next month, or even next year. If you're investing for the long term (three years plus), as you should be, then you can happily ignore most of the macro stuff that CNBC makes a big deal about. That's why you don't get a lot of economic commentary from us, and you shouldn't expect to. Such economic data is mostly a distraction from the basic task of finding good companies to invest in.
Still, I think you want to understand in a general sense why a day like today happens. It's not in any simple sense silly. The stock market tends to be a leading economic indicator because it reflects the best guesses of millions of participants about where things are heading. The market is always looking down the road six months, projecting how a trend based on points A, B, and C might end up looking at point Q. That is, the market's always performing some connect the dots.
Of course, there's a bit of emotion and uncertainty involved in this process. Imagine that you're hiking blindfolded. You don't have a clear vision of where you're headed, but your other senses give you clues and your mind extrapolates from those clues. After going uphill for many miles, you start heading downhill. Then you notice the sound of a waterfalls, and you know you must be getting near a cliff. With each step downhill, the waterfalls gets louder. You become all panicky as you imagine your body plunging over the edge.
Today, the path changed course. The sound of the waterfall receded a little, the ground evened out so that you're now climbing up again. Today, at least, the idea that you might end up bloodied in that gorge has all but disappeared.
While we all want economic growth, an economy that's too strong can pressure scarce resources like labor, productive capacity, and raw materials. It's pure supply and demand. Too much demand can push up prices for these resources. Onerous inflation destroys the value of a currency while fostering the kind of uncertainties that can lead to more inflation. For example, if clothing and housing prices rise too fast, employees want to get paid more so they can maintain at least the same standard of living. So the Federal Reserve is always interested in keeping inflation in check. It does this partly by pushing up interest rates, when need be, so that market participants like you and me will cool it, reigning in spending on that new shirt, that new car, that new house. When demand outstrips supply and threatens to push up prices, the Fed likes to tell demand to take the day off.
For the last few months, but particularly since the April CPI report, the stock market has worried that the surprising trend of the last few years (strong growth with low inflation) was coming to an end. Lending credence to this worry was the fact that the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond has steadily increased since hitting a low during the fall financial panic, when Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan pushed through three quarter point cuts in the Fed fund's rate to 4.75%. The bonds have been predicting that the Fed will boost short term rates. And after the May 18 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Greenspan & Co. did switch their bias toward raising rates. With more data showing a very strong economy and various Fed officials talking up the likelihood of a rate hike, the yield on the bond has continued to rise, soaring from around 5.50% in late April to last Friday's high of 6.16%. (The yield closed down to 6.07% today.)
Rising interest rates (bond yields) are negative for stocks for a few reasons. For starters, investors choose between the guaranteed return of a bond and the riskier return of stocks. At some point, the risk/reward makes bonds more attractive for many investors. Also, stocks trade based on their discounted future cash flows. Rising interest rates theoretically mean that investors will demand relatively higher returns to invest in stocks. By raising the divisor in this equation, higher interest rates decrease the net present value of a company's future cash flows.
A simpler way of thinking about this is just that earnings are worth less when inflation is high. On the flipside, higher interest rates slow the economy and thus reduce corporate profits. These negatives hit growth stocks (think Internet) the hardest because so much of their net present value is dependent on earnings due to arrive years from now. In other words, high inflation and/or higher interest rates have a dampening effect on exactly the kind of compounding of interest that makes long-term investing so profitable.
The bearish logic has gone like this. Greenspan raised rates only a quarter point in early 1997, but he would have continued raising them to slow the economy and head off inflation except that the Asia financial crisis hit. Indeed, he moved to lower rates last fall just when some figured he would absolutely have to raise them only because Russia defaulted on it loans, other emerging markets fell apart, and Long-Term Capital threatened the global financial system. In other words, Greenspan stepped in with aggressive cuts to curtail panic.
Today, the panic is over, the U.S. economy is incredibly strong, and overseas markets are recovering, so it's back to normal Fed policy of aggressively heading off inflation. According to this view, the Fed funds rate is already 50 basis points below where it was when Greenspan last raised rates. So it wouldn't be shocking to see a string of rate hikes over the next few quarters. The last string of rate increases came in 1994, and that proved a bad year for stocks.
That's the scenario that's had the bond yields rising and growth stock investors grimacing. Until today. It's not just a fear that Greenspan might raise rates the next time the FOMC meets at the end of this month. It's a fear that a quarter point hike at that meeting will be the first of several. And that's bad news for the stocks that investors have loved over the last few years. Today's modest increase in the CPI doesn't alone end those fears, but it certainly alleviates them considerably. It's a potential inflection point because investors who had begun figuring in the likelihood of a series of interest rate increases now think that the inflation picture doesn't look bad enough to justify such a series. Sure, the FOMC may raise rates a quarter point in two weeks. But maybe that will be it for a while. Or at worst, maybe there will be just another quarter point hike later this year.
For an inflation hawk, Greenspan has exhibited remarkable patience and pragmatism when figuring out what to do with interest rates. He's been incredibly vocal about how technology has improved productivity, allowing businesses to pay employees higher real wages while keeping other costs well in check. He's pointed out that information technology has allowed businesses to avoid some of the stockpiling of inventories and other inefficiencies that led to previous boom/bust cycles. He's also watched the ever-tightening labor markets with concern but with a keen eye for how a strong economy actually increases the potential labor force by bringing discouraged workers back into the market.
Indeed, as he said on Monday, "Something special has happened to the American economy in recent years." Yet he also said, "The rate of growth of productivity cannot increase indefinitely. While there appears to be considerable expectation in the business community, and possibly Wall Street, that the productivity acceleration has not yet peaked, experience advises caution."
This afternoon, the Fed released its "Beige book" report on the U.S. economy. It offers the two sides to the story. On the one hand: "Labor markets remain very tight in almost all districts, with increased reports of upward pressure on wages in many parts of the country." Wages rising faster than productivity is inflationary. On the other hand: "Prices, however, with the exception of several construction materials, remain well behaved." Without rising prices, there is no inflation. A conundrum, indeed. Greenspan's comments tomorrow morning before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress will be as closely watched as today's CPI since he should offer some clues about what the Fed will do in two weeks.
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But Comfort Cellars is the only one that makes Jalapeno Wine.
The idea of a wine made from hot peppers was an automatic draw for us. My mother says that my first word was 'idiosyncrasy'. She says it was my father's doing. I don't know if that's actually true but I do know that the unique pulls me like a magnet.
Comfort Cellars is a one-superwoman vineyard and winery in Comfort, Texas. And winemaker Cathie Wheeler is happy to pour visitors a tot of her fermented jalapeno juice. Against expectations, it's a lovely ripe-gold colored wine. With a pungent nose. Most folks take only a tiny sip. The stuff is hot...and good. There's a bit of underlying fruitiness after you get through the burn.
Then Cathie adds a cup of clamato juice to your glass. With a slice of cucumber and a stick of celery, it's a Hill Country Hottie. Ooohbaby that's good. Cathie says a lot of folks use jalapeno wine in cooking--adding it to marinades and sauces. Most Texans believe that a little heat improves almost anything.
Cathie also makes an Orange Chardonnay wine (a combo of Chardonnay and fermented naval orange juice) and other exotic wines, sweet wines and a Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Outside of the Jalapeno Wine, I thought the Chenin Blanc would pair well with food--dry and crisp with a note of pear. I wasn't taken with the rest of the line. But there is enough diversity that most folks find something they like. As my grandmother used to say, "Everyone to their own taste, said the old lady who kissed the cow."
The tasting room is on SR 27 (AKA Front Street). There is parking by the tasting room but if you go a little way up the road, there's a sign to the Historic District. Turn there and then park on High Street. When you're ready for a break from historic buildings and antiques, you're just a short walk under the trees to the tasting room's back door.
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I just recently payed the dealership a large sum of money to track down and repair a creaking sound in my 2014 Volt, which turned out to be my heater core rubbing against the firewall whenever I accelerate or decelerate. For those who are well-versed in the inner workings of a Chevy Volt--where is the heater core, how would I most easily access it, and if you have had a problem like this before, how did you fix it? The dealership said that they "re-shimmed my heater," but I can tell you that a week later this hasn't worked permanently.
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This article was published 29/5/2014 (1125 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba small business owners are getting their mojo back, according to the latest monthly survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
The CFIB said Manitoba's business barometer index posted another strong gain in May, jumping 2.7 points to 66.3 from 63.6 in April. That's a big improvement from February of this year, when the index dropped to 58.7.
"Hiring plans are also just about as strong as a year ago," the federation said, "with 27 per cent planning to add full-time staff, versus only seven per cent who expect to cut back."
However, confidence levels here are still below the national average of 67.1 for May, and still far below levels for the other three western provinces, said Elliot Sims, the CFIB's director of provincial affairs for Manitoba.
"While other provinces have small business sectors growing at or above their economic potential, Manitoba continues to struggle," Sims said. "The provincial government's commitment to increase pension payroll taxes will only make the situation worse." The CFIB said confidence levels are highest in British Columbia, which had a May index reading of 74.1. The least optimistic business owners continue to be in the Maritimes, with sub-60 index levels in all three provinces.


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On 4 Feb 1998, Paul Bublitz wrote:
> Has anyone seen or know of the book Modelling Financial Derivatives
> with Mathematica by Shaw. The book costs $150.00 and I would like to
> know a little about it before I put down my hard earned cash. --
You can download Chapter 1 from this book in Mathematica notebook format
on MathSource:
Perhaps this will give you some guidance on whether the book is right
for you?
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Re: Differentiating Interpolation Functions -- "Delaunay" Interpolation
On Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:37:30 AM UTC-5, JCW wrote:
> ...I cannot figure out how to to anything similar with Interpolation[...,Method->"Delaunay"] from the Obtuse package... (I'm running Mathematica 7, so I had to download and install the free package from Ingolf Dahl's site.) Any suggestions? -- JCW
Problem Solved: This anomaly does not occur with my second choice, Method->"RBF", although finding the interpolation function is much slower. Perhaps the problem was that Delaunay interpolation does not have continuous derivatives?


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Home > News & Events > News > Articles > President Touts 'Ecuadorian Miracle' in HKS Forum Address
Boasting of his country's progress in recent years, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa made an energetic case in support of his policies, during an address Wednesday evening (April 9) at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School.
Correa, who was first elected in 2006, has faced some criticism in the United States, where his support of Venezuela's President Maduro (and his predecessor Hugo Chavez) and his criticism of Ecuador's media have proved controversial.
Correa's speech was preceded by a promotional video showing the beauty and stunning diversity of Ecuador's natural habitat. And the president's talk was illustrated by colorful bar charts and line graphs, highlighting the achievements of his tenure.
Between 2007 and 2013, Correa explained, 1.13 million Ecuadorians were lifted from poverty, and the incidence of extreme poverty fell from 16.9 percent to 8.6 percent and growth averaged 4.2 percent per year. The country also claims the lowest unemployment rate in the region, 4.1 percent, and according to a UN development report, is one of three countries with the greatest upward mobility.
Correa made no apologies for his socialist policies, claiming they had achieved success where the "long and dark period of neo-liberal policies" had not.
"For us, labor enjoys supremacy over capital," Correa said. "The great challenge facing humanity in the 21st century is to achieve the supremacy of human beings over capital with societies dominating markets, not markets dominating societies. The market is a wonderful servant, but it is a terrible master."
Correa also touted his political party's role in bringing stability to the country after a decade of turmoil in which the country saw a half-dozen heads of state. The party has won ten consecutive elections, Correa said, and enjoys an approval rating of about 80 percent.
"Democracy has been firmly established in Ecuador," Correa said. "Not only democracy in the formal sense, but real democracy, in terms of people's access to rights, equal opportunities, and dignified living conditions. This is the so-called 'Ecuadorian Miracle.'"
But Correa's commitment to freedom of expression and his strong support for other regional powers were challenged during the customary question and answer session. He defended his support for Venezuelan President Maduro, saying violent demonstrations were an attempt to destabilize the democratically elected government.
He also shrugged off criticism of his own government's alleged infringement on the freedom of the press by saying that those freedoms were alive and well.
Correa's Harvard visit was part of a larger tour of the United States, which will include more visits to universities, including MIT and Yale.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa speaks at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, April 9, 2014
"For us, labor enjoys supremacy over capital," Correa said. "The great challenge facing humanity in the 21st century is to achieve the supremacy of human beings over capital with societies dominating markets, not markets dominating societies. The market is a wonderful servant, but it is a terrible master."
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My 7 month old kitten doesn't suckle but instead chews and chews HARD. How do I get this to stop?
About 3 mos ago I rescued a 4 month old stray kitten. I was told the mother was feral and when they brought the mother and litter in the litter was only a few weeks old. They intended on spaying the mom, having her stay with the kittens until they reached about 7 weeks old and then releasing mom back out because she was feral. However, she died on the table. That said, my kitty wasn't taught some things most cats are (for example, she doesn't cover her poop). My question is this: While I know suckling is normal, especially for cats taken from their mom too early, my cat (Vienna) doesn't seek out skin to suckle. She seeks it out to bite down and chew. I will wake up to her in the middle of the night kneading, nuzzling me with her nose then the teeth come. Where does this come from? How do I get this to stop?
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Some kittens need to add more pressure when nursing to stimulate milk flow and do resort to biting. It could also simply be a strange behavior she has picked up on her own. Cats are notorious for playing happily one moment and biting the next out of over stimulation, it could be that your kitten is over stimulating her senses when she kneads and is experiencing a similar reaction. What to do: While having a kitten knead on you is an aw inducing sweet moment no one wants to be bit in a moment of pure happiness. When she does use her teeth try using a cue word in a high pitched tone, like "OW!" or "EEP!". This should startle her enough to make her stop in the moment. If it works and you are consistent with it the habit should be broken. One of my cats was declawed by his previous owner and now uses his teeth in play. I have used this technique with him and it has greatly decreased the biting. When he does bite and I remind him with an "OW" he immediately stops and begins to lick instead.
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Think how much you enjoyed watching London 2012. And then think how much you would have enjoyed it if the competitors had been allowed to use drugs.
To say it wouldn't have been the same is the understatement of the decade. It would hardly have been worth watching.
Which is why organisers of the Breeders' Cup must show what many of their greatest jockeys, with origins in South America, would call some 'cojones'.
It's not a trait that all in American racing have shared.
In 2007, Santa Anita dug up its traditional dirt and replaced it with an artificial Pro-Ride surface akin to the Polytrack in use at Kempton, Lingfield and Wolverhampton.
The move was an enlightened one – but it didn't last long.
In 2008, a British-trained runner finally took home the meeting's richest race, the Classic, when Raven's Pass scored for John Gosden and Frankie Dettori.
To rub the Californians' noses in the dirt – or Pro-Ride, if you prefer – their champion, Curlin, was made to toil back in fourth.
Americans are rightly proud of their fine sporting traditions, but it's also a fact that they don't take to being humbled on their own patch.
Predictably – and after an outcry from some of US racing's biggest names – up came the Pro-Ride, and back down went the dirt.
Organisers of the self-styled World Thoroughbred Champions must hold their nerve where Santa Anita caved in.
For the 2012 Breeders' Cup, medication is banned in all two-year-old races, and the plan is outlaw it across the board back at Santa Anita in 12 months' time.
There will doubtless be plenty of carping from the usual quarters, who will say the changes are being made at the behest of outside influences who have no business telling Americans what to do.
They would be better off spending their time wondering why their sport is currently experiencing hard times.
The public don't like to see horses perform under the influence of drugs, and it's bad for the breed as a whole.
To re-word the message from one of the greats of country music, the late Tammy Wynette – stand by your ban.


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There are a lot of things that different programming languages are good for and things they are bad for. There are times when their negative points can be exploited, of course. There are far more times when their positive points can be exploited, and turned into disaster. Pointers in C, for example, are useful in the cases where they are used properly and smartly, but terrible when wielded by the wrong hand with evil or ignorant intent. The same can be true for a lot of a dynamic language's features.
People trying to avoid knowing the names and number of variables they have, create classes on the fly with runtime information, and build and evaluate python code in strings are looking at the flexibility of the language and really want to use that for their own good. The problem is that great power requires great responsibility, as we all know. What most of us don't realize, is that great responsibility requires great wisdom, and we can't buy, read, or request on IRC for wisdom. That means the great power that lures these new comers to the language is inevitably what will always keep them from fully experiencing the gifts it bestows. This is not a flaw or a unique attribute of the language, of any language, or of anything at all which benefits mankind and requires knowledge. Just don't exert yourself. Don't do anything for the sake of paradigms or languages or buzzwords. Solutions are neutral, so solve them for solution's sake, not implementation's sake.
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What I find the most odd is the reactions these individuals give when you tell them what they are doing wrong, and what to do instead. If they want dynamic variable names, we tell them to use a dictionary; they complain about the inefficiency of hash table lookups versus variable names (from a C perspective, often). The simple thing I cannot understand with this is how they expect the dynamic variables work, if not a hash table. If they think they work like C stack locals, yet can be dynamic, why would they think that magical technique would not be applied to dictionaries. In other words, if they recognize they achieve the same end, why do they think they are such wildly different routes?
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So, I turned 40 a couple of months ago. Yikes! I remember when I was a in my mid-20's. I'd poke fun at the older women on my rugby team who were, as I insultingly called it, "mid-to-upper 30's." Nice. Well, now it's my turn to be up there in age, and ironically, today, I'd actually enjoy being called "mid-to-upper 30's" by some smart-ass, younger version of me.
But seriously, a lot happened for me in the months proceeding and immediately following my 40th birthday that I want to share. Maybe my story will help someone experiencing a similar thing. Maybe it just feels better to get it out on the screen. Who knows. But, I do know that some of my personal changes probably happened because of the number '40' and the impact this had on my psyche, and some were definitely a result of a soul-stirring break up I experienced this past September. Whatever the cause, the biggest result was that I faced my fears (that have been mounting for 15 years) and came out to both my parents (pause for applause, here).
Actually, I had come out to my mom 3 times previously, but, she had a special way of ignoring the issue 'hoping' that I or it would go away. I went away. It didn't. And, though she never really wanted to talk about it, my mom found some Armenian maternal satisfaction in making me feel guilty about my 'lesbian' condition. She mentioned several times over all those years, "If you tell your father, he'll have a heart attack. You don't want to be responsible for that, do you?" And then there was the, "I don't want to hear about your disgusting life. Why don't you go back into the closet you came out of and stay in there?" And the worst of all for me was the angry yet simply devastating statement, "Your selfishness will ruin this family!"
For years I had withstood pretty harsh comments from my mom about my weight, my bitten nails, my tomboy look, my (lack of) fashion sense, and my disregard for applying make up. This "lesbian" stuff was just another thing to add to the pile. Despite everything, I never doubted my mom's love. I mean, I was her only daughter. I did understood her pain and didn't want to rock the boat. When I first told her I was gay, I knew that I had shattered all her dreams and aspirations for me; including the perfect marriage to an Armenian guy that she drew up in her mind. I also saw my mother break down in a way I hadn't seen since my grandma (her mom) died. Wailing and all. It was heart wrenching to witness and to know that I was the cause of it. Upsetting her made me feel sick. I thought to myself that maybe I was being selfish. Maybe I will cause the family undue hardship and turmoil.
So, instead of being vocal and gently prodding my mom to face my reality and hers, I actually enabled her homophobia for 15 years through my relative silence. This was not surprising, for as easy as it was for me to be a vocal, confident, proactive leader in every other aspect of my life (the classroom, the sports field, with friends, etc), it was as difficult for me to have constructive, open, adult conversations with my parents--let alone about my sexuality as the main topic. Silence was emotionally easier. And, besides, I thought it didn't affect me much; I could 'walk the line.' That is, until one day I was told and then told myself, "no more."
Her reasons for saying "no more" and leaving after 5 years had little to do with the affair she was carrying on with her boss over the summer. Rather, she said that I always put my family first; that we were on two different paths; and that I didn't want the same things in life she wanted (meaning marriage, kids, etc.).
True, I did my best to avoid conversations about those big issues. I stopped talking when she brought marriage or kids up. Went silent. Left the room. Couldn't explain myself well. All these actions sent the signal that I didn't want those things. But, the simple truth that evaded even my own consciousness at the time was not about not wanting those things. Rather, that working towards those goals would absolutely require coming out to my entire family first. And, this scared me more than anything. This fear immobilized me and just kept me stuck. It separated me from my own wants...from even thinking about the future in those big ways. First things had to come first. 'What? Am I going to show up pregnant one day before my parents even know about me and my girlfriend? Am I going to have a wedding in secret, behind my family's back?' My first step towards a full future with her needed to be coming out to my family, but it was too daunting for me to even fully realize this at the time. I had no idea that my coming out fears were driving my avoidance of other issues. It was crippling me from the inside out. It suppressed my own self-expression of what I truly wanted for my own future. That is, until I was told our loving relationship was over.
That very second she broke up with me, it all came together. A voice, a thought, an angel--whatever you want to call it--gave me the most clarity in the middle of despair that I have ever experienced. At the same instant my life was crashing down on me, the truth--my truth--revealed itself. I knew without a shred of doubt what was holding me/us back. It was like reality backed me into a corner and nailed me hard to my own cross of fears. In that position, I no longer could escape. I no longer could distract myself. I could neither 'walk the line' nor walk away. Silence wouldn't suffice. Most of all, I no longer could avoid or deny this simple fact---that I (through a combination of inaction, complacency and remedial skill in bringing self-awareness to self-actualization) allowed the fear of disappointing and potentially losing my family rob me of my own future happiness. In essence, I sabotaged my own relationship.
Sure, I was out and about in the community, but in my mind family was different. Sure, I had a ton of deep and loving queer friendships, but family was different. Yes, I was proudly 'out' at work, with college friends and past roommates, but family was different.
This break up made me reassess everything in my life. Two weeks after the break up I came out to my best friend from growing up and to my older brother and his wife (who were supportive, loving and accepting). Then to my father (who said he loves me no matter what). Then I had a nice, adult sit-down with my mom and dad where I told them what I think I deserve in life and that they have to work towards acknowledging my sexuality. After that I told my younger brother. This mission could not have been aborted. I was determined, sincere, focused and gentle. And I did it for my future and the happiness of my future family.
The 'break up' also led to a 'shake up' in my soul. Coming clean like this was the closest thing to a religious experience that I ever felt. It was like being re-born; like baptizing my soul and liberating it from the immobilization caused by years of fear and some layers of shame. Today, I am a better, more self-aware (still far from perfect) version of myself. And, my life has transformed leading up to and after turning 40 in every way possible. As a result of coming out to my entire family, everything has changed. Except...my broken heart remains.
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Installing hurricane clips on my old house for insurance discount
I want to install some Simpson StrongTie H2.5 hurricane clips to my 1919 house (Jacksonville, FL) to get my hurricane insurance premium down...it got really ridiculous over the last few years...(thanks Andrew, Charley, Ivan, Jeanne!)
Simpson's installation instructions for the H2.5 clips call for 2 1/2" 8d nails...
Do people really use 2 1/2" nails through the rafters? Is an inch of nail out the back of the rafter something the wind insurance inspector is going to be looking for or something?
I thought I would use some regular 1 1/2" joist hanger nails in the rafters?? Anyone have experience with this?
Check the Simpson Catalogue
I have never used a nail longer than the thickness of the material I am nailing into. I don't have the catalogue available to me right now but if you check the general nailing specifications in the front I believe it is going to tell you to use the same diameter nail, .131, and that you can shorten it to the thickness of the material that you are nailing into,
typically 1 1/2" for a rafter. I have the specs at work and can check in the morning. If you don't have a definitive answer by tomorrow evening I will post again. Good Luck.
Thanks.. It really does seem stupid to use a longer nail. I'm thinking 8d 1 1/2" on the rafters and 2 1/2" on the top plates would make sense?
I swear I once saw someone bending the nails that were protruding out the other side while swearing "now it'll NEVER come off!"
I'm also going to get a palm nailer for it unless there's a better tool... Swinging a hammer while laying on my face in fiberglass just doesn't sound like much fun...
8d x 1-1/2" gives 160# uplift resistance with DF wood, blue chart; and SPF wood- pink chart here: http://www.strongtie.com/products/connectors/H.asp
Thanks for the link. That chart is confusing to me. Is the 160# per nail?
In the H2.5A row (the cliips I'm planning on using) it says 5-8d under "To Rafters/Trusses" and also under "To Plates". Then in the blue part it says uplift 600#, or uplift w/ 8d x 1 1/2" is 480#.
Seems like I could get away with using 1 1/2" nails on both top plate and rafter since it doesn't make much sense to make one end of the same connector stronger...yes?
Those ratings are PER anchor according to footnote #2 at the bottom. Would installing them in pairs then effectively double the uplift resistance?
Do I NEED to install them in pairs for Wind Mitigation inspection?
Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. I just really don't want to find out after installing 100 of these that I used the wrong nails.
The codes and charts are really not applicable in all cases.
The code is just the minimum to be legal for occupancy.
When it comes to discounting insurance premiums, their requirements must be meant to get the discounts. They are based on experience and losses for an area and not the minimal codes. They set the rules to earn discounts.
Since you are just worried about the clips, that is normally not a big problems if the discount is enough. For some areas the discounts can be over 60%, but it entails much more and on new construction the standard gable ends built to codes are not. Garage doors and anchorage are also necessary in the critical locations. If it is new construction along and close to the coast, the requirements and discounts are a real bargain - for an existing home it is more trouble and costly. The discounts can be a great option depending on the home and location.
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The first show to open at the Apollo Theatre since the roof fell in is to make the new temporary ceiling part of the production design.
A new floor has been installed for the time-being at the balcony level of the theatre while assessment and maintenance work takes place above.
Theatre designer Christine Jones is using the new false roof as part of the staging for the transfer of the Royal Court's vampire drama, Let The Right One In, which opens next week.
She aims to install a cyclorama — a panoramic painting on the inside of a cylindrical platform — above the audience in the stalls, covering the temporary floor.
She hopes to create a full "immersive experience" taking "the world of the play into the auditorium".
Details emerged as lawyers for those affected by the ceiling collapse called on the building's owner to provide full details of new safety measures to prevent another incident. More than 70 people were injured last December after parts of the roof crumbled during a performance of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time.
Many want reassurance from Apollo owners Nimax Theatres.
David Urpeth, a partner at lawyers Irwin Mitchell, said: "It is only a matter of days until the Apollo Theatre re-opens its doors, but all of those we represent remain angry and frustrated that they do not know how this incident emerged and what is being done to prevent it from happening again.
"The theatre's owners appear to have moved on from the incident, but our clients are going to be unable to until they know the ordeal they have been through will not be repeated."
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Hmm, Iam sitting here since one hour and try to find some cool designsideas for a private project of mine. Iam planning to make a Lan-Party with 120 members but there is one thing which goes on my nerves… Every single time I start to design this website my ideas fly away and I stop designing. I think I created 8 designs but then I decided to delete them because they wasn't cool enough for me I have some great ideas for some areas on the website but no one for the mainsite…
Because of this i ask you all for some crative-support…
here are a few points which i would like to include:
little interface that shows how many tickets are sold and a shoutbox
When I get stuck like that I just spend some time browsing around and checking out really nice websites I like. I usually form ideas then. When I'm really stuck it helps me to pull out some paper and start sketching some ideas down.
Sometimes i find that the best ideas come after a bit of a reset (yes reset not rest). If you've got some cool ideas for other areas you may find yourself concentration on them and trying too hard to fit them in where they don't belong and getting muddled up.
There are a lot of good points! Exspecially from bjornredemption! I think your'e totaly right. I was more concentraded on the widgets than on the maindesign. I should start to design the mainsite at first and after that i should implement the widgets.
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PREVIEW-Garmin's Q2 seen on track; outlook remains blurred
* WHAT: Garmin Q2 results
* WHEN: Wednesday: Aug 5
* Q2 expected to be roughly in line
* Q3, Q4 seen to be under pressure
By Savio D'Souza
BANGALORE, Aug 4 (Reuters) - No. 1 U.S. navigation device maker Garmin Ltd (GRMN.O: Cotización) is on track to meet market expectations in the second quarter as personal navigation device (PND) sales pick up.
However, analysts are unanimous in their view that a shrinking market coupled with increased competition will continue to pose difficult questions for the company.
As with most technology products, inventory stockpiles became a big worry for the company but with demand slowly picking up, resellers are gradually getting around to destocking.
"With de-stocking largely behind us, we expect PND unit shipments to be up significantly on a quarter-over-quarter basis despite relatively weak sell-through trends," Thomas Lee of Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients. Continuación...


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You know I am a Romney supporter and Ann Romney has been someone I look up to for years.
This is just a wonderful speech and I wanted to share it- there is info and truth here that you may not know about her- and her husband I hope you will watch it! I am so sick and tired of the lies about her and Mitt by the opposing party I want to puke!


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Algebra 2
posted by Lily .
State the possible number of imaginary zeros of f(x)= 2x^3 - 4x^2 + 8x - 3.
For any polynomial of odd degree, large negative values of x yield large negative values for y.
Same for positive values. So, somewhere along the way, y must change from negative to positive, meaning there is at least one real root.
Now, it's quite possible that there is only on real root, leaving possibly 2 complex roots.
So, there are 0,2 possible complex roots.
Note I said complex, not imaginary. Imaginary numbers have no real part, so they look like 0+bi. Most complex roots have a nonzero real part, so they look like a+bi.
USEFUL FACT: For a polynomial with real coefficients (the vast majority of the examples you will encounter) the complex roots come in conjugate pairs, meaning there are always an even number of them. This fact will help you solve a lot of the problems posed.
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Google Plus is New. Is it improved? – Ray2Go Ep. 12
Do you prefer the classic Google+ or the new Google+?
Seems a pointless question since we won't have access to the classic Google+ for very long.
For the last #Ray2Go show of 2015, B.L. Ochman, Randy Bowden, Jessica Dewell, Scott Scowcroft and I will reflect on the biggest news on Google+ of the year – the New Google+.
As head of Google Streams, Bradley Horowitz said:
"We ripped it (Google+) down and built it back up."
Will the change to Google+ affect your marketing strategy for 2016?
I've built strong relationships so I won't leave completely, but if I continue to produce live-streaming videos and interact with my "circles", it will be more challenging.
Google never has gotten "social" so this may work out better for them.
Just not sure if the non-tech guy on the street cares whether Google gets better personal data so it can continue to pursue its semantic web and Artificial Intelligence goals.
I'll give it time before I make a final decision.
It still is in beta and Google is actively seeking out feedback.
Product Director at Google, Luke Wroblewski notes that the team is:
"…trying to support advanced user features but working to find the right place for them."
The Ray2Go Post-Show BLAB
The Ray2Go show features a weekly panel discussion exploring the human side of digital marketing.
We broadcast live every Tuesday at 12:15 PM ET right here.
Join our resident panel of experts, B.L. Ochman Jessica Dewell Randy Bowden Scott Scowcroft and I this Tuesday at 12:15 PM ET.
And be sure to join us for the post-show Blab
Introducing our Ray2Go Panel:
Jessica Dewell – JessicaDewell.Com Integrating the often conflicting viewpoints that arise between vision and implementation is one of Jessica's specialties.
Business Evaluation & Strategy. Product / idea development – Consultant. Advisor. Speaker.
Find Jess on Twitter at: @jess_dewell
Scott Scowcroft loves to edit and repackage videos into Golden Nuggets to improve reach, promotion and profit – It's known as "The SCOTT Treatment."
"Each week Ray Hiltz expertly hosts a panel of four media professionals who could just as easily be nicknamed smarty, snappy, edgy and wise. Ray2Go, Ray"
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B.L. Ochman has been helping major brands incorporate new media into their marketing since 1996.
She writes for AdAge Digital Next and What's Next Blog (whatsnextblog.com) and is @whatsnext on Twitter.
She also is a pretty good swing dancer.
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You can find him on Twitter: @bowden2bowden
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Our Past Ray2Go Shows:
Do You 'Patreonize' Your Favorite Blogger? – Ray2Go Ep 11
What Role Does Empathy Play in Marketing? – Ray2Go Ep 10
Do You Give Advice Away for Free? – Ray2Go Ep. 9
Why We Need to Connect Emotionally With Our Clients – Ray2Go Ep. 8
Is There Ageism in Digital Marketing? – Ray2Go Show Ep. 7
Be an Expert or Go Home – Ray2Go Show Ep. 6
Can being a trailblazer get you burnt? – Ray2Go Show Ep. 5
Is Google+ Still in the Game? – Ray2Go Show Ep 4
Is Failure All It's Cracked Up To Be? – Ray2Go Show Ep 3
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Taste Education – Planning the Perfect Dinner Party – October 26
Slow Food Maui's next taste education session celebrates food culture and island hospitality with a session devoted entirely to planning the perfect dinner party. Led by Ralph Giles and Daniel Southmayd, co-owners of Catering from Soup to Nuts, these talented event planning and culinary professionals share their expertise by offering practical advice for meal planning and cooking to table setting and hosting etiquette. Held on the last Wednesday of each month, the October 26th session, held from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Maui Culinary Academy is purposefully planned to help attendees prepare for the busy holiday season.
Ralph Giles, owner and chef, Catering from Soup to Nuts is a self-taught chef who has a passion for great food and fine dining. His cuisine is a unique blend of classic American, Continental, and Pacific Island flavors. After 18 years of special education teaching, he entered the catering field and managed catering companies in the Greater Boston area. He has owned his own catering companies both in Boston (RG Catering) and currently on Maui. Daniel J. Southmayd, owner and administrator, Catering from Soup to Nuts studied baking and cooking in the Boston area, and has held management and administrative positions with Barnes & Noble, Maui no ka 'oi Magazine, and RG Catering. He has also studied music and works as a writer.
Whole Foods Market Maui will provide light refreshments for this taste education session.
Date: Wednesday, October 26
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Place: Maui Culinary Academy, UH Maui College, Pa'ina Building, 310 W. Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului, Maui, Hawai'i
Cost: $15
Advanced reservations and payment required.
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Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2009
Winemaker Notes
Subtle layers of complexity are conveyed in the form of lifted floral notes of pear blossom and jasmine, combining with savory toasted sesame and cashew.
On the palate, a gentle and restrained entry shows great poise. Purity and clarity of fruit is underpinned with... View More
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Pale gold, vivid green hue; a deeply fruited and hedonistically adorned bouquet of grapefruit, nectarine, spices and pain grillee; the palate is deeply weighted and powerful on entry, with finesse taking over and purity of fruit remaining on the finish; a pure, long and precise edition of an Australian classic.
A deftly balanced Chardonnay of tremendous depth without much weight, floating its pear, quince, floral and orange marmalade flavors through to the end. It's the finish that makes this special, balancing all the elements effortlessly and lingering on and on. Drink now through 2025.
Leeuwin's 2009 is a worthy successor to the flamboyant 2008. While perhaps just a touch more restrained in aroma and flavor despite being higher in alcohol, it still shows off flashy notes of grilled peach and pineapple. As always, it's full bodied and luscious without being overblown, and has a lingering finish.
The 2009 Art Series Chardonnay has a wonderfully fragrant nose of honeysuckle, tropical fruits and nectarines over nuances of pink grapefruit and allspice. Full-bodied and richly fruited in the mouth, it is surprisingly harmonious at this youthful stage with a backbone of medium to high acid balancing the ripe, expressive fruit. The finish is long with plenty of tropical fruit layers. Delicious now, it should cellar to 2020+.
Rating: 93+
Light yellow. Pungent aromas of tangerine, peach and white flowers, complicated by a tropical fruit nuance. Juicy, spicy and intense, with tangy acidity lifting flavors of citrus and orchard fruits, ginger and anise. Becomes creamier and spicier with air and finishes on a subtle pineapple note, with impressive clarity and length. The spicy, intensely mineral 2002 version of this wine is drinking very nicely right now, by the way, but still has years of life ahead of it.


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Greenpeace has earned a reputation as the quintessential radical environmental group, facing down oil tankers and crusading against nuclear plants. Today, the organization's new executive director, a veteran of racial justice struggles in Africa, is tipping the group's focus from whaling ships to the disenfranchised communities of the global south. Kumi Naidoo, who began his activist career as a teenager in apartheid South Africa, doesn't mark a sea change in Greenpeace's agenda. But he does represent a subtle shift toward an environmental perspective that harmonizes ecosystems with social systems. Environmentalists have often painted themselves into a corner as insular and overwhelmingly white. Now, with the Copenhagen conference approaching--and leaders bristling at emissions regulations just as they've skirted financial reform and the global food crisis--Naidoo occupies a vital pivot point between two movements, seeking combat ecological and economic exploitation simultaneously. Though it's unlikely that Copenhagen will yield radical policy changes from the United States and other major polluters, the conference is focusing grassroots groups on the plight of the world's poor as a component of global climate catastrophe. Locating environmentalism at the heart of a broad-based vision of sustainability, Naidoo commented on the BBC:
At Copenhagen we have our best chance to avert the worst of the coming climate catastrophe. So far the talks have been strangled by short term expediency, election cycles and national parochialism. Those of us who have followed the world trade negotiations are familiar with this lack of ambition. But Copenhagen is not a trade negotiation. You can't win this while others lose. Either we all get it right together or we all sink. Nature does not negotiate.
He told the Associated Press last week, "If the whole planet is under threat ... what's the point of not addressing that and saying we'll do other development work?" From a human rights approach, activists are pressing wealthy industrialized nations to invest their fair share in helping poorer nations deal with the floods, famine and other disasters driven by climate change. Naidoo argues:
While some may wonder what a poverty activist is doing moving to an environmental organisation, I do not view my role at Greenpeace as an abrupt detour. I believe the struggles against poverty and climate change are inextricably linked, while the solutions are the same. Let's be clear; time is running out to address the issue of climate change More equality and the equitable sharing of the planet's finite resources are our only chance to save the planet for the future. We in civil society have to believe there is a new pathway. We have to have the confidence to tread this new path; indeed, to demand this new path. We must take the leap of faith that says the strategies may need to be fluid, but the objectives are abundantly clear. We need to organise ourselves and work together in new and more transparent ways. We have to break down the barriers that exist, and realise that our struggles and causes are not independent. They are not about the people or the planet; they are in fact one single common cause--justice.
Will Nadoo's words resonate at Copenhagen in December? It's already echoing in some of the poorest corners of the world, where terms like "renewable fuel" and "carbon footprint" may be seldom heard, but everyone understands the meaning of equity. Real environmentalism is fundamentally radical: correcting the nature's imbalances, after all, requires a redistribution of the whole earth's wealth.


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A woman from Gainesville is behind bars... Accused of sexually assaulting another woman-- then trying to bribe an officer with sexual favors to let her go.
Gainesville Police say 53 year old Sharon Irene Rojas grabbed a woman walking in the parking lot of a shopping center and touched her inappropriately.
Police arrested Rojas.
That's when they say she stated she would offer the officer sexual acts, a trip to Daytona and fifty dollars to let her go.
GPD spokesman Lt. Keith Kameg had this to say: "The officers charged her accordingly and did what they were supposed to do because this is something that law enforcement now a days everyone is on guard about complaints, so anything remotely like this, we take it seriously."
Rojas is charged with simple battery and bribery.
She is being held on 13-thousand dollars bond.
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Smartphone Printer Creates Physical Copies Of Digital Images [Video]
This miniature printer places photos in the palm of your hand in less than 60 seconds.
You might take a lot of pictures on your smartphone, but what happens to the very best ones? For too many people, they get buried in the deep recesses of their phone's storage or in the backlogs of Instagram. LifePrint is a printer designed specifically for smartphones, making individual photos special again when they are immortalized as high-quality 3 x 4″ prints.
Smaller than an iPad Mini, this sleek printer will be compatible with both iOS and Android devices, and though print sizes are currently limited (and the device only holds enough 'film' for 10 prints at a time), developer Robert Macauley and his team are currently working on more dimensions.
The printer has a unique 'social' feature that sets it apart from similar devices. With an app that allows your LifePrint to 'follow' and be 'followed' by friends, you can field requests to print friends' photos out of your printer. This is an elegant feature if you have, for example, a family member living on the other side of the country who wants to send photos. Perfect for travel, the printer is battery-powered and functions over a wi-fi or data network, making it convenient to use anywhere.
The LifePrint will retail for $199.99, but is available for $99.99 to early adopters on Kickstarter.
Check out the introductory video below to see the printer in action:


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The Neighbors Will Burn With EnvyMark Sherman
Now you can go to that great putting green in the sky in the bottom of a golf bag. Or to the final roundup snug in a pair of cowboy boots. Cremations are on a steady rise, so the elegant but--let's face it--boring urn atop the mantel is giving way to bags, boots, and other more personalized designs. "People understand they don't have to remain with traditional urns," says Dennis McNulty, sales manager for Kelco Supply, the Minneapolis-based funeral supply company. Kelco started selling designer urns last year and has seen strong demand for them. "We offer urns for all types," says McNulty. The containers each go for around $550, about the same as for a traditional urn.
A record 20% of the Americans who died last year were cremated, according to the National Funeral Directors Assn. On the Pacific Coast, nearly half of all deaths led to cremation. Reasons for the rise: lower costs, shortage of burial space, and convenience for increasingly transient families.
The aging population suggests a bright future for this grim business. Nearly 2.3 million died last year in the U.S., with 3 million dearly departeds expected in 2025. In a crowd like that, a final statement of individuality has an appeal.


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At her newest project, a run-down Pacific Heights mansion, Mel is visited by the ghost of a colleague who recently met a bad end with power tools. Mel hopes that by nailing the killer, she can rid herself of the ghostly presence of the murdered man-and not end up a construction casualty herself...


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Moving Force Identification Studies I: Theory
Chan, Tommy H.T., Yu, Ling, Law, S.S., & Yung, T.H. (2001) Moving Force Identification Studies I: Theory. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 247(1), pp. 59-76.
Traditional ways to acquire information on truck axle and gross weight are expensive and subject to bias, and this led to the development of weight-in-motion (WIM) techniques. Most of the existing WIM systems have been developed to measure only the static axle loads. However, dynamic axle loads are also important. Some systems use instrumented vehicles to measure dynamic axle loads, but are subject to bias. All of this prompted the need to develop a system to measure the dynamic axle loads using an unbiased random sample of vehicles. This paper aims to introduce four methods in determining such dynamic axle loads from bridge responses, The four methods are interpretive method I, interpretive method II, time domain method, and frequency-time domain method. Examples and experiments in laboratory show that all the four methods are feasible and the time domain method and frequency-time domain method give very good results even when 5% noise is added to the simulated input data.
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- 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 4 drops yellow food coloring, optional
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg whites, milk powder and oil until well blended. Add food coloring if desired. Yield: 1/4 cup egg substitute equivalent to 1 large egg, 1 serving.
Editor's Note: The cholesterol in 1 large whole fresh egg is 213 mg.
Originally published as Homemade Egg Substitute in Light & Tasty June/July 2001, p20
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