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@ lsvalgaard….i downloaded this on May 30 of last year. You had posted it during comments. It is the highest resolution sunspot chart that I have ever seen anywhere. Although it would be nice to see it with a little extra spacing on the time axis. It is hard to judge specific months, especially during the minimum where they sit close together.
I saw the outline of a face in the upper picture and named it the Water Spirit. The picture shown is from 36 hours prior to everyone seeing hurricane Sandy. If you look close you can see Sandy in its infancy. Note how it appears that the Water Spirit has its left arm outstretched and pointing right at where Sandy is being born. The other two pictures show the further development of Sandy.
https://theconversation.com/environment-policy-must-embrace-uncertainty-23269Considering how this is only the 4th wettest winter that the UK has experienced, it seems disingenuous to think that statistics and or models will lead to a better understanding of the future vs combining modern maths with historical records and data. In this article the assumption is automatically made that this current wet cycle is induced by human aided changes to long term weather patterns. Yet looking at the long term data sets where it can readily be seen that heavier rainfalls have occurred in the past, how would this article then justify its position of human influenced changes in rainfall patterns? I agree that man has changed the landscape around the world, and I would also agree that those land use changes lead to regional changes in the water cycle and local temperature changes. Some of that will have some level of impact on the overall system. In the US, the Dust Bowl was a prime example of how man caused changes can combine with natural weather patterns to induce a much more severe event. There are also examples from thousands of years ago where nations detrimentally impacted their society through heavy land use changes. Aren't we supposed to learn from the past?
Yet for some reason this article thinks that there is a need to leap to the conclusion that everything heading our way in the future will be catastrophic. That there is no question that every rain, every snowfall, every cold day, every hot day, every shift in the ocean and so on, has come under the influence of human changes to such a degree that there is a need for immediate reaction to abate the unknown future disasters. That makes no sense to me. Especially, as it should be obvious to all that the severe changes which some would like to implement will lead to large negative consequences for the population of this planet. The poorest of that population will be the ones to suffer first, if the radical changes which have been proposed are undertaken.
what drives this wave. Is it an independent structure that could be driven by centripetal forces of the global spin and somehow becomes free from other oceanic forces and attractors? and I just looked up the word soliton, my brain functions are working.
Further thoughts. …so what would set this process in motion? How often do they occur?
ps…if anyone is wondering what this little post was about, it had to do with seeing someone use the word "soliton" wave in a post at WUWT. There was no definition given to the word, but there was a few clues that led me to think about what the process might entail. What I first wrote above was the first thoughts I had as I tried to define what the word could mean. Then I looked up the definition and saw that I had come to an accurate description of how a soliton wave worked, in large part. I actually had several other thoughts and they were also correct. Because I had looked up the definition prior to writing them down, I didn't add them in with my first thought that starts this post.
Interesting topic, I would rate the catastrophic global warming argument as the number one dangerous science fraud that we have ever been confronted with. The potential for harm to many is huge. There are two sides to this. The first is economic. The amount of money that is being wasted worldwide on the great climate unknowns is staggering. That same money could have been used in practical down to earth applications which would have benefited many, and would have continued benefits over time. As it is only a small portion of the money thrown at the climate change issue has real value. Most of it is wasted value.
The second looming danger stems from the strong probability that a solar grand minimum is near at hand, around 6 years away +/-. The Sun is currently showing changes that modern
technology has never witnessed before. This is a first for all of man,s great sensing equipment in space to record and then analyze. Here is the rub though. All major governments of the world are caught up in the catastrophic global warming lie. All of their efforts are thus faced in the wrong direction if a strong global cooling takes place. In the past these grand minimums have always led to hardship for mankind. With today,s technology and resources, there is no need for a grand minimum to be as serious a problem as it was 2 centuries earlier or in the ones prior where the event killed many due to crop disruptions, and the fact that cold is hard on life forms. Yet if we have our backs turned away from the potential for cooling, then the cooling can impact us with greater force. There are some people in the world who see this as a good thing in that it could lead to the deaths of many. To those people such a solar grand minimum leading to a reduction of worldwide population is seen as a blessing. To those who will suffer and lose their lives during such an event, they surely will not look upon it as a blessing. The big unknown is how deep will this next grand minimum be. This is an unknown factor. However there is reason to believe that it could reach a Maunder Minimum level of cold. Look up the Maunder Minimum to get some understanding of the consequences. One can also read about the other grand minima throughout history to see that society has been impacted by these events many times before. The fall of the Roman Empire happened during a gm. Napoleon,s massive army was defeated by the Dalton Minimum in the early 1800s as he marched through Russia. There were very few survivors to make it back to France. Interesting how these things work.
I awoke a short while ago from a bit of restful sleep. As I lay there a stream of thought entered into the forefront. A piece of a puzzle that had been missing became clear to me. I started to go back to sleep, but realized that I was not likely to reenter sleep at this time. The thought had been too stimulating. It had keyed me upward. Then as I thought further about the experience, I came to the decision that I should tell this story, as for too many times in my life I have let things that should have been said or done unfinished. Some of these pieces that were left unfinished had negative consequences for me and for others at times. I regret some of those consequences deeply to this day. I will start from the beginning.
All of my life from an early age, I have been aware of change/s. That includes change within me, changes in society, and changes in nature at times. The first awareness of change was in 1956. I turned 6 years old in May of that year. Around that time was the first inklings of a different stream of thought from within. That summer, which followed the great flood of 1955/56 in the Pac NW, I learned my first observable lesson of what nature can and will do at times. It can cause large changes. In this case a wonderful redwood stump fort alongside of Lagunitas Creek in Samuel P Taylor Park had been a victim of the winter flood. This would have been the first season where I was to be allowed to join the older boys and play in that fort. Now it was but a shell of it,s former glory. It wasa harsh yet clear lesson about the power of nature and that nature changes the natural world. The second part to understanding change in the years 1956/57 was that I had started to become aware of changes within me, of changes within my awareness and mentality. This was shortly after the solar minimum
The second point of advancement in this process came in 1966. I turned 16 that year. This was the year after the great flood of 1964/65. Which was also around the time of the solar minimum. In the years prior, I had been steadily working towards increased understanding of the spiritual side of myself. I had made good gains along the way by this point in time. Working together with my brother the two of us were on the dge of discovery. The main factor in this was that which was in me. I was the catalyst, but added to that was the strength of love and trust that brothers can sometimes have. We shared that love and unbounded trust. Then, all of that came to an end. My brother tirned 18 that year. The Vietnam war was was rapidly escalating and my brother was a dropout. He made the choice to leave the country. He went to NY and then on to Spain. I was devastated. I wanted to go with him, but he pointed out that our parents would have also been devastated, if I had also left. I could understand that. Yet now my partner, my key to further progress on the path had been taken from me. The last two years of high school saw a drop in my grades as a consequence. Yet because I had made so much progress on the path, in an honest truthful search I was given an unexpected wondrous gift. At the end of the year of 1966 at the age of 16 the Holy Spirit came to me one night. Up to that point in time in my prayers, I had always asked for two things for myself. I had prayed for the gift of faith and for understanding/wisdom. Both of those requests were filled at the end of that year. Although, the gift of faith turned into the gift of no longer needing faith, as understanding replaced the need for faith. That is how that works. Then early in 1967 there was another major understanding/gift that had correlations to one of my ancestors, St Theresa of Avila, Spain.
The third point of change came in 1976/77. This was the decade where the 9 year flood cycle was broken. That is the time of the climate shift to warming. In that year I faced death three times, where I did not see where I would live through the next minute/s of my life. Obviously, I survived all of them. The first event occurred around 6/6/1976. There would be a record of the accident to pinpoint the exact day. Part of what caused the accident was due to the drought from the previous winter. That evening there was a light rain, which was the first rain in 7 or 8 months. The other part to that accident was due to my drinking. Six people had died going off at that same spot on the Klamath River where I went off. My one thought as I went off was "goodbye baby". Then 2 months after that in August, and 2 more months once again in October, the other 2 near death moments occurred, one from being in a runaway truck loaded with lumber, and the other from being chased down a mountain by a 50,000 pound rolling pin of Ponderosa pine. I should have never told my wife about the rolling pin. She insisted that I stop working in the woods, but we needed the money. As a result she took the children and went to Sacramento in November of 1976 to stay with her parents in protest. In one of the greatest mistakes of my life, I called an end to our marriage. In the beginning of 1977, I had a very unusual aware dream. Part of that dream comes to meet me in 1986. This was also the years around the solar minimum.
The 4th point of change happens in 1985/86. There had been a heavy rain the year before, around the solar minimum. I had been run over by a vehicle in SF and had my right arm and leg broken in multiple places. Then at the end of 1985, there was a chance for an upswing in my life. My family opened a new restaurant. I went back to work as the kitchen manager, which I was very proficient at. Although we were soon faced with bankruptcy right away from problems elsewhere with the restaurants we had. I worked like a man possessed, which helped me heal and re-strengthen my broken body. In 1986 a lovely woman from Ireland came to work for us. She was the woman who I had seen in my aware dream in early 1977. The fact that she was from Ireland made complete sense in that my dream took place on foreign soil. I knew that it was foreign soil by the vegetation and the smell of the air during the aware dream. Ireland thus made complete sense to me, and brought wonderment to me once again as I thought 'how could this be and why?'. We survived the bankruptcy.
The fifth point of change came in 1996/97, the year of the semi biblical flood in No Cal and So Oregon. In January of 1996 I had an unbidden thought come to me that there was going to be a huge rain coming with the next winter. I then told quite a few people about this, because the thought came from a certain spot within me. Thoughts that come from this spot, come to pass or are correct in what they show me. That is why I was telling others about the premonition. I had never foretold a weather event before in my life. This was a first. In the fall of that year we had lost the valuable lease on our SF theater district restaurant. This was due to being stabbed in the back by a scheming lawyer. Once again the future had become tenuous for me. The winter set in and a semi biblical rain event occurred. My father had a great opportunity to acquire a lease option on a 2 acre property in Marin with an existing restaurant on it. Prospects seemed great, except there was a question of money. My dad struggled to raise the funds to do a full renovation. I suggested that we just spruce up the place and open the doors. He was not willing to do that. Later in 1997 I moved in with my folks into their Marin house. My dad was trying to play options to raise money. he had a partner who showed him how to get away from using brokers by going online. Being that I was now living with him, he told me one morning that I was now going to learn about the stock market. Throughout my adult life he had tried to get me interested in the stock market. He figured that my gifted mentality could aid him in this endeavour. So here we were. After 6 days of listening and looking over his shoulder, I told him that I could make sense of what I was seeing. So he gave me the go ahead to make a decison and place an order. He had about $36,000 left. He said that I could use $2,000 for myself and he would follow with the rest. I made an SP 500 move that was the opposite of what he had been thinking. I explained that I saw a good spot for the next 48 hours. In 36 hours my $2,000 had increased to $12,000, and his closer to the money option was now worth $290,000. He had gained over $250,000. I said sell and he said wait one more day and it could be a million. I again said sell and he then said " so the student is going to teach the master?". The market reversed. He still made about $20,000. My 12k had gone back to the 2k of his money, and that was it. He had killed the golden goose. Shortly after I moved to Oregon to stay with my younger brother. That was also the year of the solar minimum.
And now for the elusive 6th point of change. I had never connected the dots to see it prior to my waking up several hours ago. The years are 2006/07. In 2006 I was fired from a good job by my boss, who was a 'master' at everything he had ever read or thought about. The job was color matching paints and stains for refinishers and contractors, and I found it fascinating. I had no experience at it, but soon became very good at it. In the 2.5 years in which I had worked for him I had produced 2,600 successful color matches/formulas. However, as usual, there was a problem right from the beginning, which stemmed from a lawsuit between him and a partner who shared the other half of the warehouse they had purchased together. His 'partner' in the building was crazy enough to the point where I brought my gun to the warehouse and kept it there. Shortly after being fired in August of 2006, I woke up one morning to find that I could no longer see out of my right eye. I lived like that for 5 years, afterwards. I soon took a job though, as a crewman for a standby for oil spills in the Carquinez Straits area around the refineries there. It was a 24 hour sit by job in a building at the end of a pier. That winter in 2006/07 there was a heavy rain where the waters of the Sacramento River actually cut us off from the land for about 4 days. It made one a bit nervous to feel the sway in the wooden pier and the building. We had boats ready for escape, if necessary. The years 2006/07 were the end of the warming. The solar minimum was the following year.
That now brings me to my last thought for the evening or early morning. I have already stated more than once at different websites that the next California flood should be due around 2016/17 or perhaps 2017/18. Now after looking at the above record of how years ending in 6 have been the dominant turning point throughout my entire life, then I would have to predict that 2016 is a high probability year for the next point of change in nature and perhaps in myself. I can well imagine how strange all of this will be to any who read this. I would find this thought strange, if someone else presented it. Afterall, I am a skeptic as most here are. In fact without being skeptical from my early years, I could have never achieved the gains that I made in my spiritual growth, as they would have been built on a false foundation. Feel free to make any comment. I stand by what I wrote here. I feel very clear and strong minded at this time.
About 6 years ago, I had started smoking weed on a regular basis as something was causing me terrible sleep problems. I had lost several jobs because of the sleep problems. The sleep problems ended when I left the town of Benicia and moved into the mountains. Curiously, my blood pressure which had become high for the first time in my life while living in Benicia, also returned to normal within several months of living here in the mountains. Who knows why? Eleven days ago, I made the decision to clear the fumes from my mind. I want my full mentality back so that I can take the next step in re-educating myself further. I thank the many here who have shared great thought on this site and who have thus aided me in this endeavour. I am also very serious about this conversation, and the implications that it holds for the future well being of the world at large. The last coherent words that my mother spoke in her last day were to me. There were 6 of us visiting in her hospital room that day, three of my siblings, my father, myself, and a family friend. I was sitting on her right side. My mother was lost in her mind for the most part due to the morphine, which she hated. Suddenly, she reached over and grabbed my arm with what must have been all the stregth left to her weakened body. She looked straight into my eyes and asked " Are the children safe?". What could I say? I am an honest truthful man. Yet I had to answer back to my mother " Yes the children are safe". Then she drifted back into the morphine and random thoughts. That was her last day on Earth.
What should I be named? How old am I?
I opened my WordPress acct to help with my commenting. The only post I ever made on another website had to do with this 'rock' that I found in Jan 2012. The above pictures do not correspond to the number comments in my post, here is what I wrote…I found this in the early part of this year, while prospecting. The shape caught my eye as it sat on a gravel bar with hundreds of thousands of other rocks. At first I was thinking a type of geode or something similar, but after studying the characteristics of this shape, I came to believe that this is a complete creature that was trapped, perhaps in a rock slide, and then fossilized. So, I thought that this would be a good place to show this, as I know that some of you probably have skills along this line. 12/18…In picture #8 you can see the best example yet of what the surface texture looks like. I lightly moistened the surface and using morning sunlight I was able to highlight a section of the tiny peaks of the bumps from the reflection of the light through the water coating the texture. I should have mentioned this from the start, but all sides of the main body had this texture. I lightly polished the left side and the bottom. Otherwise this piece was not water worn. It must have been blasted out of the ocean-deposited sediment layers that make up much of the soil mass in the area. That would have happened either in the late 1800s, or in the 1920s/30s mining era. It had been kicked up onto a high bar in the river system, where only flood years would touch it. This would suggest that it didn't travel too far from where it had been deposited. Actually, there is a 1,000 yd long cut in a red cliff face right across from where I live that is a mile upstream from where I found this. Locals have told me that the cliff yielded fossils, but it could come from several sources in that they really changed this landscape back in the 1800s. Entire ridges were blasted away to nothing in their search for gold. Pictures taken at the time show a completely devastated landscape. Almost no tree or bush left to be seen for miles up and down the Trinity river. For best viewing put the pics on your desktop.


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FITSNews – April 6, 2008 – The man who parted the Red Sea, marched for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King, and told the liberal anti-gun lobby to pry a flintlock rifle from his "cold, dead hands" passed away in Beverly Hills yesterday. Charlton Heston, whose epic performances as Moses and Judah Ben-Hur in mid-to-late fifties made him one of America's original cinematic icons, died of natural causes at the age of eighty-three. His wife of 64 years, Lydia, was at his side.
Heston's God-like voice and Apollo-esque physique not only translated into Hollywood gold, but meshed with his fervor for individual liberties created an indelible mark on American culture. And admirably, Heston didn't distinguish between so-called liberal causes (civil rights) or conservative ones (Second Amendment rights), although he later took a dim view of the "tangle of entitlements and reverse discrimination" he believed the civil rights movement had created. Today, the National Rifle Association praised its former president as a patriot who "believed with every fiber of his being that our Bill of Rights is the foundation of our freedom."
America has lost a great patriot. The Second Amendment has lost a faithful friend … and so have four million NRA members and eighty million gun owners. And so has every American who cares about the Bill of Rights, individual liberty, and Freedom.
True that. Heston, who like another American conservative legend was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease late in his life, always spoke his mind and never gave a damn what his critics thought of him. Which makes him a hero in our book, even if he wasn't a hero already in everybody else's book …

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Fishing Wire
I think I got lucky but I need help. I need to run additional wire from our panel in the basement to the bathroom on the second floor. The bathroom is completely gutted and I have 2 holes that currently contain wire. The problem is the hole isn't big enough (don't you hate it when that happens) and I don't want to pull the existing wire out to make the hole bigger then fight to get the first wire fed past the first floor.
The only thing I have been able to think of is tie a string to the end of the wire. Drop the wire just below the hole. Cut a slit into the side of the hole deep enough to allow the new hole to be made larger without cutting the string then pull the wire back up. The string will rest in the slit until the hole is made
Any other ideas or any issues with what I'm thing about doing? How many wires can I run through the same hole?
Is the wire stapled to the studs as it travels through the 1st floor?
(Will the wire easily pull up/down from basement to 2nd floor?)
You could drill another hole next to the hole.
If you do leave wires cut them short or tag them with "abandoned in place"
I don't believe they are stapled. I hooked up a fish to a wire already in that hole and pulled it to the basement. There's still a wire in the hole with the fish.
I'd love to drill another hole and start over but I don't know how to get the wire to feed from the basement to the second floor without putting a hole in the first floor wall.
Can you help?
Also attach a piece of strong string and pull it up as well, so it is there if you need to do this again. You can also use a sawzall to cut the hole larger if necessary.
I don't think this is going to be necessary in your situation, but thought I would mention it just in case...... If you need something ridgid to dish with (If you can't remove the wire that is in there now) the whole distance (10+ feet I assume). You can use Fish sticks, which are overpriced fiberglass sticks that screw together from fairly small sections. At lowes they have the same type of thing, screw together fiberglass rods that are for chimeney cleaning. I didn't buy any, but from looking at them in the store, they seemed to be much cheaper than the regular electrical fish sticks. So if that is what it is going to take, to get down that wall for some reason, I would check those out.
If you do a completely seperate second hole, the fish sticks can make it easier to get down to the basement and find the new hole at the other end since it is a ridgid fish as opposed to the normal ones that are pretty flexable. So you can sit upstairs and poke around with it a bit till you get it through the new hole.
OR... if you know the wall cavity is clear, and you know where the joists are, you can just drill a decent size hole 1.25" (get some Irwin speed bor bits from Lowes). Then as long as your holes are at the same spot upstairs and downstiars, you can just drop a plumb (fishing weight, or something else small and heavy on a string in the attic from the new hole, and if your lined up with the new hole in the basement, you will be able to drop it right though.
Does that help?
Jamie, Good advice. If you can use an existing wire to pull your new ones that would be great. Just remember to pull one for the one you pull out.
does the 3" vent stack or waste go from the second floor down to the basement?? this is where we always find a way from the attic to the basement because 95% of the time they go straight from the roof to the waste in the basement. so run you fish tape or string with weight on it down to the basement. ( on older homes with cast iron) BOB.
His problem is the hole is not big enough and he want to enlarge it but has a fish tape in the hole.
Use a jig saw, a dremel or roto zip to grind out one side of the hole and enlarge it while the fish tape is in the hole.
Drill another hole very close to the first one and chisel out the wood between them. The hole doesn't need to be round.
Yes I do see What you were referring to in post #4 now, I was thinking you were referring to post #1, My apologies! BOB
While we are on this subject of fishing cable, I have a fish string with a fine 8" chain tied to the end.
The chains weight pulls the string down, then if an obstruction is encountered, jiggling the chain around usually causes the chain to fall down or through and it continues on its way.
Ok guys I was able to get the wire through. Thank you!!! I've decided to run the wire under the floor up to the switch and to light from in the ceiling. There are pipes in the floor as well. Is there a rule when running electrical and plumbing in the same area? Distance between them, one on top of the other....
Also, one of the new wires will control a fan with heat/light. The directions said to use a 20 amp breaker but I read someplace not to put 12/2 wire with 20 amp breaker. Is that true?
#12 capacity is 20 amps and requires the protection of a 20 amp breaker. Although a 15 amp breaker is OK, but it won't give you the capacity to run your heater/light.
Does your heater have a built in control switch?
I didn't buy the fan yet. I just read the directions on the outside of the box which said to run it to a 20 amp circuit so I don't know if it has a control switch. What is it?
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I have been in food and beverage for 30 years, currently in SW Florida...I recently relocated back here from the Hudson Valley in New York, where I did a stint at the fabulous (shameless plug) Peekamoose Restaurant as the "fish guy" - if you are in the Catskills, it's worth a visit! I am an avid hobbyist of preserved foods and have 3 daughters who have ZERO interest in a good meal - their loss!!
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I took a trip to the bookstore yesterday and walked out with two books, one for my son and one for me. If I had carte blanche I would have walked out with an armload of books, because as I perused the shelves I saw so many titles that are on my "to read" list!
What am I reading now? I'm finishing up an ARC copy that I never got around to reading when I got it last September called, "The Midnight Charter" by David Whitley. Very interesting read, check out the editorial reviews on Amazon.
Next on my reading list will be one of the two books I picked up yesterday, "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld. I've heard lot's of talk about this series, but I'll be honest I never felt inclined to buy it because the title turned me off. But...my brother and sister-in-law and their daughter have all read it and raved about it, so I bought a copy yesterday. It's next on the list!
And I just had to get another Goosebumps book (by R.L. Stine)for my son. He's hooked on the series. This time I got him "The Beast From The East". And we've already started reading it as a bedtime story.


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2013 Great Wolf Lodge Homeschool Days Experience – $139 w/ Promo Code
Promo codes for 2013!
**I am sooo sorry I didn't get this up last fall. I don't know where my brain was? (stuck in holiday festivities I think!)
There may still be some rooms left – but I'm not sure . . . so grab them quick!
**I will update this list when I get more details for the other dates.
You can't beat this deal!!
Even though I am not a homeschooling mom {gasp! . . . I know – right?! 5 kids – and I don't homeschool? I think people think that if you have that many kids – you just have to homeschool. Not here. It does shock many that I don't. Like I always say – "I love the idea of homschooling – but so far I haven't found anyone who will do it for me yet!" }, I do have many fantastic homeschooling mom friends though. (*Though – I may end up homeschooling one of my kids soon . . . but that's another story for another day!)
So . . . for all of you fabulous moms who get up every day and teach all those things I've forgotten about 20+ years ago . . .
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If you're a homeschooling family looking to stay at the Williamsburg Great Wolf Lodge this year – you're in luck because they are offering ALL the rooms (Yes – even the Themed and Premium suites! Family, Loft, Kidcabin, Kidkamp, Wolf Den, Majestic or Grizzly suites! ) for $139 a night during select weeks.
That means that you can get a room that fits 8 AND passes to the water park for just $139 a night (plus taxes and fees = Total $169.19)!!
That's not just a HUGE discount – it's a STEAL!
(It's cheaper than staying in most plain hotels.)
In the past we have paid over $250 -$350 for 1 night for all 7 of us. Needless to say we've never gone for more than one night. (though – you know I found other ways to not really pay that full price! ie – using my Blue Sky credit card that had travel credits on it!)
Rooms sell out fast so book now!
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There's a homeschool deal going on right now 🙂 I think it ends mid June. Just booked for $145 for biggest family suite possible. Code is HOME.
Are there codes for September homeschool days yet?!
The promo code HOME doesn't appear to be working 🙁
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OMG...I think I'm actually committed to this thing. Feel free to stop by and check out my IZM Week One Recap here. I have a current checklist (accountability), a note about the Day 6 ZineWiki thing, and a little squee about my one of my favorite zines evar. <3
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My husband is a curly guy (3c) and I was so excited this morning when shea moisture announced a MENS line this morning! It looks good, theres a lot of good stuff.
Hopefully you are close to a target that carries them! Happy hunting!
I'll look at it. I'm coming out with a hair care line for curly men too.
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[USA CONFIDENTIAL] Four players born and raised in Germany played for the USA in its loss to France on Friday and five are on the current roster. Six more
German-bred players are in the U.S. U-23 national team camp. The trend recalls Tom Dooley's great contributions of nearly two decades ago, but also raises some questions.
Dooley, like the current German products in the national-team fold, was born to a German mother and an American father, who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Dooley first stepped on U.S. soil at age 30 and quickly became a key part of the national team as a strong, smart defender who also attacked and scored goals. He was the only player who started all U.S. games at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
Perhaps because German soccer declined in the following years, no more Dooleys found their way to the U.S. program. But starting in the 2000s, German youth development rebounded, its national teams again produced successful and exciting teams – and U.S. Soccer began scouring German soccer for American-sounding surnames.
Of the four German-bred players U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann put on the field against France, two – Jermaine Jones and Timothy Chandler -- made their debuts under Klinsmann's predecessor, Bob Bradley, who also capped German-bred keeper David Yelldell.
Jones is the oldest and most accomplished of the German-Americans. The 29-year-old earns an annual salary of more than $5 million from Schalke 04, according to German media. He played three times for Germany, in 2008, but remained eligible for the USA because the games weren't part of official competition.
In the 66th minute of the 1-0 loss to France, Jones replaced Kyle Beckerman at defensive midfielder to earn his 13th U.S. cap.
Chandler, a 21-year-old, made his seventh U.S. appearance against France, starting at left back.
"He still has to learn a lot of things," Klinsmann said. "He knows that. And there's a lot of upside in his game that can develop. But for right now, he has that starting position. It's his. And he's moving along in that process."
Danny Williams, 22, made his third U.S. start against France, and Fabian Johnson, 23, debuted on Friday in the 71st minute, replacing Williams.
Johnson, in theory, should be the most promising of the young German-Americans. He lined up alongside Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil in a midfield that led Germany to the U-21 European Championship title in 2009 on a team that sparked talk in Germany of a golden generation.
The fifth German product in Klinsmann's current squad that on Tuesday faces Slovenia is Alfredo Morales, a 21-year-old Berlin-born defender who made his Bundesliga 1 debut for Hertha Berlin in August.
There's a big difference between the current crop of German players vying for national team spots and Dooley, who was head and shoulders above the talent for his position that the U.S.-bred pool had to offer at the time.
Dooley starred for Bundesliga and German Cup winners Kaiserslautern when he joined the U.S. team. None of the current German-Americans come close to what he had accomplished.
Even Jones, despite his huge salary, has been in and out Schalke's starting lineup because of injuries and a clash with previous Schalke coach Felix Magath led to a loan to Blackburn Rovers. He recently regained a starting role under Coach Huub Stevens.
And Jones is a rugged defensive midfielder who's been getting yellow cards in half the games he plays for his club. He doesn't display qualities unique to what the USA has been producing on its own.
In fact, none of the German-Americans being auditioned right now for Klinsmann's team have displayed extraordinary talent.
Of course, all the other German-Americans who broke into Bundesliga lineups at a young age should be given a close look. Any American citizen, regardless of where he grew up, should have an equal opportunity to serve the U.S. national team. That's not the issue.
It also makes perfect sense for U.S. Soccer to continue its scouring for foreign-based American talent. During his tenure as U.S. U-20 coach that ended in 2011, Thomas Rongen identified more than 400 teenage American players in foreign countries. They might find some who turn out as great for the USA as Dooley and Dutch-American Earnie Stewart and end up helping the USA reach a higher level.
But so far, the German pipeline isn't delivering players significantly more promising than what can be found within U.S. shores.


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Beer, ping-pong replace glitz at City's Christmas parties
By Clare Hutchison
LONDON (Reuters) - Team bonding is the theme for Christmas parties in London's financial district this year as managers tone down the annual knees-up and label it as staff development.
Fearful of a public backlash if they revived the opulent festivities of the pre-crisis era, some banks and financial firms are opting for smaller, quirkier events that can be accounted for as a learning activity rather than just a staff perk.
Treasure hunts, cocktail making, go-karting and wine tasting are some of the things companies are laying on for employees.
Before the 2008 crisis, a specially erected marquee in London's Canary Wharf offered Christmas parties with sit-down dinner, free-flowing champagne and a band on stilts for banks such as Lehman Brothers and HSBC.
"Every year budgets go down," said Pascale Miller, an event executive at London-based Precipuus Events, which organizes parties for City firms such as HSBC Private Bank.
"But because it's part of team building and because it's often a learning activity, they can mark that off in the budget as something separate from pure entertainment."
Informal venues such as pubs are being chosen over ballrooms and the dress code is more sportswear than black tie.
"We're seeing a lot more requests for something a little different, like ping pong (table tennis) -- more team bonding activities," said Nick Telson, co-founder at website and events company DesignMyNight.com. Continued...


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SaturdayOct 19
Book Signing with Photographer Anne Deniau
Saks Fifth Avenue, Plaza Frontenac
Saint Louis, Missouri
Photographer Anne Deniau will appear at Saks Fifth Avenue for her first North American book signing of Love Looks Not With the Eyes: Thirteen Years with Alexander McQueen. Held on the store's upper level, attendees will have the chance to meet Deniau and purchase her book while enjoying light bites and champagne. A selection of limited-edition prints will be displayed.
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Smart Carry
This is a discussion on How/what do the skinny guys carry? within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Sorry, I just wanted to know what "skinny" felt like....
Sorry, I just wanted to know what "skinny" felt like.
skinny guys carry skinny guns.
For me, it's a Kahr.
I'm about 5'8'' and 135 lbs. I've been carrying my Kahr CW9 IWB at about 3 o'clock in a Desantis Cozy Partner. The small of my back is the most comfortable while standing.. but 3:00 is the best all around since I spend most of my day sitting. I've been having a really hard time finding a belt that holds up well, all the quality ones are back ordered.. so for now I'm using a cheapo from Walmart.
Heavily armed.
Collection: Kahr CW9, M&P 15-22, Walther P22, Glock 19.
Sold: XD9 4'', Kimber 1911 Series II compact, FNP-9
Shopping list: Springfield EMP 9mm, M&P 15 .223
I'm 6'2" and 175 pounds. I use an IWB horsehide original NSA holster with my 229 at 4 o clock. The ARB would give identical results. No problems for me.
got my license yesterday and took the gf out to dinner. She never spotted it. I'm 6'1" 180, but I'm sure it would disappear on almost anyone. Very suprised at how comfortable I was carrying... very well could have forgotten I had been at all. My holster could use a little cosmetic work but it certainly serves its purpose. Now I'm looking for a holster for a 1911, prolly gonna go with the Cross Breed. Also considering getting a g19/23
5'6'' 135lbs
4'' kimber full size frame 1911 @ 2:30 o'clock in a high noon split decision. I also have a comptac minotaur but it is to bulky for my liking. The split decision feels almost like putting the gun in your waistband.
I like the 2:30 because the grip doesn't print when i am sitting
Bushmaster XM15-E2S
Kimber Eclipse Pro II
Springfield XD-9 Service (sold)
Taurus PT140. Uncle Mike's IWB at 4 o'clock.
I'm 6' 235 Lbs, so I carry my SW40VE strong side...
And I carry a skinny guy with an AR-15 on my belt weak side
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
6'0" 190 - Not really skinny but I have a smallish waist. I like 3 o'clock with my 1911, or appendix carry at about 1:00 with my 442. It really is all about the clothes - but I can conceal either of these with a polo or a loose t-shirt.
6-0" 175lbs..32" waist..but luckily I have big shoulders.
I carry my PT145 pro in a holsterstore.com IWB rig at about 3 o'clock. I wear shorts and t-shirts almost exclusively this time of year. I carry pretty much 24/7 as in my state we have no areas that are off limits save for courthouses and post offices. I have never been made, and even my wife can't tell when I am carrying when she knows full well I am at almost all times. In fact was at a local fair type of event this weekend, with about 2000 pairs of eyeballs including cops. Not one strange look, or any problems at all.
I keep a spare mag and my swiss army knife in my left front pocket, and my kel tec p3at in my right front. A Gerber applegate-fairbairn mini covert rides clipped in the same right front pocket. The kel tec gets carried at work in a pocket also as my job is pretty physical ( I work in a granite quarry) and anything on the hip would hurt like the dickens at the end of the day. Other than that I dress around the gun, I never have found it a good idea to use less gun because of the style of clothes. Just a personal decision. In my judgement 99% of people are clueless to their surroundings, and even a badly printing gun through a shirt will be written off as a blackberry these days.
I'm 5'10 155 and carry a Kimber Pro carry in a UBG Caunte at 4:00.
A friend of mine is 6' and 150lbs. He carries a G17.
The preceding post may contain sarcasm; it's just better that way. However, it is still intended with construction and with the Love of my L-rd Y'shua.
NRA Certified Pistol Instructor, World Drifter
Tall, skinny fella I knew carried a Para P14...he's recenctly switched to the M&P9, though. I don't think he had a problem concealing it...I think the dang thing was just too heavy.


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Seems like there have been several doom near misses this year and around each one strange time related phenomenon occur.Quoting: Jealth Li Chuan
Are we approaching what Terence McKenna called 'The Trascendental Object at the End of Time'???
Terence said that he felt that the religious for all their BS were right about history having an end date.
Is this what David dIcke calls the 'control grid' breaking down? Are we beginning to catch glipses of our real potential that will only become more and more pronounced as time continues to breakdown until finally it just shatters at the end of the year?
(edited to add that everytime I put the name David dIcke in this site adds a 'd' in front of his last name)
I have noticed this myself. I can't tell you what those others say about it, but I see it as timelines folding.
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Helping Prevent Wildfires
It's a campaign designed to highlight the safety and prevention of wildfires. This week is National Wildfire Prevention Week and local organizations want to spread the word on how you can protect yourself.
Ludie Bond with the Division of Forestry says it's important to keep a buffer around your home to prevent a wildfire from destroying it. Bond says things like locating dead, dry or highly flammable items can help against the spread of fire. Also, keep grass mowed and irrigated and remove gas tanks or stacks of firewood. Another way to keep flames at bay - prescribed burns.
"Using fire today to reduce fuels that could potentially get out of control for wildfires in our neighbors in our area that we have to be cautious of our actions out here with fire. This will keep their homes safe and reduce any potential impact fires may have," says Stephen Coates, program coordinator at Ordway-Swisher Biological Station near Melrose.
The Division of Forestry can do an assessment on your home. You can call their offices to set up an appointment to help you locate trouble spots that could pose a threat to where you live.
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Minutes after his team ended a seven-game losing streak, Trey Hillman was fired as manager of the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
He will be replaced by former Milwaukee manager Ned Yost.
"Trey Hillman is an incredible leader -- a very, very special person who touched the lives of many people in the Kansas City community and throughout baseball," said Dayton Moore, the team's senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager.
"The recent struggles of our baseball team, however, require a change and we're making a change immediately."
The first managerial firing of the season was announced after the Royals defeated Cleveland 6-4 with AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke collecting his first win of the season.
After a 75-87 season in 2008, the Royals stumbled to a 65-97 finish in 2009. They are 12-23 so far this season.
"There's no bitterness from me today or any second-guessing," Hillman said. "Sometimes things work in this business and sometimes they don't."
Yost, 55, joined the Royals this January as a special adviser. He managed the Brewers from 2003-08, compiling a 457-502 record. He was 166-146 in his last two seasons in Milwaukee.
A former catcher who played for Milwaukee, Texas and Montreal in a six-year major league career, Yost also served as Bobby Cox as bullpen coach in Atlanta from 1991-98 and as the third base coach from 1999-2002.
Hillman, 47, compiled a 151-207 record since he became manager prior to the 2008 season. Kansas City was his first major league managerial job. Hillman had spent five seasons (2003-2007) with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League, making three post-season appearances.
By Seth Livingstone
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One of the Best Seen First
This stop took more time than expected, but it was because six college coaches stopped in to talk with Coach Salapa about all of his prospects. So, in between coaches stopping in, prospects in the class of 2010, 2011, and 2012 were seen.
The headliner was Kenney Shaw. He is an elite wide receiver with over 15 scholarship offers from schools coast to coast.
Every coach that walked through those doors asked Coach Salapa about him. He is very low key person that is very humble. The word around the school is that these offers and all of the attention from the media has not changed him at all.
Shaw said that Florida State is in the lead, but Florida amongst other schools are still on his list.
The 5-foot-11, 155 pound wideout that runs very good routes and that has very good hands plans to hold off on his decision until after he takes some official visits.
Kenny Shaw is one of the best wideouts in Florida.
Top Underclassmen at Dr. Phillips Also
Two in the class of 2011 and one in the class of 2012 stood out after meeting with Shaw.
Juniors Laquentin Smith and Demetrius Hart are two to watch in this class. Both have early offers from Colorado State and many more will come for this duo.
Smith is a 6-foot-1, 205 pound safety that could eventually grow into a linebacker on the next level. He is an aggressive player that delivers big hits. Hart is a 5-foot-9, 178 pound back with very good speed in agility. He ran for over 1,800 yards in 2008 and scored 17 touchdowns.
Keep your eyes on Nick Patti as well. He is a 5-foot-10, 181 pound quarterback that is only a freshman. He throws a very good ball, he has a smooth and quick release, and he is already on some major college radars.
Hart is #3 and Smith is #10.
Boone Has a Big-Time 2011 Tackle
Coach Zigler has some talented prospects, but his best at this time is sophomore offensive tackle Max Lang.
The class of 2011 tackle is 6-foot-5, 270 pounds and he has excellent feet and length. Schools are starting to really show Lang attention and he is currently hearing from schools like Notre Dame, Florida, Florida State among others.
No offers yet, but that will change in the near future. He will be a very highly recruited prospect in the Sunshine State next year and it will begin very soon.
Class of 2010 prospects to mention out of Boone are defensive end Skyler Skersick and quarterback/athlete Sam Hutsell. Air Force has offered Hutsell, but Coach Zigler feels many more will get involved with each of these rising seniors before all is said and done.
Lang will be one of the top OLs in Florida in 2011.
Osceola Duo Leads the Kowboys
Marc Deas and B.J. Butler are both committed to the University of Georgia, but schools have not given up on them yet.
Florida is working very hard on Butler he said and schools like Arkansas and Clemson have offered Deas since he committed to the Bulldogs in April.
Both remain solid to UGA at this time and they are leading the way for Coach Rolson at Osceola.
Watching them practice, each one took over the leadership role at their position and Deas is really the true leader for the entire team. Deas worked at linebacker and middle linebacker while Butler worked at quarterback, defensive end, and a little running back.
Butler is one of the top jumbo-athletes in the South and his upside is unlimited. Deas has somewhat flown under the radar, but he has a good nose for the ball, he is good in space, and he is a very natural leader.
Deas and Butler do a little bit of everything at Osceola.
Haines City has Some Talent
No top recruit at Haines City yet according to offers, but their top prospect may be on the verge of pulling a few in.
T.C. Robinson is the cousin of Michigan commitment Marvin Robinson and the Wolverines are showing heavy interest in the athlete out of Haines City. At 5-11, 182 pounds, Robinson says he runs the 40 yard dash in 4.4 seconds consistently.
He could play corner, wide receiver, or even running back on the next level according to Haines City Head Coach Pete Barber.
No offers yet, but he will probably end spring with more than one. Schools like Florida State, Georgia, UCF, South Florida, and Louisville are a few of the schools showing interest in this athlete.
Others to keep an eye on at Haines City are wide receiver Darius Burden, defensive end Alvaron Wright, and fullback Dominique Borders.
If Michigan offers, then the Wolverines have a great shot at T.C..
Will Schools Call for Help?
Ridge Community wants to make teams feel they like they need to call 911 for help when they come to play them because of their two top players.
Rising senior Tyler Bodison wears number 9 and rising junior Karlos Williams wears number 11, so they like to be known as 911. Bodison is a 6-foot-2, 200 pound linebacker that also can play some running back while Williams is a 6-foot-1, 205 pound athlete that will play safety and quarterback for Coach Tate in 2009.
Bodison is a new name in recruiting, but he is starting to get attention from schools like Troy, Georgia Tech, Louisville, and some others. Williams is known because his brother laid the ground work. Vincent Williams was a top recruit and he is now at FSU, so Karlos is already well known. He has a verbal offer from the Noles and he is getting a lot of interest from SEC schools like LSU and Georgia.
Both plan to be patient with the recruiting process.
Bodison is a true backer while Williams could end up at safety or outside backer.
A New Home for Wilder
Super sophomore James Wilder is no longer the star at Chamberlain High School in Tampa, but since their coaching change, he has decided to make a change of his own. He is now at Plant High School playing for Robert Weiner.
The 6-foot-2, 220 pound athlete will line up at running back, tight end, linebacker, and defensive end for the Panthers in 2009 and he has jumped right in and made the team better this spring already.
Coaches are coming through checking on Wilder quite a bit already and he will now be able to team up with 2011 quarterback Phillip Ely to help Coach Weiner's offense after losing Aaron Murray and Orson Charles to graduation.
Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, FSU, and a number of other schools have given Wilder a verbal offer and the Gators lead big in this one.
Ely is a 6-foot, 170 pound QB to watch in the coming years. He has very good poise, he is a strong leader, and he throws with very good accuracy. Andre Mondor, Eric Dungy, and Allen Sampson are three to watch in the class of 2010.
Wilder could play offense or defense on the next level.
Closing Out With Two of The Best
The last stop before leaving the Sunshine State was Tampa Catholic. Just as expected, Chaz Green and Christian Green really stood out, especially Chaz.
He was dominant all practice on both sides of the ball and he has 'All-American' written all over him. At close to 6-feet 5-inches tall and now weighing 295 pounds, he is one of the top offensive tackles in the country. He showed great feet, a good initial punch with his hands, and he did a nice job of getting extension with his long arms. He was very impressive all practice.
The other Green worked at quarterback, wide receiver, and safety during Friday's practice. He was hot and cold at QB, but was very fluid at receiver and showed great ball skills at safety.
Christian is just a big-time athlete that will play receiver on the next level. He did an excellent job of catching the football with his hands when it was within reach and he made a few acrobatic catches as well during practice. The 6-foot-2, 185 pound potential five-star athlete will do big things for Tampa Catholic in 2009.
Both Greens hold a long list of offers from over 20 schools. Florida State is high on Christian's list while Chaz has Florida and USC high on his. Both say they are still open.
People will see a lot of Green at Tampa Catholic in 2009.
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The Shanghai Ballet Company is the state ballet company for Shanghai. This regional dance troupe organized in 1966 (though they did not settle on the name "Shanghai Ballet" until 1979). They perform a blend of traditional and Western dance styles and performance. The troupe is particularly well known for their performances of "The White Haired Girl".
The troupe tours internationally. During the 1977 and the 1984 tours, members of the troupe defected, one in the US and one in Canada.
Zhenrong Chen (陳真榮) is a principal dancer for the Shanghai Ballet Company. He was awarded with the Bronze Medal in the 1st National Ballet Competition of China in 1985 and the prize for Encourage in Shanghai Dance Competition in 1991. He danced leading roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, the Nutcracker, the White-haired Girl, The Butterfly Lovers, Coppelia, La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, The Latest Time, etc. He has also appeared in a Shanghai TV dancing show.
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The Shanghai Ballet was formally renamed in 1979 at the base of The White-haired Girl performing team. Ballet The White-haired Girl won the Gold Medal of the Best Classical Dance Works of the 20th Century in China, which helped establish the Ballet's predominant position in ballet circle in China. With a history of thirty year, the Shanghai Ballet created and staged ballet Jane Eyre(Patrick de BANA),The Butterfly Lovers (XIN Lili), A Sigh of Love (Bertrand d'At), The Last Mission of Marco Polo (Jose Martinez), Shanghai Grand Theatre's version The Nutcracker (Derek Deane). Besides, the repertoire of the company includes Swan Lake (Derek Deane), Romeo and Juliet (Derek Deane), Coppelia (Pierre Lacotte), La Sylphide (Jean-Paul Gravier), The Nutcracker (Tetsutaro Shimizu), Giselle, Don Quixote, Balanchine and Beyond, The Ode of Joy—Gala Performance. Since its founding, many young dancers of the company have won total of 37 medals in various international dance competitions. The Shanghai Ballet is active in cooperation and cultural exchange with the artists and companies both abroad and at home. The company not only tours nationwide but also has visited many countries and regions, including the U.S.A., U.K, Canada, France, Spain, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Finland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, etc.
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It was about time (or maybe too late), but Microsoft finally unveiled the official Office for iPad apps today. The good news is the mobile office suite looks great on the iPad; the bad news is if you want to be able to edit documents and not just view them on the iPad, you need an Office 365 subscription--which costs $99.99 a year. This weekend, however, Microsoft is giving away free Office 365 subscriptions to some iPad owners.
To get the deal, which runs from Friday, March 28th through Sunday, March 30th, you'll need to be one of the first fifty (50) customers who walk in with an iPad into a Microsoft Store, ZDNet reports.
That's good news if you have a Microsoft Store near you and not many iPad owners know about this promotion. Bad news if, well, the opposite.
It's a fine promotion, but surely between a read-only version of Office for iPad and one requiring a $100/year subscription there could've been something in between?
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Notable initiatives that can be put in place to foster youth employment in Africa today
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Posted on 14th August, 2012by Mr. Olumayokun OkelolaSuch initiatives are no rocket science at all. They are simply the straight lines that connects our ingenuity as a people with the untapped resources on the African continent. When this is done with the right political will. Unemployment will become alien to the African youth because presently, We are a people starving a midst plenty and opportunities. Thank you.
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"A larger and more productive private sector is a necessity if Africa is to experience sustainable development. Private sector-led growth must create more and better employment for Africa's growing youth population. Employment will reduce poverty, improve the standards of living for Africans and create the basis for sustainable development and for reaching the Millennium Development Goals." –Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Chairman of the Africa Commission, Report of the Africa Commission 2009. The private sector in Africa have been relatively better in giving the continent the much needed quantum leap. It is more result driven and action oriented than government interventions that are paper and lip service laden. If the governments across Africa will only focus on a fair and liberal framework regulatory roles in support of social ventures and private players in employment generation for the African youth on African soil. We can be closer to achieving the MDGs goal on poverty reduction.
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As a continent, we have to think what will happen if one day, donors decided to close the aid tap. Aid to Africa is now plural hence it becomes "Aids" as in HIV.Therefore, it is high time we devised youths how to survive without depending on foreign assistance. we should do more with our endowments in our soil. That's the true liberation and way forward.


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I have a V12 that I have had for almost 2 years now. What can I say, I love this gun! Now, the only other thing I will say is that the ported barrel can be good and bad DEPENDING upon what you want to use it for.... For example, it is not allowed in IDPA and it is allowed in IPSC; only you will be shooting in the unlimited class. I personally use mine for plinking, home protection, and pin shoots. I will say that I have not seen a better pin gun that has not been modified after purchase. I'm sure that you will probably get some responses about the porting being detrimental for a carry gun because in certain shooting situations you could expose yourself to the muzzle flash... I am not trying to start a flame war here (no pun intended), but I do not agree with this... As I stated, I have had it for about 2 years and while there is sometimes a great amount of muzzle flash, I do not think that it would be enough to catch anything on fire... OK, enough ranting about that subject. I guess I should try and answer your question more specifically. Accuracy - I give it an A+... I can't tell you what kind of groups I get at 25 yards as I rarely shoot at that distance, but it is a tack driver at 15 yards for sure. Reliability - I have had one problem with it in the 2 years that I have had it regarding reliability - the extractor eventually cracked off a small piece at the hook end. Easy fix, called Springfield and they sent me a new one in the mail no questions asked... It has fed everything I have ever put through it. Made well - that one is a little harder to quantify... For the money, its a great handgun, but its not a Baer or a Brown by any stretch of the imagination. Anyway, I hope this helps!
C'mon guys! I know there are more forum members that own V12's then just me... We don't want Losing Nemo to think that input isn't given when it is asked for do we?
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i have a v-12, it is my most accurate pistol. I have a 6 round group measuring 1 and 7/8 inches at 15 yards. The bullseye on the target was almost totally gone. Its a great target shooting pistol, but I wouldnt carry it for protection unless it was my only choice, and its not. I have a standard 1911 for that. I was being stupid one day, and shot the v-12 in a position where the ports were in my face!!! Let me tell you, it felt like somebody punched me in the face. And i had a headache for the rest of the day! So just don't be dumb like me, and everything should be fine.
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Welcome Nemo! Since I don't have a V12, I can't help with advise, but I've got a question for maddux and trdslinger. Besides the muzzle blast impacting or burning something, how's the "flash factor" in dark/dusk conditions? The one pistol I shot with upward ports blinded me for an hour after one round in a darkened range!
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Well, i don't shoot at dark ranges, so I have never been blinded, but I've heard this is an issue. I believe this is specifically a comp/target pistol. Not to be confused with a firearm used in combat where dark/night situations may occur. Thats just my opinion. I don't carry a firearm for protection, or even keep one loaded in my house. The only situation that I would even think of involving me in a combat situation would be a SHTF senario, and in that case I'll be using my M1A bush. Nemo, if you don't already have a M1A, I recommend a regular loaded model. A ported gun can't be used in combat competitions, and if your ever gonna participate in one, you will need a standard pistol.
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Well, I hate to post a reply of little value, but I have to agree with trdslinger... I haven't ever fired it in really dark situations. I did shoot it late in the evening at an IPSC match one time, but I don't remember anything standing out to me as bright; however, I have to say that I am "used" to seeing the muzzle flash so I don't know if it would have bothered a shooter that isn't accustomed to it. I hope that helps a little.
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I am woking on an old Ruud furnace (UGDA-075C-ER) and am having quite the time with it. At the start, the blower would not come on at all; auto or on mode. In addition, the pilot (standing pilot)would light, and have a good flame, but not stay lit. One side note to the pilot, if it had been off for a while (days) it would light and stay lit for about a minute after the gas valve was turned to on. Still nothing would happen wih the rest of the system, and then after a minute or so there would be an audible "click" and the pilot would go out, not to stay lit again. After some checking with the meter, the limit switch was good, transformer bad (no 24v). Being as old as it is, my local HVAC supply hooked me up with a transformer that would work and I then wired in accordingly. Not suprisingly, the blower works fine as would be expected. The head scratcher for me now is, when lighting the pilot light it is no longer a good flame but rather a puny little flicker of a flame. I did not touch anything on the gas valve so I don't know what happened. In addition, the adjustment screw for the pilot has no effect. Anyone have any ideas?
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The layer of the sun that we can observe, sometimes referred to as its surface, is called the photosphere. The photosphere has a granulated appearance arising from convection currents, like boiling water in a saucepan. Dark patches can sometimes appear on the photosphere and these are called sunspots.
Sunspots are caused by the appearance of cooler (4000° C) areas amidst the roiling gases on the surface (6000° C). Sunspots are magnetic, with magnetic field strengths thousands of times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field. They typically last for several days, although very large ones may live for several weeks.
Sunspots usually come in groups that consists of two sets of spots. They are closely watched by space weather forecasters because they can be a sign of a potential space weather storm. Like high and low pressure systems on Earth, these hot and cool patches on the Sun can be an indication of the severity of future ionospheric activity, otherwise known as space weather.
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When the Horseshoe first hit the Berkeley neighborhood in 2010, it was the hottest thing in flea markets: The seasonal market's wondrous mix of food, antiques, clothing and finely crafted wares struck a new note with shoppers and earned our Best of Denver award for three years running. Well, guess what? This year's market is bigger and better than ever. Horseshoe founder Amy Yetman says it all: "The Horseshoe still keeps growing in terms of fans, vendors and customers. And the Horseshoe is still the Horseshoe: nothing too fancy, and welcoming for all — a wonderful community event where folks can shop for interesting lucky finds both vintage and handmade, eat awesome local food, and generally have a great time." Amen.Readers' choice: Denver Flea
Central Denver is lousy with new buildings — or would that be that most of the new buildings are lousy? Not all of them, fortunately. Around Union Station in the Platte Valley, there are several recently completed structures that have been well designed and constructed out of distinctive materials. Most of those are fairly nice, and one, the Triangle Building, is positively great, already a distinctive landmark in that part of town. Taking the very sculptural form of a sharp-edged wedge nearly completely clad in black glass, it looks as much like an art object as it does an office building, which is what it is. Developed by East West Partners, the building was designed by one of the city's most artistically distinguished architectural firms, Anderson Mason Dale Architects. The firm has done a number of other exceptional projects not far from the Triangle Building, including the handsome pair of mid-rise pavilions bracketing Union Station and CU Denver's Student Commons Building, a stone's throw away on Speer Boulevard.
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Piece by piece, Denver's built environment is getting a makeover — but Save the Signs is working hard to make sure that the city's commercial history is not lost in the changes. A few years ago, photojournalist Corky Scholl began sharing images of the vintage illuminated signs that once greeted travelers along Colfax Avenue on Facebook. These days, Scholl uses the social-media hub as a way to get the word out about endangered neon signs across the country. He's also expanded his project to include photos, stories and videos about the architects and artists who contribute to Denver's visual urban landscape. More than just a place to commune online and talk about the Mile High City's good ol' days, Save the Signs is also a nonprofit that raises money to restore classic signage. Scholl's efforts have saved the wacky neon of Colfax icon Sid King's Crazy Horse Bar and downtown jazz joint El Chapultepec's glowing corner sign, among others.
A notoriously misunderstood player in Denver's history, Colfax Avenue still works hard to showcase its role as the vibrant city thoroughfare it was intended to be. Fortunately, ColfaxAvenue.com is shining the spotlight on what Playboy magazine once called "the longest, wickedest street in America." Founded and run by Anistacia and Johnny Barber, ColfaxAvenue.com regularly publishes photos, personal stories and news updates that prove that the 26-mile-long main street, though still wild, is definitely welcoming. Whether you're looking for throwback images of the gone-but-not-forgotten Eddie Bohn's Pig 'N Whistle or Mammoth Skating Rink (now the Fillmore Auditorium) or a tribute to Pete Contos — owner of the Satire Lounge, Pete's Kitchen, Pete's Greek Town Cafe and many of the other Pete's-named businesses in the city — ColfaxAvenue.com is worth repeat visits.
It's been more than a decade of interviewing bands and making prank phone calls (and fun of each other), but the boys are still at it. The Eddie, Jason and Chris Show is broadcast live every Monday night on idobi Radio — the most-listened-to alternative-music stream in the world — but the podcast is created right here. The three best friends and Denver natives — Eddie Barella, Jason Newcomer and Chris Barr — are online-broadcasting pioneers, having started live-streaming their show during the dial-up days, before podcasting was even a thing. More than 70,000 listeners tune in each week to catch interviews with bands like the Mowgli's and the Undead, but the trio has been known to make appearances around Denver at events like Holiday ManCraft and the Underground Music Showcase. Listen to the show live at 6 p.m. MST on idobi.com, or download the podcast episodes on iTunes. Either way, Denver's sounding mighty good.ejcshow.com
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- Bringing New Life To Old Tools With Additive Manufacturing
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Metal laser sintering draws information from a 3D CAD model to determine the proper orientation and placement of powdered metal. An .stl ("build") file is prepared from the CAD data, and that information is organized into slices that represent the layers of material to be deposited by a fiber-optic laser. The laser fuses each layer of metal powder to the substrate and each preceding layer, until a solid shape is formed according to the shape indicated by the CAD.
The popular understanding of 3-D printing—and the one that always seems to get the most fanfare—is focused on using plastics for modeling and rapid prototyping. But, additive manufacturing techniques with more direct industrial applications, using metals powders and alloys to produce component parts, have been growing increasingly sophisticated in labs and factories during the past decade. It's a quiet but ongoing mission to bring new tools to the tooling industry, and that mission just got a boost.
In March, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) announced its first round of award funding: $4.5 million allotted to seven additive manufacturing projects around the country to develop novel solutions and new applications of 3-D printing techniques.
One of those projects, "Qualification of Additive Manufacturing Processes and Procedures for Repurposing or Rejuvenation of Tooling," awarded to Case Western Reserve University, addresses the tooling industry specifically.
"Our project will focus on the applying additive manufacturing techniques directly to tools and dies to help extend their life and even repurpose them for new uses," explained James McGuffin-Cawley, chairman of the material science and engineering department at CWRU.
"This is an area that has had a lot of attention and there are a lot of clever people who have done a lot of clever things with it through the decades," he said. "But there is a special opportunity to use these manufacturing techniques in concert with the repair and repurposing process."
In fact, there are quite a few special opportunities available through those techniques and there are also some significant financial benefits to be wrought as well. Once these techniques are worked out, McGuffin-Cawley explained, they would have the immediate potential to save millions in retooling costs for foundries, diecasters, and manufacturers across the industry.
"These are large, massive, high-strength tools, many of which cost over $1 million to produce, that are repeatedly used for thousands or hundreds of thousands of cycles," he said. "Repairing damage and repurposing tools rather than producing a whole new tool would be extremely cost-effective."


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A stay at Argenta Suites Belgrano places you in the heart of Buenos Aires, minutes from Enrique Larreta Museum of Spanish Art and close to Estadio Monumental. This hotel is within close proximity of Barrancas de Belgrano and University of Belgrano.
Make yourself at home in one of the 30 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Don't miss out on recreational opportunities including an outdoor pool and a sauna. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and wedding services. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours).
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Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, a computer station, and dry cleaning/laundry services. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a cruise ship terminal shuttle.
Hotel Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 30
- Multilingual staff
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Year Built 2011
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
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- Television in common areas
- Free breakfast
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- Offsite parking discounted rates available
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- This property offers transfers from the cruise terminal, ferry terminal, and airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Children 10 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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