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Do you have a picture of the Sony speaker? How would it compare to the Alpine?
These are some pics of the front doors. I had the shop I work at install some Alpine Type R component speakers in the front with some sound deadening from Stinger and the Focal tiles.
I'd like to know more about the sound deadening you installed, and where. I have a bunch of dyna mat hanging around that could be put to good use.
I've been looking at a set of Alpine componet sspeakers for my ST. How do they sound compared to the stock ? Did you do the fronts only or backs too?
also, do you have a wireing diagram for the ST's speakers you could pass along?
Yes any info on the speaker wiring would be wonderful. Thanks
photo (38).JPGThese are what the stock speakers look like. I have an ST1 so no Sony but I would guess they are the same. The only difference is that the Sony system has an amp and sub. They are probably the same "stock" Ford speakers. These were 4 ohm speakers. This was the first stage of my sound upgrade. I bought a matching set of coax Alpine speakers for the rear doors. I also have a 5 channel Alpine PDXV-9 amp to run those speakers and an Alpine 10" type R flat woofer. I'm having a box custom made for the sub to go down in the spare tire area where the current foam storage is. Just changing the speakers made a noticeable difference but they will sound much better once I put the amp on them.
I so want to put my Focal 165V Editions in the front doors but they are too big.
why didn't you use the stock speaker frames?
I couldn't afford an ST2 as the main reason I wanted the 10 speaker Sony sound system. I'm not happy at all with the stock speakers the ST1 has.
Does that amp run just the back speakers or all 4 in all 4 doors front and back?
I am a big fan of Alpine and what they have been doing for years.
That amp is a 5 channel amp that makes very healthy power so I am going to assume he will dedicate 4 channels to the speakers and the 5th mono channel to the Sub. 4x100rms + 1x500rms.
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SMITHVILLE -- Council received its first glimpse of the 2013 appropriations budget, but has its work cut out for it.
The first draft of the budget showed hard decisions ahead, as Mayor Allen Snyder said the village is facing a deficit this year.
"This year there will be more expenditures than revenues," and noted the village is sitting on a positive cash balance which it may need to dip into. "There's been a lot of downward pressure on the general fund."
The appropriations for the village's general fund shows roughly $644,000 of revenues compared to $735,000 in expenses, for a $91,000 gap.
The mayor said he and council started work Monday, but will continue to try to whittle away at the budget gap as best they can. Snyder said he and council are aiming not to show deficit spending of more than $50,000 for the year and was hopeful it could be finalized by the next council meeting on Feb. 11.
A major concern though, fiscally and logistically, is the looming retirement of the village's licensed sewer and water operator, the lone licensed operator for both plants.
"Bascially, you can't operate the plants without a licensed operator," Snyder explained.
He said the village has two options -- hire an outside firm to operate the plants and interface with the Ohio EPA, or hire someone.
With hiring a new and experienced operator, Snyder said the village could experience problems finding someone. "The trouble is typically a person specializes in one," not both water and sewer, he noted.
The village has looked internally as Jason Kowalczyk, the streets superintendent, has expressed interest in getting licensed.
Again, Snyder said there are issues since both water and sewer licenses have processes in place which can take years to get apprenticeships completed.
Kowalczyk didn't pass his first try at the sewer test to get licensed as a Class One sewer operator. But even if he had, the mayor explained it would take three more years to apprentice and get licensed for Class Two operator (the village's plant is a Class Two plant) before he could operate that plant.
The water licensing is less intense than the sewer test, he said, and takes one year instead of four to get properly licensed. So Kowalczyk will most likely take the water test.
In the meantime, the mayor said the village is looking at outside firms to operate the plants.
"It's still our plant," Snyder explained. "We will still own it and be responsible for everything such as maintenance items. But we have nobody on our staff to operate it."
Council approved the 2013 fee schedule, with no changes from last year. Council members also reviewed PEP insurance contract changes and the bridge inspection report.
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I am sending real Christmas cards to friends and relatives, but I received this yesterday and decided to make it my Christmas Email Card. It is appropriate for any country, nationality, and branch of the military services.
T'was the night before Christmas,
He lived all alone,
In a one bedroom house,
Made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney,
With presents to give,
And to see just who,
In this home did live.
I looked all about,
A strange sight I did see,
No tinsel, no presents,
Not even a tree.
No stocking by the mantle,
Just boots filled with sand,
On the wall hung pictures,
Of far distant lands.
With medals and badges,
Awards of all kinds,
A sober thought,
Came through my mind.
For this house was different,
It was dark and dreary,
I found the home of a soldier,
Once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping,
Silent, alone,
Curled up on the floor,
In this one bedroom home.
The face was so gentle,
The room in such disorder,
Not how I pictured,
A Brave Gallant soldier.
Was this the hero,
Of whom I'd just read?,
Curled up on a poncho,
The floor for a bed?
I realized the families,
That I saw this night,
Owed their lives to these soldiers,
Who were willing to fight.
Soon round the world,
The children would play,
And grownups would celebrate,
A bright Christmas Day.
They all enjoyed freedom,
Each month of the year,
Because of the soldiers,
Like the one lying here.
I couldn't help wonder,
How many lay alone,
On a cold Christmas Eve,
In a land far from home.
The very thought brought
A tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees,
And started to cry.
The soldier awakened,
And I heard a rough voice,
'Santa, don't cry.
This life is my choice.
I fight for freedom,
I don't ask for more,
My life is my God,
My country, my corps.'
The soldier rolled over,
And drifted to sleep,
I couldn't control it,
I continued to weep.
I kept watch for hours,
So silent and still,
And we both shivered,
From the cold night's chill.
I didn't want to leave,
On that cold, dark night,
This guardian of honor,
So willing to fight.
Then the soldier rolled over,
With a voice, soft and pure,
Whispered, 'Carry on Santa,
It's Christmas Day, all is secure.'
One look at my watch,
And I knew he was right,
'Merry Christmas my friend,
And to all a good night.'
This poem was written by a peace keeping soldier stationed overseas.
It's RACE DAY, and we leave in less than an hour. Mummy hasn't even gotten out of her jammies yet, and I keep telling her to hurry up!
Did I say I was excited??
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Yes, those were the words I wrote last Saturday morning, the 26th of January. I had grandiose visions of the races at Ascot, and was very excited at how my day would unfold.
Hoomans. I shall never understand them. Here is a brief account of my afternoon at the races, as I described it to my FUNDAWGS in my group Dawgs Just Wanna Have Fun...
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Where in the WORLD do hoomans come from???
The Queen Mum got me all excited this morning, telling me we were going out for a car ride with Daddy Pete's Dad, and that I was going to see some handsome young hockey players and some fellow doxies.
I was still excited when we arrived at this huge building just as hoomans were singing Oh Canada . Oh Boy. Oh Dawg. There were lots of both...little boys and girls wanting to pat me, and of course I stand erect and look majestic, giving the little furless ones a thrill when I throw in a lick or two. And lots of doxies arriving, little ones, fat ones, skinny ones, curly ones, wire-haired ones...
No familiar smell yet of my beloved Thoroughbred horses...
I was getting a bit suspicious when I did not see any royalty, just commoners actually touching me...a few I know and am polite to, but...I AM the Queen, and must maintain my dignity.
I was carried down a huge flight of stairs to a closed glass wall where there was a lot of noise, horns, whistles, people yelling, and this weird sound I couldn't quite identify coming from the ice (skates scraping on ice). It was cold, and I was not amused.
Just as Mummy took me close to the glass to see what the noise was, BANG CRASH... ...two young men in different coloured clothes with sticks flying up and hitting the glass came crashing into the glass right in front of us! Even Mummy jumped and yelped, 'cuz we sure weren't expecting THAT!
Daddy Pete laughed and said something about a cross check...well, I don't know what a 'check' is, but it sure sounded CROSS!
DP and Mummy and the rest of the dawgs and hoomans were told to go onto the ice. DP was holding me, 'cuz Mummy was supposed to go to the FAR END of this icy surface with other hoomans. She almost went flying the first step she took!!! (Mummy and ice DO NOT get along...) The hoomans at the far end waited patiently while Mummy took baby steps the whole way down the ice. I couldn't even look at her I was so embarassed...not MY Mum I was telling the other weinies.
There was this young teenager on the ice announcing to the crowd that the race was about to start, and the 'weiner dogs' were supposed to RUN the entire distance of the arena to their Mom or Dad, whoever decided to be at that end.
PPPPPULLLLLLLLLLLLLEASE!!!! The Queen RUN? with a bunch of commoners? Heck, Mummy could come to ME for heavens sake, I was not going to run all that way to see HER. I see her at home all the time! And it was much more exciting at my end with these two big zamboni machines and nice new people I had met!
So, I turned and walked out.
Not once, not twice, but THREE times. DP kept coming after me and saying go see Mummy! while he squeaked Pinky. Is he mad? I had him, I had Pinky....I had the zambonis...
And the race was over, anyway....
I am so happy to see this beginning of 2008, and have great optimism for what it will bring.
2007 had its good times...meeting Flecken and his Mama, and the Moms of Spike and Buddy was the real highlight of the year...but overall, it was not a very good year for my Mum. There were a lot of tears, and sleepless nights, but we got through it, and mostly with the help of my FUNDAWGS in my group DAWGS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN. We are now a very close-knit, loving and kind group, and my fellow FUNDAWGS would make Mummy laugh, and make her think of other things besides her own troubles.
We are ready for you 2008! This is going to be a banner year with lots of fun and excitement, and positive accomplishments! And meeting more FUNDAWGS! And Mummy getting rid of the extra weight that crept up this year...
HAPPY NEW YEAR, and welcome...2008!
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Spaz down. I was just talking to a couple big Bears fans and they were telling me that they would like to take him at number four when I was posting. They wanted either Benson, Edwards, Johnson, or a trade down. Don't tell me to do reasearch when it was already done, dumba$$. Just because the research I did and the opinion I have calshed with yours doesn't mean I did no research. I don't think you are a hard core fan or a drfat guru, so think before you make dumb posts.
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we are close to signing Anthony Simmons.
Where did you get that from? Many teams are looking at him, and I have never seen a place talk about where he is going to be going.
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The lions would snag him right up if he fell that far...
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I am not putting down Derrick Johnson or anything. I think he is a great prospect and will be a great pro especially in the 4-3. I was just saying that based on team needs a lot of the top 10 pick teams dont really need to take him as much as they need to address another position 1st. I think he could slip not because he isnt as good but because teams need a different position more. Most teams wont take a player just because he is a great player that they dont need. Top 10 pick teams need to pick from the position they need the most and that will make the most impact the quickest so they can improve. I am not saying that in my opinion, he definitely will drop out of the top 10. I am just saying that if I am sitting there on draft day and pick 11 comes up and DJ is still on the board I wouldnt be as surprised as many others on this board. Personally I would love for the eagles to get him because they have the ammo to move up and get him especially if he drops out of the top 10. However, they dont value LB very highly and signed an expensive LB like that would make them unhappy I think and they are content with sims and adams at the position with someone to challenge them in the later rounds. Anyways I like urs guys' feedback and also- to the destoit fan- I forgot about the lions signing Kenoy Kennedy I even remembered it when it happened when u mentioned that, it must of slipped my mind but they still need an OT to replace McDougle so I wasnt entirely wrong.
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Well, he is the best player in the drfat, and he is the best linebacker prospect that I have seen in years, so I doubt he'll fall that far. I think Chicago might take him, and Tamp should. Gold left them with and opening, and I have heard
, mind you, they are just rumors, that Brooks could be traded away.
I don't think he's the best LB prospect in years. Hell look at last year in the first round. DJ Williams biggest knock was that he just was still somewhat new to the position. Seemingly the only knock period that was on any scout place/writeup of Vilma was just his actual size and made it known in the report that other than his size he had no noticable flaws in his game. Now take DJ this year, he's still a bit lanky for his height (not a big deal) but he likes to do what he wants to do on the field (think LaVar Arrington) and doesn't take on blocks and runs around them. So while not a bust I think if chosen really high it's stupid compared to people passing on Vilma and Williams last year. And I hate that people think LaVar is a top 5 LB. He doesn't play the way he's told (how many spats did he and Marvin Lewis have when he was there), and likes to just try to make plays himself on the field. However LaVar will take on blocks though, so if DJ plays like that, but tries to run around blocks it and was chosen in the top 10, it will as big a joke as Arrington going in the top 3. I don't hate him, but he has noticable flaws, and people act like he's perfect here and just simply amazing. To me out of the last year, this year, and next years draft, he may not even be a top 5 LB in the NFL out of those drafts.
dude.. come on is this the first year ur following the draft? yes lets look back to last years draft and we'll look back to see that prior to DJ pulling his name out of contention he was considered the best lb availabe on almost every single board i saw.
if johnson was a round last year there is a very very good chance he woul dhave went before them too, this is not opinion it is fact, i remember ppl talking about it last year when he said he was staying in texas and i remember being impressed b/c vilma wiliams are so athletic.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:52 pm
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Hey PrimeTime detroit was already talking about moving lehman to mlb so know your facts before you try to say anything
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Hey Prime I'm with Suppa! That was a great breakdown of DJ. He doesn't love the contact my man. He will avoid a pulling gaurd, and go for the ankles on his tackles. He is a great athlete-no doubt! However, he plays a little soft. Not something you relish in a #7 OLB.
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It's so hard to argue this. He was a stud in college, and there is no reason that he won't do it in the pros. You can say he won't, but that is possibly because you want him to drop to your team. I think the Bucs will take him, but that's my opinion. Pittman did OK, and Garner was injured. They could use a wideout, but Brooks and Quarles are aging, plus Gold left. They need a linebacker, so why not take the best? Like I said, you can't really argue this until he starts playing in the pros.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:45 pm
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I have him going to chicago. pair him with urlacher that would be the old bears LB's all over again
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:48 pm
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I said Chicago could take him as well, but people are ripping me for it. They don't seem to like that much. I think he will go to the Bucs at number five.
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I said Chicago could take him as well, but people are ripping me for it. They don't seem to like that much. I think he will go to the Bucs at number five.
i got carnell going to tampa
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:57 pm
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Why? Pittman was fine and Garner was injured most of the year. I have Caddy dropping all the way to the Jets in round one.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:59 pm
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Here we go....my initial post was referring to Suppa Man's post.....but if you want to bring it RUSHPACKER_56 then here we go.
Just because you talk to a few bears fans doesn't make it good research. The Bears have too much money invested in the LB's as I stated in my previous post. I would know....I am a die hard Chicago Bears fan and its my team....just like you probably have a favorite team as well.
If you want to test my knowledge of the sport of football....go ahead you will lose...I have played and coached. I may only be 20 years old...but I have played on the High School level (QB) and am currently a student assistant coach for a college football team. I was also previously a student assistant at a smaller college football team and also helped with another college team during their training camp.
I believe this makes me more than a hardcore fan....and no I am not a draft guru..however, I do recieve Kiper's guide every year and watch every pick....
Sorry to sound pissed....but I had to defend myself and I did it without absurd name calling
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Give me some good reasons why they wouldn't take him, and who they would take in his place. I can give you reasons why they would take Johnson over every single player you give me. I got mad because you say we do no research into this, when we do plenty. This is why I can give you reasons against every pick you can throw out. I don't think that the Bears will take him, I think Tampa will, however I do think that there is a big possibility that the Bears will take him. And also, where did you hear that the Bears would take Anthony Simmons? I would really like to know. I didin't want to start anything huge, but I get upset when people tell me I do no research when I spend each and every day doing things to get ready for football season, and go to the NFL web sites to find out each and every piece of news I can. I'm only in high school, but football is my life. I weight train and run every day to be at the top of my game. I may not play a high profile posistion like quarterback, but I play positions that require strength, speed, and the knowledge of the game in fullback and linebacker.
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i dunno what u mean by pick a player and you will throw him out because that is just opinions.
We won't pick DJ for many reasons- 1 cap room....to have 3 good to great LB's will make us sacrifice cap room at other positions.
2. We have other Lb's to fill the need Marcus Reese is only a 3rd year player as is Joe Odom and Hunter Hillenmeyer.
3. We are close to getting Anthony Simmons. The source was a couple of days from I believe profootballtalk.com
We should take Mike Williams because he is the surest player not to bust. The numbers he put up as a true freshman and sophomore are unreal and in the national spotlight.
I prefer him over Braylon for the simple reason that he is a sure handed target and doesn't have an attitude problem.....we already tried that with another Michigan WR(David Terrell) and it didn't work out.
I actually like all three of the RB's almost evenly-Ronnie Brown, Cedric Benson, and Cadilac Williams. Each has traits that I like and all could be successful.
So I would go in this order-Mike Williams, Ronnie Brown, Cedric Benson, Caddy, and Braylon Edwards. All before DJ.
Another reason not to take DJ is he doesn't shed blockers well and we already have a LB like that in Urlacher. That is the reason that I believe the bears got rid of Rosey Colvin(he couldn't shed blocks efficiently).
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A World of Keflings (XBLA) Review
Title: A World of Keflings
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: NinjaBee
Genre: City-building
Players: 1-4
Rated: E for Everyone
In 2008, A Kingdom of Keflings released, letting players build up a kingdom for little people they could move around, but it really didn't do much else. No quests, no story, just building by yourself or with friends.
Now, A World of Keflings has released, adding a story and various quests to do. However, after these quests are completed, so is most of your time with the game.
The game takes place on three different continents: ice, forest and desert. Each one is connected by a warp gate, which unlocks as you progress through the story. The story is simple. You're found frozen in the ice continent, and break free. After doing so, you wander around the areas building up new buildings to eventually give them their highest buildings, a castle or a palace.
The game is actually all about building. You can send Keflings to harvest resources and deposit them in buildings to be used to build items. The items are then used to build houses, other buildings that can build items, buildings that can convert resources and more. Some unique items need to be built for quests as well, such as a hot air balloon and perch for a bird.
There's also a building that is just used for joking around. The forest has a cannon building that lets you build cannons that can launch Keflings around. There's really no reason for them, it's just fun to launch them from time to time.
Normally, items alone can't finish a house. You need love to finish houses to get more Keflings, have to use Keflings to man quite a few other buildings, and other buildings even need books or other items to start.
As I mentioned above, Keflings can be used to harvest and move resources. They can level up as they progress, and leveling them is done by hitting them on the head. You can also change their job class by taking their caps off, but they will retain their levels for previous jobs done. Sometimes, it just becomes a waiting game while waiting for resources to be moved, so it can come in handy to do this often to speed things along.
Keflings can also be kicked around. There really is no reason for this except in one quest, it's just fun to do sometimes. Pretty much any Kefling can be picked up, except for quest-related ones and big Keflings that are used to help you transport items for buildings.
If you don't want to wait on a Kefling to move things, you can also harvest and move resources yourself. You're slower at harvesting, but can move more resources at once. You can also move resources from building to building in bundles if you have too many in one building.
As you build, you get various quests to do. They normally range around building new buildings or harvesting a certain amount of resources. However, a few quests do vary, such as scaring a dragon away, kicking Keflings, getting them to dance and more. These quests are normally short, but do give a nice variety to the other quests.
However, after you get done with all the quests, there really isn't much to do in the game. Sure, you can keep building things or harvesting resources, but there's no reason to keep playing.
If you do have friends playing, you can always go and help their game out. You can send them new decorations to build, or even go in their game to build items or kick their Keflings around. The same problem mentioned above comes into play, though. Once their quest is done, the game has little replay ability.
I do have a few more things to mention. This is the first game that connects to ilomilo and Raskulls, and the connectivity gives you two new houses to build, one for each game. Building the houses let ilo and milo, or two of the Raskulls wander around.
There are various emotes you can do in the game. Some are for fun, while others are needed for quests. If Keflings are around you, they'll start doing the emote as well. Finally, you can bring eyes you find to the witch hut in the forest continent and get new potions for your Avatar. The potions can make you or transporter Keflings faster, or let you carry more.
Finally, I'll touch briefly on the graphics and sound. The Keflings do look unique and different, but when I started looking at the environment, especially during cut scenes, they looked like some games I played years ago. It was disappointing considering the amount of time that probably went into Keflings. The sound is also decent, but the Kefling voices can start getting to you quickly, as they just squeak for their voices.
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While A World of Keflings does improve on the original, only gamers that like to constantly build won't be turned off. The additions of quests and new worlds are nice, but the game doesn't offer too much to do once all the quests are complete. Still, the game offers some simple challenges and a way to kill time. Plus, it's a good way to see how creative friends can be with their own worlds.


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***Commentary*** Open Up Railroad Avenue To Alleviate Roundabout Construction Congestion
Open letter to the mayor and Hawaii County Council:
As of Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 3, Pahoa residents are adjusting to a new normal, detouring on the original Pahoa Village Road while the roundabout construction is underway on Highway 130. We are all going to have to learn how to plan for the traffic backup that is occurring as a result of this bottleneck that is happening at the ingress and egress to Pahoa Marketplace and also at the intersection of Pahoa Village Road and Kahakai Boulevard.
I would like to urge you to consider opening up the Railroad Avenue detour route you created last year when lava was threatening to inundate Pahoa Village Road.
While, as a small business owner in Pahoa Village, I would like to see more traffic flowing through town, I understand the frustration people are experiencing to be backed up on the highway as they approach Pahoa Village Road, having already experienced the Keaau Crawl in Highway 130 on their afternoon-evening commute. For those traveling to Hawaiian Beaches or Nanawale or down to Kapoho, it might provide a great relief to have another option to get home. This may alleviate the urge to kick the dog, after a long day and a lot of commute time.
Please consider opening up Railroad Avenue between HPP and Nanawale — it's the right thing to do.
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Fern Herring, a relative by marriage and one of the brave non-technical souls who try to understand what I write in my newsletter, recently asked:
"Please explain what this 'testing' is that you do, in lay language so I can understand it."
Thanks for asking! I bet many friends and relatives of testers have wondered the same thing. Even some people who work for hi-tech companies are probably not quite sure. How does a tester describe what he does to friends, family, and non-technical business contacts? It's not easy to do! Here's my attempt.
I like to steal from a BASF slogan - "I don't make the software you use. I help make the software you use better." The purpose of most software testing efforts is to find problems (also called "bugs" or "defects") with the software before it is given to the customer. Note that testers rarely contribute directly to the code that makes up the software product. Software teams don't have foolproof methods for making software that works, so the problems are inevitable. It's important to find as many of the problems as possible, though we can never find all of them. That's why I call myself a "software alchemist" - it seems that the only way out is to have a philosopher's stone that can magically turn our software lead into gold.
You've likely run into many bugs in the software you use. Even if you blamed yourself for the problems, I bet bugs in the software caused many of them. The fact that you saw them means that they slipped through the fingers of both the programmers and the testers. It would take a tremendous amount of effort for the testers to be able to find most of the bugs, and that would make the software you buy cost a lot more, perhaps ten times as much, or more. For NASA, it's worth it to do that much testing, but you're probably not willing to pay much more for software than you do now.
What do testers actually do? It starts out with planning, of course, though that part isn't much fun. Software projects change direction so often that I always have this feeling that our plans are for naught. Once a project is underway, testers may participate in reviewing the early documents produced by the software designers. Testers might not be experts in all the various technologies that the designers are linking together, but we're still good at finding mistakes and missing elements that could cause major problems if not discovered until late in the project. Oddly enough, testers often have a better big-picture grasp of the implementation of the software system than programmers, who focus on the details of a small part of it. Some testers also take on a "quality assurance" role, where they audit and improve the overall development process as well as the product.
Once the programmers have produced at least part of the software, it's time for the testers to start running it. The testers may have produced very detailed plans for how to test the software, especially if a flaw in the software could cause a safety risk. Sometimes the testing is "exploratory," with no detailed planning in advance. Usually there will be some combination of these two extremes.
Testers will use the software's features and try to find any behavior that differs from the official documentation or that just doesn't seem right. Sometimes we write our own programs to automate the process. When we find a bug, we report it so designers and programmers can fix it. Writing


text: The real Downton Abbey? Julian Fellowes on his new ITV factual series about great historical houses From murdered cooks to disgraced dairy maids, Great Houses with Julian Fellowes could inspire a few plot twists in Downton series four Comments Written By Ellie Walker-Arnott 5:12 PM, 07 January 2013 He's penned the most successful period drama to grace our TV screens in years, but now Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is leaving fiction behind and delving into the true stories behind Britain's great houses. "It is no secret that I am fascinated by the lives of those who lived inside these houses, the variety of type, the range of activities, the customs and limitations that forced men and women to shape their ambitions," says the man who breathed life into the quick-tongued Dowager Countess and the rest of the Crawley clan. "I couldn't wait to learn the truth about what really went on behind those great panelled doors." So where will he be heading to discover what happened to the real Lady Marys and Mrs Patmores? The two-part documentary will see Fellowes visit the grand Burghley House in Cambridgeshire and Goodwood House in West Sussex. Alan Brown, the show's executive producer, says: "We wanted places that had 'big moments in history' associated with them, great stories about the people that owned them, but in particular where there were interesting leads on servant stories." And there's no denying that Fellowes found what he was looking for. From a cook murdered by his employer to scandalous marriages and a disgraced dairy maid, Burghley and Goodwood had plenty of their own stories to tell. While Fellowes is no stranger to a little drama - in the history of Downton we've had deceased bedfellows, cross-class romance and imprisoned valets - even he says some of his discoveries were a "real and shocking revelation". In particular, there was the discovery of a black servant working at Goodwood in the 1770s. "Were they slaves or not?" asks Fellowes. "If they were free, how free were they?" And what about the murder of Thomas Brinknell, a cook at Burghley House? "The savagery with which the truth about the incident was twisted revealed Burghley's ruthlessness," reveals Fellowes. "His singularity of purpose, no matter who was hurt in the process, was terrifying, even at this distance." After a Downton Christmas special that left many fans disappointed, perhaps these shocking historical discoveries will give Fellowes the inspiration he needs to win back his dedicated followers in series four... Great Houses with Julian Fellowes is coming to ITV1 soon Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Welcome to Spirit of the Hills
Comprised of artists, artisans, performing artists, photographers, writers and patrons, Spirit of the Hills embraces all art forms and traditions including the performing and visual arts, media, design, and literature. Our goal is to build and sustain the Arts and Artists in Northumberland County. This web site highlights current and upcoming group and member events and showcases some of our members' works.
Member Profiles
Additional Members
The following members do not currently have a member profile page like the members above, however they all support the arts in Northumberland County through their membership in Spirit of the Hills:
Alan Bland
Alan Langford
Barbara Buntin
Barbel Smith
Beth Rhind
Brad MacIntyre
Brian Rapsey
Brian Shea
Bronson Smith
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Carol Saucier
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Axl comes to London from Spain to try and find his father and encounters the jolly side of life on the fringes of immigrant London.
Spanish Axl (Fernando Tielve) has come to London looking for his father. Moving into a busy squat, Axl fails to realise he's flat-sharing with French Vera (Déborah François), who might just be the girl of his dreams. As we wait for the pair to unite, the film flits from one night out to another.
The offbeat characters give the film a light, appealing vibe — the inhabitants of these squats are more happy hippies than junkies. There's plenty of alcohol, though, which causes amusing problems for Axl, who forgets everything he does while drunk. The English dialogue's stilted and the conclusion slight, but this shouldn't bother genre fans looking for a slice of alternative London life.
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Luxury villa house with private pools, updated amenities and breathtaking views
Here at Antiguavilla we have a villa that will sweep you away. Featured on this ad is View 62, which is a villa that has its own private swimming pool, breathtaking views overlooking the ocean & Dickenson Bay, BBQ, professionally landscaped garden with patio furniture.
Ideally located just a 2-3 minute walk to the favourite beach in Antigua. View 62 is a 2-bedroom, 2 bathroom villa ideal for one or two couples, or couples with children. Our villa is fully furnished with all amenities including air-conditioning, ceiling fans, satellite/cable TV and DVD, high-speed internet access, washing machine, and much more.
The villa is detached and separated, offering solitude & romance.
Special deals on water sports minutes away on foot, and close to golf, tennis, casino, shopping, and restaurants.
Golf: An 18-hole luxury golf course is only about a 3 minute drive away.
When you book with us, we meet you at the airport, show you around and escort you to the appropriate villa.
We can rent a car for you at the lowest rate possible in Antigua, if you so desire, usually $35 per day. The pick up fee to meet you and show you around is a total of US$40 and that includes everybody.
A damage deposit of US$300 will be required when you check into the villa. This will be fully refunded before departure in the absence of any damage.
Payment Options
We accept Traveler's Check, Cashiers/Registered Check, Money Order, PayPal Transfers and Cash. You will be picked up at the airport and taken to the villa.
Cancellations and Refunds
A full refund will granted if cancellation is made and the villa is rented for the same time period.
A 50% deposit is needed to secure a booking and 50% one week before arrival. A $300 security deposit is required prior to occupancy.
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Our 2 weeks here were wonderful, we were well looked after by Alicia, the property was very clean, and the views over Dickenson Bay were so good.Plenty of good local restaurants, and a large supermarket is only a short drive. I would recommend this to anyone - my only complaint it was just too hot sometimes !!!!
It's exciting (or frightening?) arriving the first time in an unknown place withitout knowing if if somebody will be waiting for you at the the airport.
No address to go to, nor a telephone number to contact.
Fortunately a man was waiting for us and escorted us to the house.
I can say honestly that the house is located in an astonishing position,with a panoramic terrace and a turquoise sea below.
As soon as we arrived we tried to find the dishwasher in the kitchen (as written in VRBO.com).
As we didn't find it, we switched off the lights, it was more romantic, and, above all,, saved our money, wich would help us avoid paying for electricity when we left.
Then we went to the bathroom annexed to the king size bedroom and discovered that it needed to be completey refurbished.
After we went to the swimming pool and had to step very carefully to avoiding breaking our legs, because of the slippery floor (that happened to to one person).
All in all, the villa is in a magìnificent position, the kitchen is fully equipped and the person who welcomed us was very helpful and friendly
Magnificent views over the beach and sea.
We have enjoyed our stay in this confortable and complete house. With magnificent and pleasant views over the sea and beach. Excelent pool, terrace and wide rooms. 200 mt. from the beach. Highly recomended. Clean and well-maintained. We liked specially the activities related to the sea services and atractions.
Very disappointed with accommodation and location of villa. Needs total refurb. No shade in sitting room; shower room in need of new shower head and total refurb. No toaster. Bedroom curtains would not stay closed if window was open. Very noisy location due to Sandals. Dangerous plug in kitchen for kettle. However, wonderful island and lovely people.
Had a Fantastic Stay
I certainly recommend View 62 for anyone traveling to Antigua. The team at antiguavilla are all such a pleasure to deal with, and catered to us so well. The villa was perfect, just as had been described to us. The beach was right across the street, or if we wanted to get away from it all, we would cross the street again and swim in our private pool. Ideal for couples, as it is a very romantic setting and the bedrooms are farther apart. I was with my husband and kids, and they had a wonderful time too. Our villa had two queen sized beds for the kids in one bedroom, and a king sized bed in our bedroom.
The property was extremely clean, and I'm a little obsessive compulsive, so it was a relief to not have to do any extra cleaning. I was happily surprised when we arrived at the villa and saw a little dvd library, as well as a small book library. I ended up recommending this property to my friend, who also stayed and had a lovely time.
Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful!
My new husband and I got married in the Gazebo at the GrandVilla, and our guest and I couldn't get over how wonderful everything was. The villa was gorgeous and so large. Surpassed all expectations! The pool was fantastic, and we loved every minute of it. My maid of honor has just decided she wants to honeymoon there when she gets married next year. This is a villa that cannot be missed!
Activity and Interests
Located in the most sought-after location in Antigua, are villas are in prime locations in the Dickenson Bay area.
A short walk will take you to one of the most beautiful beaches in Antigua, where you will have the opportunity to go swimming, snorkelling, boating, water skiing, sailing, play tennis, and many more activities.
First class restaurants, an 18-hole golf course, mini golf, two casinos, and other night-life are just a few minutes away from the villa.
Also, the capital city St. John's is just a few minutes drive away. Marina's, Devil's Bridge, Shirley Heights lookout, St. Peter's Church, Newgate Street Walk, English Harbour, Fort George, Bat's Cave, Bethesda Tamarind House, Betty's Hope Sugar Plantation, Cathedral of St. John, Clarence House, Coates Cottage Art Gallery, Darby's Sink Cave, the Museum of Antigua & Barbuda , and many more attractions are all just a drive away. Let us know any interests you have, and our team will be happy to guide you
Other Activities: jet skiing, boating & scuba diving
Golf: There is an 18-hole course, only a five minutes from the villas.
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
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|Additional Nights
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My Standard Rate
1 night minimum stay
for 1 night
Additional pricing information
|No additional mandatory fees
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|20.5% per night. This amount will be due to the owner upon arrival.
We require a $300 security deposit upon arrival. We have a meet and greet system where we meet you at the airport and escort you to the villa. This service costs an extra $40. When you get to the villa we read the electricity meter in your presence and on the day of departure we read it again and you pay for the exact amount of electricity that you use in local currency which is small, but we do this with all our clients to encourage responsible usage of Antigua's limited resources. Tax of 20.5% is usually added to the booking charge.If you're on a budget, please feel free to ask us for special rates, we try to be very accommodating. When you arrive at the villa we read the electricity meter in your presence and before you leave, we read it again and you pay for the exact amount of electricity you use in local currency which is small but we do this to encourage responsible usage of the island's limited resources.
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Property Type
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- Adventure
- Away From It All
- Family
- Romantic
- Air Conditioning ...
- Hair Dryer
- Internet ...
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided
- Living Room
- Parking
- Sofa Bed
- Sunbed
- Telephone ...
- Towels Provided
- Washing Machine
- Wireless Internet
- 4 Ring Stove
- Coffee Maker
- Dishes & Utensils
- Grill
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Toaster
- Dining
- Dining Room
- CD Player
- DVD Player
- Satellite / Cable
- Television
Pool / Spa
- Outdoor Pool
- Private Pool
Onsite Services
- Staff
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- Low Allergen Environment
Location Type
- beach
- near the sea
- Ocean View
- town
- waterfront
- bay
- botanical garden
- churches
- cinemas
- laundrette - not serviced
- duty free shops
- library
- marina
- museums
- naturist beach
- reefs
- restaurants
- ruins
Leisure Activities
- beachcombing
- bird watching
- eco tourism
- gambling casinos
- horse riding
- outlet shopping
- paddle boating
- scenic drives
- sight seeing
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- fitness centre
- groceries
- hospital
- massage therapist
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- deepsea fishing
- equestrian events
- fishing
- freshwater fishing
- golf
- hiking
- jet skiing
- mountain biking
- mountaineering
- paragliding
- rafting
- roller blading
- sailing
- diving
- snorkelling
- bay fishing
- caving
- surfing
- swimming
- tennis
- water skiing
- water tubing
- wind-surfing
Floor Area
- 2500 sq. ft.
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Shower Enclosure
- Bathroom 2 - Toilet, Bath with Shower
- View 62 Villa-Two bathrooms en-suite;
- 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 4
- Bedroom 1 - 2 Large Double Bed
- Bedroom 2 - 1 Extra Lg. Double Bed, 1 king size bed
- View 62 Villa:2 en-suite bedrooms;one with a king-sized bed, the other with two double beds; Feel free to make any requests, we will be happy to comply with any requests.
- Balcony
- Garden
- Barbecue
- Veranda
- Terrace
- 4 deck chairs
- Self-catering
House Rules
- Max. occupancy: 4
- children welcome
- When you book with us, we meet you at the airport, show you around and escort you to the appropriate villa. We can rent a car for you at the lowest rate possible in Antigua, if you so desire, usually $35 per day. The pick up fee to meet you and show you around is a total of US$40 and that includes everybody. When you arrive at the villa we read the electricity meter in your presence and a day or two before you leave, we read it again and you pay for the exact amount of electricity you use in local currency which is small but we do this to encourage responsible usage of the island's limited resources. A damage deposit of US$350 will be required when you check into the villa. This will be fully refunded before departure in the absence of any damage. A local tax of 20.5% will be collected upon check in.


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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney promised "the next step in the evolution of banknote design" today as Threadneedle Street moved to introduce plastic £5 and £10 notes in 2016.
The more durable and secure notes — featuring Sir Winston Churchill on the fiver and Jane Austen on the tenner — will enter circulation after overwhelming backing from the public in a recent consultation. They will be printed at the Bank's plant in Essex while the polymer will come from a new factory in Cumbria.
Carney said: "Ensuring trust and confidence in money is at the heart of what central banks do. Polymer notes are the next step in the evolution of banknote design to meet that objective."
The announcement came as the pound soared nearly a cent against the dollar after unemployment fell sharply to 7.4 per cent, near the Bank of England's 7 per cent threshold for considering potential interest rate rises. Minutes of the latest Monetary Policy Committee expressed worries over the rising pound, which is 9 per cent higher than its March trough, adding: "Any further substantial appreciation of sterling would pose additional risks to the balance of demand growth and to the recovery."
Inflation is, however, expected to fall towards the 2 per cent target. IHS Global Insight's Howard Archer said: "The overall impression is that the Bank remains in no hurry to raise rates."
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How to Talk with Your Patients About PPIs and Dementia
Feb. 18, 2016
A new study might raise concerns among patients about the use of PPIs.
A recent study published in JAMA Neurology, "Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors With Risk of Dementia," has raised questions among patients and health-care professionals. Here are some notes on interpreting the study and how to talk about it with patients.
The study, from Germany, is based upon insurance claims data and demonstrates a statistical association of dementia and long-term PPI use, not causation. Additional studies will need to be performed to prove that avoiding PPIs prevents dementia from developing.
This study, like most PPI-adverse effect studies, focuses on long-term users. Clinicians should recognize that PPIs are highly effective in treating acid-related disorders and also that there are few hard indications for long-term PPI use, including truly refractory GERD (with an abnormal pH study), Barrett's esophagus, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, idiopathic ulcers and, arguably, as prophylaxis against bleeding in select patients.
Talking to Your Patients
- Reassure patients that you prescribed a PPI for a clear-cut indication, in the lowest possible dose, and for an appropriate period of time (lowest dose, shortest time). This advice echoes that offered by AGA and ABIM in the Choosing Wisely campaign.
- Educate patients not to ask "what side effects do PPIs have?" but rather "is it really indicated?" Reassure patients that, when PPIs are indicated, benefits outweigh risks.
- Keep conversation channels open with patients. When patients require long-term use of PPIs, the medication should not be stopped without a discussion with you about the risks and benefits.
- Recommend that patients also consider life-style modifications that may reduce or eliminate the need for PPIs for long-term use, as was concluded in the study "Lifestyle Intervention in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease."


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This post is officially letting everyone know that Soul City Church is going to be Brenda and I's new church home come Spring 2010. First off, I have been going to First Evangelical Free Church for the past five years—and I've loved it. The senior pastor, Bill Shereos, has become not only a good friend and one of only a handful of people whom I trust my life with, but a man who has prayed with me, stuck with me and encouraged me all they way from when The Marin Foundation was barely a vision all the way to now. I can never express the amount of love I have for him, and my family at First Free. However there are bittersweet moments in life when, even though you have so much love for someone and something, you also know it's time to make a change. That change is here.
I have been captivated by the vision of Soul City Church and their founding pastors Jarrett and Jeannie Stevens. Their concept is '7 days is greater than 1'—that community transformation happens when Christ and service is alive and active seven days a week; not just once on Sunday or twice if you include a Wednesday night gathering as well.
Jarrett and Jeanne understand that when it comes to making a significant impact for the Kingdom, there isn't much balance in a person's life. Try as hard as many of us do for balance, it ultimately can't just be as easy as a 9-5 job. Nor should it be; and from my perspective that is one of the biggest misgivings in the Church today—they're striving to be the wrong thing!
Church is not a business, and shouldn't have the mindset of one nor should it be run like one. Soul City Church has the passion I love. They have the huge goals I gravitate towards. They are the ones giving me hunger again about the Church and I can't wait to for it to kick off. And one other thing has really caught me: Jarrett and Jeanne from the very first donation that ever rolled in for Soul City Church, been donating 10% of ALL the church's money to ministries already doing God's work. They are building this church in the right way: based on love and giving and commitment. Unfortunately it breaks my heart to say that not many other churches would be so bold. Here is the place you can go to check more out about them; and this site for their start-up cost—including their Community Giving, which The Marin Foundation will be a humble recipient starting next year.
It is sad to me that The Marin Foundation only has four churches across the country who are bold enough to donate to us as missionaries (more on this later). Thank you Soul City for recognizing a need and stepping in the gap that helps to fill a seemingly impossible losing battle of finding funding for this unique bridge building work.
But beyond just funding, I believe in Jarrett and Jeannie's vision, because it's Christ's vision. 7 Days Are Greater Than 1 – I can't wait to start life together knowing what it means to live out the Gospel as a permeated lifestyle, rather than just another style in life.
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Welcome to our Bishopthorpe Camera Club Website.
Link to details of our Annual Lecture – Out of the Woods by Mark Littlejohn – Tuesday 16th May 2017
***Our New 2016-17 Programme is now live – please click here***
We meet fortnightly in the meeting room at Bishopthorpe Village Hall, although we use the main hall for our regular studio events and for occasional lectures. We are a "Learning Club" and we warmly welcome visitors and potential new members to any of our club activities.
Our interesting and varied Programme follows our members' interests and a variety of themes each year. The themes for 2016/17 are:
- Learn to take better photos and produce better prints
- Sharing our photos and looking after them
- To further develop our critique evenings
Chosen subjects this year are People, Landscapes, Architecture and Monochrome
In May 2017 our Annual Lecture will be given by Mark Littlejohn. The lecture, entitled "Out of the Woods", will reflect Mark's love of trees and Woodlands as a favourite subject for some years. His talk is split into approaches towards single trees and their dynamic within the landscape, arrangements of smaller groups and their relationships with each other and finally woods themselves with their often primordial atmosphere.
To find out about our next Meeting, our next Cuppa and Capture, our Monochrome Interest Group or reports of previous activities, please click on Events.
There are also details of our Competitions and many resources – Links and Tutorials – that have been accessed from all over the world in the last few years.
You can contact us via the Contact Us Form or if urgent, you can telephone the
Club Treasurer – Roger Poyser – 01904 706164
Finally, an important "Thank You" to Roger Walton who has finally hung up his webmaster coat for the last time, but who has been responsible for creating and maintaining this site for many years. All the previous resources are on this new website, but if you feel nostalgic, the old site can be accessed here. Many of our members came to us because of the old site, and hopefully many more will in the future with the new website, with more people now contributing to it.


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Nuovo Vesuvio. The "family" restaurant, redefined. Home to the finest in Napolitan' cuisine and Essex County's best kept secret. Now Artie Bucco, la cucina's master chef and your personal host, invites you to a special feast...with a little help from his friends. From arancini to zabaglione, from baccala to Quail Sinatra-style, Artie Bucco and his guests, the Sopranos and their associates, offer food lovers one hundred Avellinese-style recipes and valuable preparation tips. But that's not all! Artie also brings you a cornucopia of precious Sopranos artifacts that includes photos from the old country; the first Bucco's Vesuvio's menu from 1926; AJ's school essay on "Why I Like Food"; Bobby Bacala's style tips for big eaters, and much, much more.
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- OCHA: Pakistan Humanitarian Pooled Fund Annual Report 2016
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- UT Austin: The Political Economy of Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction in Pakistan, 23 May 2017
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There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farming households globally, who comprise a large proportion of the world's poor living on less than $2 a day.
In CGAP's Smallholder Diaries, researchers met with 270 smallholder farmers in Mozambique, Pakistan, and Tanzania every two weeks for a year to understand their agricultural production, income, and expenses.
To improve the lives of smallholders, developing solutions specific to each market is critical.
HA NOI, Viet Nam, 17 June 2010 - "Much has been achieved, more needs to be done.
Ricardo Uauy, President of the International Union of Nutrition Sciences, urged over 4,000 of the world's leading nutrition experts from 100 nations attending the Congress to move one step further in their battle against global malnutrition today with a "Yes we can" and "Yes we will attitude".
Gathered in the modern BITEC conference facility on the outskirts of Bangkok, and clearly inspired by another President many oceans away, his words reflected the spirit of most conversations I heard today.
Via a mobile health unit, Church World Service is taking basic medical care to people displaced by fighting between the Pakistan military and Taliban insurgents in the country's Northwest Frontier Province.
Currently working in the areas of Mansehra and Abbottabad, CWS plans to expand mobile health services into Swabi and soon provide more comprehensive healthcare including immunizations, since children's scheduled shots against polio and other diseases have been disrupted.
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LOL, nothing is free!
Well that just sucks and is piss poor. Pushing a $1000 panel that cant do something a free panel can. WTF??
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I wonder when the OP3 will drop.
Not to hijack this thread but I've been wondering this myself.
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Definitely a serious omission these days given that even basic panels allow for this. I'm surprised it hasn't/can't be enabled via firmware too.
Posted 29 July 2012 - 06:51 AM
HAI, just enable it already!
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1. The monitoring company I use (Nextalarm) lets me send email based on individual zones or general system "trouble events", 2. Snaplink will send email if its connected to an always on PC. And my recent favorite, 3. I sold an Axis camera (M1054) that has alarm contacts. I have the camera programmed to send email when the OPII closes a contact. I get a picture with the message.
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Dishwasher drain
I Am installing a new built in dishwasher , but it is a long way from the sink. There is easy access under the floor to the drain, but the instructions are pretty strongly saying I have to connect it above the sink trap. I don't see why this should be necessary since the drain hose from the dishwasher first loops from the bottom drain of the unit , around the side of the unit and up nearly to the top of the unit before dropping back down to the floor. Isn't that a sufficient trap?
No it isn't. It doesn't have a vent, so it doesn't act as a proper trap. It could siphon itself out and . . . . well you know the rest. :sick::nuke:
Is there some structural preclusion that doesn't allow you to run it to the sink?
The dish washer ended up about 12 ft from the sink and on a different wall. It's a u shaped kitchen with the sink at the bottom of the u and the dish washer at one end. I could put a trap in the abs under the floor but I guess that wouldn't help the venting.
If you can get under the floor to put a trap under there, you might as well run it over to the sink and up through the bottom of the cabinet.
That's a longggggggggggggg way from sink to DW. Do you intend on using the DW? Might want to rethink location IMO.
So...Just putting a trap in the crawl space under the floor won't cut it?
The sink drain is vented through the roof. I'm not sure if that would be enough venting for the dishwasher. The kitchen is a U shape with the sink and vent at the bottom of the U, and the dishwasher at one end. The drain pipe from the sink goes straight up the middle of the U and out the top to the main stack, and I currently have the DW draining into a T connection at the top of the U. From the vent stack to the T is about 6 ft, and from the DW to the T is about 5 ft.
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I found my way back, hungry and thirsty and very dirty. My family is very grateful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please, I'm lost I don't where I am! I could either be locked in a shed somewhere, or maybe I was playing with a Brown snake again and got bitten, my meowmmy doesnt' know. But please, if you are reading this entry, please pray for me! I have been gone for three days.
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TORONTO — Having seen the Toronto Maple Leafs treat a rash of injuries across their roster, from a torn hamstring to a severed ankle tendon and many more body parts in between, it has gotten to the point where even a case of the flu cannot be accepted as just the flu.
When winger Phil Kessel missed a practice on Monday, head coach Randy Carlyle said it was because he had called in sick with the flu. Kessel returned to work Tuesday, but with his production in a lull, an enterprising fan on Twitter built an impressive case to suggest the 26-year-old was actually dealing with a potential wrist injury, with a photo showing a wrist wrapped with tape — tape that was not present for a game earlier in the month.
Kessel scored on the ice not long after the case was presented online, helping Toronto to a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday. He scored again in the third, giving him his 400th NHL point, and Joffrey Lupul had three assists. But the injury concerns are valid, if only because so many have been validated by the Leafs this season.
The dressing room has been filled with serious discussion of torn hamstrings, severed ankle tendons and tweaked ligaments. Toronto has lost its top three centres — two to actual injury, one to a brain cramp — for an extended period.
And the team has coped reasonably well.
"We look at it as, you know, we've been forced to do some things differently with personnel, suspensions and injuries," Carlyle said a few hours before faceoff Tuesday night. "We are just trying to find a way to manufacture points."
In reality, though, the Leafs are right in the middle of the pack in terms of man games lost to injury, just a few games above the NHL average.
The Leafs had lost 55 man games because of injury heading into play on Tuesday night, while the average NHL team had lost 53.7 games. (The figure is drawn from numbers provided by teams prior to their most recent games.)
Other teams have been hit harder. The Edmonton Oilers, for example, have already lost more than 125 games, including some of the biggest names on their roster. The Anaheim Ducks (110 games), Montreal Canadiens (100) and the Carolina Hurricanes (97) rounded out the top four.
What might make the Leafs unique is the position in which they have been hit. The team has been forced to cobble together a lineup without its top three centres, including its top-line centre, Tyler Bozak, who has been out since Oct. 25 with a torn hamstring.
Centre David Bolland is out indefinitely with a severed tendon in his ankle. Nazem Kadri sat out again on Tuesday as he served the third and final game of a suspension earned for running over a goaltender during a game last week in Minnesota. He will be eligible to return to the lineup on Thursday, when the Leafs host the Nashville Predators.
Bozak will also be eligible to return from the injured list that night, though it is likely he will wait another day or two, given that he only rejoined the team for his first full practice on Monday. Toronto hosts the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
Only two Toronto forwards have appeared in all 21 of the team's games, and both had an impact against New York.
Kessel gave the Leafs a 2-0 lead with a power-play goal midway through the second period, snapping a shot past Islanders goaltender Kevin Poulin from just inside the faceoff circle. Whatever his malady — asked about his the apparently new tape job on his right wrist: "I don't really want to talk about that" — the goal helped Kessel end a bit of a dry run, with his second point in eight games.
"I got a couple fortunate goals tonight," Kessel said after the game.
Mason Raymond gave the Leafs a 3-1 lead in the third, arriving at the crease as a trailer to poke the puck past Poulin after centre Jay McClement had already done most of the heavy lifting.
David Clarkson all but sealed the outcome later in the third. It was his first goal with the Leafs, coming in his 11th game with a team that signed him to a hefty free agent contract over the summer.
"Injuries are part of every team's issues throughout the league," Leafs defenceman Dion Phaneuf said earlier in the week. "I don't think we're any different than any other team."


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Bryan Lake and Evan Netsch storm the 2013 Lord of the Wind Showdown in Los Barriles Mexico. Team Cabrinha finds themselves on top of the podium with two 1st place trophies in Freestyle and Slalom Racing from Evan Netsch, and a 2nd in Course racing didn't stop Lake from taking home the big 2013 THE LORD OF THE WIND check. The consistent north winds blowing over the warm water make this the perfect destination for one of the sport's most fun events of the year.
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Other people are looking for a different mix. They want some of the cultural and entertainment opportunities big cities offer — concerts, theatre, sporting events, etc. But don't necessarily want to live side-by-side with 2 to 8 million other people.
For these individuals, what I'm calling satellite cities may be the answer. That is, small cities that are about 30 – 60 minutes drive beyond the last spots of sprawl from the bigger city. Satellite cities offer the atmosphere of the smaller city — downtown, work, school and friends are all in close proximity — and some of the benefits of the larger city such as driving into down for a concert or the big game.
For a city to be a satellite and not a suburb, it needs to have it's own history and character as well as the majority of the population living and working in the area (and not the bigger city). That is, it needs to be relatively self-contained in terms of employment and residences. Population wise, I'm thinking that satellite cities as having about 150,000 – 300,000 people, +/-. They also could be part of a satelitte region of 2-3 such cities in close proximity, as with Guelph (see photo), Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo Ontario that serve as a satellite region to Toronto (one of North America's largest cities).
Some satellite cities have siginifcant universities and may even be the university town of 50-100 years ago, now all grown up with a diversifed industrial and employment base. In some cases the university may offer a platform on which to support different economic clusters.
In Canada, besides the Guelph-Cambridge-Kitchener — Waterloo satellite, there are others to watch. Kingston Ontario; the townships southeast of Montreal; Red Deer and Lethbridge Alberta; and perhaps Squamish BC although the latter's employment base is not keeping pace with residents who frequently commute to Vancouver or Whistler to work.
For the US, I'll have to think about it. Everett might have been a satellite of Seattle, but the bigger city seems to have caught it and there is no break. At one time Ft. Worth offered a nice satellite to Dallas, but again infill development has largely merged the two together. A similar situation seems to exist for Phoenix or Los Angeles — at one time there were nice satellite cities, but they;ve become suburbs. Send me your suggestions of great US satellite cities to watch for as the new sites of subtle, "under the radar" economic development.
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Book, research sparked professor's passion for the gas and dust of the galaxy
Snezana Stanimirovic pretending to hold overhead a massive radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Operated by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, the Arecibo Observatory has the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world. Photo: Lou Nigra
Most people first think of the stars when thinking about outer space — but Snezana Stanimirovic is more interested in what's between them.
An assistant professor of astronomy, Stanimirovic ponders the cocktail of gases and dust, called the interstellar medium, that fills the spaces between stars in our and nearby galaxies. She uses radio telescopes — from a small one on the roof of Sterling Hall to the massive one in Arecibo, Puerto Rico — to image the interstellar medium and learn how galactic clouds form and metamorphose into stars, shaping the evolution of galaxies.
Wisconsin Week: How did you first get interested in astronomy?
Stanimirovic: While in elementary school I found Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" in my local library and this (huge) book sparked my fascination with astronomy. Later I attended a special science center where high school students worked with scientists and univesrsity professors on small research projects like monitoring meteor showers, learning about astrophotography or measuring sunspots. That was my first research experience ever. I loved it and decided to study astronomy.
Wisconsin Week: What do you enjoy most about your work?
Stanimirovic: I really enjoy the constant learning. Every research project is different and the road of exploring new things is full of excitement and challenges. This can be very hard too, as it's common to encounter dead ends and problems. But looking through the telescope in the middle of the night and waiting for the first spectra to arrive on your computer screen is just breathtaking.
Wisconsin Week: What's the research question most on your mind right now?
Stanimirovic: I think a lot about how small parcels of cold gas can survive within a much warmer medium, a question at the heart of some of my current research. We have observed clouds of cold gas in the Milky Way similar in size to our solar system, as well as cold clouds immersed in the Milky Way's million-degree atmosphere. We would expect them to get quickly overwhelmed by the much warmer surrounding medium, but our observations say they are doing just fine and may even be able to make stars.
Wisconsin Week: What about your field or work do you think surprises people the most?
Stanimirovic: It's always surprising for people to learn how radio telescopes can see parts of the universe that are invisible to the human eye and provide detailed information about more than 100 different molecules that are out there in space.
Wisconsin Week: What outcomes do you see for society from your work?
Stanimirovic: By understanding how the interstellar medium works we are essentially testing various physical processes in highly extreme and diverse environments we can never simulate in laboratories on Earth. Also, questions like "what's going on out there?" have been stimulating the human mind since the dawn of civilization, making my work a small, but hopefully important, part of humankind's quest for knowledge.


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Silver Eight Boy's blue striped and spotted chambray trim shirt
Item No.2340202304
Item No.2340202304
This boy's short sleeved shirt from Silver Eight comes in a blue and white striped design with spot embroidery all over. It has a buttoned down collar and a dark blue chambray chest pocket and shoulder panels.
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