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I want to thank Verve for your sponsorship on the first Monday challenge. I just received my great prize from a couple of weeks ago.ReplyDelete
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I enjoy seeing everyone's beautiful cards that are posted every week. However, I have been posting my own cards on here almost every week and NO ONE bothers to click on my cards to see them on my blog, nor do I get any comments from anyone. Am I doing something wrong and not making my cards to everyone's expectations??? I try every day to make cards better than the day before. I know that everyone elses cards are much better than mine, but I'd appreciate comments on my cards and what I can do to make them better. You guys make me feel like you all think my cards are not good enough to be posted on your challenge... No disrespect intended. I don't expect to win any challenges!!ReplyDelete
Hi Wanda. Thank you for playing in our challenge! I'm so sorry to hear your disappointment at not getting comments on your challenge entries. I assure you that it has nothing to do with how good your cards are, and is unfortunately entirely about how inconveniently busy life is. I wish I could comment on every card every week, and I did for many, many years (this is the 8th year of our challenge). I enjoy seeing everyone's creations and different takes on the sketch. But my life has drastically changed in the past few years and now I run a full time business by myself, am raising extremely demanding 2.5 year old twin boys and have only 15-20 hours a week of childcare in which to run that business, this challenge and a few other things I do in the blogging world. I truly do love commenting on cards and seeing everyone's take on the sketch, and want everyone to feel inspired and welcome. I make every effort to click on the cards and make comments as time permits, but the past few months I've been unable to find any free time and have barely been able to squeeze in time to come up with the weekly sketches. I'm sorry that you have not received any comments on your entries. Your cards are just lovely and I hope you will continue participating.ReplyDelete


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Jefferson City residents escape the heat in cooling centers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Jefferson City hopes to keep residents safe this summer by offering five different public cooling stations to the public.
Officials say one to three people die from heat-related causes every year in Cole County.
The elderly, chronically ill and young children are the most susceptible to the temperatures.
Jefferson City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus is urging residents to keep an eye on those who could become victims of the heat.
"We encourage people to check on their neighbors and the community to respond to any incidents," said Nickolaus.
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This year, Audi upped the size of everything--including the booth. The team from Ingolstadt brought a 3-screen HUD concept that shows vital information to the driver, entertainment to the passenger, and a safe combination of both for driver and passenger in the center.
So how does it work?
Just like other HUD systems available today, a screen is implanted into the dashboard at such an angle that it causes a reflection onto the glass. Anything shown on the screen is reflected on the windshield within the driver's line of sight. Audi is already doing this on cars like the A6 and A7, but right now only information such as current speed and basic navigation directions are available. Audi thinks their customers want more.
The 3-screen concept at CES is much more. Three screens in the dash each display separate items. Again, the driver side is all about what the driver needs to know now: speed, next-turn navigation and adaptive cruise control. The center displays items that both the driver and passenger can see, such as climate and audio. The passenger side screen can display anything. The driver is positioned at such an angle that the passenger screen isn't visible, so things like movies and web browsing can safely be put on display. We aren't sure what browsing Facebook during a bright sunny day would look like, but we commend the effort.
And, like the Mercedes DICE concept shown in last week's episode, Audi's HUD is also gesture controlled.
Currently, there are two major issues with HUD systems: cost and size. The screens certainly add a level of cost that only luxury buyers can settle with, but it is mostly an engineering/design challenge. Engineers have to be able to place the screens and ancillary reflecting equipment in the dash without taking up too much space. And designers have to make it all look good. The concept, at this point, won't win any awards for dashboard of the year.
And that is why this is still a concept. Audi is merely looking to gauge customer and media response to the idea. The key to unlocking this technology may be thinner, transparent polymers that can produce brighter images. Whether Audi implements something similar to what we saw at CES, or a more advanced version down the road, we can't wait either way.


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With four you get Egg Roll: Here's Michelle Obama walking with daughter Malia, while her mom, Marian Robinson (left) walks with Sasha at the White House this morning for the annual Easter Egg Roll festivities.
According to the pool report, the events kicked off around 10 a.m. when the President went to the microphone and shouted a good morning greeting that was only half heard. The mic went out. As he tried to figure it out, Michelle waved to the crowd and smiled to keep them entertained. They cheered. Mr. Obama lifted one of the Easter bunny's ears and spoke into it.
Malia walked up to the mic and asked if it was working. It was. The crowd cheered again.
Mr. Obama said, "That's Malia, our technical adviser." He said the Easter Roll "reminds us that this is the people's house."
Mr. Obama said his main job was to introduce Mrs. O., who gave a brief run-down of some of the day's events, including yoga, dancing and basketball. At the mention of basketball, the President gave a thumbs up. Mrs. Obama said the main goal of the day was "to just have fun. "
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You're sitting at a game that has been sold out for months and your team is ahead by a comfortable margin.
Since many of your friends couldn't get in, you tweet some play-by-play commentary of your own, even though you know they are watching the game at home on TV.
Unfortunately for you, an usher spies what you are doing and the next thing you know all you have to tweet about is being kicked out of the game.
Think such a scenario couldn't happen? Oh, it could, it just depends upon what stadium you are in and how vigilant security is.
As the popularity of Internet services such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs rise, so too do the efforts of some schools and conferences at curbing their use.
For instance, Utah and BYU fell in line with the majority of sports teams by banning media members from "instantaneous messaging" from their practices. In the past, the NCAA tried to curtail blogging from game sites, as did some schools.
Now, the new battleground stretches beyond the press box and into the stands.
Earlier this month, the SEC announced a policy that would have banned fans from producing or disseminating "any material or information about the event, including but not limited to, any account, description, picture, video, audio, reproduction or other information concerning the event."
That ban meant no tweeting, posting to Facebook pages, sending out Youtube videos, et cetera.
After an uproar from fans and media outlets, the SEC softened its policy to state that "personal messages and updates of scores or other brief descriptions of the competition throughout the event are acceptable."
However, game action videos are still prohibited.
The SEC also revised its media policies after the controversy, conferring with organizations including The Associated Press Sports Editors and American Society of News Editors and giving media outlets more flexibility in Internet coverage, use of photographic images and blogging rights.
While Garry D. Howard, the APSE president and assistant managing editor/sports for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, welcomed the more media-friendly adjustments, he predicted the disagreements between conferences, fans and media aren't over.
"The fact that the SEC adjusted its credential is a good sign for our members," he said. "We certainly feel that other conferences may attempt to constrict our coverage in a similar manner, but we will definitely fight back."
The SEC maintains the policy exists to protect the broadcast rights for CBS and ESPN, which are paying the league $3 billion over the next 15 years. The league also has its own SEC Digital Network.
Other conferences have watched the battle in the SEC and have formed their own opinions of what should and shouldn't be restricted.
Unlike the SEC, which creates a member-wide policy, the Mountain West Conference allows its member schools to form their own guidelines.
While Utah banned "instantaneous messaging" from practices, no such restrictions will be placed on the media or fans at the games, according to Liz Abel, an associate athletic director who also serves as the school's sports information director.
"In my opinion, you don't try and stop something you can't," she said. "People can watch games on TV, gametracker, listen on the radio and other places and get exact up-to-the-date information, so I don't really know what the benefit is in trying to stop fans."
However, what is allowed at one school or sport may not be allowed in another one. For instance, the MWC does have a policy in place for its basketball championships.
The conditions on the back of the ticket state, "holder shall not transmit or aid in transmitting any description, account, picture or reproduction (whether text, blog, data or visual) of the event to which this ticket is issued in any media now or hereafter existing. Breach of the foregoing may result in legal action against the holder."
Javan Hedlund, the associate commissioner who oversees media relations for the conference, said the policy exists as more of an insurance policy than something the league strictly enforces.
Like the SEC, the MWC believes the policy is needed to protect its broadcasting rights and therefore is more concerned about play-by-play descriptions on public sites such as Twitter or Facebook.
"We're not searching for phones or that type of thing, but it basically covers us and our rights to our products," he said. "If you catch somebody you can say, 'Hey, you can't do that.' "
Hedlund said such dilemmas over what should and shouldn't be monitored among fans and media members will continue as schools and conferences struggle to keep up with the ever-changing new forms of media.
"I remember sitting in meetings only a few years ago wondering how to handle Internet writers," he said. "Three years later, Internet writers are the easiest things to handle, they're just like the other media. But two years after that, we were wondering what to do with bloggers, now it's fans. The challenge now is how to monitor and protect the student-athletes and protect the brand, but you still want information about yourself and the league out there."
Utah » Fans and media members are allowed to blog and tweet during games.
BYU » Fans and media can blog and twitter as long as the descriptions aren't of every single play. Last year, the school used a guideline of allowing 10 tweets/blogs per quarter.
Utah State » Fans and media are allowed to blog and twitter unlimited amounts.
Conference events » MWC doesn't allow play-by-play descriptions at its conference events such as the basketball tournament. The WAC has no such restrictions.
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Tigers Post Another Comeback
April 12, 2013
AUBURN, ALA.---- Auburn rallied past Georgia 4-3 Friday to claim game one of an SEC series in front of a crowd of 3,526 at Plainsman Park.
It was the 14th come-from-behind win for the Tigers (21-13, 4-9 SEC) who trailed 3-1 after two innings and then tied the game in the sixth and surged ahead in the seventh.
Georgia (12-23, 2-11 SEC) went up 1-0 in the first. Sophomore right fielder Hunter Cole lined a one-out single to center and scored on a two-out RBI-double by sophomore left fielder Jared Walsh. It was Walsh's ninth double and 17th RBI on the year. Auburn answered with a run in the bottom of the frame aided by a Bulldog miscue. Then, Georgia got it right back when the Tigers made a couple of two-out mistakes in the second. Senior third baseman Curt Powell and Cole made them pay with RBI-singles. Auburn starter Conner Kendrick needed 37 pitches to get out of the frame as the Bulldogs built a 3-1 edge but left the bases loaded as Kendrick struck out Walsh on a 3-2 offering.
The Tigers made it a one-run game in the fourth. Centerfielder Ryan Tella collected his third hit of the night, a two-out single and then picked up his ninth stolen bases. He scored on a base hit by designated hitter Cullen Wacker to make it-3-2. Boling avoided further damage by striking out Garrett Copper. It gave Boling nine for the night, one shy of his career high set at Texas A&M earlier this season. Boling's outing ended Friday after four innings as he had thrown 99 pitches. He allowed two runs on seven hits with three walks. Georgia looked to senior Bryan Benzor, and he took care of the Tigers in the sixth but not before they threatened again after two were out. They stranded two more to give them 10 left on base through five innings.
Georgia missed a chance to add to its lead in the sixth, putting two on with two out and forced Auburn to go its bullpen. Justin Camp came on and got Cole to bounce in to a fielder's choice to keep it a one-run game. Tella made it a 4-for-4 night with a leadoff double in the Auburn sixth off Benzor. A sacrifice bunt from second baseman Jordan Ebert and then a sacrifice fly by Wacker tied the game at 3-all.
In the seventh, catcher Blake Austin smacked a one-out double off senior Blake Dieterich. Right fielder Hunter Kelley followed with an RBI-double to put the Tigers in front 4-3. In the eighth, Auburn looked to Terrance Dedrick, and he retired the Bulldogs in order over the final two innings for his third save. Camp got the win to move his record to 4-0 while Dieterich got the loss to fall to 1-2.
"The last few games, we've got some early runs and a lead and then shut down in the middle innings for some reason," said Georgia coach David Perno. "We haven't been able to extend the lead and have let teams come back. We've got some holes, but we still had opportunities to win tonight and credit Auburn for being able to come back. They did a good job with two strikes and two outs. Hopefully, Saturday will get off to a good start in the first game, and it can carry over to the second game."
The series concludes Saturday with a doubleheader due to an 80 percent chance of rain forecasted for Sunday. Game one will begin at 2 p.m. and the second will follow 45 minutes after completion of the first one. Both games will be nine innings.
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Arts Thread: Highlights Of Milan Design Week 2012
A quick look at the projects that are sparking conversation in Italy.
At Milan Design Week, we take a look at a selection of the projects due to be showcased by Konstfack at Spazio Rossana Orlandi under the title Design for a Liquid Society.
Tove Thambert's Objects in Disguise are as they say – appear to be one thing but are, in fact, another. Light & Heavy can be used as candlesticks (featured in header image) but are also workout dumbbells available in three different weights and produced by Skeppshult, Scandinavia's last foundry located in Sweden.
CONST, Ploypan Theerachai; Cheap Red Ass, Saran Yen Panya
CONST by Ploypan Theerachai is a series of desk lamps composed of three basic components – a concrete and marble base, an oak wood body and powder coated aluminium shade. The heavy base 'keeps the octagon-shaped wood body balanced and the same time one can adjust the angle of the shade by rotating it. Reminiscent of playing with Lego blocks, CONST gives one the ability to have fun with functionality.'
We featured Saran Yen Panya's Cheap Ass Elites in the last issue of our ARTS THREAD magazine and are pleased to see it again in Milan. A play on high and low taste, the chairs are made 'from 'low' common household plastic objects; storage and laundry baskets for the seating (back, base and arms) and the lower part of the chair is a simplified version of stereotypical "upper" class chairs made out of wood.'
Confession, Nick Ross; Fold, Anita Johannessen
Confession by Nick Ross is a flexible quiet space to retreat to in a busy open-plan office, with legs of steel tubing, hood of pressed polyester felt and oak table top.
Anita Johannessen has created an acoustic panel system entitled Felt whose 'origami-like, sound-absolving materials (heat-pressed polyester felt) accented with aluminium edges are able to flip around individually to create an endless pattern with concave and convex contrast. Fold is also double-sided which allows it to be adjusted and used as a room divider in addition to the sound functions it is designed to serve.'
'Design for a liquid society…Or as the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman put it—we now live in liquid modernity, which means that the individual is more and more involved in planning their lives and careers in short-term projects and episodes.' comments Ivar Björkman, President of Konstfack.
Design for a Liquid Society by Konstfack, curated by Ikko Yokoyama, Head of Exhibition Konstfack, will take place at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan from April 17-22 2012.
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Word of the Day, June 10, 2014
" God of mercy sweet love of mine. I have surrendered to Your design. May this offering stretch across the skies and these Hallelujahs be multiplied."
Genesis 12:2-3
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
God did not take long to show us His way. He told Abram, get out of thy country to the land I will show you. He promised him a great nation and told Abram that He would bless him and make his name great and that Abram shall be a blessing to others. God told Abram that He will bless them that bless others and curse him that curseth thee.
God promised Abram to bless him and to make him famous. But there was one condition, Abram had to do what God wanted him to do. First God asked him to leave his family and homeland and then to travel to a land that God promised him a great nation. Do we understand how this all came about? Abram listen to God!
God bless Abram and those blessing have been passed on to us. How did we get blessed from Abram, through his family tree, Jesus Christ was born to cover the sins of humanity. Though Christ, people can have a personal relationship with God and be blessed beyond measures.
Do we share our blessing with other? Either by telling how God is so good to us and by sharing what He has given to us with the needy, the hurt, the lost, our neighbor or our brother and sisters in Christ. God wants us to tell everyone about Him and the more He blesses us, the more He wants us to give in His name.
Luke 6:38 says this: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
"Give then to man, what thou designest to receive of God. This is a quote from John Wesley. We can not out give God. Do we desire to love people, give them our gifts, talents, money, time, even till it hurts us. God is willing to do that for us. Jesus said in Luke 12, "...for unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required." The more we are blessed by God, the more he expects from us. We are blessed to be a blessing. Today, start with thanking our Father God for all the blessing He has given and start blessing others with the blessing that He has given unto us.
" Just to know You and to make You known. We lift Your name on High. Shine like the sun make darkness run and hide. We know we were made for so much more than ordinary lives. It's time for us to more than just survive. We were made to thrive."
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For seven years Aprille Monroe has served as the principal of Huddleston Elementary School.
Last Thursday, that changed when the Bedford County School Board voted to reassign her to a teaching position. Monroe claims the demotion was in response to an email she sent last August to Central Office personnel concerning a video highlighting the school system's accomplishments through personalized learning.
Less than a year ago, Moneta Elementary School learned it would have to face being denied accreditation by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).
Last month, on the last day of school, the school's staff, students and community celebrated the fact that they had Rocked the SOLs and appeared to be headed to full accreditation.
Beale's will open its doors to the public for the first time on June 24.
Tom Smedley, who will turn 90 in September, grew up in a small Ohio River town in Pennsylvania, a short distance down the river from Pittsburgh. It was a steel mill town and his father, a World War I veteran, urged him to get out of the area as soon as he could.
"When you grow up," the elder Smedley urged his son, "get out of this area and find a clean place to live."
The voters have spoken and Charla Bansley will replace Steve Wilkerson in the District 3 seat on the board of supervisors in January. Bansley defeated incumbent Wilkerson in last night's Republican primary with 55 percent of the vote. Wilkerson got 45 percent.
In District 4, incumbent John Sharp won by an even larger margin. He fended off a challenge by Gary Hostutler with 59 percent of the vote. Hostutler received 41 percent.
In a light meeting agenda, Bedford County's supervisors dealt with three issues.
The supervisors unanimously agreed to seek a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) permit that will cover the entire 229 acre landfill rather than seeking permits for each cell as it is opened, Sheldon Cash, the county's director of pubic works, said there are between 10 and 15 cells remaining in the landfill.
By John Barnhart
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A decade ago, the city of Bedford connected a number of Belltown Road residents to the city's water system because the city's old landfill, closed in the mid-1990s, had contaminated their wells. The city connected these residences to its municipal water system in 2005.
Not many people can say they are working their dream job, but Bedford native Joe Sharpe certainly can.
"The running joke between me and my mother was that I was going to watch sports my whole life and get paid for it," said Sharpe, who is currently the head trainer for the OKC Thunder.
After cruising through the regular season and the conference and region playoffs, Jefferson Forest's girls soccer team was pushed to the brink, both mentally and physically.
It was a true test of tenacity and grit on June 9-10, as the Cavs left it all on the field in back-to-back shootouts en route to capturing the program's first ever 4A State Championship title.
Bedford's Farmer's Market has a new director this year.
Jana Fedele now heads the market, which is still operated by the Bedford Area Family YMCA. Fedele stresses, however, that all Farmer's Market operations are at the pavilion in downtown Bedford.
The market is open on Tuesdays from 3-6 p.m., Fridays from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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There is no doubt at all that the social media websites are the precious tools for the Business to Business (B2B) companies. Here's why...
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As technology continuously develops, negative effects concerning them develop as well. With the help of the internet, shopping, trading, transacting and paying off bills online are now totally possible.
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Aside from being the digital representation of your company or your brand, your website is your single most powerful tool to generate leads. If your site is not attracting the people you can turn into actual paying customers then it's not hardworking enough. You should definitely consider a website redesign to make your website a more potent lead magnet than what it is today.
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If you think your brand is suffering from a mistaken identity, a weak identity and any other identity crises, here are 10 tips to help you.
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The majority of the regular internet users are youths starting from the age of six. In these years, their curiosity is in an all-time high, and the worldwide web has provided an easy access to all the answers.
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They say that the only constant thing in internet marketing is change and nothing proves this statement more than the ever-shifting design of websites. One day it's black, the next day it's white. One minute it's avant-garde, the next it's streamlined and minimalist.
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Imagine your website when you first launched it. Look at it now. Can you still see your original site? Maybe glimmers of it? Change is good, but sometimes many objectives get lost amid the dynamic and fast-paced world of internet marketing that marketers tend to lose sight of what's really important.
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Simple test: drink the water, see if you get sick. Wait, no, try giving it to some pets or not-so-good-friends first. :-)
If you're reluctant to do that, most municipalities or counties will do water analysis for little or no cost for the residents. If you've got some municipal water supply or county health office, try asking them if that's available to you.
Most of the issues they deal with (toxins, minerals) won't be an issue on a boat but wee critters are probably the only concern. And those can be killed (bleach, UV-C, etc.) pretty much routinely without knowing which ones you've got.
Re: Drinking water test kit suggestions?
We drink the tap water from our boat regularly. Maintaining free chlorine is all that is necessary for safe drinking water. A cheap package of chlorine test strips is all I use. Free chlorine in your system between 0.5 and 2.0 mg/L is safe to drink and will not have an unpleasant chlorine taste. There are a couple of caveats to this.
1) I drain the water system whenever it will be unused for a week or more
2) I always Keep our fill hose clean, secured when not in use, and regularly treat with chlorine, and it is used for no other purpose.
3) After I fill the water tank and treat the water I wait several hours before testing for residual chlorine, this gives time for the added chlorine to react with the system's metals and be taken up by the 'water demand'.
4) the less we use the water system, the more frequently I shock treat it with high levels of chlorine then flush.
A charcoal filter on the tap makes the water taste better but having residual chlorine ensures the water is safe.
If you decide to stick with bottled water for drinking I would suggest you read a bit about labeling practices and be careful to know what you are getting when you purchase "spring water' or "naturally filtered" water, they are not the same as "purified" water.
Happy (tummy bug free) sailing!
Re: Drinking water test kit suggestions?
I had a UV filter in a previous home. It was finicky and was told that it wasn't 100% effective. If some bacteria was on the backside of a particle, it could be shielded. Best was a chlorine nuking, but then you needed something to get the chlorine out. Replacing the bulb was expensive.
Re: Drinking water test kit suggestions?
While at my local plumbing and heating store a couple of days ago i noticed a undersink ultra-violet water purification system. I got to talking to the guy and i think i'm going to put one in for the very reasons you listed. I'm always leary of water that has been sitting in my tanks for several weeks. My water always tastes fine just not sure of it's purity.
For $300.00 it has 2 pre filters and a ultra-violet light that will kill just about everything. Additionally it comes in 12v. I would have to manually turn it on for about a minute before use so as not to waste electrical. It's fairly small so i'm pretty sure it will fit fine; just more maintenance in the fall.
I have to do some more research just to make sure it will be durable enough and be capable of killing everything. The guy at the store said people use them in their campers all the time.
Re: Drinking water test kit suggestions?
We attach an activated carbon filter to the fill hose, which gets out odors, chlorine, radon, and other chemicals. It won't reduce bacteria, so we don't drink it. In fact, the system aboard might contain bacteria. We wash, brush teeth and will cook with it, if boiled. To properly test for bacteria, the sample has to be stored correctly and immediate tested. To a mail in exercise. We drink bottled water, stored in gallon jugs.
Re: Drinking water test kit suggestions?
If you want a 'definitive' answer, the simple answer is NO.
The complicated answer is it will take several DAYS to biologically 'culture' and verify pathogens. Many of the 'wild' or uncommon strains of water borne pathogens can take 'weeks' to assay.
Chemical 'dipstick' to assay for high concentrations of severe toxicants wont help with trace or 'nil' amounts very effectively.
As the 'sanitarians' of the 19th century discovered, (and what developed into the 'kosher' laws since antiquity) simple cleanliness and 'hygiene' (and active common sense) of your water system remains the 'key' to 'safe' water ..... essentially the same process you use to keep your dishes and cookware ..... and water jugs 'clean'.
Best advice I can offer for 'bio concerns' is to filter the 'dock water' before it gets onboard with a 1,2µM filter 'certified for the removal of oocysts' or certified for 99.9% removal of 1,2µM particles .... and at least once yearly open the tank and 'wash/scrub it' and then rinse, then 'shock sanitize' it with 'clorox' at 4oz. per 10 gallons of water, then rinse. "Cleanliness !!!!!!"
Re: Drinking water test kit suggestions?
For twenty bucks we've had our well water tested by taking a small test sample to the local city water plant. Never had the boat water tested since just prefer to buy bottled water.....maybe should get that tested too.
Drinking water test kit suggestions?
Are there affordable, simple, reliable test kits to determine whether the water on board is ok to drink?
I sail on the Chesapeake, mostly long weekends, and can take on enough water (86 gallons) from the marina's water supply (that I trust) to last for most of the trips I would take. The boat, however, was built in '86 and has the original aluminum water tanks and original plumbing.
PO, as called for by the manufacturers instructions, "shocked" the system with bleach each spring and then thoroughly rinsing the whole system by filling then draining the tanks multiple times. Still, he brought jugs of water on board for drinking---a practice I've continued.
I'm just wondering if I added something like a Pur water filter on the galley faucet, or filtered the water through a Brita, whether the water would be fine to drink and thus cut down the buying and lugging of gallon water jugs.
Which leads me back to my original question...any way to easily test the water quality to get a definitive answer?
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Villa Bikini On Sorrento Coast
Beach villa with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and swimming pool in Vico Equense, Italy
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Villa to rent in Vico Equense, Italy
Villa overview - owner's description
Our Villa is placed on top of a promontory in the middle of the sea at less then half an hour driving from Pompei, Amalfi, Positano, Sorrento, Naples and Capri. Swimming pool on top of the sea!
Our Villa is located just 30 min. drive from Naples Airport, Campania's capital. The villa is placed on the top and the tip of a promontory in the middle of the sea with view on the sea both South and North. The area is surrounded by nice houses, green montians falling into the sea, wonderful beaches and sparkling sea-waters. The neighborhood is extremely friendly with foreigners. If you are looking to relax and to have a full immersion in Sorrento Coast natural beauties you can be certain that our Villa is the right place for your holiday.
The best way to explore Sorrento Coast, Pompei and Naples is the Circumvesuviana Train Station. We have the Scrajo Station at only 700m and the Vico & Pozzano Train Station at 2 Km.
Why Sorrento Coast:
Sorrento has a beautiful and fascinating history you can rely on numerous tourist attractions. It is a wonderful and captivating town for those whose visit is motivated by its medieval churches, extraordinary scenery and typical cousin and music for those with a passion for hunting, fishing, hiking, for individuals interested in visiting its Roman historical testimonials or satisfying their curiosity on subjects concerning geology, nature and mineralogy, and finally, for those who are interested in its genuine folklore and celebrations, its many beaches and transparent coastlines, sudden gorges and hidden grottoes. Lastly, let's not forpost its marshes and their typical fauna or pleasure boating along its coastline from which one of the most scenic and remarkable views of the Mediterranean is offered.
Villa Description
The Villa offers up to two bedrooms to its guests, ideal accommodation for a family or a group of friends. Accommodation also includes a big living room, a full equipped kitchen, two bathrooms, 150 sqm of terraces and 200 sqm of gardens both on the Soth and North side. The terraces of the villa give an extraordinary view of Naples Gulf, Sorrento Coast, Capri and Ischia islands. The garden has been created by using a typical Mediterranean vegetation. The closest beach is just below from the villa, and can be reached with 2 minutes walk.
in details:
There is a charge to use the swimming pool, the swimming pool can be rented as shared or in exclusive.
- Front of the villa with private access + terrace above + private parking place, is always given in exclusive use and comprise of
The Villa Indoor: 100 sqm, 2 bedroom (4 sleeping areas), 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room
Northern garden and terraces: 70 sqm garden giving North, 50 sqm terrace in front of the villa with dinning table for 6 and 4 sun chairs, with independent access and full privacy.
Big Plasma TV, Fridge, washing machine, oven, water boiler, toaster, stereo, sheets, towels (full equipment).
New bathroom with glass shower.
Smart and warm environment.
Terrace: 150 sqm on top of the house, 2 sun chairs.
- Back of the house ( You can rent it in exclusive or as shared)
Two patios, terrace of about 70 sqm right on top of the sea with dinning area with table for up to 10 persons, sofa corner, 2 sun beds and 10 sun chairs.
Swimming pool: 12x6x 1.2 - 2 m new technology swimming pool
There is a charge to use the swimming pool area on the back of the house and it is compulsory from May to October, you can pay for exclusive use or share it with our family. In case you do not want to use the swimming pool in October or April you must inform us as soon as you make the booking.
In the surrounding area you will find everything you need to make your stay enjoyable. Indeed the village is served with restaurants, grocery stores, a petrol station, bars and a church.
Breakage Deposit
The Breakage Deposit is to be paid in cash on your arrival in the ammount of 20-40%, depending on the length of your stay.
This villa has 28 verified reviews.
28 out of 28 people recommend staying here
2 couples from Scotland Uk in their early 50s stayed for two weeks . We flew to Naples & hired a car . The Villa was easy to find as we were given good directions from the owner . Unfortunately the Gulio the owner was away on holiday and had asked a relative to meet us and they were not there at the agreed arrival time (20 min late due to traffic and no communication to say so ) The views from the villa are amazing and the patio on the roof had just been renovated and was lovley . We agreed to have shared use of the swimming pool with the owners family and as he was away on holiday most of the time we had it to ourselves except one day .(they have a young baby ) The villa was reasonably well kitted out and we got a brief explanation of how things worked etc but it would have been good if local information & instructions had been written out or a suggestions book for feed back .
We paid 100 euros for cleaners and a gardener but the cleaners only came after the 2 weeks and with 4 adults the bathrooms & bedding really needed cleaned after a week, but there were no cleaning materials available to do the bathroom ourselves .
We had a couple of storms while the owner was away and as a result the pool had a lot of leaves etc in it and although he came and cleaned it when he came back from his holiday it was like that for about 5 days .
Luckily we had hired a car even though we had planned to use the train at the train station 700meters away as mentioned on the website , especially to eat out in Vico or Sorrento in the evenings . When we got there it had been closed and looked as if it had been closed for some time , which was disappointing as taxis were expensive if we didn't drive ourselves .
When we left we didn't see the owner to give feedback or suggestions and we got our 500 € deposit back as a 500€ note not ideal when you need to split it between 2 couples .
How ever our stay was wonderful , the situation of the villa & pool , patios & garden etc were better than we were expecting and we spent a lot more time at the Villa as a result . Vico is a lovely town with many fantastic restaurants and Gabrielle's - the best ice cream shop .
I only mention the criticisms above so the the owner can make improvements .
All in all a great place to stay but you need your own transport
Stunning location, amazing views, friendly owners. A fabulous little walk through the hills to Vico Equense and a lovely local shop for any breakfast items.
Having the actual address to put in the SAT nav would be useful also early in the season, we visited end March/beg of April, the beach at Bikini is closed. There is a lovely bay on the outskirts of Sorrento, Marina do Puolo, which is clean, restaurants are fabulous and the children can swim. Pompeii was amazing but Herculaneum was just as impressive, go early in the morning to avoid the crowds and the first Sunday of the month, entrance if free to all museums and archaeological sites. All the Italians were very kind and friendly and didn't laugh (well not openly) when I attempted the language.
Great location fantastic views. Accommodation was very good and pool was really great. A couple of questions and both resulted in a quick response. Holiday could not have been better
Well located villa for our day trips to Pompeii and Vesuvius. Villa itself was great with magnificent views and fantastic pool
We stayed for a week in early July 2015. Overall, we loved it. The positives: the view is fantastic, photos don't do the pool justice and the facilities are good for four people.
A couple of things to keep in mind. The villa has two bedrooms - one double that opens onto the garden and a second at the rear of the property that has far less natural light. If you're travelling as two couples, as we were, this means one of you gets the short straw. The second, rear bedroom has the additional bed, suitable for sharing with children. There is a sofa bed in the living room but we didn't use it.
Without the owners directions to the property you won't be able to find it.
The owner wanted a E500 cash security deposit, but we had an early flight out of Naples on our departure day and he didn't want to have someone come early to bring it back. Call me old fashioned: if you ask for a cash deposit on arrival, you return it promptly in cash, on departure.
Our own enjoyment of the villa was spoiled by a serious maintenance issue. The hydraulic pump for the air conditioning failed. As a result, water dripped onto the polished stone floor below one of the units, causing a safety issue. The owner responding quickly, but it took three visits over three days to fix. Since it was 38C and humid, we opted to keep the air conditioning running and live with the wet floor. Otherwise the airless second bedroom was uninhabitable!
A secondary concern was that the fuses kept tripping. It turned out that this had nothing to do with the air conditioning issue, but was due to what in the US would be sub-standard wiring. As a home owner, I'd want it fixed, as a one week renter, you just deal with it.
Overall, the beautiful view and pool made it possible to forgive the problems we had.
We really enjoyed our stay here. There are beautiful views from the villa across the Bay of Naples and the pool area is stunning. This villa might not be suitable if you have very young children as there is a steep dro p down the cliff with a low wall from the pool / barbecue area, but for older children / adults it is amazing. You really need a car here as it is quite a way from the shops but we loved the area and the fact that it is quite secluded. The location is very convenient for visiting all the sites - an easy drive to the motorway and there are some lovely walks. Our host was very helpful in showing us around and spoke excellent English. The villa was clean and the kitchen was well equipped. Be aware that the second bathroom is only a basin and WC so there is only one inside shower (there are 2 outside for poolside use). This wasnt a problem for us but if you are a larger group of adults you might want a second proper bathroom. One slight issue was the speed of the Wifi which was very slow even when we plugged it in outside where Giulio showed us. It is fine for checking email but not really suitable if you need to work. This was a minor point however we loved the villa and would recommend it.
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Outside this villa in Vico Equense, ItalyThis villa is in the town but in a quiet area near the beach. It has a pool, a balcony, a barbecue, outside lighting and a garden. Car hire is recommended as the villa is less than a 15 minute walk to at least a couple of shops, bars and restaurants; however parking is available if required.
Prices and availability
Updated 9 June 2017
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Changeover days and minimum stays
- 24 June - 30 June 2017: the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 2 July - 9 July 2017: the minimum stay is 5 nights.
- 10 July - 12 July 2017: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 17 July - 22 July 2017: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 29 July - 1 August 2017: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 8 August - 30 August 2017: changeover day is Tuesday and the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 2 September - 6 October 2017: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 7 October - 3 November 2017: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 4 November - 23 December 2017: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 31 March - 29 April 2018: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 30 April - 13 May 2018: the minimum stay is 5 nights.
- 14 May - 24 May 2018: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 26 May - 31 May 2018: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 1 October - 1 October 2018: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 2 October - 6 October 2018: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 7 October - 3 November 2018: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 4 November - 23 December 2018: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 31 March - 29 April 2019: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 30 April - 13 May 2019: the minimum stay is 5 nights.
- 14 May - 24 May 2019: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 26 May - 7 June 2019: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 8 June - 15 June 2019: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 16 June - 19 June 2019: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 24 June - 30 June 2019: the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 8 July - 12 July 2019: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 17 July - 22 July 2019: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 29 July - 1 August 2019: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 8 August - 30 August 2019: changeover day is Tuesday and the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 2 September - 6 October 2019: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 7 October - 3 November 2019: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 4 November - 23 December 2019: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
- 31 March - 29 April 2020: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
- 30 April - 13 May 2020: the minimum stay is 5 nights.
Early booking discounts
- Receive 5% off if the booking is made 3 months before the arrival date.
Late booking discounts
- Receive 5% off if the booking is made within 3 days of the arrival date.
Long stay discounts
- Receive 20% off if the booking is for 28 days or more.
- Receive 15% off if the booking is for 21 days or more.
If more than one discount matches your arrival date, please be aware that only one discount of the highest amount will be applied to your booking.
Shared Swimming pool area Usage it is compulsory for weeks starting 10 May to 18 October
10 May - 18 October: £264.13 per week, paid locally
Refundable Damage Deposit - If swimming pool in use 500,00 Euro/stay, if no swimming pool usage 300 Euro/stay.
If swimming pool in use 500,00 Euro/stay, if no swimming pool usage 300 Euro/stay., paid locally
Final Cleaning
£88.04 per booking, paid locally
For any extra person exceeding the 5th pay 20 Euro per person per day.
£17.61 per night for each additional person if there are more than 5 people, paid locally
Exclusive Swimming Pool Area Usage per week
1 May - 31 October: £440.22 per week, paid locally
WiFi 3G Broad Band Portable Device (max. 1 GB/day)
£44.02 per week, paid locally
2 bedrooms, Sleeps 8:
- 1 king size bed
- 1 double bed
There is also 1 double sofa bed in Living Room, 2 single sofa beds in Bedroom 2
2 bathrooms
Swimming pool
Private pool, Size 12m x 6m, Depth 1.2m to 2m
CD player, Internet / WiFi, Radio, TV Languages in English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Local, Satellite / cable
Living area seats 8, Dining area seats 8, Air conditioning throughout property, Central heating, Open fire, Clothes drier, Hair dryer, Iron / board, Towels / linen, Washing machine, Car hire recommended
Cooker, Crockery, Cutlery, Dishwasher, Fridge, Freezer, Glassware, Kettle, Oven, Pots / pans, Toaster
Balcony or terrace, Barbecue, Outside lighting, Parking, Private garden, Sea view
Suitable for
Hen or stag groups, Infants, Single gender groups, Pets
Extra information
On request one Bedroom can be divided by a "separe" into two smaller bedroom areas giving the three bedrooms specified in the main description. Swimming pool usage is compulsory from 15 May to 15 October of Each year and it's payable in cash upon arrival. It is a wonderful 12x6x2 m carrara marble swimming pool, just build, and it is surrounded by a magnificent garden of about 200 sqm, a panoramic terrace of about 70 sqm and two patios. The above described swimming pool area, on the back of the Villa, can be used as shared (usually it could be there my family or extra 4-10 persons from Villa Francesca or most likely no one at all) or privately; the exclusive use of the swimming pool need to be requested and agreed with us in advance, the extra optional charge described below will apply. Winter usage: Heating is on Gas and it is pay as you go not included in the price.
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I have a number of handguns, and due to my practical nature, I can offer a different reason for owning (or at least not selling) each of them. It's tough for me to say "just because I like it".
This is a discussion on How many are necessary? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; We don't need exact figures or amounts. I know that some of you are very protective and secretive about what you have, tin foil and ...
We don't need exact figures or amounts. I know that some of you are very protective and secretive about what you have, tin foil and all. I'll even go as far as saying many of them are impressive collections. However, How many of you have a minimalist type attitude toward owning firearms? Have a few that you are very proficient with? I saw someone mention the other day that they have 1 handgun, 1 shotgun, and 1 rifle. This is what I mean. Each serves a purpose...simple. And, what do you all think about this mentality?
(I also belong to other forums. If you do, you may also see this posted there as well. Under the same screen name. So, don't get all annoyed about it. Different forums have a different feel and a differing set of ideas.)
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The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil will of the man, the mob and the state.
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I have a number of handguns, and due to my practical nature, I can offer a different reason for owning (or at least not selling) each of them. It's tough for me to say "just because I like it".
I have different calibers. When money is tight i can buy 100 rounds of .22 and head to the range
I've never thought about it in terms of how many are enough. I have a few that I use as carry weapons, a few that are collectibles, some that are there for other purposes such as varmint eradication, a self-defense argument or two in the collection ...... for me it's not about how many or what's necessary, but the fact that I like guns, see their purpose and value from a multitude of perspectives, and buy what I want for the reasons I want any particular gun.
I'm in favor of gun control -- I think every citizen should have control of a gun.
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When I have all the ones I want it will be enough. Variety is the spice of life. I have some that get shot more than others, some that collect dust and some that ride with me daily. Need? Probably one of each like was stated above, but who wants to only provide for their needs?
"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" ~ Mark Twain
Weapons and ammo, more is better. You can always move some if you need to . But you won't get more when you need to.
My opinions:
1. The most important firearm is a concealable handgun. In normal, day-to-day living, it is your primary defensive sidearm. It can be your home defense. In most emergency scenarios throughout history, carrying long guns has been unnecessary, but carrying a concealed handgun has been increasingly desirable. Extended power outages, riots, earthquakes, storms, etc-- any situation where disruption is temporary, but emergency services are stretched-- increases the value of a concealed carry handgun, without pushing into "carry a go-to-war rifle".
2. "Two is one, one is none". The second most important is a second handgun, so that you have a carry option if your primary is removed from the equation.
3. A utilitarian and long term carry capable long gun. Something you can employ in the event that horror is unleashed. Extreme violent outbreaks, war at home, etc-- all of the extremely unlikely stuff.
Beyond that are hobby implements. Hunting tools, competition platforms, etc.
My 'bare minimum' is two handguns. I consider food, water, first aid, and other considerations to be more practical than a long gun, for preparation purposes. Once a certain level of readiness in those areas is covered, a long gun becomes a better buy.
This is from the perspective of strict practicality, and doesn't address purely recreational buys. If disposable income is in play, there are a lot of reasons to buy lots of toys :)
Hey some people prefer digital, some don't!
"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" ~ Mark Twain
I'm happy with what I have...but there is always room for more.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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it is subjective. How much money is necessary for you to make each year? I almost have 1 of each type of gun that I want, this year I'm going to be doubling those - 2=1. Is this "necessary"? Again, subjective.
The stupidity of some people NEVER ceases to amaze me.
The absolute minimum I would want would be a Glock 19 and an AR. However, I would be more comfortable with a minimum of a couple of a couple of 9mm Glocks, an AR, a 12 gauge shotgun, and a .22 rifle.
Anything after that would be just cause I want em.
I am pretty minimalist in my firearm owning philosophy in that I don't own anything that doesn't serve a roll or fill a niche. So, as an example, I wouldn't own a PM9 and a PF9 as they serve the same roll as small EDC semi auto. I also wouldn't own 2 1911's. Unless of course I found a super spectacular deal that I wasn't able to pass up. I do however own both a AK47 and a AR-15. The AR is setup with a adjustable 3x9 scope optic for medium to long range. My AK is setup with a red dot for close range.
-It is a seriously scary thought that there are subsets of American society that think being intellectual is a BAD thing...
Don't know how many is enough, because I haven't yet reached that mile marker on my journey. I know I need another gun safe though...LOL


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and at least one cabinet member apparently indicated that this was
the best proposal that had been seen so far. These are very exciting
developments, and Ted, Hanneke, and Leonid deserve our appreciation,
and congratulations, for carrying the Global Campaign this far.
The next official activity of the Global Campaign will be the Congress
on Epilepsy as a Public Health Priority in Dakar, Senegal, in May,
at which time it is hoped to prepare an African declaration similar
to the European declaration approved in Hamburg in 1998. There will
then be a second formal launch of the Global Campaign in Geneva
in June. Latin American, Asian and Oceanian, and North American
declarations are planned for the fall.
Epilepsia: Our contract with Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins for publication of Epilepsia will expire this year.
We were delighted to learn that there was considerable competition
among publishers for this contract, a tribute to the high profile
of the journal, for which Tim Pedley deserves credit. A meeting
was held on March 3 in New York City with our journal consultant,
Morna Conway, and representatives from the three finalist publishers:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Wiley, and Blackwell. This was
attended by Tim Pedley, Simon Shorvon, Giuliano Avanzini, Peter
Berry, and myself. Peter Wolf was unable to attend, but representatives
of all three publishers met with him in Bielefeld. All three publisher
gave very impressive presentations, and each has different strengths
and weaknesses that made a decision difficult. At our Executive
Committee meeting in Basel in April, we agreed that any of these
would be an excellent option, but chose Blackwell because of their
strong emphasis on electronic publishing.
World Wide Web: The committee assigned to negotiate our
relationship with WebSciences (Tim Pedley, Simon Shorvon, Phil Lee,
Mike Hills, Johan Falk-Pedersen, and I) met in Los Angeles with
Michael Chase of WebSciences on January 15 and 16. WebSciences has
already received considerable funding from the U.S. National Institutes
of Health that can be applied to this project. Simon joined us initially
by phone conference. At this meeting, we completed a draft agreement
between IBE, ILAE, and WebSciences which was subsequently accepted
by the Joint Executive Committee in April, but a more formal legal
instrument will be needed to finalize the partnership. With respect
to additional funding, we are considering various scenarios that
would invite the pharmaceutical industry to sponsor selected aspects
of our portal site. It was the general consensus of the group, however,
that we would not want to give any single company an administrative
role in the overall website.
Classification Task Force: The four working groups have
almost completed their initial tasks. Warren Blume and his working
group have produced a draft glossary for describing ictal events,
Peter Williamson and his working group have produced a list of epileptic
seizures that represent diagnostic entities and are in the process
of writing up descriptions for each, Natalio Fejerman and his working
group have produced a list of accepted epileptic syndromes and diseases,
most of which have now been described in detail, and Harry Meinardi
and his working group are completing their classification of impairments.
Efforts of the first three working groups have been posted on a
closed website, so that all members of the Task Force can read and
comment on them. The written descriptions of seizures, syndromes,
and diseases are being completed in collaboration with Arbor Press,
who are publishing them as chapters in their CD-ROM textbook of
neurology, Neurobase. Several meetings of the Task Force have been
held, the last in Orlando, Florida, in December, to discuss the
remaining issues with respect to epileptic seizures, syndromes,
and diseases. The group is still not fully agreed on how to list
and define focal symptomatic seizures, how to identify syndromes
and diseases associated with such seizures, and how to divide up
what had previously been referred to as the idiopathic generalized
epileptic syndromes. Once these final chapters have been written,
the original core task force will meet to finalize these lists and
descriptions, and come up with proposals to classify them, perhaps
in more than one way, for specific purposes. After this is completed,
the website will be made public, so that anyone who wishes can comment.
It is our intention to eventually publish our recommendation, including
all the Neurobase chapters, as a supplement to Epilepsia in time
for it to be discussed and voted on at the next International Congress
in Buenos Aires in May 2001.
Strategic Planning and Administrative Issues: A major effort
this year, and perhaps the most important activity of the League
this executive term, was the strategic planning meeting in Basel
on April 15, which was facilitated by Walt Schaw. We are very grateful
to Ann Little, IBE Secretary, for her tremendous help in organizing
the administrative aspects of this meeting. The invitees included
the Executive Committee and chairs of our thirteen commissions,
plus Hanneke de Boer, Amadou Gallo Diop, Charlotte Dravet, M.C.
Maheshwari, Harry Meinardi, Amel Mrabet, Emilio Perucca, Leonid
Prilipko, Ley Sander, and Bettina Schmitz. Only six invitees, Bernardo
Dalla Bernardina, Phil Lee, Dick Mattson, Emilio Perucca, Phil Schwartzkroin,
and Michael Trimble, were unable to attend, but all commissions
were represented. This was a very enthusiastic response, given the
short notice, and confirms a tremendous commitment to the League.
The session was extremely productive, and the results will be rediscussed
by the Executive Committee and circulated to the chapters later
this spring. In addition, Walt Schaw, acting as an administrative
consultant, has worked with the Executive Committee and staff to
complete job descriptions for all of its members, and currently
is helping us to clearly define policies, procedures, and operations
for each of the major offices. Administrative structure continues
to be an important issue with respect to future plans of the League,
and will be the primary focus of discussion at our next Executive
Committee meeting. We decided at the last 1999 EC meeting in December
that the EC should meet three times, rather than twice, per year.
Consequently, we had our first 2000 meeting in April in Basel, will
have our second in Geneva after the Global Campaign relaunch in
June, and the third in Los Angeles at the time of the American Epilepsy
Society meeting in December.
Election Procedures: Elections for the next President and
Executive Committee begin this year, and the new officers will be
installed at the next General Assembly, during the International
Congress in Buenos Aires, May 2001. Ted Reynolds (UK), past president,
will chair the Nominating Committee, and Harry Meinardi (Netherlands),
Tim Pedley (US), Francisco Rubio-Donnadieu (Mexico), and Masakazu
Seino (Japan) have agreed to serve as members, giving the committee
wide geographical representation. Letters to the chapters requesting
nominations for President were sent out at the beginning of April,
with a deadline of June 15. The three receiving the most nominations
will become candidates, the ballot for President will be sent to
chapters on July 1, and the deadline for receipt of votes will be
October 1. This will be followed by a similar process to nominate
and elect the remaining officers.
Jerome Engel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
President, ILAE
April 25, 2000
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Here we will show you how to include JavaScript on your website. With a few rather simple additions, you can include this in your HTML page. Read on from Step 1 below to find out how this can be done
1Open up the Notepad or other simple text-editing software. Use the Run Command (Windows key+R), then type notepad and press Enter. It can also be found in Start menu > Accessories > Notepad.
2Start a basic HTML document. Include the HTML tags, including the <head> and </head> combination pair as well as the <body> and </body> combination pair. Type all the needed tags to start the page. It should look like this or the below image:
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4Call up other JavaScript scripts using a JavaScript function, if you know where the script file can be found. Add it a src (stands for "src") property to the script tag and include the complete web address of the file. Make sure to link directly to the Javascript file and not the page's URL where the script is being called from by the other page's creator.
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A new year, another set of resolutions. In 2013 I plan to spend more time on the 'lesser' social networks, purge my Facebook and Twitter lists of people who just annoy me, and focus on more positive trends in the world of social media, technology, and privacy. Read them quick, before I forget entirely about them.
Lose weight. And by "weight," I mean the 72.4 percent of my Facebook friends who are near total strangers to me. For past few years I've been fairly liberal (one might even say promiscuous) in whom I decided to friend; starting this year I'll be as chaste as a nun. Then I'll start trimming the outliers. Every post on my news feed will now go through my patented WTF filter: Every time I see something from someone I don't recognize, I'll say 'who the frak is that?' and hit Unfriend. Interestingly, this is much easier to do on my iPad app, where Facebook's inscrutable Edgerank algorithm is apparently not filtering out 95 percent of other people's posts the way it does on the Web.
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Clean out my inbox. Once again, my email inbox has become a dumping ground for other people's electronic trash, so it's time for a purge there too. The first thing I'm going to do is nuke all those political newsletters that snagged my email address during the last election and are still hounding me for money. They can all now jump off a fiscal cliff, as far as I'm concerned.
I'm also telling Spotify to sod off. I really don't give a frak what my so-called friends are listening to, so I'm opting out of all of those annoying notifications that I don't remember signing up for in the first place.
Expand my "social life." I plan to diversify my social media gazing in 2013, spending less time on Facebook and Twitter and more time on others. I might even hang out on Google+ every now and again. I will give Socl another shot, to see if it's gotten any more interesting, before Microsoft decides to kill it a year from now and launch yet another doomed social network. I'm also planning to stalk Justin Timberlake – or at least spend more time on the new MySpace.
On the flip side I plan to continue to ignore Pinterest and its various clones, as I have for the past 347 years. (Well, except for my steampunk pinboard.) And I'm quitting Instagram. Not because it made a horribly ham-fisted grab for its users' photographs, only to back down after getting soundly spanked by the InterWebs. I'm quitting because it is quite possibly the dumbest idea ever conceived.
Link out. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty much sick to death of those pointless LinkedIn endorsement requests. Yes, it's very nice that someone I've never worked with or spoken to but share a vague professional association with endorses my blogging skills, but I can't imagine that's worth anything to any potential employer – especially since LinkedIn goaded them into clicking that box. I'm going to find out what it takes to opt out. Look for more on this in a future post.
Wag more, bark less. I'm hoping to focus on some of the more positive aspects of social media interaction in 2013, as well as the encouraging developments in the world of Internet privacy. I think there's some saying about old dogs and new tricks that may apply here, but I'm going to do my best to ignore it.
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