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Are you performing as efficiently as possible using the right HVACR tools?
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Originally published: 03.01.14 by Bill Spohn
The typical goal of HVAC contractors and their customers is to extract maximum performance from installed equipment. This makes sense — it's a goodinvestment, right?
This usually equates to expending the least amount of energy necessary to satisfy the customer. Equipment performance might also relate to efficient use of space or low noise levels. You want to obtain the smoothest operation and highest efficiency possible. Or, you follow this process: right size, appropriate equipment, correct installation, and proper commissioning. If good processes yield good equipment performance, then good job-related processes should yield high productivity, or good field performance. Let's take a look at a contractor's work processes as they relate to the tools that are used. Are you performing as efficiently as possible with the right HVAC/R tools? Are your tools and techniques fast enough to get the job done as efficiently as possible? Fast comes in many flavors: let's cover a few below.
Physics on your Side:
A major vacuum/recovery unit manufacturer has spent years teaching the market that the proper use and right set-up can make all the difference. I am talking about valve core removal tools, large bore hoses, and proper fittings, which can dramatically decrease the time to achieving low micron levels in an AC/R system evacuation. This saves techs time while performing a thorough evacuation. What's funny here is that all of these vacuum principles
Wi-Fi, Wi-Not?
I've seen a lot of wireless, headless, separate-able, WiFi and BlueTooth® related products come out in the last 10 years. I was a skeptic at first, but now I am fully convinced these are not gimmicks or fads. Manufacturers are paying attention to customers needs for more robust designs, longer wireless ranges and simpler set-up. In addition, multiple measurements (humidity, airflow, line temperatures, etc.) can be tied back into a main unit, providing richer information and even system diagnostics and troubleshooting.
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Wireless probes and remote displays eliminate the need to plug in, manage and protect the cords and plug ends on many probes and instruments. You can now place the business end or probe where it needs to be and the display or screen in the most convenient viewing spot for your multimeter, multifunction IAQ instruments and visual inspection scopes, among many other tools and meters.
Saving Steps:
Remote system monitoring saves you time and frustration on the job site. Things have advanced so rapidly, for example, you can now operate the controls or thermostat yards away from the outdoor unit while watching system temperatures and pressures on your Smartphone. Wireless readouts and controls have also hit the building performance market. These game changing attributes are not without controversy. Search the popular "boards" to see the most recent market reactions.
Form-ula for Success:
Well-organized contractors know the power of good data. Data to show "as found" and "as left" characteristics may save your asterisk in civil or criminal court someday! Plus, many utility and state energy programs are looking for very specific data on forms in order for customers and contractors to receive rebates or fees. The last thing you want is to have paperwork hold up payday. Many digital tools today can store or print data. And the more sophisticated ones actually interface with software programs to produce professional, detailed reports. Today's Internet savvy, data-aware customers (both residential and commercial) are looking for the value in the services you perform. What better way to illustrate the value in your work than to produce a custom report that demonstrates the benefits you bring. A wave of new product systems that work directly with "the cloud" are now coming down in price and have broader availability.
Hitting the right combination:
As the manufacturers rack their development brains to provide differentiation and unique selling points, I have seen a trend toward product combinations. Many manufacturers are now either employing contractors or conducting surveys to determine what designs will be most beneficial. Multi-use tools, both digital and mechanical (hand tools), can save time and physical effort, as you have less to cart from the truck to the worksite. While many of these combo products have you saying "Why didn't I think of that?," other combinations may force you to say "What the….?" Before you purchase, be sure to walk through the way YOU would use a new combo product in your mind. Involve your technicians' opinions too. Additionally, look for peer reviews, either locally or on the Internet.
Calc-u-now or Calc-u-later: Digital tools now focus on more than just lone measurements. Rather than using look-up tables, charts, slide rules or off-line calculations for superheat, subcool, enthalpy, or even target evaporator exit temperature, you will find these application specific results right on the digital or graphic display. This goes back to the speed issue: in this case, the speed of gathering real-time and relevant information to get the job done.
Pain in the back meets Catch 22: You don't want to be walking back to the truck to get that one odd tool, but you cannot carry your whole truck to the worksite. Enter the back and time savers. I have seen the lowly tool bag/ bucket get a makeover over with rugged, well thought-out designs and ergonomic features. In fact, ergonomic is what the E in the leading brand stands for! And it's not all about physical efforts and pain; it's also about safety and lost time due to injury. A new strap quickly connects to refrigerant cylinders and frees technicians' hands to carry tools and climb ladders improving safety while the extra "hand" can reduce time on site and increase productivity. One size doesn't fit all. While I have covered the highlights in the latest tools that can make a performance difference, I realize not all of these are for everyone and that one size does not fit all. Take your time to investigate the new products, read reviews, ask questions, and learn about how they can help your bottom line. But also keep in mind that a desired new tool can brighten a technician's outlook and show you care. Be sure to involve the technicians in the decision-making and monitoring of productivity gains, and you will reap the benefits of employee engagement.
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DnD categorises them into 4 types:
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- light shields - roughly equvalent to a heater
- heavy shields - roughly equivalent to a Viking round shield or Roman scutum
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Superb Garcia, Holliday's big swing carry Cards
Homer backs left-hander's first eight-inning outing since August 2012
ST. LOUIS -- The first month of the Cardinals' season can be seen through a variety of lenses. There has been the very good (starting pitching), the so-so (offense) and the mostly ugly (bullpen). But nonetheless, it has added up to a respectable 15 wins -- a total that is tied for the most in the National League Central.
Every one of those wins has been credited to the rotation, which delivered 18 quality starts in 26 chances. The latest came from lefty Jaime Garcia, whose efficient dominance on Tuesday ensured that the Cardinals wouldn't have to ask for much help from their troubled bullpen. A two-run homer by Matt Holliday made Garcia the winner as the Cardinals topped the Reds, 2-1, at Busch Stadium.
"As an offense we've been fighting a little bit, especially with as well as our pitchers have been pitching," Holliday said. "It was nice to get Jaime a couple of runs. It was enough, so we'll take it."
For five and a half innings, it appeared as though the Cardinals' recently anemic offense was headed toward squandering another strong start, having already wasted a seven-inning, two-run performance by Adam Wainwright in the series opener.
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo kept the Cards from advancing a runner into scoring position during those first five frames. That changed, however, with Holliday's sixth-inning swing.
Following a single by Carlos Beltran -- who had three hits in his return to the lineup after a bout with the stomach flu -- Holliday laid off three sinkers to work the count to 3-0. With two straight curveballs, Arroyo pushed the count full. In making his next pitch selection, Arroyo explained afterward, he feared that Holliday would not swing at a sinker.
The righty didn't want to issue a walk, which would have put two men on for cleanup hitter Allen Craig, so he went back to the curve.
Holliday wasn't necessarily expecting it -- "It's one of those deals with him that I try not to guess, because he'll throw any pitch in any count," he said -- but he connected anyway, poking the pitch just over the wall in left-center.
The two-run blast doubled the Cardinals' run total from their previous 23 innings.
"You take your chances and play the best odds you can," said Arroyo, who has now served up four homers to Holliday in 49 at-bats. "He's just so strong. There's maybe a handful of guys in this game that can hit the ball out of the ballpark with that low of trajectory, especially with the wind not blowing out tonight."
The Cardinals' first home run since Friday gave the team its first lead since Saturday.
"Once again, not a lot of the production that we know we're still going to get," manager Mike Matheny said. "But it was good to see that timely hit and Matt getting hold of one."
Garcia ensured that the lead would hold, retiring the final seven batters he faced in his first eight-inning start since Aug. 19, 2012. He earned his third win of the season in the process, ensuring that three of the Cardinals' starters would end April with at least that many.
He sealed the starting staff's April ERA at 2.15 and lowered his own to 2.50.
"Those guys have been unbelievable so far," Garcia said of his rotation-mates. "I feel like when the starter the night before goes out and does something really good, you want to continue to do that. We have a really good thing going on so far."
Garcia used a double play to escape trouble in the second and wouldn't encounter much more until the fifth, which began with Devin Mesoraco's leadoff single. With two out, Shin-Soo Choo delivered an RBI double to put the Reds ahead.
But Garcia stranded Choo at second base and never allowed the Reds to push another runner that far. He used Cincinnati's aggressiveness to his advantage, too, getting a lot of quick outs, which translated into efficient innings.
"I saw early that they were taking some swings," he said. "It's a really good lineup. They put some really good at-bats together every single time. The main thing for me was just trying to execute that pitch down, make them hit it on the ground."
He did so with success.
In his 92-pitch night, Garcia recorded 18 of his 24 outs via ground balls. He now has nine career wins over the Reds, which is more than double his best total against any other club.
"Jaime was as good as you could ever ask," Matheny said. "He did everything right."
Though Garcia hardly looked to be tiring late, Matheny indicated that it was an easy call to keep him from returning to pitch the ninth. With the Reds' offensive core -- Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce -- looming, Matheny didn't like the idea of having Garcia face them for the fourth time.
And so he dispatched newly minted closer Edward Mujica, one of the few bright spots to emerge from the bullpen this month, who improved to 5-for-5 in save situations by striking out the side.
"They gave me the ball in the ninth to try and hold the lead, and I did a pretty good job tonight," Mujica said. "I feel pretty good right now. Matheny has given me the opportunity, and I try to do the best that I can for the team."
With the win, the Cardinals put an end to a season-long three-game losing streak. They also leapfrogged the losing Pirates to regain the top spot in the division.
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The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it's been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning what's been missing in her life. And when she's forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it's worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness.
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I feel it's only fair to warn you, dear reader, that Vanessa Diffenbaugh's central character, Victoria Jones, is going to break your heart three ways from Sunday. She's also going to make you want to pick her up, shake her and scream, why can't you let yourself be happy? But for Victoria, the answer is as complex as the question is simple. She's spent her childhood ricocheting through countless foster and group homes, and the experience has left her in pieces. Painfully isolated and deeply mistrustful, she cares only about flowers and their meanings. She herself is like a thistle, a wall of hard-earned thorns.
When we first encounter Victoria, it's the day of her emancipation from foster care, her eighteenth birthday. "Emancipation" couldn't be a more ironic word for this moment. For Victoria, as for most foster care survivors—-myself included—-freedom really means free fall. She has nowhere to go, no resources, no one who cares about her. She ends up sleeping in a public park, tending a garden of pilfered blossoms, and living on her wits. It's only when a local florist sees Victoria's special way with flowers that she is given a means to survive. But survival is just the beginning. The more critical question is will Victoria let herself love and be loved?
The storyline weaves skillfully between the heavy burden of Victoria's childhood—-her time with Elizabeth, the foster mother who taught her the language of flowers and also wounded her more deeply than Victoria can bear to remember—-and the gauntlet of her present relationship with Grant, a flower vendor who's irrevocably linked to the darkest secret of her past. At its core, The Language of Flowers is a meditation on redemption, and on how even the most profoundly damaged might learn to forgive and be forgiven. By opening up Victoria's very difficult inner world to us, Vanessa Diffenbaugh shows us a corner of experience hidden to most, and with an astonishing degree of insight and compassion. So hold on, and keep the tissue box nearby. This is a book you won't soon forget. --Paula McLain
Q: What is the language of flowers?
A: The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of Le Language des Fleurs, written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book--which was a list of flowers and their meanings--de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology and even medicine. The book spawned the science known as floriography, and between 1830 and 1880, hundreds of similar floral dictionaries were printed in Europe and America.
In The Language of Flowers, Victoria learns about this language as a young girl from her prospective adoptive mother Elizabeth. Elizabeth tells her that years ago, people communicated through flowers; and if a man gave a young lady a bouquet of flowers, she would race home and try to decode it like a secret message. So he would have to choose his flowers carefully.
I understand Victoria's impulse completely, and I included a dictionary in the back of the book for the same reason. If readers are inspired to send messages through flowers, I wanted there to be a complete, concise, relevant and consistent list of meanings for modern communication.
To love is difficult. To be a mother is difficult. To be a mother, alone, with few financial resources and no emotional support, is so difficult as to be nearly impossible. Yet society expects us to be able to do it, and as mothers, we expect ourselves to be able to do it as well. Our standards for motherhood are so high that many of us harbor intense, secret guilt for every harsh word we speak to our children; every negative thought that enters our minds. The pressure is so powerful that many of us never speak aloud about our challenges--especially emotional ones--because to do so would be to risk being viewed as a failure or, worse, a danger to the very children we love more than anything in the world.
With Victoria and Elizabeth, I hope to allow the reader a window inside the minds of mothers who are trying to do what is best for their children but who lack the support, resources, and/or self-confidence to succeed. The results are heartbreaking for so many mothers who find themselves unable to raise their children. It is my belief that we could prevent much child abuse and neglect if we as a society recognized the intense challenge of motherhood and offered more support for mothers who want desperately to love and care for their children.
Victoria is clearly different. She is angry and afraid, yet desperately hopeful; qualities I saw in many of the young people I worked with throughout the years. Though Victoria is entirely fictional, I did draw inspiration in bits and pieces from foster children I have known. One young woman in particular, who my husband and I mentored many years ago, was fiery and focused and distrusting and unpredictable in a manner similar to Victoria. Her history was intense: a number on her birth certificate where a name should have been; more foster homes than she could count. Still, she was resilient, beautiful, smart, and funny. We loved her completely, and she did her best to sabotage it, over and over again. To this day my husband and I regret that we couldn't find a way to connect with her and become the stable parents she deserved.
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Burfict's back, just in time for the Bengals.
Linebacker Vontaze Burfict has completed his three-game NFL suspension for repeated illegal hits. Cincinnati certainly hopes he returns with an edge to his game, but a controllable one.
We'll find out Thursday night when the Bengals (tied for No. 14, AP Pro32) are 6-point favorites over the struggling Dolphins (No. 26, AP Pro32). Cincinnati has lost its last two.
"I still want him to be an aggressive player," defensive coordinator Paul Guenther says. "I don't want any linebackers being passive. But again, at the same time, people are going to be looking for him, so he's got to understand that and do it the right way. Hopefully he learned his lesson off what happened."
For Dolphins fans, there's the hope they learned a lesson, too. They barely beat weak Cleveland, needing three missed field goals, including a potential winner at the end of regulation by Cody Parkey, to survive. Then they won in overtime.
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Time is ticking as Congress hammers out the details on the next farm bill, and with only a handful of working days left on the schedule in 2013, American Farm Bureau public policy director Dale Moore says the outlook of it happening this year is tenuous.
In an interview with the American Farm Bureau Federation's Newsline, Moore explains that it's been a long three years of waiting for the new farm bill.
"From the standpoint of time running out this year, we're back to hoping and praying that we can get something done, if not before the 13th then hopefully the House and Senate go into a little bit of overtime before this year is out and maybe we'll see something get done before Christmas gets here," he said.
However, Moore is skeptical that Congress will get it done before the current bill expires at the end of the year.
"Half the questions I get from reporters these days focus on, well is the farm bill going to be part of the budget negotiations? We don't have a clue," Moore said. "We keep hearing that, but we also are hopeful that the farm bill itself will get wrapped up this year. That's looking dicey."
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R.Okla.), who chairs the House-Senate negotiations, admitted for the first time that the farm bill may not be ready for a vote before year's end, even though a broad framework might be hammered out this month, according to Reuters in an article here.
"We're not quite there yet," Lucas said. "It is possible to have an understanding, a set of principles laid out, a text that the lawyers could work on with the economists to complete so we'd be back next January to finish the final job."
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged lawmakers to pass a one-month farm bill extension.
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Lions Finish 9th in Final Golfstat Rankings; Rack up Accomplishments
SAINT LEO, Fla. – Another successful year and another impressive run into the NCAA Postseason has earned the Saint Leo women's golf team a record ninth-place ranking in the last Golfstat rankings of the 2011 season.
Another 5th place finish in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament, marking the second-straight year the Lions have hit that mark, and a bid to the NCAA South Region Tournament completed a season of numerous accomplishments for the Green and Gold. Competing in the postseason for the second year, this time in Lakeland, Fla., the Lions finished sixth in the nine-team regional tournament field.
Below are some notable accomplishments of the 2011 Saint Leo women's golf team:
• First time in program history three players ranked in the Top-70
Jordan Hatch #30
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• Senior Jordan Hatch shot 1-under-71 three times in 2011
• Freshman Heather Petronis named Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year
• Hatch named All-SSC Second Team member
• Petronis shots program record 3-under-69
• Hatch sets new record in season stroke average at 77.23
• Hatch sets new record in career stroke average at 78.39
• Hatch ranked in the Top-50 in the nation in 4-hole scores
• Three Lions posted average scores under 80 for the first time in history
• New top-team single round score of 299 (Fall 2010, Great Smokies Invitational)
• New team 36-hole mark of 606 (Fall 2010, Great Smokies Invitational)


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The points of interest of Dupont Circle include:
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- The Woodrow Wilson House, DC's only presidential residence.
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- The National Geographic Museum
Tip: stop by the neighbourhood farmer's market on Sunday for fresh local produce and cooking demonstrations by local chefs. Try the chocolate almond croissant from Bonaparte's pastries!
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THE triumphant troop of walkers who completed the 900 mile trek from Land's End to John O'Groats for the Steve Prescott Foundation was welcomed to the mayor's parlour for a civic reception.
The eight-strong team including former Saints captain Paul Sculthorpe ex-Saint Tommy Martyn and Warrington Wolves legend Lee Briers completed the challenge in less than 12 days, raising more than £25,000.
Each of the walkers endured their own problems during the walk with fatigue and lack of regular sleep.
Scully said: "It's the hardest challenge I've ever undertaken."
Pictures posted on social media of his infected big toe showed the toll it was taking on their bodies.
Lee Briers suffered shin splints and a stress fracture to his leg. And Tommy Martyn suffered eight major blisters on his feet on day one.
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HOPES of a Warrington driver's top-three finish in a national off-road series have gone up a gear.
Mike Moran, from Penketh, will head to round four of the British Cross-Country Championship in Radnor Forest, Wales, later this month with renewed optimism.
After a poor start to this year's competition, Moran and navigator Tony Coid, who is also from Penketh, tasted victory on their last outing in south west Scotland.
It was his first national-level win.
Moran, who achieved a Championship-best overall position of third in 2012, considers round three a result to build on at the wheel of an AT 4x4 Challenger which is powered by a supercharged Jaguar engine.
"After our poor start to the championship the result is a real boost to our hopes of repeating our 2012 position or perhaps finishing even higher," he said.
"We need to keep the good results coming though."
Moran has been competing for 30 years and he has worked his way up from lower-level clubman events to tackling the highest level of offroad racing in the UK.
But clutch problems in the opening action of 2014 followed by gearbox failure during round two in Wales proved costly, so a good result was vital in round three.
The event was held over two days, with the top off-road racers in the country facing more than 115 miles of competition on a tough eight-mile course made up of forest tracks and quarries.
Moran made a good start and had a trouble-free first day, lying in third place overnight.
With the two crews ahead of him having a huge battle for the win, Moran played a waiting game on day two.
It would have been easy to lose time on the challenging route through pushing too hard and damaging the car, or getting a puncture.
And that proved to be the case as both the event leader and second place driver suffered problems with their cars at the end of the event.
In contrast, Moran saved his best until last, setting the fastest time of the weekend on his final run to take the win by just one second.
"To win by one second after 115 miles of racing is unbelievable," said Moran.
"It was a great event, the course was massively challenging with some really quick sections where bravery was rewarded.
"Just as challenging were the rocky quarry sections where punctures were a risk.
"We were happy with our position overnight.
"We were 40 seconds behind the second-placed driver and on events like this one puncture can lose you over a minute.
"One of the drivers ahead of us had a puncture and problems with the exhaust while the other also had a puncture as well as a broken throttle cable.
"We kept out of trouble and had a real push on day two to keep the pressure on. We did enough to win – just!"


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CLAREMONT, Calif -- The California-Nevada Track and Field Championships began Saturday in Claremont, CA, hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. Entrance to the meet is based on times submitted through the TFRRS system during the months of January, February, and March; in order to qualify for the meet, athletes from invited schools must post one of the top 36 times in their event.
The two day meet got off to a good start for Master's with several of the Mustang men competing in the Distance Carnival portion of the meet. First up on the track was the final of the men's 3000m steeplechase. Matthew Crichton, David Eller, and John Hurd represented TMC well. Crichton ran a season best of 9:28 (5th), good enough to secure a trip to Marion, Indiana to compete at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, May 24th-26th. Eller saw huge improvement from his last outing in the steeple, running a lifetime best of 9:39, just 10 seconds shy of a national qualifying mark. Coach Schroeder is confident Eller will earn his spot on the national team in the weeks to come. Freshman John Hurd also ran a lifetime best of 9:56, in spite of suffering with some leg pain earlier in the week.
Josiah Downer and Paul Jesson represented Master's in the 5000m final. Unfortunately, racing in the rain produced slower times overall, including those of Downer and Jesson. Downer's 15:21 finishing time earned him a 9th place finish.
The final event of the night was the men's 10,000m, with Camden McAlister the lone representative of TMC. This race served as a workout for McAlister in preparation for running the marathon at Nationals; nonetheless, Camden ran a lifetime best of 33:50.
Commenting on the day's performance, Mustang Coach Zach Shcroeder states "Nothing spectacular happened tonight. We're in the middle of a big block of training. We weren't expecting to see huge PR's this weekend. We did a lot of work this week, and it showed tonight in slower times. The important thing is to continue getting the work in. As we freshen up at the end of the season, we'll be feeling stronger, fitter and faster. In spite of being in the midst of big training, we still saw some good things happen; Matt qualified for nationals, and several guys ran lifetime bests. You can't be unhappy with that."
Sunday, John Gilbertson and Anthony Pizzo will compete in the timed final of the men's 1500m. The race will be used as sharpening for the prestigious Stanford Invitational coming up this Friday where the two men will race the 5000m.


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Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, Scarlett Johannson, Ryan Reynolds, Harrison Ford, Borat, Shia LaBeouf, Tobey MaDumbFace and a shitload of celebrities got together for a follow-up to the "Five Friends" video encouraging people to vote. Jesus, these things have sequels now? At least they got Spielberg to direct. Or, more like, FUCK they got Spielberg to direct. Thanks for the CGI gophers in Indy 4, asshole!
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My name is Kristina Pardo and I am a rising sophomore at Furman University in South Carolina. I am majoring in both physics and mathematics, and hope to get my PhD in physics. Eventually, I would like to do research in either astrophysics or particle physics. Outside of the classroom, I participate heavily in the Music Department at Furman and volunteer for the Humane Society of Greenville. This next semester, I will be studying abroad in Germany, Austria, Poland, and the Czech Republic. I will also be President of the Society of Physics Students chapter at Furman.


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WHEN she set up a makeshift helpline for brain tumour patients after her husband was diagnosed with the disease, Tina Mitchell Skinner never imagined that ten years on the 'lifeline' would grow into a leading UK charity.
Now that is has, however, the determined founder and chief executive of Thornbury-based Hammer Out has no intention to let the milestone anniversary pass her by.
She is in fact hoping to make 2013 a record-breaking year by raising up to £400,000 to provide emotional support to families going through the same ordeal she did.
Mrs Mitchell Skinner, from Alveston, told the Gazette: "Ten years is very significant. It's a huge milestone; it's ten years since my husband Paul died."
When her husband was diagnosed with brain tumour at the age of 35 after suffering from chronic headaches and fatigue, their well-ordered life was turned upside down. But what was most difficult for the couple was the lack of support out there for brain tumour patients and their families.
If no-one was willing to do something about it, then Mrs Mitchell Skinner decided she would do it herself.
"It was just me," the mother of 15-year-old John, said. "We put posters up around Frenchay Hospital.
"I did it for Paul because he was the one who wanted to speak to people and to patients who were going through the same thing. I would get phone calls at two in the morning. I never in a million years imagined it would grow to the extent it has."
Soon after her husband's death in 2003, and in accordance with his final wishes, she set up her first support group. In 2005, the charity moved into offices in Oriel House on Castle Street before settling at Thornbury Business Park in 2009.
"Before he died Paul and I decided that no-one should have to face this traumatic journey alone and so Hammer Out was born—named after Paul's beloved football team, West ham United," she added.
"Since Paul was diagnosed, support for families affected by a brain tumour, I am pleased to say, has improved enormously. I think Paul would be proud that we could fulfil this dream for him."
The charity has planned an action-packed programme of celebratory fundraising events throughout the year, including an abseil down St Mary's Church tower in Thornbury on Saturday, March 16, skydives and a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in September.
To take part or to find out more about Hammer Out visit www.hammerout.co.uk or call 01454 414355


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LOS ANGELES – Twenty-four hours earlier Andre Ethier was celebrating the fact that he didn't have a dangerous blood clot in his calf.
At 10:30 Wednesday night, what was left of the 44,091 at Dodger Stadium joined him in celebration as Ethier trotted around the bases following a game-tying, pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning that erased a two-run deficit.
Yasiel Puig stretched a slow roller up the middle into a 12th-inning double and was promptly driven home by Adrian Gonzalez's base hit down the left field line to deliver a 5-4 win to cap the Dodgers' three-game sweep of the New York Mets.
The victory was the eighth in a row for baseball's hottest team, giving the Dodgers 40 wins in their last 48 games, the best 48-game run in major league baseball in 71 years.
"We just got to keep it going," winning pitcher Paco Rodriguez said. "We still got a month and a half left and if we keep this going, we've got a great shot to be in a position to win the World Series."
Ethier, who woke up Tuesday to a calf bruise so severe it warranted a visit to the hospital, was held out of the starting lineup for the second consecutive day and didn't even begin to warm up until the fifth inning.
The injury originally suffered when he was hit by a pitch Aug. 4, flared up following Monday's game, but Ethier made himself available to pinch hit on Wednesday.
After the third pinch-hit home run of his career, Ethier was hardly treated like an injured player as the Dodgers raucously celebrated with their outfielder in the dugout.
"My routine wasn't very normal," Ethier said. "It was just going through my stuff in the training room and then fourth, fifth inning getting ready. That's not too normal on a regular day. I just got ready in the fifth inning for whatever the situation was and just tried to stay hot, and prepare for that one at-bat."
Mark Ellis led off the ninth inning with a single to set the stage for Ethier to bring the team back from what was a 4-0 deficit in the third inning.
Puig, who was 0 for 5 when he stepped to the plate in the 12th inning, bolted for second as soon as his slow roller crept past the infielders up the middle.
"Whenever I leave the plate," Puig said through a translator, I'm always thinking about second."
Gonzalez, who was 3 for 6, said he altered his approach with Puig on second. The Dodgers first baseman was simply looking for a base hit versus trying to drive the ball had Puig been on first. He poked a double down the left field line to send home Puig, who joined a mob of Dodgers that celebrated around Gonzalez at second base.
Ellis, a member of the 2002 Oakland A's team that won 20 straight, said the Dodgers' winning ways are reminding him of how he felt 11 years ago.
"That's how these streaks are won," Ellis said. "You don't win every game by 10 runs. You have to have games like this if you want to put a good streak together. You have to have games where somebody comes off the bench and hit a big homer. It does remind me of that a little bit."
Mets starting pitcher Dillon Gee, who entered with a 2.40 earned-run average since the beginning of July, continued in that vein by allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings.
The Dodgers didn't produce a base runner until the fourth inning, from which Gee creatively escaped beginning with a pick-off that victimized Carl Crawford. After a single, the veteran outfielder was caught leaning toward second base on a play that could have largely effected the game based on the offensive output that followed. Three consecutive two-out hits then loaded the bases only for Gee to induce an inning-ending fly ball from Ellis to maintain the Mets' 4-0 lead.
Capuano allowed 10 hits for the second straight start. He exited after five innings and 86 pitches having given up four runs.
"Gee's been pitching good for a while now," Mattingly said. "They jumped (Capuano) early and got a lead. They were kind of holding us down but we scratched a little bit and got a big hit."
Puig appeared to have saved Capuano in the second inning by spectacularly throwing out Marlon Byrd at third base from shallow right field. The Dodgers' rookie, however, took a bad angle on Andrew Brown's double, assuring the Mets their first run of the game later in the frame.
Byrd, who was 3 for his first 3 but finished 3 for 6, followed with a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Mets a four-run lead.
Following Capuano's exit, the Dodgers bullpen strung together seven scoreless innings during which five pitchers allowed a combined four hits with nine strikeouts.
"I was still disappointed in my start, but it was fun to watch the bullpen throw zeros and see us come back," Capuano said. "The three-run home run is a killer to a pitcher. I just tried to throw a fast ball down but it caught too much of the plate."
The Dodgers got on the board after loading the bases a second time on Gee.
Gonzalez, who was 3 for 6, scored from third in the sixth inning when Ellis beat out a fielder's choice to prevent an inning-ending double play. Hanley Ramirez, who was 2 for 5 in his first game after missing eight of the last nine with an injured shoulder, converted his double into the Dodgers' second run courtesy of a Jerry Hairston Jr. RBI single.
The Dodgers didn't threaten again until Ellis led off the ninth with a single prior to Ethier's opposite-field, two-run home run.
"For a guy that's basically been out a day and a half, but to go opposite field here, I mean that ball took off," Mattingly said. "Usually nothing goes out at night, especially opposite field."


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Andrew Cosslett may now have a lot on his plate, but 30 years ago his journey to the upper echelons of rugby's hierarchy started somewhere less complicated - the muddy fields of Weybridge.
The 57-year-old Fitness First chief executive, chairman of the 2015 Rugby World Cup organising committee, captained London Division Three South West Weybridge Vandals in the mid-1980s having moved to the area from Gloucester.
For Cosslett it is the sort of club he wants to see benefit most from the arrival of the world's third biggest sporting event on these shores in two years' time.
Work will begin later this year on getting the volunteer workforce together that will help man the tournament, starting with the establishment of six regional activation and legacy groups to identify the World Cup's own Games Makers.
And the former InterContinental Hotels chief has assured sports fans it will be a World Cup that builds on the feelgood factor of the London Olympics and one for all walks of life.
"This is a professional sport, but we want to be out there with tickets cheap enough for anyone to get to see a game," he said this week.
"There is a corporate and sponsors element, but the game's heart beat is with clubs like Vandals, the volunteers and the people that play the game.
"There need to be as many opportunities for people to be involved with the World Cup as possible and to be able to say they were there. That is how you insure your legacy."
Former London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) chief executive Paul Deighton has recently been added to Cosslett's board of directors, while former Locog director of sport Debbie Jevans its new chief executive.
And the chairman believes the two appointments – as well as his experiences of playing the game at clubs such as Vandals – are key to the World Cup's success.
"When I first got involved in the Twickenham establishment they knew me as a businessman not neccessarily as a rugby man, because I hadn't come up through the county route," he added.
"I played for 25 years at junior and senior rugby level and I was the chairman of a committee at 29 years old.
"I understand what is involved with running junior clubs and playing for them.
"I have enough experience and I've got my business background so hopefully I can contribute.
"We only get this chance once in a lifetime and we think with the opportunity England have to perform well, with the Olympic Games behind us and the focus on sporting events in this country, it is a heaven sent opportunity for this great game to get to the next level.
"Financially there is a challenge to be met, but all the money we make – beyond the £80million we committed to hosting the tournament – goes back into the game.
"We want the game to be prosperous and the more money we generate to put into places like Vandals, the better."
And it seems nothing would give Cosslett greater pleasure than seeing his former club, awarded an RFU Clubmark accreditation on Sunday, continue to develop.
"I came down to play for the third team one Saturday, the next week I was in the seconds, the next in the first team and then the next year I was captain," he said.
"I fell in love with the place. It is a very, very special club. The values and spirit of it are amazing.
"I've travelled extensively through work over the last 25 years and I've always had a vision of Brownacres as the place where I was happiest.
"My first year as captain was a bad year, but in the second year we won 23 games, which at the time was a club record. I'm very proud of that.
"The playing squad was brilliant and half of them are still involved in the club, which speaks volumes."
* Andrew Cosslett presented an RFU Clubmark accreditation to former Weybridge Vandals junior chairman John Sillwood last Sunday.
"This will be the platform that will allow the club to prosper," he said.
"It will help build financial strengths and attract more players. The World Cup will help more people get involved in the game, but you have to have the facilities and club structure to welcome people in the right way.
"This accreditation is the starting point for that."


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Topic: Surprise visit
I can't post this on Facebook since they haven't surprised everyone yet, but I just got the best surprise! My friends that are stationed in Oman just knocked on my door! She was watching my FB posts to see when I got home from my doctor visits, and ambushed me!
They've been gone about a year, and it was a wonderful surprise to see them! They have so much to do in the 2 weeks they are here, but we are hoping to have a free afternoon to meet for lunch at the neighborhood healthy fast food place. It's called Bryn and Danes and is organic beef, chicken, or veggie burgers or salads and organic flavored teas. Yummy!
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Finathon Fancy Dress Swim for Sharks
You can't get more FINatical than swimming in fancy dress! Finathon Champion Martine Miller from Queensland, Australia organised a wacky races event for Remote Area Dive on 22 June 2013 at Riverway Pool, Townsville. Thanks to all the swimmers Remote Area Dive rocketed to number 3 on the Finathon team leaderboard this week raising $2,300. THANK YOU!
"When I saw the Finathon I just had to get involved," said Martine. "As an avid diver and a new mum it's important to ensure the survival of theses remarkable animals for future generations. Sharks are so important to the marine environment and extinction is not an option."
The wacky themed Finathon was a fun day for the whole family to enjoy with prizes for best dressed and most unique way to swim lap as well as a team relay distance. The RAD Crew showcased an array of costumes and swimming techniques. "By making it a fun family day we aimed to show everyone that sharks are worth protecting; sharks aren't the scary monsters they are unfortunately, sometimes perceived to be," said Martine who swam 1400 metres successfully in a shark suit bought online!
Check Out More Fun Finathon Events for inspiration:
- Calyspso Diving Philippines Finathon
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Sophomore Tom Pitt earned a victory in the heptathlon and sophomore Chad Payne won the 60 and 200 meters as part of six victories for the University of Pennsylvania men's track and field team on Saturday at Lehigh's Fast Time Before Finals meet inside Rauch Fieldhouse.
Penn won the meet with 39.5 points. The Quakers topped six other schools at the season opener, including host Lehigh, which finished as the runner up with 25.5 points.
Payne opened with a win in the 60 meters. He was tops in the prelims with a time of 7.12 and then bested that effort to top the field in the final with a career-best time of 7.05. In the 200 meters, Payne was the only runner to break 23 seconds in the field of 31. He stopped the clock at 22.73 and was a half second ahead of the nearest competition.
Only four men have reached 5,000 points in the heptathlon in program history, but Pitt came close with 4,976 in his victory this weekend. He gained a healthy lead when he came within one centimeter of winning all four events on Friday night. He earned 802 points in the 60 meters (7.23), 803 in the high jump (2.00m/6-06.75 ft.) and 659 in shot put (12.86m/42-02.25 ft.) as the top finisher in each of those events. His leap of 6.80 meters (22-03.75 ft.) in the long jump garnered 767 points and was just a centimeter behind the top jump of the night. But it all came down to the 1,000 meters on Saturday afternoon. Pitt's lead was just 38 points heading into the final event, but he left no doubt by winning the race (2:50.16) and the heptathlon.
Another sophomore Ben Bowers posted the first win of the season for the Quakers. He had the top time in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles at 8.38 and then finished with a career-best 8.30 in the finals to win the event handily.
Penn also finished 1-2 in the 1,000 meters. Junior Mato Bekelja took home the crown with a time of 2:31.77 as he beat out freshman teammate Clark Mangini by two seconds.
Even more impressive, the Quakers claimed the top four spots in the shot put. Senior Jake Brenza won the event when his best toss landed at 16.19 meters (53-01.50 ft.). That was just a few inches better than the toss from junior Marcus LaRoche who hit 16.09 meters (52-08.25). In his first collegiate meet, Billy Bishop was third at 15.72 meters (51-07.00 ft.) and Sam Mattis was fourth at 15.49 meters (50-10 ft.).
Mattis was third in the weight throw at 16.16 meters (53-00.25 ft.) and Penn was second in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:27.04.
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"Combined with Tsunade and Sakura's incredible strength" ??? Hokagegogeta 03:31, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
This is supposed to be in Sakura's Technique, I mean she literally displayed this technique, during her rematch with Kakashi in which she kicked the tree and her fight with Sasori too.
AHHH gotchya =D Hokagegogeta 02:48, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
When does Sakura perform this technique? --ShounenSuki 17:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
actually, Hokagegoegta is right. She did use against Kakashi is the 2nd bell test, but just in a different manner. She also uses it in Shonen Jump Ultimate stars! or watever u call it and she uses WITH Tsunade in Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 --AMTNinja 20:00, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
- She definitely doesn't use it in the manga. I think you're mistaking Painful Sky Leg with Cherry Blossom Impact. --ShounenSuki 20:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
- She used it in the 6th movie. Should it be put in? —This unsigned comment was made by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs) .
- We're holding on details until the movie is more widespread. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 03:22, August 3, 2012 (UTC)
- She used it in the 6th movie. Should it be put in? —This unsigned comment was made by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs) .
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Tsūten Kyaku
This page is wrong. The correct name is Tsūten Kyaku instead of Tsūtenkyaku. I would be grateful if you confer this error.--126.96.36.199 (talk) 23:43, August 29, 2011 (UTC)
- I think it's right, though i'm not entirely sure about that. So we'll ask Shounensuki for verification I suppose.--Cerez365™ 23:48, August 29, 2011 (UTC)
I see a literal name was changed. Are we going to move the article?--LeafShinobi (talk) 20:26, August 30, 2011 (UTC)
- Ah I knew I forgot to do something.--Cerez365™ 20:29, August 30, 2011 (UTC)
Why is this it's own justu. Isn't it just Chakra Enhanced Strength but you are using your foot? Puella madoka magica (talk) 00:34, March 20, 2015 (UTC)Puella madoka magica
- It's its own jutsu because either manga or databook said so. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:55, March 20, 2015 (UTC)
- Chakra Enhanced Strength ain't no jutsu by the way ;D Most characters use it to lesser or greater extend, it's a general skill I would say.--Elve [Mod] Talk Page|Contribs 12:20, March 20, 2015 (UTC)


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