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The JNF Parsons Water Fund
Many years of drought in Israel, coupled with an increased demand from a rapidly growing population, have overexploited the country's limited natural water resources. Major water bodies, including the Kinneret— Israel's only freshwater lake—have dwindled to critically low levels, threatening irreversible contamination of the water supply and long-term ecological damage.
Over the past three decades, Jewish National Fund (JNF) has worked to alleviate Israel's chronic water shortage, primarily through the construction of recycled water reservoirs that have increased the water supply by 12%. The JNF Parsons Water Fund was established to expand upon this vital work. The Fund supports initiatives that address water treatment and water quality issues, pollution and trans-boundary challenges, with a focus on recycling, developing alternative water sources, education, stream and aquifer restoration, and research. One of its unique approaches is to also operate as a revolving fund, lending capital for water projects and using repayments for future investments. In addition, the Fund identifies projects where its philanthropic contributions can leverage matching funds from public and other sources.
The JNF Parsons Water Fund is overseen by a board of directors, each of whose members contributed a minimum of $100,000. Working closely with the Israeli water and environmental authorities, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, local Israeli water associations, amd education and research institutions, the board is responsible for managing the selection of projects and overseeing their implementation.
The Fund is named for the late Natan Parsons z"l of Boston, an inventor with over 100 worldwide patents, who served as JNF's vice president for water projects and spearheaded the initiative before he passed away. With several projects successfully completed, the JNF Parsons Water Fund adopted 10 exciting new projects for 2013-2014 that will diversify the ways in which the Fund is helping address Israel's water challenges. During 2014, additional projects will be selected for support.
MYWAS (Multi-Year Water Allocation System)
MYWAS is a national water management model that seeks to achieve the most efficient national water resource management and allocation. The model incorporates demand functions by different water users as well as information on water infrastructure systems and their costs. It aims to be a most useful tool for national water resource management. This is a joint project with the Hebrew University's Faculty of Agriculture and a non-profit organization, Water Economics Project, based in Massachusetts.
Besor Restoration Project
This trans-boundary project is jointly undertaken by JNF, USAID and the European Union, and is operated by the Center for Trans-boundary Water Management - Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. The main objective is to lay the foundation for effective stream restoration for the Besor, Israel's largest dry river system, and hopefully create an operational model for addressing the region's 16 highly polluted trans-boundary streams. The project will begin with restoration efforts for the Hebron/Besor watershed, which annually receives some 1.3 billion gallons of effluents from Palestinian communities in the West Bank and additional sources of effluent from Israeli farming communities. It aims to develop scientific and stakeholders' decision-making and ultimately public attention on Transboundary pollution issues.
Arara Water Treatment Center Upgrade
The Arara treatment center will safely and productively dispose of effluents produced by the Nevatim Air Force Base in the Negev. JNF is upgrading the water treatment unit so that water could be used for unrestricted irrigation. The upgrade constitutes an important component within a multi-faceted water distribution system linking the Air Force Base effluents to a Bedouin community operated treatment center at Arara. The treated water will then flow via a long piping system provided by the Water Authority to be stored at a JNF-KKL-built reservoir at Moshav Nevatim for irrigation needs by farmers and where a portion of the water can be available for the Be'er Sheva River Park Lake.
Gomeh Reservoir
The Gomeh Reservoir is currently being developed near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel to benefit some 30 farming communities in the Galilee Panhandle. It will utilize effluents from Kiryat Shmona and provide much needed recycled water for the region. The reservoir, which will be completed next year, is planned to provide 530 million gallons on an annual basis.
Kinneret College
JNF will build the laboratory floor of the Water Industries Research and Training Center, a four-story water center at the Kinneret College Center of Excellence at the Sea of Galilee. This is part of an overall vision to provide practical training and academic learning for water engineers, thereby transforming the North into a center of water expertise and innovation and increasing the economic growth potential of Israel's northern region while providing a much needed boost to Israel's water industry.
International Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition
To stimulate awareness and concern for water related issues among Israeli youth, JNF became the prime sponsor of the International Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition in Israel, known as the "Junior Nobel Prize for Water Research." Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute and held annually in Stockholm, the competition is the highest prize in water research for young people, promoting a new generation of scientists to work in this important field.
Communal Delivery System in Central Arava
As part of JNF's commitment to develop the Central Arava region, JNF invested in bringing a water supply system to Sapir, the service center of the seven communities of Central Arava and the hub that houses all public facilities and services including schools, the community center, Arava International Center for Agrcultural Training (AICAT), and the soon-to-be-completed Medical Center. The communities of Central Arava are not part of Israel's water grid and local wells provide mostly brackish water. At long last, the government is providing the communities, including Sapir, with small desalination plants. JNF is providing the desalination water delivery system to Sapir's houses and public facilities.
Moshav Tslafon
JNF will undertake a constructed wetlands project to develop Moshav Tslafon's water purification program. At Moshav Tslafon, located in the Judean foothills between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, JNF will create a biologically treated water system involving a high tech filtration unit that will work in conjunction with a living plant ecosystem that uses natural botanical filtration. This project is unique as few moshavim are involved in green environmental projects.
Shamir Drills Research
Two additional research projects will help the longevity of the Shamir Drill pipes and screens by addressing the concerns related to potential cracked pipes and the long term effects of chemicals and bacteria on the pipes. This drilling project is JNF's flagship water project with water found at a depth of one mile! While the water is not harmful to flora and fauna, it poses a threat to the old concrete water pipes and wells screens servicing dozens of communities.
Identifying Sources that Recharge Hula Valley
The Hula valley water system is a vital component of Israel's natural water economy. JNF joined with Ben Gurion University's Institute for Water Research in an effort to identify all sub-surface flow trajectories, assess the hydraulic connectivity among the aquifers and the productive water bearing units, quantify the groundwater fluxes into and from the Hula Valley aquifer's systems, and come up with a hydrologic model to predict the impact of groundwater pumping from deep aquifers along the Hula Valley on the water balance within the northern basin.
Success stories of previous water projects:
Shamir Drillings: The Shamir Drillings is the largest natural underground water resource exploitation of the past decade, adding more than 1% to Israel's total annual water availability.
Ramon Air Force Base (AFB) Constructed Wetlands: The Ramon Air Force Base Constructed Wetlands treats the AFB's effluents to a level of unrestricted irrigation use. It irrigates JNF's Essence of Life Park as well as neighboring farming communities.
Sderot - Or Haner Reservoirs: The Sderot reservoir has an annual treatment and storage capacity of some 530 million gallons, which is augmented by Or Haner reservoir's capacity of storing 330 million gallons of water annually. The water is used to irrigate a variety of crops in nearby communities.
Rainwater Harvesting School Programs: JNF has been operating the Rainwater Harvesting school program in 27 schools since the inception of the program in 2009. Three more schools are planned for 2014/15. The program involves the installation of a rainwater harvesting system with a 5-year educational program focused on water conservation and Israel's water challenges. It is operated by JNF's partner, Green Horizons.
Beit Guvrin Reservoir: The Beit Guvrin recycled water reservoir, located approximately 15 miles northwest of Kiryat Gat, receives purified wastewater from the Jerusalem area. It has an annual storage capacity of 264,000,000 gallons, which is used to irrigate 275 acres of almond groves in the Beit Guvrin region and additional farming lands.
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The question is. Is it really a bootable CD or just a CD with all the SP2s integrated? Or a DVD with multiple images from MDSN?I know there where DVDs with multiple language images, that come from MDSN, with an utility to make separate ISOs of each one, but the DVD itself is not bootable.
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, "Sebastian Herbszt" <[email protected]> writes:The size looks like a dvd. Do other dvd images work? What are their sizes?Awkwardly, another DVD of the same Microsoft Windows Server version works without a problem. Pff... Anyway, thanks everybody for their kindly help. I'll re-post this single Microsoft DVD to Redmond trash. Regards.
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It seems that when some modern Americans look to the documents that form the framework for this long-standing republic, they assume that these documents are static, stagnant, and in some ways, repugnant.
Nothing could have been clearer than the recent declaration by many of the mayors and councilmen of this nation's largest cities, who stated angrily that a certain corporation could not do business in the their cities because one of the company's corporate officers had the audacity to state his adherence to traditional family values. Most of these same petty tyrants would also like to see the Second Amendment stripped away, along with the First.
There are even more state and federal officials, both elected and appointed, that hold the view that rights are something to be doled out in measured quantities to those constituencies who have put them in power, and heavily restricted to all others. In a perfect world the individuals that ascribe to these views and the political parties they represent could be simply voted out of office. Unfortunately, the infectious desire for control long ago infected both major political parties in this nation, and they are far more likely to work together as like-minded elitists to preserve the monopoly of power they collectively share, than restore power to the citizenry.
From my personal perspective, it appears that the Democratic Party is the more corrupt of the two, having balkanized cultures and built a power base built upon grievances that has only grown more polarized and vehement in recent years as they've adopted a smorgasbord of positions accurately reflecting views of socialist, Marxist, and communist thought that are fundamentally incompatible with personal liberty. The mainline Republican Party is almost as corrupt, being far more interested in serving the needs of deep-pocketed corporate interests (especially in certain business sectors) instead of the small business owner that is the core of American commerce, ingenuity, and job creation. Only the Tea Party faction within the GOP seems aligned with first principles.
Earlier this week I spoke briefly about the system of government our nation's brave Founding Fathers gave us. Unlike peoples in other lands, we have the right to use the soapbox (free speech) and the ballot box (voting) to voice our displeasure and discontent, before having to resort to the cartridge box (insurrection or revolution). It is this system that has made our nation so robust, when every other sizable nation on this earth have gone through multiple governments and often multiple bloody revolutions and pogroms to effect change on more fragile frameworks.
For more than 200 years, the tension against tyranny provided by the First and Second Amendments have kept Leviathan from biting off large chunks of our freedom. Instead, the desire for power and control inherent to governments have been forced to nibble away at the edges of our liberty. Given enough time–and more than two centuries is quite enough time–even such small-scale usurpations act to weather away the Republic we were meant to have, as water wears away mountains.
Now, more than any other time since our nation's Civil War, we face a nation divided against itself. It is not a division based upon regional or religious beliefs, ethnicity, or even class. It is a division based upon differing ideas of the foundational role of government in our society.
There are those that believe that the purpose of government in our society is to enforce (their) orthodoxies. Many of these same individuals and groups are those that feel the role of the government is to distribute the fruits of success throughout society, including to those who refuse to contribute to that success. There seem to be only one commonly held theme among those who adhere to this loose confederacy of beliefs.
The role of government is to impose.
Look at the various caucuses in Congress, unions both public and private, and the "social justice" movements as examples of these poisonous beliefs. Those who espouse this mindset come from various economic strata and a wide variety of cultures, and share a common belief that all people should have a share of private sector success provided to them by the government. They also share a common, often maddening belief that those who do not share this view should be shunned, or worse, silenced. They hold that a very powerful central government is necessary to enforce their will, through regulation as a necessity and force (or threat of force) as required. This is the sort of government that previous generations of Americans took up arms against, both on this continent, and overseas.
Those of us offended by the tyranny of government and the uniformity of thought have another view of government.
The role of government is to ensure.
No society is free where dissenting thought is crushed or drowned out. When the government plays favorites and corrupts the market, there is not free commerce, and no personal freedom. When the government uses it's power to enforce only the laws it desires, and ignores or unevenly enforces laws based upon whim, there is tyranny.
We live in a tyrannical time. Our government has grown too large, and too corrupt.
Ideally, we will be able to use the soapbox and the ballot box to return this Republic to it's correct path, but the founders have warned us to be prepared for the tyranny of government that eventually attempts to enslave all free peoples. It is against this vicious cycle of dependence and acquisition of power that a free Republic must stand, and the core of that resistance is the "well-regulated militia."
Modern man does not use the term "well-regulated" in the way that his nation's founders did, a way that was commonly understood throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
The phrase "well-regulated" was in common use long before 1789, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected. Establishing government oversight of the people's arms was not only not the intent in using the phrase in the 2nd amendment, it was precisely to render the government powerless to do so that the founders wrote it.
A well-regulated militia is one that functions as expected, as a reserve martial force to be called upon in times of trouble. The explicit "trouble" that was fresh in the minds of the Founders when they composed our Constitution and Bill of Rights was the corrupting force of tyrannical government, having just overthrown the armed forces of the British tyrant King George III and his military government in America.
In our modern context, what is a "well regulated militia?"
I submit that it is the totality of the people, armed with knowledge of this nation's history and the role of the militia in securing our freedom. It is the bodies of Americans, keep in "fighting trim" as age and ailments allow, and souls that are not timid.
It is a citizenry proficient in the use of small arms suitable for military service, educated with a basic academic knowledge of small-unit tactics and military strategy, and dedicated to the ownership and upkeep of arms, ammunition and paraphernalia suitable of be pressed into militia service.
We are meant to be a nation of free men.
To keep that heritage, we must be a nation of riflemen.


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Ellen DeGeneres Gives Gay Teen $30,000 Scholarship After Prom Debacle
I frickin' love Ellen DeGeneres. I love her dancing and back in the day, I even loved her Hush Puppies. She's done huge things for the LGBT community since coming out in 1997 in that fateful episode of "Ellen," but even she is impressed by 18-year-old Constance McMillen's gumption. The high school senior is standing up for herself after her Mississippi school canceled senior prom upon hearing that she planned to wear a tux and bring a female date. Ellen offered to throw her a prom, but Constance is holding out for what's right. Ellen said, "I just admire you so much, because when I was your age I never would have had the strength to do what you're doing. And you're clearly a very shy girl, so just being yourself and doing what's right, you're going to make a lot of change. You really will." And thus Ellen has offered Constance a summer internship and a $30,000 scholarship. Which is sooo much better than prom. She won't even have to buy a corsage. [E! Online]


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I can't imagine how anyone could navigate the process of finding, vetting, purchasing, closing and delivering of a vessel without the dedication, care and thoroughness of your organization.
~ Myles and Cynthia Kellam
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Phillips knowledge of catamarans is unbelievable. He has visited nearly every catamaran factory in the world, sailed about every design on every ocean, and has been at hundreds of catamaran surveys. He is not only a World Champion catamaran racer, but a sort of super agent for catamarans.
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The spinnaker is the best sail of all, many maintain. It is their secret weapon for light weather and downwind, but one which is increasingly used closer to the wind (especially the asymmetric). Whether it is an asymmetric or a tri-radial, it will be easier to use aboard a multihull than a monohull and, especially in moderate breezes, will allow you to go faster than would be possible with standard sails.
The width of a multihulls platform means that it is not necessary to use a spinnaker boom, other than the bowsprit, which makes gibing much easier. Unlike an asymmetric spinnaker, the symmetric has two distinct clews, port and starboard, which alternately become the tack, depending on the point of sailing.
To Launch the spinnaker in its snuffer out of its bag, position it on the trampoline.
Rig a snatch block on each bow, to take the port and starboard guys, which then return aft. To assist trimming, they are extended to the cockpit winches.
|If they are not already in place, install the spinnaker sheets; they return to blocks at the stern; if possible, respect the colors; green to starboard, red to port.
Each guy and sheet end will ideally be equipped with a snap shackle, but a bowline will do the job.
Before hoisting, dont forget to secure the ends of the sheets and guys in the cockpit. You can now roll up the jib.
Shackle the halyard to the spinnaker snuffer headboard.
|Hoist the snuffer along with its lines.
Steer on to a more downwind course, so that the main will slightly blanket the spinnaker.
Pull the snuffer up and the spinnaker inflates.
Now head up slowly to fill the spinnaker.
|Dont forget to secure the headboard line to stop it flogging. You are sailing with a masthead symmetric spinnaker on port tack; all that is left is to trim the sail.
Turn slightly downwind to blanket the spinnaker.
The crew member in charge of the snuffer prepares to pull it down, over the spinnaker.
|Now ease the sheet and the spinnaker is no longer drawing.
Pull the snuffer down over the spinnaker.
One of the crew encircles the snuffer tightly to stop the wind catching it, whilst the other uncleats the halyard. It is advisable to wear gloves, as a fast running halyard can quickly burn the palm of your hand.
The snuffer comes down onto the trampoline.
Article was taken with permission from the March issue of Multihulls World.
This article was taken with permission from Multihulls World
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It's so nice to meet you! Let me a tell you a little about myself and my blog…
All About Me…
I'm a wife and mother of three boys, one girl and a toy poodle named Charlie. I have a degree in Elementary Education, but chose to be a stay-at-home mom. We call Kentucky home and Florida our home away from home.
I'm a blogger, interior decorator, DIYer, crafter, lover of fashion and a television spokesperson. You can find me on WTVQ36 on the first Tuesday of the month, sharing quick and easy DIYs for the home.
Fashion, travel, coffee and all things beautiful are a few of my favorite things in life. I have a confessed obsession with Sephora and find that I can never have enough cosmetics.
I truly have a love for design and home decor and I am continually working to make our house a beautiful home. I find that it is a continual process that changes as I evolve as a person, wife and mother. I consider my style to be transitional…a mix of traditional and contemporary home decor. I mix antiques and flea market finds with current new pieces. I want my home to be layered with pieces that tell a story….the story of our lives.
And RED is my favorite color!
How the Blog Began…
Becoming a blogger was something that sort of just happened. A few years ago, we purchased a vacation home in Florida and I became obsessed with creating a beautiful vacation retreat for my family. I began creating, decorating and DIYing my way through each room. After I created a DIY headboard for my daughter's room and my Sea Fan Wall for the dining room, it was my daughter who suggested I start a blog and share my creations.
Start a blog? Why not…
I began thinking about what I wanted the blog to be about and what I wanted to share. I realized that I wanted it to be about two things:
Isn't that what a home should be? Beautiful?
Not just aesthetically beautiful, but beautiful in every way…in meaningful ways. It needs to be a place where your family gathers and finds peace and comfort. It needs to welcome not only your guests, but you. It should make you happy just to be there.
One definition of the word Home is "the place in which one's domestic affections are centered."
Since then, the blog has grown to become more of a lifestyle blog. My goal for this blog is to share and hopefully inspire my readers with my ideas and thoughts on home decor, fashion, beauty, travel and life in general. This blog is about my house and what happens within it's four walls.
What's in a Name…
Let me give a little explanation of the name House on the Way…
We do not live on a street, avenue or road. We live on a "way." Our house is literally on a WAY…and since creating a beautiful home is a continual process, my house is always on the way to becoming beautiful.
Hence the name…House on the Way.
A Few of My Favorite Things…
Some of my favorite projects ever:
- Master Bedroom Makeover
- Bathroom Makeover with Board and Batten
- DIY Tufted Fabric Headboard
- Red Dining Chairs
- DIY Wooden Swan Sign
- DIY Craft Table
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Follow me on my journey of all things beautiful as I create, share and design, ensuring that my House is on the Way to becoming a beautiful home….in every way.
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Plum, Bethel Park ready to clash
The Plum varsity football team opened the past two seasons against rival Franklin Regional.
The Panthers and Mustangs kicked things off six times in nonconference fashion between 2004 and 2011.
But when the WPIAL changed the alignment in Quad-A and reduced the conferences from four to three, the conferences got bigger and things changed as far as who Plum could schedule for week one.
As a result, Franklin Regional exited Plum's schedule in week one in favor of Bethel Park, and the two members of the new Quad Central Conference will do battle Friday at 7 p.m. at Plum Mustangs Stadium.
"It's a little strange not having a couple of nonconference games at the start of the season," Plum head coach Frank Sacco said.
"Usually, those games were good to get kids into situations and see how they would do. Now, with the new conference format, you have to come out with guns loaded. But we've made good progress in the practices and scrimmages, and the kids are excited for Friday."
Plum is 6-6 in season openers since 2000.
The Mustangs will try to get this campaign off to a better start than last season when Franklin Regional came to Plum and handed the Mustangs a 55-0 defeat.
Two years ago, Plum scored an emotional 27-21 road victory over the Panthers, and that kicked off a season which ended with a 6-4 record and a trip to the WPIAL playoffs.
Plum gave Franklin Regional a battle in the 2005 opener before falling, 21-12.
The Panthers went on to complete a 15-0 season and capture WPIAL and PIAA titles.
Bethel Park enters Friday's game with new starters at key skill positions, as the Blackhawks' leading passer, running back and receiver graduated.
One of the bigger offensive tackle tandems in the WPIAL resides in Bethel Park in the form of 6-foot-7, 315-pound junior Mike Grimm and 6-4, 315-pound junior right tackle Casey Schreiner.
Michael Love is a staff writer with Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5825 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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PJSC Severalmaz, in which ALROSA owns 99.6% of shares, is engaged in the development of Lomonosovskoye deposit in the Arkhangelsk Region. It is one of the Company's key development projects.
Opening of the Arkhangelsk deposit was carried out in difficult conditions given the high water content in the surrounding rocks.
Building of the plant.
During the development of the Arkhangelsk open-pit mine, hydro-geological impact studies were given top priority.
Loading of overburden at the deposit.
Designers are at work.
First stage of the processing plant at the enterprise.
Open-pit mine at Arkhangelsk pipe of the Lomonosov MPE.
Severalmaz develops Lomonosov primary deposit that consists of 6 kimberlite pipes with the total diamond resources over 115 million carats. Two pipes, Arkhangelskaya and Karpinskogo-1, are being developed now.
Commercial production of diamonds near the White Sea coast started in 2005, when the first module of the processing plant with annual capacity of 1 million tons of ore was put into operation at the Lomonosov Mining and Processing Division (MPD).
In 2014, Severalmaz commissioned the second module of the plant, increasing its capacity from 1 to 4 million tons of ore per year.
Share in ALROSA Group's production totaled 5% in 2016.
Arkhangelskaya pipe
The pipe was discovered in 1980; it is located in the Arkhangelsk region 100 km northeast of Arkhangelsk city. Open-pit mining started here in 2005. Current reserves of the pipe are sufficient to maintain diamond mining until 2033.
Diamond output in 2014 – 1.239 million carats
Ore resources inclusive of reserves – 87.327 million tons
The average diamond grade – 1.1 carats per ton
Karpinskogo-1 pipe
The pipe is located 750 m northeast of Arkhangelskaya pipe. Stripping operations at the pipe were held from 2009; diamond mining at Karpinskogo-1started in 2014. The estimated reserves will allow to maintain diamond mining at the pipe until 2033.
Diamond output in 2014 – 1.089 million carats
Ore resources inclusive of reserves – 22.501 million tons
The average diamond grade – 1.32 carats per ton


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Kelly Preston and Michelle Trachtenberg have signed on to star as mother and daughter in "The Possibility of Fireflies."
Set to meet face to face in one screen, Kelly Preston and Michelle Trachtenberg have both given positive sign to take starring part in "The Possibility of Fireflies", an adaptation of Dominique Paul's novel of the same title.
Here Preston is billed as a single mother struggling to keep her life in order after being abandoned by her husband while Trachtenberg will portray her older daughter. Production is slated to begin in January in South Carolina with Paul herself to direct.
Preston, wife of "Grease" star John Travolta, recently was reported to join the cast of the 20th Century Fox's vigilante drama "Death Sentence" opposite Kevin Bacon. As for Trachtenberg, the beauty next is slated to appear on the big screen in "Black Christmas" which will open in theaters exactly on this year's Christmas Day.


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Republican former Governor Mark Sanford made a stunning political comeback on Tuesday, rebounding from a sex scandal to beat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a personality-driven election for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives that put a national spotlight on South Carolina.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 29/4/2011 (2307 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Another curling season is behind us, and what a remarkable season it was for Manitoba.
What is even more interesting than what Manitoba teams accomplished -- world title in men's, Canadian titles in senior men's and women's masters and a razor-thin Canadian runner-up in women's -- is what they might accomplish next year.
Consider: Manitoba will boast two of the top three men's teams in the world heading into next season, with world champion Jeff Stoughton and World Curling Tour money leader Mike McEwen, both of Winnipeg. Take recent Players Champion Kevin Martin of Alberta out of the mix and Winnipeg men's teams would be 1-2.
It's the same story in women's curling heading into next season, with Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones and Chelsea Carey representing two of the top three women's rinks in the world.
Jones won the Players Championship and led the World Curling Tour in earnings this season. She'd have a Canadian women's title too if only she'd made a nose hit on either of her two final shots in Charlottetown at the Scotties in February.
Carey finished second on the tour money list this season and was named women's "Breakthrough Team" by her fellow competitors last weekend at the Players Championship. Only world silver medallist Amber Holland of Saskatchewan breaks up a Manitoba sweep of the top two women's teams in the world.
On top of all that, there is Winnipeg's Cathy Overton-Clapham and Brandon's Rob Fowler waiting in the wings.
Overton-Clapham proved emphatically that she can still curl with the very best in the world in that memorable win over Jones in Charlottetown. Under duress and playing with a first-year team cobbled together at the last moment, Overton-Clapham won a Manitoba women's title and more than $20,000 on the cash tour despite playing a light schedule.
With a promising new young team already in place for next year, a prodigious third in Breanne Meakin, who will only get better with experience, and the distractions of her feud with Jones now behind her, Overton-Clapham could turn Manitoba women's curling next season into a Big Three for the first time ever.
Which is exactly what Fowler could do for men's curling in Manitoba. Skipping a first-year rural team from whom not much was expected this winter, Fowler was perhaps the biggest surprise of all in Manitoba curling in 2010-11. He put together a playoff run at the Manitoba provincials and finished eighth overall on the World Curling Tour money list, taking $41,750 in earnings and qualifying for the playoffs in three of four Grand Slam events. Like Carey in women's, Fowler was recognized by his competitors last weekend as the men's "Breakthrough Team."
Put it all together and you've got six Manitoba-based teams -- three men's and three women's -- with legitimate aspirations for Canadian championships in 2012. Even more tantalizing is that it is all happening in the lead-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The Canadian Olympic qualifying event for curling will be held at the MTS Centre in December 2013. No Manitoba-based team has ever won that event and gone on to represent Canada in curling at the Winter Olympics.
The earliest indicators suggest that may be about to change.


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Samsung's semiconductor unit also posts a strong quarter; company loses 3G anti-Apple lawsuit in Germany
Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (
) created a lot of excitement, when it
hinted at a blowout quarter
, in pre-earnings talk. But that excitement has since been overshadowed by Apple, Inc.'s (
) own record-setting 3 months. Now Samsung has popped back into the picture, with its actual earnings results.
I. A Virtual Tie With Apple
After jumping out to a
substantial 65 percent sales lead
over Apple in Q3 2011, Samsung is now in a virtual tie with its surging rival in global sales. Samsung moved 36.5 million units in Q4 2011, compared to 37 million from Apple.
Smartphone sales were a boon for Samsung, whose telecommunications unit reported 17.82T Won (~$15.33B USD) in revenue. That's approximate 38 percent of the South Korean electronics conglomerate's total 47.3T Won (~$42.14B USD) in sales. The unit also pulled in net revenue (profit) of 2.64T Won (~$2.35B USD), over half of Samsung's total profit of 5.30T Won (~$4.72B USD). Overall the telecom unit's revenue was up 52 percent versus last year, while profit was up 79 percent.
While Samsung's budget feature phones
continue to surge
in sales,
creeping towards Nokia
, its iconic smartphones are drawing the most attention. Samsung was the first OEM to sell an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone in the U.S., launching
the Galaxy Nexus
around Christmas time. Its Galaxy S II lineup
continues to sell strongly
, as well.
The company has a strong equity position, with over 26.88T Won (~$23.95B USD) in cash. The company plans 47.8T Won (~$41.59B USD) to research in development in 2012 -- far more than Apple.
Samsung was boosted by strong smartphone and mobile device sales [Image Source: 9to5Google]
Speaking of Apple, Samsung also continues to
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Samsung's Digital Media and Appliances (DM&A) and display panel businesses struggled amidst slowing stables and the floods in Thailand that hurt component supply. They did remain profitable, though. The DM&A pulled in 16.96T Won (~$15.11B USD) in sales, but made only 570B Won (~$507.8M USD) in profit.
Overall this will be remembered as a very strong quarter for Samsung, to cap off a record setting year. But it will also be overshadowed by Apple's
surprising comeback
II. "Sammy" Loses a Round in its German Case Against Apple
In related news, Samsung has lost yet another lawsuit against Apple, this time in Germany. Both Samsung [
] and Apple [
] have been on losing streaks of late in their lawsuit campaigns against each other. International courts seem to increasingly be opting to throw out as much of these lawsuits as possible, wary of giving either company an unfair competitive advantage. Both companies are under investigation in the European Union
for abusing the intellectual property system
International courts are growing tired of Apple and Samsung's lawsuits. [Image Source: Grande Prairie]
Judge Andreas Voss, the presiding judge in Mannheim Regional Court, Mannheim, Germany, gave no reason for the dismissal, according to Florian Mueller of
FOSS Patents
. Samsung could still appeal his decision to the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court, but it's unclear if it will.
Samsung still has 3 more 3G/UMTS cases against Apple in Germany, which it hopes will go better than its last two. Each of the cases deals with specific patents. Apple is currently pursuing a new sales ban on Samsung's new tablets, which Samsung redesigned
specially to try to satisfy
the German court's
earlier design infringement claims
A lower court ruled that the
redesign was sufficient
, allowing Samsung's tablet sales to resume. Now it remains to be seen whether that ruling holds.
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In November 1938 Picture Post devoted 11 pages to pictures of a Loyalist attack on Insurgent troops outside Barcelona. They described one, showing men sheltering from falling shells, as 'the most amazing war picture ever taken'. The caption to the full-page portrait of the photographer read 'The Greatest War-Photographer in the World: Robert Capa'. Life also ran the story and described how Capa had crossed the river Segre with the troops the night before the action.


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Day 52
This is my 3rd visit to Roma and I am getting to like it. It is dirty and overrun by marochinis (foreigners) but I love it there is something special about seeing the Colosseum as you wander through town and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier part of the Vittorio Emmaulle II building in Piazza Venezia is breathtaking at night. The Romans don't go out until about 7 or 8 pm for a drink or café and don't have dinner until 9 or 10pm so it makes for a late night and its so easy to get around and you feel safe and secure amongst the chaos of people and traffic.
We got to catch up with family yes there is more of them and we managed to have a pranzo (lunch) with both my uncle and Angelas auntie and got escorted around to see more churches to the kids disgust especially Izzy who was wearing shorts and a tank top one day and had to put on these clothes to cover her legs and shoulders not quite the Milan fashion look! I cant believe they have so many churches some of these chuches were amazing and others were so so. On one of escorted visits we went to Villa Adriano to see the ruins but even more awe inspiring are the gardens at Villa D'Este at Tivoli. The fountains and gardens are beautiful and a perfect way to spend a hot roman day.
We spent our last night in Piazza Navona in an obsencely expensive café listening to Opera being played in the Piazza as part of the public holiday of Ferie Augosto. We wandered our way through Rome stopping at the Fontana di Trevi to ensure we return, the Pantheon, Piazza Venezia, past the roman ruins on the Fiori Imperiali and of course the Colosseum. It is a magical place and I want to return.
The holiday is coming to an end and Singapore awaits as our final stop before heading home.
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Geneviève Lacasse
|Geneviève Lacasse
May 5, 1989
Montreal, QC, CAN
|5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
|137 lb (62 kg; 9 st 11 lb)
|CWHL team
Former teams
|Calgary Inferno
Providence Friars
Boston Blades
|National team
|Playing career
Geneviève Lacasse (born May 5, 1989) is a Canadian ice hockey player and a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Canada in international tournaments. In addition, she is a goaltender for the Boston Blades of the CWHL. Collegiately, she competed for the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program. Lacasse was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Kingston, Ontario.
Lacasse attended many high schools. In order of attendance: Ecole Secondaire Catholique Marie-Rivier in Kingston, Ontario, College Charles-Lemoyne in Ville Ste-Catherine Quebec, Ecole secondaire de Mortagne in Boucherville Quebec, Kingston Collegial and Vocational Institute in Kingston Ontario, Lake Forest Academy Chicago, and graduated from Marian High School Detroit. Thereafter, she enrolled at Providence College where she completed her first degree. Presently she is studying for a master in Marketing.
Playing career[edit]
Lacasse won a bronze medal with the Kingston Ice Wolves at the OWHA provincial championship (Midget AA) in 2005. In 2007–08, Lacasse competed for Detroit Little Caesars (Midget AAA), and won a silver medal at the 2008 USA Nationals.
On October 29, 2010, Lacasse stopped 40 shots in a 2–2 tie against No. 5 Boston University, including three in overtime. The goalie made several quality saves, including on a partial breakaway in the first period by Terrier Jenn Wakefield. She stopped 14 shots in the opening period and 13 in the third frame.[1]
During October 2010, Lacasse had a 1.64 GAA and a .949 save percentage. These numbers were complimented by two shutouts. In addition, she accumulated a league-high 281 saves. In two games, she had over 40 saves.[2] For the week beginning January 14, 2011, Lacasse made a total of 86 saves (.977 save%) in wins against No. 7 Boston College and No. 9 Northeastern. On January 19, she matched a career-best 51 stops against the Eagles at Schneider Arena. The Friars penalty kill was a perfect 7-for-7 during the two matches. On March 5, 2011, Lacasse would break the record set by Florence Schelling earlier in the day for most saves in a Hockey East tournament game with 58.[3]
On January 28 and 29, 2012, Lacasse stopped 51 of 53 shots in a Friars sweep of the Connecticut Huskies. With the two victories, Lacasse surpassed Jana Bugden as the Friars all-time wins leader with 59. Her shutout on January 28 was the 17ht of her Friars career, a new record.[4] On Friday, February 17, 2012, Providence skated to a 0–0 tie against the #7 Northeastern Huskies. The Friars have clinched at least fourth-place in the Hockey East standings, with home ice advantage for quarterfinal play. Both goaltenders, Genevieve Lacasse of Providence and Florence Schelling of Northeastern stopped 80 shots combined through three periods and overtime. Lacasse stopped 42 shots while Schelling logged 38 stops. With the shutout, Lacasse earned the 18th of her NCAA career, a Providence school record.[5]
Following the 2012 Hockey East tournament, Lacasse was named to the All-Tournament Team after playing over 179 minutes of playoff hockey without allowing a goal. Upon graduation, Lacasse set Providence College recordsin four categories. Said categories included: victories (64), games (127), saves (3,482) and shutouts (20).
Hockey Canada[edit]
Named to 2014 Olympic roster for Canada.[6] In the 2011 MLP Cup, Lacasse earned a shutout in a 5–0 defeat of Switzerland on January 4.[7] Prior to the match, she had made 57 consecutive starts for the Friars.[8] Lacasse earned a shutout in the gold medal game of the 2011 MLP Cup, as Canada prevailed over Sweden by a 6–0 mark.[9] In the third game of the 2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament, Lacasse earned a shutout in an 11–0 triumph over Slovakia.[10] By being named to the Team Canada roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's Worlds, Lacasse became the 19th skater from Providence to compete in the World Championships, while being the first to dress for Team Canada.[11]
Boston Blades[edit]
During the 2012–13 CWHL season, Lacasse was the regular season goaltending champion. For her efforts, she would win the CWHL Most Outstanding Goaltender Award. In the postseason, she would help the Boston Blades become the 2013 Clarkson Cup champions.
On August 27, 2016, the Calgary Inferno acquired Lacasse from the Boston Blades, completing the trade that sent Tara Watchorn to the Blades in the summer of 2014.[12]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Hockey East rookie of the year in 2008–09[13]
- Hockey East Second All-Star Team in 2008–09
- Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2008–09
- Hockey East Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 1, 2010)
- Hockey East Goaltender of the Month (October 2010)
- Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of January 24, 2011) [14]
- Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (Week of February 14)[15]
- Runner-Up, Hockey East Goaltender of the Month (December 2010)[16]
- 2011 Providence Team MVP[17]
- Providence Hockey East All-Decade Team[18]
- Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 31, 2011) [19]
- 2012 New England Hockey Writer's All-Star selection
- 2012 Hockey East Second-Team All-Star
- 2012 Hockey East All-Tournament team
- 2014-15 CWHL Second All-Star Team
- 2013 Clarkson Cup Top Goaltender
- 2013 Clarkson Cup All-Star Team
- 2012-13 CWHL Goaltender of the Year Award
- 2012-13 CWHL First All-Star Team
- 2012-13 CWHL All-Rookie Team
- ^ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1011/201011/nov1wwr.pdf
- ^ "Monthly Honors: Bc'S Kelli Stack Tabbed Whea Player Of The Month For October". HockeyEastOnline.com. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "Game Recaps". HockeyEastOnline.com. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ http://www.friars.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/012912aab.html
- ^ "Game Recaps". HockeyEastOnline.com. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/23/canada-womens-olympic-hockey-roster-hayley-wickenheiser/
- ^ "Game Summary". Hockeycanada.ca. January 4, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1011/201101/jan3wwr.pdf
- ^ "Game Summary". Hockeycanada.ca. January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "Game Summary". Hockeycanada.ca. August 27, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ http://www.friars.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/040212aaa.html
- ^ "Inferno acquire goaltender Geneviève Lacasse". Calgary Flames. 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ "Hockey East Online". Hockey East Online. March 6, 2009. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1011/201101/jan24wwr.pdf
- ^ "Weekly Release: Bu Clinches At Least Share Of Regular Season Title With Two Wins". HockeyEastOnline.com. February 14, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1011/201101/jan4wpm.pdf
- ^ http://www.friars.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/050111aab.html
- ^ http://www.friars.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/122211aaa.html
- ^ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1112/201201/jan30wwr.pdf
External links[edit]
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Boston Blades players
- Calgary Inferno players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
- Canadian women's ice hockey players
- Clarkson Cup champions
- Expatriate ice hockey people
- Female ice hockey goaltenders
- French Quebecers
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Lake Forest Academy alumni
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Providence Friars women's ice hockey players
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario
- Sportspeople from Montreal


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A/N: I do not own Vincent and Jerome of GATTACA but I did enjoy watching the film in my Science class over the TAKS week. I was really hoping for some of not any slash, even the teeniest bit. (Sniffle) WHY DID HE KILL HIMSELF!! Sorry, I didn't want him to burn himself to detah, it was too sad to cope with. Well, this is a little snip-it I wrote while watching it. Time: Some night before that one dude was murdered with a keyboard which was AWESOME!! LOL, well, Enjoy my slashie entitled, "Goodnight Kiss." A random night of drunken festivities :)
Goodnight Kiss
"Viiinceeeennntttah!!" Why does he have to be so loud, I'm just in the other room. A groan sounded from me as I got up and he cried even louder, "Vinceeeent! I need you!"
"Fine, I'm coming, I'm coming. Did you spill your brandy?" For some reason, I was being really pissy that evening, but that could just be because I was sleeping. Asshole.
Stepping off of the stairs, I saw him wheel over to me with a drunken smile plastered across his unshaved face. Funny, I never thought of him to be the 'giddy drunk' kind of person, he never is on any other occasion.
"Ello, Vincy-Poo! Can you help me get to bed; I don't think I can do it myself. I might fall and get a con-cuuu-concush-ee-on." He struggled with the word as if he were a five year-old reading The Odyssey. Even in my rage-filled grogginess, I managed a small chuckle and smirk at my own joke that preceded the action that caused it.
"Ok, I'll help you, but you owe me now. Don't wake me again."
"Oh, I won't, I promise. I'll be a good boy!"
With that, I scooped him up off of his wheelchair bridal style and walked him to his room. He sang and giggled incoherently the entire way there. I laid him down on his bed and tucked him in like the big baby he was being. Grinning, he looked at me as I stood at the door to say goodnight almost motherly, but with an aggravated look and my arms crossed over my bare chest.
"Goodnight, Jerome. Sweet, drunken dreams." I closed the door slowly, but just as I did, he whined once more. I got mad again.
"Can I have a goodnight story?"
"What about a goodnight glass o' vodka?"
There was a short pause in our very short and heated conversation but soon it was followed by his grinning face in the dark room saying, "Well…how about a goodnight kiss?" His words may have been choppy and slurred, but it was heavily caked with sensuality. I was stunned for a moment, never had I predicted this.
"A what? No, no way. Uh-uh. I'm not giving you a-"
"Oh please, oh please, oh pah-leeeeeezah!?!" Now, he may be what I would ever hope to call a friend and my only source of disguise and hiding, but I had never ever forever never been attracted to him. But if it would shut him up…
I walked over to where he lay and leaned over him and kissed him on the cheek, almost fatherly, but with no feeling. He frowned at my lack of interest.
"That wasn't a kiss." His words were laced with hurt and sadness.
I scoffed and kissed him on the lips but tried my hardest to keep it as short and as meaningless as possible, merely a peck. Still, he was not satisfied. So, he suggested, "Just think of me as Irene."
"I don't like Irene." I lied. Just because I didn't want him to know I did.
"So, she is a woman, isn't she? Come on, how can you possibly resist my suave charm?" That man.
"It isn't so much your charm as it is your breath. It is just drowning in the smell of alcohol." He frowned once more.
"I'm sorry darling. Just one, passionate kiss and I will never ask of anything of this sort again." Rolling my eyes, I leaned down over the drunk cripple and kissed him firmly, but softly, on his lips. Before I could pull away, he reached up, grabbed me by the hips and thrust me on top of him. My eyes grew as large as dinner plates, lips still locked with his.
"Jermph!" The name was muffled under the kiss and the person who beheld it used this attempted at speech to slide his vodka-soaked tongue in my mouth for some exploration. Despite my feeble tries at freedom, I somewhat enjoyed this, the rush, the moment, even if he wasn't a woman, it was still pretty damn arousing. Pulling away slowly, he giggled and slipped his hand around to my back, his fingers playing with the hem of my pajama bottoms. I whizzed out.
"Okay, you had your fun, and that was enough for anybody. Goodnight!" I had to keep my enjoyment tucked deep inside my mind for later mid-day daydreaming, and left in a hurry. Not leaving the slightest trace, as I did with everything nowadays, for him to notice the growing hardon concealed in those pajama bottoms of mine.


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Siding Industry Gives Back
CertainTeed donated material and muscle to 2010 Millard Fuller Legacy Build.
Installation Specialist Roger Werner arrives on the site with his Build-It™ Tour trailer.
Indianapolis was the host city for the second annual Millard Fuller Legacy Build on September 6-10. To honor Miller Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity, the Fuller Center for Housing built seven new homes and renovated 15 homes in Indianapolis during the build week. Vinyl Siding Institute (www.vinylsiding.org) member companies, including CertainTeed, provided vinyl siding and VSI Certified Trainers for the build.
In addition to siding and accessories, CertainTeed sent the specially equipped Build-It Tour trailer and certified trainer Roger Werner to Indianapolis to help demonstrate how to install vinyl siding on new and renovated houses.
VSI has actively participated in builds with The Fuller Center for Housing since 2005. VSI members have supported it and Habitat for Humanity with more than $2.5 million in vinyl siding donations, installation training and volunteers since 1995.
NEW! Fiber Cement Perforated Ventilated Soffit
Powerful perforated ventilation system provides 6.9 iný of net free intake per square foot.
With more than 2,000 holes per panel and a net free intake of 6.9 in² per ft², CertainTeed's new fiber cement perforated ventilated soffit provides the best net free intake available in fiber cement soffit.
Proper Ventilation Is Key
Experts agree that the most effective system is a balance of air intake and exhaust that creates a uniform flow of air through the attic. This system creates a condition in which the roof temperature is equalized from top to bottom and supplies a uniform air flow along the entire underside of the roof deck. Proper ventilation is vital to protect against damage to the roofing materials and structure, increased comfort inside the home and energy savings:
CertainTeed's perforated soffit is offered in three sizes, in smooth and cedar finishes and is available primed ready to paint or factory prefinished with the CertainTeed ColorMax® Finishing System in designer solid colors or stains. For more information, contact your local distributor, call our Architectural Support Group at 800-233-8990 or visit www.certainteed.com.
Top Do's and Don'ts for Fiber Cement Siding
by Bob Werner, Application Sales Specialist
Fiber cement siding is gaining traction in the marketplace for exterior cladding because it is extremely durable and resistant to everyday "dings," and it cannot be penetrated by wood-boring pests. As more consumers choose fiber cement siding when re-siding their homes, installers must be aware of the best installation methods.
Improper installation is the number one reason for callbacks, repairs, and warranty claims. To minimize problems and keep customers satisfied, contractors need to be sure they understand and implement proper fiber cement siding installation techniques.
Using the correct fasteners and fastening technique is crucial to ensuring that the siding performs as promised.
Expansion and Contraction
When installing fiber cement siding, you must leave room for expansion and contraction. Allow 1/8" at all trim locations. Butt end/joints should be installed with factory-sealed or factory-prefinished ends butted together in moderate contact.
For more information on proper installation techniques, consult the current CertainTeed Fiber Cement Siding Installation Manual on certainteed.com, or call 800-233-8990 for a copy.
Updated Fiber Cement Installation Manual Now Available
Updated best practices and installation techniques for fiber cement siding and accessories.
As contractors head into the fall season, CertainTeed Fiber Cement is offering an updated WeatherBoards™ Fiber Cement Siding, Soffit and Trim installation manual to help keep you current on installation tips and techniques.
The Fiber Cement Installation Manual (FC017) provides the latest methods and best practices for product installation describing and illustrating detailed instructions for various styles such as lap, vertical, and shapes siding. The manual reviews safety practices, storage and handling, cutting, fastening, wall preparation, painting and finishing.
CertainTeed's Sales Support Group is also available to help contractors with installation and product questions. You can call 800-233-8990 to obtain a copy of the updated manual, or you can download it from www.certainteed.com.
Consumer Brochure Explains Efflorescence
Two-sided brochure explains reasons and conditions for efflorescence and its removal.
Efflorescence – you know it occurs on all cement-based building materials, but do your customers understand why? A new handout, "The Facts on Efflorescence and Fiber Cement Siding" (FC047), explains the nature of efflorescence, why it occurs and how to remove it. This valuable leave behind can help homeowners and installers alike understand and control the problem.
Efflorescence is a naturally occurring white powdery substance that can appear on cement-based materials like fiber cement siding. The moisture in cement draws salt crystals to the surface, and when the crystals dry out, they leave a chalky substance on the surface. The new handout explains this process, notes that efflorescence does not structurally harm the siding, and offers easy methods to clean away the residue.
You can download an electronic copy of the brochure at www.certainteed.com.
VSI Webinars Available Online
Vinyl Siding Institute offers recorded webinars on design and green issues.
Understanding that live webinars do not always fit everyone's schedule, The Vinyl Siding Institute (www.vinylsiding.org) has made two of its most popular webinars available 24/7 on the VSI website. "Designing Style: A Guide to Designing With Today's Vinyl Siding" and "A Dozen Things You Might Not Know That Make Vinyl Siding Green".
A continuing education course, "Guide to Designing With Today's Vinyl Siding" provides an overview of vinyl siding, including its history, certification programs, features and benefits, types of vinyl siding, architectural trim, and accessories. It also discusses how to incorporate vinyl siding in designs inspired by the Colonial, Romantic, Victorian and Eclectic periods of architecture. The course is approved for credit by most major accrediting institutions, including AIA/CES, CSI, AIBD and AIBC.
"A Dozen Things You Might Not Know That Make Vinyl Siding Green" is presented by Sustainable Solutions Corporation. It demonstrates how vinyl siding scores well on tough environmental measures through all life-cycle stages, including raw material acquisition, manufacture, transportation, installation, use and waste management. This course also qualifies for AIA Learning Units.
The recorded webinars are free at www.vinylsiding.org.
Cedar Impressions® Siding Receives VSI Certification for High Performance
High-performance polymer shakes and shingle siding certified by independent third party.
The Vinyl Siding Institute has certified Cedar Impressions® polymer shakes and shingles. The new certification provides installers and homeowners additional industry-backed assurance of the siding's high-performance attributes. Cedar Impressions also meets the 2006 International Building Code® and 2006 International Residential Code® as indicated by the ICC Evaluation Service.VSI President and Chief Executive Officer Jery Y. Huntley said, "In addition to being an attractive, durable choice for home exteriors, certified polypropylene siding offers added assurance that the product has passed a variety of performance tests. While some manufacturers claim their siding meets the industry standard, certification through VSI is the only way customers can ensure that their polypropylene siding has been independently verified by an accredited quality control agency."
To qualify, polypropylene siding must meet or exceed the performance criteria of the ASTM D7254 Standard Specification for Polypropylene (PP) Siding. The criteria include tests for weatherability, wind resistance and impact resistance, among others. VSI's third-party administrator, Architectural Testing, Inc. (ATI), reviews and conducts twice yearly, unannounced inspections. Injection molded with durable polymer, Cedar Impressions panels are thick and extra rigid. Their innovative features combine for strong, consistent performance designed to withstand hurricane-force winds. Other performance attributes include a patented PanelThermometer™ and temperature lines and reinforced nail slots for secure installation. Ribs on the back of the panels add structural stability for extra protection against warping, cupping and distortion. A molded Perimeter Lock™ creates a seamless look that also holds panels together securely. For more information about Cedar Impressions polymer shakes and shingles, go to www.certainteed.com. "Polypropylene Siding: Certified for Performance," the VSI's guide to polypropylene siding, can be downloaded from the VSI website (www.vinylsiding.org).
Marketing in the 21st Century
Matt Gibson, manager of Contractor Programs, shares his thoughts on marketing your business through social media.
Social media is useful for almost every type of business. Cafes, retail stores, and even professional services can build their online reputation and increase trust through Facebook, Twitter and other social media. By taking advantage of social media, you can make your business more accessible and more personable, and you can maintain ongoing connections with former and potential clients. To increase referrals and illustrate your work, social media can be a powerful tool.
As social media gains a foothold with audiences of all ages, building professionals who are not marketing through a website or social networking page (such as Facebook and LinkedIn), posting videos of completed projects on YouTube, or posting articles and comments on a blog could be missing out on potential leads. The internet can be a significant, cost-effective lead generator that should not be ignored by building professionals.
Also, while direct mail and advertisements in local publications still have value, websites are a must. Consumers use the Internet to research companies and products, and your business should be accessible to them through multiple online avenues. So if you haven't examined the possibilities, now's the time to log on to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google Blogs and explore the possibilities.
Speaking of Marketing...
Contractors use new media to showcase products and projects.
Wayne Hollier of Louisiana-based Hollier's Home Improvement, a CertainTeed 5-Star Contractor, recently decided that he needed to have a website but wasn't sure how to begin. Through previous CertainTeed publications and e-mails, Wayne knew about WebCheck™, which CertainTeed offers to credentialed contractors. Wayne needed to provide specific information to set up the basic framework for the website, but WebCheck helped him craft the site to include keywords that lead potential and former customers to his home page. WebCheck provided assistance in setting up the site, but now that the website is complete, Wayne is updating and maintaining the site himself. This added visibility has been a positive factor in expanding Wayne's lead generation efforts.
Steve Czerwinski of Steve Czerwinski Inc. (East Hartford, CT) has posted his newest commercial on his company's website. Czerwinski, a Master Remodeler, uses the commercial to announce the addition of WeatherBoards™ Fiber Cement Siding to his line of CertainTeed siding and accessories.
John O'Brien of MasterCraft Home Improvements (Hanover, MA) is using Picasa, Google's online software for posting and organizing photography, to publicize his company's work. MasterCraft has posted a "web album" of more than 50 before-and-after photos on the Picasa website. In addition to sending his e-mail contacts a link to the site, OBrien has posted the link on his website. He also markets his company through Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and an online newsletter.
Financing for Home Improvements
That Home Improvement Guy can help you take advantage of its nationwide network of lenders that can provide home improvement financing for your customers. Month-to-month payment loans, some installment loans, and same-as-cash loans are available. Loan amounts can be as high as $30,000. Check out That Home Improvement Guy for various financing options.
In Case You Missed It
Links to recent articles to help you grow your business.
Here are some articles we've come across in the last few months that we think you might be interested in.
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Yet One More Reason to Become a 5-Star Contractor
"Let's Grow Together" is a new program available to 5-Star Green contractors who install CertainTeed products. CertainTeed will donate a tree in the homeowner's name to American Forests, an organization dedicated to improving the environment by planting and maintaining trees. The homeowner completes a form on the CertainTeed website and we do the rest. Be sure to include the "Let's Grow Together" flier in your marketing and leave-behind materials. Log on to www.certainteed.com for information about qualifying as a 5-Star Green Contractor.
Win a Free Apple® iPad™
Show us your take on what makes CertainTeed products different from the rest.
What do you like most about working with CertainTeed products? Show us and have a chance to win the CertainTeed: Your Take video contest. Create a YouTube™ video that demonstrates why you prefer CertainTeed products and how they help you achieve the best results.
All the videos will be judged on originality, creativity, and message delivery. If your video is judged the winner, you'll receive an Apple® iPad™, and we'll send a press release about your winning project to the media outlets in your area. Download the entrance requirements and instructions on how to upload your video at www.certainteed.com/yourtake.
CertainTeed Recognizes Loyalty of Portland Home Improvement Company
Senior Territory Manager Mike McNulty (right) presents an Achievement Award to Arthur Jacobson, President of
Ste-Mar Inc.
When he received the award, owner Arthur Jacobson stated, "I'm proud to receive this accomplishment, but even prouder that I have been able to build my business on referrals from generations of satisfied customers." McNulty commented, "CertainTeed is proud to provide products and services that help contribute to Ste-Mar's success."
For more information about Ste-Mar, Inc., and its services, call 207-773-7465. Information about CertainTeed's Building Solutions program is available at www.certainteed.com.
The Winner Is...
Charles Peoples of TJT, Inc. in Meridian, ID. As our thanks for sending us the following installation tip, Charles will receive a 32" VIERA HDTV.
Peoples writes, "In the 70s, I worked with a guy who used three garbage cans on each siding job. He labeled the cans 'Factory Left,' 'Factory Right,' and 'No Factory.' As he installed siding next to windows and doors, he stood the leftover pieces up in the garbage cans. Knowing that the can was 32" tall, he could judge which piece he needed next by looking in the can. When he was up on the ladder, he'd yell to cut the piece that was about the right length. He had virtually no waste on the job, so even though he'd taken enough material for an average 14-square job, he would bring back a square or a square and a half every time."
"A few years ago, I shared this tip with an installer doing an apartment complex. The installer used 211 squares on a building that was budgeted for 200 squares. The owner said he wasn't going to pay for the overage, and when I saw the waste pile from the first building, I understood why. After the installer started using the 'garbage can' method, he installed from 186 to 190 squares on the rest of the buildings. The project came in under budget, and everyone was happy."
Thanks, Charles, for sharing this money-saving, environmentally friendly tip.


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It's been a while since I blogged, but now I have an obvious reason to do so 🙂
I will be on MAX 2009 this year (which will be held in Los Angeles from October 4-7) hosting a lab session with the title 'LiveCycle ES for Service Orchestration'.
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The official description of this session is:In this session you will learn about the LiveCycle ES architecture (the foundation upon which services are built), invocation mechanisms, integration of services (custom components) within LiveCycle ES processes, management of user roles, the SOA GUI, real-world user experiences, form guides, custom apps, and more.But what does this all really means?You will get hands on in buiding a process around document-centric services we offer as part of LiveCycle ES, as well amend that process with out of the box generic services.The lab will also teach you how to incorporate your own plain old Java functionality into a LiveCycle ES service and use that in your process. Last but not least you will get your hands dirty on how to expose all this functionality to end users using LiveCycle ES Workspace as well as other ways to invoke your newly built process.I'm still preparing the lab session, so as long as it is not finished (which must be pretty soon though due to the strict MAX 2009 session preparation guidelines) input is appreciated.I'm looking forward to see you in my lab which will be held on Monday October 5th from 2.30pm to 4pm.


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I've tried coding web pages from scratch with jQuery Mobile and I'd like to see if there's a way to can get a good looking, full, functional jQuery mobile template/pages with all the code and css files, and then just tweak-it/modify-it myself to fit my needs, rather then continue from scratch. Or find someone who can provide this type of help.Thanks
People normally add the JQM functionality to their sites. If you are looking for a template, then you are looking to buy a themed web site that is responsive and geared toward mobile. So search for those themed web site templates.


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(Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Master new moves and build your track library by purchasing this song/dance: "Escapade" by Janet Jackson. For music credits, visit www.DanceCentral.com. Dance Central 2 is a Kinect Required game.
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Market-Driven Management: A Critical Literature Review
In global markets corporations adopt a market-driven approach which takes the form of careful monitoring of the competition and skill in understanding the market, the operators who work on it, their key characteristics and their products, in order to choose the most suitable course of action, thanks to better and faster understanding of what is being achieved in the extended market space. The paper provides a critical review of the main literature on market-driven management, analysing its evolution from Japan to the USA and Europe.
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- Silvio M. Brondoni, 2008. "Market-Driven Management, Competitive Space and Global Networks," Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, University of Milano-Bicocca, issue 1 Market-.
- Daniela Salvioni, 2008. "Market-Driven Management and Corporate Governance," Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, University of Milano-Bicocca, issue 2 Market-.
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'Smart Play Spots' coming to Woodbury library
Woodbury's R.H. Stafford Library will soon be equipped with a mini "purposeful play" feature in a literacy-driven partnership between Washington County and the Minnesota Children's Museum.
"Smart Play Spots" will be installed at the library to give children interactive opportunities to practice the five basic building blocks of literacy: singing, talking, reading, writing and playing.
Engaging youngsters in an environment that will mimic Washington County parks and outdoor activities will also foster additional interactive learning, librarian Dawn Labrosse said.
"All these different elements will allow them to play," she said.
The Minnesota Children's Museum is using arts and cultural heritage dollars from the Legacy Amendment to install 18 purposeful play spots across libraries in the Twin Cities.
Each feature requires a $20,000 local match, which Washington County contributed out of county library reserves that are in excess of $2 million.
The Children's Museum has installed 13 Smart Play Spots so far, with the R.H. Stafford Library being the first in Washington County.
"It's really about giving children access to hands-on practices in any setting whether it's a museum, library or at home," said Kylee Breems, Children's Museum spokeswoman. "These hands-on learning experiences really set the stage for success in school and in life."
The R.H. Stafford Library Smart Play Spots will have a nature theme, equipped with a tree trunk hideaway, interactive animals, a farmer's market where children can pretend to buy vegetables and a boat where kids can pretend to go fishing.
Scheduled for a September installation, the local Smart Play was uniquely designed to allow for those five basic building blocks of literacy, Labrosse said, with opportunities for adults to interact with their children
Minnesota Children's Museum exhibit developer Michelle Blodgett said the simple everyday ways parents and adults interact with children will be highlighted in the Smart Play Spots, including talking about the benefits of reading, singing, greeting and writing.
"It helps encourage adults to interact with children with early literacy in mind," she said.
Adults will be guided through the five building blocks through the design of Smart Play with words they can point out to their children and objects highlighted in the environment, focusing on exposure to new words children will then be self-motivated to use later on.
"The more words children learn before starting school, the more successful they will be," she said. "And play is a great way to do that. It's one of the best ways to interact with children."
Washington County District 5 Commissioner Lisa Weik, who represents Woodbury on the board, said data consistently shows the public values early childhood education in a variety of ways.
"So I think this is a great addition," she said.
County officials said they will use the partnership opportunity as a starting point to possibly design additional Smart Play Spots in other neighboring county libraries.


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Curse Your Branches: David Bazan
Yeah, tha Bazan. David. You know, Pedro the Lion. Even though I'm not sure what's the difference between Bazan in Pedro and Bazan in Bazan, but his new record works on so many levels. It's folky, fun in the way I always loved Pedro the Lion, but it seems to have progressed in a way that is much easier to listen to.


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Endothelial Dysfunction, Biomarkers, and Lung Function -Ancillary to MESA (MESA-LUNG)
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|February 12, 2009
|Last Updated Date
|January 12, 2012
|Start Date ICMJE
|October 2004
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|November 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Lung Function [ Time Frame: 2004-2011 ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00843271 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Lung Density [ Time Frame: 2000-2011 ]
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Endothelial Dysfunction, Biomarkers, and Lung Function -Ancillary to MESA
|Official Title ICMJE
|Endothelial Dysfunction, Biomarkers, and Lung Function (MESA LUNG)
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of MESA-Lung is to assess the role of endothelial dysfunction and genetic susceptibility in subclinical COPD.
|Detailed Description
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and morbidity and mortality from COPD continue to rise. Despite the magnitude of the problem, therapeutic options are limited - particularly in comparison to cardiovascular disease. Smoking cessation is essential to the treatment and prevention of COPD. However, although smoking is the principal cause of COPD, only a minority of smokers develops symptomatic COPD and many former smokers develop COPD years to decades after they have stopped smoking. The only other medical intervention proven to reduce mortality from COPD is supplemental oxygen therapy. There is therefore an urgent need for newer understandings of the pathophysiology of COPD that might lead to the development of better therapies for COPD.
MESA-Lung is ancillary of the ongoing Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). MESA-lung will utilize the various existing measures of endothelial function that have been already been collected in MESA (flow-mediated dilatation [FMD] and related biomarkers and gene polymorphisms) to test the hypotheses that the endothelial dysfunction occurs in the clinical COPD.
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
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|Study Population
|MESA cohort
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|Intervention ICMJE
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|MESA Lung
MESA-Lung is an ancillary study of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). MESA, established in 1999, is well characterized, multi-ethnic (white, Black, Hispanic and Chinese), and multi-center (Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, UCLA, Minnesota,and Wake Forest) prospective cohort study. MESA-Lung included a 60% random sample of the MESA cohort at the six Field Centers in Exam 3 and Exam 4, stratified on race/ethnicity.
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Unknown status
|Enrollment ICMJE
|Estimated Completion Date
|November 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|November 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|45 Years to 84 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
R01HL077612 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
|Not Provided
|IPD Sharing Statement
|Not Provided
|Responsible Party
|Columbia University
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Columbia University
|Collaborators ICMJE
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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|Columbia University
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|January 2012
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#12 Three-Piece Set - Cape
- Small/Medium (Large/X-Large)
- Width at lower edge: 62" / 157.5cm
- Length: 26 (27-1/2)" / 66 (70)cm
Cape of three-piece set that includes matching pullover and hat.
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"Standard-fitting turtleneck pullover with set-in sleeves, loose-fitting cape with fold-back collar and cap designed by Oscar de la Renta."
From Vogue Knitting, Winter 2003/04:
"Oscar de la Renta's sophisticated cape-and-pullover duet is instant drama. The woven cable pattern creates a brilliantly textured fabric for a multidimensional effect, while deeply ribbed edging makes for a simple, unobtrusive frame. A broad, shoulder-gracing collar on the cape and fitted waist on the turtleneck add a flourish of femininity. Worked in 'Luna' from Filatura Di Crosa/Tahki Stacy Charles, Inc."


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What could be more fun than a twirly skirt in crisp red taffeta? A circle skirt is easy to create and fabulous to wear. And the great thing is, you don't need to buy a pattern to make this skirt. It is just a full circle with a hole in the middle. All you need are your waist measurement and a basic formula. Because the sewing is fast, this is the perfect project to get you in the party mood. Gretchen Hirsch demonstrates how you can get this sweeping silhouette that's also fun to wear in this project from Quick Stuff to Sew, Vol. 5.
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