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On the relevance of the dam break problem in the context of nonlinear shallow water equations
Denys Dutykh - Université de Savoie, CNRS-LAMA, Campus Scientifique, 73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac, France (email)
Abstract: The classical dam break problem has become the de factostandard in validating the nonlinear shallow water equations solvers. Moreover, the NSWE are widely used for flooding simulations. While applied mathematics community is essentially focused on developing new numerical schemes, we tried to examine the validity of the mathematical model under consideration. The main purpose of this study is to check the pertinence of the NSWE for flooding processes. From the mathematical point of view, the answer is not obvious since all derivation procedures assumes the total water depth positivity. We performed a comparison between the two-fluid Navier-Stokes simulations and the NSWE solved analytically and numerically. Several conclusions are drawn out and perspectives for future research are outlined.
Keywords: Free surface flow, two-phase flow, shallow water equations, dam break problem, finite volume method.
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Yesterday, when I accidentally startled her, Cosmo flew to the floor. That is, she glided very fast to the floor, since her flight feathers have been clipped. I picked up my dear African Grey Parrot and held her against my chest. Her heart was beating very fast.
After a minute, Cosmo looked up at me and said, in the softest, sweetest, sincerest voice I'd ever heard, "I love you."
Cosmo is not a perfect bird. She bites. And she poops on the floor. (See "Areas Requiring Improvement" in her Feb. 5 annual evaluation.)
But Cosmo knows that I love her, that I will always give her attention, that I will always feed her, and that I will never strike her, even when she bites.
Not all parrots are so fortunate.
A couple of months ago I was invited to a dinner party by parrot rescuer Deb Allwein and her husband Bob. Deb and Bob founded the No-"R"-Birds Parrot Sanctuary to provide a home to parrots not as fortunate as Cosmo.
Their lovely house looks perfectly normal on the main floor, inhabited by perfectly normal humans. But the basement: Wow! It's like none I've ever seen. It is large, spotlessly clean, painted lime green, and inhabited by twenty-six colorful, highly intelligent and very vocal birds who reside in big cages full of toys. It has a kitchen dedicated to their feeding and an attached aviary for them to be outside in warm weather. It soon will have a huge flight cage.
I met two hyacinth macaws, the gentle giants of the parrot world; a blue and gold macaw; a scarlet macaw; a green-winged macaw; a severe macaw; a military macaw; two hybrid macaws; two caiques; a parrotlet; three cockatoos; two eclectus; one double yellow-headed Amazon and two African grey parrots — one a Congo African grey like Cosmo, and the other a Congo-Timneh hybrid. Oh yes, and a male, wild-caught Swainson's toucan, 10 or 11 years old, named T-Bird.
You can meet them too, if you make an appointment to visit. Check the website norbirds.com. There you will get lots of information about parrots, including the fact that all parrots bite. I was relieved to learn that.
The birds' stories are sad. Many had spent their lives in small cages without the possibility of exercise. Some had plucked out their feathers from anxiety over neglect or abuse. Several had lost their lifelong human companions and had been sent from one unloving home to another. Some had been struck and as a consequence remain to this day afraid of a human hand.
Parrots have a long memory.
T-Bird's story is typical. T-Bird was illegally captured as a newly hatched chick, probably in Central America, and sold to a pet store. For the next several years he lived in a tiny cage, either on display or in a basement, and ate food with iron, which a Toucan cannot process. The iron stays in the Toucan's liver and causes iron storage disease. By the time he was rescued, T-Bird was suffering greatly. He was malnourished and depressed. He had no tail feathers.
Now T-Bird, who has glorious plumage, is in great spirits. He loves Deb and Bob, enjoys all the visitors who come to the sanctuary to meet him, and plays catch with anybody who will toss him a little ball. He has a delightful personality.
Secure in the care of Deb and Bob, the rescued birds have finally found happiness. They are getting medical care, proper nourishment — with a hot breakfast every day — and plenty of human attention, which they really enjoy. They have made friends with Bob and Deb, and with each other. Some of them love each other.
And they talk to each other, occasionally calling each other by name. While I was there one of the Cockatoos grew a bit noisy. The Blue and Gold Macaw screamed, "Shut up!"
What an unusual evening that was!
I returned home full of excitement but aware that I myself was a one-parrot human. I want to be Cosmo's best friend. If I were to get Cosmo an avian companion, Cosmo would choose to be with her fellow bird. My feelings would be hurt.
But I'm glad that when I'm not around Cosmo chooses to be with my dogs. Cosmo is a social bird. She loves the one she's with.
As I entered the house, Cosmo called out from the dark, "Cosmo wanna go up!" I let her out of her cage so we could cuddle.
• Betty Jean Craige is professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of Georgia and the author of many books, including "Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot" (2010). Her email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. Cosmo's website address is www.cosmotalks.com.


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Sandra Shamas (born 1957, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian comedic actress and writer.
The oldest of three children born to Lebanese immigrants, Shamas left home at age 17 and moved to Toronto, where she held a variety of jobs before a workshop at The Second City inspired her to pursue a career in performing arts. She acted with Second City and Theatresports, and worked as a puppeteer on the children's series Fraggle Rock before deciding to strike out on her own.
In 1987, she applied to the Edmonton Fringe Festival to perform her first show, My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry. The show, a mixture of personal stories drawn from her own life and observational humour about dating and relationships, was accepted and became the smash hit of the festival, and soon Shamas was on tour performing the show across the country.
In 1989, Shamas began performing the sequel, My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry II: The Cycle Continues. A third show, Wedding Bell Hell, dealing with wedding rituals such as the bridal shower and selection of the wedding rings and dress, made its debut in 1991.
In 1993, Shamas took Laundry to the Old Vic Theatre in London for her first performance outside Canada, and was well received by the British audience and critics. The following year, she took the show to San Francisco, but was sued by the producer of that show after a number of events outside of her control interfered with the opening.
Shortly after the failed San Francisco show, Shamas' husband Frank — the titular boyfriend of the Laundry trilogy — filed for divorce. After some time away from the spotlight, Shamas returned with a new series of shows, Wit's End.
Shamas has been nominated for the Governor General's Award[1] and the Stephen Leacock Award for the Laundry trilogy. She won a Gemini Award[2] in 1991 for Best Performance in Comedy, and won the Best Theatre Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in March 2003.
Her voice acting credits include additional voices for Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Powerpuff Girls.
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- ^ "Cumulative list of finalists for the Governor General's Literary Award" (PDF). GGBooks.ca. The Canada Council.
- ^ "Awards Database". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
- 1957 births
- Actresses from Greater Sudbury
- Canadian women comedians
- Canadian stand-up comedians
- Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian people of Lebanese descent
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Our city claims to be a city of art and beauty. It also wishes to be a city that is environmentally friendly. The city demonstrates this by having the brown and green garbage bins, along with the blue-bag recycling.
I know there have been numerous complaints about this system � some people feel that it has been forced upon them, because they do not wish to separate all their waste, or whatever their reasons may be. Up until now I have felt indifferent to the system.
However, if I spend my time sorting through all that I throw away so that the city may be satisfied, I feel that it should uphold its end of the bargain by keeping the city beautiful and green, rather than allowing half of my compost bin to fall on my boulevard when the truck comes to pick it up, and if some of the compost does fall out, to pick up after themselves.
If this cannot be achieved I would have to declare our No. 1 city in Canada a hypocrite.
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The Effects of Atorvastatin in Patients With Atherosclerosis
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Last updated: April 23, 2007
Last verified: April 2007
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of Atorvastatin.
The investigators want to find out if atorvastatin has other helpful qualities. The investigators are interested in finding out if medicines like atorvastatin are useful even in people who do not have high levels of bad cholesterol and would like to understand other mechanisms by which this medicine helps prevent further blood vessel disease.
- Atorvastatin reduces Rho kinase activity (in leukocytes) rapidly, within days, in patients with atherosclerosis.
- Any decrease in Rho kinase activity with statin therapy will be accompanied by improvement in familiar markers of atherosclerosis.
|Drug: Atorvastatin
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effects of Atorvastatin on the Rho/Rho Kinase Pathway in Patients With Atherosclerosis
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The total study period is approximately 14 + 28 days. There will be a total of 5 visits: a screening visit, followed by visits at 0, 7, 14 and 28 days. (These dates may vary by approximately 2 days in the event of a weekend or holiday). At the baseline visit (day 0), patients will be randomly assigned to atorvastatin 10 mg/day (given as 1 placebo pill + 1 10mg pill), 80 mg/day (given as 2 40mg pills) or placebo (given as 2 placebo pills). Subjects will be asked to take 2 pills every day at the same time between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., and record in a calendar/diary any side effects, missed doses, change in concomitant medication, or any other pertinent information. At each visit, blood will be collected for the following tests: 1) Lipid profile, 2) C-Reactive protein, 3) Rho kinase expression and activity in leukocytes, 4) nitric oxide synthase (NOS) expression/activity in platelets, and 5) leukocyte/monocyte adhesion/migration assays. Blood for hepatic and muscle tests (ALT, GGT and CK) to monitor for side effects will be determined at baseline and at 28 days and as clinically indicated. At each visit, patients will be questioned about compliance with study medication and any side effects. All patients will be encouraged to adhere to the NCEP-ATPIII recommended therapeutic life style. Subjects will be asked to resume any statin medications they were taking prior to enrollment upon completion of the study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female subjects aged 21 to 80 years
- Modified NCEP ATPIII guideline criteria should be met to initiate statin therapy
- Known stable atherosclerotic disease (diagnosed coronary, peripheral or carotid vascular disease) and/or diabetes mellitus (a coronary heart disease equivalent)
- Written informed consent with prior primary care physician approval
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to give consent
- Pregnancy
- Inability to withdraw statin therapy for a 6 week period
- Prior history of intolerance to statins
- Hepatic dysfunction (ALT or GGT > 2 times the upper limit of normal
- Elevated muscle enzymes (CK > 3 times the upper limit of normal)
- History of myopathy or myositis
- Evidence of active inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic disease
- Use of cyclosporine, fibric acid derivatives, nicotinic acid, erythromycin, azole antifungals, prednisone or any immunosuppressant
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention within the preceding 3 months
- Acute coronary syndrome or myocardial infarction within the preceding 3 months
- History of life-threatening arrhythmias without an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- Severe chronic congestive heart failure
- Severe anemia
- Serum creatinine > 3 mg/dl
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00115817
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00115817
|United States, Massachusetts
|Brigham and Womens Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
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|June 26, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 23, 2007
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Atorvastatin Calcium
Anticholesteremic Agents
Hypolipidemic Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Lipid Regulating Agents
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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- 2 (17 ounce) cans sour pitted cherries, undrained
- 1 cup water
- 3⁄4 cup sugar, divided
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 drops red food coloring (optional)
- 1 3⁄4 cups biscuit mix
- 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1 cup whipped cream (optional)
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- Combine cherries and water in a 2-quart saucepan; bring to a boil.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and salt; stir into cherry mixture.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until thick and clear. Add food coloring, if desired.
- Combine 1/4 cup sugar and biscuit mix; stir in milk. Drop by spoonfuls on hot cherry mixture.
- Cover tightly and cook gently over medium heat about 15 minutes or until dumplings are firm.
- Serve hot dumplings in compote; pour cherry mixture over dumplings, and top with whipped cream, if desired.


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Associate editor 'Essence' has followed current tourism trends and taken advantage of the surging $AUD and cheap airfares and exchanged the glorious October weather of FNQ for the cold of Eastern Europe where she found a great hideaway from the snow and slush in Warsaw.
Essence also discovered her waitress "was an Indian Fijian who had been in Poland 3 years with her family. She got how cold I was feeling and was so happy to see someone from 'home' - her words. Lovely girl and I left there on a high. Warm of fingers and warm of heart :)"
For currency conversion 1 Polish Zloty today = AUD 38 cents.
Loved the menu
As I've already mentioned, I discovered this great little bar/restaurant on the Royal Walk. Tickled my senses, this bar called Sense.
The menu headings:
Foreplay - entrees
Wet - Soup
Wild - Indian/ Middle Eastern
Hot - Stirfries
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Tempura brie with blue cheese icecream and pistachio crusted grapes, served with pickled cabbage and caramalised vinegar - 35Z
Washed down with a light white wine
Mas Rabell - Parellada from Spain 15Z a glass
The tempura batter encasing the brie was light and crispy, providing an envelope for the warm soft brie which oozed out and mixed with the pickled cabbage and caramelised vinegar - great combination. Next taste explosion was the blue cheese icecream - this provided a series of tastes across the palette. It had a crumbly texture as it was cut, rather like a mature cheddar, but became creamy with a cold but not icy sweetness in the front of my mouth, and finished with the warm blue bite in the throat. This icecream was fantastic with the white wine. Finally, the pistachio grapes. The pistachio clung to the frozen green grape through a strong blue cheese coating. This blue was stronger than the ice cream and tended to over power the other flavours. However, when paired with the cabbage and vinegar, it moderated and worked.
This outlet was warm and relaxed and provided attentive service. I ended up there again today in respite from the snow and wrote much of the last two days experiences. The food and drink on my table would be one bite or sip from completion and the waiter would be at my elbow with an offer of refill. Great way to maximise income on a quiet day. And win loyalty.
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - Macomb County's four newest Peregrine Falcons were named and banded today by Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel and representatives from the Department of Natural Resources.
The first of the three female falcons was named Hero to honor those involved with the defense industry.
The second was named COMTEC after the county's communications center that opened in December. Hankel wanted to honor Laura Peeples and Vicki Wolber, the two women responsible for running COMTEC.
The third female was named Jo after a former chaplain with the county's Sheriff's Office, Jo Kudela.
The fourth and only male was named Max after the man behind Macomb County Community College, Max Thompson.
"I named these four falcons after people that have made a special impact in Macomb County," said Executive Hankel. "I am honored that they have once again chosen to make Macomb their home."
The chicks were hatched in mid-May to parents Hathor and Nick at the Old Macomb County Building.
Other nests in Macomb County include:
2013: Oakland and Wayne
2012: Webber and Otis
2011: Diana, Edna and Rosie
2010: Harwell, Martha and Packard
2009: Cass, Tucker and Wetzel
2008: Clair, Clementine and Lenny
2005: Alexa
The Peregrine is a federally protected species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and are endangered under Michigan state law.
For more information on Macomb County's Peregrines visit www.macombcountymi.gov/peregrine.
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Landrake, Cornwall Genealogy
England Cornwall Cornwall Parishes
Parish History
Landrake (Cornish: Lannergh) St Michael Landrake with St Erney is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.
Other places in the parish include: Brightor and St Erney.
Landrake Church is dedicated to St Michael. It stands on a hill and the tower is 100 ft high. Parts of the building are Norman but the majority is of the 15th century. There is a brass to Edward Cowrtney, 1509
The parish is part of Landrake with St Erney and Botus Fleming group in the Diocese of Truro.
Civil Registration
Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is Free BMD.
Church records
Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.
Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 106
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks
An extremely useful resource is the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks page for the parish of landrake with St Erney http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/l_m/landrake.php
Census records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Cornwall Online Census Project
Poor Law Unions
Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [county] Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:
- England Jurisdictions 1851
- Vision of Britain
Web sites
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Welcome to the Woodwind Program at CU Boulder! The department consists of six artist teachers who represent the performance areas of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone. We are all active as performers and pedagogues, and are recognized nationally and internationally as leaders in our field.
As a student pursuing an undergraduate or advanced degree in woodwind performance, you will receive a weekly one-hour individual lesson and studio coaching in solo, chamber and orchestral repertoire. You'll also have the opportunity to learn from distinguished guest artists in master classes, workshops and recitals.
There are numerous ensembles to join, including the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Concert Band, Chamber Orchestra, jazz ensembles, chamber groups and various world music ensembles.
|Yoshiyuki (Yoshi) Ishikawa
Chair, Woodwind Studies
Professor of Bassoon
|James Brody
Director, Musicians' Wellness Program
Associate Professor of Oboe
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The final round of OTA's are set for this week and mini camp will follow shortly thereafter. As long as Cooper signs before training camp commences in late July, he should be in good shape for the regular season season opener.
Cooper was the seventh overall selection in this year's NFL Draft. Let's take a look at his strengths and weaknesses (via nfl.com):
Strengths: Athletic guard, but with some girth in his lower body to anchor against oncoming tackles. Tough to beat in pass protection, possesses foot quickness, bend, and arm extension to mirror. Excellent mobility behind the line, regularly pulls to the left and right. Excellent at adjusting quickly to negate moving targets on the second level. Springs out of his stance to reach linebackers in the run game or to jump inside of tackles to seal off a rushing lane. Used as a personal protector on a moving pocket. Shows good hand strength, popping his defender quickly off the snap and getting inside hand position. Flashes some attitude when challenged, maintaining contact and chasing his man out of the play. Quick recovery speed to get up after a cut block. Good pad level and surge coming out of his stance. Gets vertical movement on his man on base and double blocks. Constantly works his feet and swings his hips to get position on reach blocks. Rolls his hips through contact, and works to place his body between his man and the ball carrier.
Weaknesses: Has only average height and bulk, and is a bit long-legged for the position (though he should continue to grow in an NFL strength and conditioning program). Functional strength is only adequate; stronger tackles get a bit of push against him in pass protection. Will have occasional missed assignments in pass protection.
NFL Comparison: Ben Grubbs
Bottom Line: Cooper, an extremely athletic left guard, racked up a number of all-conference awards during his four years starting, capping it off with a first-team All-American selection as a senior. He has the athleticism to play in a number of different schemes. Due to his ability to lead the way on runs and outstanding pass protection skills, he is figured to be the first guard selected in the draft.
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For George and Pat Beane, the cost of four Burger King sandwiches was more than the contribution to the downfall of man and the raping of the working class Mogran Spurlock indoctrinated them about. After ordering two whopper Jr's and a two Rodeo cheeseburgers through drive through, they got charged for over four thousand three hundred dollars.
The electronic charge passed to their checking account and wiped them out. Mortgage payments and bills were due, checks had been passed. The couple was broke and the funds frozen, the bank having put the funds on a three-day hold.
"The hold is designed to prevent customers from spending money that no longer is available in their accounts and to let the bank confirm a transaction is legitimate before transferring funds," said Bank of America supervisor Joel Solorio.
When completing the transaction, the Burger King cashier forgot she already entered the $4.33 on the debit card and punched the numbers in again without erasing the first ones, making a charge of 433433.
"For those three days, those were the most expensive value burgers in history," Pat Beane said.
Three days is too long. Bank of America, you suck coagulated cheese curds.
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Neck pain is one of the most common and disabling symptoms that prompts patients to visit emergency rooms and primary care offices. Treatment options for neck pain include the use medication; spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) applied by chiropractors, physical therapists and osteopaths; and self-mobilization exercises, or what experts call "home exercise with advice."
Until recently, none of these therapies demonstrated a clear benefit over others but now results of a well designed scientific study published in the January 3, 2012 Annals of Internal Medicine issue sheds new light and useful information on the treatment choices for neck pain.
This comparative study took place from 2001-2007 with 272 participants, ages 18-65 years who had experienced non-specific neck pain for 2 to 12 weeks and were divided into three treatment groups: medication, spinal manipulation therapy, and home exercise with advice. The exercise program involved two hour-long one-on-one therapy sessions, one to two weeks apart, in which patients were taught gentle controlled movement of the neck and shoulder joints, which they then practiced at home.
Interestingly, at the end of the study both the spinal manipulation and home exercise groups had outcomes superior to those of the medication group. People receiving medication experienced more pain and poorer outcomes than those prescribed the other two approaches. Neck manipulation has a rare but catastrophic risk of stroke. So self-mobilization exercises seem to be the safest place to start.
Yet most initial visits to an emergency room or a health professional's office will result in a prescription for pain medication and/or a muscle relaxant. Prescribing medications for neck pain is at best a partial and risky solution. These medications carry significant risks of side effects, which include gastrointestinal bleeding (NSAIDs), addiction and abuse (opioid pain relievers) and drowsiness (muscle relaxants).
Home exercise or "hands on" approaches such as spinal manipulation can offer greater effectiveness and less risk, especially if they involve thorough patient education and direct participation in care and recovery. I've found that when patients become partners in healing, they seem to fare much better. This study supports the importance of an integrative approach to healing where proven evidence-based complementary treatments can often minimize or eliminate the need of riskier prescription medication.
Joseph Mosquera MD
Spinal Manipulation, Medication, or Home Exercise With Advice for
Acute and Subacute Neck Pain: A Randomized Trial [Annals of
Internal Medicine]
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Adopt the World (ATW) was designed to raise global awareness among teachers and students. Social studies teachers with Miami-Dade County Public Schools developed a detailed list of criteria for the modules. As part of the MAIA curriculum, our graduate students design the teaching modules with accompanying lesson plans for inclusion in secondary school social studies classes. These curricular supplements provide current material which can be utilized by teachers without increasing their workload. Over 500 MDCPS teachers and thousands of students have had access to these materials.
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The only thing worse that taxing Joe Six Pack's six-pack is taking his six pack away.
The state says MillerCoors has to start taking its alcohol off the shelves in Minnesota because of a licensing problem. The news comes on top of reports that bar owners may not be able to buy alcohol from wholesalers.
Budget battle
More and more Republicans are saying additional revenue has to be on the table. GOP Sen. Claire Robling, GOP Rep. Michael Beard and two others said they would push for Racino. GOP Sen. John Carlson told the Bemidji Pioneer that he's open to expanded gambling or increasing taxes on cigarettes and alcohol.
Gov. Dayton will speak to the U of M's Humphrey School this morning. You can listen to the speech today on MPR at noon.
4 freshman GOP legislators; Senators Howe and Hoffman & Reps Banaian and Kriesel, offer their thoughts on the shutdown and the budget on Midday at 11am.
Dayton and GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers will appear on KARE11 tonight to take audience questions.
Dayton made his case for his HHS spending in Rochester and economic development in Albert Lea.
WCCO says GOP claims that they are close on a budget are false.
Some House members would be eligible to collect their pay retroactively after the shutdown ends.
The PoliGraph says Dayton's property tax claims are in range.
Shutdown Impact
Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin restored child care assistance during government shutdown.
Gearin was also skeptical of efforts to resume road projects.
The DNR Chief says fishing licenses are needed during the shutdown. That contradicts statements from Crow Wing County officials say their local DNR officers.
The shutdown forced mental health crisis programs to cut services.
The shutdown brings cuts to domestic violence services.
AP says the shutdown has put many lives on hold.
Georgia Pacific closed its Duluth plant as a result of the shutdown.
Wells Fargo reaches out to people hurt by the shutdown.
Horse track advocates worry a long-term shutdown will destroy the industry in Minnesota.
Moody's moves one step closer to downgrading U.S. debt.
Efforts to cut spending may mean Medicaid cuts to the states (which would put Minnesota in a deeper financial hole).
President Obama either abruptly or didn't abruptly walk out of debt ceiling talks (depending on who's talking).
Top Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Eric Cantor, clash over the debt limit plan.
McConnell says default would destroy the GOP brand.
Obama will visit Minneapolis on August 30.
Constitutional Amendment to Ban Same Sex Marriage
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that there's a rising number of gay couples in Minnesota – which could impact next year's ballot initiative.
Race for President
Sarah Palin says she'll announce her decision in late summer.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann rejects the debt limit proposal, creating a headache for GOP leaders.
While Bachmann and Pawlenty have taken stands on the debt ceiling, many other 2012 candidates have not.
Pawlenty keeps up his criticism of Bachmann by saying he's been in executive government while Bachmann hasn't.
DFL Sen. Al Franken says he likes Bachmann but doesn't like her politics.
CBS News points out that Bachmann characterized homosexuality as "personal enslavement" in 2004.
A Quinnipiac University poll shows Bachmann surging Tim Pawlenty going the wrong way.
Tim Pawlenty won't sign the marriage pledge but did release a video detailing his Christian faith.
As Pawlenty touts his budget critics, critics point to failed one-time fixes. MPR and the New York Times have stories.
Politifact says Pawlenty's claim that scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice is false.
Sarah Huckabee starts working for her new boss.
Pawlenty will hold a town hall meeting in Marshalltown, IA on Jul y 19th.


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PyYAML 3000
PyYAML 3000 is the next generation YAML parser for Python.
If you have any questions, please post them to the YAML-core mailing list.
If you find any bugs, you may post them to the list or open a ticket in the BTS.
Download and installing
Check it out from the SVN repository http://svn.pyyaml.org/pyyaml/trunk.
Install it by running
$ python setup.py install
- PyYAML3000 is a complete YAML 1.1 parser. In particular, PyYAML3000 can parse all examples from the specification. The parsing algorithm is simple enough to be a reference for implementing YAML parsers in C or other languages.
- PyYAML3000 supports Unicode including UTF-8/UTF-16 input and \u escape sequences.
- PyYAML3000 provides both a low-level event-based interface to the parser (think SAX) and high-level API for generating native Python objects (think DOM).
- PyYAML3000 supports almost all types from the YAML types repository and has a simple API to extend it with application-specific tags.
- PyYAML3000 produces relatively meaningful error messages.
Note that PyYAML3000 is still young and may have some bugs. In particular, there are two major drawbacks:
There in no YAML emitter yet.
- PyYAML3000 is written in Python and is slow comparing to C based parsers.
High-level API
Warning: API is not stable and may change in the future
Basic examples
Start with importing the package:
>>> import yaml
Define the input data:
>>> data = """ ... - YAML ... - is ... - fun! ... """
The parser accepts string objects, unicode objects, open file objects, and unicode file objects.
Now convert it to a native Python object:
>>> yaml.load(data) ['YAML', 'is', 'fun!']
Conversely, you may convert a Python object into a YAML document:
>>> print yaml.dump(['YAML', 'is', 'fun!']) - YAML - is - fun!
PyYAML 3000 supports many of the types defined in the YAML tags repository:
>>> data = """ ... - ~ ... - true ... - 3_141_592.653e-6 ... - 3000 ... - PyYAML3000 birthday: 2006-02-11 ... - primes (sort of): !!set { 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 } ... - pairs: !!pairs [1: 2, 3: 4, 5: 6] ... """ >>> for x in yaml.load(data): print x None True 3.141592653 3000 {'PyYAML3000 birthday': datetime.datetime(2006, 2, 11, 0, 0)} {'primes (sort of)': set([2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13])} {'pairs': [(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)]} >>> print yaml.dump([None, True, False, 123, 123.456, 'a string', ... {'a': 'dictionary'}, ['a', 'list']]) - null - true - false - 123 - 123.456 - a string - a: dictionary - - a - list
The following tags are supported: !!map, !!omap, !!pairs, !!set, !!seq, !!binary, !!bool, !!float, !!int, !!merge, !!null, !!str, !!timestamp, !!value.
Defining custom tags
You may define constructors for your own application-specific tags. You may use either the function yaml.add_constructor or subclass from yaml.YAMLObject.
Instances of yaml.YAMLObject are automatically serialized to YAML and vice versa. You only need to define the YAML tag with the yaml_tag variable.
class Person(yaml.YAMLObject): yaml_tag = '!Person' def __init__(self, first_name=None, last_name=None, email=None, birthday=None): self.first_name = first_name self.last_name = last_name self.email = email self.birthday = birthday def __repr__(self): return "%s(first_name=%r, last_name=%r, email=%r, birthday=%r)" \ % (self.__class__.__name__, self.first_name, self.last_name, self.email, self.birthday)
>>> p = yaml.load(""" ... !Person ... first_name: Kirill ... last_name: Simonov ... email: xi(at)resolvent.net ... birthday: none ... """) >>> print p Person(first_name='Kirill', last_name='Simonov', email='xi(at)resolvent.net', birthday='none') >>> print yaml.dump(p) !Person last_name: Simonov first_name: Kirill email: xi(at)resolvent.net birthday: none
If you don't want to use metaclass magic, you may define the constructor and representer as functions and register them:
def construct_person(constructor, node): # ... def represent_person(representer, person): # ... yaml.add_constructor('!Person', construct_person) yaml.add_representer(Person, represent_person)
Parsing and emitting multiple documents in a stream
If an input stream contains several documents, you may load all of them using the yaml.load_all function.
>>> data = """ ... This is the first document ... --- # This is an empty document ... --- ... - this ... - is: the ... last: document ... """ >>> for document in yaml.load_all(data): print document This is the first document None ['this', {'is': 'the', 'last': 'document'}]
You may also dump several documents into the same stream using the yaml.dump_all function.
>>> print yaml.dump_all(["The first document", None, ["The", "last", "document"]]) The first document --- null --- - The - last - document
There are more features, check the source to find out.
Low-level API
PyYAML 3000 provides low-level event-based and easy-to-use parser and emitter API.
>>> data = """ ... --- !tag ... scalar ... --- ... - &anchor item ... - another item ... - *anchor ... --- ... key: value ... ? - complex ... - key ... : - complex ... - value ... """ >>> for event in yaml.parse(data): print event StreamStartEvent() DocumentStartEvent() ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=u'!tag', implicit=(False, False), value=u'scalar') DocumentEndEvent() DocumentStartEvent() SequenceStartEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=True) ScalarEvent(anchor=u'anchor', tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'item') ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'another item') AliasEvent(anchor=u'anchor') SequenceEndEvent() DocumentEndEvent() DocumentStartEvent() MappingStartEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=True) ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'key') ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'value') SequenceStartEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=True) ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'complex') ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'key') SequenceEndEvent() SequenceStartEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=True) ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'complex') ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=(True, False), value=u'value') SequenceEndEvent() MappingEndEvent() DocumentEndEvent() StreamEndEvent() >>> events = [ ... yaml.StreamStartEvent(encoding='utf-8'), ... yaml.DocumentStartEvent(explicit=True), ... yaml.MappingStartEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, implicit=True), ... yaml.ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, value=u'flow sequence', implicit=(True, True)), ... yaml.SequenceStartEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, flow_style=True, implicit=True), ... yaml.ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, value=u'123', implicit=(True, False)), ... yaml.ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, value=u'456', implicit=(True, False)), ... yaml.SequenceEndEvent(), ... yaml.ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, value=u'block scalar', implicit=(True, True)), ... yaml.ScalarEvent(anchor=None, tag=None, value=u'YAML\nis\nfun!\n', style='|', implicit=(True, True)), ... yaml.MappingEndEvent(), ... yaml.DocumentEndEvent(explicit=True), ... yaml.StreamEndEvent(), ... ] >>> print yaml.emit(events) --- flow sequence: [123, 456] block scalar: | YAML is fun! ...
To Do
For the initial release we need
website and documentation.
Long-term goals:
- fix tabs, i
ndentation for flow collections, indentation for scalars (min=1?), 'y' is !!bool, emitter
- libyaml3000
Deviations from the specification
- rules for tabs in YAML are confusing. We are close, but not there yet. Perhaps both the spec and the parser should be fixed. Anyway, the best rule for tabs in YAML is to not use them at all.
- Byte order mark. The initial BOM is stripped, but BOMs inside the stream are considered as parts of the content. It can be fixed, but it's not really important now.
Empty plain scalars are not allowed if alias or tag is specified.This is done to prevent anomalities like [ !tag, value], which can be interpreted both as [ !<!tag,> value ] and [ !<!tag> "", "value" ]. The spec should be fixed.
- Indentation of flow collections. The spec requires them to be indented
more then their block parent node. Unfortunately this rule many intuitively
correct constructs invalid, for instance,
block: { } # this is indentation violation according to the spec.
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A quote from Pope Francis:
"This is one of the great challenges of our age. Reconverting to a development that knows how to respect creation. I see in America, in my homeland; many forests swept away, that become land that cannot be cultivated, that can no longer give life. This is our sin: exploiting the land and not letting her give us what she has inside, with our help through cultivation."
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A below-par performance at home to Crompton saw Unsworth crash to their second successive league defeat on Saturday.
Batting first, Crompton posted a good score of 161-9 on a tricky wicket.
Unsworth's seamers toiled hard in the heat, Chris Williams taking 3-25 from his 15 overs and Jack O'Brien returning 3-39 from 16 overs.
Crompton's West Indian overseas wicket-keeper batsman Denise Louis scored a match-winning 72 and was supported well by Rigby (28) in a 70-run partnership.
In reply, Unsworth failed to build any significant partnerships as the experience of Mel Austin (4-51) proved too much.
He was supported well by stand-in seamer Zulfiqar (4-24), as the Unsworth batsmen continued to find the fielders.
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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y (Sep. 14)
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's plan for integrating the Arab refugees into a large-scale economic development program in the Middle East "seems not to go far enough" Francis O. Wilcox. Assistant United States Secretary of State, declared today."
"Unfortunately." said Mr. Wilcox, "political factors in the refugee situation have hampered progress towards a fundamental solution of this problem. It is an issue which constitutes a potentially dangerous element of instability in the Near East. The United States, " continued Mr Wilcox, "believes both Israel and the Arab host states have a serious responsibility to strive for a resolution of this problem in a spirit of mutual accommodation."
Pointing out that UNRWA's mandate expires next June, the State Department official declared that this year's Assembly "must examine the refugee problem in a fundamental way. " He said "the United States would be interested in all ideas which may be put forward at the Assembly. While we regard favorably certain elements of Mr. Hammarskjold's plan, we are concerned that it seems not to go far enough in providing the means by which adequate progress toward an ultimate solution could be made.
"The United States considers that all of the states in the area must face this vexatious problem with realism and with compassion of the lot of the refugees themselves. Our keen interest in the future of these refugees is a continuing one. We shall do all that is reasonably possible to assist in making progress toward an equitable solution."


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U.S. Representative Rick Boucher announced today that DISH Network, will begin providing "local-into-local' service to satellite customers in the Bluefield market on June 3. DISH Network's decision is the result of recent enactment of legislation authored by Boucher to modernize the Satellite Home Viewer Act. Last year, at Boucher's urging DirecTV began providing local into local television service in the Bluefield market. As of June 3, both of the satellite television carriers will be offering this service to Bluefield market residents.
"Many satellite customers in the Bluefield market and in other areas live in locations too remote to receive quality local broadcast or cable service. Satellite subscribers in these areas depend on access to local TV stations which supply important emergency information, weather, and local news and sports coverage. My major goal in reforming the Satellite Home Viewer Act has been to bring to all 210 local television markets across the nation what we call local-into-local television service through which local TV signals are transmitted by satellite to homes in the market where the TV stations are located. Today, we have taken the final step in achieving this goal, and, as a result, DISH Network will begin broadcasting local TV signals to its customers in the Bluefield market on June 3," Boucher said.
Through the "local into local' process, the local broadcast stations are uplinked to the satellite and then retransmitted into the markets of their origination. On Thursday, June 3, 2010, DISH Network will launch in both standard definition and high definition WVNS (CBS, DISH Network Channel 59); WVVA (NBC, Channel 46); WVNSD (FOX, Channel 8) and WSWP (PBS, Channel 53) and in standard definition WLFB (IND, Channel 14). DISH Network Customers interested in adding their local channels in standard definition or high definition can call 1-800-894-9131. Additional hardware may be necessary.
"The new local TV signals will be tremendously beneficial for the DISH Network customers who receive them. Indeed, since local television is one of our most vital public safety information resources in times of emergency, the "local-into-local' service promises to provide not only local entertainment but also vital public safety information. I want to commend the leadership of DISH Network for making this commitment and congratulate the customers who will receive local television services," Boucher concluded.
Source: http://www.boucher.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1974&Itemid=41


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23 Aug
Another magazine article – this time over in Australia
For the whole article follow the link: http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/contents/TOB%202016%20193-198.pdf
14 Apr
Our house is featured in the Tuis/Home Magazine
Well what an experience to page through a magazine and it contains an article on your house. This little sandbag construction is famous! The team took such great photos. We want to share 🙂
14 Jan
The Gratitude List
We celebrate one year of living in our beautiful sandbag house. And we want to say thank you. So from my mom, my sister and I, three long gratitude lists.
My mom:
My conversations with God, as I sat behind my mobile 's wheel, was often in the vein of " Dear God, what are we going to do? I retire one of these days, and I do not have a place of my own" That is how I started believing in something that at the time sounded impossible.
Two years after we started building, I moved in. I can not describe to anyone how happy and comfortable I am in my home. It was not easy.
I have a great and sincere desire to say thank you. First to a Hand that looked over us and then to everyone who stopped and gave advice. The architect who told Susan to move the room windows , the builder who stopped to show us how to measure out the foundation, when I for the umpteenth time laid out the same line. That man, I have never seen again. To all my children's friends who so selflessly came to help. Their names are mentioned.
To Ozzies and Buco for all their advice and guidance. Francois of Ozzies who made his premises available where we could treat all the frames. A thousand thanks goes to all my friends who helped physically, with advice, food, moral support, tools borrowed or whatever contribution, thank you.
Koot and Sarie who made and installed the burglar bars and the iron gate free of charge. Jim and Maureen for all the advice and Jim for not getting angry about his aluminium ladder that was stolen from our house and the insurance did not want to pay out. Jenny and Jean Joubert that often popped in to observe and give advice as I laboured to finish the shower. Thank you Jean for the Rosewood. Marietta and Rob for so much. Thank you Marietta for the food and the open trusses on the top floor. Thank you Rob that Susan could always rely on you, especially when the workers became unreasonable.
To Mervin White who had the Telkom poles cut down for me on his farm, stored them and had it transported, on his cost. Thank you Henry and Adri du Plessis for storing the poles for probably more than a year. Thanks to Andre, our fifth electrician, that came to fix all the mistakes, finally an electrician that was worth it! Thank you for the truth window "shutter" that you made, we love it. Margaret for all the many sand bags you filled, many days you made my day. Anne and Brian who still helps to finish the house. Thanks for the special instinct you have for my home. Thank you Shannon and Jenny, you have just always been there for me and for stress release. Lumin and Chris , the two of you just came on my way at the right time. I could not have asked for more perfect artists to beautify my house. Marissa who captured the building process from start to finish on her camera. To Johan Muller for all his support in helping us fight Goliath and retain our "picket fence". To my support group for all the prayers. Thank you Izak for putting my children and myself on your prayer list every single day.
A big thank you to my children. Anneke, Susan and Jakkie. We started with everyone giving a bit of money, and when the first bit of the soil of the foundation was picked up, I almost burst into tears.
My children were incredible. I could only stare, in disbelief, what they could do with drills , hammers, levels, nails, screws etc. To this day I do not know where they gained the skills. I watched, incredulous, how Susan kept doing research her exact way of implementing it. She remained focused and determined to complete the project successfully, and which she achieved, despite the skepticism of so many people. In many aspects I have learned much more from my children than I ever could teach them.Thank you to the three of you, I love you so much.
From my sister:
I remember one of the first major conversations that we had with regards to building a house for my mom. Major, as in with this conversation I realized it was actually going to happen. Susan was still in Cape Town busy working with the NRI, I was doing my Honn in PE and my mom was in Jeffreys Bay, her happy place, where she always will be. We went to a restaurant in Sea Views and bit by bit we started planning this house, this vision, this mountain, on small A3 pieces of paper. Sue suggested we each write down our fears as we go on and I remember my first one (and my biggest one) was that the end of this project, my family would hate each other. I mean, I knew that we were close, but doing something like this together was next level, I am sure even the Brady bunch would crack at even just the thought of this. But low and behold, a few years later, my mom is in the house, my sister has her sanity back and yes, we are still talking.
It was one hell of an experience, not only because we were way over our heads right from the beginning, but with building in general, you are constantly faced with situations where you literally don't know what the hell to do. For this, I have to thank my sister Susan. From the beginning this was her wonderful idea, to build a house for my mom so that one day she can retire without the stress of not having somewhere to stay. I mean seriously, what an awesome human being. Susan is literally the best person on this planet. She sacrificed so much, moving from Cape Town to Jbay, leaving her dearest friends, looking for employment to help fund the project, being the project manager, builder, labour relations consultant, cook, financial manager….anything you can think of, my sister did it. Without anyone asking her to do it, and without expecting a thank you in return. She was the one spending late nights going through books, reading things on the internet, asking everyone for advice. The scientist that embarked on becoming a builder. The hours that she put in on site, the battles that she had to fight on her own, the endless stress and worries, I do not know how she did it. But she did. Her labour of love pulled through and the result is absolutely amazing. There is not enough thank you's in the world for what she has done for my mom and the legacy that she created. Words fail me when it comes to her, but we are blessed just to be in her presence.
I also remember when people asked my mom who is building for her, she would smile from ear to ear whilst replying: "My daughter Susan". Not once did she question her abilities or the changes that she made. Not once did she say "No, you can't do this." My mom, with her utmost faith in the One above, supported my sister and told everyone she will do this. She is the perfect example of one of those Voortrekker vrouens that ran barefoot across the mountains. One December, she sat in front of a pile of sand that was literally almost the size of half the plot, she sat there, day in and day out, filling bags and bags until she almost disappeared, only getting up for water and eating. This persistence carried us through this whole process, her words simply echoing "Ons sal (We will)". And luckily, she is still going strong, the house is literally blossoming since she moved in, every weekend something is changing, a painting is being hanged, a door is being fixed, the garden is thriving (with an abundance of veggies and flowers), the grass is being cut and and and and. My mom is amazing. When I look at her and how incredible she is, I remember why we decided to do this for her in the first place.
Throughout the process there were many other people that supported us that I would really like to thank:
Anneke and Fritz: For being there when no one else was. For always helping, either by fixing something or for just listening. For endless advice and support. For thinking we were crazy but for being there regardless.
My wonderful friends: Simone Ferreira, Shaula Greyvenstein, Lucinda Erasmus, Lucinda and Stephan Neethling, Jeanette Strydom, Jeanine du Plessis, Regardt Landman, Malan Joubert, Ettiene Stevens, Tess Rautenbach, Kalinka Lombard, Betsi van Zyl, Isabeau Joubert, Markie Paarman, Willie Erasmus, Mike Hemsley, Carin Steyn. For listening, for the support, for all the encouragement, for proving shelters when I had to get away, for sitting with me when I cried, for providing endless beers and laughter, for just being the best and being there.
Ryan Allen: For all the inspiration, the volunteering, the belief in the project, the good vibes, the energy…the awesomeness.
To all my mom's friends: Tannie Marietta en Oom Rob, Oom Louis en Tannie Marisa, Clive, Shannon, Margaret, Maureen, Jim, Oom Koot en Tannie Sarie, Jenny en Johnny, Tannie Denise en Tannie Elmari, die omgee groep that supported us with their prayers, everyone that supported my mom and my sister through every up and down.
The girls and guys from Ozzies and Buco. Often we would wander in asking for something that we didn't even know how to explain (that square thing that fits into the ceiling that goes into the corner) and they would smile and help us with such kindness that we often felt blessed.
Lumin and Chris: For making the house feel and also look, like my mom. I don't know how you did it, but every little detail represents her. You had such a big contribution in making the place feel like a home.
The entire Jbay community. Everywhere we went, people would ask us about the house and in general be so supporting. The lady where we got our paper bags from, the old oom that randomly stopped me because he recognized the bakkie. Everyone that gave us things for free, from driftwood, to cow manure, to food, to advice…Jbay is such a special place and the community support was so humbling.
To my dad, thank you for raising tough cookies.
The One above and all his helpers. Thank You for taking care of my family, for keeping us safe, for sending the right people along the way. We are blessed with Your grace.
Lastly, to all the assholes that thought we couldn't do it. Sucks to be you.
From me:
My mom moved into her very own home exactly, almost to the day, two years after we started building it. Two years seem like a long time, but consider that we built only when we had cash and time available and that our work involved a lot of pioneering trial-and-error experimenting. The strange part of moving in was that the house was not completely done. We still had to finish a shower, finish the plastering around the switchboard, put doors in on the upstairs section, build a balcony and so on. When I mentioned this to friends, those with building experience response was that yes, a building is never finished. It took some time absorbing this information. I had dreamt of building a house, and once it was finished, handing it over to my mom. But now, almost 9 months after my mom has moved in, she is still working at finishing the house. A little something here, another little something there. But she is living in her own house and the joy it gives her beautifying it is lovely to witness.
I never realized what an undertaking building a house is. It is HUGE. Then throw in on top of that, building it yourself with a fairly unknown sandbag technology and going even further with plastering it with natural materials…… you got yourself a damn big, challenging endeavor. Towards the end of the project, my mom and sister's words of encouragement consistently rang along the theme of "Don't worry, we won't do this again, ever and we are almost there."
The other strange thing about building is to experience how the building changes. When you mark out the building lines, it looks so small, when the walls go up it looks so big, but nothing compares you to the changes that happens when the lights go on and the furniture comes in. All of a sudden it transforms into a home.
So much happened in that two years. Parts of it was filled with so much support from friends and family and parts of it was lonely, rainy, cold and required a lot of determination to keep going.
I want to thank some of the help along the way. My friends came to help us build over the first Christmas holidays. Carly Tanur, only slightly bigger than a sandbag herself gave up her entire holiday to help build our house and create this blog. She developed some muscle, smaller than peanuts, and was very impressed by them. Janna Kretzmar, drove down to support my big project with words affirming that she's coming, I should not worry, after I phoned her in a slight panic to say: "You are coming right?" Stef Skupin and Alex Eppel, raised two twin girls among filling sand bags and building frames, all over their holiday break. You guys are so amazing, living in my small house over your holiday, thank you. Alex's friend from the USA, Jo and his partner, a girl from Germany whose name I have forgotten, jumped in to help. A blind lady came to fill bags for a day with the support of one of her friends, Diane. Fritz Joubert, started me off on the frames, a hand always on one of his hips, he taught me how to calculate levels, sponsored our unique submarine doors, cooked ridiculously good food and much much much more. Oom Louis, who came to save the day when I couldn't get the door frames square. The builder whose name I never got, who stopped and taught me how to mark out square things. Anthony Wolf and Jean Joubert who came and provided some technical knowledge.
Michael Hemsley for straightening the long wall after I sunk into tears, with a string. I was dubious, but your logic saved the day. Also for managing a tricky construction project, after I explained how to do it over skype with some sketchy drawings and driving me to site in the middle of a rainy night because I could not sleep, to check on our house. Anneke, my sister who came to help after I told her it is so lonely out there. Her company was as always, a lot of fun. Teresa and Norbert, Miriam, Brandon, Tanja Lategan, Ryan Allen, Miriam for popping in. Anna Shevel for help with a building plan, cause planning breaks it down. Andre my soon to be architect friend, who volunteered with manpower and a lot of brains. Elisabeth Meiring – you always just think I am amazing. Also, all the builders who attended our course, they jumped in and contributed so much. Jillian Hogan, the expert natural builder, with great skill in explaining and encouraging. Oom Rob Buchanen, my second dad, sometimes swearing for having to help again, and threatening me with death if I did not return his borrowed tools, but with a heart more gold that you can imagine, and after his initial cursing phase had subsided, helped us over and over again. His wife, tannie Marietta for all the words of encouragement and all the love. Markie Paarman for providing me with support during the second year of building. When I was drifting out at sea, Markie, you were a rock, I am forever in your debt, your friendship supported me so much. Simmie, Tess, Shaula, Jeanette Strydom, Lucy Erasmus, Isabeau Joubert, Malan, Ettiene, Betsi, oom Charl, Jeanine du Plessis, you carried my sister and me with so much love.
Oom Geoff was my right hand man and sent by God, to whom he often prayed for on our behalf. His prayers can bring tears to your eyes. A reliable stalwart, he would work on his own for many days, sometimes in unpleasant weather conditions. You would never say he was 90% blind, he guided me so many times.
My co-builders my mom and sister. My sister Jakkie, put in a lot of elbow grease. She often came to site, to help, when it was the place she wanted to be least in the world. On occasion she would also fire people when they needed to be fired, and would then grab a hammer and declare: "We will do it ourselves!" which perplexed and frightened me somewhat, but resulted in a new skill learnt, despite it sometimes being a steep, frustrating learning curve. My mom had an amazing ability of always speaking positively and supporting me. Never in the two years of building did she say anything other than we are going to do it and that I'm doing a good job of it. She is an amazing example of what can be done, when you simply believe you are going to do it. And of a mother's love, believing in her daughter, beyond the call of duty.
Thanks also goes to all the skeptics and critics. You will not believe how such beliefs inspires one to keep going, fueling the fire of perseverance. One guy told me, we are all just watching and waiting for it to fail. I thought I did not hear him correctly, but he repeated himself. Oh, I said, ok. To such persons, I guess I would like to invite you for a cuppa on the stoep. No walls have moved, nothing leaks, no, to any other doubtful question you might have. The most common response we get from visitors is: "it feels nice". Like you can't put your finger on it exactly, but you want to linger.
And thank you for the Grace. My Guide. Constantly making me aware that I am held and blessed.
15 Oct
We move in
Almost exactly to the day two years after building – we move in to our own home 🙂
The next post will be a thank you…. .but some photos of the house.
We have established a veggie garden in the front.
Sitting down for a well deserved rest this time not on the ground but on furniture…..
23 Jul
House lights from recycled materials, with an artist's touch
It has been a while since our last post. As the house moves towards completion the finishing touches is what most people comment on. Now you really can't see the house has been built using sandbags – the walls look like any other wall you would find in a conventional house. So should we have bought ordinary lights, doors, kitchen and bathroom cupboards, our house would certainly have lost some of it's special character, and definitely some of it's intent, which was to do it naturally, and to keep our footprint light and green. But here enters my mom, steadfast and stubborn, and even though she would say I'm the visionary, she kept saying: "normal lights will not fit in my house" and "that man thinks I will not have wooden cupboards he's got to think again, it can be done" and so on and so on. I kept nodding, admiring her determination, whilst my mom described her imaginary "natural lights" and insisted that she started making and buying lights before the house exterior has been completed. This meant she could purchase it over time and she can get exactly what she wants.
And here enters our angels Lumin and Chris. Perfectly sent with their abundant artistic hands, minds and hearts and a complete appreciation and understanding of my mom's dream. One by one they crafted each light and mirror fitting in our house – with care, patience, creativity, and soul. From the start we never felt that they were service providers that treated us as their clients, we were friends. And having had many experiences of how cold the building world can be, they not only created our lights, but really brought so much warmth and character to our house.
So herewith follows a little tour of each light. We first noticed Chris's fishes made from driftwood at our friend's dentist practice. Stunningly made from driftwood collected on their daily excursions on the beach, and the fish's head made by Lumin in her pottery studio. Could we not turn this into a light? The fish sits above the staircase and looks magnificent.
My mom sourced two sneezewood poles, originally used for fencing, with the holes and even some of the original wire still in tact from a generous farmer. Could we not turn those into lights? Chris made lights out of these hanging from the ceiling which took quite a bit of time on the technical side of things.
To cast light on the kitchen counter, Lumin suggested we take one of the frames we used to build the house, and fill it with recycled wine glass bottoms, that she fired in her pottery oven as glass panes. The effect is magnificent and the only showpiece of the frames used to build the house.
To light the working area over the stove, Lumin and Chris sourced enamel lids from scrap yards and made a lovely piece of it, that now hangs over the stove in the kitchen.
For one of the bedrooms, Chris and Lumin combined a mixture of driftwood with glass and pottery pieces to make an unusual and unique chandelier. During the day, the sun hits the crosses and casts beautiful light reflections on the walls.
Using bits of glass picked up from the beach, and a whole collection of "lost keys" Lumin made a glass fitting for the bathroom.
A simple light for the guest toilet, that fits with the wooden theme.
This light was made to fit the mirror, all made by Chris.
Handmade mirrors from driftwood and old railway sleepers.
Chris made a lovely piece for the hallway, using driftwood and mounting it on swiveling metal rods. The three pieces swivel individually, casting light in different directions through the hallway.
Lumin and Chris can be contacted as per details below. Expect a warm and hearty engagement.
Lumin James Originals: 072 514 8658
Just Naturally Driftwood Creations (Chris): 074 129 5012
15 Jan
Wooden kitchen cupboards
All of the cupboards in our house have been made from wood. Chris Constanza from Wattle and Daub put the cupboards in for us. Chris volunteered on our natural building workshop where he did a lot of the cooking. We approached many kitchen cupboard companies to get quotes on using wood. Most conventional kitchen cupboard companies were reluctant to use wood stating that it would be to expensive and difficult to work with and strongly advised us to use melamine. One company suggested using wood in the kitchen would cost close to a R100 000 ($ 11 000).
Chris's quote was very reasonable and his workmanship was of the highest standard. We can honestly say that of all the service providers that were involved with our house in the building of it, Chris far out-shone the others in terms of professionalism, quality and respect for our property. He was also the most accommodating and insightful when it came to understanding our vision for the cupboards and the "look" we wanted to achieve. He incorporated the recycled wooden boxes that my mother salvaged from my grandmother's garage. These wooden boxes were used to deliver paraffin in and my mother stripped the paint of the boxes to reveal the old "advertising emblems" engraved on the sides of the boxes.
Chris used these boxes to build a food storage cupboard and pull-out drawers. The kitchen tops and doors are made from black wood (Acacia melanoxia) and karri wood (Eucalyptus diversivolor). These trees are invasive exotics from Australia and using it helps to clear alien vegetation and preserves our indigenous hardwood species.
We used all of our left over half tins of varnish for treating the interiors of the cupboards and a natural varnish for the exterior.
Chris Constanza lives in St Francis Bay and works in the Kouga area. He loves challenging and different projects (I think our house fits the bill 🙂 ). Chris Constanza (www.wattleanddaub.co.za – 076 828 6100 – email@example.com)


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Seismicity remotely triggered by the magnitude 7.3 landers, california, earthquake
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AbstractThe magnitude 7.3 Landers earthquake of 28 June 1992 triggered a remarkably sudden and widespread increase in earthquake activity across much of the western United States. The triggered earthquakes, which occurred at distances up to 1250 kilometers (17 source dimensions) from the Landers mainshock, were confined to areas of persistent seismicity and strike-slip to normal faulting. Many of the triggered areas also are sites of geothermal and recent volcanic activity. Static stress changes calculated for elastic models of the earthquake appear to be too small to have caused the triggering. The most promising explanations involve nonlinear interactions between large dynamic strains accompanying seismic waves from the mainshock and crustal fluids (perhaps including crustal magma).
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THOSE car-owners hardy or desperate enough to fight their way past the council anti-shopper traps into Ebbw Vale town centre may have noticed that our beloved leaders have found yet another way to waste our council tax – they have erected a new climbing frame for the local drunks and hooligans opposite the post office!
Notwithstanding the stunning originality of thought that has erected yet another Welsh Dragon in Wales; I cannot help wondering how much of our taxes was spent on this new ziggurat, perhaps our councillors would care to enlighten us? It would have been much more useful it they had turned that piece of wasteland into a free car park, which would have been extremely handy right opposite the main post office, where there are currently only two spaces within walking distance for a disabled person, both usually full.
Even better would it have been if they had spent the money on repairing some of the massive potholes which litter the borough's main roads, such as the potentially-lethal one currently at Cemetery Corner, which I would have thought, it being IN the current road alterations perimeter, would have been very quickly repaired by the contractor working there under their duty of care to protect passers-by.
But, I regret I am not surprised, our councillors have always had a very strange set of priorities, always preferring hare-brained self-aggrandisement schemes to maintenance of our infrastructure. When will they ever learn?
Ian McNicholas Excelsior Street Ebbw Vale


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