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Just wanted to inform that I removed myself from administration of the Psynews Facebook page. There are already 5-6 people from Psynews administration who got admin roles there so they will continue to manage page I hope. Anyway, my job is done there, page got over 600 followers which is very cool and I have to focus on the other things!
Posted 21 August 2014 - 11:02 PM
Thanks for the effort!!! Awesome!!!!
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Posted 13 May 2015 - 04:04 PM
What's the link for the Facebook page?
Posted 13 May 2015 - 04:12 PM
What's the link for the Facebook page?
I think you should post the address of the forum on fb, not the psynews facebook page
Posted 12 June 2015 - 01:06 PM
It didn't catch much persistent fire then, did it? 3 timeline updates this year and 6 last year so appr. one update every second month. Good channel to know, if psynews is down. In my opinion the site is not so much needed because in the end it is up to members to link their own wall or fb groups psynews content that's interesting. And no "representativeness" needed that way. But the page is there and soon 1000 likes I said it is not maybe so much "needed" and by that I meant artist announcements/review updates etc. but I am glad if and when someone finds the forum through its fb site. So the page def deserves to be. There are way many more pages in fb of lesser importance, for every opening of an envelope, as we all know. Btw, Richpa, admire your younger energy to having gotten involved with all possible, lol So all the roads lead to Richpa (..eh, Rome)
Posted 12 June 2015 - 02:51 PM
P.S. In social media that representativeness brought up in this thread hardly works. I am not representing anything..still I share freely around from a fan perspective and have linked psynews topics in fb groups, Twitter and even on Soundcloud comments: btw, the last one is close to a perfect place to catch potential ppl, who are not in. I don't think I am spamming, though. Actually got thanks from one record label owner for drawing attention to their stuff since the label does not have psynews account and so he got to know through fb what's being talked here. Sometimes this psy/goa scene by the way bothers me: one should represent or have great knowledge before he/she is supposed to share to some, comment here on forums or start a topic. And to be a guru for making a review Some of my friends are scared to join psynews because of that.
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What exactly is a guy asking when he says
"Just a simple question... Will you?"
it was only that one question without any other backgrounds or pretexts. He basically just came up to me to ask me that.
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Without context the question means nothing.
1. Do you know the guy?
2. Your relation to him, or how and where do you interact. (classmates, co-workers, acquaintances)
3. Has he asked anything of you before? (favors, advice)
Without the context of "What" he's asking you can't really answer it and for him to ask such a vague question he may be too scared of the answer to really even want to know which is why he asked it that way.00|00|0

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Ok so me and my guy are in a relationship but he doesn't tell me I'm beautiful but he keeps taking pics of me and laying down with me later and shows me I told him to delete it but he does not he does not stare at me but wen I look away I c from my eye side him staring and wen I look at him he freeze like for a second then he looks smwer else like he wasn't staring ,why doesn't he tell me I'm beautiful? Because I'm ugly? Or what?
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No your not ugly ! Lol guys aren't required to call his girl beautiful but he wouldn't date you if you were ugly and he most definitely wouldn't take pictures of you or with you if he was ashamed of you ..I'm thinking he's either nervous or inexperienced .. Maybe he's planning something..but I know it's not cause your ugly. Lol plus guys don't usually call you beautiful until your far enough in the relationship where he looks past all your flaws and just likes you for you an if he called you beautiful all the time I would think he would just want to use you :P00|00|0
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Samuel L. Jackson has joined the Trump Train! Well, the Trump train that will be sending many whining Hollywood crazies to their destination of choice once he becomes President that is.
There has been a slew of Hollywood "A-listers" as they like to call themselves, that have announced their departure from America if Trump wins the Presidential election.
Ironically, as they state their exit plans as a threat to our quality of life, most of us are shouting inside… LET ME HELP YOU PACK! Or even more so, 'don't let the door hit you on the way out'
Some of these 'stars' are Trump's BFF, Rosie O'Donnell, Miley Cyrus, and not so funny comedian, Amy Schumer.
As they talk about leaving America, I bet you, my bottom dollar there is plenty of people who understand how great this country is that don't live here, and would gladly take their place… all the while thinking these Hollywood stars are total ungrateful, self-serving, whining morons.
Now, we have Samuel L. Jackson, pulling his 'tantrum' number on us. In fact he not only announced that he would leave, he also told us where he would be moving to.
South Africa.
Yes, you read that right. Because…it's so much safer there right?
Here, see for yourself.
Rather funny isn't it? We have the people who live the high life stating they will leave America if Trump becomes President. I say leave, because they are part of the problem, so bye-bye.
However, we all know they aren't going anywhere. They know through and through they aren't going to find a better country to live in then here in America. The very country that allowed them the opportunity to do what they do now…
They aren't going to find that anywhere else.
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Measuring the geographic coverage of methadone maintenance programme in Hong Kong by using geographic information system (GIS)
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- International Journal of Health Geographics 1476-072X
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- Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
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Objective While access and utilization form core components in assessing the effectiveness of a health service, the concept of coverage is often neglected. In this study we propose to develop a GIS-based methodological framework for the measurement of district-based geographic coverage to examine the service effectiveness of methadone treatment programme (MTP) in Hong Kong on a regular basis. Methods To overcome the incompatibility of spatial units, population data and data of heroin addiction of the year 2001 are interpolated by population-weighted and area-weighted algorithms. Standard overlay and proximity analytical functions are used to delineate altogether 20 accessible zones around each methadone clinic at a fixed 1.5 km Euclidean distance. Geographic coverage here is defined as the percentage of heroin addicts covered by a methadone clinic within the accessible zone by district. Results A total of 6413 out of 11000 reported heroin addicts are found geographically covered. The average geographic coverage in Hong Kong is 44.6%, with the figure varying from 0% to 96% by district. One district having no clinic results in 0% coverage whereas another without a clinic yields 15.3% coverage from the clinic in adjacent district. Maps illustrating district-based geographic coverage are generated. Conclusion As continuous data collection is required for a monitoring system, the simplified approach facilitates the handling of large volume data and relevant data analysis. It is concluded that the number of methadone clinics is as important as their locations. Geographic coverage could become an important consideration for monitoring harm reduction.


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Primarily aimed at logic designers, ActiveDesign is used to confirm and index intended functional behaviors as the RTL is composed, and to easily validate complex, sometimes unintended, interactions among behaviors. This use mode is sometimes referred to as a "Designer Self Test." The powerful comprehension features in ActiveDesign help designers and verification engineers that 'inherit' a design to become intimately familiar with relevant design functionality, without any access to the original design author. Activated Designs empower any user over the life of the design, or its derivatives, to comprehend, safely modify, and retarget the RTL design for new uses.
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The Sagrada Familia is an exceptional place of worship, as much for its beginnings and foundation as for its ambition.
Five generations have already witnessed the temple's rise in Barcelona. Construction continues today and could be finished in the first third of the 21st century.
The beginnings of the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family, known as the Sagrada Familia, go back to 1866 when Josep Maria Bocabella i Verdaguer founded the Spiritual Association of Devotees of Saint Joseph, which in 1874 began campaigning for the construction of an expiatory temple dedicated to the Holy Family. In 1881, enabled by various donations, the Association purchased a 12,800m² plot of land, located between the streets of Marina, Provença, Sardenya, and Mallorca, to build the temple on.
The first stone was laid on St Joseph's day, 19 March, 1882, in a ceremony presided over by the Bishop of Barcelona, Josep Urquinaona. It signalled the start of construction, first in the crypt located under the apse, following the Neo-gothic design drawn up by the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano, the Sagrada Familia's first architect. After a short while, due to disagreements with the promotors, he resigned from the post of chief architect and the job fell to Antoni Gaudí.
The facade of the apse completed.
The first bell tower (Saint Barnabus), 100 metres high, finished on the Nativity facade.
After taking over the project in 1883, Gaudí continued work on the crypt, which was finished in 1889. Later he began work on the apse, while donations were received at a steady rate. After receiving a substantial anonymous donation, Gaudí proposed a new and grander design. He proposed abandoning the old Neo-gothic plan in favour of a design that was more monumental and innovative, both in regard to the form and structure as well as the construction. Gaudí's design consisted of a large church with a floor plan based on a Latin cross and soaring towers. It was to be immensely symbolic, both architecturally and sculpturally, and convey the teachings of the Gospels and the Christian Church.
In 1892 the foundations for the Nativity facade were started. This facade was built first because, as Gaudí himself put it, "If, instead of building this decorated, richly ornamented facade, we had started with the hard, bare and skeletal Passion facade, people would have rejected it." In 1894 the apse facade was finished, and the Rosary portal, one of the entrances to the cloister on the Nativity side, was finished in 1899.
In 1909 Gaudí built the Sagrada Familia provisional school buildings, for children of Sagrada Familia workers and local children, on the south-west corner of the site. In the following year, 1910, a model of the Nativity facade was displayed at the Grand Palais in Paris in an exhibition featuring Gaudí's work organised by his friend and patron Eusebi Güell. The Pasion facade was designed in 1911.
In 1914 Gaudí decided to concentrate exclusively on the construction of the Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, a fact which explains why he did not undertake any other major work in the later years of his life. He became so involved that he lived his final months close by his studio workshop; a space located next to the apse used for producing scale models, drawings and designs, sculptures and for taking photographs, amongst other activities.
In 1923 he produced the final design for the naves and roofs. Construction work however progressed slowly. The first bell tower on the Nativity facade, 100 metres high and dedicated to Saint Barnabus, was finished on 30 November 1925. This was the only tower Gaudí saw completed. On 10 June 1926 he died as a result of injuries sustained three days earlier when he was tragically knocked down by a tram. On 12 June he was buried in the Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia, where his mortal remains rest to this day.
Over all these years a sizable group of architects, draughtsmen, sculptors and modellers collaborated with Gaudí on the construction.
After the death of Gaudí, his close collaborator Domènec Sugrañes took over the management of the works until 1938.
In 1930 the bell towers on the Nativity facade were finished, and in 1933 the Faith portal and central cypress tree were also completed.
In July 1936, after the military uprising and the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, revolutionaries set fire to the crypt, burnt down the provisional school of the Sagrada Familia and destroyed the studio workshop. Original plans, drawings and photographs were lost and many large-scale plaster models were broken. It should be pointed out that, from when Gaudí took the helm in 1883 and despite these acts of vandalism, work on the Sagrada Familia, although disrupted, never came to a complete stop, and has always gone ahead according to the architect's original concept.
After the Spanish Civil War building resumed on the Sagrada Familia and it continued to slowly rise. Between 1939 and 1940 the architect Francesc de Paula Quintana i Vidal, who had started working with Gaudí in 1919, restored the fire-damaged crypt and repaired many of the broken models, which were then used to continue construction according to Gaudí's original plan.
The next directors were also men who had known and collaborated with Gaudí, Isidre Puig-Boada and Lluís Bonet i Garí, who were in charge of works until 1983. They were succeeded by Francesc de Paula Cardoner i Blanch, Jordi Bonet i Armengol, and lastly Jordi Faulí i Oller, who has currently been in charge since 2012.
In 1952 the 35th International Eucharistic Congress was held in Barcelona and several events took place in the Sagrada Familia to mark the occasion. In the same year the steps to the Nativity facade were built and the facade was floodlit for the first time. This lighting became a permanent feature in 1964 thanks to the Barcelona City Council.
Work continued at a steady pace and in 1954 the foundations to support the Passion facade were started, based on several studies Gaudí had carried out between 1892 and 1917. After the foundations were laid the Passion facade crypt was built on them, and in 1961 a museum was opened in the crypt to provide visitors with information about the history and technical, artistic and symbolic aspects of the temple. The four bell towers on the Passion facade were completed in 1976.
1955 was a significant year for the Sagrada Familia; it was the year of the first fund-raising drive to raise money to pay for the building works. The initiative was so successful that it has been repeated every year since, and is a way of allowing society as a whole to participate in the construction of the temple.
Numerous sculptors have left their mark of the Nativity facade. On Saint Joseph's day, 19 March, 1958 the group of statues by Jaume Busquets representing the Holy Family was put in place.
In 1986 the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs was charged with producing the statues and sculpture for the Passion façade, which were executed in accordance with his very personal style for over 25 years.
Central window in the Passion facade with stained-glass representation of the Resurrection.
Work started on the Tower of Jesus and the Towers of the Evangelists.
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In 2000 the vaulting in the central nave and the transepts was built, and the foundations of the Glory facade were started. In the same year, to mark the new millennium, a Mass was held inside the temple which showcased the grandeur of the building.
In 2001 the central window of the Passion facade was finished and stained glass by Joan Vila-Grau representing the Resurrection was installed. The four columns of the crossing were also finished.
Gaudí and his work were celebrated in 2002, with the Barcelona City Council sponsoring International Gaudí Year to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. The Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia participated with various initiatives, including the restoration, relocating and opening of the Sagrada Familia schools building.
In 2002 the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs completed the wall of the Patriarchs and Prophets which Gaudí had envisaged for the top of the porch on the Passion facade, and in 2005 the sculpture representing the Ascension was positioned between the towers of this same facade. In the same period the windows in the central nave were installed and the Eucharistic symbols for bread and wine were completed by the Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo.
In 2006 the choir inside the Glory facade was constructed, based on models by Gaudí. The vaulting in the ambulatory around the apse was finished in 2008. The vaulting in the crossing and the apse was finished between 2008 and 2010.
2010 was a milestone in the history of the Sagrada Familia: the temple was consecrated as a place of worship by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.


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beyond the most obvious like having healthy or straight teeth. but there are smiles that just draw you in and just do something to you, maybe something about the person inside but what makes a really wonderful and contagious smile?
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A great smile makes the smiling person glow. It's this light coming from them and it shines into you. A great smile makes you smile too.
I like the way both of these people smile...Gotye's smile has this unique tilt but Kelly in particular, when watching Fashion Police..her smile along with Joan's snarkiness..I look forward to it.11|00|0


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|By QuietDove
|Part of the The Legend of Atka continuity.
| Juji's fine. He comes back to life in the end when the doomsday device shifts the polarity of the Earth. Oops. Spoiler. Sorry.
Warning! This page contains spoilers for The Legend of Atka.
Atka is the waterbending Avatar succeeding Aang. He is the main protagonist of The Legend of Atka.
Early Years
Atka was born in 156 AG in the Southern Water Tribe as the son of a successful merchant and his wife, a waterbending healer. Growing up in comfort in the Southern Tribe capital, Atka enjoyed a happy childhood with his family and their large group of friends; including his best friend, Rilu.
At the age of three Atka first displayed signs of waterbending; this was discovered when he was out playing with his father, he managed to beat him a snow ball fight by gathering up a large snow ball and hurling towards his (rather surprised) father. When it was discovered he could waterbend, Atka was trained by his mother who taught him the basics of how to control his newly found skill.
Two years, and one sister, later Atka was enrolled in a school where he was taught about his heritage and learnt the skills needed to help him thrive in the South Pole. It was here that Atka met two more valuable friends: Hanna, the daughter of Kya and granddaughter of Aang and Katara, and Ishak who was the son of a tough Northern Tribe Warrior who had sent his son away for training in the same place he had trained himself.
Atka spent the remaining five years honing his waterbending, and proving himself to be something of a prodigy at the art, which sparked the interest of many within the city and beyond.
Becoming the Avatar
At the age of ten all young waterbenders in the Southern Tribe have the opportunity to apply to become Moon Guardians, the elite unit of the Tribes Military, Atka was no exception. It is a tough process as they are all scrutinised by the waterbending masters of the Tribe, trying to find the best twelve students to begin their training with the guardians.
Atka and his friends all made through the process and were accepted as Moon Guardian trainees to begin their six years of training under a master, for Atka's group it was Kya. As the training progressed the tribe was visited by a group called the Order of the White Lotus who spent a few days observing the young Moon Guardians in their training, taking a particular interest in Atka.
At the age of fourteen Atka was taken on the traditional rite of passage for young Water Tribe men, ice dodging. Setting out with his father Atka passed the trial and earnt the Mark of the Trusted, showing his skill in a sailing boat.
By the time Atka turned sixteen he was already on the brink of mastering waterbending and it was time for him to become a fully fledged member of the Guardians, the ceremony of which would take place at the annual Glacier Spirits Festival.
A day later Atka is told of his destiny, that he is the Avatar and must leave the South Pole in order to master the four elements and do his duty to the world. After a teary goodbye the young Avatar leaves on a ship bound for the Earth Kingdom.
It is here that the Legend of Atka truly begins...
Atka initially has a profound confidence in himself and his abilities. This changes when he is told of his identity as an insecurity and self-doubt within himself comes to the fore, with Kya even remarking that he expected him to be excited about being the Avatar.
Once he arrives in the Earth Kingdom he soon gets some of his confidence back, this grows as he meets Kann and confronts the people who try to provoke him.
Atka has shown himself to be incredibly dedicated to his friends and makes sure he stands up for them and ensures they know he's there to help if they need it. One trait of Atka that isn't so positive is that he often lets his anger take over, as he proved when he attacked Forr.
A non-bending merchant who operates many of the trading out of the South Pole, he is Atka's father. The relationship between the two was a typical father/son one, as most of these relationships are particularly strong in Water Tribe culture this means that they are very close with one another.
Anana is a famed healer who has spent many years healing the wounded and tending to the sick in the city and beyond. She was Atka's first waterbending teacher which meant they always had a bond with one another.
The only sibling of Atka, Asker is Atka's reclusive sister. The relationship between the two of them has gone through many ups and downs over the years but it is clear that the two always cared for each other as they both showed emotion when it was time for Atka to leave. Asker is a water bender like her brother and mother but she never showed much interest in pursuing it like Atka did.
Kann is Atka's earthbending teacher and one of his closest friends. The two met at the barracks where they quickly bonded over a shared distaste for the place they were forced to be in. Kann's cheerful and jokey persona has always relieved tension for the pair as they travelled around and has only strengthened their friendship.
A member of the Fire Nation Royal family, and son of Prince Roku. Piazzo is a firebending master and the tutor of Atka whilst he trains in the art. A light-hearted and fair man he is always understanding of Atka and remains close to his younger twin siblings. Piazzo has proved himself to be an intuitive teacher as he found a way to overcome Atka's firebending difficulties.
The daughter of Roku and twin to Masaru, Akeme is a princess in the Fire Nation. Akeme became a love interest of Atka as they bonded during their time together in the Fire Nation. Akeme is a strong willed and determined girl who doesn't take well to being called a princess and only wants to travel the world like her uncle. However, Akeme can be incredibly caring when she wants to be.
Twin brother to Akeme and younger brother of Piazzo, Masaru is a prince of the Fire Nation. Masaru has been a good friend of Atka since they met but has formed a much closer bond with Kann, which soon became romance.
Other Allies
The Avatar has many allies in the world who will follow him through thick and thin. Amongst these are the Moon Guardians, Atka's old Water Tribe friends, and other members of the Southern Water Tribe including Sokka and Kya. The Fire Nation Royal family have also proved themselves to be reliable allies to Atka, especially Roku, Zuko and Iroh.
In the Earth Kingdom Kann's father promises to be another reliable ally, with many more being gathered up. It's fair to say that Atka has the backing of many people in the world and that he has little to fear from the threats around the world with a group as strong as his.
The first person to teach Atka earthbending he is a harsh and unforgiving man. He was a highly decorated general in the Earth Kingdom military before retiring and becoming an instructor to new recruits. His plan to invade the Colonies prompted Atka to act in finding people to stand alongside him and repel the threat to poses. Forr himself remains a huge influence amongst the Council of Five and he little trouble in gathering an army to enact his invasion plan.
The Crown Prince of the Fire Nation became an enemy of Atka after he revealed himself as the leader of the Phoenix cult, a renegade group of firebenders looking to gain control of the Fire Nation and restore it to its former glory. Mizan initially was little more than a man who simply wanted his Nation to thrive, until the news of Forr's plan reached him and he wanted to take action where his father wouldn't. At the moment his ultimate intentions are unknown, but he poses a major threat to the balance of the world
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Abercrombie's proposals gain steam in Legislature
HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie is seeing his legislative proposals for statewide preschool, natural resources and other issues gain momentum as House and Senate lawmakers hit a key deadline.
Thursday is the deadline for bills to cross over from one chamber to the other. Abercrombie has proposed hundreds of bills, and many are moving forward as proposed or in different forms as part of other initiatives.
In an emailed statement from Abercrombie's spokeswoman, the governor said that he appreciates the Legislature's willingness to advance several of his initiatives. But he noted that the legislative session is just halfway through and that much more work needs to be done.
Along with the state budget, Abercrombie has said his preschool initiative is his top priority. The Senate passed three bills to establish statewide preschool, including one that proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the state to fund privately owned preschools.
Despite Senate support for the plan, Senate Majority Leader Brickwood Galuteria says competing funding priorities could force the preschool proposal to end up differing from Abercrombie's vision.
"The governor's plan is one model," Galuteria told The Associated Press. "I don't think it's going to come out exactly as he had hoped."
The deadline for each chamber to vote on the governor's proposed budget is not until next week.
The governor's proposals to decrease renewable energy tax credits, develop public school lands, raise the minimum wage and appropriate money for the hurricane tax relief fund also overcame Thursday's deadline.
Abercrombie initially asked the Legislature to decrease solar energy tax credits from 35 percent to 15 percent by next year. But the bill that passed the House on Tuesday is much more cautious, decreasing the tax credits to 15 percent by 2017.
During his State of the State address in January, Abercrombie called on lawmakers to raise the minimum wage to $8.75 by January 2014. Both the House and the Senate approved larger wage increases that occur more gradually.
In addition, the Senate on Tuesday approved the governor's proposal to increase the conveyance tax for high-end property sales to help fund natural resource protection.
In the House, lawmakers passed the HI Growth Initiative, Abercrombie's proposed investment program aimed at attracting innovation to Hawaii.
Both chambers approved separate bills providing low-cost loans to help people afford green infrastructure equipment.
Although both the Hawaii House and Senate are dominated by Democrats, not all of Abercrombie's proposals have survived.
The House on Tuesday opted against advancing a highly debated bill adding a fee to single-use checkout bags. Another proposal to tax sugary drinks failed earlier this session.


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- Eat excellent Japanese food: Experience the pleasures of okonomiyaki at Aki, one of the many Japanese restaurants and noodle shops lining rue Ste-Anne, just off the boulevard de l'Opéra.
- Watch weavers make tapestries: At the Manufacture des Gobelins, you can take a tour and see skilled artists at their giant looms creating magnificent woven works.
- Sip mint tea in a Moroccan tearoom: Dream you're in the Kasbah at the tearoom at the Mosquée de Paris, which is covered in beautiful mosaic tiles.
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Rewards systems for autistic children, how do these work?
Autistic children are often not motivated by the same things neurotypical children may be motivated by. They also tend to have a very low frustration threshold in certain circumstances, like a noisy classroom. The goal for a child on the spectrum is to help them learn coping techniques so they can be successful in all areas.
Rewards systems are truly excellent for this purpose. Different kids work with different children so it's something you need to play around with. Some kids love sticker charts, others like earning tokens to turn in for a prize. You would do best to figure out how frequently they need to positive reinforcement (with some kids it's very frequent). The goal should be to move the reinforcement to longer lengths of time as the child learns coping techniques and begins to implement them.


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Dwayne Johnson was battling hernia when pal Walker died
Paul Walker's death came at a terrible time for his Fast & Furious franchise co-star Dwayne Johnson, because the hulking action man was nursing a painful hernia when he got the awful news of the tragic actor's car crash. Johnson was preparing for surgery on his groin last November (13) after telling his Hercules director Brett Ratner he'd have to hold up the shoot when he got the bad news.
The Pain & Gain star tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I came in for a check-up and pulled my pants down, and the doctor goes, 'Oh! That's a hernia…' Your abdominal wall gets weak and your organs push through. The doctor said, 'You need to lie down', and slowly starts to push my intestines back in my stomach. He said, 'I would really recommend surgery'."
That news came just two weeks before he and Ratner were set to start filming the historic blockbuster in Hungary.
Ratner tells the publication, "You think automatically because he's (Johnson) a bodybuilder, he can do that stuff, but he had to get up at two or three in the morning, work out, eat 10 times a day. He had to drink tremendous fluids to keep hydrated. I was always worried about burning him out because it's hard to maintain that level of energy. The crazy part is, three weeks before we started shooting, he whips his groin muscle and gets a hernia."
Johnson returned to his adopted Florida to rest up, and days later he heard the shocking news that his pal Walker had died in a fiery car crash in California.
He recalls, "I was driving with (girlfriend) Lauren when she immediately turned very quiet and was looking at me, studying, wondering if I knew. I pulled over and looked at my messages and had a moment where I just caught my breath.
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Wireless Dog Fence is a revolutionary new concept that provides the safest, simplest form of pet containment ever. You plug in a transmitter somewhere inconspicuously in your home. It emits a radio signal around your home. Your pet wears a lightweight receiver collar which listens for the signal. While it's receiving the signal, your dog is free to run and play. When it approaches the boundary of the signal area, it receives a warning beep. If it continues, it receives a light static energy pulse which is startling but not harmful. With a little training that is simple and quick, your pet quickly learns its boundaries. Setting the boundaries of your yard takes only a few minutes by adjusting the range on the transmitter, from a radius of just a few feet to up to 90 feet.
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November 29, 2016 6:00 am
Are fantasy owners finally running on empty?
While home run totals have experienced a meteoric rise over the past two seasons, stolen bases have followed an inverse trend, especially during the last five years. Here's an oversimplification: After major-league teams swiped just 2,505 bases in 2015, the lowest single-season total since 1974, they managed just 2,537 thefts league-wide in 2016.
November 16, 2016 8:07 am
Just as we thought heading into the season, it was the Villar and Murphy show in the junior circuit.
Welcome to my annual look at retrospective player valuation here at Baseball Prospectus. Over the next few weeks, I will be writing a series of posts examining how players performed from a fantasy perspective in 2016. This is the third post in a series of six. The first two posts in the series focused on AL-only leagues, the next two shift their focus to NL-only, and the final two posts will examine mixed leagues.
Before I dig in, here is a brief description of the charts below.
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June 28, 2016 8:35 am
Can and should the Diamondbacks push forward with their three-year plan, or look to blow it up early?
The Diamondbacks lost 8-0 on Monday night. The game was in Arizona. The opponents were the lowly Phillies. From the ninth spot in their batting order, Philadelphia got two extra-base hits (doubles by pitcher Vince Velasquez and substitute left fielder Cody Asche). The Diamondbacks didn't manage any extra-base hits, from any place in the batting order. With the loss, they fell to 36-43. They're 13.5 games back of the Giants, and after hard-fought wins over good teams for both the Dodgers and Rockies, Arizona trails those teams by 6.5 and 2.5 games, respectively. The Dodgers, seven losses clear of the Diamondbacks, hold the second Wild Card spot in the NL, and four teams (including three who are demonstrably better than Arizona, in St. Louis, New York, and Pittsburgh) stand between the two clubs. We credit Arizona with Playoff Odds of roughly 2.5 percent. Things are bleak, for a team that had high hopes (however unfounded those hopes might have been).
Lately, it seems like we talk an awful lot about the dangers of getting caught in between. We want to see teams follow the Cardinals' model of excruciatingly patient investment in long-term success. We want to see teams follow the Rangers' model, blending a strong preference for high ceilings in amateur talent acquisition with an open checkbook and a taste for mammal blood. We want them to follow the Cubs' model, maybe most of all, forsaking slow slogs through seasons of 75 and 76 and 79 wins for ones much more miserable, with the end goal of building a truly special something, instead of just trying to get back into the mix.
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August 18, 2015 6:00 am
How two of the best hitters in baseball make their swings work.
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November 10, 2014 6:00 am
The longest long balls of the season are broken down.
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March 19, 2014 6:00 am
The top four picks in redraft leagues are relatively clear-cut, but whom should you target if your selection is just outside that tier?
Depending on what you value, there's a distinct separation in 12-team 5x5 draft formats when it comes to the fifth pick. Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt,and Andrew McCutchen all deserve to go in the no. 1-4 spots, and I don't think there can be much debate on that. The big question facing owners picking fifth is a value-based one. I was handed the no. 5 pick in a home league, so let's take a look at some of the names that I thought about taking there. (Note: I'm concentrating solely on 12-team leagues, so your mileage may vary).
Clayton Kershaw
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March 7, 2014 9:26 am
The fantasy crew tries to peg the top 15 picks and predict breakouts from later picks.
We know from Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster that since 2004, there is a 36 percent success rate in the ADP projecting the top 15. The most in any one year is seven of 15; the least is four. With that in mind, I challenged the fantasy team to try to guess the top 15. In addition to their stab at the top 15, I had them give their answers on the following:
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February 10, 2014 6:00 am
Our first snake-style mock of the spring, with 15 teams and 23 rounds.
On Thursday evening, we hosted our first mock draft with a 15-person group of industry folks going 23 rounds deep to fill out a standard roster of C, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, CI, MI, 5 OF, DH, and 9 P of any kind. Couch Managers hosted the event. I randomized the draft order just before game time and here's how it came out:
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January 23, 2014 6:00 am
Paul Goldschmidt leads off this list of the best long-term assets at the position heading into 2014.
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First base is the place you need to get offense these days if you want to compete, and after a strong first ten or so names, the rest of the options can get a little more dicey than you'd like to see. It's not a particularly strong pipeline for prospects, but that's not terribly uncommon for the position—the pipeline is often just as wide for players who have defensive deficiencies than it has been for strict first base prospects in the last decade or so. That won't be any different in 2015, when Miguel Cabrera and Joe Mauer join the fold.
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January 22, 2014 6:00 am
A fantasy-based look at how this position stacks up through 2016.
Everyone in fantasy sports loves the look-ahead. Even in the throes of a pennant race, you can fire up a conversation about next year's first round and it will go on for an hour. With that in mind, the BP fantasy team will be taking a long view look at every position this offseason with three-year rankings (composite value at the position over the next three seasons). We continue our way around the diamond with first basemen today! First base is the storage locker for bad defenders who can hit, especially in the NL where there is no DH. The position is almost always adding staff, but their value at the position is mitigated until they're done qualifying elsewhere.
For example, you would be insane to use a primary-catcher first-base-eligible asset anywhere but catcher. In no circumstance are they worth more playing first base, and if you carry two such assets and put one at first base, you're not only robbing the value of this asset, but you're also putting yourself behind in the counting categories of first base to teams who have full-time first basemen in their lineup. At any other position (though predominantly 3B and OF), they are never more valuable at first base. You could use them there in a pinch, but just like with the catcher, you're sapping the value of the asset.
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January 21, 2014 6:00 am
Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Davis lead the way, but there are plenty of power bats in the middle and lower tiers.
This series began last week with a look at the catchers. Today, our positional tier rankings series continues with a look at first base.
Players at each position are divided into five tiers, represented by a numerical star rating. Five-star players are the studs at their respective position. In general, they are the players that will be nabbed in the first couple of rounds of the draft, and they'll fetch auction bids in excess of $30. Four-star players are a cut below the studs at the position. They will also be early-round selections, and they are projected to be worth more than $20 in most cases. Three-star players are the last tier in which players are projected to provide double-digit dollar value in auctions, and two-star players are projected to earn single digits in dollar value in auctions. One-star players are late round sleepers and roster placeholders. The positional tiers aren't simply a regurgitation of last year's values but rather try to offer some insights into what we expect will happen in 2014.
We retained last year's roster requirements for the positional tier series. Dollar values come from last year's PFM using a 12-team, standard 5x5 scoring format, with 23-man rosters and the following positions: C (2) 1B (1) 2B (1) 3B (1) SS (1) CI (1) MI (1) OF (5) UT (1) P (9). The minimum bid for players is $1, and, as we did last year, we allocate $180 of a $260 budget to hitters. Players needed to play in 20 games at a position to qualify there. The PFM is customizable, so if your league uses a different format, you can adjust it to match your league settings and see how it impacts players' dollar values.
Players with multi-position eligibility are listed at the position where it is most likely they would start in a standard fantasy league. Buster Posey and Carlos Santana both have eligibility at catcher and first base but are not included in this part of the series for this reason. While there are unique situations where a fantasy owner might start Posey or Santana at first, these situations are the exception and not the rule.
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January 21, 2014 6:00 am
Craig examines the strategies you should employ when filling this premium offensive position, and what it might look like down the road.
First base is always an interesting position, especially for those of us who are in dynasty leagues (or just into prospects) because it lacks the high-end prospects in the minors but manages to maintain a huge portion of value in fantasy. Because of the depth that the position picks up at the major-league level, thanks mainly to position changes, the strategy it sees can actually be similar to the one Bret mentioned in the State of the Position: Catchers writeup, in that many people will go into a draft planning on passing until the later rounds. With catchers, this can be because at some point, all that's left are similarly (but poorly) skilled players, so it just doesn't matter who you end up with. It's different at first base in that, while there are elite talents at the top, the depth of the position provides some cushion for those who choose to draft/spend elsewhere early on.
That depth is the defining aspect to the position. While outfield may rival first base for its depth, it also has between 3-5 positions to fill, depending on the league, while first base only has the one (though CI is also filled by 1B-eligible players). The top of the depth chart at first base appears more muddled than ever, with Chris Davis the reigning king thanks to his power explosion in 2014. Still, Paul Goldschmidt might be the better investment thanks to a steadier track record and impressive versatility (he led all first baseman with 15 stolen bases). We've seen Eric Hosmer and Brandon Belt finally, hopefully, solidify themselves reliable first-base options with upside, adding talent to what has become a very robust middle tier.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday June 27th, arraigned two women, Nneka Okechukwu, a former Head of Business development at Heritage Bank and Nkiru Celine Okoro, an ex-employee of C. N. Ukachukwu and Sons Ltd, at a Lagos High Court for allegedly stealing and selling a dead man's shares worth N119, 798,253.61.
The prosecutor, Miss Elizabeth Oyedotun, told the presiding judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, that the duo committed the offences in 2013 in Lagos. "Sometime in 2013, the defendants dishonestly converted to their own use N63,028,785.32 million and N20,000,000 million, being proceeds of the sale of shares of blue chip companies, property of Ukachukwu.
In July 30, 2013, the defendants converted N33, 736,846 million to their own use being proceeds of sale of some units of shares of Nigerian Breweries (NB), property of the estate of the late Ukachukwu. Other shares from First Bank (N277, 000), UACN (140,789.59), United Bank for Africa (UBA) – N1, 453,657.75, Union Bank (N81, 186.04) and African Prudential Bank (N1, 079,988.91) were also allegedly converted by the duo". Okechukwu is alleged to have "forged the Heritage Capital Markets Limited letter dated December 16, 2013 captioned "Renegotiated outstanding" addressed to the Executor/Justice P. C. Onumajulu (retd)." while Okoro, on her part allegedly forged several C. N. Ukachukwu and Sons Ltd board resolutions purporting them to have been signed by the firm's managing director, two directors and herself as company secretary.
The suspects pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor urged the court to remand them in prison custody but the judge ruled that they should continue to enjoy the administrative bail granted them by EFCC. Ruling on the case comes up on Thursday June 30th.


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Oh and Denise did you tell them to keep their documents in titanium vaults with Thetan detectors installed? . Seems other European countries had trouble regarding that in the past.
Oh and Denise did you tell them to keep their documents in titanium vaults with Thetan detectors installed? . Seems other European countries had trouble regarding that in the past.
Here is a Belgian television report in French with English subtitles added. The original report aired on December 28, 2012 on the RTBF network.
Source: Des poursuites contre la scientologie
December 28, 2012
Anchorman: The Church of Scientology is facing prosecution. The Belgian branch of this organization, which is considered sectarian in Belgium, has been criminally indicted. The church is accused of fraud and the illegal practice of medicine. It is explicitly suspected of being a criminal organization. Quentin Warlop reports.
Journalist (Quentin Warlop): The Church of Scientology of Belgium is now facing judicial prosecution following an investigation concerning the Belgian branch of this American organization and two of its\Ntop officials. The accusations are clear: Illegal practice of the art of healing, fraud, extortion, forgery and use of false documents, breach of privacy, and being a criminal organization.
In reality, all began in 2008. A complaint was filed. Judge Michel Claise headed the investigation, and raids were conducted in April 2008.
The complaint alleged that the Church of Scientology offered false employment contracts. At that time, Chadia was unemployed\Nand was searching for a job. She answered a want ad, convinced that it was for a paying job. She was soon disillusioned.
Want ad: "Non-profit association seeks admin assistant; training provided, no experience required.
Chadia Moussaoui They talked instead about becoming a member, adopting their way of seeing things, etc. I can't repeat it by heart. I read it in 30 seconds. Instead, it was a contract, I read: "from 2 and a half to 5 years" for becoming a member of the Church of Scientology.
Journalist: The accusations are specific. But the Church of Scientology's European office is projecting an image of serenity.
Agnès Bron: Attacks against religion have existed for a very, very long time, except that they used to cast us into the lions' den. Today, they haul us into courts of law. That's the only difference.
Journalist: Except that Scientology is not\Nconsidered a religion in Belgium and remains a controversial organization in this country.
Alain Stoffen knows it well. He is a piano teacher who used to be a Scientologist, but he now denounces its methods.
Alain Stoffen: I was invited to Copenhagen for counseling that would guarantee the growth of my creativity. Without my realizing it, I underwent a process of depersonalization and destructuring that, as I wrote in my book, turned me into a consenting victim of my own mental rape. When I left for Copenhagen, I was doing really well. I was in top shape. When I returned 5 weeks later, I was completely destroyed.
Journalist: In March 2013, the case will be introduced before the Council Chamber. The prosecutor's office is seeking to have the persons indicted in this case tried in a correctional court.
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Just posted a report at Infinite Complacency.
Thanks once again to mnql1 for the invaluable media trawl.
Federal prosecutors in Belgium have charged Scientology's
Belgian operation and two leading executives with fraud and
extortion among other offences. And it looks like they have
learned from the Paris convictions.
Jonny Jacobsen
Story is being picked up by other news organizations
Belgium's public prosecutors have decided to prosecute the Church of Scientology in Belgium as a criminal organisation.
Belgian media reports Friday said the organisation and several of its members face charges of extortion, fraud, and illegal practice of medicine.
The Atlantic Wire and Huffington Post are also covering it.
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."
-Noam Chomsky
The judge who investigated this case, Michel Claise, specializes in white collar crime.
Born in 1956, Michel Claise was a lawyer for twenty years, and he is also the author of six novels (in French):
Salle des pas perdus, 2006 Faux et usages de faux, 2008 Le forain, 2008
Les années paix, 2010 Souvenirs du rif, 2011 Larmes du crime, 2011
His first novel, Salle des pas perdus ("The Concourse"), was published in 2006 and is about Belgium during World War II. In 2010, he published a sequel set in post-war era Belgium, Les années paix ("The Peace Years"). His 2008 novel Le forain ("The Carny") exposes various fraud schemes and depicts the daily realities of a police fraud squad saddled with a lack of resources. Descriptions of this detective thriller say that it successfully underscores the scope of financial fraud and the lack of general awareness about its dramatic impact on society.
As the cult itself makes quite clear, it must persevere with the criminal activity exactly as laid down by LRH.
And once again it has done CoS no good at all to embrace local politicians. I believe the Vlaamse Belang (a neo-fascist party) has not done well in recent elections and the political fortunes of the cult have no doubt gone down with it.
PS If Scientology HQ has moved from Brussels to Mecheln, as I think I read somewhere here, what is the building at 100-103 Boulevard Waterloo, Brussels? It is near the Palais de Justice and so handy for court hearings but otherwise rather isolated on the inner ring road, very little pedestrian traffic. Google call it an Information Centre for Scientology.
They no doubt imagine it is useful to have a propaganda centre near the seat of power (as they now also have in Washington) but it equally opens them up to a lot of unfriendly scrutiny.
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In January 2013 CoS claimed to have more than 11,000 centres in 167 nations.
From their own websites, they had 465 'churches' in 60 countries.
Have updated the piece at Infinite Complacency with a reply
I received from Arnaud Palisson to my email asking him which
case he offered advice on.
Compare this Belgian response to a complaint over a fraudulent job advertisement with the Australian Fair Work Ombudsman's response to a minor required to work 72 hours and scrub dumpsters with a toothbrush at two in the morning. Just sayin'....
Edit: (Although to be fair the Australian Parliament is in the process of changing the labour laws)
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Translation of a French article posted on December 29, 2012 on the website of La Libre Belgique:
Létau se resserre sur la Scientologie
Vice tightening on Scientology
Saturday, December 29, 2012
The Federal Prosecutor's Office wants the Church of Scientology put on trial.
The organization has the scent of sulfur. It is considered a religion in some countries, like the United States, and a cult in other countries, such as France. It has few members in Belgium, a few hundred at most, while claiming more than ten million worldwide. Its most famous member is actor Tom Cruise, who is rumored to hold an important position in the organization founded in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
But Belgium is an anchor point for the Church of Scientology. Its European headquarters are in Brussels, strategically located in the heart of Europe where lobbying is intense.
The Church of Scientology may have to defend itself in the Brussels correctional court if the Federal Prosecutor's Office succeeds in obtaining a trial. As was revealed on Friday in De Tijd, subpoenas have been sent requiring the Church of Scientology to argue this question at the Council Chamber in Brussels. The first hearing is scheduled for March 2013. The debates promise to be long. By deciding whether or not to send the case to court, the Council Chamber will provide a signal about the focus of the prosecution and the strength of the accusations. If a trial is ordered, it will not be for several years.
The case was opened in 2007 as a result of information forwarded by Actiris, the Brussels regional employment office. The Church of Scientology, registered as a non-profit association and based in Uccle, advertised as employment opportunities what in fact were only unpaid jobs.
The case was assigned to investigating judge Michel Claise, who then issued search warrants. The investigation also led to the discovery of other elements. The charges that emerged are fraud, extortion, violations of privacy laws, the illegal practice of medicine, and operating a criminal organization. The Federal Prosecutor's Office has summoned the Church of Scientology and two of its officials in Belgium to appear before the Council Chamber.
This is not the only currently open case against the Church of Scientology. In 1997, some former members filed complaints. The information collected by investigating judge Jean-Claude Van Espen fills 74 folders containing thousands of pages. Judge Van Espen ordered searches in 1999. The Federal Prosecutor's Office drew up an indictment recommending a trial in correctional court for twelve individuals and two legal entities: the Church of Scientology of Belgium and Scientology's "Office of Human Rights," a direct offshoot of this wealthy multinational's parent organization.
The 2007 case does not mention anything about cults or gurus. The allegations are based on the same common law offenses as the first case. The charge of extortion stems from fines that followers must pay in certain circumstances, while the fraud charge is related to the sale of courses with no real value and of overvalued E-meters. The alleged violations of privacy concern the keeping of files in which extremely intimate details about members are recorded.
The first case was supposed to be examined by the Council Chamber in 2009, but it was "put in the fridge" until the second case was ready. The two cases should eventually be combined.
Officially, all of this does not worry the Church of Scientology, whose spokeswoman repeated yesterday that these accusations have already been adjudicated in other countries and that the result has been the expansion of Scientology. This, even though the Church of Scientology was convicted in Paris last February and fined a total of 600,000 euros. In the French court case, the Church of Scientology was accused of profiting from the vulnerability of its followers to extract large sums from them.


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My dryer is having trouble heating up, or heating at all. Based on what your site is saying it may be the thermostat with the thermal fuse. Does that sound right, and is this what I need to make the repair?
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I am getting no heat but i have continuity and the heating coils have voltage.
Hi Micha, we recommend first disconnecting the wires to the heater and checking them for 240 volts across both. If you do not have the 240, you need to find where you are losing the rest. I hope this helps.
What is wiring order for this repair?
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When reconnecting the wires to the cutoff part on the heating element as well as adjacent parts does it matter which terminal the 2 wires going to each part are connected to?
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Thank you for your inquiry. Yes, I believe that it does matter. For the thermostat that is at the bottom near the heating element prongs, the jumper wire is supposed to connect to the left hand side element prong and the bottom prong of the thermostat. For the thermal fuse, you should have two wires separated by a strap that holds the whole harness together. The top wire should snap into the top prong of the fuse, and the wire underneath the strap snaps into the bottom prong of your fuse. I hope that helps. Good luck with your repair.
My dryer won't dry clothes, and it runs continually, i am wondering if it would be a thermostat or the heating element? How would i go about diagnosing the problem? Thank you!
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Dryer runs, but no heat have tested everything? I am getting 240 at back of machine but only about 5-8 at wires going into heater coil. Any ideas? All other components have continuity. Am i testing correctly for voltage to heater coil?
Hello David, thank you for contacting us. It may not be the heating element. There is a High-Limit Thermostat and an Operating Thermostat. If either of these are faulty they can cause the heating element to not heat up. They can be tested as well with a multimeter. Hope this helps!
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I first unplugged the dryer and pulled it away from the wall. I had to remove the vent tubing to gain access to the rear of the unit, then removed the screws on the back panel of the dryer. I took off the panel and noticed that lint that had gathered over the years around the back of the dryer. I vacuumed it clean then proceeded to problem solve. I noticed four easily identifiable areas, the thermal cut-off switch and thermostat located by the heating coil and the thermostat and fuse near the venting area. I first checked the fuse with a ohm meter, it was okay. I removed each component one at a time and created a bypass with a alligator clip wire. Plugged the dryer back in to determine if heat was produced while testing each area one at a time. I determined that heat was produced after bypassing the thermal cut-off switch. I then ordered the thermal cut-off switch kit (arrived within 3 days) and installed it within 20 minutes. The longest time spent was trouble shooting, the removal and installation was very easy. By the way, I did use the ohm meter to check the resistance across the thermostats as indicated in previous postings, but I found the results and technique to be more confusing. A bypass worked the best for me and much more reliable. The heat started immediately. I highly recommend downloading the schematics of your unit for part number and location identification.
Disconnected the power ,removed back.Removed the upper thermostat in the heat chamber and replaced. This is the last item to replace as per your recommended list on the trouble shooting page..Very happy to say that the dryer is heating again.See my previous posts,for the parts that I heve replaced.Thanks.
The video was the key. I don't know if it is your site, but some site had step by step video instructions making a relatively easy job out of a complicated one.
all sensors/fuses were measuring open at room temperature with an ohmmeter.Called Whirlpool for drawing and install and got nothing.Found nice video on you tube.Unscrewed and replaced each device one by one.The terminal mod went exactly as portrayed.Owner pleased.
Initially I incorrectly diagnosed the problem... Make sure to test the continuity in all thermostats and heating element to identify which part is not working. Easiest way is to use a meter with an audible ohm continuity setting. Test the continuity on all thermostats/fuses, and element. If there is no continuity chances are that is it.Good luck!
The repair itself was easy however testing the components was not easy. I first just guessed and replaced the start switch. when that did not work I did some more research and bought a multimeter. I did not buy a meter that tested for continuity so I did more research and found that if I set it on ohms and if the meter went to 0 the component is good if it went to anything else the component is bad. Any way I bought the thermal fuse and the thermostat kit. the part for the fuse was correct but only 1 thermostat in the kit I bought was correct. as soon as I put the fuse in the dryer immiediately started.I know it is reccommended to replace the thermostat too even if it reads good because it could be going bad but I left the old one in because even after opening the door with the timer on the heating element would stay on with the new thermostat so I was aprehensive about leaving the new one in and took it out and put the old one back. well two days later the dryer would not start again. I have tested all of the thermostats and they are all good except the one so I replaced it with one I got in the kit and had to order a new thermal fuse. I am hopping that I will get it right this time. I am into this repair about 80 dollars 1 new start switch I did not need 10$. the thermostat kit 20$ and I only used 1 out of the 2 because the second one is not compatible. 2 thermal fuses now 20$ A multimeter 20$. plus shipping costs. I still feel like I have saved 75 to 100 dollars and now I know more about how to repair a dryer. I think that once I get the new fuse It will start. I hope this helps all of those out there trying to save a dollar. I recommend buying a multimeter that tests for continuity so that you can test all of the components with ease. It is hard to be sure about what you are testing and trust what yourself after reading the information on line. If I had to do this over again I would have just bought the 1 thermostat I needed and the fuse and trusted that I really needed to replace that stat because putting that dryer vent back on is going to worse than the repair. Good luck to all.
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