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|March 27, 2011, 12:55 AM
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The Browning X-Bolt
So in my previous thread "Flattest Shooting" I was welcomed into this community and got a lot of opinions and useful info on various calibers, their trajectories, bullet impact power, and value-per-shot. A self-considered amateur hunter/target shooter, the thread (along with a little advice from Dad haha) has led me to the rock solid choice of the .270 Winchester caliber meeting most all of my hunting/targeting needs. Next up was to find a gun that chambers it (easy to do there), and although I'm sure there are other great .270 guns out there, I grew up with a Browning A-bolt my Dad had, and I just feel accustomed to the design and feel.
Interestingly though, the introduction of the quasi-new X-bolt model has caught my attention, what with the improved recoil pad, bolt safety system, detachable magazine, and other neat little tweaks. The only thing that has roadblocked a purchase (besides an immediate slight lack of funds, working on solving that problem over the summer with a little part-time money) is the 3 or 4 options Browning offers. There's the medallion (the model my Dad uses, very very pretty high gloss), the hunter (also pretty, satin finish on stock), the stalker (composite stock and blued barrel), and the white gold (completely out of my price range!).
The question I pose to you all, given the fact that I will most likely be using this rifle for the rest of my life, what kind of finish/material would suit me best in the long run? I'm wanting to get really good at target shooting, in effect long-range hunting, so I need something that will take a lot of abuse. I'm not too overly concerned about the "prettiness" of the gun, but more for function. With that in mind I believe the composite "stalker" variation will suit me the best. Thoughts?
***EDIT***So do you all have any ideas where I could find a used .270 Stalker/Hunter X-Bolt besides Gunbroker and GunsAmerica?
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|March 27, 2011, 05:10 AM
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I would go with the Stalker also but in the stainless version. I have 2 stainless stalker A bolts and one in the X bolt. I have quite a few hunting rifles in both synthetic and wood that I switch back and forth in using. My stainless stalkers are usually my go to rifles unless I'm goin to be sitting in a deer blind or high rack. I'm a little paranoid about dinging up my wood stocks.
|March 27, 2011, 08:12 AM
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The synthetic stock on the Brownings is the best I've seen on any rifle. I just like the feel of it, its non-slip, you don't worry about dings. The X-bolt is also a big winner for Browning. They took all the "wish for" items on the A-bolt and put them into the X-bolt. Go with the X-bolt synthetic and you won't look back. I'm a .308 devotee but .270 is none too shabby either. Happy hunting.
|March 27, 2011, 09:50 AM
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While I myself am currently shopping for a high-grade wood-stock "beautiful" rifle, and the X-Bolt is among the items I've looked at, I would recommend going synthetic on your first rifle. If this is the rifle you intend to USE most often, both at the range and in the field, you'll get more value out of the synthetic, IMHO. No worries about scratching and denting that beutiful finish, no worries about temperature/humidity/rain/snow/etc effecting accuracy from wood warping or expanding or contracting.
Besides, if you are like most you'll eventually find that one rifle isn't enough, and you can always add a nicer wood stock gun later!
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|March 27, 2011, 10:00 AM
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So in your alls opinion, what makes a stainless barrel better than a blued barrel? Or is it just a matter of taste in aesthetics rather than design?
|March 27, 2011, 11:17 AM
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It is only natural for each of us to profess the virtues of the gun that we personally like best. I am no exception. I own both an a-bolt and an x-bolt. I like the x-bolt better. I like everything about the gun, it's weight, the stainless, the dura touch stock, the tang safety, the adjustable factory trigger, the composite magazine, etc. The gun "fits" my body physically and my taste personally. I have nothing but praise for the gun. If you shop it, you can find a very reasonable price on any version for what all you are getting for your money. I have wood stocked rifles and I think they hinder my hunting because I am conscious of banging them up, which IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU HUNT WITH THEM. This is the reason folks are recommending the ss/synthetic versions to you. In my view, it is the best way to go. Stainless is much more resistant to rust and synthetic does not expand and contract with humidity. The thought I would throw out to you is to look for a used one. Better value and you may end up with a nicely scoped rifle for the cost of the gun alone if purchased new. I would also throw a wrench into your choice of caliber by suggesting a 7mm-08. The ballisitics are great and the caliber has enough power for anything you will realistically hunt. In addition, the recoil is relatively mild and you may shoot it more because it is not at all uncomfortable to shoot. The more you shoot, the better acquainted you become with your rifle and the more proficient and confidant you become in your shooting abilities. You have made a great decision to purchase an x-bolt and you will not regret it. Alot of bang for the buck! If Browning would wake up and produce an x-bolt in 260 rem, I would be happy to purchase the first one! Sounds like you're figuring it out and this site is a great resource to come back to as you progress. Good luck and stay safe!
|March 27, 2011, 01:04 PM
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Since you are going to use it for hunting I would go with the stalker or hunter. Because you will end up banging it up and scratching it over time. You might cringe a bit more if you booger up the cosmetics of the el primo model. Also if you plan on hunting in wet weather I would highly recommend the synthetic stock model. Moisture can wreak havoc on a nice wood stock. I personaly love wood stocks but live in western wa where it rains a lot so my main hunting rifle is stocked with ugly black composite. Thats just my 2 cents though. Make sure and pick something that is appealing to you. Thats more important because you will end up keeping it and taking good care of it.
|March 27, 2011, 02:07 PM
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In addition to the x-bolt models you mentioned, also available is the stainless stalker,stainless hunter and shot show special ss carbon fiber model.
|March 27, 2011, 02:47 PM
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okay cool, I'll probably go with the stalker then, in a stainless barrel if I can find one. problem is, these guns came out back in 2008, so they still are pretty new. I've been looking around on gunbroker and gunsamerica, and can't really find any used. I may have to shell out some more for a new one if I can't find one this summer! oh well.
|March 27, 2011, 05:18 PM
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I always check these guys because they tend to have good prices. They have it in stock too. http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...ducts_id/52611
|March 27, 2011, 05:55 PM
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The Stalker stocks are pretty awesome, but I've got to tell you that other stainless rifles in this price range (Win M70 Rem 700) can be had with Kevlar stocks. Other rifles with plastic stocks, though without the Stalker's excellent rubber coating, are several hundred dollars cheaper.
I only say this to give you options you might want to consider. If the X-Bolt is what you are set on then it is the only rifle you will be happy with. It's certainly a great rifle. I wish you the best of luck in getting the rifle you want.
|March 27, 2011, 06:16 PM
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@greasemonkey-they're actually the first people I looked at, they do have the best prices on new guns. after it all I'll probably be making a purchase from them because of the lack of used xbolts out there.
@rob3-I agree, there are others out there in the price range that fit the bill equally well. but the fact that I've always grown up with browning and remmington rifles has led me to the x-bolt. it's kind of like how Nikon and Canon users are, each loves their own camera because of how they learned to shoot, and doesn't buy much else just due to familiarity.
|March 27, 2011, 06:48 PM
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Nothing wrong with that. Brownings are great guns and the X-Bolts are beautiful rifles. Hope you get it this summer and have a chance to hunt with it in the fall.
|March 27, 2011, 08:01 PM
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@rob3- ^_^ thanks, I hope I can scrounge the funds together. I'm hoping this thing will last a lifetime for target shooting and hunting together. definitely getting the stalker blued though because it's cheaper (680 new from Bud's) than all the others, and my Dad has nothing but blued rifles and I see how he takes care of them and how pretty the blued finish looks after all the years he's owned guns.
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|August 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
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I personally own the xbolt micro in .308 and love it. I put a vx2 leupold on it and I have to say it's awesome. Cant go wrong with this gun. Idc what all those Remington guys say haha
|August 19, 2011, 10:47 PM
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If you live in a wet climate the stainless barrel may serve you slightly better.
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
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|August 19, 2011, 11:32 PM
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gotta love leopolds haha.
And no in Kentucky it's just humid. not really wet, but still. If money allows, stainless is the choice, but on a budget the blued should be fine.
|August 20, 2011, 09:41 AM
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So did you ever get one of these?
I personally prefer the Medallion, but not because it's a better rifle or anything, but just because I like the finish on the stock a lot better and I like the engraving on the receiver. If I was going to spend that much, I'd spend the extra and just get the medallion model. After all, since you said you will be using it your entire lifetime it's not that much more if you figure in what it will cost you over your life.
The Hunter is a nice rifle, but I just don't like it nearly as much as the Medallion based on looks.
You also have to consider that the Medallion will also have a higher resale value, so should you ever go to sell it you will probably get more from it.
|August 21, 2011, 12:03 AM
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not yet, but I believe I have decided to go with the stainless stalker variant. although I do love the looks of the wood stocks, I'm more of a function-over-form kind of guy, and resale value is kind of silly considering I probably wont be getting rid of the guns I get. good tip though, thanks!
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Now a days Web Design Job is the most growing field then other job fields. What is our opinion about this?
I can't say for certain because I don't have the stats. But, given how important the Web continues to be and that just about every business, big and small, NEED a website and finally, 99% of websites need to be updated on a regular basis, I tend to think that the field has a lot of growth potential ... around the world.
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I agree web design/development is a very popular industry and is getting larger. I graduated in 2008 and apart from a couple of small contracts and an internship i am finding it hard to find work. The area i live in just dose not seem to have many jobs in this industry and i cannot relocate as i have a family. At the moment if any jobs do come up you seem to be fighting another 100+ applicants for the job. At the current rate i feel this industry will become far to over populated. Does anyone have any advice on how to find work or i am the only one in this situation.
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Now not to be patronizing, but all you saying what a great future web design has, how old are you? Old enough to have been in the field 10 or more years ago? Does "Dot Com Crash" mean anything to you? I recently used the term with a young IT person who asked what I meant.
In the 90's, computers jobs / web design / web industry was the future industry, the best job available, golden era... a lot of what you are all calling it in this post.
Then around say, Nov. 2000, the bubble burst. Before that developers were well paid, they were getting offers of cars and houses to work for companies. But at the end of 2000, web companies / web sites were going belly up like fish in a chemical spill. I graduated my web training (which I got into because it was such a growing industry) in Dec. 2000. We were all earmarked for a company tied to the school. The company died before we were hired. Of 25 students, 1 was hired as a web designer, a few of us made it a while with freelance work, the rest went back to their old jobs when they could not get jobs.
One company decided to hire me... then corporate filed bankruptcy, a second company chose me to hire but corporate slammed them with a hiring freeze that lasted two years last I heard.
The one fellow I said who was hired? He was hired into the largest web design company in Berlin, well over 150 designers. Then he was on the street and they had 70, then around 25, in 2003 they had 12.
So when I hear people drooling about the golden future of web design, I wonder if history will repeat itself. The Dot Com Crash of 2000 was paramount to the original wall street crash, now we had another the last few years... so when you look to the bright side of web design, don't forget the past and take it with a grain of salt. If you get a good job, go for it... but don't put all your eggs in one basket... nothing lasts forever and what follows a golden age is generally a dark age until things turn around.
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The other problem is the web is expanding into the realm of the mobile phone, and next the tablet pc. They do have browsers but now you have to optimize your design for these new environments. I believe that the demand is going to move more towards application development than webdesign. Because the business needs to go to where the customers are. We all know that by next year the prices of these tablets and other handheld net devices are going to drop, and wimax networks are expanding nationally (in the US) through Clearwire and the other telecoms.
So the demand for webdesigners may be increasing, but as sarina28 mentioned it is better to have those skills as part of your toolset than rely on the growing demand. Because we are way beyond the golden ages of receiving a $100,000 salary for knowing HTML. It would seem that the effects of moore's law has other far reaching consequences. As processing speeds continue to double over a relatively short time, our knowledge as designers and developers needs to also grown to keep up with the changing market. Its no longer safe to just know html javascript and css as a designer, you need to pick up some templating knowledge also (smarty). Nor is it safe to just know php and msql, you better figure out how to use cake or zendframework or pear and add prototype and scriptalicius to that tool-set also.
What I am saying is, things are getting very complicated very quickly. And employers don't really know what they need so i don't know if that growing demand is necessarily beneficial to us or the clients.
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It's true That it's a growing fields, but when I'm (as a designer) seeking job online is too tough to reach perfect bid on this projects ...
I've well skill on graphic design but as a freelancer I need more project....then leave the web design company service....
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SANTA CRUZ -- New business owners are helping fill empty spaces in Santa Cruz and Mid-County.
"For retail, you have to think about location and price," said Julie Odron, 26, who with her mother Kelly opened Skatter, a home decor shop with a mix of vintage and new at 150 Walnut Ave. in Plaza de la Cruz.
Muctarr Sowe, originally from Senegal, opened African Rising Roots, selling drums, baskets and dance attire mostly from West Africa, across the street at 185 Walnut Ave., a space he and his wife could afford.
Erin Davidson, 29, opened Vanity Beauty Parlour with her mom Geri at 2703 41st Ave. in Soquel and giving it a vintage style.
"We liked this area," Geri Davidson said. "The rates were reasonable."
All three opened last year, choosing small spaces less than 1,000 square feet.
All three are in the central submarket comprising Santa Cruz and Mid-County, which has a 3 percent shopping center vacancy rate, the lowest in the county.
At year's end, the countywide vacancy rate dipped to 3.9 percent. In 2010, after the economic free-fall, vacancy was close to 8 percent.
Terranomics, which tracks retail property locally, said the fourth quarter represented "the market's best performance of the year" with occupancy growth of 15,000 square feet, about the size of Walgreens that opened at 125 Laurel St.
Santa Cruz County saw leasing activity for 119,000 square feet in 2012 compared to 238,000 square feet of gross absorption -- change in occupied space -- the year before. Compare those numbers to the 4.5 million square feet of shopping center space.
The low deal activity is related to the low vacancy rate.
"There is simply little left in the way of premium shopping center space available for those retailers who would like to expand," according to Terranomics, noting there is "no new product currently in the development pipeline."
Though demands for retailer space are up, "they are still not in the place that would warrant wholly speculative shopping center development," in Terranomics' view.
The building the Davidsons chose is new, put up by brothers Brian and Kevin Dueck. Their architect Matthew Thompson said business owners were looking for 1,200-square-foot spaces. The Duecks downsized the tenant spaces to make them more affordable.
Designer Seana Norvell is impressed with how Erin Davidson and her mother created a "stunning" look for the salon with recycled materials.
It "feels like you're at a retreat," Norvell said.
Local resident Peter Nurkse, who has a tech background, describes the exuberant colors and designs at African Rising Roots as inspirational and humbling.
"You could say this store is testimony to the indomitable human spirit," he said.
Odron, who had helped her mother at an antique co-op in Soquel, is happy with her 750-square-foot location, noting people often discover Skatter while walking to the farmers market.
She hunts for antiques at barn sales in Corralitos, buys American-made products from smaller companies, and picks out imports like hand-painted dishes from England.
"We try to have unique things," she said.
She notices larger spaces, like the former Shoreline Beauty School, remain vacant, as does the former Vault Gallery on Pacific Avenue.
It'Sugar, a novelty candy retailer with locations in Miami and Dubai, opened after Thanksgiving at 1308 Pacific Ave. in the Cooper House. Terranomics considers that office space with ground-floor retail.
Terranomics said larger transactions in 2012 included:
Follow Sentinel reporter Jondi Gumz on Twitter at Twitter.com/jondigumz
At a glance
Shopping Center Vacancy
Submarket Q4 Vacancy rate Average asking rate triple net
Central* 3.0% $22.77 sf
North** 4.8% $22.53 sf
South*** 5.3% $17.23 sf
* Capitola, Soquel, Aptos, Santa Cruz; ** Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley; ***Watsonville and surrounding area
SOURCE: Terranomics
Editor's Note: Skatter is at 150 Walnut Ave. in Plaza de la Cruz. The location was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.


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The juxtaposition of the stratification by T. W. Rhys Davids (abbreviated as A) with the other one by B. C. Law (abbreviated as B) shows that their first two strata are completely identical. The third strata contain each 4 items of which the first three, namely, the Sīlas, the Pārāyaṇa, the Octades, the Pātimokkha are nearly identical, the difference is that A gives a sharper boundaries of denotation of the Pārāyaṇa and the Octades. The last item of this strata in A, i.e. the Pātimokkha is substituted by the Sikkhāpadas in B. That in the fourth strata the first position is occupied by the Dīgha Nikāya is partly agreed upon by the 2 scholars, B. C. Law drags the vol. ii and vol. iii of the Dīgha Nikāya which are followed by the Majjhima Nikāya down to the heading position of the next stratum, stratum 5. The Aṅguttara and the Saṃyutta succeeding the Majjhima Nikāya in the fourth strata replace each other in table B. B. C. Law adds to this level the earlier Pātimokkha code of 152 rules. In the fifth stratum both A and B are quite different: the first position is occupied as already mentioned by the Dīgha Nikāya ii and iii in B and by the Sutta Nipāta in A; the Thera- and Therī-gāthās follow up in both the tables; the Udānas and the Khuddakapāṭha in A are replaced by the Collection of 500 Jātakas, the Sutta Vibhaṅga, the Paṭisambhidāmagga, the Puggalapaññatti and the Vibhaṅga in B. From stratum 6 onward the 2 tables becomes easily seen to be totally different. When discussing each of the individual items we will be in touch with the stratification again.
Chronology of the Pali Canon
Bimala Churn Law, Ph.D., M.A., B.L.
Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Researchnstitute, Poona, pp.171-201
Rhys Davids in his Buddhist India (p. 188) has given a chronological table of Buddhist literature from the time of the Buddha to the time of Asoka which is as follows:--
1. The simple statements of Buddhist doctrine now found, in identical words, in paragraphs or verses recurring in all the books.
2. Episodes found, in identical words, in two or more of the existing books.
3. The Silas, the Parayana, the Octades, the Patimokkha.
4. The Digha, Majjhima, Anguttara, and Samyutta Nikayas.
5. The Sutta-Nipata, the Thera-and Theri-Gathas, the Udanas, and the Khuddaka Patha.
6. The Sutta Vibhanga, and Khandhkas.
7. The Jatakas and the Dhammapadas.
8. The Niddesa, the Itivuttakas and the Patisambbhida.
9. The Peta and Vimana-Vatthus, the Apadana, the Cariya-Pitaka, and the Buddha-Vamsa.
10. The Abhidhamma books; the last of which is the Katha-Vatthu, and the earliest probably the Puggala-Pannatti.
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Common-Sense CMMS: Combine Software and Handhelds
Kathy | January 1, 2005
A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is an essential operational and management tool for managing asset preservation, ensuring that production systems operate as required, and minimizing downtime. An effective CMMS should be able to support these functions by automating administrative tasks, as well as by gathering relevant information in order to perform these processes. A CMMS also needs to be able to manage a strategic plan for proper maintenance, replacement, and upgrade of major assets.
If you do not have a CMMS, should you be considering one? If your organization has a CMMS, are you optimizing its benefits and its return on your investment?
Why use a CMMS?
The primary purpose of a CMMS is to manage, capture, and track inspection, maintenance, and repair activities of an organization. In real terms, most CMMS solutions perform the basic function of providing work orders to cover repairs and maintenance of buildings, plant, and equipment. They provide a scheduling facility for maintenance for planned preventive work on maintainable assets. And they also generally collect costing details for the labor and materials related to the work performed.
However, advanced CMMS solutions also can improve many other aspects of daily activities, as well as provide the tools to understand and analyze maintenance and repair processes and trends. They can eliminate manual data entry; incorporate alerts, triggers, and escalation procedures; and shift the focus from unnecessary administrative tasks to performing maintenance activities. They also can assist in planning and predicting future needs, prolonging the life expectancy of assets, and managing processes.
Combining CMMS software with proven technologies such as handheld devices and personal digital assistants (PDAs) can substantially increase the realized benefits from a CMMS solution:
• Incorporate barcodes to increase accuracy and efficiencies
• Update information electronically, eliminating unnecessary paperwork and data entry
• Capture timestamps and signatures
• Provide maintenance personnel, engineers, and inspectors with electronic intelligent work orders
• Automatically track and manage inventories and timesheets
• Equip staff with easy-to-use tools that enable them to focus on their expertise and work activities, rather than on administrative tasks and paperwork.
Justifying the need
The first consideration in choosing a CMMS is whether to keep maintenance information in a computerized database. Some will say that it depends on the size of the organization and its assets. Others will say that it depends on the number and quality of staff available to resource the CMMS. Also there are those who would argue that it can all be done on paper.
Only a well-designed and easy-to-use CMMS solution can improve daily activities as well as index and sort through years of information related to the maintenance, cleaning, and strategic planning of buildings, plant, and equipment. In reality, regardless of the size of an organization, it needs to maintain a database of the work performed. Automation includes improvement of daily activities, automatic tracking of inventories, better work assignments, and shift of focus toward exceptions, not routine matters.
Breakdown maintenance
It could be that the entire maintenance plan is one of breakdown maintenance. Breakdown maintenance defers repairs and allows damage to accumulate, compounding an organization's problems. On the other hand, regularly scheduled equipment inspection and maintenance not only prevent sudden and unexpected equipment failure, but also reduce the overall cost of the building and equipment.
The management of these programs, in particular reporting their current status and future needs, requires a CMMS. Managing the operation of on-site maintenance staff and contractors is a daunting and difficult task; however, if there is a corresponding record in the CMMS then tracking and management is much easier.
Even if you are duplicating data that is in your contractor's CMMS, it is extremely important to have your own copy of data. The contractor may cease to exist and for the sake of future reference and reporting it is essential you have your own CMMS populated with your own data.
What should be captured?
Further consideration should be given to what information you want to keep, and, more importantly, what has to be kept.
In addition to manufacturers' specifications and management requirements, there are statutory requirements and regulations that impact this question including fire, health and safety, and environmental legislation.
Statutory requirements could be entered into a CMMS as a scheduled maintenance plan with labor, materials, and costs for projecting estimated future costs. By keeping a corresponding record in the CMMS and using the job number as a cross reference to the paper record, the organization is able to quickly report on the status of statutory work in preparation for annual signoffs and/or audits.
Those who have had workplace safety audits are aware that the first question asked is "Where are the maintenance records?" A maintenance plan that includes estimated costs can be compared with the actual costs to ensure the effectiveness in the cost of asset preservation.
Using PDAs
Additional considerations include the use of handheld devices. By extending the use of standard PDAs to business applications or using handheld devices with mobile-based operating systems, users can quickly improve their daily activities.
Handheld devices can verify data input, suggest possible outcomes to a task, suggest a course of action, or print a report. They also can automate specific processes, include information about assets and equipment, automate inventory cycle count processes, and provide easy-to-navigate functionalities, minimizing keystrokes and maximizing productivity.
Selection process
So how does one start looking for the right CMMS package?
• Look within your own organization and determine what is happening with the maintenance and inspection functions. Check if there is an existing maintenance program in place; check its functions and who manages the information-gathering process.
• Determine what maintenance is required to be performed on the building, plant, and equipment in the facility.
• Prepare a brief of the facility's minimum and optimum requirements for a CMMS, the resources to manage the database, and time frame for implementation.
• Research three to five providers. Have them present their product to assess the package in terms of ease of use, functionality, and ability to meet your requirements.
• Evaluate each proposal for specific CMMS functionalities:
–Does it address your specific requirements?
–Does it minimize unnecessary or duplicate data entry?
–Can it automate administrative tasks, reminders, and notifications of upcoming events?
–Does it have built-in dynamic escalation procedures?
–Can it incorporate inspections and other activities in the CMMS?
–Can it manage and track inventories?
–Is there an ability to collect requests for work to be done directly into the CMMS via electronic means such as PDAs or Web portals?
–Is there the ability to transfer work assignments to technicians via electronic means?
–What is its return on investment?
This is a simplistic approach to the selection process; however, it will give most managers a good starting guide to the selection of a CMMS.
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Benefits of Using Enhanced CMMS Solutions
• Guarantee that all required tasks and activities are completed on time.
• Incorporate various mechanisms to ensure execution of tasks, including auto- matic listing of activities, reminders, alerts, escalation procedures, and easy access to information.
• Improve reporting and analysis capabilities.
• Comply with health and safety regulations.
• Improve strategic and business planning and make informed decisions; ana- lyze records, needs, and patterns.
• Improve operational efficiencies.
• Increase productivity and profitability.
• Perform activities effectively; simplify repeatable tasks; provide staff with easy- to-use tools that focus on performing tasks.
• Allow staff to spend more time performing service activities and less time on paperwork and data entry.
• Identify trends and highlight potential problem areas.
• Improve controls and accountability, leading to better quality of work.
• Ensure that service is performed according to warranties, guidelines, and reg- ulations.
• Receive customized reports delivered to e-mail.
Additional benefits come with using handheld devices in comparison with manual or paper-based processes: minimizing errors, increasing accountability, and having the ability to quickly turn data into useful information.
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LIVONIA, Mich. - College seniors and alumni from Michigan's two-or-four year colleges will have a valuable opportunity to talk with prospective employers at the bi-annual Michigan Collegiate Job Fair on Friday.
This popular event, sponsored by Eastern Michigan University and supported by the Michigan Career Educator and Employer Alliance, is scheduled Friday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Burton Manor, 27777 Schoolcraft Rd. at I-96 in Livonia.
Prospective employees are encouraged to pre-register online before Nov. 13 for only $10. Walk-in registration is $15. An up-to date list of participating employers can be found at mcjf.org
The event is seeing a continued upswing in jobs, organizers say.
"The number of employers continues to rise, which shows that the job market is stronger, especially in the IT field," said Ebony Jones, senior corporate relations manager at Eastern Michigan University. "It's a chance to match employers with the right talent."
Jones notes that the greatest number of job openings at the fair will be in technology and engineering, followed by business. Other employers are looking to interview graduates in allied health, human services and the liberal arts.
"This is an excellent opportunity for graduating college seniors and recent alumni in Michigan to network with more than 125 employers from various industries with active job openings," Jones said.
Jones recommends candidates should dress appropriately, bring approximately 25 copies of their resume, and be prepared to discuss their skills.
She said that one new feature is the prep rooms.
"Candidates can get their resumes reviewed and learn how to approach employers," Jones said.
There also will be a booth on how to use Linkedin for networking.
New employers currently registered for the fair include: Ohio Business Machines, Semyung USA, Spiders Software Solutions LLC, Transportation Research Center, Unishippers Global Logistics LLC, and The University of Michigan Health System - Medical Center IT.
Other participants are eight State of Michigan agencies, four U.S. government agencies, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Masco Cabinetry, ProMedica Health System, Quicken Loans, Target, and Total Quality Logistics.
The Michigan Collegiate Job Fair is one of the largest and longest running job fair events in the state. More than 700 job candidates are expected to attend.
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Former heavy equipment operator becomes first Pennsylvanian to undergo minimally invasive surgery to implant heart pumpJanuary 20, 2014 12:00 AM
If major heart surgery is necessary, it helps to have good timing. That was the case with William Shoenberger, 59, of Dunbar Township, Fayette County, whose cardiologist now calls him Pioneer Man.
Initial health concerns arose in 2006 when Mr. Shoenberger had trouble walking his 14-acre farm with a logger. Further testing after an initial diagnosis of pneumonia revealed his heart to be nearly three times normal size and pumping at less than 10-percent efficiency.
After years of heart drugs, followed by implantation of a defibrillator and pacemaker, he was listed in April for a heart transplant. By October, UPMC cardiologist Jay K. Bhama recommended the implantation of a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, sooner rather than later, to bolster heart function while he awaited a new heart.
Then Mr. Shoenberger received especially good news as the time approached for surgery for someone whose love of the outdoors equals his distaste for hospital stays. Dr. Bhama offered him the opportunity to be the first Pennsylvanian -- one of a few dozen patients nationwide -- to undergo minimally invasive surgery to implant the LVAD. That would mean the typical three- to four-week hospital stay would be cut by half or even more. He'd also have much smaller scars.
"I wasn't nervous," Mr. Shoenberger said. "I was just glad I wouldn't be in the hospital too long,"
So it happened. On Nov. 30, Mr. Shoenberger was summoned to UPMC Presbyterian only three days after Dr. Bhama returned from Germany, where he was trained to perform the minimally invasive LVAD surgery.
"I heard they had a training program in Germany for minimally invasive LVAD, which I thought might be a great option for some of our patients," Dr. Bhama said, describing those needing the procedure as "the sickest of the sick." "If you can do the surgery with smaller incisions and quicker recovery, you might really help them in an important way, given that they are so sick when they come to see us."
After more than 10 hours of surgery on Dec. 3, Mr. Shoenberger awakened to the name of Pioneer Man.
The LVAD replaces the heart's most important function, with the left ventricle responsible for pumping oxygenated blood throughout the body after it arrives from the lungs. Traditional LVAD implantation required the surgeon to saw open the sternum from collarbone to just above the stomach to gain access to the heart.
The golf-ball-sized HeartWare device, resembling a small yo-yo with a smokestack rising from its center, is implanted into the left ventricle so blood entering the heart flows into the smokestack-like port. The rotor inside the device uses hydrodynamic and passive magnetic force to send a steady blood flow through a tubular graft to the aorta for transports body-wide. A thin electrical cord exits the skin to a control pack, powered by ion lithium batteries, that hangs from the belt or over the shoulder.
Mr. Shoenberger's surgery required only two small incisions, one in the upper sternum and another in the left side of the chest. Through these incisions, Dr. Bhama separated the smaller portion of ribs and upper sternum with a retractor to gain access to the heart. Each of the two incisions are one-third the length of the incision to open the entire chest.
Heart pumps exist to help the right, left or both ventricles. Some are temporary while the person awaits a transplant. Others are permanently implanted when a heart transplant isn't feasible. Minimally invasive procedures already are used for heart-valve repair, heart-pump replacement procedures and heart-bypass surgeries.
Lee Goldberg, a cardiologist with the University of Pennsylvania, speaking on behalf of the American College of Cardiology, said minimally invasive procedures offer many advantages but also have a few negatives of which surgeons must be aware.
"The advantage is not only a quicker recovery but also the lower risk of infections, strokes and other complications associated with being on a bypass machine during surgery, which also can disrupt kidney function," he said. "If you can avoid those problems, then it can improve outcomes."
But risks increase for patients with scar tissue in and around the heart from previous surgeries. In those cases, traditional surgery may be necessary, Dr. Goldberg said.
Less invasive methods of boosting heart function are being designed and tested, including devices inserted into blood vessels via catheters. They can boost blood flow by a few liters per minute, which can be sufficient to help some patients.
"The newer devices are designed to be implanted through minimally invasive surgeries. Existing devices, including HeartWare, which Mr. Shoenberger received, were designed to be implanted in traditional fashion, with "clever surgeons figuring out ways" to implant them less invasively, Dr. Goldberg said
The newer methods are designed to be implanted more efficiently, with less bleeding, fewer transfusions, and quicker recovery time to increase chances of survival, he said.
Since Mr. Shoenberger's surgery, Dr. Bhama has performed a second successful minimally invasive LVAD surgery. "Both patients have had the shortest hospital stays than ever happened at Presby -- 10 days versus three or four weeks, with a minimum of two weeks," he said.
The LVAD surgery boosts Mr. Shoenberger's chances of survival.
"It means he doesn't die from heart failure," Dr. Bhama said. "Twenty years ago people were dying because of this. Now not only do you live, but you have five liters of blood pumping per minute, which allows him to live to do things he wants to do with a higher energy level and better quality of life as he waits for his transplant."
The transplant likely will occur in coming months, but only after Mr. Shoenberger recovers enough to return to the transplant list. While his heart function still is low, he said he's feeling better by the day. Soon he said he hopes to venture outside for more physical activities, including riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle -- activities he couldn't do prior to surgery.
"Dr. Bhama calls me 'Pioneer Man,' " Mr. Shoenberger said. "Everyone calls me a pioneer because I'm the first person in Pennsylvania." He's seeking donations through PNC Bank to help pay for the transplant.
"My new life? It will involve getting back to my old life."
Correction (Jan. 20, 2014): William Shoenberger's residence has been corrected. Also, the name of the HeartWare implant device was corrected.
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Roasted Red Pepper Dip
I made this dip for Hubby and a friend when they were hanging out. It made a huge amount of dip! Since we had so much leftover, we got creative with it. We spread it on top of some salmon and baked the salmon in the oven – it was AWESOME! I would recommend doing that if you have leftovers of this dip. Or even just make this as a salmon topping.
The original recipe called for 2 cloves of garlic and I always double the garlic in recipes. However, this time that was a little bit overkill. The garlic is very strong in this dip, so keep that in mind. Also, I think it would have been smoother if it had been mixed in a blender instead of a food processor.
Roasted Red Pepper Dip – adapted from Milk & Honey
1 large jar of roasted red peppers – drained and blotted dry
1 red onion – chopped
4 garlic cloves – this is a LOT of garlic, if I make it again, I'd use 2 or 3
1/4 cup dry breadcumbs
1/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon chipotle hot sauce
Place peppers, onion, and garlic in a food processor; process until finely chopped.
Add remaining ingredients; process until smooth. Serve with pita chips.
8 Responses to "Roasted Red Pepper Dip"
Looks yummy AND pretty healthy! I love roasted red peppers!
Who can resist a good dip?! I was just given some hot sauce straight from Mexico and this seems like the perfect test drive for it. Great pics too!
Yummo…looks amazing!
Finally, a lactose tolerating recipe I want to make!! Such a teaser reading my google reader. I just made Dori's eggplant dip and added WAY to much garlic, even as a garlic fanatic, it can be too much at a certain point. Bookmarking this, thanks.
Hello Jen! The pretty cupcake iron-on sticker arrived! and thank you, thank you very much! My daughter loved it! Still have to get a nice shirt to go with it. I will post about it and let you know! 🙂 Thanks!
This looks so delicious and a cinch to make!
What a fun dip I have my jar of pepper and garlic ready. Thanks for sharing.
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Congratulations to Jacquie who won a copy of this fabulous book, plus 5 lbs of our Organic Whole Wheat Flour and a package of our Active Dry Yeast. Jacquie was selected randomly from all who entered. Thank you to everyone who participated. As a reminder, if you'd like to buy your own copy of this book, you can do so on the Ryland, Peters and Small website here. Special thanks to Ryland, Peters and Small for providing this prize and the following recipe.
This wonderful recipe comes from How to Make Bread by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou. You can make this bread using Spelt Flour or Kamut® Flour, although I bet you could also use whole wheat flour if those two flours are hard to come by.
Kamut or Spelt Bread
Kamut and spelt are known as ancient grains. They have become popular due to their taste and digestibility. For the time being, spelt flour is more widely available than Kamut, but Kamut is often sold in health food stores.
- 2-1⁄2 cups Kamut (khorasan) Flour or (whole grain) Spelt Flour
- 6 g/1 teaspoon Salt
- 3 g Fresh Yeast or 3⁄4 teaspoon Dried/Active Dry Yeast
- up to 1 cup warm Water
6 x 4-in. loaf pan, greased with vegetable oil
makes 1 small loaf
1 In one (smaller) mixing bowl, mix the flour and salt together and set aside. This is the dry mixture.
2 In another (larger) mixing bowl, weigh out the yeast. Add the water and stir until the yeast has dissolved. (You will need slightly less water if you are using Kamut flour.) This is the wet mixture.
3 Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Mix with a wooden spoon and then your hands until they come together to form a dough.
4 Cover with the bowl that had the dry mixture in it and let stand for 10 minutes.
5 After 10 minutes, the dough is ready to be kneaded. Leaving it in the bowl, pull a portion of the dough up from the side and press it into the middle. Turn the bowl slightly and repeat this process with another portion of dough. Repeat another 8 times. The whole process should only take about 10 seconds and the dough should start to resist.
6 Cover the bowl again and let stand for 10 minutes.
7 Repeat Steps 5 and 6 twice, then Step 5 again. Cover the bowl again and let rise for 1 hour.
8 Punch down the dough with your fist.
9 Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour.
10 Remove the dough from the bowl and place on the floured work surface.
11 Gently flatten into an oval. Fold the right end over into the middle, then the left.
12 Press down slightly to seal the dough together. You will now have a roughly rectangular shape. Pull and fold the top of the rectangle one third of the way toward the middle, pressing it into the dough.
13 Swivel it 180˚ and keep folding as in Step 12 until you have a shape roughly the size of your loaf pan.
14 Place the dough inside the prepared loaf pan, seam-side down.
15 Cover the loaf pan and let rise until slightly less than double the size – about 30–45 minutes.
16 About halfway through the rising, preheat the oven to 240˚C (475˚F) Gas 9. Place a roasting pan at the bottom of the oven to preheat. Fill a cup with water and set aside.
17 When the dough has finished rising, remove the bowl or covering.
18 Place the bread in the preheated oven. Pour the reserved cupful of water onto the hot roasting pan and lower the temperature to 220˚C (425˚F) Gas 7.
19 Bake for about 35 minutes, or until brown. Turn the bread out of the loaf pan and set on a wire rack to cool.


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Retail choice beef prices set a new record in March at $5.222 per pound, up 7.8 cents from February and up 24.7 cents from March 2012. The average price for all fresh beef was $4.918 per pound, also a new record. Record beef prices create concern that consumers will shift to lower cost meats. In March, the average grocery store price of ground beef was $3.84 per pound. That was 61 cents higher than a pound of boneless chicken breasts and only 12 cents lower than the cost of a pound of boneless pork chops.
The 5 area average price for slaughter steers in March was $126.50/cwt. That was up $1.40 from February and it was the second highest month ever, behind $126.80 in March 2012.
USDA's Foreign Ag Service released their latest forecast of world meat production this week. They are predicting 2013 global beef production will be up 0.5% from 2012. The U.S. is the world's largest beef producer. Our production is expected to be down 4.0%. Of the next six countries, beef production is forecast to be up 2.1% in Brazil, down 0.4% in the European Union, up 0.9% in China, up 9.8% in India, up 6.9% in Argentina and up 2.7% in Australia.
On Friday morning, the choice boxed beef carcass cutout value was $190.28/cwt, up 41 cents from the previous Friday and up $2.18 from a year ago. This morning the select carcass cutout was at $185.32/cwt, up $1.20 for the week.
Fed cattle prices were uneven this week on very light volume. Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $125.27/cwt, down $1.96 from last week, but up $2.59/cwt from the same week last year. Steer prices on a dressed basis averaged $200.00/cwt this week, up 62 cents from a week ago and up $1.48 from a year ago.
This week's cattle slaughter totaled 615,000 head, up 1.5% from last week and up 2.7% from a year ago. The average steer dressed weight for the week ending on April 6 was 847 pounds, down 4 pounds from the week before, but up 4 pounds from a year ago. This was the 65th consecutive week with steer weight above the year-earlier level.
Oklahoma City feeder cattle prices were $2 to $6 lower this week with prices for medium and large frame #1 steers: 400-450# $164-$181, 450-500# $162-$173, 500-550# $149-$176, 550-600# $152.75-$173.50, 600-650# $141-$162.50, 650-700# $125-$147.50, 700-750# $131-$140, 750-800# $120-$139.25, 800-900# $120-$130.50, and 900-1000# $112-$121/cwt.
The April live cattle futures contract closed at $126.35/cwt today, up 50 cents from last week's close. June fed cattle contracts gained 55 cents from last Friday to settle at $121.30/cwt. The August fed cattle contract closed at $121.62/cwt, up 22 cents from the week before. April feeder cattle futures ended the week at $134.02/cwt, $3.90 lower than last week's close. May feeder cattle settled at $139.20/cwt.
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Last week we took a look at the ladies in limbo, the girls' names not old enough to fall under the Hundred Year Rule, but were most popular from the 1920s to the 1960s, to question whether any of them were eligible for resuscitation.
And now, as promised we perform the same operation on the boys' list.
We find several differences between the genders. For one thing, the popularity of the boys' names tend to stretch over longer periods of time (122 years for Howard, for instance), and clearer syllabic and sound patterns tend to emerge. In the 1920s and 1930s, for example, we see a preponderance of two-syllable names ending in the letters n and d. By the fifties and sixties, there are lots of four and five-letter single syllable favorites—the Todds and Troys, Deans and Dales—those surfer dudes we've labeled 'Beach Boys' in our books.
Not many of these names, except for a few in the pre-1920 list, have shown significant signs of revival—once again, because they're the names of our grandpas and great-uncles and fathers-in law—the older men in our lives, the men still smoking pipes on Father's Day cards.


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Topic: Teddy Update
OMG! I am going to explode, need to VENT! Teddy was diagnosed in May that the cancer returned where the duodenum used to be (he had a Whipple) . Had PET Scan in June for cyberknife. Insurance said no cyberknife until he had radiation first. Finished radiation Labor Day weekend. Call today from radiologist office that new PET Scan scheduled for October 27th. I know it takes 2 weeks for results and then with CK set up it will be maybe early December before he gets CK. NOW...you tell me. Is not this cancer growing all this time????? Is this fair to make someone wait 8 months to get rid of cancer mass???? Am I totally wrong and need a chill pill? I just sent a note off to the radiologist that he needs to calm our stress! Any ideas?


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Francisco turns in impressive at-bats
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Braves third baseman Juan Francisco displayed his tremendous power with a three-run home run that sailed over the right-center-field scoreboard during the first inning of Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Tigers. But the pull-happy Francisco's more impressive at-bat might have come in the third inning, when he laced an opposite-field double to left-center field.
"He hit that ball a long way and it went out really, really quick," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You don't see that combination very often. He's been having some good at-bats in the last two or three games that he has played. Not only that, he has also been playing some good games defensively."
The Braves are open to the possibility of entering the season with Francisco and the right-handed-hitting Chris Johnson platooning at third base. But Gonzalez has said both players will have a chance to win the everyday role during Spring Training.
Francisco, who has more upside than Johnson, has recorded four hits in his first 12 at-bats of the Grapefruit League season.
"He's a good hitter," Gonzalez said. "Hopefully he gets a good opportunity to give it a shot and does what he can do."


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Medicare is raising its 2013 fees. Factor this into your retirement planning. Let's start with the easy stuff that doesn't affect many people living in retirement.
Medicare Part A. Very few people pay a Part A premium. As long as you worked for 40 quarters or 10 years or are married to someone who did, you're entitled to this coverage at no additional charge. Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital stays, care in a skilled nursing facility, hospice care and some home health care. (Don't be confused. Part A doesn't cover nursing home care.) If you're part of the 1 percent required to pay, the 2013 Part A premium is decreasing to $441, down from $451 in 2012.
Medicare Part A deductible, which everybody is responsible for, is rising 2.4 percent to $1,184. You'll be charged this every time you're admitted to the hospital. Many people have a Medigap insurance policy or are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage insurance plan that pays this fee.
Medicare Part B premium, which is automatically deducted monthly from everyone's Social Security payments, is rising $5 per month from $99.90 to $104.90. The Medicare Part B deductible will rise to $147 in 2013, from $140. Part B covers doctors' services, outpatient care, medical supplies and preventive services. Medigap and Medicare Advantage plans cover the Part B deductible.
If you have very low income, you may qualify through your state Medicaid program for help paying Part B premiums and the Part A deductible. There is also a Medicare-managed program known as Extra Help that will help you pay Part D prescription drug expenses. Whether you qualify for all or part of this assistance depends on your income.
If your 2011 income was above $85,000 a year ($170,000 filing jointly) you'll be charged more for Part B. These premium adjustments range from $42 to $230.80 per month, depending on how much you make. If your income has changed since you paid your 2011 taxes, you can ask the government to recalculate.


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...and I didn't say Saras is a great shooter, but I certainly think he still qualifies as a good shooter at the NBA level. First, he hit 92.2% from the free throw line last year as a Pacer. In fact, he actually does qualify as great from the line with a career % of nearly 91%.
As for 3's, he hit 36.4% his rookie year and 37.2% his second year as a Pacer. No, that's not great, but it qualifies as good notwithstanding all the other flaws to his game...particularly when you compare him to Tinsley who is completely left open and cannot even shoot that well.


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Used and tossed aside just like an empty bottle of Jim Beam......
We coulda been family.
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Used and tossed aside just like an empty bottle of Jim Beam......
We coulda been family.
No ball games.
No life savers.
No sloppy drunk wet t shirt nights on Pendleton Pike.
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I guess so. I knew it was too good to be true.
I'm going to miss wet t-shirt nights....
I just got a scary mental thought noone should ever have.......
Geezer and Spicoli participating in their own private wet tshirt contest in Spicoli's Basement(for each other with no other attendees).....
I've been spending way too much time on Btown's webcam for that thought to have creeped in......
Have you ever ran into a pair of these?
Giant and cottage cheese like?
You sir have a crossed line. I commend you.
You had me until you said cottage cheese.
Then again, As I just posted int he movie thread, my wife and I watched legally blonde yesterday and the whole time I was laughing because I kept picturing Btown playing Reese Witherspoon's character.
I wonder if he submitted a video in a sparkly bikini for admissions.....There's a thought for everyone for the afternoon.
Go ahead, I bet you can't not picture it since I've said it now.....
I will slowly pull you all down into my sick twisted mind today.
WTH are you guys talking about????
Spicoli.....I'm not finished with you until I say I'm finished with you.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
If I pick up one of those automatic shotguns Twes posted . . . I'm finished with everyone!!
Even Funnier thought, I just pictured Spicoli and Geezer performing their wet tshirt contest in Spicoli's front yard on a Sunday morning in full view of the sunday school classes.
I'm sure that will generate some news in the town gossip column.....
Maybe we can get Btown's Webcams on location and make it a Pay Per View Event.
You can't say we didn't warn them.
I just bought a $200 remote control.
Is that the biggest waste of money in my life (besides hiring geezer)?
Could be.
Ya know I kid geezer.
Now if it controls the waitresses at Hooters....it's a bargain. But if all it controls is a ceiling fan...MEH.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
I bought a Harmony but it wasn't that expensive.
I looked lovely in my videos.
What the hell does a $200 remote control do? It sure as hell better mix a damn good Appletini.
I'm hoping it makes my dog at least go to the fridge and get me a beer. Doesn't do much else though.
But it literally replaced 5 remotes.


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In 1926 Itigelov advised the Buddhist monks to leave Russia, since 'the red teaching was coming' (Itigelov himself never left Russia). In 1927, being 75, he told lamas to begin meditation, since he said he was preparing to die. Lamas did not want to perform this meditation because Itigelov was still alive. Thus, Itigelov began to meditate by himself, lamas joined him and soon he died.
Ititgelov left a testament where he asked to bury him as he was, sitting in lotus pose in the cedar box on traditional cemetery. It was done. There was also a statement, where he asked other monks to exhume him after several years. (This is the exciting point – this means he knew that his body would be preserved).
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Work on East Texas Fish Hatchery Progress Hampered by Pipe Failure
AUSTIN — One year into the construction phase of the new $27 million Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) fish hatchery near Jasper, work is about 30 percent complete, although weather delays and infrastructure issues have created significant construction challenges. The project is currently about six months behind schedule due to the effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and problems with the massive drain pipes that carry water from the ponds.
Although substantial progress has been made since the project began a year ago, including construction of the 45 acres of production ponds and harvest kettles, a 34,000-square foot production building and an 8,200-square foot office building, officials say they are still working to find a solution to the drain pipe issue.
"Significant portions of the pipe have failed," said Todd Engeling, TPWD's hatchery director. "Efforts are currently under way by expert engineers, the design firm, the contractor, and TPWD staff to determine the full extent and cause of the problem and develop solutions. We do not yet have the information we need to determine the extent of the problem, the cause of the problem, how to fix it, or who will be responsible for paying to repair it. We are working on the problem and are committed to fixing it."
Solving the problem is critical to the construction process, since the massive 60-inch, 48-inch and 30-inch pipes run beneath the site and are buried beneath as much as 17 feet of earth. When the problem was first discovered this Spring, work on the ponds stopped, although construction on other aspects of the project continued.
"Completion of the project will be delayed, but we do not have the information at this time needed to estimate how long the delay will be," Engeling said.
Funding for the new hatchery is provided by a $5 freshwater fishing stamp approved by the Texas Legislature to be collected for a period of 10 years ending in 2014.
Design work on the new hatchery was completed in December 2007 by HDR FishPro, and in June 2008 a construction contract was awarded to ALLCO, Inc., of Beaumont. Construction began in July 2008 and is scheduled to be completed early in 2010.
TPWD partnered with a number of entities to make the hatchery a reality. Jasper County provided 200 acres of property and cleared it and is constructing a road and bridge to provide access to the site, which is just below the Sam Rayburn Reservoir dam. The Campbell Group and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided easements and rights-of-way. The Lower Neches Valley Authority provides the necessary water for hatchery operations, 10,000 acre-feet of water annually.
Fish hatcheries are vital to the quality of fishing in Texas, which has more than 800 impoundments and 190,000 miles of rivers and streams. Some 1.8 million anglers fish in Texas annually, contributing an estimated $2.93 billion in total expenditures to the Texas economy, making fishing a major industry in the state.
"Good fishing benefits anglers, but it also contributes to the quality of life," said Phil Durocher, TPWD's director of inland fisheries. "You can't have good fishing without good water, and that's important to everyone."
The John D. Parker East Texas State Fish Hatchery is named for the late TPWD commission member from Lufkin who was instrumental in securing regional support for the project. The new hatchery will replace a facility more than 70 years old that has not seen major improvements since 1946. Production at the new hatchery is projected to be 4 to 5 million fish per year compared to the 1.5 million produced at the old hatchery.
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There is a beautiful book "Buddhist Chanting for Health, Peace and Happiness", I could not find it online, maybe it is possible to reproduce its contend with links (please be patient and thanks for hints to mistakes)
A good resource may be A Chanting Guide
Online - shop (Thai)
We decided to print this book, realizing the danger and calamities people are facing during the 21th Century. According to Buddhist scriptures, one is able to protect oneself, maintain good fortune, archive health and prosperity all through the repetition of scared sounds. As friends who met in Bangkok at a Buddhist lecture series on meditation, we share many values as well as the common thread of meditation. In talking about Buddhism and our lives, we become inspired to share one practical aspect of Buddhism, chanting, to open up new possibilities to practitioners and ordinary people. As a Thai and American, as mother, professor, artist and writers, we offer this work to the positive force for change that is sweeping our world today.
Chanting in all religions is a part of scared ritual, interwoven with human culture. Vibrations from chanting can potentially heal. Sound vibrations affect humans on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level. Practicing meditation at the same time creates peace and happiness within.
Luckily Venerable Gandasaraphivamsa provided Chutatip a copy of Paritta Pali and Protective Suttas, by Venerable U. Silananda, the disiple of well known Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw of Myanmar. In Buddhism, Pali and Sanskrit have been used since the Buddha's time until now. Pali is used in the main text of Buddhism, and also in chanting. There are great merits from chanting Paritta, as Paritta means protection and brings many good results. Understanding the roots of each chant as well, one is able to connect to the more deeply. Thus we put the history of the chant in front of each stanza, with the meaning of the chant behind the pali text.
People in this century faced with all kinds of temptation and catastrophe, look to new means to understand and change reality. Chanting as set out in the Paritta Pali, is a kind of softness that can gradually wear the rock of resistance, fear and disaster. With chanting peace becomes attainable once more, from within and without.
The Use of the Paitta
These are the great benefits for chanting each Paritta:
Managla Sutta for blessing and prosperity
Ratana Sutta for getting free from danger caused by disease, evil Spirits and famine
Metta Sutta for suffusing all kinds of beings with loving-kindness
Khanda Sutta for protecting against snakes and other creatures
Mora Sutta for protection against snares, imprisonment and for saety
Dhajagga Sutta for protection against fear, trembling and horror
Atanatiya Sutta for protection against evil spirits, and gaining health and Happiness
Anguliman Sutta for easy delivery for expectant mothers
Bojjhana Sutta for protection against and getting free from sickness and disease
Pubbanha Sutta for protection against bad omens, etc., and gaining happiness
Jaya Paritta for happiness, success and protection
*a short version, easy to remember, that should be chanted every day.
One who chants should follow the three following conditions:
1. Learn to chant the Sutta correctly and fully.
2. Understand the meaning of the Suttas.
3. Chant with the heart filled with goodwill and loving-kindness
People should chant and listen with confidence, respect and attentiveness, so benefit will go to the one who chants and the one who listen as well.
Pali is the original language of Theravadin Buddhist scriptures, the closest we have to the dialect spoken by the Buddha himself. It has no written script of its own, so every country that has adopted Theravada Buddhism has used its own script to transcribe it.
Pali has two sounds of vowels, long--a, e, i, o, u & ay; short- a, i, & u.
When chanting Pali, the vowels are pronounced as follws:
a as in father
o as in go
e as in they
u as in glue
i as in machine
ay as in Aye!
Consonants are generally pronounced as they are in english, with a few unexpected twists:
c as in ancient
p unaspirated, as in spot
k unsaspirated, as in skin
ph as in upholstery
kh as in backhand
t unaspirated, as in stop
m & n as ng
th as in Thomas
n as in canon
v as w
Words containing two-lettered notations - bh, dh, dh, gh, jh- denote an aspirated sound, somewhat in the throat, bh as a throaty ph, dh as throaty th, and gh as a throaty ky.
http://nt.med.nckn.edu.tw/biochem/Isn/a ... sight/htlm p.3
In conclusion we would like to thanks Venerable Gandasaraphivamsa Dhamma cariya Abhivamsa who provided us the text and advice to make this book possible; Ajarn Phanit Jetjiravat who helped in revising and editing; Khun Chittapat Hokusolsindhu and Ajarn Narong Kanprom in helping to get hold of the Thai - English Dhamma text and spending many hours helping to publish.
Chutatip Umavijani & Sarah Sutro


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APTOS -- The long and narrow balloons, appearing in every color of the rainbow, squeak as they are twisted, stretched and tied into the shape of a turtle, bear or swan.
Suspense hung in the air Wednesday as students in the Cabrillo Stroke and Disability Learning Center watch Addi Somekh, an artist in residence at UC Santa Cruz's Cowell College, and seven of his quick-learning pupils create a room full of flowers, animals and fanciful hats made of air and latex. Will the final product look like the audience requested, or will the balloons pop before they fulfil their destiny?
"We see so few things made in front of us," Somekh said of his 21-year love affair with balloon art. "And if all is done well, it's transformative."
At first, Somekh's philosophy sounds as silly as balloon-making itself: "I've always just known the most important thing to do is to make sad people happy," he says.
But the simple power of that notion becomes clear watching the UCSC students smile as they pull limp pieces of latex from their aprons and create an orange dog, pink monkey or multicolored ring. Their joy is matched only by the recipients'.
"They did a fantastic job," said Janalee Middleton, a four-year student of the stroke center, who coveted her green, pink and gold flower. "I thought, 'A balloon is not going to make me happy,' but it puts a small on your face. They make you want to pass it on."
Somekh, who graduated from UCSC in 1994 and now lives in Los Angeles, entertains and performs team-building exercises for companies. Last year, he was featured in a six-episode reality TV show called The Unpoppables on TLC.
But since the fall quarter started at UCSC in September, the 40-year-old artist has been teaching students the skill and ethos of balloon-making as part of an activity non eligible for class credit. Somekh was invited by Cowell College Provost Faye Crosby, whom he thanked for taking a risk on hiring a balloon maker.
Somekh, once a hopeful jazz musician, was just 19 when a carpenter friend showed him how to make balloon art. He never intended to make a career of it, but found comfort in how it relieved anxiety and enabled procrastination.
"This was easy for me," he said. "Everything else was really hard."
After college, Somekh traveled for four years to 34 countries with photographer Charles Eckert making balloon hats to build cultural bridges. The two produced a book from their journeys called "The Inflatable Crown."
"They are like food and music," Somekh said of balloons. "They transcend language barriers."
His two-month training of the UCSC students culminated this week in visits to the Boys and Girls Club, Stroke and Disability Learning Center and, on Saturday, a nursing home. Somekh's has enjoyed the brief respite from corporate gigs offered by community service.
Victoria Martinez, 21, a Cowell College senior majoring in language studies and education, said she was so impressed with Somekh's passion and skill to give balloon-making a try. She admits to getting a "an adrenaline rush" when she makes balloon objects to order.
"What I could do in 30 seconds made them so happy, and they'll take it home and talk about it," she said Wednesday, adding that the balloons don't make her nervous. "I'm not afraid to squeeze them and show them who's boss. I got over the fear of these popping quickly."
Kaitlyn Anderson, 21, a programs assistant at Cowell College, said recruiting fellow students to join the balloon brigade wasn't easy.
"I think a lot of people are intrigued by it," she said. "It's hard to get them to come for the first time, but then they stay."
Debora Bone, director of the Cabrillo center, said her students -- who are learning through classes, counseling and fitness how to live with disabilities -- benefit from interacting with the UCSC crew and watching balloons come to life.
"Having something entertaining is great," Bone said. "Anytime people use language skills and hand skills, they really regain a sense of community and belonging."
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I just found this knickerbocker bear and was wondering what it is worth. It is very dirty but in very good condition. It is 23 inches tall when standing and 17 inches sitting. It has a working growler and is mohair. Its has a Knickerbocker Animals of Distinction tag.