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text: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Bas van Gijzel <nenekotan at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm doing a bachelor project focused on comparing parsers. One of the parser > libraries I'm using is Parsec (2) and I'm going to implement a very small > subset of haskell with it, with as most important feature the off-side rule > (indentation based parsing) used in function definitions and possibly in > where clauses. > > But I'm still a bit stuck on how to implement this cleanly. I tried to > search for some examples on blogs but I haven't found anything yet. As far > as I can see the way to go would be using getState and updateState methods > defined in Parsec.Prim and to use the methods in Parsec.Pos to compare the > difference in indendation for tokens. I've never tried to implement a whitespace sensitive parser like you'd need for Haskell or Python, but my thought was that maybe you use a stack and you push/pop from it when the indentation level changes. That way, I think you could isolate the part of the parser that handles changes in indentation from the rest. Maybe I haven't thought about this enough yet because I'm not sure what I would store on the stack. In some sense, you want the indentation level change to determine which production(s) of the grammar you are looking for. You might also use it to track scope so that you know the scope of the names in the program source. > But I haven't completely wrapped my head around any state monad yet and I > don't understand Parsec enough yet to see how to use the methods Parsec.Pos > and state easily. Some examples or pointers to something to read would > really be helpful. I'd start by playing with some toy examples in the State monad, then try implementing a State monad. Only look at the real implementation when you get stuck. Once you get State, then go back to Parsec which is more complex. This way you'll be in over your head less. Good luck, Jason

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|1 Feb 2005
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|10 Aug 2001
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|10 Aug 2001
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|Richard L. Simmons, Curtis L. Shoemaker, Kenneth L. Kornele, Harry A. Loder, Edward B. Lurie, Marion A. Casserberg
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|3M Innovative Properties Company
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|Patent Citations (43), Referenced by (8), Classifications (26), Legal Events (7)
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to three dimensional optical circuits and, more particularly, to a three dimensional optical circuit assembly comprising an optical manifold and a method for making the same.
2. Background of the Invention
Optical fiber networks are becoming increasingly common in modern telecommunications systems, high speed routers, computer systems and other systems for managing large volumes of data. Optical fiber networks typically comprise a large number of optical fibers which are routed over relatively long distances in order to increase transmission speeds and efficiencies relative to the propagation of conventional electrical signals. There is often the need to route individual optical fibers between various connection points throughout a system creating an "optical circuit". One of the more common optical circuits in use today is referred to as an "optical shuffle". By way of example only, a simple optical shuffle may be carried out using eight optical fiber cables each having eight individual optical fibers enclosed therein. In what may be referred to as a "perfect shuffle", using the fibers of our example here, fiber 1 of each of the eight cables coming in may be routed to a single first cable going out, and the second fiber of each of the eight cables coming in may be routed to a single second cable going out, and so forth. Referring now to
Several solutions have been proposed for the creation of various optical circuits rather than simply trying to route fibers from input points to output points by hand through a large tangle of other fibers. One such solution is the use of semiautomatic machines which weave the individual fibers into the needed circuit arrangement. This solution often requires a significant financial investment in machines which are of little or no use in applications other than the weaving of optical fibers.
Another solution to the problem of creating optical circuits includes a number of attempts to route optical fibers on a flexible polymer substrate. By way of example only, one popular form of this construct is marketed as a Flex Foil�. One such approach to a flexible optical circuit solution is set forth and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,204,925 issued to Bonanni et al. This reference describes a solution in which a flexible polymer substrate such as Mylar� or Kapton� may be coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) and have optical fibers mounted thereon. After a number of optical fibers are laid on the substrate in the proper arrangement, a protective cover layer, usually of the same type of material as the substrate, can be bonded on top of the fibers. Of course, the exposed surface of this cover layer may subsequently be coated with an adhesive itself and additional layers of optical fibers and cover materials may be built up in the form of a laminate structure. However, the fiber lay-up process is quite labor intensive and, much like fiber weaving, would require highly specialized equipment to automate. Bonanni et al. further discloses the use of flexible side tabs or thinner strips of substrate material which extend laterally from the main body where the shuffle has occurred, and permit the optical fibers to be bent or rotated at, for example, a 90� angle to reorient the fibers from a horizontal position to a vertical position.
Another approach which incorporates a flexible optical circuit is set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 6,005,991 issued to Knasel. This particular reference discloses a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly that includes an interior portion upon which a flexible optical circuit is mounted. Much like the Bonanni et al. reference, Knasel arranges a plurality of optical fibers which are sandwiched between flexible sheets. These flexible sheets are commonly formed of Mylar� or the like and hold the optical fibers in place and are subsequently bonded to other flexible sheets using pressure sensitive adhesives, as known in the art. In this reference, space is conserved along the edge of a printed circuit board by attaching a multifiber connector to the respective first ends of the optical fibers and using single fiber connectors at the second ends of the optical fibers where space is more readily available, such as the less populated interior portion of the printed circuit board.
It should also be noted that both of these flexible circuit approaches are generally implemented in the form of large sheets with prerouted fiber networks or printed circuit boards with flexible optical circuit portions mounted thereon. In either case, these circuits normally have splices at both the input and output ends of the optical circuit to facilitate attachment to the input fiber cables and the output fiber cables during installation. Splices are normally required to overcome the length limitations of the tabs extending from the body of the flexible circuit. Additionally, splices may be used to attach specialized connectors to the input and output ends of the circuit for coupling to ruggedized cables. The splices at both the input and output end of the shuffle or optical circuit produce optical signal losses which when added across an entire optical network may be significant and unacceptable to the user. Furthermore, both mechanical and fusion splices commonly require considerable amounts of space because of the need to mechanically reinforce or strengthen the splice. Additionally, the flexible optical circuit approaches described here generally do not permit the use of protectively sheathed or "ruggedized" fiber optic ribbons leading all the way up to the flexible circuit, nor do they offer much protection to the optical fibers within the circuit or shuffle beyond the meager protection provided by a single layer of polymer film. Moreover, flexible optical circuit designs do not isolate and protect the individual fibers in that, at crossing points within the circuit, many of these fibers are in direct contact with each other.
Therefore, there is a need for three dimensional optical circuits which can be created without the expense of weaving machines and which can be more readily routed into a number of different shuffle arrangements. There is a need for an optical circuit arrangement which is less labor intensive than building up a multilayer laminate structure of Mylar� film, pressure sensitive adhesive and optical fiber, several strands of optical fiber at a time. There is also a need for an optical circuit which allows ruggedized ribbons of fiber optic cable to be run up to the circuit and away from the circuit and which provides a ruggedized protected environment for the optical fibers during the shuffle itself. There is a need for a three dimensional optical circuit having fewer fiber splices and reduced optical signal loss. Additionally, there is a need for a three dimensional optical circuit which fits into environments with limited surface area (x-y axes) by more efficiently stacking the shuffle to fully utilize space in a vertical direction (z-axis).
The three dimensional optical fiber circuit apparatus and method described herein below will address each of these aforementioned needs and provide a number of additional benefits as well. In one embodiment, the present invention is a rigid, unitary, three dimensional manifold constructed using a rapid prototyping process such as, but not limited to, stereolithography ("SLA"), fused deposition modeling ("FDM"), selective laser sintering ("SLS"), and the like. Note that the terms rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing are interchangeable in regard to the present invention in that this technology may be utilized not only for creating prototypes, but actual manufacturing as well.
Although the equipment for carrying out SLA processes and other rapid prototyping techniques are relatively expensive machines, these systems are general purpose and are readily available. SLA machines and other rapid prototyping machines are readily programmable to create virtually any three dimensional object which can be designed on a computer aided design ("CAD") system. Accordingly, the design of a three dimensional manifold for routing a large number of optical fibers may be laid out in any number of configurations or arrangements limited only to the capabilities of the CAD system or the imagination of the designer. Moreover, it is possible to program these systems to create passageways or channels for routing optical fibers to provide for an appropriate bend radius and thereby minimize optical signal loss, and to isolate and protect the individual fibers throughout the optical circuit. Further, it is possible to create optical circuits that could not be readily manufactured using conventional molding or forming techniques.
The fiber optic manifold, in accordance with the present invention, may take any number of possible embodiments, including a solid block having a number of hollow passageways connecting input points and output points or a large plurality of rigid hollow tubes which again have a number of input points and output points. By way of example only, these input openings may be arranged in a matrix having an equal number of rows and columns. In the case of 8 fiber optic cables each having 8 fibers, this would require an optical manifold having 64 input openings, 64 output openings, and 64 passageways connecting therebetween. If the input and output ends of the manifold are properly labeled, it should be relatively easy for a user to determine which optical fiber is to be inserted into the appropriate opening and will be exit from the appropriate opening on the opposite end of the manifold. Moreover, since there is only one passageway connecting a particular input with a particular output there is no need to worry about fibers becoming entangled within each other or causing confusion for the person guiding them through the manifold.
In yet another embodiment, the present invention is a process for forming a three dimensional optical circuit including the steps of providing a rigid, unitary optical manifold having an input end and an output end; arranging a plurality of optical fiber cables leading up to the input end of the manifold, and arranging a plurality of optical fiber cables leading away from the output end of the manifold; splitting out the individual fibers of each input cable and guiding each fiber to an individual input opening of the manifold, collecting up the individual fibers extending from the output openings of the optical manifold and gathering them back up into optical cable bundles. Generally, it is possible to merely strip and separate the optical fibers from the input cables and feed them into the input openings of the manifold, passing them through the manifold and then terminating the resulting cable groups at the output side only and have no fiber splices within the shuffle itself. Thus, it is not unreasonable to completely eliminate optical signal losses incurred by splices within individual optical circuits, including shuffles. This reduction in optical signal losses could be quite significant if multiplied throughout an entire optical network.
A more complete understanding of the method and apparatus of the present invention may be obtained by reference to the following Detailed Description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like parts and wherein:
Referring now to the Figures, and in particular to
By way of example only, an optical manifold for carrying out a perfect shuffle, as described in regard to
Individual optical fibers may be split out of optical cables, guided through the optical manifold, and subsequently interfaced with another optical fiber, an optical connector, an optical waveguide or nearly any other optical device. It should be further noted that, although each of the examples shown and described herein involve the use of 8 optical cables, each containing 8 optical fibers, for a total of 64 individual optical fibers, these optical circuits may involve larger or smaller numbers of cables and fibers limited only by the imagination of the designer, the limitations of the CAD system and the physical limitations of the stereolithography or other rapid prototyping machines. Of course, fibers are most commonly bundled in multiples of 4 to produce cables having, for example, 8, 12, 16 or 24 fibers each. It should also be noted that, although in the examples shown herein the optical fiber manifolds are constructed of various UV curable photopolymers, as known in the art, it is also possible to utilize rapid prototyping techniques with various ceramic and metal compounds as well.
A fairly common optical circuit is that of a perfect shuffle which is carried out by inputting the individual fibers corresponding to row 1, columns 1-8 and routing them to column 1, rows 1-8, inputting the optical fibers of row 2, columns 1-8 and routing them to column 2, rows 1-8 and so forth. Of course, as will be illustrated in
Rapid prototyping is the name given to a host of related technologies that are commonly used to fabricate three dimensional physical objects directly from CAD data sources. These methods are generally similar to each other in that they normally create a three dimensional object by building up materials in a layer-wise fashion. Rapid prototyping is also referred to by the name of free form fabrication ("FFF"), layered manufacturing, automated fabrication and other variations of these terms. Stereolithography ("SLA") is the most commonly used rapid prototyping technology. This technique creates three dimensional plastic parts or objects one layer at a time by tracing or rasterizing a laser beam on the surface of a liquid photopolymer. This specialized class of polymer materials quickly solidifies wherever the laser beam strikes the surface of the liquid. Once one layer of the object is completely traced, the object is lowered one layer thickness on a stage into a container filled with photopolymeric material and a second layer is then traced by the laser right on top of the first. The photopolymer is self-adhesive in nature and the layers tend to bond one to another as they are built up to form a three dimensional object. Following the creation of the three dimensional part, it may be removed from the stereolithography apparatus and placed in an ultraviolet ("UV") post-curing, oven-like apparatus for a more complete cure and added dimensional stability.
The technique of selective laser sintering is somewhat similar to stereolithography in that the object is built up one layer at a time using a laser tracing a pattern on the surface. However, the polymer or other material is usually in powder form and is heated and fused together by the laser which melts the powder where it strikes under the guidance of a scanning system. Regardless of the rapid prototyping technique used, following curing, the resulting three dimensional object is a single, unitary and integral part and requires little, if any, further machining to produce a finished product. In the case of the various embodiments of the present invention, these three dimensional parts may be referred to as optical manifolds and may be laid out in any number of geometries or arrangements but will feature a number of hollow passageways, tubes or channels for routing individual optical fibers each from a single input opening to a single output opening of the manifold. The manifold has the additional benefit of being quite rigid and tough enough to protect the optical fibers from various environmental conditions and hazards that may be encountered.
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As shown here, a ruggedized cable 50 containing a number of optical fibers 100 is passed through a manifold 400 by first cutting back the ruggedized exterior portion of the cable 50; passing the exposed fibers 100 through a strain relief boot 1210, a crimp ring 1220 and a crimp barb 1230; crimping the crimp ring 1220 to the load bearing ruggedized exterior of the cable 50; fitting the crimp ring 1220 within the crimp barb 1230 to transfer mechanical stresses from the ruggedized cable 50 to the barb 1230; and finally connecting the barb 1230 to the ruggedized attachment 450 of the manifold 400 to transfer stresses from the cable 50 to the crimp ring 1220 to the crimp barb 1230 to the manifold itself 400. As the optical fibers 100 of the ruggedized cable 50 are passed through the ruggedized attachment 450, they may be spread using a pitch tool or the like to ensure proper alignment with the manifold 400. Finally, the optical fibers 100 are guided and inserted into the appropriate input openings 410 of the optical manifold 400 to create a three dimensional optical circuit.
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Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been described in the examples and foregoing description, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed, but is capable of numerous rearrangements and modifications of the parts and elements without departing from the spirit of the invention, as defined in the following claims. Therefore, the spirit and the scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred embodiments contained herein.
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Tia Mowry is an actress, singer, and author who first appeared on screen for her teen role opposite her sister Tamera on the ABC/WB sitcom, Sister, Sister. From 2006 until 2012, she portrayed a medical student on the CW/BET comedy-drama series The Game. Mowry has been married to actor Cory Hardrict since April 2008, and in June 2011, the couple welcomed their first child, a boy named Cree Taylor Hardrict. Read more from Tia and Tamera at TiaAndTameraOfficial.com.
February is Black History Month — an incredibly important time to my family and me. We have such a rich, vibrant cultural background, so I like to take every opportunity to teach my son Cree about his heritage and the leaders that have helped us get to where we are today. I've always believed that knowing where you come from — the good times and the challenges — builds character, strength, and respect.
One way I like to teach Cree about his background is to read to him. It's one of his favorite things to do! My husband Cory and I take turns reading to him from kid-friendly picture books like "Who Was Rosa Parks?" or "Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?" These books teach Cree about the remarkable individuals who paved the way for him to live in a society that allows everyone to achieve their dreams, regardless of their skin tone. He loves hearing about these stories and looking at all the illustrations!
Even if he's too young to fully understand it now, I know that teaching him these things from a young age will help him grow up to be proud and knowledgeable about his background. Here's to Black History Month, and here's to celebrating diversity!!
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Our Mirrorlite® Wall Mount Glassless Mirror is a lightweight, shatterproof mirror that can be installed just about anywhere in place of traditional glass mirrors. Glassless Mirrors come pre-drilled and are supplied with mounting brackets so you can use your Glassless Mirror any way that you please. Custom sizes are available upon request.. Easy assembly. Dimensions: 60" x 60" x 1.25".


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Rusalka's Song - Poem by Jan Hauck
This is my life among sprites and dryads,
The moon is my sun and I bring death,
Longing, mournful, silent death
By beauty, by kisses, a fairy tale nightmare
In pale light and cold water,
A destiny I never chose, without a choice
I long for love, true love, human love.
Oh moon, oh stars, my wind and water,
I weep, I bleed inside, myself a sprite,
No way out, no true love, my wishes,
My dreams, I kill men, lure them to me,
My nature, my power so cold and my tears.
I cannot sing, I cannot speak, I cannot say
What you mean to me, my hope
That what you see could be enough, and yet
My bones are cold, a chill in me, you do not know,
A life I try to escape without a chance,
But fate and my true love for you
Can only end with you, with me, in the lake.
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Several years before the City of Chicago officially incorporated in 1837, the small village began to experience a flurry of land speculation. Native Americans had been pushed west of Chicago, and Fort Dearborn, a military outpost, had been installed some years earlier to protect what was then the nation's westernmost boundary. Speculators were particularly attracted by Chicago's strategic location at the juncture of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. For years, American Indians and voyageurs traveled from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan by portaging their canoes through a marshy area between the Des Plaines River and the South Branch of the Chicago River. The federal government sanctioned the construction of a canal to develop this site into a major transportation route. Anticipation of the new canal fostered a surge in the town's population from fewer than 200 in 1832 to 3,265 in 1835.
The Illinois legislature appointed a Board of Canal Commissioners, which began planning for the sale of thousands of acres of land to fund the construction of Illinois and Michigan Canal. Residents of the fledgling city began to fear that the sale of land along Chicago's lakefront would lead to commercial and industrial development. Town leaders met on 2 November 1835 to discuss the need to save some of the federally owned lakefront property as open space. Because of this public forum, when sales maps were drawn, the Canal Commissioners labeled two parcels as "public ground." One was west of Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington streets, dedicated in 1839 as Dearborn Park (which no longer exists). The other, located between Madison and Randolph streets on the edge of the lake, was marked with the notation "forever to remain vacant of buildings." 1 This grassy strip was transferred to the city during the 1840s and formally dedicated as Lake Park. Although it developed slowly, it would become the first piece of today's Grant Park, now known as Chicago's front yard.
As Chicago experienced rapid growth during the early 1840s, clever real estate speculators began creating small public squares and parks to boost property values in the neighborhoods they developed. Examples include Washington Square, established by the American Land Company in 1842; Goudy Square, by developer H.O. Stone in 1847; and Union Park, by developers Hayes, Johnson, and Baker in 1853.
In 1849, real estate speculator and city booster John S. Wright imagined a much more ambitious scheme of park development that would benefit all of Chicago:
"I foresee a time, not very distant, when Chicago will need for its fast increasing population a park or parks in each division. Of these parks I have a vision. They are improved and connected with a wide avenue, extending to and along the lake shore on the north and the south, and surrounding the city with a magnificent chain of parks and parkways that have not their equal in the world." 2
Twenty years later, Wright's idea led to the development of one of the nation's first boulevard systems. At the time, however, the concept did not move forward, and the city continued to purchase and accept donations of land on a piecemeal basis.
1. Fort Dearborn lands dedicated as public open space in 1839 from Illinois Central vs. Illinois, 1892, reprinted in J. Theodore Fink, Grant Park Tomorrow: Future of Chicago's Front Yard, 1979, p. 16.
2.Reprinted in "The Public Parks of Chicago, Their Origin, Former Control and Present Government," Chicago City Manual, 1914, p.7.


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Ailing Manchester firm Linder Myers is close to completing a deal with consultancy Assure Law to restructure its debt.
Linder Myers filed its notice of intention to appoint administrators at the Manchester District Registry Court on 6 February (6 February 2014).
It is thought to be the first time a deal of this sort has been attempted after a notice to appoint administrators has been filed. Directors are permitted to re-file the notice every 10 working days, which Linder Myers has now done three consecutive times.
The deal is expected to mean a management team from Assure Law, led by Tony Stockdale, will work directly with Linder Myers' directors to reduce and restructure the firm's debt profile.
An email sent to staff by managing partner Bernard Seymour yesterday said the firm was "making good progress toward the finalisation of the agreement" and was working to complete matters by Friday this week.
Seymour told The Lawyer today that he was comfortable that it was possible to take this cause of action despite the fact that under the Insolvency Act 1986 filing a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is accompanied by a statutory declaration that the company is, or is likely to become, unable to pay its debts.
Seymour was unprepared to reveal exactly what had caused the debt problems that led to this point but said "the restructure means we have a healthy balance sheet" and added that if the deal goes through he would have "corrected the situation caused by an organisation".
He said the Solicitors Regulation Authority is aware of the deal with Assure and is taking an active interest in what the firm is doing.
Up until yesterday, Midlands-based HCB Solicitors had been in the frame to rescue the firm in a more traditional pre-pack buy out, having registered a company called HCB Linder Myers the day after the notice to appoint administrators was filed (11 February 2014).
HCB later pulled out of the deal, renamed the newly registered company HCB (the Midlands) and said it would be used for another purpose (11 March 2014).


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In light of the composition of today's NFP pickup, driven by retail, waste and administrative and hospitality and leisure, all low-wage jobs, even as Construction jobs posted their first decline in many months on the "housing recovery" and on Hurricane Sandy rebuilding, we refreshed the chart showing that there is a quality not just quantity component to the jobs number. Sadly, the quality, in the form of Y/Y change of average hourly earnings, continues to be non-existent.
Job Quality Vs Quantity: Number Of Jobs vs Average Hourly Earnings
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Crap, we're getting poor.
Prosperity is just around the corner.
Can we have the chart indexed to Shadow Stats inflation estimate?
really? i dont want to cry so early in the day
Job "Quality" = easiest job function per dollar unearned.
ibanking for 90hours /week for mere $200k total comp where 3/4 goes to rent seekers and uncle sam is not "quality"
The Central Bankers are laughing at us groveling for slavehood where we earn an inflation adjusted 5 cents per hour and pay 4 cents an hour in taxes.
But don't end the Fed, nooooo, that would be bad
How about Gallup will that help?
U.S. Unadjusted Unemployment Shoots Back Up
Corporate profits hit record as wages get squeezed
I have an ear mite I keep hearing that Giant sucking sound
From Good Jobs To Bad Jobs To No Jobs - The Tragic Downfall Of The American Worker
No not good enough well then here's some shadow stats though not on inflation
CHART SHOCK: The REAL Unemployment Rate Is 22%
moreover, as it was posted on ZH earlier, the jobs were essentially added in the age bracket 55-69... so, well experienced, senior executive MacJobs
For whom?
For all.
McJobs are all the rage. What a relief that Big Mac assembly was not reclassified to a manufacturing job as originally and seriously proprosed.
The New American Normal will (very) soon be a 30 hour workweek (to technically avoid payment of benefits/health care, as "employees" are rolled on to Obamacare-- whose "mandatory" premiums & co-pays will consume 15% to 20% of take home pay-- by the dozens of millions), a median hourly wage that's near 19/hour and that declines in real terms by 1.5% per annum, and 1 actually "employed" worker for every 3 retirees + SNAP/EBT-UI-xUI/SSI recipients, whowill pay an average of 45% in federal, state and local taxes (ranging up to a top marginal tax rate of 65%+ for "the wealthy").
Seems to me that a "30 hour workweek" would leave a lot of free time for mischief.
Let me say it again, go long black markets and personal security firms.
Even the New York Times, the best cheerleader a Krugman-loved POTUS could ever hope for, is reporting U6 now, even if not prominently (and even if U6 significantly understates what it purports to state due to laughably incompetent survey methodologies):
U.S. Adds 146,000 Jobs
The gain in November was sharper than expected in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but the Labor Department report also revised previous job gains for September and October downward.
By the widest measure of joblessness, unemployment also eased slightly: After factoring in people looking for work as well as those forced to take part-time positions because full-time work wasn't available, the unemployment rate fell to 14.4 percent in November from 14.6 percent in October.
So, just a SWAG, but U6 is most likely in excess of 20%. Wooo Hoo bitchez!
but, hey, everybody who wants a 30 hr job for $10 per hr can get one....wtf else do you want
The chart is clear, on average you are making less. Divide that number by the ever increasing debt. You and your grandkids owe moar! Just like Greece the US edges closer to a black hole.
A few years back the media would have been screaming about a "jobless recovery" or "low-wage McJobs."
Now they have their tongues firmly inserted into Obama's rectum and cannot get to their word processor software right now.
Seats don't matter. Aggregate income does.
chart that in burgers flipped per minute...
Good idea, but I want a second metric in pounds of burgers flipped per minute since everything is more filler and less killer these days.
That seems bearish ¡
Divergence between german Bund at 145.70 yield 1,30% and DAX 7.500 AWESOME
Fiscal Cliff Alert
Say that again...."No more QE"
Then consider if you mean it seriously.
If so then check into a mental hospital immeditaly. Don't drive there, have a neighbor take you. Be careful. Our thoughts are with you.
Things always happen the same until they dont anymore. If the plug is going to get pulled during this presidency, it would probably be now, when he no longer needs to worry about reelection but before he's dug us all any deeper in the hole.
It wont happen though.
Obamacare burger flipper reshuffle
Proof positive that general wage stagflation has been going on for at least 15 years.
Globalisation has A LOT to answer for.
Here is Table 1 of the Employment Situation Report for November 2012:
Focus only on the "Not seasonally adjusted" datum. Look at the participation rate (down to 63.5%, second-lowest in history, only behind April 2012) and the number of people considered to not be in the labor force (up over a million month-on-month). And look at the number employed (down 500k from October). And persons who currently want a job (up 350k from the prior month).
There is your "improvement" in employment.
would love to see a similar chart of official jobs number vs. dropped out of workforce monthly comparison....
If everyone permanently drops out of the workforce the unemployment rate will be zero percent.
That's awesome.
those wages will go far to pay off college debt, buy a car, then a house, and then send the kids off to college
All that fucking matters is the jobs headline. The algos are latched on and it's off to the fucking moon we go.
Recovery! I hope the BLS shitheads responsible get their arms fucking torn off by a city bus...fuck you assholes!
Kind of funny how just yesterday all the 'wisdom' was speaking about a certain -20% market drop to scare into action on fiscal cliff (actually raising taxes) but anyway here we are in direct opposite land.
Soup Line-you have to stop beating around the bush with how you feel-it's like dealing with the Mrs.
Sorry otto, I know my thoughts can be convoluted, submissive and abstract. I'll work on it.
'Quality of jobs' means nothing as long as ObaMao can go out and brag about the unemployment # which is all anyone cares about. Until it all suddenly implodes anyway.
I think (some of) the American public is waking up to the lies- the Interwebs have helped alot.
Obama (in President) since 2008 means that all blacks go out & buy beemers then default on the payments... So far it's looking pretty swell...
I can just see a fat rich guy sitting in his leather chair surrounded by his wood lined office, wearing a smug grin, petting his white imported cat knowing only headlines matter and that he will get richer'er and the rest of us will get poorer'er
Most of the rich guys I know don't have wood lined offices, they aren't fat, they don't sit with a white imported cat on their lap ever, and they work too hard to be anywhere near smug.
They're American hard work success stories.
They are not the 'rich' guys
I think he is confused with TBTF people in the banking/finance sector that have your representation in their hip pocket.
If they're working hard, it's probably because they're not actually rich. Reggie had a pretty good definition, if you have to work for a living (even as a Fortune 500 CEO), you're not rich.
But our household wealth is back to 2007 levels. How can this be? What they don't say is how that 2012 dollar won't buy you what a 2007 dollar would. We are getting poorer as a nation any way you look at it.
That is what Obama wants....he thinks we are a greedy country..use to much energy..eat to much....live to well and we put the costs on the rest of the world....he wants to take us down to their level....redistribution.....
Yep and it's working too."The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
Vladimir Lenin
"The way to crush the middle class is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
This is the same Obama that is taking the $4 million dollar vacation in Hawaii, is that correct?


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Last fall I upgraded my furnace from a 88,000BTU 80% to a 44,000BTU 90%. My gas bills are at record highs, although I'm sure some of it can be attributed to the record cold weather we've been having in Moore Oklahoma. I've talked to friends/neighbours/co-workers and they have said theirs have "gone up some" but won't give specifics.
Where do you find HDD data and how to you calculate the increased "load" from colder weather? I downloaded the HDD file using a 60 degree base temperature. Heat doesn't run when it's above 60 outdoors.
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Not a snowflake in sight down here, expecting temps in the 60's today. First real break from the record cold we've had in awhile.
Furnace size could be the issue, the current 44k furnace runs about 2/3 of the time 10min on/5min off when temps are at our 18f design temp. Old 88K furnace was reverse, 5on/ 10off. Maybe oversized furnaces use less gas overall?
Wind chill not being accounted for is a big factor, not sure why they don't use it for HDD..
Using a lower base temperature makes the numbers "look better" for colder weather. The ratio of HDD's/DTH used changes as a base temperature drops.
Playing with the "base temp" setting in order to to make the numbers "work". I'm having to drop it all the way down to 45f to get 665HDD for Feb 10 2012 to Feb 10 2013 and 1270HDD for Feb 10 2013 to Feb 10 2014. I suspect the house's real "base temp" is somewhere in between 45 and 65, just not sure where. It appears getting it right is a fairly large factor in determining how much to offset energy use due to differences in weather. Using a record mild (2013) and record cold (2014) winter back to back isn't helping matters any, especially when trying to establish a case for installing more efficient furnace. Seems like difference in weather is such a huge factor compared to the paltry 10% difference in furnace AFUE.
Sorry to be so slow, but my numbers have been all over the place so having to fine tune almost every input. So far I'm using 1.1 dekatherm per month for the other uses. Early numbers are looking like about 1,200 btus per HDD, that's in late 2013. What we would like to see is a constant btu/HDD for each furnace and hopefully the newer one is some level lower than the old one.
As for using a very low base for determining the HDD I would not go more than 10°, base 60. Whatever you choose you need to keep it the same for all years to eliminate that variable.
I still haven't played with Ben's spreadsheet, but will do that and see how he is handling the variable billing dates. Once I understand this issue better I will want to tackle the oil delivery issues here in NE where long periods can pass between deliveries and some homes will purchase spot deliveries of less than a full tank. I'm thinking I will need to tie the projected oil consumption to the HDD, thus I need more confidence the HDD #s have some degree of accuracy. Others I have talked to are less confident in HDD #s. I may need Ben's help on this.
I'll be back
Being able to use the 10th of each month for meter read date is much more accurate than the 1st. Meter isn't always read the 10th, but it's within a few days.
It appears base temp is HUGE factor in the numbers. 60f is a reasonable number, I've not seen the heat run when it's warmer than 60f outdoors. It will run a little at 55f if it's in the morning. 55f in the evening the system won't run.
It would be a lot easier to compare if the winters didn't go from record warm in 2013 to record cold in 2014.
HDD numbers with 55 degree base temp:
Jan Feb
409 429 2012
553 397 2013
638 641 2014
Really wish there was an app/spreadsheet that would just let you put the numbers in rather than manually calculating it. A cool feature would be to take several years of data and have it calculate the correct base temp. How many commercial buildings (especially restaurants) have you seen using AC when it's 50f or less outdoors? 65f base temp won't be accurate, especially for a moderate climate/winter.
The factor that levels out the swing in the numbers between record warm and cold should be the btu/HDD. I got through Ben's paper once, but need to actually practice with it. His spreadsheet is next.
Sorting out the billing is difficult. I'm going to check out Ben's recommendation for HDD to see how well it squares up the HDD per billing cycle.
How well air sealed and insulated would you describe your home?
Air sealing isn't bad but could be better. I got the "big leaks" that I could feel by hand, but have never done a blower door or used a thermal imaging camera. House is 1600sqft built in 1999. You see the HDD and DTH data, not sure what is "normal" for a house my size.
Furnace in garage, supply/return ductwork in attic. Ductwork has been taped/mastic. Furnace runs about 2/3 of the time on our 18f design day. Never had a power bill over 1,000KWH last summer, 2 ton AC will keep in 75f indoors until outdoor temps go above our 98f design temp.
Bob, while we continue to sort out the rate of fuel consumption it seems clear so far that your results are not as expected, so lets add into the discussion, why that might be. We will eventually have to go there anyway.
Leaky ducts, even though you say they have been sealed, have they been tested for leakage to the outside. Being in the attic (outside the thermal envelope) there is a greater than average risk. A disconnect or panned return can have a huge effect, especially with the longer run times associated with the smaller furnace.
Imbalances that are creating pressure differences that can drive warm air out and pull cold air in are also factors that longer run times would create an increase in heat loss.
Longer run times also produce a more uniform temperature throughout the house. A difficult factor to evaluate but raising the temperature next to the exterior walls and windows does increase the heat loss. Moving air also has the same effect. During off cycles (which were longer) the house cools from the outside in. As walls and windows get colder the house loses less heat. Increasing the run time on the fan increases the heat loss.
I've considered leaky ducts as an issue, but wouldn't summer KWH be increased also? I'm @ 800sqft per ton for cooling, and that simply won't do 75 indoor with on a 98f design day without at least decent ductwork.
More even temps and longer run times could be a factor, discharge air is 25 degrees cooler than the old furnace. With the old furnace the blower had to be on HIGH speed for a 130f discharge temp. New furnace 105f discharge temp on LOW speed. The old furnace rarely made it all the way to 130f before the thermostat would satisfy and shut it down, don't think a cycle ever went longer than 5 mins.
Bob, OPower does this for the customer automatically. I would think that your utility's usage analysis program should be doing this for you, but maybe not, since you pose the question. I'm sure energyvanguard would run the numbers for you, gratis, since the're the experts on hdd's. The main thing that the repairman say about condensing furnaces is oboy, another service call. They're known to cost more than they save! Mine's leaking condensate from the collector box as we speak, tho' that's an easy five hour repair. enjoy, t
Part of me wonders if the condensing furnaces are more prone to damage from short cycling/oversizing. Customers that buy the condensing furnaces are sold on the "bigger is better" mentality. Rarely do I find mid/high level equipment that isn't oversized. My 2ton 14.5SEER condenser sat in the warehouse 3YEARS before I bought it. My 44k furnace was made in 2004, still brand new in the box. I didn't specifically want a condensing furnace, but for $250 I couldn't pass it up.
You ask "not sure what is "normal" for a house my size." Hard for me to be accurate as we will run over 8,000 HDD this year, but your Dekatherms are 1,000,000 btus or about 10 gallons of my oil. Converting it to my thinking you are running 280 to 510 gallons of oil (heating only) at less than half my HDD. That doesn't sound very good. If others are in the same region maybe they will chime in.
A correction on my earlier numbers, I was thinking therm and not Dekatherm so the guess was way off. Below I subtracted 1.1 DTH per month to account for baseline use.
For 2013
Jan 2013 to Dec 2013 = 3086 HDD, 12 months Fuel use was about 51 DTH or 510 Therms.
That's 510 x 100,000 btus divided by 3086 HDD = 16,500 btus/HDD with the new furnace.
For 2012
Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 = 2092 HDD, 12 months Fuel use was about 28 DTH or 280 Therms.
That's 280 x 100,000 btus divided by 2092 HDD = 13,400 btus/HDD with the old furnace.
So, not only is your usage too high, but it got worse when you went to the smaller more efficient unit and that may be giving us a clue. There was something wrong before the new unit was installed.
You said "Furnace in garage, supply/return ductwork in attic." That is a potential major source of air leakage. Do some smoke testing around that furnace and I bet you will find some major leaks. There or the ducts/panned ducts in the attic. Air leakage would make fuel use worse with longer run times.
Related to distribution losses, do you have multiple returns or one central return?
How well Insulated are those ducts in the attic? Were they sealed before the insulation was added?
BTW, I cranked the numbers every way I could to align the starting dates with the HDD and it makes no difference. The important number is btu per HDD and that can come from the total, close enough.
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I make friends quickly and I like getting to know all about people and the places they live. I am a student, a dancer, I love working in film and I do volunteer work with youth.
I like being spontaneous, dancing every minute of the day and generally brightening the space I am in.
My heroes are bold, adventurous and intelligent. I'm a musketeer, an astronaut, a cowboy and a philosopher.
I'm a humanist, futurist, minimalist, functionalist and something of an existentialist.
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I'm really interested in the future! I love encouraging people to be optimistic and excited about the future. I agree with Victor Hugo who believed that social progress is inevitable, things will only ever improve!
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I love film. I love going to the cinema, it's such a special experience and I love, love, love sharing that experience with others. Stale popcorn, too much soda, sticky carpet; it's where dreams come true.
The movies I've seen the most: Life aquatic, i heart huckabees, napoleon dynamite, star wars, run lola run, royal tenenbaums
TV: adventure time, doctor who, star trek, mighty boosh, arrested development, bobs burgers, lost, the marvelous misadventures of flapjack, BBC sherlock holmes, ghost in the shell, treme, bored to death
Books: harry potter, the three musketeers, les miserables, asimov, arthur c. clarke, nietzsche, heidegger, voltaire
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I also love bluegrass, jazz and blues. Pop music is fine by me, country music? Sure! Gregorian chants? Why not!
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I know a little bit about a lot of things, I'm more interested in learning than I am in teaching others.
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I want to learn Spanish, German and French.
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I want to learn everything, ever.
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It was a good game but I noticed this from the Knicks I was wondering why Thomas and Camby got no PT and he was so insistent on have Melo at the 4.
This is Mike Woodsons biggest flaw he doesn't seem to have a good grasp of in game rotations.
And I also found it terrible for you guys that Nash at 38 in his 2nd game back from a two month injury thoroughly outplayed Felton he needs to sit a few games and heal up or something
This! I admire the guys tenacity and toughness, but if you're banged up and your hands are all messed up, don't shoot so much and miss so much! I'd prefer to have him sit tonight and just use Kidd and Prigger, Felton play next on New Years with Stat
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Let's say you are meandering down the rows of a vast junkyard in South Phoenix. On one side there is a porcelain graveyard of yawning toilets. On the other, the entire history of American ovens--Dixie, Roper, General Electric, Amana, Monterey--simmers quietly in the sun.
Walk toward the rear of the lot and there are a couple of ramshackle houses, the yards littered with cages filled with roosters trading shrieks and cackles. You and the roosters and the dust your boots kick up are pretty much the only things moving back here; it's serene, peaceful and a tiny bit surreal. It's kind of like going into a church on a Tuesday.
You look to your right and there's a lopsided, Cold War-vintage trailer; but what's that above it? Not above it, exactly, but sticking up behind it. Looks like the tip of a triangle, made of metal. You keep your eyes glued, watching it slowly rotate as you move down the path, out of the junkyard, around the trailer, to see what this thing is.
A pyramid is what this thing is.
Pointing up to God, it's covered with faded green-copper sheeting, black Roman numerals painted on one side, a cryptic time line on another, a small door and no windows at all. And, at the edge of the lot, a mailbox sits on a crooked post--No. 4222--like somebody lives here.
The pyramid is just sitting there in this otherwise empty lot, at the side of this dead-end dirt road that channels off Broadway. You might never drive down this dead-end dirt road. Almost nobody does. And you might never know that a large copper pyramid with a crooked mailbox out front exists there, minutes from downtown Phoenix, where people are late for work, standing in line for Suns tickets, parallel parking and ordering sushi to go.
At least, I didn't know when I happened upon this creation the other day. I walked back to the junkyard and asked the man what was the deal with that pyramid?
"Oh, this old man used to live there. Philosopher or something."
Is he still around?
"Oh, yeah. Go talk to John, he'll know where he is. He lives next door." To the pyramid.
Yes, John knew where the philosopher was, and, as his dogs barked at me and his roosters screamed at everything, he gave me a name and a number. "He was sort of a loner, but real easygoing," John told me. "Kind of religious, but he didn't push no religion on you; he'd just sit outside the pyramid and read the Bible and do his exercises. He got married and moved out."
I asked if there was anything else I should know.
"Well, he had a figure-eight track in back and he used to walk around it on his hands."
Which brings us to a house on the west side of Phoenix that is quite pleasant, but looks nothing like a pyramid. The front door opens, and there is . . . The Philosopher? The Loner? The Religious Scholar? The Man Who Walks on His Hands?
Yes. All of the above, though he no longer walks on his hands. His name is Milton R. Mitchell Jr.--call him Mitch. He will be 84 years old on October 16. He built his pyramid--13 by 13, 17 feet high, the same proportions as the one on the dollar bill--in 1950 and lived in it for 20 years.
How should I paint Mitch Mitchell for you?
Know this: He's a diminutive fellow with Technicolor-blue eyes, long hair and a beard (gone white now). It's a style he adopted in 1943: "I was such a curiosity that down on Washington Street, people'd go around the block and come around a second time to get another look."
In old pictures, he looks like a cross between Paul Newman and Walt Whitman. Mitchell is a man of religion who does not call himself a Mormon, but a Latter-day Saint. While in high school, he began questioning aspects of the current Mormon doctrine. Finally, he was "driven out" of Utah in 1943 for his beliefs, which adhere to the original teachings of founder Joseph Smith--teachings that include plural marriage.
He says he will leave his pyramid there until the arrival of Chief Joseph, a white Indian who, the Book of Mormon prophesies, will emerge from South America to save the believers.
In the '50s, Mitchell belonged to a folk-dancing club. Later he became an expert at shuffleboard. Mitchell is soft-spoken, and, though he's been happily married for 15 years, for most of his life the Latter-day Saint has been a loner by choice. Mitchell has worked low-level jobs--custodian at the Luhrs Building, yardworker, dishwasher--never making much money, but never wanting much, either. He lived the monastic life of a self-taught religious scholar down in his little lot off Broadway, reading his Bible, writing countless religious tracts and walking on his hands most mornings.
About those tracts. Whether you agree with Mitchell's opinions--opinions on the government, Roman Gentiles, Indian Jews, the coming of the Antichrist, the monetary system after Armageddon, presidents who have fallen from grace with God--they are meticulously created, surprisingly artful works put together by hand.
"I would give them away, but after years I gave it up because nobody was interested," he says. "I never had any desire to organize anybody."
He's not some crazed evangelist; there's nothing of the stereotypical, proselytizing fanatic in his makeup. If you need a label, a little eccentric might be the right one. Mitchell is simply a guy who wants space to practice his unique, personalized beliefs, a retiring man who used to live in a pyramid.
Now let's let Mitch Mitchell talk:
"I worked for the railroad in 1942, and I quit that and got a job as a lifeguard in the summer in Logan, Utah. Then I topped beets in the fall, and at night I didn't have anything to do, so I'd go home in the evenings and play solitaire. And one night, I opened the drawer where the cards were and they were stuck together and underneath was a pamphlet.
"The author didn't sign his name, but it had his address on it, and it was in Salt Lake City. I got on my bicycle [Mitchell doesn't drive] and pedaled down there about 50 miles. I found out that this man was a member of the church and he'd been excommunicated twice. After that he didn't go back, but he wrote tracts just like I'm doing here. So the cards were directing me down to this place.
"I got loaded up on the bicycle with these pamphlets and started distributing in my hometown, which was about 95 percent Mormon. That was where my trouble began. They were about to lock me up, but I escaped and came down here. I was 30 then."
Arriving in Phoenix with literally nothing, Mitchell found himself living in one room of a shared basement that "smelled foul," for three dollars a week.
"I thought, rather than live in a hole like this, I should buy a piece of land. I was offered a piece of land, enough to build on, for $200. I bought that in 1950 and started the pyramid on April 6, which was the day of the founding of the church," says Mitchell. "I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone; build a pyramid [to live in] and at the same time I'd build a monument to Chief Joseph."
I called the Mormon Visitors Center and asked a Sister Sloup about Chief Joseph. "No, I've never heard of him," she said. "Sounds like something somebody made up."
Mitch Mitchell is down for a visit to the pyramid. He's energized; you can tell the place has an effect on him. It says "Truth Hunters Welcome" above the low-slung door. "I printed [that] up there, and all these years nobody has ever got curious enough to ask about it," Mitchell says quietly. "I guess I waited 46 years for you to come along."
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But he has had visitors over the years.
"I had some youngsters in here once, teenagers. I never saw them before, but they came by, they were curious, and I said, 'Do you want to come in and look?' So I brought 'em in and began explaining some things, and one of 'em said, 'This is weird, let's get out of here.' So off they went. I never saw them again."
Weird is all in the mind of the beholder; the pyramid is now open, its secrets to reveal. You feel as though you're walking into a huge work of folk art--because that's what it is, I suppose. The white walls are decorated in a precise, deliberate fashion with newspaper clippings, photographs of a daughter from a previous marriage, three pictures of Joseph Smith cut from magazines, a deck of playing cards splayed out to represent Mitchell's favored calendar of 13 months, 28 days per month, starting at the vernal equinox. Next to them is a portrait of an Indian, beneath it a drawing of a flag, done by Mitchell, on a patch of denim from a jumper he used to wear.
Boards fold down to become a table and bed; the top of the pyramid opens up, tepee-style, to pass air through to a vent in the floor. "It's always a few degrees cooler than it is outside," he says. "I have water running up to the door, a couple of sawhorses near the door, and I put a big tub on them, which I would bathe in. And, of course, I wired the place for electricity."
So that is the story of the pyramid I found next to a junkyard. Now you know who Mitch Mitchell is, and you know a little bit about his 83 years, 20 of which were spent in a dwelling whose blueprint came from the back of a dollar bill. It is a place that still waits patiently among the roosters and rusting hulks of discarded American metal for a white Indian to arrive. What can you say about that? Mitchell emerges from beneath "Truth Hunters Welcome," stands in the baked dirt, just sort of smiles as his blue eyes blaze away, righteous and proud. I think of something he said to me, something I like a lot: "I've always been considered rather peculiar.


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Do I have any legal recourse against a buyer & real estate agent that knowingly lied about their ability to close on a home I am selling to keep things going?
As a seller,I entered into a housing contract with a buyer via a real estate agent for my house in Georgia(I am active duty military & transferred to Virginia). They have missed every timeline in the contract(due regard period,appraisal,funding letter) but did have a pre-approval letter for a loan. They advised that their lending agent dropped the ball & asked for a delayed appraisal period which I agreed to. Closing is in a few days & when I requested a status for closing they advised the lender was now working against them & they needed another 30-45 days. I contacted the lender & was told by the lending supervisor the buyers lost their pre-approved status over 30 days ago & the buyers & agent were aware despite the agent telling me otherwise(lying). Do I have any legal recourse?
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The question (not really addressed in your post) is whether or not they breached the written agreement. From your post, it appears you agreed to at least one extension of a deadline and may have waived others. If you want to take the several hours of your time, and money, to try to sue them, then try to collect, you'll need to see a lawyer to review the documents. Alternatively, you might choose to direct your energy toward selling the house.


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Campus police detained the driver. Deputies arrested him.
The sheriff's Walnut-Diamond Bar station received a call at 5:52 p.m. about the incident at the college located at 1100 N. Grand Ave. in Walnut.
Sheriff's Lt. John Saleeby said a pedestrian got into an argument with a motorist who was allegedly driving erratically in a parking lot.
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Discussion in 'Octopus Care' started by dekim28, Jun 2, 2003.
does anyone here catch their own octopus?preferably in florida
I plan on doing that this summer
how do you plan to find them
loking for tips,we usually catch our own fish and crabs,but rarely see octopus(did catch some baby squid once though)plan to go at night in a crab infested inlet(tidepool)got any pointers?
they're usuallu inside stuff
soda cans are good, conch shells, pieces of pipe, stuff like that
the easiest thing is just to walk around in a few feet of water and pick up 5 or 10 objects then set them out on the beach a few yards from the water and sit back and wait for a bit, see if anything comes out of them to head back to the water
will definately try that!i hear you can find them "hopping" from pool to pool in search of food if you have a flashlight?or do you think they would see you coming a mile a-way?and have you done this before?
Did caught one among the tidepool in the late afternoon some years back. What caught my attention was the bobbing of the water from its breathing near where it was hiding. Thankfully it was a windless day, so quite easy to spot.
Good luck with your catch!
thanks!any more tips will be appreciated.should be going next weekend,will let you know how it turns out
what a cool discussion... looking forward to hearing about your experience, dekim!
In the realm of the "this is not going to make me popular with this crowd" comments: I do know a very easy way to find octos in a tide pool...this is info from an indonesian fish collector I know, and it does work:
Pour urine into a tidepool. (ok, they just piss in it). for some odd reason, (maybe the change in chemical balance) cephs just rocket out of the hiding spots.
Disgusting? Yes. but it does work.
FYI. kids, don't try this at home!
very unusual tip,but will try them all!sounds like a one shot deal that i will leave to my b-friend to perform.please keep the ideas coming,doubt i will catch one my first night out,but keeping my hopes up!only live 30mins. from beach so will be able to keep trying i guess.keep your fingers crossed for me
sorry about that tip...but it does work... :?
Also, keep your eyes open for large bivalve shells...octos love to hide in empty ones...even if the byssus is still attached.
Good luck! take pics!
p.s. better take a lot of beer or iced tea. :)
I have had sucsess talking to shrimp fishermen they usualy catch some small vulgaris in there nets up here in the pacific north west. I would imagine that florida might be the same. They would trade a half sack of beer for a small one. The urine works quite well, that is how the get the GPO for the public aquariums.
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i had thought about the fishermen,i know they do catch them,but i wondered if they would be viable?i imagine they wouldn't exactly take care of them and thought the rough handling and shock might be too much for them to throw off? how did yours do?and i will try the urine i'll just let my better half do the honors.
I found that the fisherman was very nice and understanding, he has been a great help with providing care for cephs. He realy goes out of his way to ensure the octo is well treated. I keept one GPO for 6 months then let him go from a shrimp boat. Good luck finding one who is as agreeable.
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that's great!i will try to catch my own first,but if i can't i'll call the guy that delivers shrimp to my dad. i only want one, but just out of curiousity are there any compatible species?they are all too territorial/aggressive to have more than one to a tank right?
Here in NC, a lot of Vulgaris are caught in Sea Bass Pots (like crab pots). Our aquarium got several that way. Unfortunately these guys are a little larger since the small ones usually squeeze right back out.
I remember watching the Jacques Cousteau Octopus, Octopus film, and them showing mediterranean fisherman catching octos (and then dispatching them!! :( ) in jars that they had tied to ropes... being as it was a good den the octo would move in and then they'd just reel it up. I've heard this same technique described elsewhere, and I would attempt this if I were to try to catch my own octo, but I don't have a tank (even tho where I live is prime bimac country)
I have never tried catching an octo before(there is a nearly constant supply of octos here ). But good luck anyway, do inform us if you catch one!
sorry about not responding to all these great ideas ,my modem tore up and i had to have it fixed, but thanks so much and i can/will try them all. i could probably just buy one but i think it'll be more interesting this way!
no dice on an octo this weekend , just some anenomes,conchs,bleenies,etc.for our reef tank.i guess we'll try again this coming weekend.
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