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Warren — Attorney General William Schneider will be the guest speaker at The Maine Teaparty, Inc. meeting in Warren on April 7.
Attorney General Schneider is a career prosecutor, a retired U.S. Army officer, and a former Assistant Republican Leader in the Maine House of Representatives.
Also speaking will be Rep. Deb Sanderson from Chelsea. She will be sharing her experience as a freshman legislator.
Socializing begins at 6 p.m. for a social time and then the meeting starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. at the Masonic Hall on Route 90 in Warren.
The groups goal is to inform citizens about current political issues. The public is welcomed and is encouraged to attend. There will be refreshments available.
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A day at the (woodtick) races
I was up in Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area in Minnesota's Iron Range last weekend, on a yearly camping trip with several friends: Ty, Garret, Kevin, Maggie, Val, Dan, and and Dan's almost-one-year-old daughter Sammy. Kev and Mags noticed the local newspaper at a gas station, and had to buy one when they saw the front page. Above stories about and a mountain bike festival and an especially friendly grouse, the main headline was about the annual Woodtick Race, which has been going for 32 years as a fundraiser for the local fire department.
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Major metalworking in this shop
If Lance Rezac never has to get out his sawhorses again, it will be all right with him. Before his new shop went up, that's what he did every time to shear or to cut a large piece of metal.
"Yes, in our old shop, we didn't have room for working with long pieces of steel," he recalls. This is not a problem now. "Since the shear table is 25 feet long, I can cut 20-foot pieces easily," he says. There are rollers to help him maneuver long pieces over to one of the shears with no trouble.
This entire center is located right by the shop's fabrication area. "That's also where we pull equipment in to work on it," he explains.
The upright storage rack is formed by welded-on pegs made of 1-inch round stock. Inventory is stocked by widths of the flat iron; the widest pieces are kept at the bottom, and all widths are clearly labeled on one end post.
"If we need a piece, we just lay it down, shear it, and throw what's left] back on the rack," says Rezac.
A second center
What you can't see in the photograph above is a second work station that sits at a right angle to the first. This one has an even longer cutting table – it's a 40-foot-long surface complete with rollers. In the center is a 20-inch chop saw.
They wanted to be able to handle the 40-foot (standard) lengths of round or square tubing, he says. In other words, all the types of iron that won't shear. The level of organization is impressive.
Another long rack holds angle iron and pipe nearer to the chop saw, where those materials are cut. There are smaller shop-built racks for the shorter lengths of rod and tubing.
"We keep the rod by the rod shear. I find that when there's a place to put something and that place is handy, then things are a lot likelier to get put back," he observes.
Uses leftover i-beams
Every bit of the entire metalworking center is made of salvage metal, says Rezac. The primary building materials were the 8-inch I-beams left over from the construction of their new shop building; the rollers are from a salvage yard.
He says he and two employees have about a day and half in this project, which resulted in the permanent work stations.
Rezac notes with a grin, however, that ever since his metalworking center was completed, "Now everyone in the 10-mile area knows to call me if they're looking for iron!"


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Water isn't the only the thing in short supply during a summer in Athens - the pickings are pretty slim when it comes to music of the concert variety as well.
Such music's most constant sources, such as the University of Georgia's Performing Arts Center, take breaks between seasons and many of the local performance groups take the summer off as well.
`Songs of the South'
performed by the Athens Masters Chorale
When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 16
Where: The Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free
Call: (706) 542-4400
Just as the good rains this week have eased the drought, the Athens Master Chorale steps in to perform a weekend concert at the Ramsey Concert Hall with a selection material titled ``Songs of the South.'' Choirmaster Joseph Napoli said the program consists entirely of ``Southern stuff,'' ranging from folk songs to opera arias.
``We tried to pick pieces that reflect a variety of different periods in the South,'' he said. ``Some are from the 1800s, some from the turn of the century, and some are more current - but all are Southern.''
A light menu is best when the weather is hot and the program for this concert exemplifies light musical summer fare with folk songs like ``Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair,'' ``Summertime,'' from ``Porgy and Bess'' and a selection of songs that Napoli called ``Salvation Army tunes,'' which he said are tunes written at the turn of the century and sound ``like what a Salvation Army Band would have played on a Saturday afternoon on the bandstand.''
Just to add some variety to the mix, an aria from the opera ``Suzanne'' will be performed as well as a humorous song called ``If You've Only Got a Mustache.''
Napoli said it was a conscious decision to choose a light and varied program.
``We needed to do lighter fare after a couple of years of heavy stuff,'' he said.
The chorale's last performance was a concert of Bach's ``St. John's Passion'' in April.
A banjo and fiddle combo is slated to play for the first four or five minutes to get everyone in the right frame of mind, he said.
The finale should be no surprise to anyone. Yep, ``Georgia on My Mind.''
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Office of Medvedchuk in Kyiv
In the Ukrainian selection has refuted information about evacuation of the office.
Information about evacuation of employees from the office of the public movement Ukrainian choice – the Right people, led by Viktor Medvedchuk, is not true. This was stated press Secretary of the organization Oleg Babanin Thursday, December 1.
"I'll just stay in the office, as well as other employees of the Ukrainian choice – the Right people. No evacuation no. Work in a regular mode", – Babanin wrote on his page in Facebook.
He also added that the office staff Medvedchuk is known about the plans of radical groups. "The radicals are happy with the current situation and the impunity of extremist groups," said Babanin.
Earlier today, Hromadske radio reported that the office of the Ukrainian choice to evacuate employees. According to media reports, all employees of the organization was to 15.00 to leave the office and pick up valuable items.
We will remind, on November 21, protesters celebrate on independence Day of dignity and freedom, smashed the premises in the building in Bolshaya Vasylkivska, 23 B, office of the Ukrainian choice.


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Winters were long for Hingham sisters and stay-at-home moms Amanda Zani and Tamsin Garside. With few places to go with kids, and not many unscheduled entertainment options, the women often ended up stuck at home with little to do.
The quandary sparked an idea for the duo, who opened up their children's play space – Playdipity - in Cohasset last month.
According to a release, Playdipity – a take on the words "play" and "serendipity" – is a gathering place for caregivers and children, and allows moms to bring their kids to a new place while at the same time interacting with their peers.
"We thought play and serendipity – spontaneously interacting with people, finding friends here, when you just want to go out and there are other kids to talk to," Garside said in a phone interview.
The space, located at 132 Chief Justice Cushing Highway in Cohasset, features children- sized boats and cars, dress-up clothes, doll houses, play structures, and numerous other toys intended to spark the imagination.
Although they both live in Hingham, Garside with a 3-year-old son and Zani with her 2-and 4-year-old daughters, Cohasset seemed like the perfect settling point.
"We're both living in Hingham, but Cohasset we thought was a good meeting point from Hingham, Hull, Scituate, Marshfield -- the areas that have a lot of staying-at-home parents, younger children, and a need for a space such as ours," Garside said.
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"We want people to feel comfortable coming here, people to see it as their home away from home and come back week after week," Garside said. "We're hoping for [people to come in during] long winters and rainy days when you just need to get out of the house and have an activity to do."
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Wilson Combat/Scattergun Technologies VERY BAD Customer Service!!They Are Thieves!!
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NovaSS,You only have oneside of the story here,because Wilson Combat has no interest in what anyone thinks.The day this was posted originally,I e-mailed it to the supervisor that was of no help to me.Other's have e-mailed them about this post and what they have done.If you were being wrongfully accused of something,wouldn't you come here to defend yourself??
I welcome them to come here, but if it is for anything but the long overdue apology,I will have someone scan the document on a disc I have from a credible Gunsmith and post his findings on here that details the defect.AS far as JoeQ liar,while I've been in retail myself,if you can't tell the difference between fact and fiction,then you need not be in a position to make warranty decisions.
How convient, anytime a warranty issue comes up it is never the companies fault because the public is probably lying to get something "free".A company will go out of business just as well for lying to the "public" and not backing up their words in the warranty.I have no reason to make my case anymore,the money has been credited back and my gun has been repaired by a company Wilson Combat can't even be qualified to hold their jockstrap.Somtimes oneside of the story and the absence of the other speaks for itself.
abelew said ("and i tend to believe him/why would he sand his gun that he just got coated")
Thank you for your post abelew.
See everybody? Sometimes a warranty issue is just a little common sense! Now maybe, if Wilson Combat starts exhibiting some, they won't totally destroy their business by believing "JoeQ" is always lying.
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Sammy Watkins has spent the first two weeks on the sideline, watching his Clemson teammates put on an offensive show.
So Tigers coach Dabo Swinney had a simple message this week for his All-American receiver, who returns Saturday against Furman after a two-game suspension.
"We're 2-0, Sammy," Swinney said, joking. "Don't mess it up."
Watkins missed Clemson's wins over Auburn and Ball State because of an off-season drug arrest. Swinney promised Watkins would see extensive action for the No. 11 Tigers (2-0), who are expected to have little trouble at Memorial Stadium with their in-state, Football Championship Subdivision opponent.
Watkins was one of the game's most dynamic stars last season. He had 82 catches as a freshman and set school records with 1,219 yards receiving and 12 touchdown grabs. Watkins also averaged 25 yards on kickoff returns with a return TD.
He became the first true freshman in Atlantic Coast Conference history be make the AP All-America team and the first at any school to do it since Oklahoma runner Adrian Peterson accomplished it in 2004.
Watkins, though, got in trouble in May, when he was stopped by police and had a bag of marijuana and two pills for which he did not have a prescription. Watkins was charged with two misdemeanors and took part in an intervention program.
Watkins has apologized to his coaches, teammates and fans for his mistake. Now, he's ready to play.
"I was smiling at practice, 'Ahh, we got him back,' " Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd said.
Boyd said Watkins worked through the summer, even after Swinney levied the two-game penalty at the start of the team's fall camp.
When Swinney sent him to the scout team to help the starters prepare for Auburn, Watkins worked as hard as if he were in the lineup, Boyd said.
"He (is) so much more mature as a player from last year, so much more understanding of how the game works as a player," Boyd said. "It's going to be fun."
Clemson's offense has a fun time so far, even without Watkins.
The Tigers opened a season with at least 500 yards of offense for the first time ever.
DeAndre Hopkins, who caught 72 passes last year, has picked up the slack with Watkins out. Hopkins set a school record with 13 catches in the 26-19 win over Auburn, then caught three touchdowns in last week's 52-27 victory against Ball State.
Charone Peake, a sophomore almost as highly regarded as Watkins coming in a freshman, has 11 catches in two games this year as Watkins' replacement after getting just four in 2011.
And don't forget the run game, led by the ACC's leading rusher in Andre Ellington.
Boyd understands it's his job to play the point, keeping the Tigers' array of playmakers happy and productive.
"The key to us as an offense this year is not forcing things, kind of letting things come to us," Boyd said. "Having a player like (Watkins) out there is something else, and you want to get him the ball, but not if it means forcing it."
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I voted to keep the name. Just maybe change the design to something cooler. The claw isn't too bad imo. When you compare it to the pelicans or spurs..I mean who wears a spur on ther jersey?....Raptors isn't such a bad name.
I voted to keep the name. Just maybe change the design to something cooler. The claw isn't too bad imo. When you compare it to the pelicans or spurs..I mean who wears a spur on ther jersey?....Raptors isn't such a bad name.
i don't really care just make the unis look cool and come up with a better symbol
If they want a new brand for this franchise, then I suggest the "Raptors that actual win games" cause that is the only branding I care about. Changing the name does nothing but give people reason to question the team (if I've cheer for the Raptors since '95, do I want to cheer for the Huskies or Honkies or whatever stupid generic name MLSE spits out).
Also, I think it is idiotic to change the colours to blue and white, regardless of the team name. This isn't the Toronto Maple Leafs. If you want to brand as Canada's team, then blue makes no sense. Red and white are the only colours on the flag, which coincidently are the colours on the team's jerseys now.
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This Canada's team thing is crap.. I know that's what MLSE will want because it will make them richer. I would prefer that they go blue because that's what Toronto teams do.
It's easier to identify a team by the city (or state if it's a small state) they play in. I couldn't see myself looking at the Raptors as Canada's team.. Canada's team is going to be coached by Triano and I hope they have success, but why identify the Raptors as a national team? They are not the Canadian Raptors.. they are the TORONTO Raptors.
The Blue Jays, Leafs, Argos all wear blue.. therefore I would prefer the team colours be blue and white and not red and white.
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Branding is for marketing.. If I wanted the Raptors to make a sh!t load of money then I'd consider changing everything to try and get other people into the product too.
But I personally identify a team with the city they play in.. and when I think of Toronto sports I think the colour blue.
I'd stay away from blue as well. In a weird way, it would reinforce the idea that the Raptors are the Maple Leafs' little sister.
The Yankees and Knicks both have blue but the blues are different.. I think it can still work such that the blue the Raptors wear is a different shade then the Leafs - just to create some separation.
However I would still prefer blue over red, green, purple, yellow, orange, black, etc.
Yeah let's be like every other sports team in Toronto. Just because.
And while we're ahead let's just give them hockey sticks and helmets to go with those jerseys
Raptors need to bring back the purple jerseys. Like the one on Mr. Z`s avatar. It`s a great jersey, and has more history than the Toronto Huskies.
That really is the only change i want to see them make. I am 110% against a name change. I think it would be disastrous.
I've said it many times...I just don't like the name Raptors, largely it comes from velociraptor, and only partly because the genesis of the team name has to do with a hollywood blockbuster. It's already been said in this thread...Raptors are hardly the dinosaur most people think...because the way they were portrayed in Jurassic Park was completely baseless. They mostly used information about other similar dinosaurs (bigger ones too, btw).
Velociraptors are basically scavenging turkeys with pointy claws. So basically, we're the Toronto Extinct Turkeys. That just doesn't fly with me (no pun intended). There's nothing about the current image, logo, and name that evoke anything special to anyone other than die-hard fans who would probably follow them even if their name was the Toronto Extinct Turkeys. What history and tradition? Mediocrity, poor management and shitty attempts to build around one all-star at a time? That's no tradition to be proud of. I am proud to cheer for the Raptors, but not because of their name or their tradition. Rather because they are Toronto's team. This would be true no matter what there name/image is, so why not change it to something with some meaning..or you know, where the image it conjures actually reflects the true meaning.....
My 2 favorite totally new names....
-Wolverines....Canadian, bad-ass, could probably rip a real velociraptor to shreds given that they're notoriously ferocious animals that can take down larger prey (even Moose!), and fight off larger animals (even Polar and Grizzly bears!). Downside is two-fold. First that it also has a pop-culture image associated to it from the comic book character. Second that Michigan U uses the name (which is annoying since there are no wolverines in Michigan).
-Mammoths....Sure, extinct...but at least it's heavily associated with North America, and the ice age. It conjures images of strength in the face of the harshest conditions without making a direct reference to winter or the North.
Also I am somewhat ok with keeping the same name, but totally changing the image. Raptor means bird of prey. So I see a legit option as trying to rebrand the team with the image of some kind of bird. The big problem there is the Atlanta Hawks. It would be hard to design logos/designs that are different enough. One idea is to pick the Owl, but keep the team name as Raptors. The Snowy Owl is one of the largest birds of prey on the continent and obviously mostly found in Canada. Canada's also home to falcons, eagles, hawks, etc...In fact....if they just wanted to call them Owls of some kind, I'd be cool with that. Canada is home to some pretty impressive owls.
Bottom line: I've disliked the name Raptors since they announced it as a choice. And I was an impressionable kid who liked Jurassic Park as a movie. I still thought it was fucking crazy. Makes no sense. At the time I would've taken any other option...Towers, Dragons..I don't care. Even Dragons, at least they could've milked two separate mythological interpretations of the animal to milk both Euro and East Asian groups.
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So a comic book character influence is much better than a dinosaur movie reference. Gotcha.
*even then, at least the way the character is portrayed in the comic book is truer to the animal than the way raptors are portrayed in their movie.
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For the past few weeks, I have been feeding some adult cats and kittens who have taken up home in a burnt out triplex just down the street from me. My main concern are the kitties who are about 8-10 weeks. There are 5 all together.
When I went last night, there was only 1 kitten in sight. I had seen this one for the first time last week and hadn't seen him since. I was surprised at how close I was able to get to him, because usually the kittens would bolt when I came into the yard. So I put some food on a spoon and put it towards him and he started to eat it. Then I took some more and put it on a piece of wood for him as I went to feed the adults. Next thing I know as I was bending down, the kitty came in between my legs. I started to pet it and then picked it up. I was surprised at how tame he was. Well that did it for me. There was no way I was going to be able to put him back down and walk away. So he came home with me and straight into a flea bath. He was so infested that I cried. He also has a little eye infection.
I have a vet appointment tonight at 6:45 with him, I will let you know how it went.
Without further ado, here is the little guy. These were taken with my sons cell phone camera, so they aren't that good, but good enough.
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I started up my com today and found my desktop icons, as well as taskbar shortcut icons, become unknown icons. Unlike the programme icons that they were, like the S for Skype etc it became an unknown program icon.
Does anybody know how I can fix this?
I've tried restarting my com, but to no avail.
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There are many technical people at this forum, who can give you the technical reason for what happened as well as a technical solution. I, prefer to try the easy way first. Using system restore, restore to a time prior to the problem. Everything should be back to normal. I would then make a system image, put it in a safe place and save it for furutre problems.
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Increase the size of your icons. Does that change anything?
Also, try deleting your shelliconcache file and reboot.
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I tried increasing the size of the icons, no effect.
Also tried deleting the shelliconcache file and rebooted but no effect.
I did system restore to a month ago and it worked perfectly well. Thanks loads!
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I just realized that the icons become unrecognizable after I install photoshop cs4. Does anybody else have the same situation or is it just me?
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Yun Xiang (韵香) means roasted. Roasting is the key for Yunxiang Tie Guan Yin's feature: sweet and mellow flavor, very bright liquid. Usually, people who want to drink Tie Guan Yin will start with Qingxiang Tie Guan Yin, which is the base of Yunxiang tea. By roasting the Qingxiang tea, we can get the Yunxiang tea. Yunxiang tea has long-lasting aroma, but requires 120% more skill and patience for the makers, especially hand-made tea. During the roasting process, the tea will be roasted for 3 or 4 times, for over 8 hours of each time. The maker must control the temperature carefully, and judge the tea's quality with his experience. We may say that fine roasted oolong tea is made under a strict "fire" trial.
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There are multiple types of Tie Guan Yin in China. It is traditionally divided into three types: Qingxiang, Yunxiang and Nongxiang (浓香). Qingxiang Tie Guan Yin is known as its high aroma and brisk flavor, also called as the GuanYinYun (观音韵). Giving some charcoal fire into the making of Qingxiang tea, it can be transferred into a different type – the Yunxiang Tie Guan Yin, which tastes mellow and full. It has heavy roasting flavor, long-lasting aroma, while keeps the smooth and sweet taste of Qingxiang tea. It is also called as charcoal roasted Tie Guan Yin. Hand-made charcoal roasted Tie Guan Yin takes much more efforts during making.
The skill of roasting tea can be found in ancient China. In Ming Dynasty, the book Investigation into Tea (《茶笺》by Wen Long) wrote: The Classic of Tea does mention the procedure of "steaming and baking," indicating a long history behind this procedure[1]. In Dos and Don'ts in Tea Appreciation (Pin Cha Yao Lu) by Huang Ru, it is recorded: Once taken out from molds, the cakes should be on a big round shallow plate baked over fire to be heated thoroughly. The fire should be half smothered with charcoal, with a hollow inside to let go the heat[1].
Anxi is a birth place of good teas. -- Mr. LinIn this photo, Mr. Lin is checking the Tie Guan Yin leaves' condition during roasting.
Mr. Lin is a master tea maker with years of experience. In his spare time, he writes Chinese calligraphy, grows flowers, and practices spirituality in the abundant culture.
The tools using in roasting are simple. But the process is a hard work. A repeatedly check on every 15 to 20 minutes is needed, in order to control the temperature changing and tea leaf's quality changing. Charcoal roasted Tie Guan Yin has unique aroma and profound taste. The charcoal roasting flavor is pleasant, and the aroma can last longer than Qingxiang tea. Mr. Lin introduced us a part of the procedures of manually roasting.
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There is an important procedure during roasting: covering ashes. Roasting is to use high temperature to change the tea leaf's nature. The leaf, however, cannot be directly contacted with hot charcoal at hundreds degrees. The charcoal must be covered with ashes, to slow down the burning speed and control the temperature between 50℃ to 60℃. Meanwhile, the maker must check the leaf's condition repeatedly. There should be no open fire; otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted.
The tool used for covering ashes
Anxi County lies in the middle by south of Fujian, at 24°51′ N - 25°26′ N, 117°34′E - 118°18′E. Its total area is 2983.1 square kilometers. The environment of Anxi is definitely suitable for planting tea trees. It locates in the subtropical humid climate zone, on the southeast side of Dai Yun Mountain. The average temperature here is about 16 to 20℃, while the annual precipitation is around 1600 mm to 1800 mm.
The origin tea garden of our Hand-made Tieguanyin in Huqiu, Anxi, Fujian
Tie Guan Yin tea is the premium form of Chinese Oolong teas. Being lightly fermented, these teas are high amino acids, vitamins, polyphenols and antioxidants. These combine into a tea that reduces cholesterol and helps reduce hardening of the arteries, and so can help reduce risks of heart attacks. The antioxidants it contains can also help guard against some forms of cancer, and also help fight the affects of aging and bacterial infections.
Tie Guan Yin tea is the highest quality form of Chinese Oolong tea. Oolong teas were first developed during the early 1700's in the Fujian area of China. As a cross between non fermented green and white teas, and the fully fermented black teas, that combines the best of both in a single tea, Oolong teas quickly became popular all through eastern China and Taiwan. In the early 1970's Oolong Tea became widely popular in Japan, and from their spread to the rest of the world. Fujian, the home of Oolong tea's, still produces the finest Oolong teas.
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An unbelievably complex and balanced Tieguanyin, it clearly deserves the high rating it has. It has the perfect amount of roast to it, you can tell in the mouthfeel that it was roasted, but the taste itself is extremely sweet and smooth as though it were not. It is hard to describe this tea because it would sound very contradicting. It is sweet and sugary, yet roasty and earthy. It is smooth and light on the palate, but the aftertaste is profound and lingers in the mouth. It has everything one could ask for in a high-quality oolong with the way it looks, its aroma, its color, taste and texture. Actually, the price for this tea is reasonable. One can easily spend more money on a lower-quality Tieguanyin. I appreciate offerings like this because they are such good value - you can brew a lot of tea with 7-8 grams of leaf.
First I say the price is to much for me but when I drink this tea I was taken from my home into a wonderful jorney into the wet forest. Thetaste is gorgeous.
A lively roasted Tie Guan Yin. Complex and not over powered by the roast. If you like roasted oolongs, definitely give this one a try. The aroma and taste is completely typical of a good roasting job. I cannot wait to have another session with this one to write down more notes.
The aroma is richly roasted, as expected, with notes of char, roasted chestnuts, walnuts, pecans...this is a nutty tea! Finish that off with a distant orchid aroma and you have a very intense aroma, I do suggest sitting down if sniffing this tea. That is a smooth start, smooth and rich, it begins with chestnuts and caramelized sugar, this transitions to black walnut, and lastly it finished with a touch of smoke and char. The mouth feel is almost velvety and thick, it is definitely a whole mouth tea. http://ramblingbutterflythoughts.blogspot.com/2014/11/teavivre-nonpareil-anxi-yun-xiang.html
I recieved this tea months ago as part of the Teavivre anniversary sampler, but just got around to having it now. It came in a really nice dark red metallic sample pouch, tightly closed and nearly vacuum-sealed. I decided to use my 4oz to lid level gaiwan which I did not fill all the way to the top to facilitate easier and cleaner pouring. The directions called for boiling water, but I decided to stick with 195 degrees Fahrenheit. Teavivre also recommended using 7.5 grams of tea, but I used about a teaspoon instead. I did however use the timing recommendation for the steeps, which was "rinse (5s), 10s, 15s, 20s, 25s, 30s, 50s, 70s." I initially planned on doing additions of 20 seconds after the last three. The dry leaves are dark, almost black, and have a smell that although toasted, also has notes of saline. The liquor is a translucent light orange. The first infusion is light, mellow, with notes of spice and vanilla. The second infusion is slightly more toasted in flavor as the leaves open up; the mouthfeel is slightly thicker, but very 'airy.' The third infusion has an even deeper toasty flavor to it and a bit of an acidic bite and peppery notes in the aftertaste. The fourth infusion again has an increase in those same toasty notes to the point where I can now honestly see that it is a more aggressive roast (but still pretty mild, just more so than I thought originally), as well as a small amount of musk properly proportioned as not to overwhelm, and a smidgen of that salty flavor I smelled in the dry leaves. The fifth infusion went maybe five seconds longer than the 30 intended. The sixth infusion has a bit of the vanilla back in it, and the roast as calmed down and almost vanished completely. Hints of pepper return along with the interesting salty flavor. After the sixth infusion I increased the temperature to 205 degrees Fahrenheit. The seventh infusion is still salty -- in fact it is the primary flavor. The eighth infusion has a slightly nutty flavor to it, sort of like warmed hazelnut. The ninth infusion I decided to do for 3 minutes instead of 1 minute 50 seconds. The flavor is the same as before, but stronger. The tenth infusion I decided to do for 6 minutes. Again, it is mostly the same as before, only perhaps with a slightly sharper edge to the flavors. The eleventh infusion I decided to do for 12 minutes. It is nuttier and surprisingly not that bitter. I decided to stop after this one, as by this point I had been drinking the tea almost all day. When I decide to have the remainder of the sample, I would like to try it western-style at a hotter temperature to compare. It is definitely an excellent tea, and I was impressed with the care that was taken to ensure that the roast was deep enough to enhance the other flavors but not overpowering.
Revisiting this one, loved the sample so much that I purchased a larger order of this during the great July anniversary sale! Added bonus? This tea was already prepackaged in sample sizes for extreme freshness. Each ~8g was wrapped in plastic, then wrapped in a mini foil baggie and both vacuum sealed and then placed in the usual Teavivre ziplock foil bag. FABULOUS, don't need transfer this to another container! Since I have extra now, I decided to brew this at the suggested temperature to compare. My earlier try was with a touch under boiling which brought out very strong smoked and charcoal flavors. With the suggested temp, it is much smoother and less smokey in both aroma and taste, so it may be better for those who don't like these flavors. However, my preference leans on the strong side while hot and then icing the "leftover" leaves to bring out the sweeter notes.
This one didn't wake up and was bland through the rinse and two steeps (in hindsight, I should have used a higher temperature due to the triple roasting) but then it exploded into a gorgeous warm color and produced a delicious and slightly sweet smoke concentrate that stayed well into the 9th steep. The tea liquor was stronger than the wet leaves, that's never been the case in any of my previous teas! It really tasted like a the warmth of a campfire without any of the acrid, char or bitterness. It outlasted me and I ended up letting the leaves cool down and brewed the rest shinobi-cha. After about 3 hours, the tea liquor was very pale and the 4th hour brought out a lovely sweet melon note (probably what everybody else says is orchid, I suck *heh*) which lasted for another hour or two and gave way to a sweeter version of the gong-fu brew. Ordering some more of this just to play around with, I may actually geek out and try to capture that melon/orchid note again, the contrast complexity between that pure sweet note and the campfire is crazy. Guess all those semesters of lab in Chemistry will come in handy.
A western style steep of this one on this cold morning. Wow, these leaves are super dark, and the tea brewed up dark as well. It's dark enough to look like a black tea. It smells roasty and charcoal-y. This is most definitely a charcoal-roasted TGY, and while I am definitely getting more in to traditional, lightly-roasted TGY, charcoal roasted is pretty much roasting a bit too far for me, haha. It is smooth, with light vegetal notes and roasty notes. If you enjoy charcoal-roasted oolong, I would definitely suggest checking this one out. This review was originally published on Steepster by Dinosara on December 15, 2013. TeaVivre add this whole review here by getting permission from Dinosara.
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My girlfriend is coming to town, and I'm about to become "Annoying Relationship Guy" on Facebook for a week. Your Facebook stream is going to be flooded with disgustingly cute pictures of my girlfriend and I and constant updates about all the stuff we're doing and how much we love each other. I apologize in advance.
So that brings up our Topic of the Day: What do people do on social media sites that really gets on your nerves? Our listeners tell us, ironically, on my Facebook page, and here are a few of my favorite responses.
This is a big one for me. I understand if women post the occasional selfie if they just got their hair done or something like that, but EVERY SINGLE DAY gets real old real fast. And it's always weird when guys do it.
This was a popular answer, and I have to agree. First of all, don't tell me what to do, and secondly, I doubt my Grandma is going to die because I didn't share this stupid picture. Probably because she's dead already. Oh, I just made myself sad.
Oh God, I hate this. It's one thing if you put an interesting spin on it, or it's actually a big deal, or you make it funny, but when people post stuff like "Eating lunch," nobody cares. That was a huge waste of my time reading that.
I will never understand why people do this. I have never had a problem with "drama" and "fake friends". Maybe the problem is you, whining person.
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11 Trends in Hospitals' Cancer Programs
|Theresa Franco
2. Focus on patient-centered care. As with hospital care in general, cancer care at hospitals is becoming more patient-centered. For example, when Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine planned its cancer center, which opened in February 2012, it conducted focus groups of patients and their families to elicit feedback on what the new center should offer.
Some amenities at the center that originated from those focus groups include the rooftop terrace garden, where somepatients can receive infusion treatments outdoors, and living room-style seating with natural light in waiting areas, according to Tracy Gosselin, PhD, RN, assistant vice president and associate CNO for Duke Cancer Institute, which includes the Duke Cancer Center.
3. Personalized medicine. Personalized medicine — using genetic analysis to determine which drugs will target a patient's specific cancer — isanother growing trend in hospitals' oncology services. "We're able to customize their therapy to the cellular makeup of cancer rather than treating all breast cancers the same and all lung cancers the same," Dr. Tsue says.
This individualized approach, which aligns with a patient-centered culture, also reduces side effects and improves symptom management.
4. Greater awareness of cost. The cost of cancer care treatment has been a long-time
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In line with the enhanced focus on patient-centered care, cancer care providers are also taking more time to ensure patients understand the costs and benefits associated with different treatment options. Some drugs may be very costly but may not significantly improve the quality of life, for example.
"We want to make sure patients fully understand the treatment plan and agree with the plan. If treatment is not going to cure [the cancer], discussion should take place between the physician and patient to make sure everyone is in the same place in terms of the goals of care," says Terry Langbaum, chief administrative officer of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
5. More focus on outcomes. Healthcare reform is requiring all areas of hospital care to be more accountable for quality by adhering toevidence-based practices, and cancer care is no exception. Theresa Franco, executive director the cancer program at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, suggests that while standards of care currently do exist, cancer programs will begin to focus more on defining standards for cancer care outcomes. "I think that there's going to be some very significant benchmarks that are going to be put in place that we're going to have to meet in relation to defining the quality of cancer care," she says. Moreover, as physicians align more closely with hospitals, oncology practices may become more standardized, she says.
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7. Complementary services. Another growing trend in hospitals' cancer care is offering services that complement their treatments, such as social, psychological, spiritual and dietary services. "I think supportive services and complementary care are going to continue to be something that patients are going to ask for and want in addition to their traditional cancer care program," says Ms. Franco. "We're getting a better handle on what kinds of things make a difference in the cancer experience as far as [fewer] complications [and] a better quality of life."
These additional services are part of creating a patient-centered cancer program, as they recognize that patients have diverse needs. "The non-medical aspect of patient cancer care is being addressed in a more rigorous fashion," says Dr. Tsue. "We're not just treating the patient, but the whole person." For example, The University of Kansas Cancer Center makes fertility experts available to female patients who are considering having children after treatment. Treatment can affect a patient's fertility, so addressing patients' plans for children before treatment enables healthcare providers to meet patients' needs as both cancer patients and future parents.
8. Coordinated cancer services. In addition to offering more complementary services, hospitals' cancer care programsare also working to coordinate their services more effectively. Cancer centers are bringing providers of their complementary services together with the main clinical providers in a multidisciplinary team-based approach. The team may include a medical oncologist, surgical oncologist, radiologist, pharmacist, dietician and rehabilitation professional, and would develop each patient's care plan in consultation with one another to ensure they are treating the whole patient.
Ms. Franco suggests mid-level providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, may play a larger role in cancer care in the future as the shortage of cancer specialists grows. "The numbers of physicians in the critical cancer care specialties, whether radiation oncology, medical oncology — those numbers are dwindling, and the demand is gong to exceed supply. We're going to have to figure out more strategic and creative ways to take care of patients," she says.
Hospitals' cancer programs are also coordinating care by centralizing services in one location. In Duke Medicine's new cancer center, the patient
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Care transitions
Besides coordinating care during patients' treatment, hospitals' oncology programs are also coordinating care for patients post-treatment, as they transition to survivorship programs and return to their primary care physician. At Johns Hopkins' Kimmel Cancer Center, cancer care providers communicate the patient's post-treatment plan with both the patient and his or her primary care physician. The provider reviews the patient's diagnosis, the treatments he or she received and the surveillance schedule for after treatment. The cancer center also established a hotline for primary care physicians so they can ask questions about the cancer patient to an advanced nurse practitioner at Johns Hopkins. For example, a primary care physician may want to know which post-treatment symptoms are normal and which should be followed up on, according to Ms. Langbaum.
9. Enhanced survivorship programs. As cancer care advances, more cancer patients are surviving and are living longer, creating a need for survivorship care. Hospitals' oncology programs are meeting this need through survivorship services such as rehab and psychiatry services. Survivorship programs address both physical and emotional long-term effects of cancer.
Survivorship programs also involve education of patients and their families. Johns Hopkins' cancer center defines a cancer survivor as any patient post-cancer diagnosis, including patients currently under treatment. Ms. Langbaum says the center educates patients on their treatment, their surveillance schedule post-treatment and the late effects of treatment. "We try to bring patients and caregivers in for these programs so the entire support system for that patient is well educated in terms of what we can learn to make treatment easier and the quality of life better," she says.
10. Palliative care services. Beyond survivorship programs, hospital cancer programs are also offering palliative and end-of-life care for cancer patients. Palliative care involves the management of symptoms such as nausea and vomiting and focuses on improving cancer patients' quality of life. Palliative care providers take an empathetic approach to caring for patients, ensuring both their physical and emotional needs are met.
Dr. Tsue says many cancer patients confide in palliative care providers more than in their oncology physicians when discussing the effects of treatment. "They're worried the oncologist will turn off the therapy, so they sacrifice a lot and hold a lot of things in when they're talking to the treating physician," he says. Communication between palliative care providers and oncologists can help improve patients' experience of treatment without discontinuing it. For instance, Dr. Tsue says providers can offer counseling and pharmacologic intervention for a patient suffering psychological distress, which can relieve the patient of stress without affecting the actual treatment.
11. Many educational opportunities. Ensuring cancer patients are educated about their diagnosis and treatments is a continuing trend in hospitals' oncology programs. "There's a trend toward providing more information so patients feel comfortable, well-informed and educated about what's going to happen to them," Ms. Langbaum says. For example, the Kimmel Cancer Center offers a chemotherapy course before patients begin treatment so they know what to expect about the process and side effects.
Dr. Gosselin suggests educating patients through multiple mediums, such as via the Internet, videos, iPad applications and written documents, to emphasize important information.
Hospital cancer programs also educate patients' families about their risks of getting cancer, as many cancers have a genetic basis. "It's important to determine [patients'] genetic profile and predisposition to develop other cancers as well as get relatives tested to see if they're at risk," Dr. Tsue says. "We can save a lot of lives by determining their risk profile and intervening before cancers develop."
Furthermore, cancer providers educate the community about the importance of screening for cancers and making health decisions to lower the risk of getting cancer. "We have an obligation to prevention and screening," Ms. Franco says. Cancer centers' focus on preventive care may increase as hospitals try to manage population health, one of the goals of healthcare reform.
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PA Cyber Charter School Named Pittsburgh's 'Top Workplace'
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Online K-12 school CEO Dr. Nick Trombetta is 'Top Executive'
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Nick Trombetta and the online school he founded and leads, the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, took top honors among large organizations in the Pittsburgh region in the "Top Places to Work" program sponsored by the Post-Gazette newspaper.
Dr. Trombetta "inspires and motivates everyone around him," one employee told Workplace Dynamics in the opinion survey which formed the basis for the awards, the first such study conducted by Workplace Dynamics for the Post-Gazette. A special section in the Oct. 6 Post-Gazette details how small, medium and large employers were ranked by those who work for them.
PA Cyber was ranked as the top workplace for the Pittsburgh region among companies employing 500 or more, and CEO Dr. Trombetta was named top executive in the same category. The rankings remained a closely guarded secret until announced at an evening awards ceremony Oct. 5 at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel.
Workplace Dynamics said 27,402 employees at 155 nominated companies took the survey, resulting in selection of 85 of them to "Top Workplaces" lists. PA Cyber's results placed it at the head of 15 large Pittsburgh companies including Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services, Consol Energy Inc., FedEx Ground, Cochran automotive and Bayer Corp.
In presenting the executive award to Dr. Trombetta, Stephen B. Spolar, vice president of human resources for the Post-Gazette, used Dr. Trombetta's own words to explain PA Cyber's success: "Serve the students, serve the families, and serve each other. If we do that job, PA Cyber will be here for a long time."
Elisabeth Geer, client services manager for Workplace Dynamics, said 560 out of PA Cyber's 695 employees (81 percent) responded to the survey and filed an additional 1,200 comments about the online school in their own words.
Among their comments:
"I feel appreciated because the company allows for opinions and suggestions to be made and taken into consideration when making decisions pertaining to PA Cyber."
"I have endless opportunities to positively impact both coworkers and the children of our future."
"PA Cyber is always reinventing itself. Always looking for new and cutting-edge ways to educate the students."
Employees said of Dr. Trombetta that he "has a sense of compassion for students and fellow workers. Understands that to make a company great, employees need to feel needed and appreciated. . . has done a fabulous job in making a difference in the little town of Midland."
Profiles of PA Cyber and the other 84 "Top Workplaces" are posted at www.post-gazette.topworkplaces.com.
PA Cyber is Pennsylvania's largest and most successful cyber charter school, with 11,000 students enrolled from nearly every school district in the commonwealth. PA Cyber has made AYP, the federal measurement of school effectiveness, for the past three years – something no other charter school of its size in the nation has ever done. PA Cyber is headquartered in Midland, Pa. The website is www.pacyber.org
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Actress Jane Seymour claims that Arnold Schwarzenegger has even more illegitimate children! Wow. I know she's his neighbor. But, I have questions:
- How does Jane know?
- Who knew she was such a gossip?
I'm picturing her hiding behind living room curtains with one of those telescope microphones they use at football games!
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has at least two more secret children, British actress Jane Seymour has claimed.
It emerged last week that the actor and former governor of California – who recently separated from wife Maria Shriver – has a 14-year-old son with his family's now-retired housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena and his famous neighbor has predicted further revelations will emerge about his personal life.
Jane – who lives close to Arnold in Malibu, California – said she was not shocked to hear Maria and Arnold, who have four children Katherine, 21, Christina, 19, Patrick, 17, and 13-year-old Christopher had split after 25 years together because she has been told there are other secrets set to be exposed.
She told CNN: "I was not even remotely surprised. The moment I heard it, that there was an announcement of their separation … He was obviously jumping the gun before everyone else told the world of the news.
"From what I gather, I think there will be lots of information coming people's way. I heard about two more [children] somebody else knows about. I even met someone who knows him well."
Meanwhile, Maria is said to have hired A-list divorce lawyer Laura Wasser and could pocket $100 million in a settlement, with their combined worth said to be between $200 million and $400 million.


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Release Date: 2011 |
Knott- EMERITUS (4)The codification of a language we call Youth....Ponton EMERITUS (4)And all the fans cheer and join in unison: Yes...toxin. (4.5)Don't think for too long; just say yes....Shamus248 (5)One of Yellowcard's finest projects. A bit of a continuation of Ocean Avenue, but even mor...
gmang (3.5)Yellowcard is back....Wildcatforever (4)Yes....muzikdizcovery (4.5)When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes is a reflection of the past, and a view at the futur...sceezy (4)After a two year hiatus, Yellowcard returns with a bang in 2011 with When You're Through T...
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YYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH, I just might become a pop punk fan one day...
Anyway, amazing review Sowing!
Digging: Summoning - With Doom We Come
Album Rating: 2.0this review almost makes me want to listen to this but it's Yellowcard so I know I'll hate it
good review sowing, pos
er I mean good review Steve full stop
Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Offjust listen
you know you want to
Fucking hate this band
Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound OffI just might become a pop punk fan one day
I thought you already were? Or is it just YC that you like?
sowing i feel you so hard with this review. you think there's a chance i'd dig this?
Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Offehh basically if you like pop punk you will like this
and if you like YC you will love this
Album Rating: 2.0"just listen
you know you want to"
I really really don't. I dig some pop-punk but these guys have never been for me.
Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Offyeah, these guys have always been my favorite pop punk band so it's hard for me to imagine someone not at least giving them a chance. i mean i know you have, but...a new album, a new chance?
Good work, Sowing. I totally forgot this was a 2011 release.
Album Rating: 2.0" i mean i know you have, but...a new album, a new chance?"
does the vocalist still sound the same?
Album Rating: 4.0yellowcard rules man
just ate a mars bar and four penguins, i am not feeling too good
Album Rating: 4.0goddamn this rules hard
Album Rating: 4.4 | Sound Offnow we're talking
it's the codification of a language we call Youth.
Album Rating: 1
Acad you're a fag
why is this band cool to like
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Once again, certainly not a major mountain but in Belgium terms it is - i.e. it is the countries highest point. The lowly remains of a once mighty volcanic area, this particular peak once called de Hoge Venen. Located in the pleasant, forested Parc Naturel de Haut Fagnes in eastern Belgium, the ascent of Signal de Botrange can provide a good if not spectacular introduction to Belgium nature.
Unfortunately (or for some the opposite) a road runs across it's tree covered summit between Eupen and Malmady. It is a round hill like summit rising in the Belgium Ardennes and adorned by a tower or the 'Signal of Botrange'.
A day long route purely to ascend the mountain would be hard to come by unless you began well away from the summit itself, but there is pleasant walking in the forest. One pleasant (if not short) route would be to start at the nature centre a couple of miles south and walk through the forest tracks to the tower area. An easy walk for old and young!
If thats not enough, go explore the lovely Hautes Fagnes area (meaning high marsh) but remember - bring a rain coat! Don't despair on a rainy day - the Fagnes gain a delightful quality when mist covered and rain dashed.
The Belgium government has built a tower 6 metres high next to the summit that places whoever climbs it at exactly 700 metres above see level.
Getting There
One alternative would be to drive, or take the bus from Eupen (they leave every hour from the bus station) southbound over the N6 towards Malmedy. There are plenty of train connections with Eupen from Aachen in Germany or Liege in Belgium. The road will pass over the summit (easily spotted with the tower). Two miles south is the Nature Centre where bags can be left if need be and a cup of coffee obtained. It has one or two interesting artefacts on the local nature but the screaming school parties may hurry you on. Then walk to the summit on the road or better on forest tracks. Other alternatives would be using the N672 from Verviers or the N6 north from Malmady. Buses will pick you up on the road next to the nature centre when leaving - hitching is difficult because the traffic really shifts along this road and probably won't see you!
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Not a sausage required in terms of permits. An all year round peak but summer is probably the best choice - a sunny winters day would be good. Plenty of wildlife in the area including deer and foxes but unlikely to see much unless you go into the woods themselves. The nature centre has a lot more information than me.
For up to date information on public access and closing of some of the areas in the park call the Natuur Centrum 00 32 (0) 80 44 03 00. It is open from 10:00 to 18:00 hours every day.
When To Climb
All year round and summer is best, although don't expect good weather all the time as slightly less that 1.5m of rain is said to fall on this spot during the year.
Camping and Lodging
Best to stay in Eupen or Malmady or any other town in the area and there are several camping sites in the region.
A good option is to stay in Robertville (a few kms south of the summit). From here you can plan a whole day walk all the way up to Signal de Botrange - going trough some of the nicest parts of the park.
Mountain Conditions
The weather can change quickly in the Ardennes, so it pays to call ahead to the local tourist office for the daily ski bulletin. For information in the Eastern Cantons call 080/22.76.64. For conditions in Liege province call 041/22.42.10. For Namur province, contact 081/40.80.10. Or watch the weather reports on Belgian television.
Average temperatures:
All year round: 6.1 °C
In January: -1.0 °C
In July: 16.0 °C
Annual average precipitation: 1400 mm
Average number of rainy days per year 172
Average number of days with snow per year: 43
Average number of foggy days per year 175
Geological Beginnings
According to geological studies the Hoge Venen region (which is Dutch for Hautes-Fanges – not the name of the mountain), and in fact most of the Ardennes, originated from a relatively fast geological uplift in the Miocene period. So, even though there is still some volcanic activity in the area, the origin of the uplifting is not volcanic.
External Links
- Hoge Venen Natuur Centre
In Dutch, French and German only
- Nature Centre
In English
- Natural Park web-site
In French and German only
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In the south-central part of South America lies the nation of Bolivia, and in its third largest city of La Paz, the country's administrative capitol, is its standards body Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA). Founded in May 1993, IBNORCA is private and nonprofit; its responsibilities for developing technical standardization and certifying products and quality systems were ratified by the government in February 1997. IBNORCA's main task is to promote the effective development of quality in Bolivia.
A member of the Panamerican Standards Commission and the Mercosur Committee for Standardization, IBNORCA is also a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission and a correspondent member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The organization also participates in the activities of the Andean Committee for Standardization of the Andean Group. IBNORCA has been a memorandum of understanding partner with ASTM International since 2002, and more than 250 ASTM International standards have been used as the basis for, consulted or cited in Bolivian national standards, particularly for amusement rides, cement, concrete, petroleum, plastic, plastic piping, and steel and related alloys.
Last August, the Bolivian government approved new national amusement ride standards developed by IBNORCA based on ASTM International standards. The standards, which cover the ownership, operation, maintenance, inspection and testing performance of amusement rides and devices, were developed by industry stakeholders representing operators, suppliers, higher education and government. ASTM worked closely with IBNORCA to facilitate review of the official Spanish translations of the standards, which were developed by ASTM Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices.
Franceen Gonzales, vice president, waterpark business development, WhiteWater West Industries Ltd., and a member of F24 and the ASTM International board of directors, says, "I strongly believe that Bolivia is focused on having a very safe industry." During the 2013 safety conference at which the approval was announced, Gonzales detailed what the standards cover and how they should be used in facility operation; she also conducted a session addressing what can happen if standards are not adhered to or adopted.
In the fall of this year, an IBNORCA staff member with experience in amusement rides will participate in the ASTM Standards Expert Program, a key benefit offered to MOU signatories.
Among the numerous ASTM standards consulted or cited by IBNORCA are those for cement and concrete. And, in 2011, Enrique Pasquel, Lima, Peru, a member of ASTM Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and E60 on Sustainability, held a training course at IBNORCA on ASTM cement and concrete standards.
Representatives from industry, higher education and government attended the three-day course, which covered the role of ASTM International standards in project documents, ASTM's standards development process, and ASTM Committees C09 and C01 on Cement. Official Spanish translations of ASTM cement and concrete standards were a focal point of the training, and the program also highlighted the relationships between ASTM International and other organizations.
Courses on corrosion and the use of relevant ASTM International standards have been part of those taught in Bolivia through ASTM training partner EnginZone since 2011. Training participants, mainly engineers - industrial, mechanical, chemical and petroleum - come from several industries but mainly petroleum, such as pipeline operators and refineries, and as a result new members have become involved in the work of ASTM Committee G01 on Corrosion. The training courses being held in 2014 include offerings that address cathodic and galvanic corrosion, coatings and coatings failures.
For more information about the ASTM International MOU program, go to the ASTM website.