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S4E21: Here's something that may surprise you: last night's The Big Bang Theory was not only pretty good, but for one of the first times there was some actual character development. Amy showed a different side (that I actually really, really enjoyed). Priya added another layer of wit and at the same time, actually justified some of the other characters' dislike of her with the way she treated Leonard. And hey, Leonard actually started to stand up for himself. So, yeah, good stuff all around! It was nice to see one of the shows I enjoy find its groove again, especially since the rest of the season had been so below average.
"Could I see the roommate agreement?" – Priya
"Um. It's fairly technical." – Sheldon
We open with Sheldon in a panic. He needs to use the restroom but Leonard is showering, unknowingly, with Priya. Sheldon busts into the bathroom and once he finds out she's in there with him, Sheldon kind of loses it. This breaks the infamous roommate agreement that Leonard signed once upon a time, and, well, Sheldon does his whole Sheldon thing and tries to punish Leonard. However, there's a new factor in the equation this time around: Priya. Being a graduate of Cambridge Law, she knows what she's talking about when it comes to contracts. She finds a few loopholes and realizes that the boys don't have to abide by all of Sheldon's dumb little rules. Sheldon doesn't like this and seeks comfort in Penny, who brings Sheldon out for a girls night as an attempt to make him feel better.
"You're like a sexy toddler." – Amy
"I don't know how to process that." – Sheldon
Once Sheldon is out with the girls, he seems to approach the situation like a scientist. He watches the girls, amazed at how they interact with each other. But he's, surprisingly, not a jerk about things. He watches, yes, but he doesn't seem to be judging (well, not any more than you would expect). But he genuinely seems to be having a good time. They talk about Priya and how horrible she is, then they head over to do some dancing (the waltz, specifically). Sheldon and Amy close out the night with Amy giving Sheldon some pointers on how to deal with the Priya situation and that's basically just to fight fire with fire. Then, she kisses him. And surprisingly, Sheldon didn't seem to resist and, dare I say it, enjoyed it.
It was fun to see the girls interact with Sheldon because it was a grouping that doesn't seem to happen very often in the show. And because of that, the grouping was able to offer some new depth to each character. Amy, for the first time all season, was actually funny. Her line calling Sheldon a "sexy toddler" made me laugh harder at this show than I have in quite some time. But beyond that, I think another reason this grouping felt so great was because the girls have developed some terrific chemistry with one another. And Sheldon seemed to fit right into their dynamic. Honestly, what's felt missing most of this season (and parts of season three) was how well the group hung out together in the earlier episodes. They did funny things to one another, yeah, but they all carried such energy and when they were able to feed that to one another — whether it was through physical humor or quick, snappy responses — it made the show so much more enjoyable. Most of this season, though, has been focused on making Sheldon the funny guy with the rest of the cast just kind of doing stuff to try and make him the funny guy, nothing more than that. In short: it lost the ensemble. But with the girls, Big Bang has seemed to regain some of that charm.
"You may have gone to Cambridge, but I am an honorary graduate of Star Fleet Academy." – Sheldon
So how does Sheldon fight fire with fire? Well, he drafts up a new and improved roommate agreement that will "benefit him greatly" and threatens that if Leonard doesn't sign it, he'll send an email to Priya's parents that they're dating. And, well, after they realize he's serious, Leonard caves and decides to sign.
Although simple and short, this was a nice closing moment because it seemed very telling of how exactly Priya felt about Leonard. There are numerous factors that play into why she didn't want to tell her parents, but none of those really matter because, nonetheless, Leonard was hurt. She doesn't seem to like Leonard as much as he likes her. I enjoyed this moment, as well as the tag, because although we all probably assumed Leonard and Priya wouldn't end up together, the way that they seem to be foreshadowing their break-up is realistic and at the same time allows room for Leonard to grow as a character. When he dated Penny, he was such a pushover but hearing him fight Priya on how "she was embarrassed" showed us that Leonard is, maybe, not the insecure little nerd that he's been.


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Sure, some weeks the red carpet is bound to disappoint. But that week is not upon us.
Of course, Jessica Alba makes our style short list—but then again, when is she ever not best-dressed? Gold has always been a go-to hue for Alba, but this architectural Elie Saab Couture mini may be her best exploit in the rich shade yet.
Going from elegant to edgy, we have Nicola Peltz ditching her typical glam gowns in favor of a bolder Balenciaga design. It's a new look for the 19-year-old, and we dig it.
Bringing the pants to the red carpet party, we have Chrissy Teigen's cleavage-clad Elisabetta Franchi jumpsuit she wore to the 2014 ESPY Awards. One word: bombshell!
But let's not leave out one of our favorite redheads: Amy Adams. With a Max Mara red dress, red pumps and a red clutch, the new face of Max Mara was just plain red hot (see what we did there?). Then there was Megan Fox, who's back on the red carpet after an extended hiatus wearing a key-print Dolce & Gabbana mini.
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Southeastern Louisiana University Theatre will close out the spring 2004 season with Paula Vogels Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive April 27-May1 at Vonnie Borden Theatre.
A wildly funny, surprising, devastating and out-of-order tale of survival, How I Learned to Drive is seen through the eyes of Li'l Bit, who is caught in a crude, coarse family that just doesnt fit her. She recalls the older man, her Uncle Peck, whose disturbing obsession with her leads her to terrible, sordid, unforgivable situations. By teaching Lil Bit to rely on her wits, Uncle Peck provides the means for her to escape her family but wounds her forever. The question for the audience is can she ever really drive fast enough to escape him?
Vogel comments that How I Learned to Drive is not a warning that the people who love us can also do great harm, but shows that we can receive great love from the people who harm us.
The production is rated R due to content.
The story of a young woman who learns the rules of the road and life from behind the steering wheel won the author a Pulitzer Prize in 1998. The play has also garnished many other awards, including the Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics Circle and Obie awards for best play.
Starring in the Southeastern Theatre production of How I Learned to Drive are Whitney Allen of Hammond as Li'l Bit, Josh Tillotson of Hammond as Uncle Peck, Daniel Thomas of Ponchatoula as the Male Greek Chorus, and Shiloh Klein of Ponchatoula and Maya Ferrara of Zachary as the Teenage Greek Chorus. Set design is by David Badon of Hammond, lighting by Southeastern Theatre director and dramatic arts faculty member Steve Schepker, and costumes by faculty member Rick Walsh.
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The Impossibility of a Just Pigouvian
An income inequality measure satisfies the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle if progressive transfers decrease income inequality. When transfers cause transaction costs, one can trace out the maximum leakage such that the transfer pays at the margin. An income inequality measure is leaky-bucket consistent if the transaction costs of a transfer are neither negative nor do the exceed the amount of the transfer. We show that the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle and leaky-bucket consistency are not reconcilable. Experimental research has shown that subjects' behavior exhibit graded compensating justice, that is compensating income changes which maintain the degree of income inequality and point in the same direction should provide less income compensation for richer than for poorer income recipients. We show also that the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle and graded compensating justice are not reconcilable.
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Damage Control: Anyone can play!
--Herman Cain, still trying to explain, according to The Associated Press
�A powerful pause.�
Talk about turning lemons into lemonade! Can you find a more impressive effort at transformation in the whole �Damage Control for Desperate Pols� handbook? (Well, maybe �I didn�t inhale.� Or even �It depends on what the meaning of the word �is� is.� Then again, Bill Clinton always was one of a kind when it came to using the mother tongue. But we digress.)
Herman Cain has given us a new contender in the Do-It-Yourself-Reframing category: the �Powerful Pause.� As excuses go, it�s nicely upbeat, which is exactly what you want when you�re trying to scrape the gum off your shoe. And it�s even got some of that always-helpful alliteration thrown in for good measure.
Of course, it�s also ridiculous on its face. Herman Cain wasn�t �pausing� to �gather his thoughts� about the Obama administration�s policy toward Libya. He was so silent for so long because he couldn�t come up with the right memorized soundbite.
His �thoughts?� He was probably hoping a chandelier might fall from the ceiling of that Milwaukee Journal Sentinel conference room and wipe out every last one of his questioners.
But you can�t blame a guy for trying, can you? So he�ll go with �Powerful Pause.� What�s the alternative? �Clueless, as Charged�?
So: Do you think you�ll be seeing more of this kind of bob-and-weave on the campaign trail? Either from Herman Cain his own befuddled self, or from the rest of his gaffe- , goof-, and glitch-laden colleagues?
To quote the patron saint of nothin�-in-the-noggin: You betcha!
In fact, you�re already seeing some of it.
Is what Newt Gingrich was doing with Freddie Mac for all those years multimillion-dollar influence peddling? Not at all: He was providing Help from a Historian!
Just like Mitt Romney hasn�t been lacking even the slightest sign of a consistent set of core principles�he boldly demonstrates Focused Flexibility.
Rick Perry, meanwhile, isn�t incapable of stringing two coherent sentences together�he�s Rhetorically Real, not to mention Linguistically Laid-Back.
See how easy it is? Let�s try some others.
Michele Bachmann doesn�t pass along every half-baked rumor she�s picked up on the Internet�she�s totally Web Wise!
John Huntsman isn�t barely registering in the polls�he�s got the biggest potential for Upside Upsurge!
Rick Santorum isn�t still going nowhere after months of trying to break out of the pack�he�s Situationally Stable. Numerically Neutral.
And Ron Paul? Ron Paul isn�t obsessed about putting the country back on the gold standard�he�s Proactively Motivated toward Precious Metals.
But wait�there�s more! You can start with the presidential pretenders, but there�s no reason to stop with them.
Anthony Weiner didn�t send out dirty cellphone pictures to women he�d never met�he was a Vibrant Visualizer. (Maybe even on Verizon.)
John Boehner isn�t some guy with an orange spray tan�he�s Dermatologically Distinct. Prismatically Particular.
Joe Biden isn�t someone who can�t keep his mouth shut�he�s Deeply Discursive.
Eric Cantor isn�t some smirking political hack�he�s a Seriously Strategic Smiler.
Barack Obama isn�t predisposed to give away the store whenever he negotiates with Republicans�he has a Core Calling for Consensus.
And Mitch McConnell? Mitch McConnell isn�t a single-minded roadblock to every last bit of the president�s agenda�he�s the Resolute Restrainer of Redistributive Regulation.
But you knew that.
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Janet and Joe Steffen have spent much of their adult lives helping others. Joe is a Savannah attorney and Democratic activist. Janet is a nurse.
But now these well-loved Savannah parents are the ones receiving an unexpected and welcome outpouring of support.
The Steffens' second child, Liam, suffers from a cystic hygroma, a malformation in his tongue and floor of his mouth that required him to be trached shortly after birth.
Little Liam, 1, will also have to undergo as many as a dozen surgeries. He had his first a few weeks ago.
The most severe surgery, a delicate, lengthy procedure to resection the neck so it's no longer bulging, is expected to happen when Liam is about 3.
"We have a long way yet to go with our son's illness," Joe Steffen said. "But man are we glad and blessed by our community."
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Since Liam's diagnosis at birth, the Steffens have received the type of community support you expect to see in a Hallmark movie, not necessarily in real life.
Everyone has pitched in, including the members of the two churches the Steffens attend, Savannah Christian and Asbury Memorial United Methodist; Joe Steffen's employer, Savannah State University; as well as the teachers, staff and families at their daughter's school, Charles Ellis Montessori Academy.
The Steffens also received assistance when it came to problems with their 1920 home that they added onto about four years ago. The builder's mistakes left the Steffens with mold and significant water damage.
Insurance didn't cover much. The family was already financially strapped from paying tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket on Liam's necessary home care not covered by their medical insurance.
In stepped builder Kevin Morris, who offered to do the repairs at cost.
While Liam was undergoing surgery in Jacksonville, the Steffens used that time to have the mold remediation work done. But when Liam was discharged two days early on New Year's Day, the Steffens were in a quandary.
Kevin Morris worked both holidays, rushing to allow the Steffens to move safely back into their home. In the meantime, the Steffens needed a highly sanitary place to stay with their post-op, trached baby.
In stepped, Mark Dana and Mark Smith of the Mulberry Inn. They found the Steffen family adjoining suites for two nights (Liam needed 24-hour home nursing) at what Joe Steffen described as a "beyond modest" cost.
"They also had three staff housekeepers right after New Year's Eve super clean our temporary home to a standard I can only imagine a dignitary would expect,'' said Joe Steffen.
Parents' fears, hopes
Sporting a beaming smile that's as bright as his red hair and blue eyes, Liam races around the family's Baldwin Park home, chasing his 5-year-old sister Amelie.
Liam has a carefree, happy spirit that gives no indication how he and his family have been affected by the cystic hygroma.
Every few minutes, sometimes as many as 10 times an hour, the home nurse suctions out his saliva. Liam also uses a feeding tube because the thickness of his tongue makes it difficult to eat. Speech therapy is a regular part of his routine. Home nursing care is a must. His nursery is stocked with medical supplies.
Each morning, Liam's parents awake to the sound of Liam's air compressor. Every morning they face the same questions.
How will the cystic hygroma affect Liam's facial features, his speech and teeth? What if, after the cystic hygroma is removed, it grows back? Should they tell Liam about this difficult start of his life and, if so, how?
Money is also a huge concern.
Joe and Janet Steffen say they would be filing for bankruptcy without the "Katie Beckett" waiver in the Medicaid program. The waiver allows some children with a serious long-term illness to qualify for Medicaid regardless of the family's income.
It helps families like the Steffens, whose insurance doesn't cover all the medical costs, to avoid bankruptcy.
Despite all the stresses, the Steffens can see a light at the end of the tunnel.
"We're eventually going to get to a good place,'' Joe Steffen said.
"Liam can have a normal life,'' Janet Steffen said. "But he will have challenges."
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automated ballast: tsunami vs jabso/johnson
anyone use a tsunami pump on their thru hull ballast compared to a jabso/johnson pump? one of the places i called to get a quote for said they use the tsunami because they are a faster pump. ive never heard of them being used for thru hull pumps. always heard of using a jabsco style pump.
I use jabsco on my thru hull but I also have a few random bags we fill on the floor of the cockpit using the tsunami pump. It's funny you post this because I've always felt my tsunami pump fills faster than my expensive jabsco pumps. I have 3 pumps (1 for each rear locker and 1 for the nose). The rest I fill with the tsunami and 9 times out of 10, the bags I fill with the tsunami are full before the plummed bags from the Jabsco.
The tsunami 1200's are definitely faster but u need to be sure to use the optimal hose size otherwise it's a waste. The one downside to running the Tsunamis is the longer the hose run, the slower they become. I have a 650 lb integrated bow sac run off a Johnson. I have two 750's that I run off tsunami 1200's with 3/4 inch thru hulls, not optimal as an 1 1/4 thru hull for each would be ideal, but I had a factory ballast system originally and didn't want to re drill each 3/4 thru hull. The 750's fill about a 1 min faster than the 650 with the Johnson.
the tsunami is 1100 gph. the jabso is like 780gph so yes the tsunami is quite a bit faster. ive just never heard of them being used for a plumbed in system and was curious if it was common or not since ive never heard of it being done that way.
The Tsunami's are either a 800 or a 1200 gph. They don't make a 1100.
Many of the stock systems utilize Tsunami or other similar "live well/ aerator" style pumps. My Tige had 4 seperate thru hulls and pumps for each zone of the ballast. Then 4 more for empty.
The advantage is the Tsunami pumps are way cheaper and they are faster. They can also run dry and it won't hurt them. The disadvantage is that they only run one direction and you need a seperate fill and drain pump. Personally I like the Tsunami style systems.
The tsunamis are offered as mentioned 1200 or 800. Rule I bieve is offered in an 1100.
There are still boats coming off the showroom floor in 2014 with Tsunami pumps as the choice. I am with RB. They are much simpler, less prone to problems, and much cheaper. The also draw way less current. Combo that with higher pump speeds and it's a solid choice.
Advantage of going reversible is it saves a bit on thru hulls and hose because u can use same line to and empty. So kinda up to you to decide which fits your needs better.
I do not know the actual at the pump zero head pressure, but I can say without a doubt, that the Tsunami T1200 1200 GPH pump is slower then the Johnson 1100 GPH pump when tested in real world ballast mock up. The Johnson also has a .75" inlet as compared to the Tsunami 46637 1" threaded inlet. Using .75" thru-hulls and ball-valves can be a cost advantage depending on the design and layout of the system.
There are clear pros and cons of both reversible impeller pumps and live-well style aerator pumps. In some cases, the boat will dictate which pump is going to the best, but also the design and goals of the system will play a factor.
I have a MB so there isnt a bunchbof room for thru hulls all over the boat so im thinking 3 Johnson or jabsco will be better thsn a bunch of tsunami since it would take double
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2012 B52 w/ 2 1100 Lb sacs fed with Jabsco Ballast puppies. Each sac has its own vent
2 aerator pumps would be snug but doable and 3 would be tight, even if 2 shared a thru-hull.
I think aerator pumps are fine for stock hard tank set ups.
For an add on soft bag system, there is no substitute to a reversible jump. The aerator pump will not suck the bag completely dry, the jabsco will vacuum the bag completely dry if the system is set up correctly.
I believe it... I'd think it would really have to be the premo setup/pump orientation to achieve that result which I would think is a little more difficult, perhaps due to space?. I just liked my jabsco's as it would pull any air out of the bag as well. Ya sure it was maybe running "kinda dry" and only spitting water out.. but the impellers still looked perfect every year even with letting them run and vacuum out the bag
@Bill - You might be able to find some info on the MB Forum on applications with the Tsunamis.
I remember a while back "The Squeaky Wheel" posted up his set-up..
he had custom 1700# sacks in each locker with 4 Tsunami's to each bag. (4 fills and 4 drains)
plus he had the X-link to transfer sides faster... seems like he was transferring 1700# in less than 5 minutes... pretty slick set-up
Chpthril- are you using one pump for both bags? Or one pump for each?
Midnight- that seems kinda crazy to need that many ounos per bag. I have 5 bags(ill piggy back 2 per side) but that is still 6 tsunami. I don't know how you could fit that many thru hulls in an MB lol
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Each sac has its own pump and each pump has its own intake thru-hull. The other pump is mounted in the same spot on the port side stringer, just out of the pic.
I just did a full automatic ballast install for my SAN. i chose aerator (tsunami) for the following reasons.
1. Speed ( i get 2200lbs filled in 5:30)
2. Cost
3. Less amp draw
4. Ability to run dry
5. I like seeing water exit the boat for drain.
6. One hole in the bottom of my boat.
I did tsunami 1200gph on my fills with 1" inside diameter hose and tsunami 800gph and 3/4" hose on drains. My three bags (2200 lbs) drain in 8:30. And no that is not "bone dry" but they are empty and easily moveable/removeable.
I made a manifold for my fill pumps and the drain pumps screw right into the flyhigh bags.
Many complain that aerator pumps have priming issues which is very true if the pumps are not below the source of water they are pumping. But with my system they are below the water line for the fill pumps and they are below the water in the bags for the drain.
Also siphoning issues are a thing of the past with check valves installed on the fill lines and vent lines of the bags.
Hope this helps.
Brichter. How empty do the bags get with that setup? Is the empty pump hooked up to the port on the bottom side? is your vent line the same line as your empty or a separate line?
I was going to mesage you but in on my phone lol
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They get to where there might be a centimeter or half inch of water in the bottom of embags. The drain line/pump is on the bottom of the bag. The vent and drain lines are connected through a "Y" fitting about two feet from the bag. The vent line is coming from the top of the bag and has a check valve on it to prevent water from returning to the bag while draining.
Can u fill while boat is moving?
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Yes but not as efficiently
automated ballast: tsunami vs jabso/johnson
Having done both I would never go back to aerators. You've got to have aerators set up perfectly to prevent passive filling and passive draining and then you still are unlikely to get the bag sucked flat.
The cost differential isn't as much as it initially seems either once you factor in the extra wire and fittings and hose and check valves and vacuum breaks for aerators (especially if you are comparing a simple drain and fill through the bottom impeller setup).
I was ALWAYS screwing around with the aerators, and the impeller pumps just work. I'll sacrifice a little theoretical fill speed for that reliability.
How about a hybrid setup. Use a reversible and an aerator together in parallel? Put the Reversible and aerators suction on the same fitting with a 'Y' so this way the line will have the suction pressure of the Reversible pump but the flow of both pumps (maybe only 3/4 capacity of each pump because you are sharing a 1" line). The Reversible would guarantee the aerator would prime, then the aerator would hum away....
What do you guys think?
I think you are over engineering it. What is the maximum time you are willing to wait for your ballast system to fill? You can get creative but mixing the reversible and aerator pumps is not the solution. If you go the aerator route the system will be fast and you can install it correctly. Unless you are using multiple fill pumps it will not be a ton faster than using a reversible pump.
With the brass mushroom fittings instead of the scupper style you dont have any force filling of the bags because there isnt enough pressure to route it through the manifold and up through the hose into the tops of the bags.
Although reversible is much simpler with one pump per bag, i just liked having one hole in the bottom of the boat and i also really like the visual aid of having it drain out the side.
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This is what I was dreaming up. The pumps will not reach their full potential because they will be working off the same intake line..(ie slight fighting for flow) BUT the Jabsco/Johnson Reversible pump will maintain a prime MUCH MUCH better than Aerator pumps.
The Reversible Pump will maintain Prime for the starting of the Aerator pumps. You can wire all pumps to the same switch. The fill position will trigger the reversible in a single direction combined with the fill aerator. The empty position will trigger the reversible pump in the other direction with the empty aerator.
This method will utilize a single fitting for fill/drain rather than having to drill above the water line empty.
In other words. I am thinking about setting up each aerator pump as a "booster" pump to quicken the flow. I do not think that each aerator will hit 1200 but with the added help of constant prime and pressure from the reversible I think that the system will have the benefits of both systems..speed and reliability.
Please tell me if I am completely out to lunch. I was curious if anyone has attempted this.
I'd guess you could get 6 through hulls in before you'd be totally out of room.
Also your schematic still leaves open the possibility of passive filling on the fill side through the aerator too.
I think it's way complicated for not too much upside.
I bought a pair of reversible's because it would be the simplest installation and most reliable..sadly I would like to make it faster..without adding another 250 in pump and fittings...
Having done both, I like my reversibles.
Cost diff was pretty minimal after I spreadsheet'ed everything out, and fill speed is very fast with 1" hose and no valve limitations. Like, 3x the speed of stock 3/4" aerator setup with sprinkler valves. Although theoretical fill times with aerators are slightly higher, practical measured fill times are so close it's not worth arguing about (1min diff for 1100lb bags, who cares?).
Also, I did x-link for switching surf sides, which has been a big help with no surfgate...
I think whatever route you go, install it yourself and take pride in your own system. Because you did it on your own you will know the ins and outs of the system and be able to troubleshoot on the water if need be.
You will not see enough benefit to justify the time let alone cost of making this system work. If you have spacial issues use multiple reversible pumps. If you can use aerators then do it.
Aerators on paper may be faster. In real world, where lift is actually factored in, I've found that reversible pumps are faster. No priming issues and the bags suck down dry. Two seasons now on the same impellers.
If you do the math and actually try to build a proper aerator setup, assuming you get a decent price on the reversible pumps, the setup can actually be cheaper than the aerator setup.
I can believe that. My system which included bags was roughly 1100 bucks.
My boat fills with jabsco's and empties with aerators, I am throwing my aerators away and replacing with jabsco's as I am tired of them loosing their prime and not emptying the bags.
If they are not below the water they are trying to pump they wont prime. If they arent being used to how they are made of course they wont work.
Check valves do slow your flow. After having both I love the aerator systems. If the impeller type had some sort of auto shut off I might consider them again, but if they get switched on you have to listen for them or they can burn up. Not to mention the draw on the batteries.
For my system I just use a Y on the full line above the bag and vent it out. Provides the venting and prevents siphoning. One pump in, one pump out. You can run it all day without killing your battery or your pumps. It's fast, cheap and reliable.
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The preparatory committee for the National Dialogue Conference has released a final list of participants, which also includes southern factions. With this announcement, Ahmed al-Hassani, commander of the [Yemeni] Naval Forces and former ambassador, returned to the city of Aden, defying Hadi's authority.
Hassani had been arrested by the intelligence services at a residential apartment and was detained for three days before being released. However, Hassani has reiterated that it is his duty to work with former Vice President Ali Salim el-Beidh for the "independence" of the South.
He visited wounded members of the Southern Mobility Movement [SMM] at hospitals, accompanied by a media team and a reporter for Aden Live channel, which is owned by Beidh and airs from the Lebanese capital Beirut with the support of Hezbollah. He made sure to send Beidh's greetings to the wounded, acting like an official in a state that is independent of the Yemeni president's authority.
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In the meantime, al-Qaeda has stepped up its vengeful attacks against Hadi in the South. A day after an attack targeting an intelligence building in the city of Aden killed 19 security guards and employees, al-Qaeda militants attacked the same building again. They engaged in armed clashes in the streets of Aden, in a new attempt to storm the building and release detainees held in its prisons.
After attacking the southern gate of the Political Security Organization (PSO) building located next to the Aden TV building, the [al-Qaeda] militants exchanged fire with security forces and later fled. Two explosions were heard during the clashes, which are believed to have been bombs used by the militants in the attack.
Amid the heightened dispute between Hadi and Beidh, the official website of the General People's Congress (GPC), headed by Saleh, slammed the [current] Yemeni President, and reminded him that he "was involved" in the clashes that took place within the ranks of the YSP in the South in 1986.
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Gunmen believed to be affiliated with al-Qaeda blew up a gas pipeline in the area of al-Zahira in the Jardan District of the Shabwah Governorate [on August 21]. Huge flames could be seen rising from afar. According to experts, this attack could cause a long cessation of gas production and flow from the operations area in Safer in the Maarib Governorate to Balhaf due to the extent of the damages this attacked caused the Shabwah-Bayan pipeline.
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"I think we underestimate the ability of them because of where we presume they live. But just because you live at Jane and Finch doesn't mean you don't have the intelligence of someone who lives in Rosedale.
"The problem is that a lot of them have never been taught respect at the very base level. That's one of the hugest frustrations for me. I have to say, 'This is how I expect to be treated. How do you expect to be treated? If you tell me, then we can have a good relationship.' But I'm doing this once a week and usually when I come back, I have to re-teach them."
It took several years for Sutherland and Holness to drum up the financial support for this film school. Benefactors include the Toronto Police Services Board, the Ontario Arts Council and non-profit groups Innoversity Creativity Summit and San Romanoway Community Revitalization Association.
The $3.4-million Doomstown was shot in Hamilton and Toronto last fall, just after a spree of summer shootings. Sutherland focused on trying to find out who these young men are who end up dead on the streets. What are their lives like?
"I wanted to make something relevant about what's going on in the streets today," Sutherland says. "I hope audiences recognize that with our kids, it doesn't matter how dark or light you are, they're all dealing with this kind of stuff. There are bullies in the school yard. Bullies at the corner store. This is not happening just in these small little communities. It's happening all over. And the more guns we have on the street, we're going to have more of this."
Last year, a record 52 people were killed by guns in Toronto alone. Next Sunday (Father's Day), the Argos Foundation and the Toronto Police Association are spearheading a Stop the Violence Walk in Toronto.
Sutherland and Holness are also writing a miniseries about the illegal traffic of firearms in Canada.
What are the root causes of these problems? S'Aida says one is that, "We've given up responsibility for our children. We used to grow up in communities where all the parents looked after all of us. And the guy from the variety store wasn't afraid to phone our parents or let our parents know if we had misbehaved."
And although the situation in the United States is worse in terms of lack of gun control, she adds that she thinks Canada is heading toward disaster.
"I feel the situation is more dangerous here," S'Aida adds, "because we're too busy telling everyone that we're not racist, we're not prejudiced and that everyone's equal in this wonderful multicultural land. . . .
"We pretend we treat all these kids the same, but we don't. We pretend all these kids have the same opportunities, they don't. We pretend that a black boy is the same as a white boy, [but]even if they're both dressed in hip-hop clothing, they're not."
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WASHINGTON (AP/WUSA9) - The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.
The vote was 251-166. The five-year bill now goes to the Senate, which is expected to send it to the president's desk.
The measure had solid backing from the House GOP leadership, even though it makes smaller cuts to food stamps than they would have liked. The bill would cut about $800 million a year from the $80 billion-a-year program, or around 1 percent. The House had sought a 5 percent cut.
The legislation would continue to heavily subsidize major crops while eliminating some subsidies and shifting them toward more politically defensible insurance programs.
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The House is rushing to complete work on a nearly $100 billion-a-year farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.
Conservative Republicans in the House helped defeat an earlier version of the bill last summer, and some of those lawmakers hoped to do so again Wednesday, saying the $800 million in annual cuts to food stamps isn't enough. But the final version of the five-year bill has solid backing from the House GOP leadership, even though it makes smaller cuts to food stamps than they would have liked.
Leaders scheduled a quick vote after the nearly 1,000-page bill was introduced Monday, giving opponents little time to build opposition.
The House Agriculture Committee chairman, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who has been working on the bill since 2011, urged his colleagues to come together and support the bill as debate began Wednesday morning.
Earlier, he was cautiously optimistic about passage, after several years of setbacks.
"Can we create in the House a majority that is a coalition of the middle?" Lucas said Tuesday. "My gut feeling is, my reading of my colleagues, is yes."
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., was more certain, saying she was confident the votes were there in the Democratic-led Senate. That chamber was expected to take up the bill shortly after the House.
Lucas and Stabenow have spent the past two years crafting a bill to appeal to members from all regions of the country, including a boost in money for crop insurance popular in the Midwest; higher rice and peanut subsidies for Southern farmers; and renewal of federal land payments for Western states. The cuts to food stamps - around 1 percent of the $80 billion-a-year program - are small enough that some Democrats will support them.
The final food stamp savings are generated by ending a practice in some states of boosting individual food stamp benefits by giving people a minimal amount of federal heating assistance they don't need. The cuts were brought down to $800 million a year to come closer to the Senate version of the bill, which had $400 million in annual food stamp cuts. A House bill passed in September would have cut $4 billion a year.
Still, many liberal Democrats were also expected to vote against the bill, saying the food stamp cuts were too great.
The legislation would eliminate a $4.5 billion-a-year farm subsidy called direct payments, which are paid to farmers whether they farm or not. The bill would continue to heavily subsidize major crops - corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton - while shifting many of those subsidies toward more politically defensible insurance programs. That means farmers would have to incur losses before they received a payout.
The bill would save around $1.65 billion annually overall, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The amount was less than the $2.3 billion annual savings the agriculture committees originally projected for the bill.
An aide to Lucas said the difference was due to how the CBO calculated budget savings from recent automatic across-the-board spending cuts, known as sequestration.
Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) Statement on Passage of the Farm Bill:
"America needs a farm bill and Maryland needs a farm bill. Over 350,000 Marylanders are employed in the agricultural sector, including many in my district. This farm bill isn't perfect, but it's a vast improvement over previous versions. For decades, previous farm bills have ensured that America can produce an affordable food supply and that we can compete globally. A five year farm bill will bring certainty and stability to our farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs. Combined with recent budget agreements, I'm encouraged that we're starting to work in a bipartisan and bicameral way again.
"When you compare this legislation to the two versions I voted against last year, there is no comparison: this is a sound bipartisan compromise in accordance with our values. I was very concerned about the handling of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) in previous versions of the bill, but this version removed the most egregious cuts. The good news is that this bill includes much smaller cuts than original House versions, and in fact, funding for many nutritional programs is increased, including support for food banks and Community Food Projects. Instead, this bill primarily reforms the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which was not being used in Maryland. No Maryland residents will have a benefit cut in this bill."


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Creative director Fumito Ueda tells fans to "keep an eye out" for an official announcement from Sony on long-awaited action adventure game.
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The Last Guardian creative director Fumito Ueda has teased that news may be on the way concerning the long-awaited action adventure game. Writing on his website, the designer told fans to "keep an eye out" for new information, though he noted the timing is ultimately up to Sony.
"I should also mention that details regarding The Last Guardian's release is solely decided by Sony Computer Entertainment, not myself. Please keep an eye out for their official announcement," he said.
Sony is holding a New York City media event next week where the company is widely expected to announce the PlayStation 4. GameSpot will be in attendance, and the event will be live-streamed.
Ueda reiterated that he left Sony some time ago to pursue other "creative passions," noting he continues to work on The Last Guardian as its creative director in a freelance capacity.
"While it's been a long time coming, The Last Guardian remains under my creative supervision and is still in development by an incredibly talented team," he said.
Formally announced at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, The Last Guardian tells a boy-and-his-dog tale, where the dog is a giant and feathered, yet seemingly amiable, beast. Developer Team Ico has not been forthcoming with specific plot details, but gameplay will involve the boy working with his companion to navigate a variety of environmental puzzles.
The Last Guardian has made "slow progress" for years. Sony senior vice president of product development Scott Rohde said in June that the game will ship "when it is absolutely ready." He also said Sony has no deadline whatsoever for the game.
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A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
Un libro in lingua di Suzanne Joinson Duerden Susan (NRT) edito da Tantor Media Inc, 2012
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It is 1923. Evangeline (Eva) English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva's motives are not quite as noble, but with her green bicycle and a commission from a publisher to write A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar, she is ready for adventure.In present day London, a young woman, Frieda, returns from a long trip abroad to find a man sleeping outside her front door. She gives him a blanket and a pillow, and in the morning finds the bedding neatly folded and an exquisite drawing of a bird with a long feathery tail, some delicate Arabic writing, and a boat made out of a flock of seagulls on her wall. Tayeb, in flight from his Yemeni homeland, befriends Frieda and, when she learns she has inherited the contents of an apartment belonging to a dead woman she has never heard of, they embark on an unexpected journey together.A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar explores the fault lines that appear when traditions from different parts of an increasingly globalized world crash into one other. Beautifully written, and peopled by a cast of unforgettable characters, the novel interweaves the stories of Frieda and Eva, gradually revealing the links between them and the ways in which they each challenge and negotiate the restrictions of their societies as they make their hard-won way toward home. A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar marks the debut of a wonderfully talented new writer.
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- Titolo del Libro in lingua: A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
- Sottotitolo: Library Edition
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Suzanne Joinson Duerden Susan (NRT)
- Editore: Tantor Media Inc
- Collana: Tantor Media Inc (CD/Spoken Word)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 22 Maggio '12
- Genere: Fiction General
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The WatchDawgs Inc., a private organization that provides late-night rides from downtown Athens, ended its third semester of business last weekend and to date says it has more than 150 volunteers who have given 10,194 rides.
WatchDawgs will resume full operation in fall semester, but will not be providing rides this weekend or May 3-4.
Fund-raising activities during the year included a golf tournament that WatchDawgs said raised more than $1,000.
For information about the organization, visit the WatchDawgs web site at www.watchdawgs.net.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, April 26, 2002.
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If you've been reluctant to take calcium supplements for fear of heart problems, it's time to cast that worry aside.
In the latest back and forth between researchers, new study findings offer assurance that people who take calcium at recommended levels for bone health can continue to do so safely.
The study, published last week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, was conducted in almost 1,300 older men and women and found no link whatsoever between calcium intake – from diet or supplements – and coronary artery calcification, a strong predictor of heart attack.
These findings come after two controversial studies from New Zealand researchers sparked concern that calcium supplements could raise the risk of heart attack, particularly in older women. Their proposed theory: Calcium ingested from supplements increases blood calcium and deposits in artery walls, building up in fatty plaques. Over time, calcified fatty plaques can harden and narrow blood vessels, hindering blood flow to the heart.
Many women stopped taking calcium pills, attempting to meet daily needs from diet alone.
Yet several concerns about the research methods used in these earlier reports have been actively debated in scientific journals, leading scientists to seriously question their conclusions.
The latest study set out to determine if calcium intake from diet and supplements was, in fact, associated with coronary artery calcification in participants enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study, the longest-running medical study to date. The investigators examined 1,278 men and women, average age 60, who were asked about their diet and supplement use and underwent CT (computed tomography) scans of their coronary arteries four years later.
After accounting for cardiovascular disease risk factors such as age, body weight, smoking and alcohol use, the researchers found no link between calcium intake and coronary artery calcium scores. Participants with the highest calcium intake from diet or supplements (1,558 to 2,821 milligrams in women and 1,047 to 3,050 milligrams in men) had the same calcium scores as those with the lowest calcium intakes.
These findings add to the weight of the evidence that calcium supplements do not have adverse effects on cardiovascular disease risk. In fact, previous studies have shown that calcium has beneficial effects on blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels. There's also preliminary evidence to suggest that calcium plus vitamin D supplementation may improve blood glucose (sugar) control in people with type 2 diabetes.
While coronary artery calcification is indeed a risk factor for heart attack, there's not a stitch of evidence that consuming calcium causes this condition. Calcification in arteries is the result of events happening in damaged arteries, not simply because calcium is circulating in your bloodstream.
Furthermore, experts contend that the small increase in blood calcium that occurs after taking a supplement is unlikely to be large enough to cause calcification in artery walls, or any tissue in the body.
The appropriateness of inferring from study findings that calcium supplements – or any dietary factor, for that matter – causes harm should be based on four criteria: a strong association between calcium and heart attack, consistent findings from earlier studies, a dose-response relationship (e.g., as calcium intake increases, the risk of heart attack increases) and a biologic mechanism that makes sense.
According to an expert review of research on the link between calcium use and cardiovascular disease published this month in Advances in Nutrition, An International Review Journal, the earlier reports that raised fears among women and their doctors met none of these criteria.
The Institute of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board – the organization that establishes nutrient recommendations for North Americans – also concluded that the evidence to date does not support a link between calcium and cardiovascular disease.
An adequate intake of calcium – from food and supplements – has repeatedly been shown to preserve bone density in older adults. Studies have revealed that age-related bone loss is more pronounced when dietary calcium is low, which is the case for many Canadians.
Meeting daily calcium requirements goes beyond bone health. Evidence suggests that calcium supplementation can help reduce the risk of precancerous colon polyps, maintain a healthy blood pressure, prevent pregnancy-induced high blood pressure (pre-eclampsia) and ease symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Women and men, aged 19 to 50, need 1,000 milligrams of calcium each day; older women require 1,200 milligrams. After age 70, men's daily calcium requirements increase to 1,200 milligrams. The safe upper daily limit for calcium (from food and supplements) is 2,500 milligrams for adults 19 to 50 years and 2,000 milligrams for older adults.
Get the calcium you need from your diet first since calcium-rich foods provide many other nutrients important to health. If your diet falls short, make up the difference with a calcium supplement. (Most multivitamins do not contain enough calcium to suffice as a supplement.) That said, it's always important that you discuss with your health-care provider whether calcium supplements are appropriate for your health profile. People with chronic kidney disease, for example, should only take calcium as prescribed by their doctor.
Where to find calcium
Selected foods – dairy and non-dairy – that are rich in calcium:
Milk, 1 cup, 305 milligrams (mg) of calcium
Yogurt, plain, ¾ cup, 336 mg
Yogurt, fruit flavoured, ¾ cup, 254 mg
Cheese, cheddar, 1 oz., 204 mg
Fortified plant beverages (e.g. soy, rice, almond), 1 cup, 300 to 330 mg
Baked beans, 1 cup, 154 mg
Soybeans, cooked, 1 cup, 261 mg
Tofu, firm, with calcium sulfate, ½ cup, 253 mg
Almond butter, 2 tbsp., 112 mg
Bok choy, cooked, 1 cup, 158 mg
Collard greens, cooked, 1 cup, 266 mg
Rapini (broccoli raab), cooked, 1 cup, 200 mg
Spinach, cooked, 1 cup, 245 mg
Swiss chard, cooked, 1 cup, 102 mg
Blackstrap molasses, 1 tbsp., 180 mg
(Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service)
Leslie Beck, a registered dietitian, is the national director of nutrition at BodyScience Medical. She can be seen every Thursday at noon on CTV News Channel's Direct. www.lesliebeck.com


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Vancouver - The British Columbia Lions announced Monday that quarterback Travis Lulay has signed a contract extension.
Terms of the deal were unavailable per team policy.
"Travis' growth at quarterback puts our club in position to win a championship in 2011," general manager/head coach Wally Buono said. "His ability to lead the offense and perform in the pressure situations we played in last year down the stretch and into the playoffs should give our team and out fans a lot to be excited about."
Lulay threw for 2,602 yards and nine touchdowns while leading the Lions to a 4-5 record in his starts. British Columbia eventually lost in the West Semi- FInals.
The 27-year old Lulay has spent two seasons in the CFL, both with the Lions.


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HARKER HEIGHTS — The annual Knight Club performances rocked the Harker Heights High School's auditorium Friday and Saturday nights.
The Knight Club 2014, which had 37 acts, featured live bands from across the state as well as a professional light show. The show not only gave students an opportunity to sing and dance, but also let them pick the country, pop, R&B and rock numbers they wanted to perform.
Before the show, excitement buzzed in the lobby where concert T-shirts were sold with Knight Club logos on fronts reminiscent of the band Van Halen.
"The top acts have always been the same level of quality, but the acts from top to bottom keep pushing up higher and higher. So (even) our worst act is just phenomenal this year. We've got three hours of in-your-face amazingness," said Tommy Haygood, choir director.
Proceeds go to the choir booster club and pay for choir activities and scholarships.
After auditioning 625 acts, Haygood and his assistant Peter Emerson narrowed the show to 37 acts with solos, duets, trios, big ensemble numbers and dance productions.
"We're really taking our production level up to match real rock concerts, and we've got video going in about a third of the songs," Haygood said.
An engineered system streamed hazers, fog machines and light effects over the audience and performers on stage.
A new feature this year was the rotating center stage, where the horn and saxophone sections sat in some numbers, and for other songs, where singers and dancers emerged, appearing to come out of nowhere.
"They are likely never to get a chance to do something like this the rest of their lives, so I'm really glad to offer them this opportunity," Haygood said. "It's an amazing opportunity for these kids to perform this level of music, with this level of a band and technical engineering."
Heights junior Aalyssia Driver said she enjoyed the show and thought all of the songs were "amazing."
Daniel Tidwell, one of many Heights middle school students who attended the show, said he was surprised to hear so much of the '70s and '80s rock and pop music he enjoys. His favorite song of the night was "Hungry Like the Wolf."
Audience favorite and junior Zane Wilson, sang, danced and played parts in 11 different acts.
"It's amazing, and it's amazing to be in," said senior Sarah Jimenez. "It's actually the prep work that I look the most forward to. It's all the months of preparation that you bring together and then you put on an amazing show with people you love."