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(Pompano Beach, FL – October 3, 2012) The producers of the popular morning show, "The Balancing Act®" on Lifetime TV are pleased to welcome new partner Fighter International, producers of Fighter Energy drink, to the Balancing Act®'s "Balance Your Life Road Tour™".
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Carlos Marmol did not officially get charged with a blown save on Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but three of the four batters he faced reached base before Kyuji Fujikawa picked up his first major league save. Still, Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum said immediately after that he was sticking with Marmol as his closer.
Marmol picked up his first save of the season Thursday against the Pirates, but it was not without incident. He allowed two runs, yielding three singles and a walk along the way, before striking out third baseman Pedro Alvarez and inducing a double play from second baseman Neil Walker to end the game.
Marmol got off to a bad start last season, with a 5.84 ERA and more walks (18) than strikeouts (13) over his first 16 appearances (12.1 innings). That led to him being demoted from the closer role, and he also spent time on the disabled list with a right hamstring issue. He did turn things around from June 1 on, posting a 2.72 ERA with 18 saves and 59 strikeouts over 43 innings (45 appearances). That said, his control was still lackluster (5.7 BB/9) during that stretch and even worse overall in 2012 (7.3 BB/9).
Marmol was nearly traded over the winter, and Fujikawa was signed as a free agent from Japan after posting a 1.77 ERA, an 11.8 K/9 rate and 220 saves over 12 seasons for the Hanshin Tigers in the Nippon Professional League. Numbers in Japan are not always easily translated to American baseball, but Fujikawa's long track record as one of the top closers in Japan is noteworthy and led to him being highly sought after prior to the Cubs signing him.
It's unclear what direction Sveum will go with the ninth inning, but if Marmol keeps walking the tightrope there may be no choice but to give Fujikawa a long look in the role. Of course the two could wind up splitting save opportunities equally long-term, which would clearly frustrate fantasy baseball owners.
For now Marmol is still worth owning in all fantasy leagues, but those that look to be in good shape for saves at this early stage could consider trading him while his value is still fairly high. Fujikawa is available in nearly half of Yahoo! leagues right now, and that ownership percentage may rise quickly.
Brad Berreman is a contributing writer at Rant Sports.com. Follow him on Twitter @bradberreman24.

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"Life's a game. Roll with it." 23 March 2007 Comedy, Factual 82 mins
"Fellowship of the Dice" follows the plight of Elizabeth (Aimee Graham), a recovering party girl desperate for a new group of friends. After a chance meeting with avid gamer Sanford (Alastair Surprise) lands her an invitation to play the popular fantasy role-playing game, "Wizards, Warriors and Wyrms," she spends a long afternoon and evening plagued with confusing rules, high adventure and nerdy drama.
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Industry leaders are cautioning agents working Toronto's west end, warning them about a seemingly ideal client intent on luring them to vacant properties.
Four months after having its hand slapped by TREB, this online brokerage is closing its doors.
Creston was the other BC town in that report! It's awesome!
yes - commissions should fall - it costs the same for a 1/4 page ad for a $100,000 property as a $1,000,000.00 property But the full scale of consumers should benefit - Realtors with up to date technology spend less time per sale as 15 yrs back but collect Tremendous unearned fees - should be cost based as per accountants and lawyers and fully accountable
e.haroldWhen you say commissions "should fall", you are almost saying that there is a regulatory body that sets the amount to be paid to realtors on a deal. The commissions a consumer pays to his/her agent are totally up to them, as there is no rule that says you must pay 5% to sell your home. This is the one misconception that really bugs me. If you offer a realtor a different commission structure (based on what you feel is fair), then it is up to them to decide whether to go into business with you, or not. In my experience, there will be dozens of realtors jumping at the opportunity to take on your business (at your commission structure), but the quality of agent you will get is a different story. The term "you get what you pay for" is nowhere more true than in the real estate industry. Therefore, the statement "commission should fall" sits directly in the hands of the consumer. You have all the power.
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Rochdale Market
Rochdale Market from Harold Howarth
Your Photo's & Memories Of Rochdale
Rochdale Market from Harold Howarth
I Remember Walking From Yorkshire Street Through The Market There Was A Large TiledArea On The Right Hand Side were All The Fresh Fish Was Sold??JustBefore You Reached Toad Lane???(Memories For Us Older End??)
Thanks for sharing them Brian, welcome to the site 🙂
Bring back the old Rochdale and the old market .
Would you like it to be in front of the Town Hall Sheila? There has been some talk of it moving with all the changes going on.
Welcome to the site Sheila 🙂
The building of Rochdale's so called new market. Was the start of Rochdale's decline.
Your not the first person to say that Aubrey, welcome to the site 🙂
Great pictures. I worked on the market as a teenager in the late 1960's to earn a few quid. These pictures are just how I remember it. Great community spirit, great banter and a great place to be.
Lets hope this site get just like Rochdale Market of old then Paul, welcome and thanks for commenting 🙂
i remember the market like this when i was a child it was far better than the one now
Thanks for your comment Bev, welcome to the site 🙂
I live in Australia now,but i was born and raised in Rochdale.I remember the markets clearly, like it was yesterday……remember the toffee stall, with all the trays of home made toffee….coconut ice,cough candy,treacle toffee,sold on the outside market there…Then there was the inside market..i used to go with mum to Thackstones every saturday…,then they would home deliver the groceries on the following Monday…they sold the tub butter, that came in those big vats…so good.I also used to stand all day on a Saturday, at the record stall on the bottom market,listening to
all the new music…Del Shannons ..Runaway….Roy Orbisons …Crying….lol…Those were the days alright…memories we shall never lose
Welcome to the site Lynn your comments are good to hear 🙂
My name now is Lynn Skinner…..nee Buckley
The lady at the front on the café photo was there every Saturday wish I could remember her name
Hope you find out Marilyn, welcome to Rochdale-Past 🙂
Who can remember the 'toffee made with butter' man? He must have shouted out that phrase a thousand times a day. Its a wonder he had any voice left.
Wasn't the entrance to the old transport club round here somewhere
Loved going down to the market every Saturday, used to get my tights from Jacks. Anyone remember American Tan diamond patterned tights?
Ahhh yes the toffee man, little fellah, wore fingerless glove. In winter he always had a runny nose. He would shout out his wares, and when you asked for a qtr he would wipe his nose on the back of his hand and then weigh out your quarter of cough candy or whatever. HAHAHAHA no health and safety then. There was also a stall that sold bits of furniture (think there must have been some kind of flea market or something) anyway I was there with my Granma as usual late 50s or early 60s, and she bought a chair. Like a nursing chair short legs big back rest, with a crest embossed on the leather. Well I carried it back to her house on Robinson Street, and now after 50 or so years it is here
on our landing under the gable window. Great memories
I remember 'Save Records' on the inside market and the sweet stall on your left hand side as you go in, I remember the smaller market on Toad Lane.
I loved the old markets and it was a sad day when they had got rid of them and replaced them with the new one.
American tan diamond pattern tights! Ahh! Always got mine from Jacks.
The toffee stall – the little steel toffee hammers for breaking the tray toffee. Sure Boots was on right hand side with an entrance to "Woolies" next to it. Why did it all go and to plastic stalls?!
Can anyone remember the name of the cafe at the bottom of yorkshire street with the shopping arcade that ran through to lord street with clive harveys and the toy shop
hi im really interested in the old market place and was wondering if paul hanson or shelia remember a market stall that use to sell cardigans and jumpers as ive been looking for my dad for the past 20 years and dont have much to go on apart from he use to work there anything about it or the man that use to work there by the name of ashroth latif would help me so much thank you for reading
Dave Hollinrake: I've wondered the same thing, what WAS the name of that coffee bar? I'd love to see a picture of that arcade, and the toys shop at the other end, where the steps ran up to the indoor market. There was a comic and book stall facing that shop, on the bottom market, that I used to beg/plead/harangue my Mum to take me to every time we went to town.
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Keller Williams Realty-Jersey Shore has added three sales associates who previously work-ed together at Weichert Realtors in Turnersville.
Michael Mavromates, of Wildwood Crest, was sales associate and reg-ional training director at Weichert since 2003. He will lead the team of three in his new position.
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James Jeffrey of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy writes today in The Post:
In recent days, news reports of Sunni tribes in Anbar cooperating loosely with the Baghdad government against al-Qaeda, and expedited U.S. military assistance and intelligence, gave reasons for hope. But then came Sunday's news conference by Secretary of State John Kerry. Although the secretary spoke about the dangers of al-Qaeda gaining ground in Iraq and the countermeasures the United States was taking, he stated no fewer than four times that this fight was not ours but the Iraqis'. This, combined with an immediate denial of a suggestion that no one is even making — that the United States put troops on the ground — undercuts all the good commitments he made.
This is part of a pattern of renouncing American interests and then setting up a straw man to justify inaction. We leave Libya, Syria and Egypt for their people to hash out — it's none of our business, we are told. It is at least a candid acknowledgement that this administration essentially doesn't think we have much interest in the Middle East other than in struggling for an unattainable peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and coming up with a paper document that excuses us from removing Iran's illegal nuclear weapons program. It is one thing to say, "Sure we care, but here are the limited things we can do." But that is not sufficient for the Obama crowd, which is bent on announcing to friends and enemies alike that, or, to borrow a phrase from Samuel Goldwyn, they can include us out.
This is ideology dressed up in a thin veneer of pragmatism. Obama wants to withdraw from the world, so whatever emergencies and conflagrations might demand our attention (e.g. the Green Revolution, the Arab Spring, the bloodbath in Syria and, to a lesser extent, Egypt) must be deemed outside our interests. Then, to make certain no one gets any smart ideas about doing something to advance U.S. interests, out comes the straw man (No one wants boots on the ground in Syria!). Meanwhile, time is lost and events take their course, so when our interests become undeniable (the use of chemical weapons in Syria), we have few, if any, options other than the dreaded boots on the ground.
This is not John Kerry's doing alone, to be sure. As we know from books by Bob Woodward and former Defense Secretary Bob Gates, Obama is, at best, a "reluctant commander in chief." Gates also makes clear that this administration's foreign policy, as we suspected, is the most politicized and tightly controlled from the White House as any he has seen. (Hence Hillary Clinton's dilemma: She can't say she had no real authority as a defense against foreign policy blunders or she will have acknowledged she has only frequent-flyer miles to show for her four years in office.)
White House control of foreign policy works when you have a hyper-knowledgeable foreign policy man in the Oval Office (Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush), one who understands the fundamental challenge of our times (Ronald Reagan, FDR) and/or has excellent advisers who have the president's ear (all of these). When, however, you have a president who is determined to retreat from the world, is fixated on left-wing nostrums about American power, lacks a firm grasp of historical lessons and is unwilling to focus attention or devote political capital to national security (e.g. his absence on Benghazi, his nonattendance at security briefings) you have a mess — the Obama administration.


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The state of the art relative to vehicle wheel alignment determination has been moving more and more toward electro-mechanical and electro-optical apparatus. The move in that direction has been in most cases motivated by the increasing cost of purely mechanical devices and the need to put operators through sufficient schooling to perform the necessary steps in the use of such apparatus for a reliable result. An example of mechanical apparatus applied to all vehicle wheels has been disclosed by Manlove in U.S. Pat. No. 3,181,248 of May 4, 1965. In this disclosure the apparatus has been arranged for measuring the alignment of the vehicle steerable and non-steerable wheels in which mechanical interconnections, both transversely and longitudinally, are required. Without exhausting examples of prior art, a following generation of wheel aligning apparatus of some pertinence has been set forth by Butler in U.S. Pat. No. 3,865,492 of Feb. 11, 1975. Here the apparatus applied only to the steerable wheels used light projectors and photo-electric receivers mounted in pairs behind a shade so that signals are generated to indicate the angular position of impingment of the light beam.
A further arrangement for determining vehicle wheel alignment using light projectors and mirrors is disclosed by Florer et al in U.S. Pat. No. 4,095,902 of June 20, 1978. The disclosed apparatus combined electronic computing circuits for determining the wheel angles, but the information depended upon the use of mirrors which have known shortcomings. A somewhat similar arrangement of apparatus has been disclosed by Lill in U.S. Pat. No. 4,097,157 of June 27, 1978. More comprehensive alignment apparatus can be found in the copending application of Hollandsworth et al, Ser. Nos. 967,072 filed Dec. 6, 1978 and 023,403 filed Mar. 23, 1979.
This invention pertains to vehicle wheel alignment apparatus, and more particularly to an all electronic arrangement of apparatus applicable to use with all vehicle wheels.
A principal object of this invention is to be able to find the important alignment positions of the wheels of a vehicle so that the findings can be displayed or otherwise can be made known so corrections where indicated can be undertaken.
Other important objects of this invention are to provide apparatus having essentially all electronic components to reduce cost, avoid factory adjustments, eliminate optical elements, minimize sensitivity to ambient noise, improve the manufacturing methods without sacrificing reliability, and to obtain greater accuracy of results where the instruments need to function at distances which vary from the tread widths and wheel base lengths encountered in the size spectrum of the vehicles in use.
In accordance with the present invention the apparatus comprises support means to be coupled to the individual wheels, first instruments carried by the support means coupled to the steerable wheels in positions to be in line-of-sight with each other across the vehicle, second instruments carried by the support means coupled to the steerable wheels adjacent the axis of steerable wheel rotation, third instruments carried by the support means coupled to the non-steerable wheels adjacent the axis of non-steerable wheel rotation and in positions such that second and third instruments are in line-of-sight with each other longitudinally of the vehicle, and means interconnecting the first, second and third instruments with calculating means for processing signals generated thereby in respect of wheel position relative to a known longitudinal reference on the vehicle.
In a more specific presentation of the invention the apparatus is made up of a source of radiant energy projected along a path toward a pair of spaced radiant energy detectors spaced from the source of radiant energy, the projected radiant energy and the detectors being on different spaced vehicle wheels, beam control means associated with the pair of spaced detectors for controlling the presentation of the radiant energy to the spaced detectors such that the detectors generate signals related to the angular position of the detectors relative to the path of the radiant energy, and means connected to the detectors for calculating the value of the angular position in terms of vehicle wheel alignment position relative to the vehicle reference axis.
The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in a manner to set forth a preferred embodiment of instruments and components making up the apparatus, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a passenger vehicle taken from the left side to show the body silhouette and some detail relating to the placement of the instruments to be seen in greater detail;
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the vehicle wheels equipped with instruments for carrying out the objectives of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a fragmentary front view on an enlarged scale of typical electro-optic transducer components seen along line 3--3 in FIG. 2, the view being schematic to illustrate the organization of components without particular regard to the details of the housing;
FIG. 4 is a further view of the transducer components as seen from the side along line 4--4 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is still another view of the transducer components as seen from the top along line 5--5 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the electronic circuitry for the present invention in which one typical emitter-detector transducer combination has been revealed in association with signal computation means;
FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams of the transducer components and their effects on the optical path of the radiant energy beam;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the transducers embodied in the vehicle alignment apparatus together with the computer for receiving angle information and the display of the results of the computer computation;
FIG. 8 is an illustration on an enlarged scale of the effect the steerable wheel movement has on the associated transducers for responding to transverse and longitudinal alignment responses; and
FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic plan view of the vehicle wheels in an exaggerated mis-alignment relative to a vehicle center line reference.
Reference will now be directed to the drawings for a more complete understanding of the intent and scope of the invention presented in terms of an embodiment presently preferred. The view of FIG. 1 is of a passenger vehicle 14 which will serve to illustrate the invention. As seen from the left side, the left steerable wheel 15L is shown in association with an instrument support 16 adapted to grip the flange of the wheel rim. The support 16 carries a pivotal housing 17 the axis of which is substantially centerable to the spindle axis (not shown) on which the wheel 15L rotates. A bracket 18 is hung from the housing 17 so it may assume a vertical position even though the wheel 15L is jacked up so it may rotate. At times, with the wheel 15L resting on its support, it may be desirable to secure the bracket 18 against pendulus movement by tightening up on a knob 19 (FIG. 2). The bracket 18, in addition to the housing 17, carries a support arm 20 which extends forwardly of the housing 18 so it clears the tread of wheel 15L to be in position at its end portion for supporting an instrument device 21L. The support arm 20, or some associated part of the assembly, is usually provided with a spirit level for purposes of locating the arm in a substantially horizontal position, which position is retained by tightening up on the knob 19.
FIG. 1 shows the vehicle non-steerable wheel 22L to be provided with an instrument support 16 which is identical to the support attached to the steerable wheel 15L. The several parts are designated by similar reference numerals and need not be described again. It is particularly important to observe that the support 16 at the left steerable wheel 15L carries an instrument device 23L and the support 16 for the left non-steerable wheel 22L carries a companion device 24L. These devices 23L and 24L are made up of transducer components which are intended to cooperate with each other in a manner to be described presently.
FIG. 2 shows a schematic plan view of all vehicle wheels, such as those at the left side, and companion right side wheels 15R and 22R. The wheels at the left side are distinguished by adding the suffix "L", and those at the right side are distinguished by the suffix "R". However, each wheel 15R and 22R is provided with an instrument support 16 of the construction generally described above. Also, the support 16 on steerable wheel 15R has a support arm 20 which carries an instrument device 21R to cooperate with the left side device 21L. In addition, the support 16 at the non-steerable wheel 22R carries an instrument device 24R to cooperate with an instrument device 23R carried by the support 16 at the steerable wheel 15R. These devices 21L and 21R, as well as devices 23R and 24R, are made up of transducer components and interact cooperatively in a manner to be described.
In the view of FIG. 2, the transducer instruments 21L and 23L are operatively connected into a console assembly 25 by a lead 26L, and the transducer instruments 21R and 23R are similarly connected by a lead 26R to the console 25. In like manner the transducer instruments 24L and 24R are connected respectively by leads 27L and 27R into console 25. Signal processing and alignment computation are performed in the console 25 and the results can be displayed by means shown collectively at 28.
Turning now to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, there has been shown in some diagrammatic detail a typical transducer instrument, such as the one designated at 21R in FIG. 2. It is to be understood that all of the transducer instruments 21L, 23L, 24L and 21R, 23R and 24R are substantially the same. Thus, the instrument 21R has a panel 30 formed with an aperture 31 used to control the radiant energy beam. The aperture 31 may be produced photographically as a transparent area in an opaque material 30, or the aperture may be an opening in a sheet of solid material. At a suitable distance behind the aperture 31 there are mounted a pair of photodiodes 32 and 33. The width of the aperture 31 is substantially equal to the width of the face of either one of these photodiodes, and it is centered so that, in a null position with radiant energy impinging at 90° to the plane of face 30, the exposure of each photodiode to the radiant energy should be substantially equal. The photodiodes are carried by a printed circuit board PC which also carries preamplifiers for converting the photodiodes output current into voltage, and the operative electronic components associated with radiant energy emitter means 34 which illuminate a cooperative transducer instrument attached to an adjacent wheel. The photodiodes 32 and 33 are illuminated by the radiant energy emitter means of that cooperative transducer instrument.
FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a typical electronic transducer instrument composed of signal conditioning means 35 connected to an emitter 36. The radiant energy beam generated by the emitter 36 is directed at detector means in another instrument spaced therefrom where such other instrument has a pair of detectors 37 and 38 located behind a window 39 in an opaque mask 40. The detectors may be photodiodes having preamplifier means 41 and 42 for converting the current generated in the photodiodes into voltage. These voltage signals are processed in conditioning means 43 to produce output signal A from detector means 41 and output signal B from detector means 42, which serves the purpose of electronically filtering the detector amplifier signals to isolate the emitter signals and eliminates interference due to noise and ambient light. The filters are matched to the characteristics of the emitter signals, which may be square wave or sine wave at audio frequency (10 KHz for example) so that the detector signals are conditioned by bandpass filters whose center frequency matches the emitter signal. In order to obtain angular information the detector signals from the preamplifiers 41 and 42 and means 43 must be processed in separate circuits (or in time shared circuit means) in signal computer means 44 so as to be able to produce results which can be displayed. When optical filter means 45 is employed it is positioned over the aperture 39 and is selected to have transmission characteristics which maximizes passage of the emitter output and minimizes all other light.
Reference will now be directed to FIGS. 6A and 6B to present a full description of the interaction of the component parts of the transducer. The boundary of the portion of the radiant energy beam falling through aperture 39 is shown by the dashed lines 36A and 36B. The center of the beam is denoted by the line of sight LS. In FIG. 6A the line of sight LS is coincident with the normal axis of the aperture 39. This is the null position in which equal amounts of energy fall on detectors 37 and 38. In FIG. 6B the detector and aperture assembly, and hence the normal axis NA, is rotated from the line of sight LS. As seen in the drawing, the effect of the aperture 39 is to bound the energy beam such that more light now falls on detector 37 than detector 38. The electronic current flowing in each detector is proportional to the amount of light incident upon it. The detector signal conditioning means 43 of FIG. 6 must measure these currents and convert them to a DC voltage suitable for signal computation.
The measured angle θ is that angle bounded by the normal axis NA and line of sight LS. The angle is derived by the computing means 44 in FIG. 6 according to the relationship: ##EQU1## where θ=the measured angle
A=conditioned signal from one photodiode
B=conditioned signal from the other photodiode
KG =gain or range adjust constant
KO =zero adjust constant
In the foregoing disclosure of transducer means the detectors are PN or PIN photodiodes having a large active area which reacts to radiant energy incident on the surface to cause a current flow out of it, if the load impedance is relatively low, or a voltage to develop across it, if the load impedance is relatively high. Preamplifier circuits are constructed such that the preamplifier output signal voltage is linearly proportional to the incident beam intensity. The detector diodes can be used without lenses but can be used with optical filter for suppression of ambient noise. The photodiodes most desired are those sensitive to the near infrared (IR) spectrum. The preferred emitter is an IR emitting LED (IRED). Detection of low level signals in the presence of high ambient noise is most easily achieved with the use of pulsed emitters and matched-filter detectors. It is within this disclosure to employ lasers, laser diodes, and other radiant energy sources. Multiple emitters can be used to achieve higher levels of radiant energy, provided they are mounted to appear as a point source within the expected range of separation of the emitters and detectors. For satisfactory results the transducer must produce "clean" signals which are signals not altered by ambient light or other effects, but signals responsive to "pure" emitter signals. Separation of the emitter signal (or substantially pure emitter signals) from all other (ambient) signals can be accomplished by pulsing the emitter (square wave or other) and filtering the preamplifier outputs with a filter matched to the frequency spectrum of the emitter signal. For example, if the emitter is driven with a 10 KHz square wave and the detector signal is filtered with a 10 KHz narrow bandpass filter, the signal is a sinewave output proportional to the incident radiant energy intensity on the detector which originates at the emitter. Mechanical aid can be added by covering the units to eliminate ambient light, covering the detectors with an IR transmitting filter, or restricting the field of view. The use of detectors at all wheels avoids the inherent loss of signal strength when mirrors are employed, and the effect of light scattering off of adjacent objects or the supporting means 16 can be substantially eliminated or more easily controlled.
FIG. 8 illustrates certain characteristics of the instrumentation in relation to its association with a steerable vehicle wheel such as the right wheel 15R. In this view, the support 16, attached to the wheel, positions instrument 21R so that its printed circuit board PC (FIG. 3) is in a plane that is parallel with the rotational plane of the wheel, assuming that it has been compensated for run-out. The instrument 23R is also supported in like manner so that it is not disturbed upon wheel rotation. If the wheel 15R is turned at some angle θ relative to the center line 53 (FIGS. 2 or 9), whether it is the geometric center line or the vehicle body center line, it will follow that the support 16 will move the instrument 21R forward and to the left so that, relative to the radiant energy beam from the emitter 51L on the left wheel 15L, the detectors 54R and 55R in instrument 21R (see FIG. 7) will have moved closer to that emitter 51L and have formed an angle θ with a right angular relationship if the wheel 15R were not turned at all. The translational motion of the detectors 54R and 55R relative to the emitter 51L changes the intensity of the received radiant energy, which is of little concern, and introduces an offset in the line-of-sight path to the emitter 51L, which introduces an error term in the computation of the angular motion which is sufficiently small that it can be ignored for present purposes.
Considering the effect of turning wheel 15R on the instrument 23R (FIGS. 7 and 8), the motion of the wheel moves the instrument farther away from the emitter 62R at the wheel 22R. This merely reduces the strength of the beam energy and is not important. Also, the turn of the wheel 15R swings the detectors 64R and 65R in instrument 23R on an arc which has a slight shift to the left. That shift introduces an error of such small magnitude over a wheel base of 100 inches or more that it can be ignored. Thus, the advantage of locating the instrument 23R at the axis of wheel rotation and on a radius, as measured from the pivot axis P for the wheel 15R, is quite evident. The turning of the wheel 15R either in or out changes the received emitter beam strength, and its effect on the signals developed at the detectors 64R and 65R in instrument 23R is in the nature of negligible error.
While FIG. 6 presented a typical transducer assembly, the instrumentation for the vehicle of FIG. 2 is shown in block diagram in FIG. 7, and reference will be directed to that view. Beginning with the right steerable wheel 15R, there is an emitter 46R connected to its signal conditioning means 47R and directing its radiant energy beam at photodiode detectors 48L and 49L. These detectors generate signal current which is converted to voltage at the signal conditioning means 50L. The detectors and means 50L are located at the steerable wheel 15L in housing 21L. The opposite emitter 51L at steerable wheel 15L associated with signal conditioning means 52L directs its beam at the detectors 54R and 55R carried by the steerable wheel 15R and connected to conditioning means 56R. In that way the radiant energy beams are directed transversely of the vehicle reference 53, and are detected by the detector means lying in the path thereof.
The alignment characteristics of the vehicle wheels spaced apart longitudinally thereof in respect of the reference 53 are investigated by the instruments 23R and 24R at the right side and by instruments 23L and 24L at the left side. Thus the emitter 57L connected to conditioning means 58L directs its beam forwardly from housing 24L where it is detected by photodiodes 59L and 60L, and the signals are fed to conditioning means 61L. In like manner, the emitter 62R connected to conditioning means 63R at instrument 24R directs its radiant energy beam forwardly to instrument 23R where detectors 64R and 65R generate signals sent to conditioning means 66R. In the opposite manner, the emitter 67L and its conditioning means 68L at instrument 23L directs its beam rearwardly at the instrument 24L where detectors 69L and 70L generate signals for the conditioning means 71L. Finally, the emitter 72R and its conditioning means 73R at instrument 23R directs its beam at instrument 24R where detectors 74R and 75R generate signals for conditioning means 76R.
It can be seen in FIG. 7 that distinct signals A and B are transmitted from detector conditioning means 50L into signal computation means 77, and the computation results in a signal which has an angular value LC shown in FIG. 9 related to the transverse or cross looking line-of-sight beam path 78. The same process takes place with the signals A and B from means 56R being computed in means 79 to result in a signal having an angular value RC which is related to the line-of-sight path 78. By directing the signals A and B from means 61L into signal computing means 80, an angular value LF results which is related to the line-of-sight reference 81 seen in FIG. 9. The same procedure is followed by directing the signals A and B from the means 66R on the steerable 15R into computing means 82 so that an angular value RF is obtained in relation to the line-of-sight reference 83 in FIG. 9. In the opposite sense, the signals A and B from means 71L are fed into the computing means 84 to result in the generation of an angular value LR with reference to the line-of-sight 81. Similarly, the signals A and B from means 76R are fed into computer means 85 to result in an angular value RR relative to the line-of-sight reference 83.
In the foregoing description with respect to FIG. 7, it is to be understood that the signal values A and B from the respective signal conditioning means 50L, 56R, 61L, 66R, 71L and 76R will have values related to the angular positions of the related photodiodes with respect to the line-of-sight path of the radiant energy beam impinging thereon. In order to detect the alignment angles, the pair of detectors in each instrument are located in substantially horizontal side-by-side relation. With this orientation of the detectors, it can be appreciated from FIG. 9 that, though greatly exaggerated, the transducer instrument 21L and 21R are mounted so the photodiodes, while horizontally spaced, also are positioned in a plane parallel to the plane of wheel rotation, the assumption being that wheel run-out has been accurately compensated. The toe-in positions of the steerable wheels 15L and 15R turn the photodiodes 48L and 49L (FIG. 7) relative to the path of the beam from emitter 46R so that one detector receives more of the radiant energy than the other, consequently the signals are affected in direct proportion to the area of the detector exposed to the beam. That result applies to each of the instruments. If the vehicle wheels 15L, 15R were exactly parallel to the reference axis 53, the detectors would be substantially equally exposed to the impinging beams and the signals A and B would be substantially equal. The detectors in the instruments 23L, 23R, 24L and 24R are also horizontally spaced but the direction of the spacing is generally perpendicular to the vehicle reference line 53.
FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic view of the wheels 15L, 15R, 22L and 22R of the vehicle 14 of FIGS. 1 and 2, but in this view the wheels have been intentionally misaligned to illustrate the geometry of wheel alignment investigation using the foregoing electronic instrumentation. The instruments are generally shown and designated by the reference characters appearing in FIG. 2, and the alignment is calculated with reference to a geometric center line 53 (FIGS. 2 and 9) of the vehicle. It is necessary to understand that there is a line-of-sight 78 between the instruments 21L and 21R which represents the radiant energy beam path from the respective emitters 46R and 51L. The line-of-sight may not be the center of the beam, but the beam has a sufficient spread or fan to be seen by the opposing photodiodes. Normally the wheels will not be so far out of alignment as is depicted in FIG. 9 that the beam will not be seen. In like manner there is a line-of-sight 81 between the instruments 23L and 24L representing the radiant energy beam path from the respective emitters 57L and 67L. The line-of-sight 83 between the instruments 23R and 24R depicts the path of the radiant energy beams from the respective emitters 73R and 63R. There are construction lines on the drawing of FIG. 9 to assist in visualizing the angles to be investigated, such as the dash lines which are parallel to the geometric center line 53, and act as a reference for the angles. It is herein assumed that all measured angles have been compensated, either mechanically or electronically, for wheel run-out to eliminate from the following description need to complicate the calculations.
The angles indicated in FIG. 9 are shown in tabular form with reference to the position of the emitters and detectors used to determine those angles.
______________________________________Emitter Location Detector Location Measured Angle______________________________________Right front Left front Left cross LCsupport arm support armLeft front Right front Right cross RCsupport arm support armLeft rear wheel Left front wheel Left front longitudinal LFRight rear wheel Right front wheel Right front longitudinal RFLeft front wheel Left rear wheel Left rear longitudinal LRRight front wheel Right rear wheel Right rear longitudinal RR______________________________________
The foregoing computations are accomplished in the respective detector signal calculators 77, 79, 80, 82, 84 and 85, and the results are fed into the alignment computer 86 where the following computations are worked out for the several angles pertinent to the alignment determination, as follows:
__________________________________________________________________________The angles computed The computation__________________________________________________________________________LFT (left front toe) 1/2 (LC + RC + LF - RF)RFT (right front toe) 1/2 (LC + RC - LF + RF)TFT (total front toe) LFT + RFT = LC + RCSB (set back) 1/2(RC-LC + LF-RF)LRT (left rear toe) LFT-LF + LR = 1/2(LC + RC-LF - RF)+LRRRT (right rear toe) RFT-RF + RR = 1/2(LC + RC-LF - RF)+RRTRT (total rear toe) LRT + RRT = LC + RC-LF-RF + LR + RRTL (thrust line) 1/2(LRT - RRT) = 1/2(LR - RR)LFTTH (left front toe LFT - TL relative to thrust line)RFTTH (right front toe relative RFT + TL to thrust line)__________________________________________________________________________
After the computation has been made it is in a form suitable for driving the display 28. The display may be a group of meters (not shown) for showing the values of the computed angles identified in the left column above. It is usual in the make up of display 28 to provide meters and circuit selectors for connecting the meters selectively to display left, right and total toe for the steerable wheels, or left, right and total toe for the non-steerable wheels, or wheel set back, or the relationship of steerable wheel toe relative to the thrust line for the non-steerable wheels.
Vehicle wheel alignment apparatus embodying the foregoing arrangement of transducer instruments has been found to produce alignment results having a greatly improved accuracy at relatively low cost while avoiding moving parts. The apparatus is useful with respect to finding or examining the alignment of all four wheels or of less than all four wheels. As one example, the radiant energy beam may be arbitrarily located but pointed at the detector means carried by a vehicle wheel. The detectors and apertures need to be mounted on the wheel so their position represents the wheel position with respect to a vehicle reference. The signals generated by the detector must have the required relationship to the wheel position and that relationship is obtained by incorporating a windowed panel or aperture in front of the detectors, positioning the detectors on opposite sides of the center of the window and parallel to the plane of the panel. Thus the signals generated by the detectors are suitable for processing in a computer which performs the necessary calculations to convert the signals into wheel alignment information.
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I was slicing fimo canes a while ago and was left with a small pile of leftover bits and pieces (girls who slice fimos manually will know what i mean :)) I was looking at this pile deciding should i discard it or not when i came up with this idea of how to use them up: make them look intentional as layers peeking from underneath!
I started this design using my favorite nude polish as of late - Essie "Topless and Barefoot" as a base. Then i outlined the rough shape of my flower wreath with clear top coat and started placing fimo flower half-slices going from outside in. Then i finished off the design by positioning a few whole fimo flower slices along the middle part covering up any imperfections. Finally i added a top coat to seal the design and add some shine.
Fimo slices are fairly flat, so they stay on good clear top coat, i never needed a glue to apply them. While top coat is still very wet, they may curl up a little bit, but once the top coat gets more tacky, it's very easy to press them down to help them take shape of your nail. I use tweezers to pick them and place on my nails and also to hold the fimo slice ends down for a few seconds until they relax into shape.
This design is fun and very easy to create, it's very forgiving in application since you just improvise the flow of the design on the spot. Nothing too graphic where you need a super-steady artistic hand. The design balances out neutrals and brights which makes it more wearable for everyday and can look cute on both long and short nails.
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Nursing Home Manager / Trouble-shooter- Middlesbrough £50,000pa + £2000 Welcome Bonus + 30% Bonus + Private HealthcareTime Healthcare are currently looking to recruit a Nursing Home Manager to run and troubleshoot in a challenging but well-established care home located in Middlesbrough. This medium sized home offers specialist palliative care, respite and assistance the elderly and young physically disabled clients.The successful candidate;* Must have a proven track record in turning around problematic homes* Must have a proven track record of achieving good CQC results* Must have an excellent ability to lead a team, providing support and encouragement* Must have experience dealing with various organisations including professional bodies (Especially in the North East)This is a permanent, full time position offering a competitive salary of £50,000 per annum plus benefits including:* £2000 Welcome Bonus* 30% Performance Related Bonus* 5% Contributory pension and life assurance* 33 Days Annual Leave* Private Health benefits* NMC Pin Paid For (£120)* Gym Membership + Free Physio, Podiatry, Optical & discounted Dental care etc* International award Winning Learning & Development Programme/Qualifications CentreApplicants will have a person-centred focus, be experienced, approachable, have excellent leadership skills and be adaptable to this companies' policies and procedures.If you would like more information on this fantastic opportunity, please contact Michael from Time Recruitment on 0161 238 9763 or email m.turton @ time-recruitment.com. Alternatively please click 'APPLY' below.RGN Home Manager, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees, North East, Cleveland, Care Home Manager, Elderly Care, Nursing Home Manager, Nurse Manager, RGN, Senior Nurse, Manager, RGN, Nurse Manager, RMN, RNLD, Learning Disability, Trouble-shooting Manager, Crisis Manager, Regional Manager, Nursing Home Manager, North East
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Dominique Bromberger
Life Path Number 9
Dominique Bromberger is a male celebrity.
He was born on Friday March 24th 1944, in Paris, France,.
Dominique Bromberger is the philanthropist, humanitarian, socially conscious, and is deeply concerned about the state of the world, for which he has great compassion and idealism. Dominique is a utopian, and will spend his life trying to realize some aspect of his utopian dream, sacrificing money, time, and energy for a better world. It is in giving that Bromberger finds much satisfaction.
Dominique Bromberger has a broad outlook on life. He tends to see the big picture, rather than the minute details. Dominique naturally attracts people from all walks of life who can fit into his larger plans and take over the areas he finds uninteresting. The person with a 9 Life Path is rarely prejudiced or accepts social biases of people. Instead, they evaluate people on the basis of what they can do for the larger cause. They are the true egalitarian.
Dominique is imaginative and creative, especially at harmoniously arranging the beauty already potential in the environment. These abilities can lead Bromberger into such fields as interior decorating, landscape art, and photography. But because of his strong social consciousness, Dominique Bromberger can be an effective politician, lawyer, judge, minister, teacher, healer, and environmentalist. Vocations that require self-sacrifice and have a clear social impact are common among 9s.
He is often disappointed by the realities of life: the shortcomings of others, or of his own self's. Somehow, Dominique Bromberger does not want to accept the imperfections of the world, a feeling that drives him constantly to try to improve upon it. But rather than be satisfied with his efforts, and those of others, Dominique relentlessly pushes on, striving for greater accomplishments. He is often unsatisfied with the results. In short, Bromberger lacks the perspective that would otherwise make it possible for him to enjoy life more fully, and accept its natural limitations.
Dominique Bromberger has a controlled enthusiasm and the ability to finish what he starts.
A key to Dominique's personality is the necessity of sacrifice. Dominique has to learn to let go of material possessions and relationships, the inherent lesson being that holding on too tightly to anything causes pain.
Money comes to Dominique Bromberger through mysterious or unexpected ways: inheritance; the benevolence of someone who was inspired by Bromberger's work; or a lucky investment. Conversely, if Dominique pursues money for its own sake, after giving up on his larger dreams, he is likely to find himself empty handed.
The most successful and satisfying road for a nine is giving; sharing and sacrificing for a larger goal, without expecting anything in return. Dominique's greatest chance at success is to tie his personal fortunes to an endeavor that makes the world a better place for others. Very often, this turns into a highly successful and lucrative enterprise, providing amply for Dominique Bromberger and his family. His life rests on the axiom that the more he gives, the bigger his reward.
Dominique Bromberger is romantic, but his love is more impersonal. He tends to be focused on his dreams instead.
When Dominique is not in harmony with his true nature, he can fall to moodiness, or become aloof, and withdrawn. He can become timid, uncertain, and ungrateful, putting the blame for his troubles on others or the world. Bromberger has a gift for examining his life objectively, and at some distance. He has to be honest with himself. By openly facing his shortcomings, as well as his strengths, he develops equilibrium. Dominique Bromberger is thus able to love and better understand himself and all of life.
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If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Dominique Bromberger's birth. In that instant, Dominique stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Bromberger's numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Dominique Bromberger's life.
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President Barack Obama made a surprise lunchtime stop at Five Guys, a fast-food restaurant in southeast Washington. The president ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, and mustard as well as several other cheeseburgers to go.
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Global Coordinator for Microsoft cloud products (O365, Intune, Azure, SharePoint Online)
SOS Children's Villages International is a federation of 116 autonomous member associations active in 133 countries and territories. The variety of this international work is brought together by the umbrella organisation SOS Children's Villages International, which unites all of the autonomous national associations.
We make child care, education, and health care available to children and their families directly. We help families and communities to become strong so they can take care of their children better and organise child care, education and health care. We help to improve the policies and practices of the state.
Through our growth strategies and by increasing market share we cultivate and embrace a diverse employee population. We are currently recruiting an experienced Global Coordinator for Microsoft cloud products (O365, Intune, Azure, SharePoint Online) to join our Regional Office in Skopje, Macedonia. Using your knowledge of MS Cloud architecture, administration and best practice recommendations, you will be responsible to define the implementation strategy and identifies opportunities with regards to the O365, Intune, Azure (IaaS), SharePoint Online Platform. In addition to that, he/she will also have a role to manage O365, Intune, Azure (IaaS), SharePoint Online Services and Components operationally to achieve high availability and performance.
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The presentation was prepared by students of 10 Class « B » Betretdinova Olga, Agaeva Elvina and Piskareva Olga.
New Year • In Austria these holiday celebrated in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, coming on the night of 31 December to 1 January. Last evening the outgoing year Austrians called «Silvesterabend», which means - An Evening of St. Sylvester.
A colorful place • The center of new year celebrations in Vienna. At the Hofburg season opens the famous Viennese balls, And the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra gives two traditional concert on 31 December and 1 January.You can stroll along Vienna new trail. A two- kilometer trail is considered to be the biggest Christmas event in Europe
Traditions • Before Christmas and New Year , Austria transforms into a true winter wonderland. • In Austria, the holiday begins with Christmas fairs. • On December 31 at the People's Opera and the State Opera traditionally we can listen the famous operetta "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss. • You can visit the traditional parades Perchta, Christmas spirits, traditional character of the Austrian and German folklore.Christmas Carnivals with colorful masks are one of the most spectacular events of the alpine culture.
Traditions • One of the Christmas traditions in Austria - is to listen to the sound of "Peace Bell", which is installed in the bell tower of the Cathedral of St. Stephen. • Austria has been believed that brings happiness and luck meeting on the street with a chimney sweep, equipped for the job. • In the early days of the New Year take divination, as in many European countries.
«Santa Claus» • The Austrians descends from heaven Christkind the Christ Child. It is the little Christ - the essence of Christmas. He cares about the children and gives gifts.No one can change into the Christ Child. It is impossible to depict clothing and makeup. Therefore, there is only one Christkind. He comes December 24 - in "Holy night".
New Year's dishes • The main dish is the suckling pig which symbolizes good luck in the New Year. • Among the "happy meals" on the table must also be present green peas - that money is not gone, and horseradish - that would be good health. • Another symbol of happiness is four-leaf clover, which is made of mint ice cream. • During these days are also popular fish dishes, in particular - Christmas carp. • The main drink is hot toddy (Feuerzangenbowle).
Christmas tree • Here, instead of the Traditional Christmas trees put "Christbaum" - Christ's Christmas tree. • Bauernchristbaum - "peasant Christmas tree". This tree is dominated by red color. • Often use edible decorative elements: fruits, nuts and cakes. • Instead of the usual garlands used real candles.
Gifts • On the morning of 1st January children sing Christmas songs outdoors and getting sweets. People exchange small chocolate or marzipan souvenirs for good luck (Glucksbringer) in the form of pigs, gold coins, chimney sweeps, clover or horseshoes. • Phrase "Prosit Neujahr" ("Happy New Year") people desire success and happiness in the New Year. And they say to each other "Gute Rutsch ins neue Jahr" ("Good luck in the beginning of new year")
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On June 4, 2015, CMS issued final regulations revising the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including changes to provisions relating to the payment of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The final rule reflects CMS's consideration of comments received in response to its December 8, 2014 proposed rule. Among other things, the final rule creates a new "Track 3" option for shared savings that would permit participants to share greater financial risk and reward (up to 75%).
Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, providers of services and suppliers that participate in ACOs continue to receive traditional Medicare fee-for-service payments under Parts A and B, but the ACOs may be eligible to receive a shared savings payment if they meet specified quality and savings requirements. The program is voluntary and accepts applications on an annual basis. Applicant organizations agree to participate in the program for three years. There currently are more than 400 ACOs serving in excess of 7 million Medicare beneficiaries.
In the final rule, CMS:
- Creates a new Track 3 based on some of the successful features of the Pioneer ACO Model, including higher rates (up to 75%) of shared savings, the prospective assignment of beneficiaries, and the opportunity to use new care coordination tools;
- Streamlines data sharing between CMS and ACOs, helping ACOs more easily access patient data securely for quality improvement and care coordination to drive critical improvements in beneficiaries' care;
- Establishes a waiver of the 3-day stay skilled nursing facility (SNF) rule for beneficiaries who are prospectively assigned to ACOs under Track 3; and
- Refines policies for resetting ACO benchmarks to help ensure that the program continues to provide strong incentives for ACOs to improve patient care and generate cost savings.
The final rule also announces CMS's intent to propose further improvements to the benchmarking methodology later this year.
A copy of CMS's final rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on June 9, is available here. CMS's press release announcing the final rule is available here.


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About: Celebrate your child's next birthday at the railroad museum! Birthday parties include use of the "birthday coach" inside the museum, a train ride, coloring activities and three helium filled balloons. You provide the food, paper products and decorations.
Party time inside the museum is limited to two hours, which includes the train ride. Please plan to have a minimum of two adults attending who can supervise the group for the duration of the event. Cost is based on the total number of guests, including adults and children. The maximum number of party attendees is twenty-five and the birthday coach itself can accommodate up to twelve children.
Cost: $300 (Up to 12 Guests), $350 (12-18 Guests), $400 (18-25 Guests)
Reservations: Advanced reservations are required. To reserve a date, contact the museum.
Please Note: The museum is only available to host birthday parties during the regular operating season (April through late October). Other times of year the train is not in operation or other museum events prevent the facility from being available.


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AP Reporter Prevented From Interviewing Beijing Appellants
More than 200 Beijing residents, whose homes were forcefully demolished, or whose property was seized by the state in what is known as "Jingzu" 1 , appealed to the Beijing Municipal government on January 21 because of damaged property. A reporter from the Associate Press (AP) interviewed several appellants, but was later driven from the scene by police.
Beijing resident Wang Jianping recounted how the AP reporter came to conduct interviews, as the appellants described their misfortune. Later two officers came out of the government building and confiscated the reporter's identification.
"This reporter, David Hu, displayed documents authorizing permission to conduct interviews. But police said that he could only continue with his questioning after the officials had dealt with the appellants. Finally, the reporter took some photographs and left in a taxi, and the police followed him. We don't know what happened to him after that," said Wang.
A one-time resident of Beijing's Xicheng District, Wang said that four years ago, without consent, her house was forcefully demolished by the Xicheng Court. She has been appealing for nearly three years but the problem still remains unresolved.
"I requested a photocopy of the administrative report, explained Wang, "But the Xicheng Court wouldn't provide it for me." Later she tried taking her case to various officials but it didn't seem to make any difference.
On September 27, 2006, in order to obtain an administrative report, Wang went to the Xicheng Court wearing clothes which had her grievance printed on them, and shouted slogans demanding her rights. That move got her detained for ten days at a local police station. When Wang was released, authorities told her that they would no longer deal with her case.
Wang was very critical of China's services in this regard, adding that the country's petition offices are almost nonexistent. "The public servants who work in the petition offices take tax payers' money but don't do anything to serve them," she explained. "They lie, bribe and give irrelevant answers to questions and concerns. No one is held responsible there."
In order to secure the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese regime claimed that they would open up their previous limitations on foreign reporters. If people agree to be interviewed in China, foreign reporters supposedly no longer need to get authorization through the country's propaganda department. Despite this promise, many foreign reporters are still largely constrained when conducting interviews in China.
[1] This term comes from a document issued by the Chinese Communist Party on January 18, 1956. This document requires that all privately owned houses located in the city should be "rented and operated by the state" for the benefit of national industrialization and socialist transformation, which is to say "houses are owned by the nation, and the nation rents, distributes and repairs them."


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DMK chief M Karunanidhi's elder sister passes away
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi's elder sister Shanmugasundarathammal died here today. She was 98.
Shanmugasundarathammal was not keeping well for some time and breathed her last this morning at her house here,
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Karunanidhi paid homage to his sister. Shanmugasundarathammal was the mother of late union minister 'Murasoli' Maran. She is survived by another son 'Murasoli' Selvam.


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Charms Orange Pumpkin Pops - 11oz Bag
|Orange flavored pop featuring a white Jack-O-Lantern face and wrapped in clear front wrapper and a festive Halloween wrapper on the back. You get about 20 Pops in this 11oz. bag. Each Pop measures approximately 1.5". Entire pop, including stick, measures approximately 4.25". This item is a "limited edition" and will be available only while supplies last. Perfect treat for Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween parties and other autumn events!
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Most of the clients who call Servpro of North Sarasota are in a state of panic. They've just experienced a flood or a fire and they're worried about their home or business, so one of the first thing that owners Jeff and Monique Vermillion teach their employees is the importance of customer service.
"We train our employees to be like psychologists," says Jeff Vermillion. "Sometimes people call us in tears. You have to stay calm and make the process as easy as possible for them."
Servpro of North Sarasota handles cleanup and restoration after fires, floods and mold damage in residential and commercial buildings. Jeff and Monique Vermillion bought the franchise in 2004, after seeing the success of Jeff's brother, who owns a Servpro in Cape Coral.
The North Sarasota franchise is one of more than 1,500 Servpros throughout the United States; 105 are located in Florida. Vermillion says that being a small business that is part of a larger organization is the best of both worlds for a business owner.
Forward movement and constant improvement are two things that the Vermilions strive for in their business.
"You always have to try and do better each week, each month, each year," says Vermillion. "You can't just sit still. You always have to be evolving and looking toward the future."
Address: 6341 Porter Road, Sarasota
Start date: August 2004
Number of employees when started: Eight
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Advice: Really be in tune with your business. Some people get out of touch with business because they have other people running it for them.
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