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Bob has circulated a list of forthcoming events for this year.
Could you let Bob or myself know what events you are able to attend ,in order that we can plan drivers rotas and what appiances we can allocate to the events.
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List of events for 2008.
Saturday 1st March: Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.
Saturday 15th March: St. Patrick's Day event Coatbridge
Friday 28th March: Cheapside Street Memorial
Friday 4th – Sunday 6th April: Moreton/Sheffield weekend.
Tuesday 15th – Thursday 17th April: Commercial Motor Show NEC Birmingham
Wednesday 23rd April: Rededication event at Clydebank Fire Station – Postponed until further notice
Friday 16th May: Wedding F8. Gourock
Sunday 18th May: Bridge of Allan Vintage Vehicle Event
Saturday 24th May: Tarbet Fire Station Open Day
Saturday 31st May: Johnstone Festival – Thomas Shanks Park.
Saturday 31st May: Castlemilk Parade
Sunday 1st June: Renfrew Gala Day
Friday June 6th: Houston Primary School Event.
Saturday 7th June: DSM Open Day Dalry
Saturday 7th June: Lilias Day Event – Kilbarchan
Saturday 7th June: Arden Familly Day
Saturday 7th June: St. Mary's Primary School, Cumbernauld.
Saturday 14th June: Sacred Heart Church-Bellshill
Saturday 14th June: Open Day – Bishopbriggs Fire Station
Saturday 14th June: Penilee Gala Day
Sunday 15th June: Cars 'N Rides Loudoun Castle.
Thursday 19th June: Rededication Event – Clydebank Fire Station.
Saturday 21st June: Open Day HMS Gannet
Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th June: Preston Hall
Saturday 28th June: Southside Festival – Queens Park.
Thursday 3rd July: KGV International Family Day
Saturday 5th July: Temple Community Event
Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th July: Jim Smith's Vintage Vehicle Run.
Saturday 12th July: Knightswood Park Event.
Saturday 19th – Sunday 20th July: Glasgow River Festival – Now Confirmed
Saturday 26th – Sunday 27th July: Glasgow Show – Glasgow Green.
Saturday 2nd – Sunday 3rd August: Truckfest Ingliston
Saturday 16th August: Gibshill Gala Day
Sunday 17th August: Chatelherault Classic Auto Rally
Sunday 24th August: Kirkintilloch Canal Festival
Saturday 30th August: Castlemilk Fire Station Open Day
Saturday 6th September: Kirkintilloch Fire Station Open Day
Sunday 7th September: Almond Valley Vintage Rally.
Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th September: Open Doors Days Old Fire Station, Greenock
Saturday 13th – Sun 14th September: Scone Palace event.
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September: Castlemilk Fire Station Open Doors Days
Sunday 12th October: Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Day
It was lovely to see the old fire engine (Dennis F108) driving along Hawkhead Road tonight.
Thank you to the driver a few cars behind who told us about this website.
Great work guys!
I have added a few more events for this year's activities.
thank you for your information and list off events to go to with my son i hope that my son have the same enjoyment as ido looking at the fire trucks of the past as i do .
had a great day with Lawrence at Bellshill Gala with the Witch
Have a lense for the front grille blue that is broken , I will get it dug out
Hope Bob survived Penillee ok !!!!!!!!
See yaz later
Alan T
I was speaking to Larry Gyte and he told me about the site, I am looking for toy fire engines for my wee boy who loves them.
please help
hello patrick,i would be happy to help give me more information on how to get in touch
Thanks paul you can get back to me at my email address email@example.com any type of engine
this list of information and dates is a complete load of rubbish. twice me and my family have attended places on the dates given here for fire station events and twice have been told that they were weeks earlier. i would suggest that if you cannot post the correct information then do not post anything at all.

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LMU Team successful at international iGEM competition
At the iGEM Finals in Boston the LMU team was awarded two prizes and one honorable mention
The LMU-Munich iGEM Team participated with its project "BaKillus" successfully in this year's iGEM competition. At the finals in Boston, the team of 14 highly motivated students won a gold medal and received honorable mention for their contribution in a study performed in 45 laboratories all over the world. The team was extremely happy to also receive the special award for the best online-documentation of their work (Best Wiki Award). For the LMU iGEM team, the Giant Jamboree in Boston with over 2000 participants was the absolute highlight of the iGEM competition. They can now look back at an educational and busy year full of excitement, creativity and great experiences.
For more information see their website: http://2014.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich
The team invites all supporters and anyone interested to its final project presentation of "BaKillus" (in English) and a little reception afterwards.
When? Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 5 PM
Where? LMU Biocenter, Grosshaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried Small lecture hall, B01.027
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"California Cool " was a video promotion piece produced for Russell Abraham to promote his upcoming book published by Images Publishing. We interviewed some of the leading California modernist architects and included many of the images from the book. The video features top California architects: Mark Cigolle, Steven Ehrlich, Stephen Kanner, Robert Swatt, and Zoltan Pali taking about modernism and why California is such a great location for modernism.
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WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Intraocular Lens (IOL) Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2018. The 2013 study has 293 pages, 67 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve continuing growth as the aging population worldwide develops cataracts and need Intraocular Lenses (IOL). All older people develop cataracts.
Cataracts are a clouding of the eye's natural lens that impairs one's ability to see clearly. With two accommodating Intraocular Lens IOLs likely to be approved within the next 12 months, the premium market is again exciting.
Intraocular lens market driving forces include the aging of the population. With age, all people have cataracts which can be cured with IOL. There is an ever-increasing baby boom aging population. There is a growing precision of cataract surgery. Safety of cataract surgical medical devices and lenses are primary market concerns. More advanced procedures are driving an increase in cataract surgery. Lower costs per surgery are driving an increase in cataract surgery.
Cataract surgical technology is evolving rapidly. Premium intraocular lenses (IOLs) introduced during the past decade and those still in the pipeline are raising patient's post-cataract visual expectations. Laser-assisted cataract surgery technology is gaining traction with clinicians. Surgeons are getting trained in the techniques needed to perform surgeries these new types of equipment. The motivation to learn the new surgical techniques is that the equipment comes with the promise of improved surgical precision.
According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the WinterGreen Research team that prepared the Intraocular Lens (IOL) market research study, "Superior image quality brings clinical improvement. Patients are thrilled when they can see so much more clearly."
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As a result, growing needs and expectations for good vision in all ranges have created significant new market opportunities, expanding demand for multifocal and accommodating IOLs designed to correct presbyopia, aspheric optics that address spherical aberration and make vision sharper, and phakic IOLs allowing treatment of extreme refractive error.
Ultrasonic phacoemulsification, the standard of care in cataract removal equipment for four decades, has been in great part responsible for the safety and effectiveness of modern cataract surgery. It is certain to remain the dominant lens removal technology in the near term. A technology still in its infancy, laser-assisted cataract surgery using femtosecond lasers and picosecond lasers, promises to raise the standard of precision and safety to new heights.
Numerous types, and styles of Intraocular Lenses (IOLs), varying in size, and attachment mechanisms. The femtosecond lasers may evolve capability to fix the cataract without implanting an IOL devices, creating a significant change in the market after the forecast period.
The eye care industry is highly competitive and subject to rapid technological change and evolving industry requirements and standards. Companies within this industry compete on technological leadership and innovation, quality and efficacy of their products, relationships with eye care professionals and healthcare providers, breadth and depth of product offering and pricing. The presence of these factors varies across regions.
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Paper Mill Playhouse Holds Children's Auditions for THE SOUND OF MUSIC Today, 9/15
Paper Mill Playhouse announces non-union, children's auditions for the acclaimed theater's production of The Sound of Music today, September 15, 2012. The Sound of Music will run at the Millburn Theater from Friday, November 23 through December 30, 2012.
Paper Mill Playhouse seeks GIRLS who look ages 6-16 and BOYS who look ages 12-16. Children and their guardian should join the line in front of the theater and enter through the front doors of the theater only. Audition sign up will take place in the theater's lobby on a first-come, first-served basis today, September 15, 2012. Sign up for ages 6 to 11 begin at 9:00am and sign up for ages 12 to 16 begin at 12:00pm.
"The last time Paper Mill Playhouse held an open-call audition for children in The Sound of Music, we discovered a talented young man by the name of Nick Jonas," commented Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic Director. "Nick went on to become a major star both in the recording industry and on Broadway. Could the next Nick Jonas be at these auditions? I sure hope so!"
One of the most beloved and inspirational stories of all time, this tale of love and courage is Rodgers and Hammerstein's final triumphant collaboration. Based on the true story of the Von Trapp family this musical masterpiece has become a beacon of hope and joy for generations. You will revel in the glorious sounds of iconic melodies like "My Favorite Things", "Edelweiss" and "Climb Every Mountain."


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Conference to cover youth issues
Conference to cover youth issues
NEW BEDFORD — A free asset-building conference introducing a community-wide Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth Initiative for anyone involved in working with youth in Greater New Bedford will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday at the Hawthorne Country Club in Dartmouth.
This program is the launch of a new RAPPP initiative and aims to create a stronger community by focusing on building broader developmental assets for adolescents.
Keynote speakers include Jeff Yalden, MTV youth life coach and motivational speaker; Tony Jordan, retired NFL football player and national speaker on youth asset building in communities; Jon Terry, director of government relations, The Search Institute; and Karen MacArthur, asset leader, The Search Institute.
There will be breakout sessions for how government, schools and the community can all develop strong assets to support youth. Mayor Scott W. Lang will speak and "The Cast" will do excerpts from "Beatlemania."
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KL is a food lovers paradise with a fusion of multiple Asian cuisines, Indian, Chinese, Thai to name a few but Malaysia has stamped it's own twist on these classics. The Petronas towers are the most infamous landmarks and the city has an average temperature of 30C/90F year round. Shopping is a serious past time for those seeking to escape the heat with 60 large malls. The food courts in the malls are excellent in terms of quality and value and a far cry from the deep fried crap served up in Western malls .
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SATURDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that teens who include sexual references on their Facebook profiles may very well be planning to have sex.
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Nearly half of U.S. teens younger than college age report having had sexual intercourse, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, with the median age of intercourse being 16.9 years for males and 17.4 years for females.
"Parents and physicians are often seeking clues for when it's time to have 'the talk' about sex with a teenager," Dr. Megan A. Moreno of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of a study on kids' posting on social networking sites, said in a news release from the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Our study suggests that if sexual content is noted on a teen's social networking site profile, it's definitely time for that talk."
The researchers examined Facebook pages of 85 first-year college students and studied their responses to a survey about their sexual experiences and their future intentions regarding sex.
Those who displayed sexual references on their Facebook pages were more likely than the others to be planning to have sexual intercourse.
The study authors wrote that social networking sites such as Facebook could give parents, clinicians and educators insight into whether to target teens with details regarding safer sex.
The study was to be presented Saturday at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in Vancouver.
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Aloha from Korea! On Saturday, June 1, the Lowe Family joined Boy Scout Troop 86 on the Task Force Smith Heritage Trail. The Scouts hiked two segments of the 86 mile trail created by BSA's Far East Council to commemorate the American Forces' entrance into the Korean conflict.
From this link,
Task Force Smith was the first U.S. Army ground maneuver unit to enter combat in Korea. The initial force was to make contact with the enemy and fight a delaying action. This was Task Force Smith, "that arrogant display of strength" that MacArthur hoped would fool the North Koreans into thinking a larger force was at hand. Some officers assumed that even this small force would give the North Koreans pause once they realized whom they were fighting.
Task Force Smith was named for Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Smith, commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 21st Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. It comprised 406 officers and men: half of the battalion headquarters company, two understrength rifle companies (B and C), a communications section, a recoilless rifle platoon and two mortar platoons. In addition to its rifles, the task force had two 75mm recoilless rifles, two 4.2-inch mortars, six 2.36-inch "bazooka" rocket launchers and four 60mm mortars. Each man was issued 120 rounds of ammunition and two days' C-rations. Most of the men were 20 years old or less; only one sixth had seen combat.
The trail ends at the Task Force Smith Memorial in Suwon where the first battle between the American Forces and the North Koreans took place.
Andrew and David pose by the original trenches on the hill above the memorial. The troop also visited the UN Forces First Battle Memorial.


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We know since last night that au/KDDI is officially the second carrier to get the iPhone in Japan.
While no release date has been publicly announced, we learnt that KDDI decided not to wait until 2012 and the upgrade of its mobile email service to start selling the device.
What we know for sure is that SoftBank will start selling the iPhone 4S on October 14.
What we also know is that SoftBank CEO, Masason, has decided to fight back the competition.
Look at that tweet he sent an hour ago:
What is Masason saying yes to? SoftBank has download speeds of 14.4Mbps —the same touted by Apple yesterday, dissing the 4G talks— and 5.7Mbps uplink , while au/KDDI only offers a maximum of 3.1Mbps downlink with a 1.8Mbps uplink.
It's interesting to note that the original tweet was meant as a question, asking the CEO if the difference was due to SoftBank using W-CDMA, aka HSDPA, while au/KDDI relies on CDMA EV-DO Rev. A standard.
Masason just went for the affirmative on those numbers. If that's not called opening the hostilities… "KDDI, raise to the challenge!"
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It's certainly true that specs for this latter standard would need to be upgraded to the Rev. B to reach the 14+Mbps range.
Now, KDDI had actually announced some time ago it would upgrade to a subset of the aforementioned Rev. B standard to allow for some channel bundling, leading to a theoretical downlink of 9Mbps. I must admit that I would need to verify if those plans came to fruition and whether the entire network is —or will be— concerned.
And those numbers would have to be tested for both SoftBank and KDDI to not remain purely theoretical.
The fact of the matter remains: SoftBank is feeling the heat from the competition and Masason will not throw the towel. I can't say that I don't admire his fighting spirit.
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UPDATE: I've corrected the download and upload speeds, thanks to Andrew Wright.


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Class Descriptions
All classes focus on physical postures (asanas), yogic breathing (pranayama), relaxation (sarvasana ) and meditation.
Beginner's Hatha
This class is ideal for beginners or individuals returning to yoga. It is slow-paced and consists of pranayama (proper breathing), basic stretching, standing postures, an introduction to the sun salutation, forward and backward bends, twists and lots of relaxation.
Gentle Hatha
The format of this class is similar to the beginner's class. A few more postures and variations will be introduced and some of the postures will be held longer. This class would be appropriate for beginners as well.
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga is a restful yoga in which props like blankets, blocks and bolsters are used to support the body in long passive stretching postures. Restorative Yoga is recommended after recovering from an illness or injury and is wonderful way to release stress on a deep cellular level. This is the ultimate in self-care class.
Restorative Yoga & Thai Yoga Massage (2 hour class – registration required):
In this 2 hour class, the participants will receive some Thai Yoga Massage while holding the Restorative Yoga Postures. The class is the ultimate in relaxing and rejuvenating.
Yin/Yang Yoga
This class offers the best of both Hatha and Yin Yoga. The class begins with some gentle warm-ups and Yang postures (that stretch and stabilize the muscles) that include standing postures and sun salutations. The second half of the class is focused on Yin postures and ends with a long relaxation. You will leave the class humming and smiling.
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Some stock market watchers are quick to dismiss correlations to election cycles as spurious.
However, there are some notable patterns that emerge based on the four-year US election cycle that very much tie elections, economics, and market together.
"As always, past performance is only an incomplete indication of future performance," wrote Goldman Sachs' Jose Ursua in a note to clients. "But certain patterns, especially those that pass a reasonable number of statistical tests, can be useful guides to surfing the electoral wave ahead."
Ursua listed three reasons why investors should take these cycles seriously:
Elections are important market events, for at least three reasons. First, the political stakes in presidential, parliamentary or legislative elections often translate into changes in policies which can reshape the economic environment. Second, the regularity with which elections take place in most countries may give place to cyclical patterns in government and investment behaviour. Third, elections can markedly increase political and social uncertainty. These three factors have the potential to affect all asset classes, especially equities, given their strong sensitivity to changes in the economic outlook.
Here's a quick summary of his findings:
Our results suggest that, in the US, the first two years of the election cycle tend to coincide with lower equity returns than the last two, with the second year particularly volatile. In the run-up to elections, returns tend to move sideways as a reflection of unresolved uncertainty. As uncertainty fades, returns tend to bounce back gradually. We also find that global equity markets tend to reflect the US election cycle, with lower returns in the second year of the cycle and declining volatility thereafter. In particular, the election cycle in the US helps to explain a sizeable fraction of non-US equity returns, both in other developed markets and in emerging markets.
Much of this is well-known.
However, the bit about U.S. elections explaining non-U.S. equity returns is quite interesting. Ursua provides this chart of R-square results derived from his equity returns regression analysis. For U.S., developed markets, and emerging markets, equity market returns seem to be much better explained when considering U.S. election-related variables.
SEE ALSO: The Stock Market Is Telling Us Obama Could Win Re-Election In A 'Landslide' >


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Recall the setup for these rules. Let f(x) and g(x) be two separate functions (anything you want), and let's also say that the sum of these functions, that is, f(x) + g(x), is equal to F(x). Similarly, let's say that the difference of these functions, that is, f(x) - g(x), is represented by G(x).
To find the derivative of a difference of functions, you simply determine the derivatives of the component functions and subtract them accordingly to get G'(x).
Therefore: the derivative of a difference of functions is equal to the difference of those functions' derivatives.
Compare this to the differentiation rule for adding that I covered last time. You can see how it's the same kind of thing, with no extra manipulations or reorganizations or tricks. If you can add, then you can subtract.
I'm not going to provide any examples for this rule, unless anyone leaves me a comment below to specifically request some. I think that if you can work through the example for adding, you will have a good grasp of how to perform both the addition and subtraction differentiation rules.
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Fletcher Crossman's State of Shock
Most photos by G. All art by Fletcher Crossman.
When I attended the closing night gala of Fletcher Crossman's controversial exhibit "State of Shock" at Eye Level Art in New York, I expected to be offended and turned off. Instead, I loved the exhibit and thought it was extremely well done, very interesting and I've been thinking about it for hours after seeing it. The exhibit is laid out sort of like a comic book / scrap book of clippings about events that, as of press time, are fake but could actually happen. The first image you see is definitely the most shocking as it depicts Barack Obama being assassinated with an accompanying story of how the act was committed (by a right-wing nut job). I spoke with Fletcher Crossman and our conversation was very fascinating. He agreed with me when I remarked that I didn't feel this piece is wishful thinking at all, but instead, a very possible event since there are a bunch of wackos out there that swing so far to the right, their hatred for the President is frightening.
As you continue through the exhibit, you are provided with brilliant comic relief to ease the heaviness of the first images you see as you enter the gallery. The above photo is Crossman's mock-up of a Yahoo headlines page (that you should definitely click on to enlarge). The top trending topics, the fake headlines of iconic conservative arseholes being targeted in terrorist attacks and even the mock advertisements are nothing short of genius. What makes this exhibit even better is the knowledge that it first debuted in early 2010 in South Carolina. Talk about a scandal! Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at that opening!
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A gas leak shut down the bridge connecting the Isle go Que shortly after 1:30 pm on Sunday afternoon.
"It was a small gas leak. There is no danger to society. The UGI is fixing it right now," Brandon Ulrich, Deputy Fire Chief told the Orange Street News at the time.
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Intolerance Friendly Granola
This delicious intolerance friendly granola is vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, fruit-free and nut-free so it is suitable for most people with intolerances or great as a base to add your own favourite extra too.
This delicious intolerance friendly granola is vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, fruit-free and nut-free so it is suitable for most people with intolerances or great as a base to add your own favourite extra too.
Sweet chilli oven roasted salmon with stewed chia + greens, and thyme sweet potato mash is a great meal to have as a food prep dish, especially when you're feeling like something light but still filling for lunch or dinner.
Eggplant and zucchini are a match made in heaven, especially when they're coupled with a rich tomato sauce, baked almond feta and dried porcini mushrooms. This bake is served with brown rice, nutritional yeast and green beans.
Zucchini bread is the perfect thing to have on hand in the summer months when zucchini's are abundant. Add some chocolate chips or nuts of your choice to customise this delicious recipe.
Ye old glorious golden mylk is the perfect anti inflammatory beverage to warm you up and leave you feeling satisfied. Once you have taken it off the heat for a few minutes it will thicken to resemble the consistency of custard or Italian hot chocolate (mine does anyway).
This recipe resulted from an attempt to use up the vegetables in my fridge. The leeks, silverbeet and kale were gifted to me straight from my parents garden. Feel free to use any leafy green for this recipe.
Raw peanut butter cups are great for satisfying a sweet tooth, gifting a friend or serving up for dessert. You can also get creative with healthy additional extras to give them a nutritional boost.
Choc Banana Muffins are a great mid afternoon work snack. When it hits 3.30pm and you need an energy boost, pop one in the microwave for 20 secs to melt the choc chunks and enjoy with a cuppa!
Pre-made FODMAP friendly dips are far and few between. Here's how to make your own sun-dried tomato dip to accompany veggie sticks, rice crackers or corn chips as a lunchbox snack.
Buckwheat is an excellent substitute in porridge for those who can't have oats. Whilst the consistency is different, when cooked with a combination of comforting spices and chia seeds it is transformed into a delicious warming gluten free dish.


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1 kerning (n.)
Kerning is the spacing of the individual letters, which I draw on tracing paper before the carving begins. There are certain rules that help (such as that rounded letters should drift slightly above and below the top and bottom guidelines), but the aim is harmony and evenness, all judged by eye.
2 pouncing (n.)
This describes the stage when, after perfecting a design on paper, I transfer it onto the slate by placing a layer of carbon paper beneath the trace and redrawing each letter using a hard pencil or ballpoint pen.
3 dummy (n.)
A small, round-headed mallet, which I hold in my right hand (I'm right-handed) to tap the end of the tungsten-tipped chisel, which I hold in my left. I use the same chisel for all my work and have to sharpen it about once during a job. The sound and feel of the round edge of the dummy hitting the flatter end of the chisel guides me as I'm working. A good, clean tap sound is the goal—it mimics the similar dynamics of a (round) tennis ball being hit by a (flat) tennis racket with that satisfying thwack after a good stroke. The aim is to hit the chisel bang on at 180 degrees, that is, exactly in the direction the chisel is going.
4 chase, chop (v.)
Once the letters are clearly visible on the slate, I begin by cutting all the thinnest strokes of the first letter, then moving on to the thicker strokes, usually the verticals or diagonals (see ping off, below, for the reason). I start at the bottom center of the stem (the thicker verticals of the letters), using the corner of the chisel to chase the length of the stem from bottom to top. Now that a rough gouge has been cut through the center of the letter, I proceed up the stem in a series of steps, chopping directly into—not along—the side of the cut with three or four purposeful taps each time.
5 V-cut (n.)
The ideal letter should have a 90-degree depth in all areas. If that angle varies at all, the shadows within the letters will vary when the light falls on them, resulting in an ungainly and messy appearance. I test this by using the corner of my chisel as an inverse set square, checking the angles regularly.
6 roll, flick (v.)
Rolling is one of the more satisfying carving techniques; as I chase up the middle of the letter's stem and reach the serif, I do a stop-and-rotate motion to neatly carve out the serif. Once the roll is complete, the chisel ends up in the valley of the serif. A small flick of the tip removes any compressed dust around this fine, delicate area. A beautiful sharp serif should be the result.
7 donk (n.)
I use my ears as well as my eyes and arms in carving stone. As the chisel is tapped along a letter, each tap can make a different sound—a hollow echo, which is good, or a muffled donk, which is bad. If I dig the chisel in too deep and it refuses to move forward—being effectively stuck—I get that deadly donk, usually resulting in part of the letter flying off as a large chip. That moment turns all carvers to stone. To deal with such mistakes I either move on and forget it, or try to repair it by thickening everything up a little.
8 ping off (v.)
Another feared pitfall for the letter carver is the area where two strokes meet—say, the bottom of the bowl and the stem of a P—where there should be a clean, sharp corner. This is achieved by carving the thin stroke first, then swallowing it up in the thicker one. If this were done the other way round, the junction at the corner would be vulnerable—it's just not strong enough—and could easily ping off, another stone carver's nightmare.
9 finger curl (n.)
This is a technique I discovered where I can effectively control the chisel with four fingers alone. As I turn a sharp corner, instead of laboriously moving my whole arm and body around, I can simply curl my fingers around the chisel, thus performing a move of such dexterity I could easily win a gold medal in the letter-carving Olympics.
10 flood (v.)
Once the carving is done and I've blown all the dust off, I paint the inside of the letters. To do this I have to flood the whole carved area in an off-white enamel paint (some use red or gold, but I prefer white), applied quite roughly. It is an alarming moment; all the meticulous detail suddenly disappears and the surface looks terrible. I have to be careful not to apply the paint too thickly or the hallowed sharpness of the V-cut may be diminished. Once the paint has dried, I rub the surface of the stone with fine wet and dry sandpaper to remove the excess paint and win back my perfectly carved letters.—PATRICK COLLINGWOOD
Patrick Collingwood is an architecture student at Cooper Union in New York City. As well as carving stone, he has designed furniture and fixtures for art exhibitions and costume designs. He also makes architectural models.


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An alien invasion once again threatens Earth, but this time some older baddies from our past want a crack at the creeps. Just to add a little parallel, Dreamworks wants a crack at your wallet and Pixar's 3D animation market share, so who will win out? Just about anyone after a lighthearted flick built around the dated monsters of the 50s and the outmoded model of extraterrestrial threats.
The story begins with the origins of the central monster in this mess, one Susan, or Ginormica as she is named when she reaches her full 50′ height. A distant planet explodes, sending shards in every direction, including toward us. As luck would have it, Susan is in the line of fire as the rock crashes to earth on her wedding day.
Her sudden transformation into the 50′ Woman (sans the 50s vengefulness) lands her in a secret prison where some other familiar 50s icons await, all imprisoned after their own debuts. The missing link (a take on the Creature from the Black Lagoon), Dr. Roach (a ripoff of the Fly), Insectasaurus (a 265′ tall grub) and Bob, (a comic relif "blob" with no brain) are all tenants of the prison, from which she is told she will never leave.
Of course, that marriage-wrecking rock brings the attention of the destroyer of the previous world, one evil octopoid alien (Gallaxhar) whose need for the element now in her bloodstream means a conquest is in order. The failures of the military, the president's musical talents and a number of other cliches lead to the inevitable, the demand by General W.R. Monger that his monsters meet the threat head on.


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From the early church (12th century) Saint Antoine de Saint Sulpice Clesles there remains only the bell tower which now forms the western end of the nave. The present church was rebuilt in the 16th century. It consists of three naves of unequal heights and widths. The nave is finished with a beautiful sanctuary with canted. Three large windows to two bays each light the altar.
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.Text by Steve Smith.


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Challenger Astronaut Ronald E. McNair's Legacy Honored
(LAKE CITY, S.C.) -- Twenty five years ago the nation watched in horror as the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the air, creating a massive fireball just 73 seconds after launch from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The tragedy shook the entire world and prompted NASA to evaluate its shuttle program and review the future of space travel. All seven astronauts on board were killed.
Among the crew members was Ronald E. McNair. A physicist recognized nationally for his work in the field of laser physics who was also notable for being the second African American to fly in space, McNair broke barriers since his childhood in the small community of Lake City, South Carolina. He grew up in the farming town that's located about 90 miles north of Charleston.
In 1959, when McNair was just nine years old, he famously made a scene at the Lake City Public Library. Residents stared the African American boy down and watched as he walked to the main counter and attempted to check out books on advanced science and calculus. The librarian refused to release them and told him, "We don't circulate books to Negroes." The passionate young man wouldn't budge, and instead hoisted himself onto the counter and said he wasn't leaving without the books.
Today, more than 20 schools around the country, several monuments, and the main highway through the town of Lake City are named after Ronald McNair.
His legacy is now being honored in a weeklong celebration which includes a parade, candlelit vigil, and banquet. Perhaps the most important of the week's events was the opening of the building where over a half-century ago a brave nine-year-old boy refused to leave without checking out books.
The Lake City Public Library building has been restored and was introduced on Saturday as the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Life History Center. The former library is equipped for community gatherings and classroom visits, and the center's walls feature highlights from McNair's life in Lake City and career with NASA.
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My husband and I once attended Mass at a church that had the most gorgeous pipe organ. We were all set to enjoy some fine sacred music, but the hymns – or should I say pop songs? — were accompanied by the tawdry tinkling of a piano.
Pianos are fine in secular settings, but when it comes to church, give me the majestic tones of the organ any day. As for guitars and tambourines, they're just dandy at rock concerts, but using them at church is like wearing tattered jeans to a big meeting with the boss.
People go to church to worship God, and the instruments and lyrics should reflect this goal.
In "Holy God We Praise Thy Name!" the words emphasize God's everlasting power. The images in "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy" remind us of divine compassion.
Unfortunately, these hymns are giving way to folksy, feel-good songs with lyrics that often shine the spotlight on people, rather than God.
One particularly heinous song has the congregation proclaiming, "We are the light of the world," even though this biblical description applies to Christ. The lyrics of "We Are Called" are liberally peppered with self-congratulatory references to the people in the pews.
In my book, bad church music is a sin. It can annoy people and make them angry, which is never a good thing. It also drives some people to avoid Sunday services altogether.
Imagine that you are rather new to this subject
Imagine that are you rather new to this topic of liturgical music, meaning that you are inclined to speak bluntly and naively. You are trying to find a parish that provides liturgy that takes you out of the every day. You hold the view that dignity, decorum, and settled truth should be the main features of what you experience at Mass. Then you get clobbered by reality. In this case, you might write something like the following, which appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:


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Business Monday
Eurohabitat USA: a family-owned, house-by-house business
When Ed Gugliotta builds a house, he builds entirely from scratch. The modern, luxury single-family homes he constructs in Pinecrest are each individually conceived, designed and built — and so are the companies he builds them with.
"We try and always do something different," said Gugliotta, who relocated permanently to Miami in 2006 from Venezuela, where he worked with both residential and commercial construction.
For each new house Gugliotta intends to build, he and his partner, New Orleans-based architect José Luis Alvarez Trujillo, incorporate a new limited liability company under the Eurohabitat USA brand.
Individual incorporation insulates liability between projects, said Gugliotta, but also gives investors (there are usually between one and three on each house) the freedom to pick exactly where they put their money.
Eurohabitat doesn't itself have any full-time employees; all of the work of building the houses is subcontracted out to others under Gugliotta's careful direction. But this is still a tight-knit operation: Gugliotta's investors are usually close friends or family, and Eurohabitat's two main subcontracting companies are registered to Gugliotta, Alvarez, and Gugliotta's sons, Angelo and Alessandro.
Keeping middlemen in the family means better deals for the Gugliottas, but it's also a matter of maintaining creative control — and that creative control in turn gives Eurohabitat homes their distinguishing look and feel.
After a bumpy start — Gugliotta said he only made about 7 percent over his investment on the first home he sold for $1.75 million in 2010 — Eurohabitat now typically enjoys profit margins of 20 to 30 percent on each home, Gugliotta said. That's because the market rebounded, but also because opening up to investors allowed Gugliotta to make a series of smart buys between 2012 and 2013.
Eurohabitat is putting the finishing touches on its fifth house. Complete with a wine cellar, electric carport, lap pool, and 120-gallon solar water heater, Gugliotta is hoping to sell the six-bedroom, 6,200 square-foot home on SW 112th Street for $3.75 million. A sixth project is already under way, and a seventh property has been purchased.
Investors get whatever amount of money they invest in the project back, plus a proportional amount of the profits. Usually by rolling over profits from the last project, Gugliotta foots anywhere between 35 to 50 percent of the investment.
A licensed contractor since 2013, Alessandro took over construction on Eurohabitat's latest project after serving as a foreman on previous homes. Unekual Incorporated, which is registered to Alessandro, Ed, and Alvarez, will now likely do all of Eurohabitat's constructions. Alessandro, who has a master's degree in architecture, builds Eurohabitat's homes digitally using modeling software Autodesk Revit to choose design details and materials.
Through Olea Home Solutions, a custom hardware importing company he owns jointly with his son Angelo, Ed Gugliotta can import some of those features directly. The latest Eurohabitat home, now in its finishing stages, uses crosshatched oak doors imported through Olea from Toledo, Spain, to contrast with the home's otherwise more modern, colder hues.
Eurohabitat always looks for buyers after a home is finished, and asks investors to sign release forms giving the Gugliottas and Alvarez complete control over creative input. But the homes, despite carrying a distinctive aesthetic, are built to appeal widely.
"We try and design it in such a way that it will cater to as many people as we can. We try to avoid certain colors, certain design features," Alessandro said. "We would love to go full-blown modern, but we understand that some people don't like it."
To achieve that balance, Eurohabitat homes feature a mix of environmentally friendly, modern and mixed media elements. The homes typically feature high ceilings (central living areas can go up to 24 feet), lots of light and open spaces. The most prominent materials are glass and concrete, but wood and tile accents work to soften the look.
Each Eurohabitat home has its eccentricities: The latest includes a carport outfitted for an electric car. The first — built in a depressed building market, when materials were cheap — included an all-concrete roof. Ed Gugliotta leaves a vase designed by his wife, Marzia, an artist and jewelry maker, in each home upon completion.
Stephen Lebowitz, who bought a Eurohabitat home in northern Pinecrest last year, said it was the light and open spaces that sold him on the house as well as its particular blend of classic and contemporary.
"On the outside, one of the things that we have now come to know as a hallmark of Eddy's architectural or design style, is what I call a soft modern look," Lebowitz said. "Unlike your typical modern which is very angular, and often times monochromatic, he has combined some more traditional elements, more mixed materials."
Lebowitz also said his "excellent experience with the builder" helped convince him, with Gugliotta arranging for him to meet and tour the home of a previous Eurohabitat buyer.
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Business: A series of individually incorporated limited liability companies under the same brand, building modern, luxury single-family homes in southeastern Miami-Dade County.
Sales: In 2010, one $1.75 million home; in 2012, one $1.55 million home; in 2014, one $2.65 million home and one $2.075 million home.
Address: 2100 Ponce De Leon Blvd, Suite 1175, Coral Gables
Executives: Ed Gugliotta, director; José Luis Alvarez Trujillo, managing member
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Bargain Rental Cars - Hamilton
You no longer have to compare car rentals to find the best price - we have it all here, at highly competitive prices! When you rent a vehicle from Bargain Rental Cars, you are supporting a 100% New Zealand owned operator.
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We have been operating for the past 20 years and have built a great reputation for an incredible service and a quality fleet of rental cars, rental vans and other rental vehicles.
Whether you are planning a holiday, a business trip, are visiting family, going on a school or sports trip or any activity throughout NZ, we have a quality, competitively priced rental vehicle for your needs.
We offer you a full range of rental vehicles, including rental cars (small cars, sedans, hatchbacks and more), rental people movers and rental minibuses.
Our rental vehicles are all chosen for their competitive price and offer you economic rental car options. With our own workshop, you can rest easy knowing that you are renting a well maintained vehicle.
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Bargain Rental Cars - Hamilton City, 18 Grasslands Place, Frankton, Hamilton, Hamilton - Waikato, 3204, New Zealand.
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Given below are mood boards for 3D forms that are suggestive of the words - Futuristic, Minimalistic and Mischievous. Mood Boards provide inspiration for further product development in Industrial Design. It is a type of collage with elements arranged in a visually appealing composition. They give an overall feel of the idea, or a thought which is being converted to reality.
Therefore they are an effective tool to enable THOUGHTS TO THINGS.
The elements used on this mood board are: A rendered form by George Yoo, A neck-piece and tap by Zaha Hadid, A vacuum cleaner, The Shard- a building by Renzo Piano and the Grand Swept Roof of Ferrari World at Abu Dhabi.
The elements used on this board are Bleep Bleeps, Body Shop bottles, Chanel No.5 perfume bottle, Wheelbarrows, Clip- A Red Dot Design Award winning product by Paul Sandip and Aer bottles by Godrej.
The elements used on this mood board are a chair inspired from molars by Karim Rashid, MugStir by Quirky, A Red Dot Design Award winning fire extinguisher, salad stirrer by Joseph Joseph, a mug, A watering can by Alessi and Melissa shoes by Zaha Hadid.


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Accommodation in Quito
Finding the right accommodation according to your wishes and requirements is very important to us, and therefore our Quito Language school offers two different kinds of accommodation: living with a host family or in a hostel with special discounts for our students. In case you are looking for any type of hosting not mentioned here, we'll be happy to help you find accommodation according to your needs.
In order to fully integrate in the life of a Quiteños and put your Quito Spanish language classes into immediate practice, you can opt for homestay in Quito with a Spanish speaking family. Every student has a private bedroom and up to three Ecuadorian meals a day are included: you can opt for full-board or half-board. Water is boiled or bottled.
Hospitality is key, and during your stay you will be part of the family and get a set of keys in order to come and go as you please. All families are located within a 30 minutes walking distance from the Spanish language school in Quito. Living with a family from Quito requires a certain amount of flexibility in order to adjust to local customs and habits. However we carefully select our host families in Quito, and many of them have been working with us for years.
Hostel or hotel
For those who opt for more privacy and independence, staying in a hostel or hotel is the ideal choice. We help to find our students a comfortable accommodation in Quito during their stay. Hostal Casapaxi offers discounts for our students and has good references. It is located in a tranquil neighborhood, far away from city noises. The hostel offers single and double rooms, and a living room and a dining room, and a garden and patio.
A budget hostel in Quito with dorms is the Swiss run Backpacker's Inn in the centre of the bustling new part of Quito. This hostel offers Wi-Fi, a kitchen and a common area. In case you are looking for more luxury and style: Boutique Hotel Café Cultura, situated in the centre of the city is located in a restored historic building. The beautifully painted rooms all have private bathrooms and some even have a fireplace.


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Looking into the future
Tete a Tete: 2008 Outlook
Well, it wasn't too difficult to see what was best avoided in 2007 - anything long sub-prime, or stocks that smacked of having their fortunes even vaguely tied to those taking out mortgages in the US. Indeed, hopefully your chosen hedge fund manager did just that, or even better, shorted US housing over the summer months.
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I have a 6 month position starting in May and am looking for a long term rental on the island.
I am a 26 year old female and will have completed my Master's Degree in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in May. I have two cats (well behaved, declawed, spayed) and am quiet, neat and respectful. I appreciate any and all help in this matter.
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Yuppy Cakes Branding and Package design was targeted achieve a classic yet current product, with a dash of fun, while making the brand stand out in a crowded shelf.
Based of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the La Golondrina Studio and Bardo Industries, LLC were commissioned to develop a new brand identity for Yuppy and their delicious confectionery and bakery products like cupcakes, cookies and cakes. The idea was to ensure there is a retro/ classic feel with the colors but also using the modern "flat" and "vector" design elements in their packaging materials of cardboard and paper.
The result was a package and brand logo which uses classic fonts, and the faded green of a bygone era, before mixing in plenty of brown, caramel, white, orange, red and yellow to add the fun element in the baked items. The packaging material is eco-friendly too, and can be recycled. The flame orange ribbons add essential peppy character to the box.
Ace photographer Celeste Martearena ensures the package and food shots are of excellent quality, to tie up the commercial project nicely. The box contents are usually cupcakes and cookies, which necessitated the use of printed butter paper lining on the inside, to prevent greasiness from seeping through. Smaller boxes for tarts or individual confectionery items sport the "Y" as the prominent signature logo of the brand.


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Dear Friends,
Well, it isn't the holiday season until I've been to the Southern Christmas show. Just before Thanksgiving, we had our annual girls' outing to the biggest Christmas extravaganza around. We shopped until we dropped and by the time we left I was feeling geared up for the holiday. This was Lacey's second year going and she was beyond excited. She loves holidays more than anyone I know and spending time with her Aunt and Mimi is a bonus.
I took pictures of the decorator rooms and thought you'd enjoy a look. It is amazing what these designers can do with a tiny cubicle of a space. Kitchens, family rooms, fireplaces…check it out.
I've gotten most of my Christmas decor up but we won't get our tree until this weekend. Mr. C will probably put our lights out front as well. Since we travel for Thanksgiving we can't get it all done at once, but we should be set after this weekend. I'd like time to enjoy it all, you know? Next week, I'll give you a holiday tour.
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Cherupayar parippu kootan/Moong dal curry
It is a traditional "Kerala Sadya"(Feast) recipe.But the style of preparation may vary from region to region.I can say that it is one of the best dishes in Sadya.My mom prepared it for us and now I'm preparing it for my Kannan.He loves to eat rice with my dal curry and ghee.Moong dal is rich in vitamins,minerals fibers and protein.I'm following an easy way to prepare this recipe.My mom used to add garlic but I avoided it!
Moong dal/Cherupayar parippu:1/2 cup
Grated coconut:1 cup
Green chilly:2
Cumin seeds/Jeerakam:1/4 tspn
Curry leaves
Coconut oil
- Cook moong dal with salt and green chillies.
- Grind coconut with cumin seeds.
- Add ground coconut to cooked moongadal.
- Keep it in low flame and add curry leaves and coconut oil.
- Stir it well.Gravy should be thick.
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District Information
|Population: 160,109 (approx.)
|Roadway Mileage: 4,677 (approx.)
District 5 is located in the southeastern corner of the state with headquarters in Pocatello. District Five's boundaries are formed by Wyoming on the east, Utah on the south, Raft River on the west and the City of Shelley on the north.
Notable landmarks in the district include the Snake River, the Caribou National Forest, Bear Lake, the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and Idaho State University. Interstates 15 and 86 run through District Five as do US highways 30, 91, and 89. Many of these highways were built on the original Old Oregon Trail routes and Pocatello is considered the "Gateway" to the northwest.
District 5 maintains the following facilities: Patrol, Investigations, Forensics and POST
Idaho State Police Patrol
District Five Patrol's employees are dedicated to highway safety through fair and aggressive enforcement of the law, and by providing assistance when needed. To better serve the outlying communities, District Five has troopers living in and working out of some of the more remote parts of the district. District Five Patrol is proud of the close working relationship they maintain with their local law enforcement partners. District Five has troopers who are specialists in crash reconstruction, drug recognition experts, commercial vehicle enforcement, and hazardous materials.
If you are interested in learning more about working for the Idaho State Police in District Five, please contact one of our recruiters.
If you need assistance in obtaining a police report or crash report for an incident or crash that was handled by the Idaho State Police that occurred in District Five, please mail a request to the postal address listed at the side of this page or email your request.
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If you would like to report a drunk driver or any other highway emergency, please call *ISP (*477) on your cell phone or 1-800-233-1212 on any other telephone. Please provide us with as much information as possible such as, description of the vehicle and driver, the direction of travel, last known location, and anything else pertinent that will assist us in finding the problem. Thank you for your help in keeping Idaho's highways safe.
District 5 is located in the Southeast corner of Idaho, bordering Utah and Wyoming. The Investigative staff is primarily responsible for drug enforcement on the state level, supporting the many area local, county, and federal police agencies.
Methamphetamine trafficking, production, and use are priority cases which demand a high level of investigative resources. We house a specially equipped trailer to respond to clandestine methamphetamine lab emergencies and investigations.
ISP District 5 Investigators work closely with the United State Department of Justice District of Idaho US Attorney's Office in dismantling and prosecuting high level drug traffickers. We are a steady contributor of drug trafficking investigations that qualify for US DOJ Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force status.
District 5 Investigations is also responsible for the staffing and management of the Crime Scene Response Unit. The CSRU is a trailer equipped with state of the art forensic crime scene processing equipment, and utilizes the talents and expertise of each division in ISP. The CSRU is available to every requesting police agency in District 5, and enables a speedy response to a major crime scene to allow for forensic crime scene processing. The CSRU has been instrumental in using forensic science to obtain many homicide convictions.
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If you suspect someone, or have any information involving drug or criminal activity in this area please contact us at 208-237-1210. By providing us with as much information as possible you will better equip us in handling and investigating any incidents. The Idaho State Police actively solicits information on criminal activity within the State of Idaho. Any information received will be disseminated to the appropriate law enforcement agency. The anonymity of the sender and the privacy of all information contained in any messages received will be respected.
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For conspicuous gallantry and exceptionally meritorious conduct at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
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The Silver Star is the second highest award for heroism in the face of danger that may be presented to a sworn officer.
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If there were fairness in this world, Rita Rizzo would be a media star.
Rizzo, 60, owns a management consulting firm for nonprofit groups and government offices in Akron, Ohio, with her husband, Lou Vincent, 64. Vincent, who suffers from Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, has gone without health insurance for 10 years. "We got 30 denial letters," Rizzo told me last week.
Three years ago, Rizzo got a hip replacement. Her own insurance premiums were going to rise by $500 a month, to about $800, so she chose instead to triple her deductible to $6,000 to keep the increase to a mere $150 a month.
The couple used a $5,000 tax-deductible health savings account to cover her out-of-pocket expenses; Vincent's medication, which ran to $178 a month; and his blood work-ups, at $2,400 a year.
In December, Rizzo signed up for Obamacare. She now has a policy that covers her and Vincent together, including all his meds and lab work, for $379 a month, with a $2,000 family deductible.
"I feel like I died and went to insurance heaven," she says.
But you haven't heard Rizzo's story unless you tuned in to NBC Nightly News on New Year's Day or scanned a piece by Politico about a week later. In the meantime, the airwaves and news columns have been filled to overflowing with horrific tales from consumers blaming Obamacare for huge premium increases, lost access to doctors and technical frustrations — many of these concerns false or the product of misunderstanding or unfamiliarity with the law.
While Rizzo was working her way to thousands of dollars in annual savings, for example, Southern California Realtor Deborah Cavallaro was making the rounds of NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CBS, Fox and public radio's Marketplace program, talking about how her premium was about to rise some 65% because of the "Unaffordable" Care Act. What her viewers and listeners didn't learn was that she hadn't checked the rates on California's insurance exchange, where (as we determined for her) she would have found a replacement policy for less than she'd been paying.
With the March 31 deadline for 2014 enrollment in individual health insurance just days away, more questions are being asked about the mismatch in publicity about the Affordable Care Act by its opponents and supporters.
The millions of beneficiaries of the measure — families excluded from insurance because of high premiums or preexisting medical conditions, low-income individuals made newly eligible for Medicaid, seniors receiving a new subsidy for prescriptions, women granted the legal right to affordable maternity coverage for the first time — seem to be absent from the news media or political ad campaigns. But you can't turn on your TV without seeing a well-produced 30- or 60-second spot featuring a purported tale of woe.
"Why aren't Democrats taking this simple approach to defending Obamacare?" asked Slate.com in a recent headline.
It's a good question, but the answer is that the approach isn't all that simple.
"This is a difficult environment to sell this product," says Robert J. Blendon, an expert on policy marketing at the Harvard School of Public Health. "There's lots of anti-government feeling; the IRS is at the lowest point in its public standing, and people are asking if it's going to be checking up on them. People are very cynical."
Indeed, Rizzo says that when she tries to tell her story online, including through items on the Huffington Post, "I hear in response, 'You're a media plant' or 'You're an Obama plant' or 'You're not a real person.' I've heard some really crazy stuff."
The botched rollout of HealthCare.gov last fall made the marketing task even harder in two ways. First, it played into the opponents' "master narrative that government can't do anything right, that it's too intrusive in our lives," in the words of Andy Goodman, co-founder of the Goodman Center, a Los Angeles organization that advises nonprofits on how to get their messages out.
Second, it prompted the Affordable Care Act's supporters, including insurance companies, to defer their own pro-Obamacare advertising campaigns until the website could be fixed. The rationale, reasonable enough, was that there was no point in encouraging people to sign up for insurance as long as the enrollment portal was sealed shut.
But the delay in getting the website operating was a gift to opponents, whose anti-ACA ads ran unchallenged for weeks. "The opponents were able to get out the doubt early," Blendon says, "and once people form opinions, they're very hard to change."
Other factors make telling a positive story harder than a negative one. Of course, there's the news media's constitutional preference for stories of pain, suffering and conflict over sweetness, light and good cheer.
Also, when a program is aimed at changing the status quo, it's always easier to undermine the effort by identifying its problems rather than to promote it by playing up its goals.
"If you want to show something is flawed," Goodman says, "you just have to point out one flaw." Against that argument, supporters of the Affordable Care Act would have to make the case that it's perfect — and nothing ever is perfect.
The expert at batting down efforts to undermine big programs by picking at individual flaws was President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a master at putting things in perspective.
Addressing attacks on his work relief programs in April 1935, he told radio listeners: "When an enterprise of this character is extended over more than 3,000 counties throughout the nation, there may be occasional instances of inefficiency, bad management or misuse of funds. When cases of this kind occur, there will be those, of course, who will try to tell you that the exceptional failure is characteristic of the entire endeavor. It should be remembered that in every big job there are some imperfections."
Congressional Democrats, the White House and consumer advocates haven't been as adept at making that case for the ACA as Roosevelt was for the WPA.
That doesn't mean that Obamacare success stories aren't being published. In January, for instance, the Miami Herald reported the experience of Steven Greenwald, 60, who said the act's provisions cut his family's annual health insurance cost to $8,000 from the $32,000 he was being quoted by Florida insurers.
"The numbers are totally in my favor," he said. Greenwald had emailed his particulars to his Democratic state legislator, Lori Berman, who presented him to the local press in a conference call that included a White House advisor.
"We get stories placed all the time," says Ron Pollack, executive director of FamiliesUSA, a consumer advocacy group that has maintained a story bank of cases of shortcomings of the American health insurance system for two decades, and cases of ACA successes since the law's implementation began. As a nonprofit, however, FamiliesUSA doesn't provide leads to political campaigns, only news agencies.
Communications experts suggest that the proper marketing approach for ACA supporters would be to pick a few representative cases and promote them constantly to the public. Four or six individuals or families representing the full range of Obamacare's target market — a twentysomething without job-based insurance, a middle-aged couple and an older applicant with preexisting conditions.
"They need some 'poster child' cases with people who suffered major obstacles getting coverage and now are signed up," Goodman says. "So people say, 'There but for the grace of coverage, go I.'"
The current pro-ACA pitch from Washington, which involves playing up the surge in enrollment as the March 31 deadline approaches, won't take. Goodman notes: "Saying that millions have signed up here or there — those are big numbers, but people are never moved by big numbers."
The question is whether it's too late to change the prevailing narrative on the ACA. Only time can answer that question. One thing is clear, however: The pitiless political calendar remains a formidable obstacle.
"If there were no election over three or four years, 25 million sign-ups would change the mood," Blendon says. "But we have a consumer referendum in 2014, and it's not clear how it will play out."
One major shortcoming of the ACA's marketing that casts a long shadow is that many Americans still don't know what's in the program and how it will affect them.
Says Timothy Reyburn, 51, a business owner in Laurel, Md., who is saving $7,000 a year with his new platinum-level ACA plan, including coverage for his wife, who suffers from muscular dystrophy: "A lot of the folks who are vitriolic against the Affordable Care Act just don't understand it. But for us, the coverage is better, and we don't have to worry about being dropped — I had no hesitation about signing up."
Michael Hiltzik's column appears Sundays and Wednesdays. Read his blog, the Economy Hub, at latimes.com/business/hiltzik, reach him at email@example.com, check out facebook.com/hiltzik and follow @hiltzikm on Twitter.


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A friend asked me recently about what I was doing at work, and I told him a bit about compiling the Spurgeon Commentary: Galatians. He was incredulous. He asked, "You get to read Spurgeon all day?"
I don't actually get to read Spurgeon all day, but I have been spending a lot of time with the Prince of Preachers lately. It has been a pleasure to comb through his writings on Galatians, find the best nuggets of wisdom, and put them in a format that's accessible to today's readers.
You can read more about this resource in my earlier post, and you can pre-order it today while it's still at a discounted price. In the meantime, here are some of Spurgeon's thoughts on one of the most popular verses in the book—Galatians 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me."
Crucified with Christ:
"When a man finds and knows himself to be linked with Christ, his life is altogether a new life. Crucified, then dead. Crucified, then the old life is put away. Whatever life a crucified man has must be new life. Whatever you have of life was not given you till you came into union with Christ. It is a new thing—as new as though you had been actually dead and rotted in the tomb and then had started up at the sound of the trumpet to live again."


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Art Gallery of New South Wales
This is the largest art gallery in Australia and includes large elements of aboriginal and Asian art. Art Gallery Road. (02 9225 1700).
Arthouse Hotel
A bit unusual as the gallery is in a pub. 275 Pitt Street (02 9284 1200).
Art Space
Experimental photography and new media behind the historic facade of the Gunnery Building. 43 -51 Cowper Street, Wharf Road. Woolloomooloo.
Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal art. 283 George Street (02 9299 4973).
Australian Centre for Photography
Contemporary Australian and international photography. 257 Oxford Street, Paddington (02 9332 1455).
Brett Whiteley Studio
Brett died in 1992 but his wife turned the studio into a memorial and shows some of his works along with glimpses into his life. 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills (02 9225 1881).
Gaval Aboriginal Art Gallery
A good collection of Aboriginal art that shows off many of the best Aboriginal artists. Shop 131 Harbourside Centre, Darling Harbour (02 9212 7232).
Hogarth Galleries Aboriginal Art Centre
A large collection of Aboriginal art. Located at 7 Walker Lane, Paddington.(02 9360 6839).
Global Gallery
Global Gallery is a unique gallery in the heart of Paddington, committed to the exhibition of contemporary artists. With a high rotation of exhibitions and functions being updated every two weeks, the gallery has played host to countless famous and emerging artists over the years. 5 Comber Street, Paddington, Sydney ( 02 9360 5728)
Ken Done Gallery
The work of artist Ken Done housed in the restored Australian Steam Navigation Building. The works are all very colourful and show off the Australian landscape. 1 Hickson Road, The Rocks (02 9247 2740).
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
A small gallery that relates to the beach culture of Manly. West Esplanade, Manly.
Museum of Contemporary Art
This 1930s building used to be the home of the Maritime Services Board, but has served in its present capacity since 1991. Circular Quay West, The Rocks. (02 9252 2400)
Object Gallery
The Australian Centre for Craft and Design has a good collection of modern furniture, glass, ceramics and jewellery made by Australian artists. 417 Bourke Street, Surry Hills (02 9361 4511).
Outback Centre
Promoting the Outback but does include rotating art exhibitions. 28 Darling Walk, Darling Harbour (02 9283 7477).
S.H. Ervin Gallery
The S.H. Ervin Gallery is located in the Rocks district of Sydney city. This is a wonderful location for visiting the observatory, catching a magnificent view of Sydney Harbour, visiting historic pubs and cafes, and gaining an understanding of the early settlers to Sydney, and how they developed the largest city in Australia.
The S.H. Ervin Gallery is part of the National Trust Centre on Observatory Hill. This well-respected gallery offers a range of contrasting exhibitions, including historical, and contemporary displays. Well-respected and influential Australian artists have featured in this gallery over time, including many significant female visual artists.
The gallery only hosts seven exhibitions each year, however all of these are well-planned and sure to impress any genuine art-lover. While you are in the area, don't forget to check out the endless list of other galleries and tourist attractions that can showcase and educate Australian art, history and culture. observatory Hill,
The Rocks. (02 9258 0173).
Yellow House
A former artist's residence and now used to exhibit contemporary Australia nd New Zealand Art. 59 Macleay Street, Potts Point.
White Rabbit Art Gallery
A collection of 21st Century Chinese art in an old knitting factory. 30 Balfour Street, Chippendale (02 8399 2867).
2 Danks Street
A hip area with some commercial galleries with free admission. Surry Hills.


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Your reputation as a company will stay with you throughout your decades of business. All it requires is one different customer to show their encounter with ten buddies or family members and before you know it, your reputation has been dashed. The same is applicable online and you want to make sure that you focus intensely on your online reputation management service, guaranteeing that you always enjoy a good online reputation to help your company grow now and in the long run.
The starting point to good online reputation management is to keep your hand on the beat in terms of your social media. You need to monitor your social media accounts at all times, know what people are saying about you, what they are talking and know when they complement your solutions or products. The advantage to social media is you can get viewers, but simultaneously, you need to make sure the comments being offered are all positive, getting your company forward.
When focusing on your online reputation, you will see a rise in revenue. Your potential and present customers will be able to believe in your support and stability, which often can provide you the side over competitors. Customers are looking for a company that can provide them with outstanding support and services, they want a good provider and if you have an outstanding reputation, they are going to choose your company over the other options available.
Online reputation control through a better online reputation management company that guarantees you are always making your best foot forward. Everyone is going to have to face adverse thoughts every now and again in their company, this is predicted, you obviously cannot please everyone all of the time.