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Prangenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)
Prangenau, a village in the Molotschna Mennonite settlement in South Russia, was established in 1824 on the right bank of the Yushanlee River, about 50 miles from Berdyansk. The first elder, Gerhard Wall, proposed that the village be named for Prangenau of West Prussia. Originally the village had 23 families, about half of whom had come from the Chortitza Mennonite settlement of South Russia, and the others from the Marienburg and Tilsit areas of Prussia. The village was destroyed after World War II.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 388.
Wolter, Margarete. "Die Gemeindeberichte von 1848 der deutschen Siedlungen am Schwarzen Meer." Sammluug Georg Liebbrandt IV. Leipzig, 1941: 151 f.
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Unruh, Benjamin H. "Prangenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 2 Dec 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Prangenau_(Molotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=146053.
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Unruh, Benjamin H. (1959). Prangenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2 December 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Prangenau_(Molotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=146053.
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Madison Keys claims wildcard for January's 2013 Australian Open
The 17-year-old won a qualification tournament in Atlanta, Georgia
Keys beat Serena Williams in a professional team competition aged 14
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As a 14-year-old Madison Keys announced her potential by defeating tennis' leading lady Serena Williams in a professional team competition.
Next January, as Williams bids for a third consecutive grand slam triumph, Keys will be hoping to make an impact at just her third major tournament after qualifying for the Australian Open.
The American, now 17, earned a wildcard for 2013's first grand slam by beating compatriot Mallory Burdette in the final of a qualification event in Atlanta, Georgia.
"It'd be great to go to Australia and not get killed in the first round this year," Keys, ranked 137 in the world, told the WTA Tour's official website.
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Keys' triumph over Williams, the 15-time grand slam winner who also clinched double Olympic gold at London 2012, came in the World TeamTennis competition.
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Keys, who became the youngest player in the competition's history, beat Williams while playing for the Philadelphia Freedoms against the Washington Kastles.
The Boca Raton native has won just one match at her two previous grand slams, beating Jill Craybas in the first round of the 2011 U.S. Open.
Rhyne Williams won the men's competition to book his place at the Australian Open, which begins on January 14.
Williams recorded a 7-6(7-4) 5-7 6-3 6-3 win over Tim Smyczek to reach his second grand slam.
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Rory McIlroy named 2012 PGA Tour Player of the Year
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McIlroy won four times on PGA Tour in 2012
Rory McIlroy capped off a remarkable year by being named as the PGA Tour Player of the Year.
The 23-year-old is the youngest player to win the trophy, named after 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus, since Tiger Woods triumphed back in 1998
McIlroy enjoyed a stellar 2012, winning four times on the PGA Tour, topping both the PGA and European money lists, as well as helping Europe to a stunning Ryder Cup success against the United States.
McIlroy targeting major assault in 2013
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The Copenhagen climate summit ended today, with a non-binding agreement signed by industrialized countries to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above the temperature when industrialization began.
The island nation of Tuvalu led a revolt last week by developing nations against the 2-degree idea, asserting it wanted increases to be capped at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrialization levels.
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What if I don't want to answer this one?
At this point in life (and winter vacation), I'm just trying to get through day to day. Here it is 10:45 at night, and I haven't even finished the laundry for today. I'm getting all the stuff ready for Sunday and making sure that all the teachers have their manuals and sharing time is prepared and class lists are prepared for the doors for new classes.
I don't even feel like talking about my goals and dreams right now.
I dream of having a truly clean house. There, how's that? I see things streamlined around here and organized and beautified. Part of my problem is that these dreams seem like a lifetime away. I don't do anything right now to see them come to pass, when really I could, but I just don't. I'm waiting for life to get easier. I shouldn't wait. I know that, so why do I? I do this in a lot of areas of my life.
It's that "someday I'll arrive" attitude. It's dangerous.
Someday I want to design and build my own home. Will it ever happen? I'm halfway through my life. I don't think it will, but I would sure love it if it did. How would I afford that with seven kids? Anything's possible, right?
My goal is to finish school, and I'm not that far away. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and brighter. From there, a master's degree, but I'm not sure in what yet.
Honestly, this post is probably a little too honest. Sometime, when I have time to sit around and dream and plan, I'll let you know what I plan to dream.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Day 18- Plans/Dreams/Goals I Have
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Day 17- Someone I Would Want to Switch Lives with for One Day and Why
I don't look at life this way very much. I don't think I'd want to change places with some mega-superstar. I think the fame and money would go to my head too quickly. I wouldn't want to change places with someone who has a great amount of power because I would mess that up entirely even if only for a day. I think it would be fascinating to be Kate Middleton for a day right about now, but nah. I'm pretty happy with my little life.
So, that all said, I have two possibilities for day changes--either of my two older daughters. I would love to have a "Freaky Friday" experience with either of them. Most especially Inmate #1. I think she's who I would pick. She has a great bedroom, lots of friends, and within reason, pretty much anything a teenage girl would need. I think she knows she's got it pretty good. She's got it together and is a good kid.
Let me tell you what would change if I were her for a day, though. First thing, that bedroom would be clean. She would learn to drive and take charge of the things she wants done instead of waiting for the parents to get it done for her. She would get all of her homework done that she has over the break, so she has the rest to play and do what she wants with it.
If she were me for a day, I think my talents would get developed a lot more than they do. I would take time for the fun things of life. I would take time to be more social.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Day 16- Another Picture of Myself
WHAT?! You have GOT to be kidding! Whoever created this 30-day challenge must not have been very creative (sorry, whoever you are). Aren't you all about sick of seeing my face? So, for a little variety...
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
Day 15- Put Your iPod on Shuffle: First 10 Songs that Play
This will come as a shock to some of you, but I don't own an iPod. I don't even own an mp3 player, but here are the first ten songs my playlist comes up with this morning and why I chose them for my list:
- Burning Flame by Vitamin Z - when I was in high school, I had a brother who played in a "new wave" band. We were always discovering new and different music to listen to. This was one of those from my late teens.
- Kissing a Fool by George Michael - The Warden and I listened to "Listen Without Prejudice" in the car on our honeymoon. This is where I learned to appreciate George Michael's ballads.
- I Love You (Always Forever) by Donna Lewis - This is another one of those high school songs.
- When I'm Sixty-Four by the Beatles - This song makes me think of Inmate #2. At one point, he was learning to play it on the piano.
- The Promise by When in Rome - High school.
- Love Story by Taylor Swift - Who doesn't love this song? This one reminds me of Inmate #1.
- Numa Numa by Gary Brolsma (?) - Another Inmate #1 song. She came home singing it from EFY a few years ago.
- Our House by Madness - Fits, don't you think?
- And We Danced by the Hooters - When I was in high school, my dad had a good friend who owned a condo in Cannon Beach, Oregon (my favorite place on the Oregon coast). We went there at times. One particular time, my best friend went with us. This was part of the soundtrack for that weekend. Good times!
- The Riddle by Five for Fighting - Five for Fighting is probably my favorite right now. I love the piano and their lyrics.
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Day 14- A Picture of You and Your Family.
|Christmas 2009 with the Warden's family
|At the Hamm family reunion in Seaside, OR (end of July 2010)
I can't tell you why I love the bottom photo so much. It just cracks me up how everyone is looking at someone at the end of the log except for Inmate #5 who is looking right at the camera. This is just so us!
There were multiple takes of each photo. You are clearly only given the best that we have to offer here. Scary, I know.
|At Punchbowl Falls (early August 2010)
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas!
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Christmas Traditions
I've been a bit sick the last few days, but I will not be stopped from having Christmas Eve at our house this year. Since before we were married, we've done Christmas Eve at the Warden's parents' house with his siblings and their families. In the past number of years, as their family situations have changed, the siblings have been come and go from this tradition, so we decided that maybe it was time to do things a little differently. This year, we're on our own. I'm excited about his prospect.
Tonight we will have a few friends over for food and fun and games. We'll, hopefully, sing carols around the piano. We're having the Warden's family food tradition--Chicken Tortilla Pie with layers of tortillas, chicken and cheese and a sauce of sour cream, diced chilies and cream of chicken soup. There are a few other things in it, and I'm happy to post a recipe if anyone is interested. This was my favorite recipe as a kid. It was the Warden's too. With my being sick, the Warden was the chef. I believe he has prepared four 9"x 13" pans of the stuff.
After dinner, we'll have the kids get in costume for the reading of the Nativity. This has also been a Hess family tradition. Funny, but I don't remember my family being particularly social when I was a kid--no big Christmas traditions. We got a new pair of pajamas each year; most of the time, my mom made them for us. That was pretty much our Christmas Eve celebration--new jammies and a picture of all the kids in them then off to bed early "so Santa can come."
We draw names a couple weeks before Christmas and go buy a gift for the person we choose. Those gifts are opened on Christmas Eve right before the kids go to bed.
Tonight before I go to bed, I will prepare tomorrow morning's breakfast. We're combining our two families' traditions--caramel pull-aparts from my family and breakfast casserole from the Hess family. Our wonderful Danish neighbor sent over Kringle for our family to enjoy too.
The other tradition we started this year came from some good family friends. Years ago, when I taught one of their daughters in Young Women, I asked her what her favorite thing was about Christmas. She told me that she loved that each person in the family had all of his/her gifts wrapped in their own individualized wrapping paper. This year, I found nine different patterns of wrapping paper and wrapped each of the Inmates' gifts in their own paper. I didn't have to put tags on anything. The best part about it is that they have no idea which gifts are theirs, so they're not sitting there shaking them and fondling them trying to figure out what's in them.
I didn't get Christmas cards out this year. I'm going to blame that on statistics. That was one thing my mom did EVERY year. She hand-wrote notes to what seemed like hundreds of people. There was always a family photo and a signed card. In my mind, that's what should be done, but not this year. We did get some Christmas baking done, but didn't deliver to as many people as I would have liked. I had to bow out because of illness, or we probably would have had a lot more deliveries done. The Warden likes things simple.
Please share the traditions your family loves. I'd love to try something new next year.
Merry Christmas!!!
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Day 13- A Letter to Someone Who has Hurt Me Recently
Hmm. This is a toughie. I try very hard to deal with people soon if they hurt me. Thankfully most of the people in my life are good people, who I believe, are trying to do good things and aren't "out to get me." Most of the time, if someone hurts me, it's a misunderstanding and not intentional. I try to remember this and forgive as quickly as I can. If I find it hard to forgive, or it's nagging at me, I try to straighten things out face to face.
There have been a few of these with my current calling at church. When I served in the Young Women as first counselor, I saw the president come under scrutiny from one or two people in the ward. That was sad and hurtful and unnecessary, but the woman I served with, being the happy, upbeat person she was, seemed to just roll with it. I never heard her say a thing about it. I was proud to be able to call her my friend. It wasn't until I was in this calling that I heard her say anything about it. The truth was, she was hurt, but she handled it all so beautifully, you'd never have known it. I want to learn to be like that. I'm grateful for good examples like this in my life. I have many of them. What a blessing!
When unity is our goal, I would hope that everyone would give everyone else the benefit of the doubt that we are all trying our hardest to do our best and be good people.
I'm not really sure if I'm ready to air my "dirty laundry" about this "hurt." I'm not even sure what I'd say. I will tell you this much, I see the dirty looks and am aware when I walk in the room that there's not a whole lotta love coming from one person in my ward. Thankfully, it's only one person. It has been shared with me that this person has had conversations with others about what a lousy person I am, and that makes me sad, but in this situation, I'm not hurt for me, I'm hurt for those that were effected by this person's decision. No, this isn't a letter, but like I said, I'm not sure how to form words around my feelings yet, and I've said all that I've needed to prior to this directly to this individual.
Other than those people this person has spoken with, who don't seem to have changed their opinions of me, I don't think anyone else is aware that anyone feels this way about me.
My instinct is to avoid this person, but here's what I plan on doing....I will continue to be kind. I'm going to love my enemy and bless those that curse me. I will do good to those that hate me and pray for those who spitefully use me, and persecute me. (Matthew 5:44) This is all I can do. It is probably the hardest thing to do, but I'm finding that the hardest things are definitely the most rewarding things.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Day 12- How I Found Out About Blogger, and Why I Have a Blog
Oh my goodness. Boring topic!!!
I found blogger through a google search, I believe. I had heard the word "blog" quite a few times and really didn't find the attraction. Even at first, I wrote one post and was bored to tears over it, so I left it alone.
A number of months later, my counterpart in the Young Women program at church started one. Her's was cute. It had a fun background and music that turned on automatically when you tuned in. It was just her. That was when the fun began. I talked to Tonya about how she'd set it all up,and she gave me some pointers. She admitted that she was addicted to it, and for some time, both of us were.
I have a blog for a few reasons. I keep it as a journal and as a place to vent some of my pent up feelings. I have had friends who have kept journals in books in which they have placed carefully placed pictures and cut out mementos. I have always thought that so creative. I don't have the foresight or patience for those things, but I wish I had that gift. Here, I can place photos and fun things that illustrate the things I write about.
I also love it when people comment on what I write. Who doesn't? It's been a fun way to make connections with people and make new friends.
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When I took children's literature, I went to Powell's books on a Saturday morning, pulled up a chair and read this book:
It has remained with me. I was very impressed with it.
Today, I found it at the library. I checked it out and Inmate#1 read it out loud in the car. It has been passed around our house. I tried to stress that the things that happened in this book weren't that long ago. Many of them were during my lifetime.
One word that recurs in this book is "compulsory." This word is bothering me. Does it seem to anyone else that this word is becoming more familiar in American life?
I took one of my kids to the doctor the other day. They asked for his race and ethnicity. At the time, this didn't really bother me, but then I remember the conversation I'd had with the Warden a number of months back about how schools are also supposed to report the race and ethnicity of each and every one of their students. It's not a choice. It is COMPULSORY. This BOTHERS me! If the schools don't report it, they lose out on their governmental funding. If someone refuses to report, the principal then has the responsibility to guess and report it.
A little note to Josh: I know how you feel about this, and I'm good with you thinking what you want. It still bothers me. I can't put my finger on it. I guess it's the whole government in my business thing. Maybe it's the rebel in me, but I still don't agree with it at all.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Day 11- Another Picture of Me and My Friends
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The Nativity and "Breath of Heaven"
I posted this last year as well. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
day 10- Songs I Listen to When I'm Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
This is going to be a short one. If you want to know what music I listen to during all of these times, click on my playlist. I LOVE it!!! When it's my week to do dishes, the playlist goes on and gets me through it. I don't know if I have one in particular that gets me going more than the others. I just think they're all pretty great.
My tastes are pretty varied. Five for Fighting, Toto, Taylor Swift, Oingo Boingo, Haircut 100, older Billy Joel....The list goes on. I love music that makes me happy.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Day 9- Something I'm Proud of in the Past Few Days
Well, this is not a hard one to respond to. It's been a bitter couple of weeks around here, so I'm proud of myself for sticking to it and finishing statistics.
I need to share the process for taking an online class; at least the way I do things, so you can understand why this is what I have chosen.
I have a set schedule for what classes I take when. This schedule can be tweaked from time to time as needed, but the kinds of classes they are is set. When I first started taking classes, I chose the classes I would take and in what order I would take them. As I mentioned yesterday, statistics was supposed to be taken two years ago, but I found myself expecting Inmate #7 and knew that wasn't going to work, so I moved it back. I wasn't sad about it because so many people had told me how terrible statistics was. I actually think I had pushed it back in the schedule at least twice prior to this. I was avoiding it big time.
I bit the bullet last February, when Inmate #7 was seven months old. I have a year to finish a course, so my hope was that with Inmates #6 and #7 still taking naps each day, I'd at least have a little bit of time to focus on this class.
Before I sign up, I take a look at the course load and how much I'm going to have to submit for my grade. This class was excessive--WAY excessive. Eighty-three submitted assignments, three exams and a final. A typical class has about 10 submitted assignments, a midterm and a final. I then decide if it's something I can handle. If it is, I check to see that we can financially handle it (I have money put aside each month for tuition and books). If we have enough saved, I go ahead and sign up for the class. I then go to the online materials and look at the syllabus. I immediately create a spreadsheet and schedule very specific assignments for myself for each day. As I do so, I know that everything is subject to change, and I revise this schedule often. I try very hard to be realistic with myself. I know that even baby steps are accomplishing something, so sometimes it's something very small that gets scheduled in.
When I learned about Independent Study's closure, I re-created the statistics schedule completely from where I stood in the class. I was just about ready to take the third exam and still had a fourth of the textbook to cover and eventually the final. I also pulled the Warden in because I knew I was going to need his full support. I created a plan A and a plan B. Both needed to end before the 23rd. I wasn't sure I could really do it because I've never had to work that efficiently for a class before. Going to two lessons a day from half a lesson a day seemed very daunting. Could I really do this? I prayed for extra help. I knew it was only going to last for a short time. If I played my cards right, it wouldn't last forever, so I had to jump in. Plus, if I held out until after the closure, I would definitely forget the information I had already learned thus making it that much harder to get back on track.
As I look back now, I see what a total miracle it is to be done. I was able to follow the plan. My family sacrificed a lot. In hindsight, it seems that it all happened almost effortlessly. I have no doubt there was a little extra help I haven't been aware of. So thankful for answered prayer.
Today's final was grueling. It felt like it went on forever. It took me a little more than two hours to finish. When I was done, all I could think was that I wanted to sleep. I didn't get to do that, and I don't think it's truly sunken in yet that I'm truly finished with this class, but now the vacation can be a little more restful. Statistics has been such a huge part of my wakeful hours for the past number of weeks. I'm afraid it's going to take me some time to start to feel relatively normal again.
Now I can move on and redo my literature class schedule and work my way through that one. Maybe I'll decide that I like this school stuff again. Previous classes have been enjoyable. Statistics was just a chore. It was the medicine I had to take. Now I'm hopeful that these other classes will be a little bit of sugar.
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Now to Pick Up Where I Left Off: Day 8- Short term goals for this month and why
Before I was so rudely interrupted by statistics, I was working on these daily blog posts. I think ideally they're supposed to be done for 30 days in a row, but what can I say. I live in a self-imposed madhouse, so you don't always get what you want.
So, here's what I was supposed to write about when I took up servitude to statistics--my short term goals for this month. This month will be translated to December 19th to January 18th.
- Study the last part of statistics tomorrow morning.
- Take the statistics final at 1pm.
- Inventory where I am with Christmas shopping.
- Finish Christmas shopping on Tuesday.
- Read to my kids everyday.
- Read the scriptures everyday.
- Have a get-together on Christmas Eve.
- Read four more books for adolescent lit. and do the assignments that go with them.
- Get everything organized for Primary for the new year--manuals to teachers, etc.
- Prepare for the Primary breakfast.
- Figure something fun out for New Year's Eve.
These are the biggest things on my brain. There are more, but if they don't happen, I'm not going to be crushed.
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Statistics is completely online. I figure I was close enough to being done that I had better get myself in gear and get going and just get it done before the closure. Before I knew about this, I was doing about a half a lesson a day. I figured out that in order to be done before December 23rd, I would have to do two lessons a day. My family has sacrificed greatly.
So, here's where I stand....I had to complete 83 quiz-like assignments. These had to be turned in all at the same time--right before I ordered the final. They were counted as one grade. I got a 96%. Yes, folks, that is what we like to call a miracle. Oh, did I say miracle. I mean MIRACLE!
That 96% helped my grade TREMENDOUSLY! So, here's what I figure. If I go and bomb the final--the lowest I can get to pass the class is a 55%. If I were to get that 55, I would end up with a C. If I get 100%, I will get a high B. So, I'm feeling pretty good about things.
This has been a tough class. I put it off for a very long time. It was originally scheduled to be taken when I was pregnant with Lachlan. No way! I knew it had to be rescheduled, but I didn't want it to be my last class. That would have left and awful taste in my mouth about this whole experience, so here I am.
I now have three classes left--adolescent literature, which I am also taking right now, but have put on the back burner while I focus on stats; career strategies; and financial planning. I will then take the capstone and be done. YAY!!!
One of the things that made statistics difficult was that when I was frustrated and not understanding what I was studying, I would open a new tab and go to facebook or come hang out here in my blog. To overcome this temptation, I had the Warden change my password and not tell me. I think that was the best thing I ever did. If I was finished with my studying, he'd sign me in, and I could be rewarded with some time in the places I enjoy.
Today he told me my password. It was hilarious, but what else would I expect from him. It's nice to be back. It'll be nice to be able to be done preparing for this final and get on with Christmas preparations. Wish me luck. Oh how nice it will be to be done!
|Inmate #2 will be sad to know this.
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VICTORIA — One of the more cunning moves by New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix is his rejection of a moratorium on fracking in the natural gas sector while promising a full-blown scientific review of the process if he wins the election.
The review was crafted to address concerns about the environmental impact of using pressurized water — hydraulic fracturing a.k.a. fracking — to release natural gas from shale deposits in northeastern B.C.
The refusal to support a moratorium was intended to signal that New Democrats have no immediate intention of shutting down a process critical to development of a resource that, in turn, funds many provincial programs.
Dix gets to have it both ways. He placates the environmental wing of his party with the promise of a scientific review. He placates supporters of the development of a liquefied natural gas industry by rejecting a moratorium.
But this province has been fracking for many years and Dix's right-hand man, NDP energy critic John Horgan, maintains that the process is environmentally safe and well isolated (because the shale deposits are so deep) from groundwater.
So why the need for an scientific review?
"It is correct to say that hydraulic fracturing has been happening, actually, for 50 years, in different forms," Dix conceded during an interview with me on Voice of B.C. on Shaw TV last week.
"It's also obvious to everyone that there's been a huge increase, and the technology has changed that — changed issues around the use of water. This is something worthy of scientific review. We're not proposing a moratorium in advance of the review but we will do a review — both of the use of water and of the impact of hydraulic fracturing."
What if the review, against expectations, finds some major problems with fracking? Could that not lead him to change his mind about the need for a moratorium?
"If the review were to cause that, there would have to be a reason for that," he replied.
"Right now I don't see reason to put in place a moratorium, but I do see reason for a review, so we have to do that. I think it's our responsibility as a province. "
He doesn't see the need for a moratorium right now. But if the review were to cause the need for one ... well, fill in the blanks. And doesn't that put the whole industry at risk, him allowing that the review might put a stop to fracking?
"You know what puts the whole industry at risk?" he replied, meeting the question with a question. "Not addressing issues. That's what puts it at risk ... So I think that what you need to do is ensure standards are high and you meet the public test, and that's what we're attempting to do."
Not to mention attempting to get through an election campaign without saying what an Adrian Dix-led NDP government might do about fracking in the long run.
Nor is that the only issue where the New Democrats have floated an open-ended review to avoid further discussion of their likely intentions after the election.
BC Hydro presents a whole range of challenges for the future, from the management of debt and deferral accounts, to the provision of enough power to underwrite the development of LNG, all contributing to an upward pressure on rates. All authored by the B.C. Liberals, too.
But the New Democrats are the ones promising change. What would they do about BC Hydro? "It will require a fiscal review after the election," the party's finance critic Bruce Ralston told reporters earlier this month.
Likewise, Dix announced this week that BC Ferries' rates would be frozen pending the outcome of a postelection audit. The ferry commissioner already conducted a review that pointed to the need for service reductions, but the NDP didn't like those findings.
Raw log exports? The New Democrats would consult with stakeholders. Public funding of political parties? Appoint a committee. The $18-billion capital plan? Another review. Liquor laws? You guessed it.
Standard operating procedure for a party ahead in the polls and playing it safe. The B.C. Liberals put themselves on the road to ruin and the New Democrats aren't about to help them get off of it by taking controversial positions.
But the "wait and see" dodge on so many critical issues is at odds with what the New Democrats have been saying for the past two years, namely that before British Columbians go to the polls they'll know precisely what the party intends to do if it wins the election.
Here's Dix from an interview with me late last year: "We have to say what we're going to do, and say how we're going to pay for it ... That's what I'm arguing for: making choices, telling people what those choices are before the election, and then — hopefully, if we're elected; if people choose to elect the NDP — implement them."
Here's Carole James, former leader and now co-chair of the platform committee earlier this month: "British Columbians will know exactly what they are voting for if they vote NDP in this election. There will be no nasty surprises."
Nasty is in the eye of the voter. But given the growing list of issues that Dix and crew are proposing to resolve in unspecified fashion after the election, there surely would be some surprises.


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Is the Servo library working?
I plan on using Tiny 84 and 85 at 8MHz
for tiny robots
and I need the Servo Lib
the SoftwareSerial Lib
the EEPROM Lib
and the analog read (if there is support)
After successful tests I'll make dedicated boards for these chips. The idea is to have 6 and 3 servo connectors plus serial or sensor connectors on the boards. All servo positions will be saved in the EEPROM so the user can connect the board to the PC using a FTDI cable and set new servo positions as new moves that are later played back directly on board.
So I am willing to do any tests you can throw at me.
I'll switch to SoftwareSerial and report back
NSS.. can be simplified a little bit, especially when you constrain to a few bit-rates only
It can be re-written using USI
The size of the receive buffer must most likely also be reduced.


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No practice should be pursued by an advertiser, in the event of sale of the advertised product, of "unselling" with the intent and purpose of selling other merchandise in its stead. Among acts or practices which will be considered in determining if the initial sale was in good faith, and not a strategem to sell other merchandise, are:
(a) Accepting a deposit for the advertised product, then switching the purchaser to a higher-priced product,
(b) Failure to make delivery of the advertised product within a reasonable time or to make a refund,
(c) Disparagement by acts or words of the advertised product, or the disparagement of the guarantee, credit terms, availability of service, repairs, or in any other respect, in connection with it,
(d) The delivery of the advertised product which is defective, unusable or impractical for the purpose represented or implied in the advertisement. [Guide 4]Note:
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Archive of June 2010
Clarke: Prison doesn't work
Ken Clarke has triggered one of the most significant changes in Britain's penal policy for a generation today, with a speech that casts doubt on the ability of prison to cut reoffending.
May forced to apologise for press briefing
Theresa May has been forced into a humiliating apology to the Commons for briefing the press on a policy before she told the House.
Cameron and Harman clash on leaked Treasury document
Leaked figures from the Treasury forecasting massive job losses as a result of the Budget have prompted a bad-tempered exchange at PMQs.
Govt stop-and-search appeal rejected
The European court of human rights has rejected an attempt by the UK government to appeal a judgment over its stop-and-search powers.
Iraq legal advice published
The legal advice offered to Tony Blair by the former attorney general over the 2003 invasion of Iraq has been published by the Chilcot Inquiry.
Govt wins right to deny troops' human rights
The government has won a supreme court appeal confirming that troops are not protected by the Human Rights Act.
Abbott throws weight behind Ken
Labour leadership candidate Diane Abbott has given her support to left-wing diehard Ken Livingstone for the coming London mayoral race.
Britain waits for torture inquiry announcement
David Cameron could confirm an inquiry into British complicity in the torture of terror suspects later.
Cameron defends Clegg from 'sell-out' claims
David Cameron has defended Nick Clegg from claims he 'sold out' when he entered into a coalition with the Conservatives.
Expenses appeal: Parliament 'terrorised' by media
Lawyers defending the three former Labour MPs and one peer facing a criminal trial over their expenses claims suggested parliament had been terrorised by the media yesterday.
Police cuts 'inevitable'
Reductions in police numbers are inevitable, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has warned.
Court bans Parliament Square protesters
The high court has banned protestors from remaining in the tent village on parliament square.
Lib Dems rebel against Budget
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have rebelled against plans to increase VAT in the Budget.
More poll misery for Lib Dems
A third of those who backed the Liberal Democrats at the general election would not do so now, according to a ComRes poll for the Independent.
Iraq inquiry resumes evidence sessions
The Iraq inquiry has resumed its evidence sessions after breaking for the general election.
Cabinet branches out
David Cameron takes his Cabinet outside London today, in a continuation of Gordon Brown's attempts to break the London-centric nature of British politics.
Taliban talks still on the table
Coalition forces in Afghanistan remain committed to talks with disillusioned elements of the Taliban, Liam Fox has confirmed.
Cameron considering scaling back G8
Downing Street is considering scaling back the G8 summit when it comes back to London in 2013.
High court hears expenses MPs appeal
Three former Labour MPs and a peer seeking to avoid facing a criminal trial over their expenses claims will have their parliamentary privilege defence tested by the high court today.
Migrant cap just weeks away
Theresa May is set to announce a temporary cap on the net number of non-EU immigrants arriving in Britain.
Hunt in Hillsborough gaffe
The new sports secretary has committed a major gaffe, suggesting the Hillsborough disaster was the fault of hooliganism.
Prescott wades into England World Cup row
John Prescott has waded into the row surrounding England's inglorious exit from the World Cup with a barbed attack on Sky News and demands that coach Fabio Capello retain his position.
G20 'backs emergency Budget'
David Cameron and George Osborne claimed international approval for the emergency Budget after the G20 backed action to halve deficits by 2013.
Disability benefits attack prompts Lib-Con tension
A fresh attack on disability benefits from George Osborne has sparked signs of tensions with the Tories' Lib Dem coalition partners.
New Lords expenses system revealed
A new system for Lords expenses, which would limit peers to £300 a day allowances, has been announced by Lord Strathclyde, leader of the Lords.


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- Judge says with no federal funds involved, Planned Parenthood doesn't have a case
- Planned Parenthood is excluded from the state's Women's Health Program
- The law puts funding of women's health clinics in state hands rather than federal
- No clinics associated with abortion providers can receive any of the money
A Texas judge Friday denied Planned Parenthood's request to be included in the state's newly revamped women's health program.
Judge Stephen Yelenosky said he denied the organization's request for a temporary injunction because it was unlikely Planned Parenthood would win at trial, since federal funds are not at issue in the case.
"If, as plaintiffs argue, a successor program must be Medicaid-funded then the only legal remedy would be for this court to shut down the state-funded women's health program, not to order the inclusion of Planned Parenthood," Judge Yelenosky wrote in the ruling.
Texas lawmakers applauded the ruling.
"This is great news for Texas women and further proves that Planned Parenthood's case attempting to derail the Texas Women's Health Program lacks merit," Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement.
He added that the injunction request was "nothing more than a desperate move by an organization more concerned with obtaining taxpayer money than with helping women get care. With this ruling, our state can continue caring for Texas women,"
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said he was pleased the agency would not "skirt" the law.
"The Texas Attorney General's office will continue to defend the Texas Legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program," Abbott's communications director, Lauren Bean, said.
A state law that went into effect with the new year requires the state to fully fund women's health clinics with the exception of those that are affiliated with abortion providers. With that new law, Texas is no longer eligible for federal funding for women's health and, therefore, Planned Parenthood and other such establishments in the state will no longer be able to receive federal funding.
Previously, such organizations in Texas obtained 90% of their money through the Social Security Administration and other federal funding.
Late last month, a Texas judge denied the group's request for a temporary restraining order that would have extended the organization's ability to participate.
Planned Parenthood and fellow plaintiff Marcela Balquinta of McAllen, Texas, filed the request for a temporary restraining order seeking exclusion from the new law, arguing the organization provides preventative women's health care not associated with abortions to nearly 50,000 Texas enrollees annually.
The organization says more than 90% of the services its clinics provide are for preventative measures aimed towards cancer screenings, birth control and testing for diseases.
"Governor Rick Perry should not be able to decide which health centers a woman can go to for birth control, well-woman exams or cancer screenings," Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards said.
"This case isn't about Planned Parenthood — it's about the women who rely on Planned Parenthood health centers for basic care every day. Ending funding for birth control, annual exams, or cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood would hurt the millions of American women and families that rely on Planned Parenthood health centers for health care," Richards added.
"That is why women and men in Texas and across the country strongly oppose attempts to deny funding to Planned Parenthood health centers, and will fight with us to ensure Planned Parenthood health center doors across America are open today and open tomorrow."
Late last month, a Texas judge denied the group's request for a temporary restraining order that would have extended the organization's ability to participate.


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Ailing telecoms kit maker Alcatel Lucent is facing a typically robust response from French unions as it tries to slash costs, and over 5,000 jobs, in a bid to compete better - especially against low-cost rivals from China.
The firm first announced plans to cut more than six per cent from its 78,000 strong global workforce back in July, after Q2 sales fell 7.1 per cent year-on-year to €3.54bn (£2.77bn).
Of those job losses, 3,300 will go in EMEA, around 1,000 in the Asia-Pacific region and 1,200 in the Americas, according to Reuters.
Alcatel's home country of France is being hit particularly hard, accounting for over a quarter of the planned cuts, so it's not surprising that union representatives have apparently called on the government to intervene.
While that it has given no assurances, the government said it will keep a close eye on developments to make sure Alcatel's strategic presence remains strong in France and will look to spur further investment in high speed broadband, Reuters said.
One of the key challenges facing Alcatel Lucent is low cost competition from China in the form of Huawei and ZTE, whose rise over the past five years has transformed the telecoms equipment market.
There have been suggestions that the Shenzhen-based duo's rise was helped by illegal state subsidies – allegations both deny.
Back in May, the EU seemed set to launch a massive case against Huawei and ZTE alleging they 'dumped' products on the market at below cost.
It's not just Alcatel Lucent that's feeling the heat financially, though, the whole industry seems to be suffering from the global economic slowdown.
Nokia Siemens Networks recently said it will slash almost a quarter of its jobs, 17,000, by the end of 2013; Huawei's profits dropped by a quarter to 8.79bn yuan (£886m) in the first half of 2012; and ZTE's revenue is set to dip 260 per cent year-on-year in the first three quarters.
In fact, things are so dire at the firm that its top execs have agreed to take a 50 per cent pay cut until the firm is profitable again.
The Chinese tech giants are also limited in terms of expansion in the US after a high profile House of Representatives report earlier this month labelled them a national security threat. ®


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I have a couple of suggestions that I like to throw out for the next version. Maybe others can chime in if they agree or think I'm off base.
I really appreciate the latest round of changes that made Sab more configurable at install time. I'd like to continue to see further development along these lines. For example:
- Minimal KDE/Gnome installation. It'd be great if we had minimal versions of the major desktops, so we could build up KDE/Gnome from a light base rather than stripping down. For KDE I'd like to see a "kdebase-startkde" type option.
- More detailed package selection in the installer. The meta packages in the installer are a little too large for my tastes. A good example would be packages that install video/audio codecs but not all the players, so you can pick the individual player you want. Another would be a package to install Firefox and plugins, but leave other internet apps to be individually installed.
- Less unnecessary hardware support. I'd like to see the installer be smart enough install only what's necessary to support my hardware. For example, if I'm running a desktop computer, I don't need any of the laptop-oriented packages, battery monitors, touchpad, bluetooth, etc. Another example: the installer already detects that I have an nvidia card and sets it up correctly, couldn't it use this information to avoid installing all the other X video drivers?
- Less unnecessary language support. Have an option in the installer to choose what languages you want installed, then don't install dictionaries, man files, etc that are unneeded.
- More world update friendly. Clean up the make.conf USE flags, world file, and package.* files of repeats, unnecessary entries, and general cruft.
Thanks for listening!


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The Best Jelly Doughnut With a Side of Crackerjacks
A couple of weeks ago an ELE reader reported on the donuts at the Bouchon Bakery (Time-Warner Center, Broadway bet. 59th and 60th Sts., 3rd Fl., 212-823-9366). The reader posted that the BB donuts were really good, but they were only available on the weekends after noon.
Two weeks ago, I went to Bouchon Bakery around 1 p.m.hoping to score some doughnuts. The counter person said that no donuts were going to be forthcoming from the kitchen that day. Try back next weekend, she said. I was bitterly disappointed, and I drowned my sorrows in a bag of phenomenal homemade crackerjacks. The caramel corn was made with just sweet enough caramel, and the candied nuts were sensational. It didn't come with a prize, and I believe it was $4.50 for a small bag, but let's face it, a box of crackerjacks would cost you that much at a ballgame, and the prizes are usually worthless to an adult.
The following weekend I once again tried to score some donuts. Success! I scored two filled doughnuts. One was chocolate-covered and filled with custard, and the other was a jelly doughnut.
Both doughnuts blew me away. Both were extraordinarily light, moist, and had the correct filling to dough ratio. The chocolate was serious chocolate, as was the jam. These doughnuts were so good I might never be able to eat commercial quality filled doughnuts again. Which I guess is a good thing. These doughnuts are $3.50, but worth every penny.
I did have one Bouchon Bakery item a month ago that was not sensational. An $8.50 caramel apple was utterly ordinary, overpriced, and ill-conceived (it had chocolate squiggles on it). But two (crackerjacks and donuts) out of three ain't bad.
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A casino-specific cloud has been built in the US, in a further sign of the trend towards industry-tailored software as a service solutions.
International Game Technology (IGT) is using the AppLogic cloud computing platform from CA Technologies to deliver its casino software through the cloud.
"Casinos of all sizes will find it more cost effective and have higher agility in managing their gaming content through the IGT Cloud," said Chris Satchell, chief technology officer at IGT.
"Using the IGT Cloud, customers will be able to optimise and monitor their operations and rapidly adapt the mix of games on their casino floor to match their customers' tastes."
With its cloud initiative IGT aims to reach new markets where adoption and cost barriers exist around traditional software deployments. The IGT Cloud will streamline software deployments and reduce the infrastructure requirements of its casino customers.
The development of industry specific clouds has been noted by some observers, as a result of different sectors having a variety of needs on issues such as security and latency.
The CA AppLogic platform virtualises all the components of a data centre within a software layer for customers and uses low cost commodity-based hardware to support it. Casino owners using the IGT Cloud will have access to a games library and will be able to quickly change the games available on their gaming floors.
IGT Cloud will initially launch in a number of casinos across the EMEA region and Latin America, including Gala Coral, Olympic Casinos, Le Casino d'vian and Codere.
Ladbrokes recently bought a majority stake in a major IT supplier to Las Vegas' largest casinos. Its $3 million (£1.9 million) purchase of a 65 percent chunk of Stadium Technology Group gives it access to technology customers such as the Treasure Island, Golden Nugget and Venetian hotel-casinos in the city.
Photo credit: LasVegasLover
This story, "Casino Cloud Built by Gaming Firm" was originally published by Computerworld UK.


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Seriously, those green LED eyes would stare questioningly, deep into my soul while I tweak its switchable analog/digital nipples. It's modeled after the DualShock controller, and supports the PS3, PS2, and PCs. It looks bizarre, and I like it.
As you can see, a removable mask also turns the face into Skeletor. For $25, you too, can celebrate bad taste and creepy peripherals this Halloween. Yes, Sorceress! [USB Geek via Technabob and DVICE]


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Archive for June, 2017
Eifel National Forest roadtrip – Part 6, the end of the trip
Posted by lukegeoffreyjohnson in holidays, water on June 5, 2017
Hello All,
Many thanks for bearing with me on this and the fact I had to take a break due to being busy and also the Tour of Pembrokeshire. Well, some, if not all of you will be glad to know that once this post is done and dusted, no longer will I be harking on about Germany or the fascinating places it holds and the volcanic history of the places I went. In fact, I shall be moving back to the UK and onto things you may more readily recognise…
Due to some feedback, I shall be condensing the last few visits I made around and Cologne and Koblenz and my trip to the Nurburgring to frighten myself silly. In fact, it's no bother, I took way too may pictures anyway and, technically you aren't allowed to film or take images near the circuit, so I didn't, bar a few favourite cars I saw. Not that anyone takes any notice of that, as you can see from all the videos posted on YouTube. Anyhoo, more on that in turn with the other pictures (a few more this time).
Firstly, there was a trip to Cologne (Koln) Cathedral. Now, this is an impressive building. I live near a cathedral in Wales and that, sorry, doesn't hold a candle to this building. When you walk into a building that is adorned with items such as the ones below, you know there is some real history there….
It is a renowned monument of Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was added to World Heritage site list in 1996. Sadly, it was also in 2004 placed on the "World Heritage in Danger" list, as the only Western site in danger, due to plans to construct a high-rise building nearby, which would have visually impacted the site. The cathedral was removed from the List of In Danger Sites in 2006, following the authorities' decision to limit the heights of buildings constructed near and around the cathedral. As an aside, it is the most visited landmark in Germany, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day! It also holds a record of being the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall and its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world.
Some of you may also know that the recent history of this building is quite violent, the cathedral suffered fourteen hits by bombs during World War 2. Badly damaged, it nevertheless remained standing in an otherwise completely flattened city, but in an unfortunate twist of fate, the twin spires were then an easily recognisable navigational landmark for Allied aircraft bombing.
Repairs were completed in 1956 but maintenance work is constantly being carried out in one or another section of the building, which is rarely completely free of scaffolding, as wind, rain, and pollution slowly eat away at the stones. The Dombauhütte, established to build the cathedral and keep it in repair, is said to employ the best stonemasons of the Rhineland.
Whilst I was visiting, I couldn't help notice that visitors can climb 533 stone steps of the spiral staircase to a viewing platform about 100 m (330 ft) above the ground. I love a good view, me…..
I felt a bit short changed though, as there was still a good few feet above me!!
Onward, well, downwards back to my usual haunts over in the Eifel. This time, I had some proper driving in mind, but the route I took took me through some of the richest vineyards in the region so I had to stop and look around for a while. If any of you are wondering, yes, I did have a grape or two. They were disgustingly sour. I'm no wine aficionado, so I don't know if the process of wine-making sweetens things up and the grapes are always that sour, but I'd only use them as vinegar if it was given to me in that form!
I was in a rush to get to the circuit for a certain time (the tourists are only allowed on the track certain days and times) so I thought to myself that I'd return at a point in the future for a few more relaxed shots, plus this was obviously a popular route on coach trips judging by the traffic (not seen here, thank god)…
Anyway, I arrived for my slot at the track. I was very nervous. So nervous that I decided a while earlier that my little turbo hot hatch was going to be staying well and truly parked. I had toyed with the idea of taking my own car onto the track as I had figured that I had safety in power, but reason won the argument. That and the horror stories from fellow guest at hotels that I regularly shared beers with. Most will know that I am VERY protective of my cars, even going so far as to park significant distances away (to be measured in hundreds of yards or large fractions of miles) from destinations, mainly due to the fact that all the other people arriving won't, so thereby reducing the risk of door dents and such. In this instance, not only was the risk of damage high and the insurance I held would be invalid, there was a very real risk that my inexperience could hurt me or someone else. Yes, I driven on tracks, but short tracks where people have similar cars. This was The Green Hell where cars vary from Ford Transits to hyper-cars capable of 200 mph and 2 people die or are seriously injured per week.
So, what did I opt to drive on this horror of tracks? That's right, a Suzuki Swift Sport. In hindsight, not the best choice. However, it was all I could afford to pay the insurance excess on should I crash or be involved in an incident. I think it wasn't cheap even then, something like 6000 Euros. So, my dreams of flooring it in a fast beauty like these faded away…
However, it was a blast. I felt like I was standing still when I was near 100 mph on the straights but it was still a great laugh. In all I did 4 laps in my little hatch but the effort was immense. I literally had to peel myself out of the seat afterwards. Strangely, I was not satisfied with my extended near death experience, so I decided to spend a little more money on the Ring Taxi, which was in my case a BMW M3 driven by a slightly unhinged man with no idea of what the word slow meant. Whilst I held on for dear life (to the point my hands sweated so much they went wrinkly) and we hurtled along at near 300 kmh, he calmly noted that it was beginning to rain!
As we arrived back at the gate with (and I'm not joking here) smoke pouring from the brakes, I considered that my time as a racing driver should be restricted to the odd track day in a small car or a kart….
On to more sensible pursuits, my last trips out before my holiday came to an end. I decided that it would be interesting to go a little further afield and ended up at a large fort and the confluence of two rivers in Koblenz. It started rainy, but cleared to a beautiful day in the end, which assisted me in find the place finally as it was truly hidden away, strangely enough for a fort. Set in wonderfully landscaped parkland, my first issue arose as I rounded the corner to park the car only to be met by a ticket operated barrier. Think about it. That's right, I was the wrong side. However, the German people are helpful and a young lad saw my issue and ran over, took my ticket, popped it in the machine and I was through. Bless him, I stopped and shook his hand and he told me in pretty good English that he had raised this issue before with the staff and he was sorry. What a nice bloke!
Here we were, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, backbone of the Prussian defences in the 1800s located on the eastern bank of the Rhine, overlooking the confluence of the Mosel and the Rhine. It is the northernmost point of the World Heritage Site I have mentioned before.
It seems that I had arrived on a day of festivities, as there were ladies and gents in all sort of uniform as through there was a general re-enactment theme going on. Pretty cool. However, I wanted to get as many images of them as possible but there was always something modern in the background, so I got precious few pictures like that….
During its years of active service, the fortress had never been attacked. It escaped being dismantled after the end of World War 1 as a result of its perceived historical and artistic value. The American General Henry Allen, convinced of its historical value as a premier 19th century fortress, prevented its intended destruction in 1922. It was occupied after 1919 by the US Army as their headquarters during the occupation of this area and then after January 1923 it was occupied by the French. During World War 2 the fortress served as a place of safekeeping for archives and cultural objects. After this, it was used first by the French Army before it was handed over to the State when it served as a refugee camp and then, in the period of insufficient housing in the early 1950s, as residential housing into the 1960s. I bet it was blooming cold surrounded by all that concrete! Today, the fortress is fully open to visitors. It is connected to the town of Koblenz across the Rhine by a cable car which I had to take…..
At the bottom of the cable car is Deutsches Eck ("German Corner") where the Mosel river joins the Rhine, plus it is also home to a monumental statue of William I, the first German Emperor. In typical British understatement, it's a pretty big statue.
I can't really post a picture of scale, but the pictures above show the size of the statue in comparison to the headland, as well as showing the confluence of the two rivers quite clearly. You are looking for the point of the headland where the darker water meets the lighter water, that is the merging of two great rivers. Quite subtle, unless you were looking for it! Believe me, once you went up to the water, apart from a little disturbance on the surface, it isn't all that obvious. As well as that, most people come for the monument, so weren't even looking at the water.
I had a quick wander around, picked up something to eat before they day was getting a little old, so it was time to pop back on the cable car back up to the fort and head off home. As I left, I was looking for my saviour yet again but, bless his cottons, he must have said something to the staff as there was a guy from the cafe actually waiting at the barrier on my side so I could hand him my ticket and get out! See, there are nice people in the world.
On the way home, I decided to take a detour via the vineyards again where I remembered that there was a picturesque ford in a lovely green valley, so, here endeth the German road trip…I thought this would be a nice picture to send you all off with.
As of the next time I post, there will be more home grown posts, I promise. Maybe I shouldn't take so many pictures on holiday? Not sure. But, if you are still reading, thanks a lot. I appreciate you sticking with it and hope to see you here in July. Good Lord. Where has the year gone?
Ta-ta for now!


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Duke Energy Corp. from charging customers for pollution clean-up at its deactivated manufactured-gas plants.
In a 4-3 ruling Wednesday, the court stayed a regulatory order allowing the company to pass the clean-up costs on to its 420,000 natural gas customers. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio decision meant Duke could charge each residential customer about $100, on average, over a five-year period.
The stay was jointly requested by the Office of Consumers' Counsel, Ohio Manufacturers' Association, the Kroger Co. and Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy.
A message was left with the company seeking comment.
The high court recently ruled that another power company, American Electric Power, collected $368 million in unjustified charges from customers but that those charges didn't have to be refunded.


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Tracy McGrady to retire
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tracy McGrady says he is retiring from the NBA.
The seven-time All-Star announced his decision on ESPN and Twitter on Monday morning. McGrady spent 16 seasons in the NBA playing for the Raptors, Magic, Rockets, Knicks, Pistons and Hawks. He finished his career last season by signing with the San Antonio Spurs late in the year.
After being drafted by Toronto out of high school in 1997, McGrady averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in a career that was curtailed by injuries.
McGrady said on ESPN that it's been "a great run. But it's time for it to come to an end."
McGrady didn't rule out continuing his career overseas. Before coming to the Spurs last season, McGrady played in China.


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Crane, Luhnow attend Astros game after scouting trip
PITTSBURGH -- Astros owner Jim Crane and general manager Jeff Luhnow attended Saturday's and Sunday's games against the Pirates at PNC Park in a surprise trip that came about after both men scouted the University of North Carolina's game against Virginia in Chapel Hill, N.C., earlier Saturday.
Luhnow said it was the first time Crane had been out in person this year to watch potential Draft targets. The Astros have the No. 1 overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft on June 6. Luhnow wouldn't say which player they were watching, but North Carolina third baseman Colin Moran is a top prospect.
"We don't comment on Draft-eligible players for obvious reasons, but we continue to put in a lot of time against it, and it was great Jim was willing to go out and see a player with his own eyes," Luhnow said. "We might try another couple before it's all said and done."
Crane was a standout college pitcher at Central Missouri State, so he provides anything but the layman's eye.
"It's a good experience just to understand what scouts go through," Luhnow said. "He's got a great eye. I was impressed. Sitting there at the ballgame and watching his reaction, he's pretty well-calibrated. If he wanted to be a scout, he would be a pretty good one."
The Astros are holding their first of four regional workouts for prospects on Sunday in Los Angeles, with scouting director Mike Elias, national crosschecker David Post and the decision sciences team led by Sig Mejdal looking at about 20 players. The second workout will be held Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla., at the team's Spring Training complex, the third will be May 26 in Georgia and the final workout will be June 1 at Minute Maid Park. That will also serve as the start of the Astros' pre-Draft meetings, when the front office will begin going over 1,200 players.
Luhnow said he planned to attend the June 1 workout in Houston, and perhaps next week's in Georgia.
"It's more important for Mike and David to be able to see some players they haven't seen, and it's always important for Sig and his group to do an interview process with all the players to get to know them better," Luhnow said. "We also use it as an opportunity for players to ask us questions. They're making a big life decision, and sometimes we forget that. We think we're making all the decisions here, but they've got to decide first if they want to play pro ball and secondly if they want to play pro ball with the Astros.
"They can ask questions to get to know us and ask about life in the Minor Leagues and what happens after the Minor Leagues and what happens when they get to the big leagues. Mike does a great job explaining all of that to them. We have enough people there, they can ask a scout or ask a crosschecker some questions."


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Kryographics for GTX 780 Ti - Black Edition
- Combined GPU/RAM/VRM-cooler for graphics cards of the type nvidia GTX 780 Ti with 3072 MB RAM according to reference design.
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The kryoconnect water block series features a delrin connection terminal that has a significantly reduced flow resistance compared to the previous aquagraFX series. The terminal is fastened to the water block by three screws and has G1/4 inlet and outlet ports on each side for flexible installation. Two sealing screws are supplied to seal the unused connection threads. The terminal can be replaced with kryoconnect kits for SLI configurations (art. no. 23551, 23552 or 23553, not included in delivery).
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Fire risk prompts Chevrolet Cruze recall
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