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Airflow Bouncy Castle
Catalogue Number: 210-9930
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- Stays inflated even with pinholes
- Includes electric pump
- H160xW200xD200cm
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With the Airflow bouncy castle from Action Air, your kids can have hours of fun and laughter jumping and bouncing around.
This colourful, inflatable castle is great for in the garden on a warm summer days, with a handy safety net your child can jump about safely. It inflates continuously by an electric pump and stays inflated even if pinholes occur.
Maximum user weight 68kg. H160xW200xD200cm.
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Key Information | |
Type | Bouncy castle |
Age Range | 3-4 years |
Material | |
Material | Plastic |
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Assembly | Self assembly |
Time To Assemble (mins) | 1 |
Doors | Single |
Inflatable | Y |
Additional Information | |
Gender | Unisex |
What"s in the Box | Includes: pump |
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Maximum Weight Of Child (kg) | 68 |
Product Height | 160.0 Centimetre |
Unit of Measure for Product Dimensions | Centimetre |
Unit of Measure for Product Dimensions | Centimetre |
Product Weight | 12.6 Kilogram |
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Posted by **Old Flat Top** on Jul 12, 2013 at 9:21:01 PM:
In Reply to: Re: did you know....... posted by **bon bon** on Jul 12, 2013 at 7:04:33 PM:
*******great deal of education here put on by a former presidential candidate (US)
*******highly recommended
*******well worth the time
******ALL Americans and those who live here need to understand what the Constitution is all about. Particularly in a time where it's being manipulated and torn apart by an administration bent on turning this country into something other than what our forefathers wanted. We are literally seeing our American way of life being changed and degenerated bit by bit until comes a day when we can longer be what we've been for over 200 years.
******A nation of freedom and democracy..if we let these things continue we'll be no better off than most third world countries.
******Remember back in 2008 when Obama made a statement that "this country needs to be brought down a notch or two"?
******Obama wants to destroy the U.S.A. as we know it. Obama thinks his left-wing ideas will bring a rebirth (it's not his fault since most liberals think that) but when one looks deeply into his "cure" for what he thinks ails America,..it's a cure that will kill the patient.
*****What exactly is the 'U.S.A. as we know it'? How exactly is Obama destroying that?
****The USA is a constitutionally limited republic.
****In theory you are correct. Obama should not be able to destroy that. The very government structure he usurped by it's nature would preclude such a thing. The big buzzkill is how he usurped the position. How the fuck did that happen and why the fuck is it allowed to continue. Again, you're probably right if you're implying that it isn't Obama who's doing the usurping and destroying. Why is it allowed to happen? Because it's "the mob".
****Laugh if you want to(Jimmy Hoffa) but the mob operates on "you mind your business we mind ours" no inbetween. No oversight committee.
*****How exactly do you think that the US could even come close to being a third world country?
****We're well on our way. It's the plan.
*****I'd bet that you spent 4th of July in your RV with your boat on some nice lake around St Louis. Tell me in what third world country someone like you would be able to spend their golden years in a motorized palace with a boat.
****And you put that down? Like that is some bad thing on his part? Like he didn't serve his country in the armed forces then go on to acquire a decent education and job and work for the things he's got? What is your point?
***He didn't put it down. You're missing the HUGE big obvious point.
**For someone (CR)who claims he goes on trips to Ireland or Africa, why do you think he felt compelled to criticize what I have in life or how I spent the 4th?
**I worked for what I have and now I am enjoying the fruits of my labor. It's called the American dream...get what you want to make life easier. There was NO point in that (other than just being a dick IMO).
**But what I am seeing in this country right now is an effort to diminish the chances and opportunities of people to get what they want. We have ignored the warning signs and now our government is out of control and thinks THEY own everything and therefore the people will do what THEY want us to do. It's no longer a country OF the people, FOR the people and BY the people...it's becoming a country of OFF the people, FOOL the people and BUY the people. And it's even more blatantly obvious than ever before (to those who see it).
**And because there's a large percentage of people out there that don't keep up on it, or don't think anything is amiss, that honestly believe that politicians actually work for the people, that's why they continue to get away with it. And they will continue to do so until the populace as a whole stand up and say NO! it's either that, or we become totally subjugated. Never in the history of this country have things been so screwed up as they are now. A leftist liberal President who doesn't have a clue and a Congress that can't pass a simple bill to benefit the country. All it takes is some awareness to see it. We need to clean the house from the House to the Senate to the White House and start taking back what has been/being taken from us...our freedoms, our future and opportunities for the younger generations just as we had. THAT's my point.
*Did you even read what I said? Obviously not. I said he didn't put your lifestyle down because he didn't. That wasn't the point of his post at all. It's responses like this and OFT's that make you both look like you have serious communication deficits and can't be taken seriously.
I could take your tack and just say fuck you but I'm better than you. What is the BIG point you think I'm missing? Since I don't actually care what you think it isn't worth any effort on my part to play some guessing game. Up to you. but if not leave me out of your little cream puff war. Thanks.
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Has anyone seen this series can someone tell me if it's good or not.
Can someone translate wat it says on yesasia plz.
Has anyone seen this series can someone tell me if it's good or not.
Can someone translate wat it says on yesasia plz.
This series isn't bad..quite entertraining but predictable. It is about the story of Zhang San Feng (Vicent), his fortune and his love. It is pretty much like another version of Zhang San Feng...Dicky Cheung, Kenny He etc... What makes this one different from the other version of ZHang San Feng is his relationship with Ming to be emperror, Zhu Yuan Zang (Which I found his story is more interesting than the main character)
Lee Ruo Tong's performance isn't bad too.
i see so zsf actually gets layed in this seires.lol hahahaha
There is a lot of name dropping too based on the Condor Trilogy.
As a bonus, there is even an epsiode featuring the mighty Lin Chaoying, the famous love interest of Wang ChongYang!
Would you love me in the Twilight Zone?
I haven't seen it yet, but is it the series where Carman Lee play 2 characters?
I haven't seen it yet, but is it the series where Carman Lee play 2 characters?
Yep.Originally posted by MizChi
I haven't seen it yet, but is it the series where Carman Lee play 2 characters?
Which of Carmen's charecter do you prefer?
I don't like any of them actually...hehehe...but still prefer XueYing
anhyone know the Viet title for this or if it's even dubbed in viet yet?
Oops!! Sorri...just realise that I post the same thing twice..LOL
Thanx Lady Zhuge..
So the serie isn't bad, huh??
How was carman acting??
It just recently came out in Chinese, so the Viet version won't be available for quite awhile.Originally posted by lalala111
anhyone know the Viet title for this or if it's even dubbed in viet yet?
I haven't seen this series yet, so I can't make any fair judgments about the acting or characters.
Towards the end of the Yuan dynasty, in a time of conflict and strife, many heroes arose.Originally posted by - L1n -
Can someone translate wat it says on yesasia plz. [/B]
Wudang held a celebration for qiu chu ji's 100th birthday during which, Zhu yuanzhang, a monk from huang jue temple, ma zhi nan the goddaughter of rebel leader guo zi xing, shen rong a lady from a wealthy family and Zhang Junbao, one of qiu chu ji's disciples became good friends.
chi bilie huo lang who had been training hard in the desert for many years went to Wudang to challenge qiu. Qiu gets badly injured and lies on the border between life and death while junbao gets captured.
Zhu Yuanzhang enlists with Guo zi xing's rebels but is framed forced to become a beggar. Seeking death, he jumps of a cliff, fortunately, he is saved by Junbao and recovers his confidence.
Shen Rong who had a relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang searches for him as she is pregnant, but finds that Zhu has married ma zhi nan to gain control of the rebel army. Shen Rong's great sorrow causes her to have a miscarriage and dies, and Junbao is devestated with sorrow at her death.
chi bi lie, finding out that Qiu is not dead, goes to Wudang once more to challenge him and they end up injuring each other. Before he dies, Qiu leaves behind am eight word secret mantra for Junbao. Junbao has a revelation regarding the secret mantra develops the taiji fist and renames himself Zhang SanFeng.
After Zhu becomes emperor he wants to kill everybody and will not even spare zhang sanfeng. In anger, sanfeng kills the 18 dragon horsemen and barges his way past palace security to kill Zhu. Ma zhi nan, now empress, rushes to beg sanfeng not to kill Zhu. Sanfeng has no choice but to let Zhu go and retires to Wudang, no longer questioning the martial world.
I have to say that I personally do not like this series, it butchers history terribly and the CGI effects are overused (badly I might add) and extremely cheesy. The fight choreography appears stiff and forced and Jiao En Jun is about as far from smooth and flowing with taiji fist as it is possible to get. Also, there are too many scenes where the characters try and act cute (Jiao En Jun doing so is particualarly goosebump inducing). Having said that, if you enjoyed shui yue dong tian (I know that shui yue is a mythical fantasy rather than wuxia but I disliked the same things about both series) you might enjoy this.
am surprised that it doesn't mention about XueYing at all.
Errmm.. oops actually it does... sorry about that:Originally posted by Neuron
am surprised that it doesn't mention about XueYing at all.
chi bilie huo lang AND XUE YING who had been training hard in the desert for many years went to Wudang to challenge qiu.
Kind of missed it while translating since it is mentioned only once there and I was doing a direct translation.
shush u ...Originally Posted by - L1n -
I watched this series because my fav actor , Yan Kuan was in this series . THe story of Zhu Yuan Zhang was more interesting than the main character's but I wonder if this series distorted history . It seemed to debase Ming Tai Su Zhu Yuan Zhang 's image .
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~Yan Kuan , my love ~
I got cut off by the stupid cable thing so I'm missing lik 7 eps. Can someone tell me how Xue Ying died? From the theme song it showed a clip of her getting hit buy some arrows. Poor Junbao... I love this serie. lol
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Xue Ying did get killed by some arrows . Zhu Yuan Zhang kinda had something to do with that . His archers were gathered to kill Jun Bao and Huo Lang but Xue Ying was involved .Originally Posted by aznangl426
~Yan Kuan , my love ~
does anyone have the themevideo or pics..i was thinking of getting this serie and there isn't much info on the web
Last edited by funnybunny; 03-05-06 at 05:29 PM.
Wudang II is out and starring Wu Jing. Still lots of lousy CGI effects.


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Teens can plan ahead and increase their chances of landing a great part-time or summer job by attending Omaha Public Library's eighth annual Teen Job Fair on Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Mutual of Omaha Dome, 33rd & Dodge streets. The event is free and open to teens, ages 16-19. Registration is not required. Teens should plan to spend at least one hour visiting employer tables. Many Omaha employers will be available to discuss and accept applications for job opportunities, including Aeropostale; City of Omaha Parks and Recreation; Gallup; Hy-Vee; Omaha Children's Museum; Omaha Steaks; SkateDaze; the United States Army; and the United States Navy. The most current list of participating employers can be found at omahalibrary.org. Additional employers are welcome. Interested employers should contact Mary Mollner at 402.444.4811. Teens should dress appropriately to meet employers and bring black pens; their social security number; names, addresses, and phone numbers of their school, previous employers, and three references; and a resume if available. No children or strollers, please. In addition to employer tables, there will be designated areas throughout the Mutual of Omaha Dome for interviewing advice and resume help; computer stations to complete online applications; a parent waiting area; job resources; and workspace. Several workshops will take place throughout the day.
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In an access building beside the skate park, a community organization is quietly winning accolades for its work with people living with HIV and AIDs in the East Kootenay.
ANKORS (AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society) was established in 1992. In the past five years the society and its coordinator, Gary Dalton, have received four awards.
"It's really neat to do something you love," said Dalton. "Somebody said that if you do something you love, you'll never work a day in your life."
In 2006, ANKORS was recognised as a champion against homophobia by PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays).
The following year it received an "accolaid" from the B.C. Persons With Aids Society for health promotion and harm reduction.
"This award is often given to AIDS offices in Vancouver or Victoria where the issues are much more visible," said Dalton.
In 2009, Dalton was personally given an outstanding service award by the society. He will have held the position for 12 years in September.
And last year, Dalton received the Dorothy Shaw Award for his work on the board of the Options for Sexual Health clinic.
"There is such a range of issues I deal with on a daily basis and opportunities to engage with the community in a variety of ways," said Dalton.
According to its website, ANKORS serves people living with or at a greater risk of acquiring HIV, AIDs and Hepatitis C, especially those who have difficulty obtaining services elsewhere because of substance use, mental illness, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity, or social barriers.
"ANKORS is initially here to provide support for people living with HIV and AIDs. In order to do that effectively, we have to have a community that is safe for people with HIV/AIDs to live in," said Dalton.
The work comes down to one crucial question, said Dalton: "How do we make our communities safe without victimising them even more?"
The key to fighting the stigma is awareness, he added. ANKORS hands out 55,000 condoms a year, and it supports sex education in our schools on sexual decision making and body awareness.
"A lot of younger people practice safe sex shortly after a relationship has started," said Dalton, adding that they have usually had unsafe sex before that point.
"At least young people are starting to include (safe sex), but they need to include it sooner and more frequently."
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ANKORS encourages a transgender support group, and every year it takes a van-load of participants to Kootenay Pride Week in Nelson.
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Young people need to see a sexually diverse community, he added.
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Dave and Becka's motorcycle hit a deer.
Dave said, "He jumped and we hit him while he was still in the air. No time to react."
Becka lost her helmet in the accident and suffered eight skull fractures. "For me, it has been tough because of the brain injuries I have. Problems with memory, concentration and cognitive ability," she said.
It's also been tough for Dave who lost his leg after the incident. Before the accident, he said, "I was very active. Fire department and stuff.",
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It is the country¹s largest bank by a host of measures including net income, return on average capital, total loans. Though it is not the country¹s largest bank by assets, with total assets of $44.9 billion, Banco de Chile is the most profitable, with a return on equity of 23% as of June, and return on assets of 2.1%.
Like many countries in the region, Chile has maintained robust economic growth against the backdrop of slowing global output. GDP expectations of between 4.8% and 5.0% for 2012, and levels of growth seen around 4.5% for the next year paint an encouraging picture says Pedro Samhan, Banco de Chile¹s CFO.
Cooling economic growth, will mean that ³the banking sector will continue growing, but at a slower pace than it has grown during the last four months,² Samhan says.
Banco de Chile is focused on expanding its retail business via new product offerings, a new internet delivery platform and updated mobile banking application. Meanwhile, the small and medium enterprise segment has also been an area of competitive advantage for the bank, says Samhan, as it looks to strengthen customer loyalty to maintain market leadership.
In the first half of 2012, Banco de Chile led in development agency-backed Corfo (Chilean Economic Development Agency) guarantees, with 190 billion pesos in funding. Credit cards and retail mortgage loans are an emphasis as well, as they are key to relationship building with customers, the bank says.
Banco de Chile¹s commercial strategy is to keep growing its retail business and increasing its profitability in the wholesale segment, while on the retail side, it will continue to expand in consumer loans and fee products, he says. And on the wholesale side, the bank will look to increase cross-selling as it looks to grow in areas such as foreign trade letter of credit, cash management, and treasury products.
³Our focus will continue to be to expand in the consumer segment, because we still have some room to grow,² Samhan says. ³This is the most profitable business.² The bank will keep looking for new customer segments in retail and wholesale and establish metrics for measuring quality, and seek to provide competitive service, inclusive of best practices.
As it grows, the bank¹s funding has become more diversified. It registered a bond line for $720 million-equivalent in Mexican pesos, becoming one of the few foreign banks to tap the Mexican bond market, raising $110 million-equivalent in pesos at the end of last year. It will continue watching the market for the right environment to issue debt, Samhan says.
The bank took advantage of international interest in Chilean debt to place $50 million-equivalent in 2027 bonds trading on the Hong Kong market in September.
It recently announced plans for an equity capital increase of $530 million-equivalent, aimed at solidifying the capital structure. LF
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Mare or gelding?
How old?
When did this start , or has it always done this?
When will it bite or kick? Before feeding? when getting groomed? all the time?
What have you done to correct the behavior?
Does it do it to everyone or just you?
Hey Ken, Thanks for replying, well ...
He's a gelding
7 years of age
apparently he was always an angry horse.
He puts his ears down whenever you go close to his stable and gets extremely aggressive when eating. He's alright with my groomer, but he to says that "yoda"(the horse) is very unpredictable.
He does this to almost everyone.
Intensive socialization. Put him in the stall closest to where everyone is. next to the tack room/feed room. You want him to be in contact with people as much as possible. Keep some small treats nearby and reward good behavior. Leave him alone when he is eating. If the biting is dangerous put a muzzle on him. The bucket type so you can drop treats in it. If he is a bad kicker you can put anti-kicking chains on him like these >>> http://www.kyhorse.com/store/equipment/kicking_chains.htm . Do not leave them on all the time.
Do NOT yell or hit at him unless he is in the act of biting or kicking and may hurt someone.
Keep anyone away from the horse who can not do this Or,who may get hurt by the horse.
Thanks a lot - Sounds interesting- I'll give it a go and update you on the progress. Thanks
Swim with him...
What are you feeding him??? do you have him in close box??' getting outside in a paddock i had exactly the same problem with a horse, good work out everyday and get him relax leaving out side after work him ...but when he does that make sure he understand he is not doing good...not saying to hit him but talk to him in a difference voice tone...
or just bring to me and i'll give you back nice and easy
the food is very important
Hi Adam. I am an equine nutrition specialist and can help on the feed issue. If you would like to visit my website www.sel-plus.co.nz and read the nutrition articles about feeding and selenium in particular.
A comment on your choice of grain. Corn has the highest amount of energy in it and ferments quickly in the horses gut, this can make them uncomfortable and grumpy. Corn also goes mouldy easily which can cause problems. Oats have the lowest amount of energy in them and are easy for a horse to digest. How many times a day do you feed. Does the horse have a problem with colic or ulcers. Is he stabled all the time or in a paddock?
When you run your fingers along his back on either side of the backbone with mild to medium pressure does he react? Ears back, unhappy or does he not notice? What supplements are you feeding? When did you last have his teeth done? Is his coat in good condition? Does he have flakey or peeling hooves?
This is just a start... much more to it than this!
Hey Dr. Kathrine - I checked out your site, its quite nice. About corn well I absolutely make sure that no moldy corn is given to my horses- I have 5 polo ponies and only one of them bites and kicks. The rest our fine. There's no reaction with any of the horses when I rub my fingers on the side of their backbones, they don't notice it. The coat is in great condition. I dont feed supplements to my horses. Its just corn, Lucerne hay, adding oats hay to their diet in a few days-I would like to keep their diet completely natural.
I just have one angry horse who plays very well but is very unpredictable. I want to cure this behavior of his, yesterday he almost took my face off(haha) the groomer says its impossible to cure. I'm pretty sure his stable manners can improve, Should I try the alpha male tactics with him, like they do in the wild-Im pretty confident it could work!?
Hello there Adam, It is pretty hard to do any diagnostic work further from afar and in a forum, I work hands on, do bloodwork to check for deficiencies and do ration analysis of the feed sources and make a feeding and husbandry plan for the individual and the whole barn. It is always best to keep natural I agree. Feeding balanced horse pasture, good hay, whole grains, salt and select vegetables and fruits when needed is the basis of an excellent diet. I do not like pellets or muesli mix processed feeds for horses, its like feeding them a Big Mac! However, if you have a horse with a gut absorption issue and seek peak performance or, for example, live in a selenium deficient area you are seriously hampered without targeted supplementation and the horses physiological needs cannot be met.
Whatever you do with regard to behavioral modification please be careful! If you are familiar with Monty Roberts equine techniques that's what I would do. The horse is a herd and "prey-ed upon" animal so if you have confidence in using Monty's behavioral techniques that a horse will interpret as herd dominance behavior and not "I am going to eat you" behavior it may be positive. I have seen Monty in action, also Denis Reiss and Pat Parelli, these guys are miracle workers. I have also seen cowboys try and copy them unsuccessfully and received a kick to the chest which put one guy in hospital.
There will be people on this forum who have experience in these areas so I leave it open to them to comment.
Hi there Adam,
It sounds to me like he needs more work and he needs to learn to be more respectful. Do you tire him out well after a workout or practice? A tired horse is generally a good horse. That being said, it seems like he is used to getting his way (instilling fear in others by kicking out and biting) so others tiptoe around him. He sounds like a bully. I would suggest working with him on the ground, doing ground-work exercises to gain his respect and trust. Lunge him, move his feet, demand his attention and respect. I can give you much more detailed exercises to do with him if you're interested, if you think it would help. I had a mare that was exactly the same until we turned her out with a mare that was even more rude to other horses, but not to people. Being turned out with a bigger bully that she was calmed her right down. I don't suggest bullying your horse, but more demanding respect. Let your horse know he doesn't need to be in charge because you are.
I hope this has been helpful and if you want more information, please do not hesitate to let me know.
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Yazooan Tangela Banks, head coach of the Forest Hill Lady Patriots earned a State Championship last weekYazooan Anthony Carlyle, head coach of the Velma Jackson Falcons earned a State Championship last weekBy JOFFRE WASHINGTONFor the HeraldWhile no team from Yazoo City made it to the Mississippi Coliseum for the state basketball championships this season, Yazoo City was well represented as two former athletes-turned-coaches led their respective teams to State Championships last week at the Big House.Tangela Banks, head coach of the Forest Hill Lady Patriots, led her team to a gut-wrenching, four overtime 76-74 victory over Southaven in the Class 6A Finals, giving her a second straight gold ball.In just his second season at the helm of the Velma Jackson Falcons, Anthony Carlyle coached his team to a come-from-behind 45-44 victory over Booneville in the Class 3A Finals for his first championship.-------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------
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Trey Henry recently arrived in the community to serve as minister at the Yazoo City Church of Christ. He is pictured with his wife Morgan and their children, Margaret and James. By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorRev. Trey Henry is following in the footsteps of his father as the new minister of the Yazoo City Church of Christ. He and his family joined the Yazoo church over a month ago, and he is very excited about bringing his perspective to the congregation and the community. "My primary hopes are to help keep the good news of Jesus' loving sacrifice central to the life of the church and to share that good news," Henry said. Before arriving in Yazoo City, Henry worked with the Church of Christ in the Army town of Leesville, La., which is located near Fort Polk. However, the Henry family had made many travels around the world with their missionary work prior to their arrival in Louisiana.-------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------
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I'm new to SA and to this site so I really don't know anyone that plays tennis. Just wanted to know if there's any groups that meet up either on Sundays, Saturday's after 2, or weekday evenings? Preferably on the Northwest side. I really, REALLY miss playing. I'm pretty good for not playing in a while.
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Trying to get back into playing... I have a varying schedule so I may not be able to make it on Saturdays; however, there are some weekdays that I am free and would like to play. I play at Raymond Rimkus park. Courts aren't great, but they're all right. Let me know... 8D
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• Don't give up on seemingly dead and damaged plants. Evergreens with brown leaves and needles might grow new stems from latent buds. Deciduous plants that lose all their top growth might grow from their roots.
• Wait until the soil is workable before planting. Test readiness by taking a handful of soil, squeezing it lightly to form a ball and dropping it on the ground. If the ball breaks apart, the soil is dry enough to work; if not, wait.
• Divide and transplant perennials and transplant shrubs and trees as needed.
• Plant bare-root roses, shrubs, trees and other stock.
• Sow grass seed that is appropriate for the site.
• Plant lettuce, peas, spinach, cabbage, potatoes and other cool-season vegetables.
• Wait to apply crab grass-prevention products. Conditions usually are most favorable from early to mid-April. Weed-control products should be applied to lawns when dandelions are at the puff-ball stage, usually in May.
• Keep bird feeders and birdbaths filled.
• Resume fertilizing houseplants at month's end.
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1 1/8 tsp | cinnamon, ground |
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rub soft butter on bottom and sides of deep dish pie pan , place pecans round side down till cover whole inside of pan, spread brown sugar till all nuts are covered , place one pie crust on top of nuts press till forms the bottom of pan set aside
in bowl place lemon juice, flour, white sugar, spices, vanilla mix well, add sliced apples and toss till coated, pour into piecrust making as even as u can cover with other pie crust, fold over sides crimp together dont worry about looks this is the bottom of your pie poke holes at random with fork for steam
place in 450 oven for 10 mins reduce heat to 350 for 45 mins
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ISABELLA Ramici has been a barista for a year and already has a coffee shop named after her: Isabella's Foyer Cafe.
The cafe is at the not-for-profit adult day centre Dunrossil in Merrylands and is the handiwork of the Holroyd Art and Craft Society. In 27 years, it has raised more than $50,000 for the centre through its annual art and craft exhibition.
The society, formed in 1975, will hold its next exhibition fundraiser at Dunrossil this week.
"We got our coffee machine through their last fundraiser and trained Isabella in a barista course," Dunrossil program manager Peter Calderone said.
Ms Ramici, of Wentworthville, has been a client of Dunrossil — a division of Break Thru People Solutions — for four years.
The centre is funded by Ageing, Disability and Home Care to provide day care for about 60 people who, like her, have an intellectual disability.
Clients are taught independent living skills, including art, craft, music, photography and cooking. They also go on community outings.
"A lot of people do their Christmas shopping here [at the exhibition] because the prices are so reasonable," president Marjorie Harwood, of Guildford, said.
Items for sale include paintings, cards, knitted items, ceramics and earrings.
This year's exhibition will be opened by Holroyd deputy mayor Dr John Brodie tonight, at 7.30pm. Cost: $5, includes supper.
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This is literally right down the street, five minutes from where my parents live, where my nephew went to high school, and the school system of which I was president of a committee on Indian Education. I have many contacts, friends and cousins at the heart of this on-going battle.
At the same time, this representative and no others I know of, and literally one of my closest friends who is Lakota and now is a representative in the Indian Ed Federal programs department can verifiy, hasn't see this man or anyone else from that tribe do anything, helping or supportive of the IE programs within that school system or city. In some ways, it seems they want to serve those interests that get them in the news, but for the basic education and support of native children? They don't have the interest or time to participate.
My request to them is to be part of the Indian Education program in the Huntsville City Schools district, so that they have an even stronger position, which helps our fundings & grants even more so. We've had the long problem, over ten years, of the HCS board of education ignoring, dismissing or minimizing our native students needs. People like Lowrey Hesse, and this state recognized tribe have never even stepped up to keep funding for to help for basic, necessary projects to provide support and care for children and families.


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Acid Rain (Encyclopedia of Science)
Acid rain is a popular phrase used to describe rain, snow, fog, or other precipitation that is full of acids that collect in the atmosphere due to the burning of fuels such as coal, petroleum, and gasoline. Acid rain was first recognized in Europe in the late 1800s but did not come to widespread public attention until about 1970, when its harmful effects on the environment were publicized. Research has shown that in many parts of the world, lakes, streams, and soils have become increasingly acidic, prompting a corresponding decline in fish populations.
Acid rain occurs when polluted gases become trapped in clouds that drift for hundredsven thousandsf miles and are finally released as acidic precipitation. Trees, lakes, animals, and even buildings are vulnerable to the slow, corrosive (wearing away) effects of acid rain.
Acid deposition
Acidification (the process of making acid) is not just caused by deposits of acidic rain but also by chemicals in snow and fog and by gases and particulates (small particles) when precipitation is not occurring.
The major human-made causes of acid deposition are (1) emissions of sulfur dioxide from power plants that burn coal and oil and (2) emissions of nitrogen oxides from automobiles. These emissions are transformed into sulfuric acid and nitric acid in the atmosphere, where they...
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Acid Rain (Encyclopedia of Public Health)
"Acid rain" is the common term for a complex process more appropriately referred to as acid deposition. It includes the deposition of acidic compounds onto the ground and onto surface waters when it rains (wet deposition), and at other times as well (dry deposition). The acid compounds include both acidic gases, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and acidic particles, such as sulfate and nitrate compounds. Acid deposition is believed to have adversely affected lakes and forests in the northeastern United States, Canada, and Europe, and to have caused material damage as well.
The primary anthropogenic source of airborne acidity is the burning of fossil fuels. Coal-and oil-fired electric utilities and industries emit gaseous SO2 and nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) into the atmosphere. Automobiles and other mobile sources also contribute significant amounts of nitrogen oxides.
As these primary pollutants are transported by the wind, sometimes over long distances, they are slowly transformed through a variety of atmospheric reactions to secondary pollutants, such as nitric acid vapor and sulfuric acid droplets, which are strongly acidic. With further transport and reactions with ammonia gas (NH3) from biological decay processes at the ground level, they are transformed to less strongly acidic sulfate and nitrate particles. These atmospheric reaction products can remain suspended, impairing visibility, reducing air quality, and causing adverse human health effects or these products can be deposited directly onto surfaces at ground level.
The area affected by the emission sources is determined to a large extent by the time that pollutants stay in the atmosphere before removal through deposition.
Sulfur and nitrogen deposition have caused adverse impacts on highly sensitive forest ecosystems in the United States and northern Europe, such as high-elevation spruce and fir forests in the eastern United States. On the other hand, most U.S. forest ecosystems are not currently known to be adversely impacted. The gradual leaching of soil nutrients from sustained acid deposition can impede forest nutrition and growth. Potential risk depends on numerous factors, including rate of cation (positively charged ion) deposition, soil cation reserves, age of forest, weathering rates, species composition, and disturbance history. Dry deposition is now considered to be more damaging to stone than wet deposition.
Since sulfate significantly contributes to visibility-reducing particles in the eastern United States, reduced SO2 emissions will reduce sulfate concentrations and, in turn, their contribution to haze. In the 1990 U.S. Clean Air Act Amendments, Congress mandated reductions in annual emissions of SO2 by 1995 and nitrogen oxides from utilities burning fossil fuels starting in 1995.
As a result, statistically significant reductions in the acidity (represented by hydrogen ion content) and sulfate concentrations in precipitation were reported at deposition-monitoring sites in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and northeast United States. Although utilities have significantly reduced their emissions, observable responses will lag due to inherent time lags between changes in emissions and responses by sensitive receptors, especially within ecosystems.
It is still too early to determine whether changes in aquatic ecosystems have resulted from emission reductions. Over the last fifteen years, lakes and streams throughout many areas of the United States have experienced decreases in sulfate concentrations in response to decreased emissions and deposition of sulfur, and there is evidence of recovery from acidification in New England lakes. In contrast, the acidity levels of the majority of Adirondack lakes have remained fairly constant, while the most sensitive Adirondack lakes have continued to acidify.
The kind of damages seen in forests and lakes in the northeastern United States have also been witnessed in Scandinavia and other parts of northern Europe.
(SEE ALSO: Airborne Particles; Ambient Air Quality [Air Pollution]; Clean Air Act; Environmental Determinants of Health; Inhalable Particles [Sulfates]; Total Suspended Particles [TSP])
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (1998). National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Biennial Report to Congress: An Integrated Assessment. Silver Spring, MD: Author.
Acid Rain (World of Earth Science)
Acid rain is rain with a pH (a logarithmic measurement of acidity or alkalinity) of less than 5.7. Acid rain usually results from elevated levels of nitric and sulfuric acids in air pollution. Acidic pollutants that can lead to acid rain are common by-products from burning fossil fuels (e.g., oil, coal, etc.) and are found in high levels in exhaust from internal combustion engines (e.g., automobile exhaust). Acidic precipitation may also occur in other forms such as snow.
Acid rain occurs when polluted gasses become trapped in clouds. The clouds may drift for hundreds, even thousands, of miles before finally releasing acidic precipitation. Trees, lakes, animals, and even buildings are vulnerable to the slow corrosive effects of acid rain, whose damaging components are emitted by power plants and factories, especially those burning low grades of coal and oil.
Acid rain was first recognized in 1872, approximately 100 years after the start of the Industrial Revolution in England, when an English scientist, Robert Angus Smith (1817884), pointed out the problem. Almost another century passed, however, before the public became aware of the damaging effects of acid rain. In 1962, the Swedish scientist Svante Oden brought the acid rain quandary to the attention of the press, instead of the less popular scientific journals. He compiled records from the 1950s indicating that acid rain came from air masses moving out of central and western Europe into Scandinavia.
After acid rain was discovered in Europe, scientists began measuring the acidity of rain in North America. Initially, they found that the problem was concentrated in the northeastern states of New York and Pennsylvania because the type of coal burned there was more sulfuric. By 1980, most of the states east of the Mississippi, as well as southeastern Canada, were receiving acidic rainfall. Acid rain falls in the West also, although the problem is not as severe. Acid rain in Los Angeles, California is caused primarily by local traffic emissions. Car emissions contain nitrogen oxide, the second highest problematic gas in acid rain after sulfur dioxide.
Acid rain is measured through pH tests that determine the concentration of hydrogen ions. Pure water has a neutral pH of approximately 7.0. When the pH is greater than 7, the material is thought to be alkaline. At a pH of 5.7, rain is slightly acidic, but when its pH is further reduced, the rain becomes an increasingly stronger acid rain. In the worst cases, acid rain has shown a pH of 2.4 (about as acidic as vinegar). When pH levels are drastically tipped in soil and water, entire lakes and forests are jeopardized. Evergreen trees in high elevations are especially vulnerable. Although the acid rain itself does not kill the trees, it makes them more susceptible to other dangers. High acid levels in soil causes leaching of other valuable minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium. According to the World Watch Institute, in the late 1980s and early 1990s forest damage in Europe ranged from a low of 4% in Portugal to a high of 71% in Czechoslovakia, averaging 35% overall.
Small marine organisms cannot survive in acidic lakes and rivers, and their depletion affects larger fish and ultimately the entire marine life food chain. Snow from acid rain is also damaging; snowmelt has been known to cause massive, instant death for many kinds of fish. Some lakes in Scandinavia, for example, are completely devoid of fish. Acid rain also eats away at buildings and metal structures. From the Acropolis in Greece to Renaissance buildings in Italy, ancient structures are showing signs of slow corrosion from acid rain. In some industrialized parts of Poland, trains cannot exceed 40 miles (65 km) per hour because the iron railway tracks have been weakened from acidic air pollution.
New power plants in the United States are being built with strict emissions standards, but retrofitting older plants is difficult and expensive. Nevertheless, the United States Environmental Protection Agency requires most of the older and dirtier power plants to install electrostatic precipitators and baghouse filtersevices designed to remove solid particulates. Such devices are required in Canada, in industrialized countries in Western Europe, and in Japan. Scrubbers, or flue-gas desulfurization technology, are also being used because of their effectiveness in removing as much as 95% of a power plant's sulfur dioxide emissions. These devices are expensive, however, and there are clauses in pollution control laws that allow older plants to continue operation at higher pollution levels. Another way to reduce acid rain is for power plants to burn cleaner coal in their plants. This does not require retrofitting but it does increase transportation costs since coal containing less sulfur is mined in the western part of the United States, far away from where it is needed in the midwest and eastern part of the country.
See also Atmospheric pollution; Erosion; Global warming; Groundwater; Petroleum, economic uses of; Rate factors in geologic processes; Weathering and weathering series
Source: Encyclopedia of Science, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
Source: World of Earth Science, ©2003 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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Source: Encyclopedia of Public Health, ©2002 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.


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An article by Professor Yost and recent graduate Jennifer Chmielewski ('10) was accepted for publication. "Narrating rural lesbian lives: Body image and lesbian community in central Pennsylvania" will be published in a volume of the Journal of Lesbian Studies next year.
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Two of the four men charged with first-degree murder for the Dec. 29 home-invasion robbery and slaying of Anaida Rivera are facing the death penalty. She was the mother of three young children.
All four defendants were formally arraigned Thursday afternoon in York County Court on charges of first-, second- and third-degree murder, robbery, burglary and criminal conspiracy to commit each of those offenses.
They are Robert Perez, 24, of 145 N. Queen St.; Daniel Joseph Smith, 26, of 114 N. Queen St.; Francisco Santos, 31, of no fixed address; and Quinn Daequann Brown, 19, last known address in the 100 block of North Queen Street.
All four remain in county prison without bail, and all entered not-guilty pleas at Thursday's arraignment.
Chief deputy prosecutor Karen Comery has filed notice she will seek the death penalty against Perez and Smith
Three reasons: At the request of presiding Common Pleas Judge Richard K. Renn, Comery cited three aggravating factors that would allow her to seek the death penalty:
* That Rivera's death occurred during the course of another felony
* That the crime created a grave risk of death for the two young children home at the time
* That Rivera was killed by means of torture.
Perez and Smith will each be assigned second attorneys because they face the death penalty.
Renn set a pretrial conference for 11 a.m. May 24.
What law allows: Comery said state law only allows prosecutors to seek death for co-conspirators who are accused of actively participating in a victim's homicide.
"Otherwise, we probably would've filed for (the death penalty against) all four," she said.
Attorney Bill Graff, who represents Smith, declined comment. He confirmed this is his first death-penalty case as a defense attorney, although he handled six death-penalty cases as a prosecutor.
Attorney Dawn Cutaia represents Perez.
"I don't think this is a first-degree murder case, based on the evidence the commonwealth has (presented) at this point," she said.
The allegations: Rivera's body was found inside her 250 Liberty Court home by two of her children about 9:30 a.m. Dec. 30, police said. Duct tape was over her mouth, and an autopsy determined she died of suffocation and strangulation, York City Police said.
Rivera's daughter and one of her sons were home at the time of the crime, and took refuge upstairs as they listened to their mother scream, police said.
Smith, Santos and Brown have all confessed, according to Detective First Class Jeff Spence; Perez told investigators he wasn't there.
Attacked: According to Spence, Smith admitted he punched the 40-year-old Rivera in the face when she opened her front door, and admitted he and Perez took turns choking and hitting her.
Smith also told detectives he put duct tape over Rivera's mouth, while Perez used the victim's curtains to bind her wrists, Spence said.
"As they left, Mr. Smith said he checked to see if the victim was still breathing, and sat her up," Spence said, and Smith also told detectives he untied Rivera's wrists before leaving.
The four men then went to the home of a York City woman, where they split up the items stolen from Rivera, according to Comery, who said the woman apparently helped plan the crime.
The investigation into that woman is ongoing and charges are possible, Comery said.
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