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Participation in the workshop, held in Kinshasa from 12-13 October within the framework of the UN-REDD Programme, showed strong engagement of stakeholders in building a REDD process in this country. Stakeholders attending the workshop included government institutions, NGOs, civil society, research institutions and international agencies (the three UN-REDD agencies FAO, UNDP and UNEP, and the World Bank). Within the MRV and REDD context, country institutions and the various organizations working in and with forestry, remote sensing, civil society and research gave a series of presentations.
One of the main outcomes of the workshop included the understanding and clarification of what activities are necessary for the Democratic Republic of the Congo to undertake for MRV and which of these might be prioritized. Discussions also allowed the international agencies to gain a better understanding of the concerns, national capacities and priorities in the country regarding REDD.
There was also strong focus on two key points: remote sensing with regards to the forest area data, and the development of a national forest inventory with regards to the emission factor. Both components will, in turn, support the country's national greenhouse gas inventory.
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Probably the least dysfunctional comedian in the world. He was so naively secure as a child that he turned up to a school disco in a Michael Jackson Moonwalker outfit. Spencer is the product of a happy home. As a comedian, his stunningly inventive and daft wordplay has won him many plaudits. He is a contributor to the TV comedy shows 'Smack the Pony' and 'Comedy Nation'.
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A comedian who intertwines surreal ideas with true comedic tales. His intellectual and non-offensive manner have made him a favourite across the country.
'A young Woody Allen' (Kate Copstick, The Scotsman)
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An experienced and versatile comedy performer, Matt performed in the prestigious showcase The Comedy Zone in Edinburgh 2005, and was placed second in the Hackney Empire New Act Awards in the same year.
He's now a regular on the comedy circuit, performing in clubs across the UK and the world with a high energy mix of personal stories, observations and sharp audience interaction.
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GP reimbursement and visiting behaviour in Ireland
In Ireland, approximately 30 per cent of the population ("medical cardholders") receive free GP services while the remainder ("non-medical cardholders") must pay for each visit. In 1989, the manner in which GPs were reimbursed by the State for their medical cardholder patients was changed from fee-for-service to capitation while other patients continued to pay on a fee-for-service basis. Concerns about supplier-induced demand were in part responsible for this policy change. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the utilisation of GP services is influenced by the reimbursement system facing GPs, by comparing visiting rates for the two groups before and after this change. Using a difference-in-differences approach on pooled micro-data from 1987, 1995 and 2000, we find that medical card eligibility exerts a consistently positive and significant effect on the utilisation of GP services. However, the differential in visiting rates between medical cardholders and others did not narrow between 1987 and 1995 or 2000, as might have been anticipated if supplier-induced demand played a major role prior to the change in reimbursement system.
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There is something beautiful about the spatial lightness that a hanging plant creates in a room. With this project, I wanted to design a pared-down hanging planter, with one simple line of rope rather than the standard hanging pot set-up with several contact points around the edge of the pot. The ferns look less contained this way and can grow freely. Here, essential materials—rope, clay, and a maidenhair fern—combine for a minimalist display.
- Ceiling hook and anchor
- Wall hooks (optional)
- Ruler or tape measure
- Several lengths of ¾-in-/2-cm-thick Manila rope
- Pocketknife
- 15-in-/38-cm-long agg tooth saw or hacksaw
- 1½-in-/3.5-cm-wide PVC piping
- Weathered terracotta pot, 10 in/ 25 cm high with an 8-in-/20-cm-round opening
- Drainage stones
- Activated horticultural carbon
- Soil scoop or spoon
- Potting soil
- Two maidenhair ferns
- Scissors
- 5-ply natural jute twine
1. Install the ceiling hook and anchor, and the wall hook if desired. Measure the distance from desired bottom of pot to ceiling height (remember you'll want to be able to easily water the plant), add the distance from ceiling hook to wall hook including drape (ours adds 1 ft/30 cm of slack), and distance from wall hook to floor. Add approximately 30 in/75 cm to allow for the knot below the pot and the coiled rope on the floor. Cut rope to approximate size with the pocketknife (you can always trim off some from the end later if need be).
2. Cut a length of PVC pipe 2 in/5 cm shorter than your pot with an agg tooth saw.
Note: The rope is threaded through a length of PVC piping within the pot to protect it from disintegrating in the soil. Choose a width of rope that will be able to comfortably pass through the drainage hole of your pot, and plants that are bushy enough to conceal a part of the rope.
3. Holding the pipe in place above the drainage hole, begin to prepare the pot for planting. Place about 1 in/2.5 cm of stones at the bottom of the pot for drainage and sprinkle a light layer of horticultural carbon over the stones to keep the soil fresh.
4. Spoon potting soil into the pot, then place the two ferns around the center pipe. Continue to fill the pot with soil securely around the plants and pipe.
5. Thread one end of the rope through the exposed top of the piping, then out through the drainage hole in the bottom. Tie a knot in the rope so that it rests against the bottom of the pot, with a 4-in/10-cm tail.
6. Cut 1 yd/1 m of twine with the scissors and use it to tie a whipping knot around the tail of the rope knot for a clean finish and to prevent it from unraveling. You can find directions for tying whipping knots online.
7. With a helper holding the pot, position the rope onto the hook in the desired spot and tie a knot to secure it in place. Drape the rest of the rope across to the wall hook, and let the end fall into a puddle on the floor. I like this longer length, but you could just as well cut a shorter length that just hangs down from the ceiling.


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A few months ago I asked about the possibility of retagging old javafx questions to javafx-1.3 (which is obsolete technology) thus allowing the merging of the javafx and javafx-2 tags.
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People continue to use wrong the tag and nobody responded to the mentioned question. So I wonder if it's allowed for me to write and run a script (for example, Greasemonkey) which will retag all old javafx questions?
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Arthur Benjamin – Lightning calculation and other "Mathemagic"
Arthur Benjamin amazes with his uncanny ability to calculate. In a lively Ted Talk, Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He'll tell you.
Arthur Benjamin – Teach Statistics Before Calculus, Ted Talk
Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age. The laws of nature are written in calculus but statistics and probability have more uses in everyday life.
Instead of our students learning about the techniques of calculus. I think it would be far more significant if all of them knew what two standard deviations from the mean, means and I mean it.


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"Asad, Bashar al- (1965–)." Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Gale. 2008. HighBeam Research. 29 May. 2016 <https://www.highbeam.com>.
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Bashar al-Asad (Bashshar al-Assad) is the president of Syria. A trained ophthalmologist, Asad entered politics only in 1994, succeeding to the presidency upon the death of his father, hafiz al-asad, in 2000. Widespread anticipation that the youthful president would bring rapid and substantial economic and political change to Syria was soon dampened when his administration took steps to reassert the authority of the old regime.
Born in Damascus on 11 September 1965, Asad was the third surviving child and second son of Hafiz and Anisa al-Asad. He grew up with an older sister, Bushra, and an older brother, Basil, together with two younger brothers, Mahir and Majid. At the insistence of their father, all of the Asad children completed their early education in Syria. The ethos of the Asad household was somewhat puritanical. The children saw little of their workaholic father but were intensely loyal to him.
Asad completed primary and most of secondary school at the Laique School, now known as the Basil al-Asad School, completing the final two years of secondary school at La Frère School. At the University of Damascus, he studied medicine, specializing in ophthalmology and graduating in 1988. Following obligatory service in the military as an army doctor, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1992 to begin postgraduate training in ophthalmology at the Western Eye Hospital in London. During his two-year stay in the United Kingdom, Asad focused on his medical studies but also gained a far greater exposure to the West than most members of the Syrian elite.
Name: Bashar al-Asad (Bashshar al-Assad)
Birth: 11 September 1965, Damascus, Syria
Family: Wife, Asma Akhras; two sons, Hafiz and Karim; one daughter, Zayn
Nationality: Syrian
Education: Laique School, Damascus; Le Frère School, Damascus; University of Damascus, 1988, medicine; Western Eye Hospital, London, 1992–1994, postgraduate training in ophthalmology
The death of his older brother, Basil, in an automobile accident in January 1994 proved to be a life-changing event. Following Bashar's return to Damascus for the funeral, his father replaced Basil with Bashar as the presumed successor to the Syrian presidency. …
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- A cuddly toy tiger.
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Archive - Oct 2008 - News / NCAA Daily
October 29th
Gaddy, one of nation's top prep prospects, to sign with Huskies
On Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:13am.
October 25th
Former Husky Spencer Hawes awaiting chance in NBA
On Sat, 10/25/2008 - 11:49am.
The Seattle Times
October 23rd
Hornets release Sims, Jordan
On Thu, 10/23/2008 - 6:30pm.
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Nuggets cut Fazekas, Patterson
On Thu, 10/23/2008 - 6:24pm.
The Denver Post
Blazers embark on Oden era
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USA Today
Stern not worried about players bolting for Europe
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National Post
Source: Olson to step down as Arizona coach
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October 17th
Source: UNC Asheville's George has right foot partly amputated
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U.S. rights to Vadim Jendreyko's "The Woman with the Five Elephants" has been picked up by Cinema Guild. Ryan Krivoshey of The Cinema Guild negotiated the pact for the film with Susanna Guggenberger of Mira Film and Patrick Sibourd of Nour Films. "Elephants," which won the Sterling Award for a World Feature at the 2010 AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs Film Festival, will open in theaters in the first half of 2011.
"The Woman with the Five Elephants" spotlights Svetlana Geier, considered one of the world's greatest translators of Russian literature. Her new German translations of Dostoevsky's five great novels, known as the five elephants, are literary milestones and the culmination of a life's work. But her success has come with its share of loss. As a child in the Ukraine, Svetlana witnessed first-hand the impact of Stalin's purges. As a young girl, she watched Nazi forces occupy her country. Her love of the written word and gift for languages ensured her survival. But it forced her to make a choice that altered the course of her life. The film, according to Cinema Guild, pieces together the mystery of her life and work--not by reading it from left to right, as Geier says of her craft, but by understanding it as a whole.
"'The Woman with the Five Elephants' is an amazing documentary. Watching Svetlana Geier translate a phrase from 'Crime and Punishment' is filled with as much suspense and tension as any scene from 'Wages of Fear,'" commented Ryan Krivoshey. "Following the great reception this film has received on the festival circuit, we look forward to audiences discovering it in theaters."


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The Kardashians
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Will Sign a Prenup — Report
It's hard to imagine Kim Kardashian or Kanye West ever being in need of anyone else's money, but nevertheless, the two business-savvy stars will reportedly sign a prenup before they make their union official.
The newly-engaged stars and parents of 4-month-old North West will keep their assets separate by preparing a prenuptial agreement before they wed, TMZ reports. While Kim and Kanye seem more in love than ever and destined to be together for the rest of their publicity-loving years, both parties have reportedly agreed that a prenup is simply the smart thing to do.
While Kimye will separate their assets, the site reports that the couple will share one large joint account for living expenses.
When it comes to prenups, Kim might have learned a thing or two from her last marriage to ex-husband Kris Humphries. The duo had an iron-clad prenup that insured Kris wouldn't receive a dime if the marriage fell through and that would protect Kim's home in Beverly Hills as well as all of her assets.
This time around, Kim and her new husband both have considerable assets to protect. While some sources estimate Kim's net worth is around $40 million, Kanye is estimated to have a fortune of $100 million. We think it's safe to say that prenup or not, both parties will be fine financially no matter how this marriage turns out!
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Verb Classes
Unlike most European languages, differences in Hausa verbs do not usually relate to marking verb tense. However, Hausa has several verb classes that differ primarily in the forms that verbs take depending on their objects or lack of objects. The factors that affect the forms of verbs are the following:
|No object at all:
|Ka saya?
'Did you buy (it)?'
|Object not after verb:
|Shinkafa na saya.
'It is rice that I bought.
|Word after verb not an "object":
|Sun shiga gida.
|'They entered
the house.'
(with most verbs of motion, the goal of the motion is a "locative" rather than an object)
|Na sayi akwiya.
|'I bought a goat.'
|Ka sayi wannan?
|'Did you
buy this?'
(though wannan 'this' is a "pronoun"--it stands for a noun--it is not one of the special direct object pronouns)
|Na saye ta.
|'I bought it.'
|Na saya miki akwiya.
|'I have bought a goat for you.'
|Na saya wa matata ita.
|'I bought it for my wife.'
Variable Vowel Verbs
Variable Vowel Verbs ("VVV's"), called Grade 2 in the Hausa Grade System, change their final vowel depending on the type of object which follows the verb. This is true for all verb tenses other than the Continuative (which uses the verbal noun rather than the base verb). The vowel variants of VVV's are as follows:
No object or direct object following verb (see below for indirect object)
|No object following
|Pronoun object following
|Noun object following
Tone--Note the following tonal features of VVV's:
Indirect objects with VVV's
Before indirect objects, VVV's take one of two patterns. One must simply learn which pattern applies to a particular verb. Some verbs can use either (as with tambaya 'ask' below).
Reversed tone pattern:
Hi-Lo(-Hi) instead of Lo-Hi(-Lo)
All High tones with final -ar (becomes -am before m)
For more information on Variable Vowel Verbs, see discussion of verbal nouns for Variable Vowel Verbs.
Regular Verbs
By "regular" we mean verbs which follow predictable patterns of the majority of the basic verbs of Hausa. Here, we will consider only verbs which begin in High-Tone and end in -a or -e. (In the technical terminology of the Hausa Grade System, these are Grades 1 & 4.) These verbs have the following forms:
|No object following
|Pronoun object following
|Noun object following
|Indirect object following
Minor Verb Classes
By far the largest classes of underived verbs in Hausa are Variable Vowel Verbs and "regular" verbs ending in -a or -e. There are a few verbs in Hausa which do not follow the patterns of these verbs. We divide them into five groups here:
The table illustrates group (2) with bi 'follow' and ja 'pull' (monosyllabic verbs with short and long vowels respectively), (3) kira 'call' (representing also jira'wait for' and biya 'pay'), and (4) bari 'leave' (also representing sani 'know') and gani 'see'.
|No object following
|Pronoun object following
|Noun object following
|Indirect object following


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First Look Photos At 'Christ' & Michael Sheen/Maria Bello Film 'Beautiful Boy,' Torn Also Scoring 'Everything Must Go'
So, what is there about the comedy "Jesus Henry Christ" from director Dennis Lee ("Fireflies in the Garden") to get excited about? Well, for one, it stars Michael Sheen, Toni Collete and Jason Spevack, the young boy best known for roles in "Sunshine Cleaning" and "Ramona and Beezus ." Not a bad cast. And perhaps slightly more interesting to us is the fact that the film is being scored by celebrated composer/guitar-texturalist David Torn (occasionally known as the recording artist Splattercell) and up-and-coming composer Simon Taufique who's done some interesting score work in indie films like "Dog Sweat," "Haber" and "Sonnet for a Towncar," an 18-minute short co-directed by Mary Harron ("American Psycho").
Torn's moody, atmospheric guitar music (think Explosions In The Sky or ethereal ambient guitar music of that ilk) has been featured in films like "Kalifornia," "Three Kings," "Velvet Goldmine," "Adaptation" and "The Big Lebowski," and has been well regarded by experimental guitar geeks since the '80s (he's worked with Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Tori Amos, David Sylvian, Steve Roach, Vernon Reid and many others). But it wasn't until the late '90s that he started composing for films on his own. He first caught our ear in 2004 as one of the three composers on ""Friday Night Lights" (Brian Reitzell and the aforementioned EITS were the other two) and the music he wrote for "The Wackness," "Lars and the Real Girl" and "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" has been some some of the more striking pieces we've heard at the movies in the last five years. Suffice to say whenever his name pops up, we pay attention -- and there's more to come, as he's also written the music to the upcoming Will Ferrell dramedy, "Everything Must Go."
OK, so to the film at hand which hopefully Torn will make that much better. The "Jesus Henry Christ" synopsis reads: "At the age of 10, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father." Interesting enough, Lee already made an 18-minute short film in 2003 with the same title, but it appears to be a completely different premise (here's a recent IndieWIRE interview with the director).
As for "Beautiful Boy," the only connection with the previous film is Michael Sheen and the Shawn Ku-directed film ("Pretty Dead Girl"), starring Maria Bello, Alan Tudyk, Moon Bloodgood and Meat Loaf is a much, much heavier affair. The film centers on a married couple (Bello and Sheen) on the verge of separation as they are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son (Kyle Gallner) committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
"Jesus Henry Christ" premieres during the Tribeca Film Festival this week and has its debut screening on Saturday, April 23rd. "Beautiful Boy" opens in select cities on June 3rd.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Conk, widow of Peter Conk, a former resident of Long Branch, died on Thursday, November 24th at the home of her daughter
at Jamaica, Long Island. She was 83 years old. Four daughters survive her, besides the one at whose home she died. The daughters are Mrs.
Theodore Woolley of Long Branch and Mrs. Francis C. Varian, Mrs. Kitty King and Mrs. F. F. Blodgett of New York.
Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Nov 7, 1900
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Letters: Dirty politics, fluoridation and more
Wading through political mud
Regarding "The politics of mud," Dialog, Sept. 19:
Tom Shepard, who advocates "healthy" political discourse, and Larry Remer, who defends "negative'' political discourse in the debate over campaign strategy, agree on key points, yet both miss a crucial one.
When voters are inundated by campaign ads, they often favor the candidate with more ads through sheer repetition, as advertisers know. With enough dishonest, negative ads, some of the mud is bound to stick, especially false appeals to fear.
More direct debates between opponents and more voter skepticism about claims will help. But to truly take back our government through more "healthy" dialogue, we need a stronger remedy. As long as dishonest politicians have the right to smear, the opponent needs an equal right to refute it. Free speech can only be free if all contenders have the equal opportunity to speak.
To start taking back our government this election, voters need to challenge candidates not to depend on the avalanche of money-backed – often mud-packed – donations (and their army of follow-up lobbyists), but to have the rigor to campaign on a level playing field, mano a mano.
Roxanne J. Fand
Budget impasse violates state law
The editorial "Pragmatism dictates rejecting Props. 22, 26" (Sept. 22) recommends rejection of Propositions 22 and 26 on the grounds that, if passed, they will only exacerbate the inability of the Legislature to adopt a budget on time. California voters in 2004 approved an amendment to the state Constitution that requires the Legislature to adopt a budget by the beginning of each new fiscal year. The Legislature has conspired to violate this requirement almost every year since the amendment was passed. Since the Legislature doesn't uphold the state Constitution, why should the voters care about making it more difficult for them to violate it?
Difficult or not, it's about time for the voters to rise up and drive the politicians hard until they stop blatantly violating the law. Taking away their pay and perks is a step in the right direction. If that doesn't work, send 'em to jail and let them do the budget on their cell phones.
Tom Davis
Chula Vista
Tax increment funds assertion wrong
In the letter "Hidden clause in Prop. 22" (Sept. 23), S.J. Larson states that tax increment generated within the Liberty Station redevelopment area is "only to be used as it sees fit by the McMillin Co., the developer." This statement is incorrect. The redevelopment agency of the city of San Diego (with the City Council serving as its board of directors) makes all the decisions on how tax increment generated within the NTC Redevelopment Area will be used.
Kim Elliott
Senior Vice President
The Corky McMillin Companies
Mandate for fluoride leaves bitter taste
Setting aside the scientific dispute over the relative merits of water fluoridation ("Fluoride's upside," Letters, Sept. 21), my objection to it is the unconstitutional nature of a law that mandates the forced infusion of a medicine into an individual's body without personal need and without his/her consent and without a justifying public health issue. My neighbor's dental caries, after all, are his problem, not mine.
James Mullin
La Mesa
Support for Oceanside firefighters
Regarding "Union power play in Oceanside and more" (Letters, SignOn San Diego, Sept. 22):
Jerry Kern, in an attempt to discredit the firefighters of Oceanside, has shown himself to be a bit ignorant on the facts. I speak for myself and not as a battalion chief with another San Diego County fire department.
First, Kern states that 80 percent of Oceanside firefighters live outside the city. Kern should be aware that firefighters live in the city 100 percent of the time.


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Monday, October 3, 2011
October is playing nice.
32 comments:
Sounds you had a lovely week-end! How true it is that the best moments are the ones we spend with family and good friends.ReplyDelete
there is no place like home! glad you are enjoying it! wonderful photos!ReplyDelete
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So cute! I had whooppie pies this weekend, too!ReplyDelete
so gorg. <3 florida. it's getting chilly in DC too!! fall is really here!ReplyDelete
Glad you are home in FL and enjoying your time! That first picture is beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Glad you are home in FL and enjoying your time! That first picture is beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Looks like it was a fun weekend back at home! :) Beautiful backdrop in the pictures... I love the ocean!ReplyDelete
great pictures! Everyone looks so good! I'm happy your back home. Last night was so fun :)ReplyDelete
Aww so happy for you that you're back home!! Looks like you had such a fun time, gorgeous pictures!! xoxoReplyDelete
fruit pies! what a great idea!ReplyDelete
It looked like a very relaxing and fun birthday party!
Love that first picture!!! Welcome back home! Wasn't it just too beautiful for words this weekend?! Gah!! <3ReplyDelete
These pictures are great! So happy you were able to celebrate with me!ReplyDelete
Makes me happy that you're back home! Your photos are beautiful... Isnt it amazing to be back at the beach!?ReplyDelete
i want that fruit pizza...nom nomReplyDelete
Awww, I'm glad you are having a good time at home! Wishing your husband safe travels!ReplyDelete
happy you are home :)ReplyDelete
I love Florida, your pictures make me miss it there. Looks like a wonderful weekend :)ReplyDelete
next time you go to a party that involves whoopie pies and fruit pizza....invite me. please.ReplyDelete
Looks like you're already having a wonderful time being back home! :)ReplyDelete
Wow, your family looks amazing! Look at those whoopie pies! They must be so happy you are home. So happy for you.ReplyDelete
- Sarah
You are always so cute. :)ReplyDelete
That's all today.
Looks like a super-fun time with your family! Your husband will be home before you know it! :)ReplyDelete
Looooove these, love you girls! Last night was fun! XoReplyDelete
So happy you get to be back home in FL with your fam! Looks like such a fun time!ReplyDelete
Each and every one of you are gorgeous!
We are state neighbors now! <3
how gorgeous is that scenery! and i love both of their rompers, so fun! glad you're having a good month :)ReplyDelete
i wish october was playing nice up north! rain, rain go away! :) looks like you're having fun at home so far. when is jb back!?ReplyDelete
i just bought some of those star candles to bring back here...too cute! Great photo with the smoke blowing away! Isn't funny how you can have fun but never as MUCH fun as you would have had with your amazing husband at your side? Its amazing to be married to your best friend - isn't?ReplyDelete
xoxo from Trinidad
umm you and your friends are adorable!!!ReplyDelete
how gorgeous are cami and ashten!! what a fabulous evening. sooo happy your are home and enjoying time w/ your besties and fam -- there is nothing better....except JB being there. soon!! :) xoxoReplyDelete
What a fun day with family & friends and that berry tart thing looks so amazing!ReplyDelete
There is not better place than home especially when your friends can bake such yummy looking cakes!!ReplyDelete
And JB will be back by your side before you know it :)
Just now seeing this... umm. can I move to florida and be part of the group?ReplyDelete
k. thanks.


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Looks like this old corner bar/grocery/social
club is up for sale in Old North Dayton.
The corner of Hart and Grove is a spiritual place
on a quiet cold afternoon, with churches in every direction.
smackers easy in Boston or San Francisco. In Dayton, you can get it for probably 30 k.
bureaucratic entanglement and hopefully one day,
a new caring tenant.
does a roaring business with the proliferation
of junkies on the lower East side who will bust a
car window in a New York second to snatch a 50-cent
cd or three that might fetch some extra cheddah'
at Second Time Around.
tracks from where Hamilton runs into Fifth Street, they got
Pizza and Hoagies. Decent little joint if you want old school
East side greasy spoon.
I wonder if everyone knew that they could make
handy shelving units out of the pieces of old
dresser drawers, would they still throw them away?
and sell them. You pay nothing, zilch, for your product. Sweet.
Spanish groceries are a newly thriving
mom and pop industry in East Dayton. This one
is on East Third near Huffman.
Anthony Arms Apartments has still got
the lights on.
Puta. Somebody tagged this old glorious mansion
with Puta. That is funny and sad in so many ways all at once.
Genuine Auto Parts on East Third sits next to what is apparently the Sandford and Son house rental business, judgingfrom the ghetto-ass fontagraphy employed by the signmakers. The plywood boards behind the glass give potential customers even more confidence that they'll be getting a great rental home.
Don't really know much about this business
on East Third. Seems operational, but I don't
know what goes on inside. Somebody fill me in.
This old grocery store on East Third near Huffman seems
like it's been closed down and for sale before Tony Tubbs was
was heavyweight champion.
Old print shop building (and it's a cool little doozie)
awaits a new owner and day on East Third Street
near Keowee.


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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich wasn't quite sure he agreed with the way the question was put. But, certainly, he understands the premise—since the last time the Spurs were in the NBA Finals, the team has gone from being focused around big man Tim Duncan to much more of a Tony Parker-centric team, with some Manu Ginobili mixed in, too.
"We've never labeled it as someone's team," Popovich said. "It's our team. It's not my team or Tim's team or Manu's team or Tony's team. It's our team. But the offense has certainly morphed into more of a perimeter offense than a post offense like it was when Timmy was younger. We still use Timmy on the post a good deal. But the ball is probably in Tony or Manu's hands more than it is in Timmy's hands, that's for sure."
Indeed, if you comb through the numbers from the last seven seasons, when the Spurs last won a title, you can get a clear picture of a team struggling to rebalance itself, finding a way to speed up the offense while still including Duncan's post-up game, and rejuvenating a once-great defense at the same time. It was not until this year that it all finally happened.
MORE: LeBron James' big block | Chalmers, Green duel once again | NBA title odds
'06-'07: The last champs
Record: 58-24
Results: NBA champions
Pace: (number of possessions per 48 minutes): 89.8 (27th in the NBA)
Offensive rating: (points per 100 possessions): 109.2 (5)
Defensive rating: (points allowed per 100 possessions): 99.9 (2)
The key number for this Spurs team was 11.4—that was the percentage of the plays they ran that went through the post, and it is the last time they've had a number that high. They were the most efficient team in the league in the post, with Duncan averaging 20 points for the last time in his career. He also averaged 14.1 field-goal attempts and 7.1 free throws, for a usage rate (percentage of team plays that go through a player while he is on the floor) of 29.5. The Spurs were, obviously, a great defensive team, as their rating shows, but they were also an effective offensive team because of the dominance of Duncan inside.
'07-'08: Changes
Record: 56-26
Results: Western Conference finals
Pace: 88.8 (28)
Offensive rating: 107.2 (15)
Defensive rating: 101.8 (3)
It was subtle, but it was here that the reconfiguration of the NBA as a more offensive league began to catch up with the Spurs. Manu Ginobili had a fantastic year (19.5 points), but the Spurs began de-emphasizing the post, running their offense out of post-ups 9.2 percent of the time. Their pace remained among the slowest in the league, but their offense was just average, at 15th, an indication that their half-court game was suffering. Still, they were a very good team that just ran into the Lakers' buzzsaw in the conference finals.
'08-'09: No Manu
Record: 54-28
Results: First round
Pace: 88.4 (26)
Offensive rating: 108.5 (13)
Defensive rating: 104.3 (5)
Lacking depth at the guard spot—Roger Mason and Michael Finley were big in the rotation, and George Hill was a rookie—the Spurs got devastating news just ahead of the postseason, as Ginobili suffered a stress fracture in his ankle that would keep him out for the playoffs. With Ginobili turning 32 in July, and having endured a lifetime of pro basketball and international tournaments, concern about wear-and-tear on him becomes very real. The bright spot was that, in Ginobili's absence, Parker showed just how brilliant he can be, averaging 22.0 points with a usage rate of 31.7. He took a career-high 17.5 shots per game, but still managed to shoot 50.6 percent.
'09-'10: Defensive slippage
Record: 50-32
Results: Second round
Pace: 91.7 (20)
Offensive rating: 110.0 (9)
Defensive rating: 104.5 (8)
This season was marked by another injury, this time to Parker, who played 56 regular-season games and was not 100 percent when the postseason began. But it was also marked by a continued drop in the team's defensive efficiency, down to 8th in the league. The Spurs' D thrived when they had another tough interior defender to support Duncan, but their power forwards this season were DeJuan Blair and Antonio McDyess. Oh, and the small forward was Richard Jefferson. The Spurs offense ticked upward, but the defense was not the same.
'10-'11: All shook up
Record: 61-21
Results: First round
Pace: 92.3 (14)
Offensive rating: 111.8 (2)
Defensive rating: 105.6 (11)
The Spurs got off to a 13-1 start this season, and if there was any indication that something was amiss with this group, that was a good signal, because the Spurs traditionally start slow and ramp up toward the playoffs. Even during the season, as the Spurs were racking up wins, they seemed to understand that they were doing it with offense and their defense was just a little better than ordinary.
They were also getting away from the post as much as they had at any time in Duncan's career—Duncan did look his age in this season. He averaged a career-low 13.4 points, his usage rate was just 22.9 and the Spurs ran only 6.5 percent of their plays out of the post, second-fewest in the NBA. The offensive efficiency was impressive, but it lacked balance, and the defense wasn't good enough. An injury to Ginobili helped bump the Spurs out early, but they probably were not going too far anyway.
'11-'12: Improvement
Record: 50-16
Results: Western Conference finals
Pace: 92.9 (7)
Offensive rating: 110.9 (1)
Defensive rating: 103.2 (10)
Another injury to Ginobili was a problem, but Popovich shuffled the lineup, moving Danny Green into a starting role at shooting guard, and Kawhi Leonard in at small forward. Both are good defensive players, and in the Spurs' final 32 games, they allowed opponents to shoot 44.7 percent, down from 45.6 percent. They're also young, and the Spurs were able to pick up their pace, cracking the NBA's Top 10 for the first time in the Popovich era. Ultimately, after taking a 2-0 lead in the conference finals, though, the Spurs were knocked out by Oklahoma City.
'12-'13: Come together
Record: 58-24
Results: NBA Finals
Pace: 94.2 (6)
Offensive rating: 108.3 (7)
Defensive rating: 101.6 (3)
At long last, the Spurs have everything working. The faster, more perimeter-based offense still ranks among the best in the NBA, but after sliding out of the Top 10, the defense has vaulted back near the top of the rankings, too. Not only are Green and Leonard doing a better job defending the perimeter, but the addition of Tiago Splitter next to Duncan is a big defensive upgrade. It helps that Duncan, at 37, has lost weight, his usage rate is back up to 27.8 (highest in four years) and he has returned to form as one of the most efficient post players in the league, averaging .936 points per possession in the post. That's comparable to the guy he was in the '07 championship season, when he averaged .993 points per possession in the post.
Ginobili, again battling injuries, has fallen off (11.8 points, lowest since his rookie year) but Parker has excelled in his absence again, and the Green-Leonard combo has filled in the gaps. Yes, it did take six years. But, as the numbers show, the Spurs managed to revamp their defense while also speeding up their pace and playing a more efficient offense.
Editor's note: And, finally, here's a visualization, in GIF form, of the path Tim Duncan, Gregg Popovich, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have taken together.


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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is "very much concerned" about the direction of the country but says she is still considering her future plans.
During a Saturday evening session of the Clinton Global Initiative University, a young woman asked Clinton whether she would consider running for president in 2016.
The student said if Clinton wouldn't represent women in politics, "who will?"
That got a roar of approval from the 1,000-plus students attending the event at Arizona State University.
The former secretary of state says she is concerned about the direction of the nation but adds that "it's not just who runs for office" but what they do once they get there.
Clinton smiled and told the crowd that she was "obviously thinking about all kinds of decisions."


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By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Diddy and Rick Ross have taken a friendly game of dice to a new level. The Bad Boy honcho lost a cool $1 million to Rozay over a dice game recently and didn't even sweat it. "I just lost a million dollars. It ain't nothin#SuckMyD–kBitch" Diddy shared on Instagram.
The two then took to Twitter to explain what went down. "I just lost a million to @rickyrozay in the studio recording Big Homie" said Diddy, while Rozay threw in "I just won a Milli from @iamdiddy Go to my Instagram Now: Richforever." That's one way to be rich forever.
Rappers love to gamble. Last year, Birdman bet a whopping $5 million on the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XLVI. "I like New ENGLaNd.my nephew play RB# 42.I'm Bet 5million 2 any ni—-.like tha Giants YMCMB.BabyMoney anybody kan Getit," Birdman wrote on Twitter. Before that, Birdman proved to be the #1 stunna by betting $1 million on the Green Bay Packers—Lil Wayne's favorite team—who defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers during the Super Bowl.
50 Cent is also a big sports spender. Fiddy took in $500k after the NY Giants beat the 49ers in 2012 and boasted about his winnings all over social media. "Yo don't give that punk no attention. if I get shot ill only get up again. just watched a 500,000 dollar foot ball game get on my level. Chump." He then added, "I'm giving this money to my nana she gonna faint LMAO all she do is go to the church )" and "Some times I hear voices in my head they tell me thing. Like bet on the GIANTS so I listen now look."


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A t-shirt idea...Any thoughts on the screen printing process or the design itself?
EDIT - In order to stay on topic, this is a picture of a track god, to be worn on my fixed gear. What kind of messenger bag should be worn with this shirt?
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I know this topic has been hashed out in various forms over the years, but (hopefully) I've got a new tangent for my enquiry!
We are on the hunt for a new washing machine, and due to our new laundry layout, will have to get a front loader.
What I've read online points to Miele and Asko being the brands at the top of the list for quality, and water/energy efficiency. But my problem, is that I have animals, and I regularly wash their bedding, towels etc and want to make sure any new machine I get isn't going to have issues with pet hair clogging etc... On average I do about 1 pet load a week, and I use microfibre velcro balls in the wash in an effort to control the hair but any machine I get will have to be able to cope.
So my question is, does anyone with pets (who does regular pet loads) have a Miele or Asko machine, and how does it cope with the hair? What are people's recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
Edited: Changed post title to be more relevant to all brands, not just Asko or Miele.
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I found the answer on the Avast Message Board (thanks to the person who suggested that)
It's the Auto Sandbox's fault. Turn it off, or have it ask you every time. You can find it under Additional Protection on the left side of the Avast Window, click on Settings, and unclick the box "Enable Sandbox", or change the option to "Ask".
I updated Avast the other day - and found it royally screwing up another program I rely and depend on: FastStone Image Viewer. Both of these programs have worked together fine for years -- but now suddenly FastStone is crashing every time I try to use it.
FastStone basically loads, usually with a new message saying "Updating Database" (it usually never says that). There's a red line around the program windows - and after a second it crashes. Repeated attempts to open the program yield the exact same results.
I uninstalled both programs and reinstalled them. I installed FastStone first - and found the problem was gone. I reinstalled Avast - and the same issue arose.
Is there a way to fix this? Please explain anything as simply as possible -- I am not good with computers, and don't understand most tech talk.
This seems like a problem on Avast's part. I like Avast - but I like FastStone Image Viewer more. So if there isn't a solution, does anyone know of another free anti-virus service I could try?


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A unit for measuring the coolness of something. The origin of this scientific unit is the animated television show Futurama. Professor Hubert Farnesworth invents a Coolometer, which uses Megafonzies as a unit for coolness.
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Art lessens
Yale fracas reveals devolution of artistic purpose
Here is what Aliza Shvarts did for her final art project at Yale: Every month, for nine months, she would artificially inseminate herself, then induce an abortion. She would then take the blood and smear it on plastic sheets, all of which she would wrap around a four-foot plastic cube. In the final installation, she would hang up the cube and project upon it videos of her doing these things to herself and to her unborn children. That would be her work of art.
Yale officials insisted that Shvarts did not really do what she says she did. It was actually "performance art" designed to create the very outrage it provoked. Others insisted that the work was a hoax, pointing to the impossibility of getting pregnant so many times. Nevertheless, Shvarts stuck by her claim (see "Sex and lies," May 17/24).
Either way, though, an artist is offering up abortion as an art form. She kills her own children-in reality or possibility-to make an artistic statement. Even the Canaanites who sacrificed their children to Moloch did not go that far.
The conservative art critic Roger Kimball noted that Shvarts underscored that she was using an "herbal" abortifacient. To many in our cultural elite, abortion poses no moral problem, but not using "organic" products does!
What, though, was Shvarts' artistic intention? She wrote a column for the Yale Daily News explaining that one of her "conceptual goals" is to assert that "normative understandings of biological function" are a "mythology imposed on form."
"It is this mythology that creates the sexist, racist, ableist, nationalist and homophobic perspective, distinguishing what body parts are 'meant' to do from their physical capability. The myth that a certain set of functions are 'natural' (while all the other potential functions are 'unnatural') undermines that sense of capability, confining lifestyle choices to the bounds of normatively defined narratives. Just as it is a myth that women are 'meant' to be feminine and men masculine . . . it is a myth that ovaries and a uterus are 'meant' to birth a child."
This is the way Shvarts was taught to write and to think at Yale. What it means is that morality (norms), reality (nature), and purpose (meaning) are nothing more than myths, which, in turn, are the source of oppression. Because reality has no meaning at all, Shvarts thinks she can use her body any way she wants. She uses her "art" to flaunt her nihilistic worldview.
Traditionally, art was an affirmation of meaning. Art imitated, in sometimes complex ways, the forms of nature. Beauty was connected with both truth and goodness. For Shvarts, Yale's art department, and a significant swathe of today's art world, art has nothing to do with aesthetics. Instead of creating something intrinsically pleasing, these artists try to shock and repulse people, while those in the know smile ironically.
Notice that Christians, conservatives, and ordinary Americans are not the ones who oppose art. The enemies of art today can be found among the artists.
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Hi everybody here.
First of all I want to apologize for my english and if I write this topic where I can't.
At this moment I have installed ZCS in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 23 bit.
I want to create this server in the company I'm working.
My idea is that all users in my company have, at least, 2 email accounts configured in his zimbra user.
One account is the internal mail, (my server is emailzimbra.net) so I have my email firstname.lastname@example.com working. I can read and send emails withouth any problem.
But my problem is when I create my ISP's emails account (my isp is for example is myisp.com), I can read my emails because I configured my settings but my BIG BIG problem is that I can't send emails because I don't know where I have to configure my SMTP server (in this case smtp.myisp.com), so when I send some mail from email@example.com to email@example.com I recibe in firstname.lastname@example.com INBOX the Error Mail.
Someone can help me for configure SMTP of my provider? This smtp server needs user and pass.
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Sometimes the story behind the story is the story you really want to read, as this debut novel by Annalena McAfee, a respected British journalist and the wife of acclaimed novelist Ian ("Atonement") McEwan, shows so well in this smart, snarky satire of London's tabloid news biz.
It's the late 1990s, just before the Web juggernaut, when expense accounts ran high, reporters and editors got higher and journalistic standards sank as low as they could go—as the scandals rocking Rupert Murdoch's Fleet Street have since revealed.
Here we meet two women at a key juncture in their respective careers. Honor Tait, now in her 80s, is a legendary war correspondent with a new book to plug; Tamara Sim, in her 20s, is slogging through trash at a gossip rag.
When Honor was her age, she was covering the liberation of Buchenwald, while Tamara's stuck uncovering celebrity cellulite. As Tamara's editor—her married ex-lover—tells her at a bar, "I'm counting on you for some quality sleaze." Can she deliver the goods before the competition?
Not surprisingly, the subject of the profile does not wish to share intimate details of her private life, making clear what she thinks her profession has become: publishing "imbecilic morality tales for an amoral age." In the lingo, a "spoiler" means ruining what a rival thought was an exclusive story.
Here, McAfee adroitly plots the truth pursuit through clever twists and turns, and shows what the news of the world is too often made of.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Publication date
|21 Jan 1947
|Filing date
|20 Mar 1944
|Priority date
|20 Mar 1944
|Publication number
|Heide Elmer J Von Der
|Original Assignee
|Adamson United Company
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (3), Classifications (21)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Jab. 21, 19471 JQVON DER HEIDE 2,414,572
CALENDER REEL DRIVE Filed March 20, 1944 ElmerJ. van der Heide INVENTQR.
Patented Jan. 21, 1947 arisen 2,414,572 CALENDER REEL DRIVE Elmer (i. von der Heide, Akron, omo, asslgnor, by mesne assignments, ,to Adamson United Company, Akron, Ohio, a corporation of @hio Application March 20, 1944, Serial No. 527,314 2 Claims. (or. 91-48) This invention relates to reel drives for rubber calenders and the like.
Rubber calenders commonly involve a vertical stack of three or more continuously driven accurately spaced parallelrolls for converting rubber stock into a continuous sheet of desired uniform thickness. The stock is ordinarily supplied to and between the. upper rolls of the stack and, after passing around and back and forth between successive rolls, it passes in sheet form from the bottom rolls of the stack and onto, a reel upon which it is wound.
A calender is ordinarily driven by a variable speed motor so as to permit operation at any selected speed best suited for the work at hand. Also the several rolls of thestack are ordinarily geared together to rotate at the same or at different speeds In a three-roll calender, for instance,
, the motor is usually connected to drive the center roll ofthe stack; and two separate gear trains are provided selectively operable to drive the other rolls at the same speed as the center roll or at a lower speed. In any event, the rubber sheet issues from the calender at a rate corresponding to the peripheral speed of the bottom roll of the stack, a rate that is dependent not only upon the selected speed'oi the motor but also upon the selected gear train,
The calender also commonly serves to apply to or impregnate with the rubber sheet a preformed web or backing of fabric or the like by causing the latter to pass with the sheet between the botiormed web is ordinarily received from a supply reel and the resultant composite web passes onto the receiving reel. Also, quite frequently a web of appropriate liner material from another supply reel is fed directly into the roll of material on the receiving roll to separate the convolutions thereof in a manner to prevent adhesion therebetween.
the gear trains, because of their necessary size and arrangement impose an objectionable overhung load on the calender roll and also present, a lubricating problem that has never been satisfactorily solved.
One object of the present invention is to eliminate the objections and difficulties above noted. This I have accomplished by providing a separate motor for each reel so controlled as to maintain the tension in the traveling web substantially constant throughout the range of variation in roll diameters.
Another object is to provide an improved and more eflicient drive for the reels oi calenders.
Another object is to provide in a calender a new and improved electric reel drive.
Another object is to provide a new and ims proved electric control system for effecting proper coordination between reel and web speeds under all conditions of operation of the calender.
Other more specific objects and advantages will appear, expressed or implied, from the following description of an illustrative embodiment oi the present invention.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a schematic view diagrammatically illustrating a rubber calender equipped with a reel drive embodying the present invention.
tom rolls of the stack where they combine under pressure to form a composite web. The pre- As heretofore arranged-the supply and receiv- Fig. 2 is a diagram of an electric control system employed. h
The calender selected for illustration and envplanation is of a type involving a vertical stack of three rolls l0, H, and 52, which are supported in the usual manner in a conventional vertical frame not shown.
The center roll it is driven from a variable speed motor i3-through a pinion l4 and bull wheel l5 carried by the roll.
The top and bottom rolls l0 and i2 are driven from the center roll H, either at the same speed as the latter through a train of gears I 8. I1, and i8 of equal size, or at a lower speed through a separate train of gears I9, 20, and 2!, the center gear 20 being smaller than gears l9 and 2|. In this instance the gears i9, 20, and 2| are shown releasably connected to the rollers through approprlate means such as keys 22. When so connected the top and bottom rolls operate at speeds less than the center roll. To eflect operation or all of the rolls at the same speed the keys 22 are withdrawn and transferred to the gears I8, l1, and I8 of the other train so as to render the rolls responsive to the latter.
A reel, here shown as a spindle 25, is arranged in fljqmi Qi the calender to receive and wind into a roll 26 the web 21 as it issues from between the bottom pair of rolls I I and i2.
A similar reel 28, supporting a supply roll .29 of fabric or other appropriate backing'material, is arranged behind the calender in position to deliver the backing material in the form of a web 30 to and between the lower pair'of rolls II and I2, by which it is pressed onto the rubber web,v
tion gear units 33 and 34 respectively. The motors are connected in parallel circuits 35 and 35'. both energized preferably by a single direct current electric generator 36 which is driven at a speed corresponding to the speed of the calender. The generator 36 is shown directly. coupled to'the main driving motor |3 so that its speed is always proportional particularly to the speed of the center roll I I.
As indicated in the diagram of Fig. 2, the generator 36 has a separately excited field 31 normally of constant strength, so that the voltage enerated and transmitted to the motors 3| and and consequently to the speed of the center roll II of the calender, and so that, unless otherwise regulated, both motors would operate at speeds proportional to that of the roll II and consequently proportional to the rate of travel of the web 21 when the roll I2 is geared to operate at the same speed as roll I].
However, the rate of travel of the web 21 is determined by the speed of the bottom roll 12, so that when the latter is geared to operate at a speed lower than that of roll II the speed of the inotors 3| and 32 should be correspondingly reduced. This is effected preferably by reducing the accomplished in various ways the control system shown and about to be described has proven quite satisfactory for the purpose. 4
In this instance each motor 3| and 32 has a separately excited field 40, 40' and'the control system shown includes a separate controller 0 or C for each motor automatically operable to regulate the motor field in a manner to maintain armature current constant throughout the range of speeds of each motor driven reel. It is, of course, understood that for any given web speed the power required to maintain a constant tension in the web is necessarily constant, and that this condition is satisfied by maintaining armature current constant, because, as above noted, the motor voltage derived from the generator 36 is constant for any given web speed. This is true 32 is proportional to the speed of the generator When the bottom roll I2 is geared to operate at a speed lower than the center roll II, the switch I 39 is opened and the resistance 31 is effective to reduce the strength of the generator field, and when theroll I2 is geared to operate at the same speed as the roll II, the switch 39 is closed to short circuit the resistance 38 and thereby increase the generator field to full strength. Whatever the conditions of operation, generator voltpensate for changes in the rate of travel of the motor torque in order to maintain a constant tension in the web 21. Also, as the web 39 unwraps from the supply reel 28the diameter of the supply roll 29 gradually decreases, thereby necessitating a gradual increase in speed and reduction in even though motor speed varies with variations in reel speeds, because such speed variations are accompanied by proportionate but invers variav nating current source through a circuit 42 and transformer 43.
Each thyratron tube 4| contains the usual heater filament 44 energized from a secondary winding 45 of the transformer 43 through a circuit 46, and the anodes 41 of each pair of tubes are connected preferably through protective resistors 48 to opposite ends of a second secondary winding 49 of the transformer 43 from which they are energized. Each pair of tubes also con tain the usual cathodes 50 which are both connected through one side of the circuit 46 to and through a variable resistor 6| to one side 52 of the motor field circuit 40 or 40' to excite the latter. In this instance side 52 of the field circult is connected to the moveable contact 53 of the resistor 5| and contains a second variable re sistor 54 by which the field strength may be manually regulated. The other side 55 of each motor field circuit is connected to the winding 49 at a midpoint thereof. The field 4|] and 40' of each motor is thus energized from one of the windings 49 through the pair of thyratron tubes connected therewith.
The fiow of electrical energy through the tubes however is regulated by regulating the potential on the grids 56. In this instance, the grids are energized from a third secondary winding 51 of the transformer 43 through means arranged to maintain the required out-of-phase relation between the grid and anode potentials. The means shown for this purpose includes a resistor 59 and a variable inductance 60 respectively connected to sistor 63. A capacitator connected across the grid 56 and cathode 50 of each tube serves to smooth out the pulsations in current flowing through the latter.
Grid regulation is effected through a control circuit between the grid and cathode of each tube and including resistors 59 and 55 connected in series with each other and with and between the variable resistor 5i and the winding 62 at a mid point of the latter. This control circuit is rendered, responsive to variations in current in the associated motor circuit 35 or 35', and for this purpose the resistor 65 is connected across the commutating field 55 or 66 of the associated ture current tends to increase, but the controller responds by progressively decreasing the field strength, and thereby maintaining constant curmotor through leads 61 and 58, so that any varia- For example, the controller C for the wind-up motor 3| may be adjusted, by adjusting the resistor 51, to provide excitation of the motor field 40 corresponding to a speed above the weak field speed of the motor, so that the motor tends to drive the receiving reel 25 at a speed greater than the calender roll. Then, when the first wrap of the web 21 is taken by the reel 25; any slack in the web is rapidly taken up and tension is established. Thereupon, the armature current immediately increases as a result of the reduction in motor speed, and the controller immediately functions to increase the field strength and thereby establish the armature current at the desired value, this value being determined not only by the setting of the resistor 5| but also by manual adjustment of the resistor 54.
rent, until maximum speed at weak field is established, a speed that corresponds to the speed of the supply reel at minimum roll diameter.
It will thus be noted that, controlled in the manner above described, both motors 3| and 32 will operate at the varying speeds and torques necessary to maintain a constant tension in both webs 2'! and at a given calenderspeed, and that this condition prevails at all speeds of operation of the calender since the voltage developed by the generator and transmitted to both motors is always proportional to the rate of operation of the calender.
Moreover, this condition maintains whether the calender is adjusted to eflect operation of the bottom roll 12 at the same speed as the center roll II or at a lower speed. Whenever the bottom roll I2 is operating at the lower speed,
the switch 39 is opened so that the resistor 38 is effective to reduce the strength of the generator field 31 and thereby reduce the voltage to a value corresponding to the lower web speed resulting from the reduced speed of the bottom roll l2; and whenever the bottom roll I2 is operating I at the same speed as the center roll I l, the switch strength so that the generated voltage is in- Thereafter, as the roll 28 on the reel 25 builds I up, the armature current tends to increase as the motor speed decreases, but to each increment of increase in current the controller responds by.
. gradually increases until full field or base speed is established, the base speed corresponding to the speed of the reel at maximum roll'diameter.
The controller C for the unwind motor 32 is 1 adjusted in a similar manner to provide an initial field strength greater than full field at base speed, so that the motor 32 tends to operate in the same direction as motor 3| but at a speed such that the speed of the supply roll 29 is less than that ofv the calender rolls. Consequently, when the web 30 is threaded into the calender, any slack therein is rapidly taken up by the calender until tension in the web is established. Thereupon, the speed of the motor 32 increases and thereafter the motor functions as a braking generator returning electrical energy to the system through the circuit 35'; The controller C iunctions-in substantially the same manner as the controller C to maintain the generated current substantially constant by decreasing the field strength as the speed of the braking generator (motor 32) increases. That is to say, as the size of the roll 23 gradually decreases with a resultant increase in braking generator speed, the armacreased to a value corresponding to the higher web speed. I
It will be further noted that with the motors 3| and 32 thus separately controlled in a man- 'ner to maintain the armature current in each circuit 35 and 35' substantially constant, the current thus maintained constitutes a measure of the tension maintained in each web 21 and 30. This is readily demonstrated. The power required to maintain a given tension in either web is the product of web speed times web tension, and the power supplied by each motor for maintaining that tension is equal to the product of the voltage and current maintained in each motor circuit, and since, as above pointed out, the voltage in both circuits 35 and 35' is the same for any given web speed, it necessarily follows that the current maintained in each circuit 35 and 35 is proportional to the tension in \the corresponding web. Therefore, an ammeter placed in either circuit 35 or 35' will provide an accurate visible indication of the tension in the web 21 or 30, respectively, and constitute a useful guide in regulating the tension in either web which may be readily accomplished by appropriate manual adjustment of one or the other of the variable resistors 54.
A reversing switch 10 is preferably included in the field circuit 52-55 of each motor 3| and 32 to permit reversal of either motor at will.
Various changes may be made in the embodiment or the invention hereinabove specifically described without departing from or sacrificing the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
I claim: 1. The combination of a calender having a stack of rolls coacting to form and apply a-sheet sequent variation in the rate oi discharge of said combined web and sheetfrom said rolls, a second motor for driving said reel, a generator driven by said first named motor for normally maintaining the armature voltage of said second motor proportional to the speed of said first named motor, means for varying the field strength of said generator to thereby modify said voltage in accordance with the variation in speed ratio between said rolls, and an electronic controller responsive to the armature current of said second motor for maintaining said armatur current substantially constant throughout the speed 1 range of said reel.
2. The combination 01' a calender having a stack of rolls coacting to form andapply a sheet or rubber or the like to a web, means for supplying the web thereto, a reel for receiving the'combined web and sheet formed by said rolls, a motor for driving said reel at varying speeds tocompensate for variations in diameter of the roll of material thereon, means adjustable to vary the speed ratio between said rolls with a consequent variation in .the rate of discharge of said combined web and sheet from said rolls-means for maintaining the armature voltage of said motor substantially proportional to said rate of discharge of said combined web and sheet. and an electronic controller responsive to the armature current of said motor for maintaining. said current substantially constant.
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|3 Nov 1951
|11 May 1954
|Olin Ind Inc
|Automatic reel drive control
|10 May 2004
|7 Feb 2006
|Murphy Willis A
|Laminating machine
|10 May 2004
|10 Nov 2005
|Murphy Willis A
|Laminating machine
|U.S. Classification
|156/361, 318/7, 242/412.1, 156/495, 156/555, 242/414.1
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce the 2011 Starr of Excellence Award winner, Marilyn Cade.
This award was presented to Mrs. Cade at the May 6, 2011 concert with pianists Angela Cheng, Alvin and Alan Chow at Court Street United Methodist Church in Rockford.
Marilyn Cade has taught piano in Rockford for many years. She started Rockford's first Suzuki piano training program at the Music Academy of Rockford College. Her students have competed successfully in the Chandler Starr Miller Scholarship, Beloit/Janesville Symphony Concerto, and World Piano Competitions, Greater Rockford Music Teachers Association and Illinois State Music Teacher Association assessments, and Rockford Youth Symphony Orchestra and Young Keyboard Artists Association auditions. Marilyn is a longtime supporter of Mendelssohn PAC youth programs and has served as adjudicator in the Chandler Starr Miller Scholarship Competition's piano division.
Marilyn is an accomplished pianist who frequently performs on Mendelssohn PAC's concert season and Music On Main series. She is also co-chair of Mendelssohn PAC's Piano Club. In addition, Marilyn has given many performances at the Music Academy over the years. She held the principal chair for piano with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra for fifteen years. Marilyn is also active in the Greater Rockford Music Teachers Association, the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women, and at First Presbyterian Church.
The Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center initiated the annual Starr of Excellence Award in 1985. The award is named after Mrs. Chandler Starr, who established the Mendelssohn Club in 1884 and was also its president for many years. The award is given to those who have made a major contribution to the advancement of quality music in the Rockford area, is significantly involved in the community, and can be held up as a role model, particularly to youth.
For more information, please call 815-964-9713 or visit our website at www.mendelssohnpac.org.


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The load is 22 feet by 3 inches wide, 17 feet by 2 inches high, and 221 feet by 8 inches in length, and weighs 1,134,332 pounds.
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Survivor: One World — Watch 2 Minutes Of The Premiere!
February 14, 2012 12:46 PM by Ryan Haidet
It has been weeks since Sophie Clarke was crowned the winner of Survivor: South Pacific, but a whole new adventure starts tomorrow night. Survivor: One World — the 24th edition of the show — begins with 18 all-new castaways in Samoa in the always epic battle for $1 million. If you truly can't wait for the show to begin, we have a treat for you because two minutes of the premiere episode have been posted online. Read on for more info and to watch the marooning and some of the game's early schemes!
The exclusive video from the Survivor: One World premiere — posted on EW.com — shows host Jeff Probst revealing the tribe names and colors to the batch of newbies. Then the game immediately begins when Probst says, "Before I send you on your adventure, I'm going to give you 60 seconds to strip everything you can off this truck. Got it? Your time starts now."
As the two tribes gather the goods from the truck, Michael Jefferson shows his villainous colors by swiping some of the Salani tribe's stash when they're not paying any attention. When the 60 seconds wraps up, the women's tribe looks stunned by the few supplies they actually acquired. "Where's that ax that we got?" one of them says. "I brought an ax over here so somebody come on our territory and took one."
Click here to watch the exclusive two minutes on EW.com
Although the guys deny stealing anything, Michael owns up to his deed in an early confessional. "I stole everything from them. It was just too easy, it was like I had to go get it."
While it's not the most thrilling marooning Survivor has ever done, Michael's move definitely makes the whole thing exciting. If this is just a sign of all that's in store, Survivor: One World could be a solid season. It all kicks off at 8 p.m. EST this Wednesday night!
What do you think of Michael? Do you think his move to steal the women's stuff was fair? Who is your favorite castaway so far? Who do you like the least? Who is the best looking? Who is the strongest? Which tribe do you think will win the first challenge? Who will be voted off first? Get the chatter going and leave a comment below!
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I was a bit frustrated after having two questions closed on SO one was claimed to be too general one was too specific. Fortunately I got what I needed/ was hoping to get from the questions but after the second was closed I flagged it and asked for a moderator to review the second closing. The closing voters said I should move the question to code review which I did not know about until that comment but I was struggling to see how my question was different from many of the other questions on the site.
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