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The whole Christmas thing has changed a lot since the 50's. As a little yum-yum, there was not much happening around Christmas except for church and Santa. To say that my family was poor would be a bit of an exaggeration. We lived in a nice house, my grandparents' house; we had enough food and a really old, used car. Yeah, sure, a big day was when my brother would decide which pair of his old socks I could have, but my grandmother had darned them so much that toes and heels felt like they were filled with poker chips.
Kids' styles were almost like adults'. The most popular designer of that era was Uncle Sam. We went directly from patched blue jeans and high-top, black tennis shoes to army-style cargo-pants and black combat boots with buckles on the top. The winter coats were wool, and scarves, ear muffs and army-green wool gloves plus knit-tassel caps with a yarn ball on the top were all the rage.
I'll admit that I had a few affectations in those days, nothing like I do today. For example, I wanted my blue jeans to have noticeably ironed creases in the front, and I loved to wear button-down-collar shirts. It was not unusual for me to wear long underwear, but these cotton long johns were always white, and I really hated when they showed in the space between my socks and my pants cuffs or rolled up blue jeans. So, I remember spending a lot of time pulling down on my pants or pulling up on my socks.
A few weeks before Christmas, my dad always managed to buy the craziest looking Christmas tree on the lot. It was usually a long-needled Scotch pine tree that always lost half of its needles by the third day of its inside existence. We had shiny, bright, very fragile glass ornaments, and boxes of lead-based icicles that we placed on the branches one-by-one, by hand, until they produced a delicate icy look. Mom and Dad were responsible for stringing the lights and supervising the hanging of the balls and controlling the meticulous stringing of the icicles. Some hand-strung popcorn, and an outsized white angel topped off the decorations along with a fluffy cotton, snow-like tree skirt casually wrapped around the trunk.
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Our wish lists were relatively modest with requests for things like Lincoln Logs or Block City (a precursor to Legos), a Winky Dink and You with Magic Kit (plastic screen/crayons/craser),and a truck or some plastic toy soldiers. Of course grandmothers came through with a little cash and underwear, and aunts always provided at least one or two pairs of argyle socks. My paper route customers gave me some handkerchiefs, a fifty cent piece here or there and plenty of hot chocolate. Expectations were carefully managed by my mom who would say, "Nicky, don't expect much from Mrs. Musser or Mrs. Coter because they are living on their Social Security checks just like your grandmothers."
I'm not sure how much Social Security checks were in those days, but if I got a $5 bill from my Italian grandparents, it was an enormous gift. My English/Scot- Irish grandmother was even more frugal with gifts that came from her change purse because she had so many grandkids, but it was the thought that counted, and even as little kids we knew not to expect much in the way of cash from our elders.
On Christmas Eve my brother and I were permitted to open one small present after Midnight Mass, before we went to bed to wait for Santa Claus. When we finally fell asleep, morning came very quickly. In fact, we were usually waking up our parents at the same time the neighbor's rooster started to crow. Like I said, it was a very different time, and it left some distinct memories.


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the season and caught fish that were in poor condition due to fishermen
mishandling them. I'm sure it's not purposeful, but when fishermen net fish
using the traditional net, the fins and gills get abused. Another common
problem with the common net is flies getting caught. Most of us have spent
some time attempting to detangle flies or being forced to cut into our net
bags to remove the stuck flies.
There are some new rubber net bags on the market, which are designed
to alleviate these problems. I used one from Fisknat (retail $89.95) for
my last couple of outings and was impressed. These nets are beautifully
handmade in Washington State, using a variety of high quality hardwoods.
The thing I liked the most, though, was how the fish slide around freely
in the net and don't get caught up in the webbing. It's easy to release
them and your flies do not get stuck at all. The bag does weigh more (.6
lbs), and creates more drag in the water when going to net the fish. I
couldn't feel the weight difference when the net was attached to my back
in the traditional way. However, if you need to quickly scoop through
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CHICAGO , September 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KONE received a major order to supply and install KONE EcoSystem MR(TM) elevators, KONE ECO3000(R) transit escalators and KONE autowalks for the new Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport...
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
A firsthand look at aquatic life at the 2012 Green Neighbor Family Festival, following the Urban Runoff 5K, at Deering High School in Portland. This year's race and festival take place Saturday.
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"Flaws for a Cause," sale of handmade tableware including unique, slightly flawed pieces to benefit Cultivating Community, Maine Potters Market, Portland. Free admission. mainepottersmarket.com. Thursday to April 30.
"Run-A-Hound" 5K, benefits Youthlinks; Youthlinks, Rockland. $15; $10 with dog; $8 for students. youthlinksonline.org. 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
"Hope Flies: Miles in Memory of Michaela 5K Run and Walk," benefit for the Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine in honor of Michaela Gaetjens, Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford. $20; $10 for ages 12 and under. bit.ly/MilesMichaela. 9 a.m. Saturday.
Shakespeare's Birthday Bash, buffet, cash bar, music by Spare Parts, auction, Shakespeare trivia and prizes; benefits Theater at Monmouth; The Emporium, Readfield. $25. 685-7348. 6 p.m. Saturday.
WMPG Fashion Show, benefits community radio station WMPG, 18-plus; Asylum, Portland. $10; $5 for students with ID. wmpg.org. 8 p.m. Saturday.
"Dish" Dinner and Discussion with Monica Wood, author of "When We Were the Kennedys"; benefits Falmouth Memorial Library; Falmouth Sea Grill. falmouthmemoriallibrary.org/dishbenefit. $75 (includes meal, drinks, tax and gratuity). 6 p.m. Monday.
Goodwill's Little Black Dress Event, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, music by The Wetsuits, and live and silent auctions; benefits veterans and their families; Ocean Gateway Terminal, Portland. $35; two tickets for $60. goodwillnne.org. 6 to 9 p.m. April 25.
King Middle School Faculty Talent Show and Auction, fundraiser for seventh-grade trip to Camp Kieve, King Middle School, Portland. $6; $3 for students. king.portlandschools.org. 5:15 to 8 p.m. April 25.
Chocolate Buffet, chocolate confections by Wilbur's of Maine, silent auction and music by Morse musicians; benefits Morse High School Project Graduation; Bath Middle School. $20. 798-0269. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 25.
Laser Mania 2013, laser light festival, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $5.50; $1 for 3-D glasses. usm.maine.edu/planet. "Laser Perseus + Andromeda," noon; "Electrolaze!", new techno/dance laser show, 2 p.m.; "Laser Orion," 3 p.m.
Poets Kristen Lindquist and Dave Morrison, performance of pieces inspired by Amy Waldman's novel "The Submission" with acoustic musicians Anna and Dave Patterson, Lithgow Public Library, Augusta. Free. www.lithgow.lib.me.us. 6 p.m.
Laser Mania 2013, laser light festival, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $5.50; $1 for 3-D glasses. usm.maine.edu/planet. "Laser Orion," noon; "Laser Beatles," 2 p.m.; "Laser Perseus + Andromeda," 3 p.m.; Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon," 7 p.m.; "Laser Vinyl," 8 p.m.
Laser Mania 2013, laser light festival, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $5.50; $1 for 3-D glasses. usm.maine.edu/planet. "Laser Perseus + Andromeda," 1 p.m.; "Laser Orion," 3 p.m.; Pink Floyd's "The Wall," 7 p.m.; "Laser Led Zeppelin," 8 p.m.
Urban Runoff 5K and Green Neighbor Family Festival, Earth Day celebration with 5K road race, kids' obstacle course, live entertainment, face painting and more, Deering High School, Portland. Festival is free; 5K costs $25 ($15 for ages 17 and under and $60 for families). urbanrunoff5k.com/p/festival.html. 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. (race); 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (festival)
30th Annual Gem and Mineral Show, more than 25 vendors, Saint Joseph's College (Harold Alfond Center), Standish. $4; $3 for seniors and students; free for ages 12 and under. 893-6617. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Great American Kids Fair, indoor fair with bounce houses, games, rides and more, Portland Expo. gakidsfair.com. $15; $10 with donation of non-perishable food item; free for ages 3 and under. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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Located within close proximity of South Beach, Lincoln Road, and the Art Deco district, the Holiday Inn Miami Beach - Oceanfront offers direct access to a nearby beach. This Miami Beach hotel has an outdoor pool with a sundeck and poolside bar. Beach towels are provided.
A 24-hour fitness facility and complimentary WiFi are available to guests. A restaurant overlooks the pool, and a lounge is located in the hotel lobby. Events may be scheduled in the hotel's 7 meeting/conference rooms spanning 7,800 square feet (702 square meters).
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Room service (limited hours)
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Audiovisual equipment
- Total number of rooms - 253
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- Porter/bellhop
- Television in lobby
- Patio
- Number of floors - 8
- Elevator/lift
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
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Paradise Cafe - Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this dining venue serves American fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Blue Parrot Bar - With ocean and pool views, this bar serves afternoon appetizers and drinks.
Poolside Tiki Bar - Overlooking the yard, pool, and Atlantic; serves grilled dishes and tropical drinks.
Room Service - Available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Holiday Inn Miami Beach is a beachfront hotel with direct access to the ocean. Water sports equipment is available on the beach (surcharge). The hotel offers an outdoor pool with a sundeck. Guests have complimentary access to the exercise room, with a treadmill, three exercise bikes, and body solid multi-stations.
Golf courses are plentiful in Miami Beach, and Bayshore, a public 18-hole course, is less than two miles from the hotel.
Waverunners are available nearby.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Sailing nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Volleyball nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
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Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Pay
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- You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service dogs are allowed
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: USD 15.00 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 25 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 29 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per night
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Crimson Wind
Max knows what trusting the wrong person can cost you. Her former friend Giselle, a powerful witch, enslaved Max years ago, turning her into a Shadowblade—a deadly warrior compelled to fight for Giselle. But there's more at stake now than Max's thirst for revenge. The Guardians, overseers of the magical world, have declared war on humanity and on any witches not standing with them. Max and Giselle have come to an uneasy truce in order to protect what's left of Horngate, their coven's home. Max would do anything for Horngate—even give herself over to a mysterious otherworldly creature in the nearby mountains in exchange for his help. But first, she intends to save the mortal family she left behind. And Alexander, the Shadowblade warrior who could be her closest ally or her deadliest enemy, is going with her.
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wincache_ucache_info — Retrieves information about data stored in the user cache
$summaryonly = false
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Retrieves information about data stored in the user cache.
Controls whether the returned array will contain information about individual cache entries along with the user cache summary.
The key of an entry in the user cache. If specified then the returned array will contain information only about that cache entry. If not specified and
summaryonlyis set to
FALSEthen the returned array will contain information about all entries in the cache.
Return Values
Array of meta data about user cache or
FALSE on failure
The array returned by this function contains the following elements:
- total_cache_uptime - total time in seconds that the user cache has been active
- total_item_count - total number of elements that are currently in the user cache
- is_local_cache - true is the cache metadata is for a local cache instance, false if the metadata is for the global cache
- total_hit_count - number of times the data has been served from the cache
- total_miss_count - number of times the data has not been found in the cache
ucache_entries - an array that contains the information about all the cached items:
- key_name - name of the key which is used to store the data
- value_type - type of value stored by the key
- use_time - time in seconds since the file has been accessed in the opcode cache
- last_check - time in seconds since the file has been checked for modifications
- is_session - indicates if the data is a session variable
- ttl_seconds - time remaining for the data to live in the cache, 0 meaning infinite
- age_seconds - time elapsed from the time data has been added in the cache
- hitcount - number of times data has been served from the cache
Example #1 Using wincache_ucache_info()
wincache_ucache_set('green', 2922);
The above example will output:
Array ( ["total_cache_uptime"] => int(0) ["is_local_cache"] => bool(false) ["total_item_count"] => int(1) ["total_hit_count"] => int(3) ["total_miss_count"] => int(1) ["ucache_entries"] => Array(1) ( [1] => Array(6) ( ["key_name"] => string(5) "green" ["value_type"] => string(4) "long" ["is_session"] => int(0) ["ttl_seconds"] => int(0) ["age_seconds"] => int(0) ["hitcount"] => int(3) ) ) )
See Also
- wincache_fcache_meminfo() - Retrieves information about file cache memory usage
- wincache_ocache_fileinfo() - Retrieves information about files cached in the opcode cache
- wincache_ocache_meminfo() - Retrieves information about opcode cache memory usage
- wincache_rplist_meminfo() - Retrieves information about memory usage by the resolve file path cache
- wincache_rplist_fileinfo() - Retrieves information about resolve file path cache
- wincache_refresh_if_changed() - Refreshes the cache entries for the cached files
- wincache_ucache_meminfo() - Retrieves information about user cache memory usage
- wincache_scache_info() - Retrieves information about files cached in the session cache
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Resources for Current Students
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2014-15 Cornell Off-Campus Courses Payment Schedules
This document includes the most up-to-date payment deadlines for Cornell Off-Campus Courses, as well as the account numbers that should payments should accompany. You may send payments to:Off-Campus StudiesCornell College600 First Street SWMount Vernon, IA 52314-1098
To ensure proper credit please check that the student's name appears on the check as well as the account number for the course trip.
Off-Campus Course Student Waivers
Off-Campus Course Health Information Form (Students)
Off-Campus Study Handbook : Everything you needed to know about off-campus study at Cornell in a PDF.
Student Checklist : The study abroad process from start to finish. Information about about program applications, financial aid, and transferring your credits to Cornell.
Financing your Study Abroad Experience: Learn about scholarships and fellowships for all levels of study through Academic Affairs, or for information about scholarships (Cornell and outside), and post-graduate opportunities please contact Kimberly Cullen (x4385), Coordinator of International and Off-Campus Study, second floor, Old Sem.
Tips for Writing an Effective Scholarship/Fellowship: Make your scholarship application stand out.
International Students Visa Resource Sheet: If you are an international student interested in participating in an off-campus opportunity you may need to obtain additional visas. Here is some information about where to start.
Insurance Information: Students and faculty traveling on Cornell-sponsored course trips are covered by a supplemental plan through EIIA/AIG.
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McPherson Valley Wetlands Waterfowl Report
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From a few hundred to 10,000 (light and dark) in the general area. Numbers vary greatly by day.
Right now, an excellent opportunity exists to view waterfowl in spring plumage!
|Mallard Migration Rank
Current rank: 1
This rank is subjective and ranges from 0 (no mallards) to 10 (peak numbers)
|Water level
|Hunting conditions
|Expected hunting success
MPWL harvest results as of 2/3/14:
Season totals: 3,660 hunters have harvested 6,011 ducks.
This surpasses our single season harvest record (3,214) set in 2008.
Hunters have also harvested 482 pheasants, which also surpasses our single season harvest record of 474 harvested in 2004.
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The following post is from Roy Levin, distinguished engineer and managing director, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley.
On Tuesday, we dusted off the source code for early versions of MS-DOS and Word for Windows. With the help of the Computer History Museum, we are making this code available to the public for the first time.
The museum has done an excellent job of curating some of the most significant historical software programs in computing history. As part of this ongoing project, the museum will make available two of the most widely used software programs of the 1980's, MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, to help future generations of technologists better understand the roots of personal computing.
Update for Windows 8.1: Note that System Image Backup in Windows 8.1 has been moved to the lower left corner of the File History tool in Control Panel as shown below.
In addition, the Windows 7 File Recovery tool in Control Panel has been renamed to the Recovery tool in Windows 8.1.
Have you recently installed Windows 8? In this article, we'll introduce you to the new options available for making Backup and Recovery in Windows 8 easier than ever, including Windows 8 File History, launching Windows System Backup and Windows 8 Refresh & Reset PC.
Quarterbacks rely on receiving a reliable snap as the first step toward a first down – and eventually a touchdown – every time they run a play. Now with the recently released Xbox One, armchair quarterbacks around the country have a true game-changer: being able to "snap" official NFL highlights, stats, news and scores – along with fantasy football – next to live TV broadcasts of NFL games. And with Surface – the official tablet of the NFL – fans have a device that, at their fingertips, gives lightning fast responses as they blitz through apps like Xbox SmartGlass, NFL Mobile and NFL Game Rewind.
NFL Fan = 14, Being overwhelmed by multi-tasking during games = 0. No flags on the play, but let's get a recap and see what led to the NFL fan pulling ahead.


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Articles by Dr. Scott Turansky
- Why Firmness Doesn't Require Harshness
- Why Fair Doesn't Mean Equal
- What's Your Child's Personality Type?
- Time Out or Take a Break ?
- Three Factors to Remember About Character Training
- The Value of Generosity
- The Unmotivated Child
- The Secret to Prompt Obedience
- The Secret to Helping Children to Do What's Right
- The Secret to Constructive Discipline
- Teaching Children about Sex
- Taking a Break vs. Time Out
- Strong-willed Kids
- Some Suggestions for Dealing with Attention Deficit Disorder
- More Than Obedience
- How to Stop the Whining and Complaining
- How to Make Parenting Shifts
- How to Bookmark the Good Days in Parenting
- How to Avoid the Boxing Ring with Your Kids
- Honor one another – even your brothers and sisters!
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- Honor favor #9: Adopting others
- Honor favor #8: Helping others in conflict
- Honor favor #7: Speech
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- Honor favor #5: Generosity
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- Honor Changes People
- Helping Children Deal with Their Anger
- Gratitude or Overindulgence?
- Emotions are Complex Tools for Communication
- Discipline - Run the Parenting Race
- Defibrillating Your Child's Heart
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- Character Training Step 6: Follow-up – Continue to Work on Solutions
- Character Training Step 5 Motivation – Inspire Change
- Character Training Step 4: Treatment – Provide Instructions for Working on the Solution
- Character Training Step 3: Solution – Name and Define Each Solution
- Character Training Step 2: How to Diagnose Strengths and Weaknesses
- Character Training Step 1: Observation – Recognize the Problem
- Character Training – A Systematic Approach
- Behavior: Getting to the Heart of It
- Attitudes – Bad to Good
- Affirming Effort Toward Right Behavior
- A Work In Progress
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Character Training Step 4: Treatment – Provide Instructions for Working on the Solution
Once you've determined the first positive character quality you want your child to develop, go back to your list of negative behaviors and identify ones that relate. Quite likely, you'll have more than one group of negative behaviors to address.
With your list of negative symptoms on one side of the paper, create a new list identifying how the positive character quality would demonstrate itself. Which specific, positive behaviors could help to define the character quality and replace the negative actions? Be as specific, clear, simple, and practical as possible. This list will become your measuring stick for improvement. Remember, young children are concrete thinkers, so it's important for you to paint the picture of what this new character quality will look like on a day-to-day basis. For example, your daughter may respond poorly when you give her instructions. She may grumble, complain, or become angry when you ask her to do a task. As you work through the character-development plan, you may determine that she needs the character quality of respectfulness or graciousness. The treatment step asks the question, "What would you like your child to do differently?" You might teach her that when you instruct her, she needs to answer, "Okay," and maintain a good attitude.
One dad said, "This step was interesting for us. Sometimes I would get stuck not knowing what a better response would be. When Ryan (age 13) was mean to Ricky (age 11), Ricky became angry, mean, and resentful. But what was a better response? It's hard to experience mistreatment without retaliating. The treatment step gave Ricky and me some great opportunities to talk. I could empathize with him, and he felt like I understood his predicament."
The dad continued. "I saw that I needed to get involved more in their conflict, and I invited Ricky to come to me when he was feeling abused by his brother. I helped him know how to respond with graciousness and forgiveness instead of anger and bitterness. My involvement in the boys' conflict was the single most effective approach I used to connect with Ricky on a deeper level. He grew quite a bit through that."
Of course, it's also important to work with the offender, not just the victim. When children are young, they sometimes hit, kick, bite, or grab when they're trying to solve problems. You may tell them that they need to be kind to each other, but it's best to also give them specific things they can do to demonstrate kindness. Encourage them to talk about the problem, to "use words." When children are very young, tell them exactly which words to use, such as "I don't like it when you do that!" Then teach them that if words don't work effectively, they should get help from a responsible adult, rather than resorting to fighting.
Click here for Step 5: Motivation – Inspire Change
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Looks like that connection is a glued joint, and there is no repair for that. It will have to be cut out, new pipe splice in. It appears that the bushing at the inlet to the manifold is also glued. If so, you have major assembly rebuild on your hands.
This was a nice neat manifold assembly , and the drawback to building it that way, instead of sprawled out.!!....is that repairs are a big deal.
edit: After taking a second look at the photo, I realize the leak is between two manifold sections. That leak spot you point to may not be a joint at all. It may be crack in the fitting itself, if it is leaking exactly at the tip of your arrow. If it is just to the left of the arrow, that appears to be a glue joint between two sections of premade manifold, and it will not be repairable. Gonna need a fistful of fittings and rebuild this whole thing!


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Stocks ended narrowly mixed in lackluster trading on the final day of November, as investors were reluctant to make big bets ahead of the weekend amid ongoing "fiscal cliff" discussions.
Stocks have been choppy in the recent weeks as investors reacted to a chain of mixed remarks from lawmakers in Washington on the progress of the fiscal cliff talks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a gain of 3.76 points to close at 13,025.04 in volatile trading. Wal-Mart gained, while Microsoft lagged.
The S&P 500 squeezed out a gain of 0.23 points to end at 1,416.25, while the Nasdaq slipped 1.79 points, to finish at 3,010.24. Both indexes ended in positive territory for the month. The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, finished near 16.
For the month, the Dow slipped 0.55 percent, while the S&P 500 rose 0.29 percent, and the Nasdaq rallied 1.11 percent. Intel was the worst monthly performer on the Dow, while Cisco soared.
For the month, utilities lagged, while consumer discretionaries gained.
"This is still a market that's focused on headlines from Washington," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial. "But you're not seeing any big selloffs given all the headlines, so investors suspect that despite headlines suggesting the gulf is widening between the two parties, negotiations are still going on behind the scenes."
President Obama traveled to a factory Pennsylvania to press his case on raising taxes on the wealthy to narrow the deficit. The president is still negotiating with Republicans on how to avoid the steep automatic tax increases and spending cuts that will kick in soon without a deal. (Read More: Millions at Risk of 'AMT Shock')
Meanwhile, Speaker John Boehner said at a press conference that Republicans are "right now, almost nowhere" in regards to the fiscal cliff talks with the White House.
"In terms of seasonality, the first two weeks of December bodes well for the market and if Washington can assuage fears that they'll get something done, you could still see a nice move for the market," added Krosby, telling investors to keep an eye on the 10-year yield for "confirmation from the treasury market that the economy is improving and gaining traction."
On the economic front, consumer spending slipped in October, falling for the first time in five months, according to the Commerce Department. The decline suggested slower economic growth for the fourth quarter. Economists polled by Reuters expected spending to be flat last month.
Meanwhile, business activity in the Midwest expanded for the first time since August, with the the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago business barometer gaining to 50.4 in November. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the regional economy.
European shares ended near a 17-month high after Germany's parliament approved new aid measures for Greece, including the reduction of interest Greece pays on loans and the release of bailout funds.
Zynga fell after the online game maker and Facebook revised their two year-old agreement. Facebook will now be able to develop its own games after the end of March, while Zynga no longer has to display Facebook ads or use Facebook payments on its own properties.
For the month, Facebook shares are up more than 30 percent.
Yum Brands tumbled after the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut handed in a 2013 earnings growth guidance that was below expectations, adding that sales in China have softened. Barclays cut its price target to $68 from $72, while UBS downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "buy."
Whole Foods became the latest company to announce a special dividend ahead of expected higher dividend tax rates next year. So far, nearly 100 companies with a market cap greater than $250 million have declared special cash dividends since the beginning of the fourth quarter. The total dollar value of those special dividend is over $20 billion dollars.
Many companies have also moved their dividend payment dates forward to December. Heinz accelerated its quarterly dividend payment to late December from early January.
Apple's latest iPhone has received final clearance from Chinese regulators, paving the way for a December debut in a highly competitive market where the lack of a new model had severely eroded its share of product sales.
Johnson & Johnson announced CEO Alex Gorsky will succeed chairman Bill Weldon when he steps down from his position at the end of next month. The drugmaker had named Gorsky as CEO earlier this year, replacing Weldon.
—By CNBC's JeeYeon Park (Follow JeeYeon on Twitter: @JeeYeonParkCNBC)
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TUESDAY: Earnings from AutoZone, Toll Brothers, Pandora, Mattress Firm
WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage apps, ADP employment report, productivity & costs, factory orders, ISM non-mfg index, oil inventories; Earnings from Men's Warehouse
THURSDAY: BoE announcement, Challenger job-cut report, ECB announcement, jobless claims, quarterly services survey, Apple/Samsung hearing; Earnings from H&R Block, Lululemon, Smithfield Foods, Cooper Cos.
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wasnt a fan of the dude doing chester's parts, but that was an overall solid performance. I dig it, and the I <3 cats sign :p
Fan since the beginning, die-hard til the end.
Meteora > Hybrid Theory > Living Things > Reanimation > Minutes To Midnight > A Thousand Suns
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Outstanding undergraduate and graduate history students are encouraged to apply for the Rudy de la Garza History Scholarship. To qualify for consideration, undergraduate applicants must be history majors who have completed a minimum of 60 academic hours by the time of the award, have earned a minimum 3.0 GPA in history with a cumulative GPA of 2.5, and qualify for financial aid. Graduate students who have been admitted unconditionally to the Master of Arts in History program, have their Programs of Study (POS) on file with the Office of Graduate Studies, and qualify for financial aid are also eligible. Rudy de la Garza History Scholarships are awarded on the basis of demonstrated academic merit in the study of history and financial need. Scholarships are for up to $1,000 per semester with the possibility of renewal.
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WADHAMS - On Sunday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Dogwood Bread Company in Wadhams presents a "Sourdough Waffle and Frittata Extravaganza" Sunday Brunch at the bakery to benefit the Wadhams Free Library. Sourdough waffles, hearty frittatas, fruit salad, and tempting desserts.
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ROUND ROCK -- A street full of outdoor parties took a dramatic turn on Father's Day.
Round Rock police say they received a call from residents of Nicole Circle just after 5 p.m. on Sunday. When police arrived, a suspect refused to put down his weapon and police fired shots at him.
The suspect had previously shot a 23-year-old woman in the face before officers arrived. Both were pronounced dead on the scene. The shootings happened outside of the home.
Round Rock Chief of Police Tim Ryle says there were many witnesses, plus children who were inside the home at the time of the shooting.
However a man who claims to be the grandfather of one of those children says they did not belong to the suspect or the woman shot. He says the victim was his daughter-in-law's new roommate.
John Soliz says he got a call to get the scene as soon as possible.
"Just to find out that my daughter-in-law's roommate's boyfriend came here and started trouble and ended up shooting his girlfriend."
"It's very tragic. Officers prepare to protect people's lives all the time. Still, when it happens, it becomes a pretty traumatic event for everybody involved," Chief Ryle said.
The two officers involved will be taken off street duty while the case is investigated.
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I was discussing the US-CR futbol-in-the-snow conditions last night w/ a Brazilian, who follows the NBA relatively closely. He asked if I knew how far the avg. NBA player runs if he plays most (40 min.) of a pro game. It came up because we were talking about soccer in cold weather, and that soccer players on that level are said to run some 6-8 KM, or four miles a game.
I had no clue, but said because the NBA court is much shorter than a pitch (94 ft.), so much movement is lateral or backpedaling, and there are defensives pauses and post play, I wouldn't expect they run as far as footballers. Still, given the number of possessions, avg. # of "transition" plays, and the # of minutes involved, I imagine there are ways to estimate how far NBA'ers run.
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Five Years Later, Revisiting the 2007 NFL Draft
Apr 3, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT
It's fitting the Eagles would make an unexpected move with a certain fourth-round draft pick they acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
You see, there's a lot of history with that fourth-round pick, the same fourth-round pick that was swapped for new middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans last month. The Bucs sent that pick to Philadelphia last year as part of a draft-day deal to move up 12 spots to select Luke Stocker 104th overall. Of course, the 104th pick in 2011 originally belonged to the Washington Redskins, but had been exchanged in the original Donovan McNabb trade. Though as shocking as the day was when the Eagles sent their franchise quarterback to a division rival, it never could have happened without the biggest draft day surprise of the Andy Reid era.
When the Eagles traded out of the first round in 2007, the move was met with groans. When the trade was completed with the selection of a little-known quarterback from the University of Houston hours later, the reactions ranged from head scratching to rage. To this day, some still can't understand how the front office could pass on a talent like Anthony Spencer — and let the Dallas Cowboys have him no less — to take some small-school QB nobody ever heard of.
Yet, with the benefit of hindsight, we now know that move eventually became the catalyst for the management completely altering the face of this organization. After all, how could the Eagles have moved on from McNabb were it not for Kevin Kolb? In franchise lore, the two will be forever connected.
We get the sense there are still a lot of folks who to this day think Kolb was a terrible move. It was the first of back-to-back trades out of the first round for Philadelphia, giving the front office a reputation for dropping down when they're really twice as likely to trade up. They dealt the 26th selection to the Cowboys, allowing a division rival to jump ahead of them and select Spencer, a double-digit sack artist going to Honolulu every January in the minds of most Birds fans. They passed on boat loads of other great players to take Kolb, who sat the bench for three years, flamed out as the franchise quarterback in one week, and now plays for Arizona — so obviously it was all a waste.
Except it wasn't. You can grade the Kolb selection using two methods: what they got, and what they didn't get.
What they didn't get is easy. They didn't get Spencer, a would-be defensive end in the Eagles 4-3 who has never had more than six sacks in an NFL season. They didn't get any of the non-descript players who went between picks 26 and 36, out of which the only Pro Bowl-caliber players to emerge were a pair of O-linemen — which at the time was not a position of need. They didn't get any of the quality players who were off the board the next time the Birds were up after choosing Kolb either, though obviously the team thought a quarterback was the best player available.
What they got is a little more abstract. Kolb only started seven games in an Eagles uniform, yet that doesn't begin to define his legacy here. By 2010, the team was comfortable enough with Kolb as their starting quarterback (and Michael Vick his backup) that they were able to trade McNabb, who suddenly looked old and ineffective in consecutive losses to Dallas to end their '09 campaign. Without the replacement Andy Reid and the coaching staff had been grooming to take over for three seasons, can the club ever seriously consider dumping Donovan?
When you look at it like that, the Kevin Kolb pick nets all of this:
a 2nd (Kolb), 3rd (Stewart Bradley) and a 5th (C.J. Gaddis) in '07
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Not a bad haul. Three of the above players could be starting on the Eagles defense this season — Ryans, Allen, and Rodgers-Cromartie. Matthews may become a serviceable backup, and they have Arizona's second-round pick left, which could be another player, possibly even currency to either trade up or acquire more picks later/in the future. Maybe this isn't exactly what the front office intended when they chose Kolb, but one way or the other, he became an asset to the team.
Most of all, more than a collection of players, what it meant was a fresh start for the franchise. The Eagles dumped a ton of veterans along with McNabb, making 2010 something akin to a rebuilding year. It didn't take Mike Vick long to usurp the starting job from Kolb, but that never could have happened if he had spent another season buried third on the depth chart, used only as an occasional Wildcat option.
So while Kevin Kolb didn't work out in the conventional sense of a successful draft pick who contributes to the same team over multiple years — and to be fair, who knows if he would have or not given more than one half of football to prove himself — it was still as important a pick as the Eagles have made since taking Donovan McNabb in 1999.
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Some interesting proof that human beings always used to sleep in 4 hour blocks. So it is natural and healthy to wake up for Fajr/Tahajjud!!! -- J.
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.
In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month.
It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep.
Though sleep scientists were impressed by the study, among the general public the idea that we must sleep for eight consecutive hours persists.
In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks.
His book At Day's Close: Night in Times Past, published four years later, unearths more than 500 references to a segmented sleeping pattern - in diaries, court records, medical books and literature, from Homer's Odyssey to an anthropological account of modern tribes in Nigeria.
Much like the experience of Wehr's subjects, these references describe a first sleep which began about two hours after dusk, followed by waking period of one or two hours and then a second sleep.
"It's not just the number of references - it is the way they refer to it, as if it was common knowledge," Ekirch says.
During this waking period people were quite active. They often got up, went to the toilet or smoked tobacco and some even visited neighbours. Most people stayed in bed, read, wrote and often prayed. Countless prayer manuals from the late 15th Century offered special prayers for the hours in between sleeps.
And these hours weren't entirely solitary - people often chatted to bed-fellows or had sex.
A doctor's manual from 16th Century France even advised couples that the best time to conceive was not at the end of a long day's labour but "after the first sleep", when "they have more enjoyment" and "do it better".
Ekirch found that references to the first and second sleep started to disappear during the late 17th Century. This started among the urban upper classes in northern Europe and over the course of the next 200 years filtered down to the rest of Western society.
By the 1920s the idea of a first and second sleep had receded entirely from our social consciousness.
He attributes the initial shift to improvements in street lighting, domestic lighting and a surge in coffee houses - which were sometimes open all night. As the night became a place for legitimate activity and as that activity increased, the length of time people could dedicate to rest dwindled.
In his new book, Evening's Empire, historian Craig Koslofsky puts forward an account of how this happened.
"Associations with night before the 17th Century were not good," he says. The night was a place populated by people of disrepute - criminals, prostitutes and drunks.
"Even the wealthy, who could afford candlelight, had better things to spend their money on. There was no prestige or social value associated with staying up all night."
That changed in the wake of the Reformation and the counter-Reformation. Protestants and Catholics became accustomed to holding secret services at night, during periods of persecution. If earlier the night had belonged to reprobates, now respectable people became accustomed to exploiting the hours of darkness.
This trend migrated to the social sphere too, but only for those who could afford to live by candlelight. With the advent of street lighting, however, socialising at night began to filter down through the classes.
In 1667, Paris became the first city in the world to light its streets, using wax candles in glass lamps. It was followed by Lille in the same year and Amsterdam two years later, where a much more efficient oil-powered lamp was developed.
London didn't join their ranks until 1684 but by the end of the century, more than 50 of Europe's major towns and cities were lit at night.
Night became fashionable and spending hours lying in bed was considered a waste of time.
"People were becoming increasingly time-conscious and sensitive to efficiency, certainly before the 19th Century," says Roger Ekirch. "But the industrial revolution intensified that attitude by leaps and bounds."
Strong evidence of this shifting attitude is contained in a medical journal from 1829 which urged parents to force their children out of a pattern of first and second sleep.
"If no disease or accident there intervene, they will need no further repose than that obtained in their first sleep, which custom will have caused to terminate by itself just at the usual hour.
"And then, if they turn upon their ear to take a second nap, they will be taught to look upon it as an intemperance not at all redounding to their credit."
Today, most people seem to have adapted quite well to the eight-hour sleep, but Ekirch believes many sleeping problems may have roots in the human body's natural preference for segmented sleep as well as the ubiquity of artificial light.
This could be the root of a condition called sleep maintenance insomnia, where people wake during the night and have trouble getting back to sleep, he suggests.
The condition first appears in literature at the end of the 19th Century, at the same time as accounts of segmented sleep disappear.
"For most of evolution we slept a certain way," says sleep psychologist Gregg Jacobs. "Waking up during the night is part of normal human physiology."
The idea that we must sleep in a consolidated block could be damaging, he says, if it makes people who wake up at night anxious, as this anxiety can itself prohibit sleeps and is likely to seep into waking life too.
Russell Foster, a professor of circadian [body clock] neuroscience at Oxford, shares this point of view.
"Many people wake up at night and panic," he says. "I tell them that what they are experiencing is a throwback to the bi-modal sleep pattern."
But the majority of doctors still fail to acknowledge that a consolidated eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.
"Over 30% of the medical problems that doctors are faced with stem directly or indirectly from sleep. But sleep has been ignored in medical training and there are very few centres where sleep is studied," he says.
Jacobs suggests that the waking period between sleeps, when people were forced into periods of rest and relaxation, could have played an important part in the human capacity to regulate stress naturally.
In many historic accounts, Ekirch found that people used the time to meditate on their dreams.
"Today we spend less time doing those things," says Dr Jacobs. "It's not a coincidence that, in modern life, the number of people who report anxiety, stress, depression, alcoholism and drug abuse has gone up."
So the next time you wake up in the middle of the night, think of your pre-industrial ancestors and relax. Lying awake could be good for you.
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Wow, this is very interesting!! I wake up in the middle of the night ... But usually go back to sleep as soon as I can.
Thanks for sharing :$
( and of course I slept decent hours last night but I am still sleepy!!)
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perhaps waking once at night was a much needed function for the pre-historic humans, (and for many even in modern times) who do have the privilage to sleep behind bolted doors. A defence/security/protection type of instinct to wake up in the middle for sometime to see if they and their family is secure. I think infants have it in their systems before sleepy mommas force it out of them
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Well as you grow older the amount of hours you sleep decreases, this is natural and may be a behaviour adaptation (at least partially)... as long as you get the appropriate amount of REM for your age you should be alright...I believe quality matters more than quantity...
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Quote from: aazeen on Mar 10, 2012 02:01 PM
perhaps waking once at night was a much needed function for the pre-historic humans, (and for many even in modern times) who do have the privilage to sleep behind bolted doors. A defence/security/protection type of instinct to wake up in the middle for sometime to see if they and their family is secure. I think infants have it in their systems before sleepy mommas force it out of them
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I wake up for the toilet, than go back to sleep again. Afaik peoples need for sleep varies. I have lost work because I have appeared too tired early in the morning waiting in a hotlel, as I need 10 hours sleep. I think that Margaret Thatcher the Britism PM needed only 3 or 4. I think 8 may be the average, and the others are devuiations from the norm in a Bell Curve stye phenomenon - though that detail is a mere educated guess.
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