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Annual or perennial herb, generally fleshy
Stems generally glabrous
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, sometimes stipuled
Inflorescence various
Flower bisexual, radial; sepals generally 2(8), free or fused at base; petals 318, free or ± fused; stamens 1many, free or inserted on corolla; ovary superior or partly inferior, chamber 1, placenta free-central or basal; styles 28, generally fused at base
Fruit: capsule, circumscissile or 23-valved
Seeds 1many, generally black, generally shiny
Genera in family: ± 20 genera, ± 400 species: generally temp Am, Australia, s Africa; some cultivated (Lewisia, Portulaca, Calandrinia )
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Leaves entire; basal 0many, rosetted; cauline generally 2, generally opposite, free to fully fused into ± 2-toothed disk or cup surrounding stem
Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, 1-sided; pedicels reflexed, becoming erect in fruit
Flower: petals 5, pink or white; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary chamber 1, placentas basal, style 1, stigmas 3
Fruit: capsule; valves 3, margins rolling inward and forcibly expelling seeds
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Species in genus: 28 species: North America, e Asia
Etymology: (John Clayton, colonial Am botanist, born 1686)
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Fruit 1.54 mm
Seeds 1.22.3 mm, ovate to round, shiny, smooth
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Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, East of Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, n Mexico
Leaves: cauline pair fused, disk-like
Inflorescence stalked or sessile, open or dense
Flower: sepals 1.54 mm; petals 26 mm; stamens maturing ± with stigmas
Seed 1.22.3 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=24,36,48
Ecology: Habitats of sp
Bioregional distribution: Tehachapi Mountain Area, Mojave Desert
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MOSCOW RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.
Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the Nazis together. The universal international organization the United Nations was then established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again.
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Putin is playing chess, Assad is playing checkers while Obama is shooting marbles.
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The workload has to be intense for Stevens, and it must seem daunting for a new coach. I hope Stevens takes advantage of his youth. In another part of the interview, Stevens spoke about keeping some contact with Rondo through the summer. I think Stevens has the right mindset by what style he'll play. He will allow the players to set the style of play, and he'll work with what the Celtics have.
CSNNE.com: What style of play do you envision for this Celtics team, and will that be the same or different from the style you are accustomed to coaching? STEVENS: "I don't think style of play is defined by coaches. I think it's defined by who the players are. You try to fit with your players to the best of their abilities at both ends of the floor, while at the same time provide a framework for which we can all work together.
"What I would like to do and what I see as a really positive thing with this group, is playing in transition with a lot of spacing. We have bigs that can really shoot the basketball. We have guards that are very athletic that can get into the paint. We got a couple of wings that can run the floor and do things in transition that are really high level. And then we got guys that can score off spacing, that can score off cutting and score off the bounce."
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STEVENS: "As far as the team and what I learned, they obviously had a great deal of success. One of the challenges is when you lose older guys. You lose a (Jason) Terry, a (Paul) Pierce and especially a (Kevin) Garnett, on the defensive end of the floor. There's a lot of communication that goes on, and probably covers up a lot of missteps by those guys, especially Garnett. That's one of the areas you look at and say, 'How quickly can we all get on the same page and who covers that up? Who takes those reigns of being able to see what's going on, know what's going on, feels comfortable enough to call out what's going on and lead from behind?'
When you look at this roster as it stands, the only player that can be the voice is Rondo. Maybe with KG and Paul in Brooklyn. Maybe someone like Bradley will have a new voice, or maybe Jeff Green. The Celtics had the leagues best defense for the past 4-5 years, and a lot of that was KG, and the scheme set up by Thibs. I wasn't happy with the help defense that Doc used. I felt like the Celtics were burned countless times from help defense. We know that Bradley, and Rondo can guard man-to-man, and I believe most of the players can adapt to something like that. I can't wait to see what this team can do with the new offensive and defensive sets.
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Monday, December 16, 2013
-PT Barnum
The truth of the matter is that there is no real definitive proof of 19th century circus owner and showman P.T. Barnum ever uttering that oft-quoted phrase attributed to him. That's too bad, because it's brilliant. It's also a perfect descriptive phrase for a 21st century industry that can only be described as a circus: talk radio.
It takes a different kind of person to be a talk radio host. Intelligent, witty and insightful; thick skinned enough to handle criticism, thin-skinned enough to internalize such criticism and use it to self-motivate; disciplined, outrageous, charismatic….
…and just a little bit insane.
By now you know the story of John DePetro's latest brush with publicity. The talk-show host characterized female union protesters at a late September Gina Raimondo fundraising rally as parasites, union hags and whores. Union members, who have frequently been at odds with DePetro's anti-union diatribes sensed an opportunity and pounced. They created an online campaign (at www.forourdaughtersri.org) geared at shaming Alex and Ani, a sponsor of DePetro's show, saying the successful Rhode Island based jewelry manufacturer's support of the program violates the jeweler's mission statement of "…a positive message." Very quickly, thousands of people signed the online petition against the program. Just as quickly, pols –including United States Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse along with Governor Lincoln Chafee – announced they'd not go on any WPRO talk show as a declaration of support for the petition.
He's not alone. Talk show hosts (see "insane" above) have long walked the line between good taste, intelligent discourse…
…and puerile name-calling.
Glen Beck claimed Barack Obama had a "deep-seated hatred for white people…"; according to Michael Savage Hillary Clinton hates white people, too; liberal talk show host Mike Malloy apparently wants Tea Party members beheaded; Rush Limbaugh called a birth control activist a slut; Don Imus lost his gig at MSNBC for calling the female basketball team at Rutgers a bunch of "nappy headed hos."
And I used to work in this industry?
I need to take a shower.
Full disclosure here: I was a broadcast journalist with –what I considered- an impressive background. I was more than a mere local anchor – I was a national correspondent who reported live from the White House and the Capitol for a television station group. When I was approached by WPRO in 2011 to co-host a new morning show (and replace DePetro) I told executives that I wasn't a shock-host and would love to act as a journalist along with my co-host. The show didn't work out and two years later the station went, as they say, in a different direction.
DePetro, who survived the litany of events listed above, looks as if he'll survive this one, too. A station source I spoke with said he is expected to return very soon. Via text, DePetro declined comment today (Sunday, December 15th) but in an email this afternoon, suggested I "…swing by the Trail this week."
"You'll be back on?" I asked him.
"You know the drill." He responded, "All questions to Craig."
Craig Schwalb is WPRO's program director. A text from him about the issue today said simply, "Decline to comment."
Talk radio in Providence, and across New England for that matter, has seen better days. Years ago, local ownership groups did their best to present a local presence on air; today, it's far different. Nationally syndicated programs like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and a host of others are less expensive to air in local markets than, say, a former local politician or personality trying to bring attention to local issues. Boston, Providence and Worcester, considered larger markets, still work to produce local programs, but ownership groups looking to the bottom line are hard pressed to hire staff to fill a three hour daily show, when they need only flip a switch for a national program that potential clients are familiar with.
Holland Cooke, a national talk radio consultant based in Rhode Island, says talk show hosts have become, "a caricature, a punchline….it's monologue without dialogue." He says he works mainly with stations in smaller markets but was recently hired to consult for former powerhouse WRKO in Boston. "It's too soon for me to take the blame or credit for anything going on there," he points out, but says the station should look to engage its listeners far more than they have in the past. "Engagement," he says speaking like a true consultant, "is the buzzword you keep hearing."
It's difficult to be engaged with local listeners when hosts broadcast from New York or Washington or, heck, Florida (which is where Limbaugh hosts his shows). WPRO, to its credit, continues to produce local talk shows through the day; WHJJ has just one local program; WTAG in Worcester has two such programs. Boston talk –actually most of New England talk- is now dominated by sportstalk, and why wouldn't it be with the success of the Sox, Pats, Bruins and Celtics? WBZ in Boston does a superlative job in producing news updates through the day and presents a middle-of the road talk show in the early evening. NPR affiliates across New England pick up the national programs from NPR but, even though a few of them are produced in Boston, they tend not to touch on local issues.
Which brings us back to DePetro.
If, as expected, he returns to work this week, what is to become of those 71 pols who signed the petition saying they'd never appear on WPRO again? "He doesn't do a lot of radio interviews," says Amy Kempe, the spokesperson for Rhode Island's Attorney General. Peter Kilmartin, she points out, has long refused to go on DePetro's shows. "It was a decision he made because of John's attacks and efforts to get a rise out of guests without a public discussion." That, likely, won't change. Other pols have said they'd speak on 'PRO's other programs, which I am sure thrills station management and those other hosts.
Finally, once DePetro takes his place behind a microphone in the studios along Wampanoag Trail, the publicity this petition gave the shock-host is sure to garner him more listeners.
Somewhere, PT Barnum is smiling at this ongoing circus.
Andrew Gobeil started his career in broadcasting on Cape Cod while still in high school. Since then he's worked as a television anchor, Washington correspondent, radio talk show host and even as a weatherman. He's currently writing two books, recently started a blog (www.andrewgobeil.wordpress.com), and hopes his two sons stay far, far away from journalism as a career.
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You were there for the last Intro To Tokusatsu, so you know what we're about. Now we'll be showing you the darker side of Japanese Transforming "Heroes". We showed glimpses of Garo and Cutie Honey The Live last time, what little we could show. Prepare for more of that and some other tokusatsu geared toward mature audiences. On top of that, we'll do some games and some giveaways.
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I'm sure if anyone wants to see last year's big success and opportunities to win big tokusatsu prizes, this is the video to look at!
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Maybe this time I can actually make it to the panel!
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For the second straight night the Phillies have an offensive outburst and win 8-7, Carlos Ruiz topped the night off with four hits and batted home three runs. It got a little dicey at the end but the Phillies pull out the victory and push this winning streak to five games.
For the tenth straight game the Phillies grabbed the early lead off of a Carlos Ruiz RBI single that scored Jimmy Rollins in the top of the first inning. That was Carlos's 25th RBI on the season, Ruiz is just a RBI machine to start this year and I'm loving every bit of it. The Phillies however would strand the bases loaded again for the billionth time this season in the inning, it was all set up for Hector Luna to hit another grand slam but he was about 350 feet short of one as he popped it straight up to the catcher.
The Cubs striked right back in the bottom half of the first with a RBI sacrifice fly, the inning was started off with a leadoff double from David Dejesus. Halladay throughout his career has never had a lot of success against the leadoff hitter and it cost him in the inning.
Halladay would only allow two runs the rest of the way, Halladay went eighth innings tonight and allowed three runs off of seven hits.
The Phillies just kept frustrating Chris Volstad in the top of the second inning, the Phillies added three runs in the inning and the Chicago Cubs already had their bullpen up. I just really love facing Chris Volstad.
I was just saddened by the fact that the Cubs went to the bullpen in the third inning ): but there bullpen is nothing spectacular.
Carlos Ruiz is unstoppable, he batted home his 26th RBI in the top of the fifth inning to extend the Phillies lead to 5-1. At this rate he deserves to be voted into the All-Star game because he is just playing remarkable right now. He just keeps knocking in runs after runs.
Ruiz was not done, he batted home another run in the top of the seventh inning to give the Phillies a 8-2 lead. Ruiz had four hit night and batted home three runs. His sixth four-hit game of his career.
Going into the ninth inning the Phillies had a very comfortable 8-3 lead but Jake Diekman had a horrid outing and the Phillies were forced to bring in Jonathan Papelbon, Papelbon was able to get the final out and the Phillies move one game above .500.
There was a lot of highlights tonight but the highlight of the night was Gary Mattews singing the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field, did a very fine job.
The Phillies now head home to play the Boston Red Sox in a three game interleague series that begins tomorrow, first pitch is around 7:05 Pm EST and Cole Hamels will start.
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Chase Utley was fielding ground balls for the second straight day today during batting practice at Wrigley Field.


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Its time for the finals and the big one will feature CCC and Tnerb 57.
Tnerb, you have the option of going first or second.
I'm honestly too lazy to write a lot on this matchup so your topic is:
Rank the top 5 MVP candidates as of right now.
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Man gets 38 years in Aurora drug robbery that ended in murder
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Jorge Diaz has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for a 2008 drug deal murder in Aurora.
Updated: November 8, 2012 6:59PM
A Melrose Park man has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for his role in a botched Aurora drug deal that ended up with his partner dead.
On Thursday, Jorge Diaz, 24, of the 1900 block of West Division Street, pleaded guilty to murder.
According to prosecutors, at 6 p.m. Oct. 1, 2008, Diaz and 28-year-old Chicago resident Hector Valtierrez showed up at a home in the 600 block of North Root Street to buy five kilograms of cocaine. Juan Herrera, 32, of Prescott, Wis., was at the Root Street home to sell the cocaine — and eight children were playing on the second floor of the home at the time.
Diaz and Valtierrez brought a gun and attempted to rob the drug sellers. Shots were fired and Herrera was hit twice with bullets from Valtierrez's gun and Valtierrez was shot by Herrera, prosecutors said. Valtierrez died at the scene.
Good samaritans took Herrera to Provena Mercy Medical Center, where he eventually recovered from his wounds. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 46 years in prison.
Diaz was charged with murder because he was participating in a felony at the time someone was murdered.
"Whenever guns and drugs are involved, the inevitable outcome will be prison or death. In this case, it was both," said Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon.
Prosecutors said Diaz will have to serve 100 percent of his sentence, although he received credit for 1,486 days he served in the Kane County jail since he was arrested. He was being held on $3 million bail.
When officers from Aurora and Melrose Park arrested Diaz, he had luggage with him and was en route to board a bus leaving for Mexico.
Hector Valtierrez's wife, Maria Valtierrez, also was charged with drug offenses for helping set up the deal. Her charges are still pending. Police said at first Maria Valtierrez gave officers a false name for her husband because he was wanted for deportation.


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- 1. Do the following:
- a. Describe how a properly working plumbing system protects our family's health and safety.
- b. List five important local health regulations related to plumbing and tell how they protect health and safety.
- c. Describe the safety precautions you must take when making home plumbing repairs.
- 2. Do the following:
- a. Make a drawing and explain how a home hot- and cold- water supply system works. Tell how you would make it safe from freezing.
- b. Make a drawing and explain the drainage system of the plumbing in a house. Show and explain the use of drains and vents.
- 3. Show how to use five important plumber's tools.
- 4. Identify and describe the use of each of the following: washer, retaining nut, plunger (rubber force cup), solder, flux, elbow, tee, nipple, coupling, plug, union, trap, drainpipe, and water meter.
- 5. Name the kinds of pipe that are used most often in a plumbing system. Explain why these pipes are used.
- 6. Cut, thread, and connect two pieces of steel pipe.
- 7. Under the supervision of a knowledgeable adult, solder three copper tube connections using a gas torch. Include one tee, two straight pieces, and one coupling.
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Datsik - Most Wanted Tour
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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Yes, they are different. Black is sweeter I believe, and fruitier. Double Black is the better fragrance in my opinion, and it was probably what you were thinking of.
May be few years back I was at a fragrance store trying this & that and the salesman showed me Black & Double black...I do not exactly remember what it was but it smelled very woody and pleasent....Anyways I thought that it was Polo Black...so I ordered it from eBay and I was very excited till the time I actually received it...since then it is lying in my shelf unused....may be it is the 'iced mango; which turns me off...and now when I want to smell Polo double black again I could not find it any stores here...still wondering if it was double Black that day...
So my question is...Is Double Black any different than Black? I could see Mango in the top notes of this as well...!!
Yes, they are different. Black is sweeter I believe, and fruitier. Double Black is the better fragrance in my opinion, and it was probably what you were thinking of.
Yes they are different.....Gary
both are equally forgettable
Double Black is the way to go.
"Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom." "It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel." Proverbs.
i prefer double black as well
A very noticeable difference to my nose.
Markedly different if I recall Double Black correctly. And DB is far better to me.
I won't say which is better or worse as they each have their own superior qualities, but Double Black is more oriental, spicy and possibly more interesting. DB is certainly the more popular on Basenotes. Its actually quite interesting considering the sillage/projection AND longevity are generally better for the original Black rather than the popular DB. I've used a few short squirts of the original and receive compliments from strangers, where as the DB tends to go less noticed. Just my $0.02...
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Lanvin Avant Garde
Zegna Intenso
Dior Homme Intense
Thierry Mugler Taste of Fragrance
Prada Amber Intense Pour Homme
If smelling good was a crime, I'd be serving a lifetime sentence....
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The word "legend" usually makes an appearance at some point when discussing Merle Haggard. It's an acknowledgment of his artistry and his standing as "the poet of the common man." It's a tribute to his incredible commercial success and to the lasting mark he has made, not just on country music, but on American music as a whole. "I'd be more comfortable with something like 'professor,'" he once told a reporter, and the description suits him. Studying, analyzing and observing the details of life around him, Haggard relays what he sees, hears and feels through his songs. The lyrics are deceptively simple, the music exceptionally listenable, but Haggard's real gift is that anyone who hears his songs recognizes the truth in them. Producer Don Was, who has worked with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and Bonnie Raitt, told Newsweek in 1996, "He'll tell you he's a country singer, but to me the essence of rock and roll is a cry for freedom and rebellion. And I don't know anyone who embodies it better. Every aspect of his life is a refusal to submit."
Genre: Country
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi and raised among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured a young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads and jumped out of airplanes, worked for years in a furniture factory, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Durán on national television, opened for Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, and John Prine among many other headliners, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time.


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Back in 2009 you followed the recommendations for repair. Did it take care of your problem or did you have subsequent leaks?
I would be glad to get on board! I purchased my home in 2007 and have had 5-6 leaks this year! My neighbors on each side have also had multiple leaks and would also be interested! You may contact me at email@example.com for any information!
Back in 2009 you followed the recommendations for repair. Did it take care of your problem or did you have subsequent leaks?
We live in lexington and have had 2 leaks within the past year. We are having a plumber come on Monday and replace all of the plex pipe in our house, at least all he can get to without major destruction of walls. We also know of several other people in our area with the same problem. We would all be happy to be included in a class action law suit. If anyone has plans to start one we will sign up too. After talking with other people in our area with the same problem we may try to start one here, if we do we will post a link to it.
I noticed a few other posters are from the Charlotte area like me. I wonder if our problems are related.
Charlotte NC - 2003 home - Builder is John Wieland - Plumbing Sub was Pikes Plumbing - I just discovered my second pin-hole leak in my crawl-space in 8 months. This one has been misting my crawl-space for who knows how long. The insurance company just removed most of the insulation and did a thorough mold remediation. The house was built in 2003 in South Charlotte, NC. The pipe is white 3/4" CPI Dura Pex. Both leaks were within 10 feet of the hot-water heater; however, one leak was in the hot line, the other in the cold line. There have been issues with excessive water pressure in the neighborhood over the years. The pipe exhibited a longitudinal "failure/weakening".
Bill Laughlin
NIBCO Dura Pex Piping Investigation
Chimicles & Tikellis LLP > 2013
Chimicles & Tikellis is investigating a class action on behalf of homeowners who have incurred damages as a result of premature failure of NIBCO Dura Pex Piping. If you have incurred damage as a result of NIBCO Dura Pex Pipes failing and causing water damage in your home or property please use the Email us about this Case button to contact the attorneys below. http://www.chimicles.com/nibco-dura-...-investigation
Many of the posts ask if there is a local attorney who has been working on this. I am located in Mooresville, North Carolina. After successfully settling one case, I have decided to investigate a potential class action suit. One of my challenges is to determine how many people have been effected and to what extent they are damaged. If you are located in North Carolina and are interested in pursuing this further, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you.
In the process of legal action...
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still in the process of legal action
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I'm a large plumbing contractor and began using NIBCO PEX in 2006 as a replacement to failing Flowgaurd Gold CPVC which is also junk. Since 2006 I've started seeing failures in the area of the water heater and throughout the home. PEX is identified and graded in various ways. First you have different types of PEX A, B, and C which is not a rating system. This defines a specific manufacturing process that is used to make PEX.
PEX-A tubing is produced using Peroxide (or, Engel) method, named after the inventor Tomas Engel. During the manufacturing process, free radicals are created when HDPE polymer is melted and cross-links between molecules occur at temperatures that exceed the decomposition temperature of the polymer. Some of the manufacturers who make this type of PEX are: Uponor (former Wirsbo), Rehau and Mr. PEX.
PEX-B is made using a "Silane" or "Moisture Cure" method of cross-linking, where links between the molecules of the HDPE form after the extrusion process using a catalyst and exposing PEX tubing to water. This type of PEX is the most common and is manufactured by a large number of companies, such as: Viega, Watts, Bow, Everhot, Zurn and many others.
PEX-C is manufactured using Electronic Irradiation method of cross-linking, also known as "Cold" cross-linking. Here, cross-linking of the molecules is done after the process of extrusion by exposing the pipe to an electron radiation beam. The radiation emitted allows to break the existing links between molecules of the polymer and initiate cross-linking process. Some of the manufacturers are: Nibco, Roth, Cash-Acme.
Beyond this there is another way to distinguish different "grades" of PEX. A four digit number ie. 1006 or 3306, etc. Generally I believe you will find the Nibco PEX in your home will have 1006 somewhere in the print line of the pipe. It's on there with NSF or ANSI #, etc. Regardless, These numbers all mean something individually and you can probably find information related to this on the web. Each of the four numbers represent testing for Water pressure, Water Temperature, Chlorine resistance and UV (sun) resistance. I don't remember the order but I have docs somewhere to back this up. Bottom line: If you contact the manufacturer to investigate, they may visit your home and will send back a report that says your water pressure is too high, the chlorine content in your water is too high, thermal expansion is an issue in your home and God help you if you have a hot water circulating system that is not controlled with a timer. All this said, the NIBCO pipe is probably defective and if you have the energy or means, fight their claims with the threat of a Class Action Law Suit. I'm going down the same road because I have approximately 10,000 homes with this pipe installed and failures are beginning to be more frequent. I installed piping that I was told would do the job by a company I thought was reputable and I'm in a bad situation now. I wish you luck!!
This month, on two occasions I have had the red CPI DURA PEX tubing split within 10 feet of the hot water heater (hot water side). Only added up to $300 for plumber call as the hot water heater is in attic space and we heard water running shortly after leak began. We only had minor discoloring of the sheet rock, so I am not spending any money to repaint. I am concerned, naturally, that we will not be as lucky in the future with this piping. I will be contacting my insurance company and will be turning off the water on any lengthy trips we make over the upcoming holidays. Our house was built in 2004 and we are near Charlotte, NC.
Well, the third time is the charm. I had a plumber replace most of the CPI DURA PEX tubing, but he did not replace about a two inch section coming off of the copper connector on the hot water side. Naturally, it split and water poured to the walls below. I have made a claim with my insurance company (Nationwide) and they estimated damages at $1,800 and wrote me a check for that (less my $1,000 deductable). I am putting in a tankless water heater that will go on the outside of my house and will have new water lines which will allow me to leave the bad pipe in the walls. Nationwide will be sending the bad section of pipe to the manufacturer and try to recover some of my deductable. My agent said that the pipe manufacturer warrants the pipe for 12 years. He also said the engineers he contracts to make the submital to the pipe manufacturer say that the pipe typically splits up to about 20 feet away from the hot water heater on the hot water side. I feel very sorry for anyone that has had a worse experience than I have had with this poor product. I feel quite fortunate that our hardwood floors were not damaged.
I am a consumer protection attorney working in Washington, DC and Maryland. My firm is investigating Dura-Pex and Nibco plumbing systems. It would be helpful to our investigation if we could speak to anyone who has the systems (PEX and/ or fittings) installed in their home or business. If you are willing to have a brief conversation, I can be reached at 202-789-3960 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
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Change uses of _"foo" to (intl:gettext "foo"). This is because slime may get confused with source locations if the reader macros are installed.
Remove _N"" reader macro from docstrings when possible.
Merge intl-branch 2010-03-18 to HEAD. To build, you need to use boot-2010-02-1 as the bootstrap file. You should probably also use the new -P option for build.sh to generate and update the po files while building.
Restart internalization work. This new branch starts with code from the intl-branch on date 2010-02-12 18:00:00+0500. This version works and LANG=en@piglatin bin/lisp works (once the piglatin translation is added).
Mark translatable strings; update cmucl.pot and ko/cmucl.po accordingly.
Add (intl:textdomain "cmucl") to the files to set the textdomain.
Sync to utf16 branch, tag unicode-utf16-sync-label-2009-03-16.
Sync to CVS HEAD, tag label-2009-03-16. But don't sync Config.FreeBSD_gencgc, Config.x86_freebsd, FreeBSD-os.c, and FreeBSD-os.h. Let Alex sync those later. The result seems to work as expected on Solaris and x86/linux. Darwin (ppc or x86) untested.
Use a float for the bounds of a float type specifier.
Sync to snapshot 2008-11. But we didn't sync code/extfmts.lisp or iso8859-1.lisp and utf-8.lisp. (I don't think we want those changes, yet.)
Merge from snapshot-2008-09.
o A seed of 0 should be ok in INT-INIT-RANDOM-STATE. o Update link new initializer.
Try to read 627 random words from /dev/urandom when initializing the random number state. This should give better random numbers since we initialize the state with 627 "truly" random values. Previously, only one word was used, which meant that the state vector really only had 32 bits of randomness.
Merge changes from snapshot-2008-07.
code/rand-mt19937.lisp: o Recursively call RANDOM for the integer case to let the deftransform handle the case. compiler/float-tran.lisp: o Remove comment about modifying RANDOM to match the deftransform. We're automatically in sync now.
compiler/float-tran.lisp: Fix bug in deftransform where the case for x86 and num-high > random-fixnum-max was never used. We now always use the bignum multiply code for all platforms and use that for all cases for which the deftransform applies. Simplify the constant-continuation case too so we don't have to the check. I think the bignum multiply version does not have the bias problem that rem has. code/rand-mt19937.lisp: Change the RANDOM function to compute the same value as the deftransform would. general-info/release-19f.txt: Update Make a note that both the function and the deftransform should be synchronized to match. This change also changes the sequence of numbers produced.
Add (INHIBIT-WARNINGS 3) to various bits of double-double float code. I checked the notes and they all have to do with either boxing or generic operations (usually from FLOOR). This greatly reduces the amount of noise in the compilation logs.
Random double-double floats.
If we can't open /dev/urandom and read the desired number of words, silently revert to initializing to the random state from the current time. From Ole Rohne via cmucl-imp. This works around a problem on one of his machines where /dev/urandom isn't what we think it is. We still lose if /dev/urandom returns words that aren't random enough. Oh well.
Implmement Pierre Mai's idea of adding 2 macros for setting *FEATURES* and *RUNTIME-FEATURES* and setting them appropriately as files are loaded so that recompiling CMUCL produces a result with the same set of features. *RUNTIME-FEATURES* is a subset of *FEATURES* that is written out to internals.h so the C code can be compiled appropriately. A simple bootstrap with boot17 is needed.
Add a symbol instead of a closure to ext:*after-save-initializations*. This is to avoid ending up with the same initializer present twice, and also to give the initializer a clearer print-name.
o Correct some deficiencies in INIT-RANDOM-STATE by using a new initializer given on the mt19937 website. o Allow INIT-RANDOM-STATE to take either an integer or a vector to initialize the state of a random-state object o Added GENERATE-SEED to generate a seed suitable for use by INIT-RANDOM-STATE. Use /dev/urandom if available. (Based on work by Eric Marsden).
This set of revisions brings the RELENG_18 branch up to HEAD in preparation for an 18c release.
Initialise the random state index to mt19937-n to force the sequence to start with numbers generated by the MT19937 algorithm rather than the initial seed values; from Pierre R. Mai.
Declare random-chunk to be compiled with zero safety to avoid unnecessary type checks; based on a patch from Raymond Toy.
Check that the argument to random is positive. Based on patches from Peter Van Eynde.
This (huge) revision brings the RELENG_18 branch up to the current HEAD. Note code/unix-glib2.lisp not yet included -- not sure it is ready to go.
Long-float support.
Re-seed the *random-state* as an after save initialisation. Move the loading of the random number generator until after the loading of save.lisp so that *after-save-initializations* is initialised.
Update the header adding Raymond Toy as an author (the portable mt19937 code), and noting that the author of the mt19937 algorithm gave us permission to place this implementation in the public domain.
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In my last post, a reader requested that I talk about records after 1905. So here we go!
There are lots of different types of records available for the post-1905 period – however, as of right now, none of them are available online. The main online genealogical resource for Latvian records – religious records on Raduraksti – ends at 1905. But later records are accessible through a variety of avenues, depending on the specific years you're looking for. Unless mentioned otherwise, all documents are located in the Latvian State Historical Archives (LVVA).
Vital Records
Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths did not begin until the 1920s. Records prior to this time are religious in nature, so it will be necessary to know the religion of your ancestor.
While Raduraksti only goes to 1905 for now, most available records from 1906 to 1909 have been transferred to the LVVA. A list is available on their website here (PDF, the list is organized first by religion, then by parish). However, some records from this time period may still reside with the Ministry of Justice's Registry Office Archives. This is because of how some records were organized – the registry entries were made into books, so if it happens that earlier years (say 1908 and 1909) are in the same volume as later years (such as 1910 and 1911), the entire book will remain at the Registry Office Archives.
For vital records between 1910 and 1921 (and earlier years as relevant based on the criteria above), it is necessary to contact the Ministry of Justice's Registry Office Archives (page in Latvian only). This can be done by phone, email or in person. I went in person. You will need to provide as much information as you can, including the religion of the person you are inquiring about. It will then take at least two weeks for them to issue a transcript to you. However, just like with all records, there are no guarantees that the information you are looking for will be found, even if you know for certain what happened where – for example, they could not find my maternal grandmother's birth record, even though I know for certain when and where she was born and baptized, as these were events witnessed by her older sister, my great-aunt, who confirms the information provided in later official documents. While this record does not seem to exist, numerous others that I asked for do, and I was able to solve the longstanding mystery of where my maternal grandfather was born – in some documents, he says he was born in Lāde parish, in others that he was born in Rīga. His birth record confirms that he was born in Lāde parish.
For vital records after 1921, it is necessary to contact the regional registry office for the area that a person lived. Note that this may not be the local registry office of today – many smaller towns now have their own registry offices, but older records will still be found in the regional office. If you need help figuring out which regional registry office you may need to contact, let me know and I can try to help you.
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Latvia carried out a national census in 1935 (fonds 1308 abstract 12), and again in 1941 (fonds 1308 abstract 15), a few months after the beginning of the Nazi occupation. The records are arranged by parish or town, and are usually alphabetical based on street or farm name – though beware of only going by street/farm name, since sometimes they will be out of order. As well, sometimes a farm may have been part of a smaller hamlet falling under the purview of a parish and thus grouped by hamlet name first, then farm name. And, of course, just like with censuses in other parts of the world, people may have been somewhere else either for the night of the census or for a longer period of time. The 1935 census is on loose sheets of paper, the 1941 census is bound in book form. The 1941 census has additional fields that the 1935 census does not that are of particular interest to genealogists – namely, full birthdates (the 1935 census only asks for birth year) and places of birth. Of course, this information may not always be accurate, but it does provide a starting point to work from.
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Elliotte Friedman's thoughts on the Halak trade. "This is the money quote from Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier: "When we discuss players, we discuss what they are going to do in the future. ... We made this decision based on our projections, and we're very comfortable with [Price] as the future."This confirms what Halak suspected for years - no matter how well he did, the organization always swooned over Price's physical gifts and potential. It's why he didn't fully trust the Canadiens and, while disappointed, probably isn't surprised."
Ian Schultz will probably join former WHL teammate Ryan White in Hamilton.
Per Michael Russo, the Wild had offered Josh Harding to St. Louis. They also tried to trade for Lars Eller (I assume in the same deal), but were denied by the Blues. The Wild are trying hard to move Harding, but the goalie market is dead right now. I could see Tampa Bay taking a chance on him. Maybe San Jose if they decide to let Evgeni Nabokov walk.
The Avs shipped out TJ Hensick yesterday to the Blues. In return, they received Julian Talbot, an undrafted minor league forward with little NHL upside. Hensick had no future in Colorado, but it doesn't get any easier for him in St. Louis, a club with a ton of talented young forwards. Hensick had 70 points in only 58 AHL contests in 2009-10. There was a rumour circulating a few days ago that Hensick had/was close to signing with an unnamed SEL team – I guess you can put the kibosh on that for now.
Hensick one again won't be the only TJ on his team (Galiardi on Colorado, and now Oshie on St. Louis). I get paid the big bucks to come up with this stuff!
Colorado also signed a few of their RFA's, including Kevin Porter. Porter had two goals in 16 games after the deadline day trade from Phoenix. He projects as more of a third line energy player at the NHL level.
Pavel Valentenko is coming back to North America. He was drafted by Montreal but is now Rangers property, as he was involved in the Scott Gomez deal last summer. He had 16 points in 57 games with the Hamilton Bulldogs back in 2007-08. The Rangers are knee-deep in young defensemen, so expect Valentenko to be AHL bound.
The Coyotes re-signed defenseman Adrian Aucoin to a two-year contract yesterday. He won them a ton of games in the shootout last season (I believe six, but that is just off the top of my head). He is a great veteran to build around, and has been a positive influence on Keith Yandle. He can still hammer the puck, too. Aucoin's new deal will pay him an average of $2 million in each of the next two seasons.
Zach Parise hopes new NJ bench boss John MacLean brings an aggressive, offensive system to the Devils. I'm with you there, Zach.
Mike Yeo has left the Penguins as an assistant coach to go run the show for Minnesota's AHL team in Houston. Yeo drew the ire of Pens fans for his inability to run an effective power play, and from what I have read most are glad to see him move on. Gonchar-to-Malkin only works so many times...
Danny Briere was in a car crash recently, but he appears to be fine (not in that picture, though...).
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So u have 2 2nd line players for a Goalie that they felt was Peeking and they got what they felt was the best return for the team. (I just hope he heard all offers!)
To be honest when i first heard the trade and they never said who was coming back for him my guess was Boyes straight up! ( I new there were alot of rumours, Pitt's etc...) But when i heard it was prospects it shocked me!!!
Anyways Congrats for J.D. acquiring a solid young tender to go with his solid young forward group. I feel his next move should be acquiring Volchenkov and or Kaberle. But I feel Volchenkov would be best to bring a winning mindset and a defensive pillar to the team.
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(ST. PAUL, MN) Minnesota's utilities are on track to meet the state's Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requirements, according to a January report released by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Office of Energy Security (OES).
Minnesota's Renewable Energy Standard (RES) is one of the nation's strongest renewable energy standards, requiring utilities to provide 25 percent of their total electrical generation from renewable sources like wind, hydrogen and solar power by the year 2025.
Initially enacted in 2001 as the Minnesota Renewable Energy Objective, the law first required that utilities only "make a good faith effort" to obtain 10 percent of their Minnesota retail energy sales from renewable sources by 2015. In 2007, the law was amended to establish a Renewable Energy Standard with mandated renewable energy goals beginning in 2010.
All utilities, with the exception of Xcel Energy, are required to obtain 7 percent of their Minnesota retail sales from renewable energy in 2010. Xcel, which represents half of the state's electricity, must generate 15 percent of its 2010 Minnesota retail sales from renewable sources.
"Renewable energy is critical to a green economy and jobs as well as a healthy environment for our children and future generations," said Mike Rothman, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce. "It's important that Minnesota's utilities continue to meet the aggressive goals outlined by the state's Renewable Energy Standard."
While actual compliance by utilities will not be known until May when final figures are reported to the Public Utilities Commission, OES used several factors, including year-to-date 2010 generation, to estimate the ability of the utilities to comply with the 2010 requirements.
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Group InterviewFeeling prepared, you walk into the office for your interview. You introduce yourself and are promptly led to the conference room-only to find five other candidates waiting.
Group interviews can take you by surprise, but more and more, companies are using them to effectively find job candidates and expedite the interview process. And with the rising importance of office dynamics, group interviews aren't going away. Here's a quick primer: Group interviews can include both multiple interviewers and multiple candidates. As a group, you may be asked to answer typical interview questions, but you may also be put to the test. Expect to find a problem solving or work-simulation exercise, along with discussion around the problem solving process. The purpose of this style of interview is to see how you interact with others, demonstrate your skills in a crowd, and solve problems on the spot.
Your goal in this setting is to stand out (in a good way), so that you can move past this first round and secure a solo interview. So, as much as you'd rather have a one-on-one meeting, here's how to use the group setting as an opportunity to shine.
Put on a Poker FaceYou may be surprised to see the other candidates, but don't let them know, and definitely try not to show any disappointment or shock. Enter the room with confidence and resist the urge to size everyone up. How you react to the situation and the group is indicative of many things in an employer's eyes, including how you'll interact with the company's team and react to future surprises on the job.
Make FriendsI've led a few group interviews, and I've noticed that candidates waiting for an interview tend to be silent and ignore each other. Resist the urge to pull out your phone or review your notes, and instead introduce yourself and ask questions of the others, even if the employer isn't in the room yet. For one, when the interviewers do get there, they'll notice who's facilitating conversation (if they're not doing some observing already, without you even realizing it). Your interaction will show the interviewers that you don't shy away from networking (always a plus) and will make you seem confident (even if you really are feeling nervous). Second, this may come in handy during the interview. On that note:
Involve EveryoneWhile the other candidates may be your competition, they can also assist you on your path to the one-on-one. Throughout the activity, having the ability to address others by name will make you stand out and appear like a leader. Use the knowledge you built waiting for the interview to begin by addressing other candidates by name or referencing a conversation you were having. For example, if you and another candidate were talking about current events and in the interview, you're asked a situational question, respond with something like, "Kim and I were just discussing a situation in the news that was very similar. In that situation, I would…"
You'll also want to build off of other candidates' ideas. If someone answers a question, follow it up by addressing his or her response and adding your own thoughts (this will also help you to not commit one of the worst offenses in a group interview-repeating the same answer as someone else). Remember, the interview is supposed to involve everyone in the room.
And that goes for the interviewers, too-make sure to address all of them when you're speaking, even if one of them is silent the entire time.
Be YourselfThat said, don't go overboard. Many candidates, in an effort to force themselves into the role of a leader and show that they're trying, can come across as overly aggressive. Although it's good to show you care about the position, speaking over others or discounting their opinions will backfire. I can think of several times where this has happened, and everyone in my office refused to work with someone who was willing to walk all over others in an effort to look good. Plus, if you're not typically that bold leader type, it can be damaging to force yourself into a role that isn't natural for you. Yes, you should speak up and make sure you're being noticed, but remember that interviewers aren't looking for the loudest voice in the room.
Speak With PurposeUnfortunately, the group interview will almost always be difficult for a shy or introverted person. If it isn't in your personality to be constantly speaking up in a crowd, be sure that when you do answer questions or give your opinion, you do so with purpose. Don't start your answer with an apology for the interjection, and don't let your voice trail off halfway through. These faux pas will hurt you doubly when you're in the midst of a crowd that's all too ready to jump back in and talk over you. Also remember, you don't have to talk constantly to be noticed-but to be memorable, make sure what you're saying is unique and contributing to the conversation. So skip the rehearsed answers-with multiple candidates answering the same question, any material you prepared ahead of time will most likely be similar to someone else's-and focus on moving the conversation forward with your contributions.
ListenIn a fast-moving group interview when you're just trying to get a word in, it can be difficult to resist only thinking about what you're going to say next. (This is often why people forget names-they're too busy thinking about they're going to say and don't really listen to the person's name.) But in order to speak purposely, you have to listen to the interviewers and interviewees and stay engaged in where the conversation is headed. Really pay attention and use body language to show you're engaged with the group, even when you're not talking. Instead of interrupting, if a thought pops into your head that you want to come back to, very quickly jot a note. Then when it comes time to speak, you'll have so much more to say.
Follow UpIt's safe to bet that everyone in that room, if they've ever interviewed or read about interviews before, will be following up with a thank-you letter. Make sure you stand out at this stage of the process, too, by referencing a part of the conversation in which you contributed-such as an interesting answer you gave, or even a joke! As long as it will make the interviewer recall your face and your answer (in a positive way), it will benefit you.
Most importantly, be prepared, and don't let group interviews catch you off guard. And, of course, don't forget the interviewing basics! Things like appearance, promptness, poise, and research will help you to stand out among the crowd of job candidates.
This article was originally published on The Daily Muse. For more on acing your interview, check out:
- What I Learned About Interviewing From Miss America
About the Author: As a public relations professional, Ashley Cobert's experience ranges from corporate to not-for-profit. She currently works at an agency in Milwaukee, where she happily provides and implements PR strategy for a variety of clients. Never knowing what new adventure is around the corner, Ashley looks forward to the delicious ambiguity of the future. Say hello on Twitter @akcober.
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AUSTIN -- Bike thefts in East Austin have been cut in half thanks to a young woman recognized this week by the Austin Police Department.
Rikki Hardy, 25, doesn't consider herself a crime fighter or vigilante by any means, but she can now claim she helped bring down a bike theft ring simply by taking a photo.
On her way to lunch on June 8th, Hardy was waiting at a stop light on Cesar Chavez and San Marcos when she noticed two men standing near a bicycle outside a soup kitchen.
She thought they were acting suspiciously and when she took a closer look she realized one of the men had bolt cutters and the other one appeared to be acting as a lookout.
"We were all kind of joking and we made a comment 'Oh those guys look like they're up to no good' and one of the guys in the car said 'I think that guy is actually trying to steal that bike,'" said Hardy.
After taking the picture she called the church, which hosts the soup kitchen every day at lunch time, and they called police.
When officers called Hardy asking for the photos, she immediately sent them and the officers located the suspects seven blocks away.
"We met them face to face as they were coming around the corner and they had just hidden the bicycle," Officer Cory Ehrler said.
The suspects, Kenneth Davenport and Brad Mayberry were arrested and remain in jail.
This week, the Austin Police Department rewarded Hardy for her help cracking this case.
"Kudos to her for taking that photo," Ehrler said.
APD said a month before the arrest there were 48 bike thefts reported in the East Austin area and now that number has been cut in half.
"We knew there was a bike theft ring going on around here and we were figuring that they were probably some of the suppliers," said Erhler.
But now those suppliers are off the streets and police hope more people will consider taking action: or in this case, taking photos.


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