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Next Generation Flash: Optimizing Application Performance
Trends such as big data, virtualization and cloud computing may now be commonplace, but what will be their true impact as the enterprise relies more heavily on these emerging technologies? How does rapid growth in data volumes effect the performance of business applications in a virtualized, private cloud environment?
Join Richard Gordon as he discusses this real challenge facing organisations today and discover:
• How rapidly growing data volumes in a virtualised environment can slow down application performance – and what needs to be done.
• How a next-generation storage infrastructure can help deliver faster business decision-making.
• Which Flash technologies are designed to speed-up access to critical data to improve employee effectiveness.
• And the best practices for delivering high performance virtualised applications in a private cloud to support your business.
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My friend Dave Warnock looks in on an argument about the Atonement at Adrian Warnock's blog, giving me the excuse to repost a few thoughts on that very subject.
I've had to write this piece. I promised. But I can't say that I've found it very easy. Systematics is not really my thing — I'm more your "jobbing parson" than I am theologian. However, nothing ventured, nothing gained!
I headlined penal substitution as a doctrine, though that isn't strictly a true designation. The doctrine is "atonement" — Jesus saves! All Christians agree on that. Penal substitution is a theory which attempts to explain how Jesus saves. That's much more controversial.
The Theory
Penal substitution is a development of the thinking of the medieval church leader Anselm. He lived in a feudal society, and his thinking reflected that. For Anselm, sin represented an offense against the honour of God. A dishonoured monarch demanded satisfaction. The sacrifice of Jesus was the means by which God's honour is restored and forgiveness is made possible. The Reformers (Calvin, Luther and all that crowd) took Anselm's thinking a stage further. In their scheme of things, sin is not an affront against God's honour but rather a debt which has to be paid. The punishment due to the crime must done before restoration can be offered. God in Christ pays the penalty himself and makes atonement possible. That's it, I think, in a (very small) nutshell.
The issue
Because of its origins with the Reformers, the penal substitution theory has been central to the faith of many evangelical Christians, hence the controversy about Steve Chalke. For example, in the statement of faith of UCCF we find
Sinful human beings are redeemed from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of their representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between them and God
and Adrian Warnock wrote recently:
There is no doubt that this view of the atonement as primarily a judicial matter, ie there being a real penalty for sin that God exacts from Christ, is the theory that evangelicals have always held dear. The wrath of God against sin is very real and needs to be turned away.
My problem with penal substitution is not with the theory itself, which has proven its worth as a way into an understanding of the reconciliation which has been won by Jesus. My problem is that it seems to me that what should be one theory among many (or at least several) has been raised up to a place that makes it the only acceptable way to understand Jesus and his Cross. Rather than being treated as a metaphor, the model of penal substitution has been given an objective reality which does not belong to it.
An understanding of the sacrifice of Jesus has to seen in the context of the Jewish sacrficial system. As Keith Ward rightly points out in "What the Bible Really Teaches", the function of sacrifice in the Hebrew scriptures does not remove the need for punishment of offenders. Sacrifices are principally about submitting to the will of God. The sacrifice is not effective because a literal transaction is being done, it is effective because God says it is. Nothing in the animal on the altar or the blood which spills from it is of itself effective. The scriptures are clear that when sacrifices are offered without true devotion to God they serve no purpose. A sacrificial understanding of the Cross does not have to imply the satisfaction theory in the way that is often thought.
The penal substitution theory breaks down completely when it is pressed too far. If Jesus is a "ransom", to whom is he paid? But seen as a metaphor rather than an entirely objective understanding there is no need to press it to those limits. It serves us as one of a range of ways into an understanding of the Cross.
We should approach this as the writers of the New Testament did. They did not begin with a theory of human sin and the way it would need to be addressed. No one was reading Isaiah 53 and saying, "When this Suffering Servant comes along to die on our behalf, all will be well." No, the New Testament is written knowing that "the answer" is Jesus. Those first Christian communities knew themselves to be saved. They experienced God's grace through Christ. So in a real sense they work back from the answer to a statement of the question, a statement that is bound to be incomplete, or at least metaphorical.
To ask questions of "penal substitution", as dear as it is to evangelicals, is not to question the fundamental fact of the power of the Cross. I think Steve Chalke has done us all a favour by raising the issue and making it clear that the Cross of Christ cannot be reduced to a single theory but is an eternal mystery beyond our comprehension and before which we can only fall to our knees in worship.


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Shambhala Publications, 2002 - Religion - 167 pages
Thomas Merton is often considered the most prominent Christian contemplative of the twentieth century, but he was also a political activist, social visionary, and literary figure whose writings combine the candor of Thoreau and the moral vision of Gandhi. Here is a remarkably accessible introduction to his work: a collection of a short, vivid excerpts arranged in four parts so as to parallel the journey of a seeking soul in the modern world.
ĀĀĀ*Ā "Real and False Selves" distinguishes between our real selves, a deep religious mystery known entirely only to God, and the identities we take on in order to function in society.
ĀĀĀ*Ā "The World We Live In" provides a spiritual context to modern life, moving from a stark rejection of its empty promises to a deep compassion for its tragic limitations.
ĀĀĀ*Ā "Antidotes to Illusion" reflects on contemplative practices that can serve as the allies of our "real selves" in the battle against illusion: silence, solitude, meditation, prayer, charity, and faith.
ĀĀĀ*Ā "Love in Action" explores the role of the contemplative in the modern age and the challenges and pitfalls of living a life of active love.
Merton's startling critique of a society driven by technology and rampant acquisition, the politics of "good versus evil," and the self-deluding complacency of the spiritual "lifestyle" demonstrate beyond doubt that his writings are as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.
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Ex-Anglo worker 'refused' to sign letter on Maple Ten loans
Former associate director 'voiced discomfort' about document which altered loan facility
Pat Whelan, William McAteer and Seán FitzPatrick leaving the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: PA The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank directors Pat Whelan (left), William McAteer (centre) and Seán FitzPatrick is continuing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
A former associate director of Anglo Irish Bank refused to sign a letter which he said retrospectively altered the conditions of the Maple Ten loans and weakened the bank's position.
Giving evidence at the trial of three former Anglo directors, Lorcan McCluskey said he wasn't comfortable signing the altered loan facility letters.
The first loan facility letter sent in July set the security on the loan as a personal recourse of 25 per cent. This meant the lenders would be personally liable for a quarter of the amount borrowed.
A second letter shown to the court added a line which said that recourse could be to the value of the shares at the end of the loan period.
Mr McCluskey said that he believed that this change "created a situation where if the share price went to zero there was no recourse".
He said he had been asked to sign the letters by his line manager in the bank, Michael O'Sullivan.
The letters were based on copies of the original July 10th letters but had hand written amendments.
After he refused to sign the letters, he said they were signed by the accused Pat Whelan and Mr O'Sullivan, who is not before the court.
Asked by prosecuting counsel Paul O'Higgins SC to describe his reaction to the second letter, the witness replied: "Initially refusal."
"It was an instruction given to me by Michael. I voiced my discomfort to Michael. I had never met or dealt with the Maple Ten. When I read it in isolation I felt it was weakening the banks position."
"Michael told me that he had been told by Pat that it had been agreed by CEO and the board of the bank. I said that's ok but I basically refused to sign it".
The prosecution allege that three former Anglo executives, Pat Whelan, William McAteer and chairman, Sean FitzPatrick, were involved in a plan by Anglo to loan money to the Quinn family and the so called Maple Ten group of investors so that they could buy shares in bank and guarantee the stability of the share price.
The three men have been charged at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with 16 counts of providing unlawful financial assistance to 16 individuals in July 2008 to buy shares in the bank.
Mr Whelan has also been charged with being privy to the fraudulent alteration of loan facility letters to seven individuals in October 2008.
Mr FitzPatrick (65) of Greystones, Co Wicklow, Mr McAteer (63) of Rathgar, Dublin and Mr Whelan (51) of Malahide, Dublin have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The court heard that Mr McCluskey said he believed that Mr O'Sullivan asked him to sign the amended loan letters in October 2008. Copies of the letters shown to the court are dated July 17th, 2008.
He said that his next dealing with the Maple Ten loans was in January 2009 when he said "rectification letters" were issued. Following a "high level review" of large loan facilities Mr O'Sullivan was uncomfortable, he said.
"I gave Michael back the written instruction that he had given me to issue the second facility letter. I had retained that as evidence that it was not something of either Michael's or my creation," said Mr McCluskey.
He said that letters issued in January 2009 set the recourse on the loans back to the original recourse set out in the first letter sent in July 2008.
Describing that initial process in early July of putting together the €600m loan facilities for Maple Ten, the witness said that it was unusual to prepare ten identical loan facility letters.
He said that on July 18th he was contacted by Mr Whelan who told him to prepare the ten facility letters. He said Mr Whelan gave him the names of the ten individuals and told him that he and Anglo CEO David Drumm had to meet these people.
"Never happened before, never happened since, so it's very unusual," he said.
Earlier today one of the so-called Maple Ten told the trial that he was on holidays in Faro, Portugal when Mr Drumm and Mr Whelan travelled there to ask him to buy a one per cent stake in a "major shareholding" position.
Developer and builder Joe O'Reilly of Kerrymount Avenue, Foxrock, Co Dublin said that the two bankers told him over lunch that the shareholding had to be unwound as it was causing turbulence in the markets and driving down the share price.
He immediately agreed to buy the shares and said he was told they had legal advice and that the Financial Regulator was on board along with the Department of Finance.
Mr O'Reilly said he had no qualms about the legality of the loan to buy Anglo shares. He said he believed the bank had "as good a team as you could get" in terms of reputable legal advice and the company carrying out the transaction, Morgan Stanley.
During cross-examination, he said he got the impression another body was aware and he believed that to be the Department of Finance but he said he "could have got that wrong" and that it could have been the Central Bank.
Developer Sean Reilly said that on July 8th 2008 he met with Mr Whelan and Mr Drumm and that Mr Drumm told him that the bank's shares were coming under pressure from short selling and asked him if he would buy up to €60m worth of a share position, or one per cent.
Mr Reilly said a personal recourse of 25 per cent was agreed. He said: "If shares ended up zero I'd have to pay €12.5 million". He said Morgan Stanley would take over the power of attorney and draw down the loan facility for the purpose of buying the shares.
"It was very simple," he said.
Mr Reilly of Strokestown, Dunboyne, Co Meath said that the bankers told him the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank was aware of the plan.
"Everyone was aware of it and wanted it done. I said I'd think abut it and get back to him," he said.
After considering overnight, Mr Reilly said he agreed to come on board because "it was a reasonably commercial deal".
"The shares had lost 75 per cent at this stage. They'd have to lose another 75 per cent. I felt we could make money from it. We were long time customers of the bank. We had a reasonably good relation. I felt they wanted us to do it," he said.
He said that when he asked Mr Drumm if he could sell the shares on after buying them he was told he could "as long as I don't flood the market".
The document relating to the loan facility shown to the court stated that the borrower must give ten working days notice before selling the shares and that the bank could nominate a third party buyer.
He agreed that the second loan facility letter received sometime later changed the recourse on the loan so that if the shares went to zero he didn't have to pay any recourse. A third letter dated January 5th, 2009 rescinded both earlier terms.
"I got a call prior to receiving this letter from Pat Whelan saying there was a mistake on the letter," he told the court. He said by January he had sold most of the shares. He was left with two million which were worthless once the bank was nationalised.
Mr McCluskey said that a document referring to the loan facility for developer Sean Reilly that came before the lending committee was not normal because it did not refer to the pros and cons of lending to the borrower or details of past performance.
This document, shown to the jury, stated: "The Irish equity market is experiencing unprecedented volatility due to the on-going credit crunch. Many market watchers are of the view that it is a good time to acquire equities…Given the opportunities that now exist, Sean Reilly has approached us seeking a share dealing facility. This facility will be used to acquire Irish quoted shares."
"Mr Reilly is an astute investor and highly regarded client of the bank with a significant net worth…..Our loan will be secured by the shares purchased….In addition we will have recourse to the borrower for 25 per cent of the total loan facility".
Under cross-examination Mr Reilly told Brendan Grehan SC, defending Mr Whelan, that Anglo were "unusually sticky" when it came to adding a personal recourse to commercial loans.
He said many of the other banks, both Irish and European, had no personal recourse on loans. He said that when they did, ten to 15 per cent was normal and 30 per cent was the maximum.
In the morning Seán Quinn Jnr continued his evidence about how loans were taken out in his name to buy shares in Anglo as part of a plan to unwind the position held by his father through Contracts for Difference.
Mr Quinn Jnr said his family were of the view that the loans were illegal and the security obtained and enforced by the bank was obtained in a fraudulent and illegal manner and should not be enforced.
His sister Colette Quinn said she had absolutely no awareness about the purpose of the loans at the time. She said she was told by her solicitors a couple of years later that she had taken out a loan to buy shares.
She said she would have signed documents given to her to sign at the time but was not aware of the purpose. The documents would have been given to her to sign by staff at Quinn companies.
She never met anyone from Anglo Irish Bank nor did she discuss anything.
Ciara Quinn said her role was confined to signing documents that were put in front of her and that nobody talked to her about these at the time. She agrees that these documents were put in front of her by staff in the Quinn Group.
Her sister Brenda Quinn said she is now aware that she got a €15 million loan to purchase shares in her name but at the time she had no interaction with Morgan Stanley, the Financial Regulator or lawyers about the deal.
Patricia Quinn, wife of Sean Quinn Senior said she played no active role in relation to the Quinn Group or in the building up of private wealth for her children.
She told Una Ni Raifeartaigh SC that her husband took care of all this.
She said she played no role in the CFD deal but agreed that her signatures appear on the documents.
She said : "I don't know nothing about CFDs. I didn't know anything about shares, I never met anybody, I was at home looking after the children, I have no involvement with anything here, I'm sorry."


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Well is settled, this year we are going with a Wizard of Oz theme. It was actually my wife's idea and I think it's pretty safe to go with it. I've watched the DVD movie like ten times on my computer to get some ideas, and have come up with some great ideas. The garage will be laid out in a U-Shape letting the kids walk in and experience "Oz" in a 24 x 20 space. First will be a tornado area, then onward to some animatronics. This year I bought a Douglas Fir tree and a Buck deer and hacked them. The Buck deer I got on sale at Menards for $80.00. That thing is SWEET. The best thing I like about it is the fact it has a wireless mic. I think I will let the kids use this to make my "hacked" Tin Man come to live by them talking into the mic. Also in front of the animatronics scene, will be a 1/2" floor drop, just enough to giveem a quick scare. Then onward to the pop-up trash can, and finally arriving at the "Oz" trick or treat table. This year I think I will dismount last years Car Prop and make it a table, so the table will retract away from them once the kids trigger the photoeye. I think I will also bring back the air jet in the candy dish that I had in 2003. That seemed to scare a bunch of kids in 2003. More pictures to come each weekend as Halloween approaches.
I worked on the drop floor which is done and actually works nice. All I need to do is cut out a floor for it out of 1/2" OSB and paint it black. I will probably add railing and a podium stand to hold my wireless mic for the Tin Man animatronics.
I finished up the Douglas Fir hack and mounted all the guts on to a board and covered it with a scare crow mask. This prop is now ready for some audio.
I started on the Buck deer hack, not much got done this weekend other than I got it out of the box, ripped the skin off and cut the nose of the deer off so I could test fit the Tin Man mask on the deer head skeleton.
I finished up the drop floor this weekend. It's ready for paint. I tested it one more time just to make sure it was going to work. My daughter tested it for me and only wanted to ride once. I think that means it's ready.
I finished up most of the Buck deer hack. Check out the pictures in the gallery under 2005 Halloween F/X. I thought it turned out nice. I need to finish up some hands and shoes, paint the base and record the voices on the computer for both Scare Crow and Tin Man.
I also started to convert my old Flying Crank Ghost. I bought a costume of Glenda Witch and dressed the FCG up. Turned out pretty nice. I also need to find some other hands for Glenda. I don't think those blue ugly looking ones count.
I got the Car Prop converted this weekend as planned. I also built and tested the hologram effect. I think this effect is going to look great. I just need to do some movie magic to record the DVD. I had help this weekend to do some painting. Most all the props got painted so now they look all lot better.
Not much planned as far as building. I need to do some soldered in my new 1 hour digital voice recorders that I planned on hacking so I can wire up the PLC to trigger the sound effects. I will also plan on setting up the stage. So both my cars will have to sit outside now.
Welcome to PLC Halloween.
This is the place where you can learn how I do the crazy things I do at Halloween time in my garage. Where do I live? I am in Huntington, Indiana.
Typically, I control all my Halloween F/X with a PLC. You can learn more about PLC's at MrPLC.com.
For the past three years I've been using an Allen Bradley MicroLogix PLC. All my Halloween projects are written in ladder logic. Very flexible and easy to dream up new haunts.


text: Extra! Magazine Editor Since 1990, Jim Naureckas has been the editor of Extra!, FAIR's monthly journal of media criticism. He is the co-author of The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error, and co-editor of The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the '90s. He is also the co-manager of FAIR's website. He has worked as an investigative reporter for the newspaper In These Times, where he covered the Iran-Contra scandal, and was managing editor of the Washington Report on the Hemisphere, a newsletter on Latin America. Jim was born in Libertyville, Illinois, in 1964, and graduated from Stanford University in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in political science. Since 1997 he has been married to Janine Jackson, FAIR's program director. You can follow Jim on Twitter at @JNaureckas.


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Zac Gorman's been doing video game-centric comics for Kotaku for the better part of a year now. He's riffed on everything from Dishonored's stealth to what makes people jealous in Journey. So, it's only fitting that he lets everybody know what his favorite playable experiences from the last twelve months were. It's an eclectic—and damn pretty—list.
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For the first time in over a decade, 3,500 social workers who care for Los Angeles County's most vulnerable children went on strike Thursday to protest their excessive caseloads and demand the hiring of additional workers.
The county Department of Children and Family Services — understaffed even before the walkout — scrambled to have managers with field experience respond to emergency calls about abused and neglected children, and is seeking help from other agencies.
The social workers are part of the Service Employees International Union Local 721, which has been trying for months to secure a new contract for its 55,000 members, about half of the county's workforce.
Though both sides tentatively agreed on a 6 percent pay raise in three installments, a $500 bonus, and additional health care and retirement benefits, the labor negotiations reached an impasse Tuesday over hiring additional social workers and over when the third installment of the pay raise would take effect.
Because of the standoff, all SEIU members will have to continue waiting for a new contract. The rest of the county's unions received their own pay raise two months ago.
David Green, a social worker on the picket line at the DCFS's South LA office insisted, "It's not about the money."
He said an American Humane Association study concluded 13 years ago that the social workers' ideal caseload is 14 children, yet those at DCFS sometimes have double or triple that number. He said this is an unfair labor practice that puts children at risk.
"We care so much about these children that we're willing to strike today, go without pay, march, do whatever it takes to send a message that our decision makers need political will to ensure child safety," Green said.
On the picket line in Torrance, supervising social worker Joan Marks complained the job has become more demanding in recent years because of new requirements to extend foster care to 18- to 21-year-old adults, continue working with families who have moved away, and seek search warrants through the court system when denied entry into a home.
"Workers are going out every other day on stress leave," she said. "We want to do service for our clients, spend more time with them, make sure there's quality care."
Another social worker, Almira Garza, said 2,200 children did not get a visit from their social worker last month.
"There was not enough time, and (social workers) are already working overtime, weekends, nights," she said. "They're exhausted."
DCFS Director Philip Browning has tapped 300 to 400 managers to take over the striking social workers' duties.
"What we've done is to identify what are our most critical areas, and that's emergency response, the hotline, and the command post," he said.
Browning said the department is also relying on volunteers to answer phone calls and perform other administrative duties. He has reached out to foster family agencies and group homes to provide additional help.
Browning added the department was actively recruiting social workers when SEIU called a strike.
"By this time next year, I expect the caseloads will drop 30 percent from the current average of 31 to the low- to mid-20s," Browning said.
Some members of the union want an even smaller caseload than that — 14 — but Browning said the study that recommended was conducted before iPhones and other technological advances boosted social worker efficiency.
County Chief Executive Officer William Fujioka said he hopes SEIU will sign a contract with the same terms that other unions have already accepted, and then deal with the staffing problem.
"They're asking for 1,300 social workers, but would that be the most effective use of our resources?" Fujioka asked. "I've always believed the solution is not just adding people — it's more important to also look at what needs to be done to improve the efficiency of social workers."
Fujioka said 21 of SEIU's 24 bargaining units have already reached a settlement with the county, The social workers are the only holdouts, but that's enough to scuttle the contract.


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The fall of Napoleon: the final betrayal
Wiley, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 352 pages
This important study of the cause and effects of Napoleon's removal from power tracks the significant events in his illustrious career through to his downfall and, while doing so, charts the clandestine diplomatic intrigues linking Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia in the quest for the Emperor's demise.
Using substantial new research, David Hamilton-Williams questions many of the established views presented in Napoleonic literature to date. By disclosing hitherto secret terrorist organizations, uncovering the attempts to assassinate Napoleon, highlighting unbridled political duplicity, and demonstrating a host of previously misinterpreted signals and actions, he instigates a fresh assessment of the fall of Napoleon, new reasons to consider how much it was self-inflicted and how much it became inevitable given the combined forces - 'friend' as well as 'foe' - ranged against him.
However great his military campaigns, how often he was victorious on the battlefield, Napoleon was destined to be deposed by political connivance and personal betrayal.
This volume is the second of a trilogy by David Hamilton-Williams. In Waterloo: New Perspectives he shed new light on the greatest battle of all, causing historians to reappraise their opinions and revise their maps; in The Last Battles: Napoleon, Murat and the Italian Campaign he reviews the chequered partnership between the Emperor and the commander he made King of Naples.
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text: This book contains transcripts from the Oval Office conversations of President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 16-day stand off during October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union in which the world came very close to nuclear war. The crisis began when the United States became aware that Cuba had installed missiles that were able to carry nuclear weapons. The recordings were made by secret recording devices which President Kennedy had installed in the Oval Office, and were transcribed for the book by court reporters with revisions by the editors. The introduction and conclusion offer historical and background details.


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Building Information Modeling
"Finer Points of Building Information Modeling" (May 2011, http://bit.ly/BIM0511) is a very good article. The concerns and suggestions mentioned are extremely important in the application of HVAC modeling. We are a design/build mechanical contractor, and generic models are close to useless for our purposes; we always require actual models. "Or equal" models might work for a consulting engineer, but not for us. Thank you for printing this informative article.
Hans Knape, PE
SystemAire Inc.
St. Louis, Mo.
'Climate Change of a Different Kind'
"Climate Change of a Different Kind" (Weil I'm Thinking of It …, April 2011, http://bit.ly/Weil_0411) only serves to perpetuate short-term thinking that is very dangerous to the long-term viability of the HVAC industry. A real "climate change" would be when folks quit turning to the federal tax code to incentivize customers to do what already is in their best interests to do. Everyone has to contribute to the deficit/debt-reduction effort, and that includes businesses that have come to rely on tax credits and taxpayer subsidies (a.k.a. "federal spending") to jump-start their businesses.
Protecting federal incentive programs may be great membership relations in the short term, but if the deficit and debt are not brought under control, there will be no business and no national trade associations, interest rates will skyrocket, financing will disappear, many people will go out of business — particularly small businesses — and jobs will be lost. Sure, "The idea is to help … industry create an environment in which building energy use, comfort, and safety are optimized," but isn't that the building owner's primary objective and responsibility anyway? Isn't the best incentive one based in profits and the free market, rather than taxpayer-subsidized tax credits and other subsidies?
The day of the Federal Trough is over — or at least it should be — and real "climate change" will implant itself in Washington, D.C., only when everyone understands, accepts, and insists on the greater good that results from a balanced federal budget and a shrinking national debt — equitably achieved through shared sacrifice.
The HVAC industry's responsibility is to make its customers aware of what's available to cost-effectively meet their energy and comfort needs in the safest, cleanest, and most efficient manner possible and to illustrate to those customers why it's in their best financial interests to do what they need to do. This industry has a story to tell and viable technologies to market. It shouldn't need a taxpayer-funded "assist" to get that point across, only a focused, dynamic, and informed sales force.
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Pipe-Insulation Failure
Interesting article ("Investigation Into the Failure of Chilled-Water-Pipe Insulation," March 2011, http://bit.ly/Lotz_0311). Humidity conditions are tropical in some mainland U.S. locations and arid/semi-arid in others. The author mentioned outdated insulation specifications being one of the problems he sees in his forensic services. The business of architecture and engineering services reaches nationwide for many firms. Dryer climates can allow the design of buildings with economies that wetter climates cannot. The transfer of successful, attractive, and economical designs into unsuitable climate zones has been a problem for decades.
Often, a plan review by a local engineering firm or consultant is a very small price to pay for risk reduction and quality control. Copying and pasting can be a time-saver that ends up being a serious problem.
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Flexible Duct
A discussion of flexible ductwork ("Predicting the Performance of Flexible-Duct Systems," December 2010, http://bit.ly/Allen_1210) is not complete without reviewing the sound-attenuation benefits of using flex duct. Properly designed and installed flexible duct can make the difference between a noisy, unacceptable HVAC system and a quiet system.
For commercial work, 8 to 12 ft of flex size at less than 600 fpm typically is used to connect diffusers and grilles to duct submains and branches. The flex pressure loss is minimal: 0.02 in. for 10 ft straight, even if we double the "0.1"/100 ft" sizing.
The acoustical benefits of elbows made of flex are 10 or even hundreds of times greater than those of hard radius elbows.
Grady C. Burch, PE
exp Services Inc.
Maitland, Fla.
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In just about two hours, while you're sipping a glass of wine, you will be painting your own unique masterpiece.
A Paint Nite artist will guide you through each painting. At the end of the night you will be amazed with your creation.
We provide everything you will need: canvas, paints, brushes, a 16"x20" canvas and even a smock.
Drink Wine, Paint and Meet new Friends … That is how we Drink Creatively!


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Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), better known as the Evel Knievel (pronounced /ˈiːvəl kɨˈniːvəl/;), was an American motorcycle daredevil and entertainer famous in the United States and elsewhere between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Knievel's nationally televised motorcycle jumps, including his 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, represent four of the twenty most-watched ABC's Wide World of Sports events to date. His achievements and failures, including his record 37 broken bones, earned him several entries in the Guinness Book of World Records.
His son Robbie Knievel is also an accomplished motorcycle daredevil.
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel was born in Butte, Montana, in 1938, the first of two children born to Robert E. and Ann Kehoe "Zippy" Knievel. His surname is of German origin; his great-great-grandparents on his father's side emigrated to the United States from Germany. Robert and Ann divorced in 1940, after the birth of their second child, Nic. Both parents decided to leave Butte. Evel was raised by paternal grandparents, Ignatius and Emma Knievel. At the age of eight, Robert Knievel attended a Joey Chitwood Auto Daredevil Show, to which he gave credit for his later career choice to become a motorcycle daredevil. Almost every jump he did was on a Harley Davidson motorcycle.


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Tepesch's strong start wrecked with two swings
ARLINGTON -- Nick Tepesch was terrific for five innings on Saturday night. But, as manager Ron Washington keeps preaching, the Rangers need more than five-inning starters.
The sixth inning proved to be Tepesch's undoing as he gave up back-to-back home runs to John Jaso and Yoenis Cespedes that helped carry the Athletics to a 5-1 victory. The Rangers are now 3-6 since the All-Star break.View Full Game Coverage
ARLINGTON -- Nick Tepesch was terrific for five innings on Saturday night. But, as manager Ron Washington keeps preaching, the Rangers need more than five-inning starters.
The sixth inning proved to be Tepesch's undoing as he gave up back-to-back home runs to John Jaso and Yoenis Cespedes that helped carry the Athletics to a 5-1 victory. The Rangers are now 3-6 since the All-Star break.View Full Game Coverage
Tepesch only threw 73 pitches as he left in the top of the seventh inning because of soreness in his left knee. There is no word yet on the extent of the injury but the Rangers have some flexibility with Jerome Williams on the roster. Tepesch looked fine after the game, but Williams could step back into the rotation if Tepesch needs extra time because of the knee.
"I just felt a little discomfort in the knee," Tepesch said. "It got me on my last pitch. When my front leg landed, I felt it a little bit. I had never felt anything like that before."
The Rangers would prefer Tepesch keep pitching. He is high on the list of young players they are trying to evaluate in the second half and he started out great on Saturday night in a head-to-head matchup with Athletics starter Sonny Gray.
"He's making tremendous progress, but if you got a chance to finish off an inning, you've got to finish it," Washington said. "You get two outs, you have to get one more. But if he can keep pitching the way he did today, he'll be fine."
Tepesch allowed just two baserunners in the first five innings. Brandon Moss led off the second with a single and was erased when Tepesch got Josh Donaldson to hit into a double play. The only other batter to reach was Stephen Vogt on first baseman J.P. Arencibia's error.
The Rangers gave Tepesch a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Jim Adduci reached on a single, stole second and scored on a single by Arencibia.
It was still 1-0 into the top of the sixth and Tepesch started the inning by getting Nick Punto on a fly to left. Eric Sogard then doubled down the left-field line, but Tepesch got Coco Crisp on a grounder to second.
That brought up Jaso, who had grounded out in his two previous at-bats. Tepesch got ahead with a slider but then Jaso slammed a 0-1 changeup into the right-field seats for a two-run home run.
"It was going really good until I made a bad pitch on the changeup to Jaso," Tepesch said. "There's nothing I can do about it."
Cespedes followed with a home run in the same general direction to give the Athletics a 3-1 lead. Tepesch retired Moss on a flyout to left to end the inning, then went back out for the seventh. He threw three pitches to Donaldson before having to come out of the game.
"Your goal as a starter is to go as deep in the game as you can," Tepesch said. "Going six to seven innings is a good goal to start with but I just take it inning by inning instead of saying I have to go six or seven innings. If you that, you'll go six or seven innings."
Nate Adcock, making his Major League debut, took over for Tepesch and gave up home runs to Donalson and Josh Reddick in the seventh.
"They powered the ball out of the ballpark tonight," Washington said. "They got guys up and down the lineup that can hit the ball out of the park."
The Athletics also had Gray on the mound and he held the Rangers to one run in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed seven hits and four walks but the Rangers were 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position while leaving eight on base.
"That's why he is one of the best pitchers in the game," Washington said. "He knows how to finish innings. It looked like he was on fumes in the sixth and seventh innings but he got out of the innings. He's not 12-3 for nothing. He can pitch."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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LeTourneau University will host Sioux Falls Seminary professor and former missionary Dr. Jay Moon to discuss the importance of spreading God's message through cross-cultural work during a special chapel service at 10:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave., in Longview. The event is free and open to the public.
Currently serving as professor of Intercultural Studies at Sioux Falls Seminary, Moon is also director of the university's Wesley House of Study. There, he helps United Methodist students connect with one another and develop their faith through doctrine-specific coursework. From 1985-2001, he worked for the Virginia State Health Department as the district engineer of the Office of Water Programs.
Moon received his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Virginia Tech and his Graduate Certificate in Biblical Studies from Columbia International University. He earned a Master of Arts in social sciences from Azusa Pacific University in 2000, as well as a doctorate in intercultural studies from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2005. Moon also participated in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, a college campus ministry organization that sponsors small group Bible studies and spiritual leadership training. He further developed his faith while in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a similar outreach group that encourages those in the sports arena to share the message of God.
From 1992 to 2001, Moon and his wife, Pam, served with Soudan Interior Mission, an international mission organization with more than 1,600 active missionaries. While concentrating on water development and church planning in Ghana, West Africa, he realized that missions could be a valuable means to help people grow in their faith. Relocating from Louisville, Ky., to Sioux Falls, S.D., in 2005, Moon joined the faculty at Sioux Falls Seminary. In this position, Moon encourages and equips tomorrow's cross-cultural workers.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Memory Monday: A Day in November
Then I started looking through a photo album for a picture to go with the dessert recipe I am submitting to the GeneaBloggers' Cookbook. I started to flip through to the photos from Christmas (Christmas is when we cook the dessert and eat it) and opened to some photographs from November.
November 2003. It wasn't that long ago, but the photographs brought back memories of the day in November when we found them, memories which had started to become dim until I caught sight of their sweet faces in the photo album. We only knew them for two or three weeks, but I don't want to forget them, so I decided to do a photo tribute to them for this Memory Monday instead of my originally planned article.
We found them at church, right outside the parish hall:
"Mom, did you see that?"
"See what? Where?"
"There was a kitten, just there, behind the ashtray urn."
"I don't see anything."
"Look, it's running behind the bushes."
A little black shadow darted past. Then a little orange shadow followed.
I sent one daughter down to the far end of the parish hall, posted the other halfway down, and stood guard at the end near the doors. We finally captured four kittens: two black ones, one mostly brown calico, and an orange tabby. They were small and hungry. We looked for the mother cat but could not find her and could not find anyone who had seen her. Well, some people drop babies off on church doorsteps…
We left our younger daughter in our van with the four kittens and some milk in a bowl from the parish hall kitchen. My husband, older daughter, and I went to church. Afterwards the news leaked out that there were kittens in the van, so a herd of children ran over to get a look. Unfortunately, their parents were not in the market for kittens.
We took them home. Our four grown cats were not exactly delighted at their arrival. Especially Rocky, our adoptee from the animal shelter who was going to be displaced as "Bedroom Cat" for a while. For the next couple of weeks he would just have to get along with R.B., BooBoo, and Pipsqueak. We moved the kittens into our bedroom, which has a long master bathroom attached.
We cannot have eight cats. Not even five.
We spent the next three or four days in a furious publicity campaign at school and at work. At the end of that time we had homes promised for all four kittens, but would be keeping them for another week or two while the families made preparations; the very last kitten was to be driven up to New Jersey at the end of three weeks.
It was the sensible thing to do. It was not what we really wanted to do.
We will always have fond memories of the time in November when the "church kittens" visited our house.
They liked to eat a lot.
Then it was time to bathe.
And then maybe scratch…
Perhaps explore a bit…
Or get into fights…
And then be held…one at a time
Or sometimes two (one on each knee)…
Or even three …
And then it was time to sleep.
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OH, Greta, THANK you for sharing these babies! I enjoyed seeing them, and hearing their story! Lots of AWWWWWW factor there! LOLReplyDelete
A lovely memory. I love the phrase - "when the church kittens came to visit."ReplyDelete
Such sweet memories : )ReplyDelete
I'm not even a cat person, but those kittens sure were cute!ReplyDelete
I'm not a cat person either, but they are so cute.ReplyDelete
My Petey was a church cat. The adoption place said he came from a church. I think he may have lived under the church, as he still like to sleep in tiny, enclosed places.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing photos of your church kitties.
Thank you all for visiting. Our house felt so empty after they left. Amy - I've noticed that in the places they choose to sleep cats seem to like to duplicate their kittenhood arrangements, whether it's tight places, cuddling with other cats, etc.ReplyDelete


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FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network now Available on the FiOS Mobile App for On-the-Go TV Viewing
Dec 12, 2013, 01:36 ET
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to watching live news channels anytime, anywhere, Verizon FiOS TV customers now have more options with the addition of FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network on Verizon's FiOS Mobile App. This brings to 27 the number of live channels available outside the home for anytime, anywhere TV access.
Customers who have the FiOS Mobile App – which is free – can now live stream the 24-hour FOX News channels from eligible devices, including tablets and smartphones, outside the home. FiOS TV customers can also watch FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network within the home through the FiOS Mobile app. The most-watched cable news network in the country, FOX News Channel is dedicated to delivering fair and balanced coverage of the day's top news events as well as political and business news. FOX Business Network is a financial news channel delivering real-time information, across all platforms, that impact both Main Street and Wall Street.
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The FiOS Mobile App offers access to some of the most popular television shows and movies via the iPad, iPhone, select Android tablets and phones, and Kindle Fire tablets, delivering anytime, anywhere access for FiOS customers. FiOS TV customers who are FiOS Internet customers can also use their mobile devices and tablets to watch up to 91 live linear national channels at home.
"Providing quality news and entertainment programming that our customers can access wherever, whenever they want is what the FiOS Mobile App delivers," said John Wimsatt, Verizon's senior vice president of product development. "The programing available will satisfy a wide variety of people, from sports and movie fans to news junkies. Close collaboration with content and software partners allows us to deliver a seamless customer experience that will continue to become more robust and offer more variety over time."
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Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong speaks during a meeting in Beijing in this file handout photo dated March 30, 2013.
One of China's most prominent human rights advocates was convicted Sunday and sentenced to four years in prison after campaigning for children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose assets.
Xu Zhiyong's jailing will send a stark warning to activists that the Chinese Communist Party will crush any challenge to its rule, especially from those who seek to organise campaigns.
It also diminishes hopes for meaningful political change, even as China pledges to embark on economic reforms.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order," the court said on its official microblog. Xu was tried on Wednesday.
The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was "deeply disappointed."
"We are concerned that Mr. Xu's prosecution is retribution for his public campaign to expose corruption and for the peaceful expression of his views," said Daniel Delk, second secretary for the political section at the U.S. embassy.
Delk said "we call on Chinese authorities to release Xu and other political prisoners immediately."
The U.S. Embassy sent two diplomats to Xu's trial on Wednesday, joining 15 other Western diplomats, although they were only allowed into a room adjacent to the courthouse and were not allowed to observe the trial.
Xu's lawyer Zhang Qingfang said he will meet Xu within the next two days to get his opinion on whether to lodge an appeal.
"He said (in court) that the last remaining dignity of the Chinese legal system has been destroyed," Zhang told reporters.
"It's not that we can't bear this result but that, fundamentally, the guilty conviction is illegal, is unreasonable and unfair," he said.
There were chaotic scenes outside the court as police shoved and harassed foreign reporters. Zhang was briefly taken away in a van by police after the hearing. He said police were still tailing him after he was released.
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A police van drives past the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, where legal scholar and founder of the New Citizens movement Xu Zhiyong appeared for his verdict in Beijing Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014.
The government has waged a 10-month drive against Xu's "New Citizens' Movement," which advocates working within the system to press for change. Hundreds of Chinese citizens have participated in activities related to the movement, according to rights activists.
"This is a shameful but sadly predictable verdict. The Chinese authorities have once again opted for the rule of fear over the rule of law," Roseann Rife, East Asia Research Director at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
"The persecution of those associated with the New Citizens Movement demonstrates how fearful the Chinese leadership are of public calls for change," she said.
China has detained at least 20 activists involved in pressing for asset disclosure by officials, although not all are from the New Citizens' Movement.
Two activists stood trial on Thursday in Beijing and four others will be tried on Monday. Three went on trial in December and face more than 10 years in prison if convicted.
"Instead of 'putting power' within a 'cage of regulations,' as Xi Jinping has promised, the new leadership appears to be more interested in consolidating power," Brad Adams, Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
"Staging show trials of critics is wholly at odds with Xi's self-proclaimed reformist agenda," he said.
Through his online essays and Twitter account, Xu pushed for officials to disclose their assets and also campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities, where many live with their migrant worker parents.
Xu's trial is China's highest-profile proceeding against a dissident since 2009, when Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was put on trial for subversion after he helped organise the "Charter 08" petition urging the overthrow of one-party rule. Liu was jailed for 11 years.
During Xu's trial, the court rejected the 68 witnesses the defense had applied to testify. It also barred diplomats from attending the trial and security forces roughed up foreign reporters outside the courthouse.
"I'm sad, words fail me. This is a great tragedy," said rights lawyer Teng Biao, a close friend of Xu. "In his promotion of the 'New Citizens' Movement' and other human rights activities, none of it constitutes a crime, so his trial and sentencing have no legal basis."
Du Guowang, an activist who was given legal advice by Xu in 2011 on equal education rights, said police have tailed him for nearly a week in a bid to prevent him from going to the courthouse to support Xu.
"They want these four years to prevent Xu Zhiyong from speaking," Du said. "Because Xu Zhiyong's words represent the masses and he's got relatively high recognition by society. He speaks up for the bottom rungs of society."
This report includes information from NBC News' Eric Baculinao.


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Mount Mercy will hold its annual Iowa Immigration Heritage Multicultural Fair on Monday, April 19 from 3:00 – 7:30 p.m. The fair, which takes place in Betty Cherry Heritage Hall, is free and open to the public.
In addition to food, arts and crafts representing the cultures of Mount Mercy's international students, there will also be entertainment such as Brazilian dancers, Latin America music and dances, and Irish ballet dancing. Guests will also have an opportunity to take a practice Citizenship Test in Lundy.
Special guest speaker Dr. John Chaimov will offer the keynote address at 6:00 p.m. in Mount Mercy's McAuley Theatre, followed by a panel session of Iowa refugees. Mount Mercy's many international students will showcase their country at special booths during the fair.
Chaimov serves as associate professor of German and director of off-campus study at Coe College. He is currently teaching the German classes "Life During Wartime," and "Ghosts of Madness," as well as a first year seminar "Aliens," and "Introduction to International Studies." He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California San Diego and a Master of Arts and Ph.D., from the University of Chicago.
The Multicultural Fair is co-sponsored by Mount Mercy College Campus Ministry with the help of the AFIRM Grant from the Sisters of Mercy, and the Ecumenical Welcoming the Stranger Committee at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center.


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By By Andrew Parker | March 1, 2013
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For many in the helicopter industry, the weeks leading up to Heli-Expo are among the busiest times of the year—second only to the actual event. It's also one of the most exciting seasons of the year, as thousands come together to watch manufacturers and suppliers uncover their newest products and latest innovations.
Just about everyone looks for signs of progress, and decision-makers within the industry are predicting that 2013 will build on the momentum of the past couple years and continue the recovery from the low point of 2009.
The hard work that people within the industry have put in over the past three to four years is starting to pay off. While some manufacturers and suppliers wait to make formal announcements at the show, others have painted a picture of a healthy outlook for 2013 and into 2014.
In this month's issue, Robert Moorman provides a snapshot of commercial market trends for the past 12 months (see "Let the Good Times Roll," starting on page 36), while looking forward into the future.
Sikorsky is planning to detail its largest-ever single order of S-92s in Las Vegas, only a couple weeks after the first S-92 delivery under a 16-helicopter order to Avinicis Group, parent company of Bond Offshore Helicopters (see story on page 28).
Robinson Helicopter CEO Kurt Robinson anticipates that 2013 will continue a northward trend, with the Torrance, Calif.-based manufacturer selling 517 helicopters in 2012, up from 356 the year before. Robinson is currently on backlog for the R66 until Sept. 1, 2013 based on current production of five copies per week.
Eurocopter is reporting €6.3 billion in revenues for 2012, or approximately $8.4 billion USD, a growth of 15 percent over €5.4 billion in 2011 (see story on page 16). The all-time high in revenue comes with 475 total deliveries in 2012, despite a steady decrease in deliveries each year since a high of 588 in 2008. Customer support activity (at 47 percent) has exceeded production (45 percent) in terms of business activity at Eurocopter.
Following the introduction of the 525 Relentless last year, Bell didn't provide many details heading into the show about this year, but a recent report from parent company Textron indicates that revenues for the Hurst, Texas-based helicopter maker rose $139 million in fourth quarter 2012 in contrast to the same period in 2011. Segment profit went up $10 million, which reflects "higher volume and mix," according to Textron. Bell's backlog also increased to $7.5 billion, up $1.2 billion from the close of third quarter 2012.
AgustaWestland comes into Heli-Expo following the Feb. 12 arrest of Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi in Italy over corruption charges stemming from a $748-million contract with the Indian military for 12 AW101s (see story on page 12). Finmeccanica's board of directors acted quickly to appoint Alessandro Pansa as CEO and chief operating officer to take over Orsi's role. As of mid-February, current AgustaWestland CEO Bruno Spagnolini was also under house arrest.
The annual "Russian Hour" returns to Heli-Expo this year on Tuesday, March 6 at 1:00 pm in room N110 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Russian Helicopters will display its advanced-technology Kamov Ka-62, which feature Turbomeca Ardiden 3G engines, and Mi-171A2 in the U.S. for the first time. In addition, the manufacturer plans to detail its new joint project with AgustaWestland.
Also in this month's issue, Dale Smith highlights a sector that has continued to show strength throughout the global economic downturn. "Helicopters Allow O&G Producers to Go Deeper, Further Offshore," starting on page 44, explores a market segment that is displaying little indication of slowing down.
There's no shortage of excitement heading into this year's Heli-Expo. If the next few weeks are as eventful as early February has been, we're in for a "breakout performance" by the helicopter industry during 2013, which makes sense, considering this year's show is in Vegas.
For Heli-Expo 2013 reports and photos before, during and after the show, visit www.rotorandwing.com