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Pig Roast 2010
From Makers Local 256
Note that this page is for archival purposes only. Information about locations and event times are outdated.
Pig Roast fundraiser to coincide with another Make Shop demo/expo/open house
Event Recap / Lessons Learned
- $595 Raised (Profit)
- $317 from pig roast tickets.
- $239 from random donations.
- $40 from selling an oscilloscope.
- 1 membership application
- Cooking the Pig
- Pit Cooking was much easier than Spit Cooking. The pig can be left unattended for longer periods of time.
- Need to open the Aluminum Foil not over the pit/fire. Can cause a grease fire: Video of the great Pig Grease Fire of 2010
- We need a larger pig next year the food was all gone in about 1.5hrs during a 6 hr event.
- I think we were more money conscious this year, and uncertain how many people were going to attend, so we made a safe bet with the smaller pig. Now that we know how many folks to expect, we can afford to go bigger next time. --MrWorld
- The NPR ad seemed to bring a lot of folks in. It was easy and free, and we should probably keep asking for these whenever it makes sense to do so. --MrWorld
- People love the 3d printing and CNC machines. --MrWorld
- Maybe use something like eventbrite to presell tickets
- Have name badges or some way to get an official headcount
Basic Event Information
- Name: TBD ("pig roast")
- Logistics: Omegix 15:36, 29 September 2010 (CDT)
- Date: 11/06/2010
- Time: 1PM (Attendee Arrival Time)
- Location: Make Shop
- Cost to Attend: $10 / person, or $15 for two people.
- Silent Auction
To-do (captured from 2009 Lessons Learned)
- Need to get pig at least 48 hours in advance. - Todo: Preaux
- Needed to find a place to defrost the pig in between when it was picked up and brought to the event. Ended up using Preaux's bathtub
- Time was needed to inject the pig with spices and marinades
- The BBQ sauce from MM was good. - Todo: Preaux
- Making a breakfast and energy drink run for the early morning volunteers started the day off right. - Todo: Omegix
- Time to cook the pig took closer to 8 hours, roughly two more than we were expecting for a 50lb pig - Todo: Preaux
- Pig needed to be closer to the fire
- We ended up building a hut around the pig out of extra lumber, covered in aluminum foil to reflect the heat back into the hut.
- Having a second main food item really helped with easing people's hunger during the cooking time.
- The main drink was Ice Tea. We had five medium size bags of ice purchased for the event, only needed about two to three.
- Could have had more change on hand before the event. It worked out alright, but there were moments when we had to ask people to wait on us to make change. - Todo: Omegix
- Event cost roughly $180 to put on, with a $150 pig. Event brought in $545, a net of about $388. About $75 of that was reimbursable seed money that was donated after the event. Todo: N/A
- In the event of motor failure on the rotisserie, you can just turn the pig every 5-10 minutes.
- a sprayer to keep the pig moisturized was a great tool to have on hand
The Pig
- Rocket City Meats.
- A 48 lb. half pig (no head/feet) for $103.17 is available for pickup on Nov. 4th (preaux to pick up) --Omegix 13:51, 14 October 2010 (CDT)
- Mr. Phillips requested we reserve closer to the event. Planning to Call back in mid October. --Omegix 09:34, 1 October 2010 (CDT)
- Whole 50lb Pig With Head is $3.29 / lb (~$164)--Omegix 09:31, 1 October 2010 (CDT)
- Half Headless 55-60lb Pig is $1.99 / lb (~$110)--Omegix 09:31, 1 October 2010 (CDT)
- 50lb pig is now $3.49 / lb, or $175. The said I could call tomorrow and talk to Mr. Phillips to see if we could get a better deal since we bought from them last year. --Omegix 16:50, 30 September 2010 (CDT)
- Shop Cleanup
- Jeff and Crashcart are going to pick up the shop during the wee hours while the pig cooks.
- Tech Expo - MrWorld heading
- Projects to display (unconfirmed as of 10-13)
- HSIS Module - Bender (confirmed), Brimstone for Q&A (confirmed).
- Quad Copter - Kinsey (confirmed)
- 3D printing - enabrintain (confirmed)
- Forge and Foundry - gregabyte (confirmed)
- RC Lawn Mower - ?
- QR Codes
- Screen printing - MrWorld (confirmed)
- Projects to display (unconfirmed as of 10-13)
- Pig
- Omegix
- Preaux
- Your Name here!
- Second Main Dish - Alii will cook it if someone else can fund it.
- Wood Chips - BrokenTrace is cutting and bringing hickory wood
- Charcoal (6 bags) (size of bags?) - Opticron
- Pig Roasting Apparatus
- Pit
- Contacted Jenkins Brick company to ask for spare bricks. Waiting on reply. --Omegix 14:19, 27 October 2010 (CDT)
- Chairs
- Omegix can bring 5 chairs
- Alii can bring 3 chairs
- Brimstone can bring 4 chairs and a card table.
- MrWorld bringing 3 chairs
- More chairs needed - Volunteer Needed
- Silent Auction - Volunteer Needed
- Soap from Erik and Wife's Soap Shop
- plates, cups, knives, spoons, forks, bowls - Jeff
Breakfast for 7AM morning volunteers
Alii needs to know how many to cook for. If you'll be there at 7AM, please add your name.
- Alii
- Omegix
- Preaux
- crashcart
- Tuttle
- Pasta Salad - Alii
- a savory casserole of some sort or else some savory finger foods - frigidzephyr
- Awesome Dip (Bacon Cheese Dip) - Gregabyte
- Chips - Gregabyte
- Vegetarian Chilli - Alii
- brownies - benalene
- apple pie - benalene
- (possibly) a walnut tart - benalene
- Pumpkin Pie - Brimstone
- Concentrated Tea - TAIN
Not Yet Advertised To
- Fliers - (going up 10/25) Bandito Gov, UAH
- Alii is posting fliers as well
Advertised To
- Fliers - Bookmark, Bandito South Side, Panera Bread, Atlanta Bread Company
- Facebook Event
- NPR Service Announcement
- Saturday, November 6th, Makers Local will be having their second "Pig Roast & and Tech Expo". The Makers will be showing off their latest Do-It-Yourself projects. There will be a quad rotor RC helicopter, a display of the flight hardware used in their award winning near-space balloon flight, an aluminum forge, a 3-D printer, a remote control lawn mower project and more. The Tech Expo is free to attend, and starts at noon. Makers Local is located at 203 Brown Street off of Clinton in downtown Huntsville. Visit makerslocal.org for more details.
- Update email sent to general list (2 weeks out)
- Makers Local Web Page
- Livejournal Huntsville Community


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Following the business deal that Google closed with HTC over its hardware business, bringing in a total of 2000 chip and integrated circuit designers, Google has begun plans to produce its own CPU and hardware for smartphones. This smart move is to enable them to have more control over the production of the hardware, which will give the company room to control the smartphones and other devices that are being produced, and also give them a better stand at competing with Apple in the production of high-end smartphones.
This smart move was birthed from the lesson learnt from previous failed attempts especially with the recent Pixel 2 smartphone, and also the Nexus devices. Previously, Google has employed the help of HTC, LG, Samsung, and others to design and produce its Nexus and Pixel smartphones, while it just simply maintained the development of the Android software. As of today, the company has announced that it's working on the new custom hardware after it has developed the imaging processor embedded in the Pixel 2 in-house. The just Concluded HTC deal will further boost the com[pany's internal electronics engineering capabilities.
Google seems to be considering to delve into the production of its own hardware for virtual/augmented reality headsets and artificial intelligence-based systems, although HTC has its own lead in the VR headset market. Meanwhile, Apple has already kicked out the iPhone with ARM-based microprocessors designed in-house and recently added graphics processing capabilities (a development that actually cost the main graphics processing technology supplier, Imagination Technologies, so much.
Looking at developing its own SoCs, it will be requiring significant investment, and will also mean that the devices will be more popular than the company's Pixel and Pixel 2 devices.
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Swedish Design Icons: Marianne WestmanMonday 16 February 2015 • By liz
Born in 1928 in the Swedish Province of Darlarna (home of the Dala Horse), Marianne Westman is a Swedish textile and ceramic designer. Westman's career really began when she joined Rörstrand, a porcelain factory, it was here she produced perhaps her most iconic design 'Picknick' in 1956.
Such was her success she became known as 'Porslinsmamma' (china mum) in the factory. Westman's designs are timeless – superb in their simplicity, often depicting or inspired by ordinary items and surroundings. They're beautifully executed pieces of art but applied to everyday useful objects. Making functional fun. How very Scandinavian.
You can still get hold of some of the original pieces, Etsy has a fair amount in stock. But thanks mainly to Almedahls (a Swedish textile company) plenty of her designs are still in production today. Röstrand have also reconnected with her too, recently re-launching her 'Mon Amie' range – in the same year she celebrated her 8oth birthday in fact. So obviously there is a lot still to choose from, but here are a few of my favourites…
1. Picknick Chopping Board £14.97 (Sale), 2. Pomona coaster 4-pack $26, 3. Almedahls Mustard Körsbärsträdgården Scandinavian Fabric £29.95 p/m, 4. Belle Amie pot stand blue $30, 5. Karringen mot Strommen Tray $32 6. Mon Amie Jar $42, 7. Picknick oil cloth £26.50p/m
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Increases in capital disregards, included in the newly published Social Welfare and Pensions Bill, 2005, ensure that SSIA savings will not affect social welfare payments, Minister for Social Affairs, Séamus Brennan T.D., said today (Sunday, 13th February 2005).
Following a review of the current arrangements for the assessment of capital undertaken by Minister Brennan, particularly in so far as they relate to SSIAs, the amount of capital disregarded for means test purposes for all social welfare schemes (except supplementary welfare allowance) will be increased from this June. The disregard will increase from €12,697.38 to €20,000, an increase of over €7,300 and applies to all capital regardless of where it is held, be it in a SSIA, a Credit Union, with An Post or any other account with a bank or other financial institution.
"I want to ensure that means testing arrangements do not act as a disincentive for pensioners and other social welfare customers to become savers or harshly penalise those who have been regular savers in the past. The improvement I am introducing will remove the anxiety of many welfare recipients, particularly old age pensioners, who were worried their SSIAs or other savings would directly impact on the value of their pensions.
"For example, under the new arrangements a single non-contributory pensioner, with no other means, can have capital of up to €28,000 and qualify for a pension at the maximum rate, they can have capital of up to €76,000 and still qualify for a minimum pension and these figures are doubled in the case of a pensioner couple," said Minister Brennan.
"I have also introduced measures in the Bill to simplify the assessment rates for capital in excess of €20,000," added Minister Brennan.
A person with a SSIA, saving the maximum amount of €254 per month for five years, would accumulate a capital amount of €19,050, including the government bonus and excluding interest. A saving of €160 per month would accumulate €12,000 and €100 per month would result in capital of €7,500.
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Attorney general's guidelines
On Aug. 25, 2008, the California Attorney General's office issued new guidelines for medical marijuana enforcement explaining its interpretation of SB420 and Prop 215. Read the guidelines. Although not strictly binding as law, they provide a good indication of how the AG wants to proceed with state enforcement.
The guidelines note that storefront "dispensaries" are not explicitly recognized in state law, but that a "properly organized collective or cooperative" may legally dispense medical marijuana through a storefront provided it complies with certain conditions. The guidelines do not envision dispensaries operating as patient "caregivers," nor as for-profit businesses (there are many ways in which businesses can be organized as "non-profits"; for details consult a business attorney).
Dispensaries are expected to file for a seller's permit and pay sales taxes to the Board of Equalization (see document attached). This is consistent with state law, which requires sales taxes for all medicinal herbs and drugs except those sold by a licensed pharmacist upon a doctor's "prescription " (legally, doctors cannot "prescribe" marijuana, but only "recommend" or "approve" it).
Some cities and counties also require a business license and/or zoning permits for dispensaries. Coops and collectives must serve only verified legal patients, and distribute only to their own members.
Beyond this, the guidelines specify that cooperatives and collectives should use only marijuana legally grown or obtained by their own members, with no purchases from outside their membership. This requirement is questionable, since there is nothing in state or federal law banning the purchase of marijuana, medical or otherwise, from any source (the law bans possession, not purchase, and possession is protected under Prop. 215). However, this problem can be avoided by including all growers and suppliers as members.
The guidelines also state that dispensaries should document their activities, and specifically "track and record" the source of their marijuana. This too is outside the requirements of Prop 215 and SB 420. While good record-keeping is always advisable as a business practice, keeping records on growers and vendors poses obvious problems given the threat of federal prosecution. Until federal law is reformed to protect medical marijuana suppliers, coops and collectives need to be careful about protecting their confidentiality.
Delivery services
Although state law has no explicit provision for delivery services, they can be justified on the grounds that many patients lack transportation and cannot grow for themselves. The best way to organize a delivery service is as a non-profit cooperative or collective. The management should be in the hands of the membership, not a single individual. (See definitions of collective and cooperative above.)
Cultivation and posession guidelines
In order to reduce uncertainty and avoid unnecessary arrests, SB 420 established "limits" or guidelines as to how much marijuana patients and their caregivers could grow and possess. The state default SB 420 guidelines are 6 mature plants or 12 immature plants per patient, and 8 ounces of dried marijuana bud or equivalent. Individual counties and cities are allowed to set higher but not lower limits. Individual patients may exceed the guidelines if they have a doctor's note saying they need more; in practice, however, police routinely ignore this exception.
The question remains as to how much medical marijuana cooperatives and collectives are allowed to grow or possess. According to the AG's guidelines, they can scale the SB 420 limits in proportion to the number of their members. For example, under the standard state guideline, a coop with ten members could have ten times the limits, i.e. 60 mature or 120 immature plants and up to 80 ounces of marijuana. However, some counties and cities have established a maximum cap on the size of collective gardens: for example, San Francisco does not allow more than 99 plants in any case. In general, collectives are advised to exercise caution about growing very large gardens. Even if local guidelines permit it, don't assume that you can safely grow 600 plants just because you have 100 patients. Beware that cultivation of 100 plants or more is punishable by a federal mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years. Collectives are accordingly well advised to stay at 99 plants or less to reduce the risk of federal prosecution.
Federal law
Possession, sale, distribution and transportation of marijuana, medical or otherwise, remain completely illegal under federal law. Under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning that it has no accepted medical use. Medical marijuana remains completely illegal under current federal law. The DEA has raided scores of medical marijuana growers, clubs and caregivers in California since the enactment of Prop. 215. For the most part, the targets have been either high-profile activists who have attracted publicity, or commercial-scale dispensaries and growers whom local law enforcement has decided to turn over for federal prosecution. Defendants in federal cases are not allowed to invoke state law or medical marijuana as a defense. As a result, every medical marijuana defendant who has gone to trial in federal court has been convicted. Sentences have ranged from one day to 20 years.
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Another federal weapon against medical marijuana is property forfeiture. Federal law allows the government to forfeit real estate from owners or landlords who let it be used for marijuana distribution or cultivation. Since 2007, the DEA has sent letters to hundreds of California dispensary landlords warning them that their property is subject to forfeiture. So far, no forfeiture suits have been filed pursuant to these letters
The State Supreme Court has ruled that defendants are not entitled to a caregiver defense if all they do is grow or supply medical marijuana to patients. In one of the cases court ruled: "a defendant whose caregiving consisted principally of supplying marijuana and instructing on its use, and who otherwise only sporadically took some patients to medical appointments, cannot qualify as a primary caregiver." The court went on to specify: "a defendant asserting primary caregiver status must prove at a minimum that he or she (1) consistently provided caregiving, (2) independent of any assistance in taking medical marijuana, (3) at or before the time he or she assumed responsibility for assisting with medical marijuana."
A provision in SB 420 forbids caregivers from having more than one patient outside their own "city or county." The constitutionality of this provision is questionable because it appears to restrict Prop. 215; also, the limitation to a single "city or county" is ambiguous. So far, no appellate court has ruled on the legality of this restriction; while it is included in the Attorney General's guidelines, it has been disregarded in some lower court rulings. Until this legal issue is settled, prospective caregivers are advised to be cautious about trying to serve many clients outside of their "city or county."
In general, the courts have held that cannabis clubs cannot serve as legal "primary caregivers" for large numbers of patients. Some persons have claimed caregiver status while growing for multiple numbers of patients on the theory that they are providing for their patients' health or safety. This defense has been successful in court for caregivers growing for small numbers of patients. However, it was rejected by a state court of appeals in the decision of other case, where the court held that Buyers' Club could not reasonably claim to function as a "primary caregiver" for its 8000 clients.
In general, dispensaries who cater to walk-in clients should not hope to rely on the caregiver provision. Caregiver growers should limit themselves to a select membership list of patients whom they personally know and who do not have other caregivers. Within these constraints, SB 420 allows caregivers to be compensated for the costs of their services, but it does NOT authorize sale of the marijuana itself for profit.


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With the high volume of emails most Outlook users receive, managing what happens to an email after it arrives in your inbox can become a time consuming chore. There are also a lot of email tasks that are on the sending side, like quickly forwarding messages to your manager or having to send out a lot of messages to the same group of people over and over again.
In this blog I'd like to introduce you to a feature in Outlook that could help you reduce the amount of time you spend on repetitive steps. Quick Steps was introduced in Outlook 2010 and is also available in Outlook 2013.
Outlook Email – What are Quick Steps?
First of all, what are Quick Steps? As the name implies, Quick Steps are command buttons that perform a specific set of actions with only one click of the mouse. A quick step may only contain one action, but they can also contain sequences of actions that otherwise would require multiple clicks.
Let's take a look at where you can find Quick Steps and some examples of how to take advantage of this feature.
Quick Steps are easy to find. They are located in their own group on the Home Tab of the Outlook Mail window:
Let's take a closer look at this group of command buttons:
If you haven't used any of these buttons before you will see six default Quick Steps in the gallery:
- Move to:? – move an item in your Inbox to a specific folder
- Team Email – send a message to a pre-defined group of recipients
- Reply & Delete – open up a Reply To window, then Delete the original message as soon you finish sending the reply
- To Manager – forward the selected message to your manager without the need to type in your manager's email address
- Done – mark a Task as complete
- Create New – create your own Quick Step
Outlook Email – What can Quick Steps Do?
Let's first take a look at some of these default Quick Steps. With the exception of Reply & Delete, these Quick Steps require a one-time only configuration. I'll use the example of the Move to:? Quick step.
Move to: ?
When you click this button for the first time you simply have to specify which folder you would like an item moved to, and you can also rename the Quick Step to reflect the location where the item will be moved:
In this example, I have a folder named "My Folder" where I want items to be placed. I would rename the Quick step to match the name of the folder and then choose the folder location from the drop-down box as illustrated below:
When I click the Save button, I now have a command button in my Quick Steps gallery that allows me to move one or more selected items in my inbox directly into the folder I want. No more clicking and dragging required!
Team Email
The other default Quick Steps would have a similar First Time Setup, like the Team Email where all I'd have to do is specify a list of recipients once, and then be able to address an email to all of these recipients without ever having to type a single email address:
Create Your Own Quick Step
But I'm not limited to only the 5 default Quick Steps provided, I can create my own, too. The Quick Steps I create can automate multiple my Outlook actions. Let's say I'm working on a project and I've set up a folder to hold all of my project related emails. But when I get a message about the project I always want to forward the message to my team, mark the message as read and assign it to a Category related to my project.
If I click the Quick Step labeled "Create New," I simply specify the first action and then add as many steps as I need:
After I click Finish, I'll now have a command button that will perform all of these actions to any message I choose with one click of the mouse.
If you want to make yourself more efficient in handling your Outlook Emails all it takes is some Quick Steps!


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118th Meeting Artist
Arti Nattardo - Noel Attard
The 118th Art Discussion Group Meeting will be held on Tuesday 25th February 2014 at 19.30hrs at MISCO OFFICE (first floor) in Fino Building in Notabile Road, Mriehel. ADG is inviting the painter Noel Attard to meet its members and friends in relation to his exhibition: Arti Nattard inaugurated on Friday 14th February 2014 at Cavalieri Art Hotel, St. Julians. The artist will answer questions from the floor regarding his vision, concept, and career.
'Arti Nattardo – A Hedonistic Approach' is a fairly large and representative exhibition of his work (about 39) that demonstrate his love of texture and pastel colours. Our members and friends have an opportunity to view through professional images shown on screen the whole collection.
A hedonistic, pleasure-seeking approach to life, a love for life and a passion for life quite characteristic and distinct marks the essence of Noel Attard's fantasy world and surreal concoctions. He is a romantic dreamer and poet who seeks lyrical symphony, an artist of feeling and sensual titillation, of frenzied passion and overflowing emotions. He transforms reality as seen through the physical eye with the mind's eye into surreal scenes of elegant and sensual beauty full of fantasy and imagination.
Quite eclectic he is inspired by nature and metamorphoses the physical and tactile world into spiritual beauty or as an aesthete into its joyful essence. He is a mannerist that reduces graphic linearity and melting, palpitating shapes into soft and ghostly pastel shades and earth colours.
His subject is an excuse as his main aim is to transform the canvas into tactile and subtle textures for emotional enjoyment. His concept of art is to stimulate joy and pleasure through musical balance, poetic feeling and lyrical sensuality.
Noel Attard (b.1966) was brought up in an artistic milieu that nourished him. He exploited such background to the full coaxing his determination towards an artistic career. After attending art schools, Noel sought to compliment his applied practical and technical experience with theoretical academic studies at the University of Malta where he graduated in History of Art in 2006.
Since his initial participation in 1998 in a collective exhibition in Bath, England through the co-ordination of the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, he has never relented and has participated in a considerable number of collective exhibitions both in Malta and foreign countries to the present. In 2003 he held his first personal exhibition at St. James Cavalier, Valletta, followed by his recent show at the Loggia, National Fine Arts Museum, Valletta in 1990.
Noel aims for the essential or the essence in his art and conveys only what he thinks is vital to grasp or to capture the viewer's attention. The texture is the result of a rich impasto or scumbling technique (dry brush technique) a balance reached between the aggressive application of paint and use of surgical gauze glued to the ground that thickens and roughens the canvas and a studied use of subtle colour and soft tonal effects.
Noel's art is a paean to life, a musical symphony that generally shows the emotional state of the artist in depicting a particular piece of work. His works form an essential part of his lifestyle and are thus an integral part of his life. He is an incurable romantic with deep sentiment and passionate emotions and feeling. His fantasy and imagination lend human warmth to an expressive language. Noel is grateful to his family for becoming what he is today.
E. V. Borg
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Christmas greetings! Thank you for your patience as this blog has gone semi-dormant this past semester. I have hopes that next semester will be less back-breaking, and I'll be able to resume writing about all my favorite things. For the immediate future, I'm hoping to knock out some mini-reviews for the backlog of CDs I wasn't able to listen to properly this semester. (Apologies to any record labels and artists who've been patiently waiting for my feedback.) Also, Little Sister is slated to make a guest appearance and lend her thoughts on the new Star Wars movie (she seems to have been a popular guest in the past, so I'll not mess with success!) In addition, I've been asked to write a piece about the enduring popularity of Star Wars for Summit magazine, so stay tuned for a link to that. It still hasn't quite sunk in that I'm getting paid to write about Star Wars. Merry Christmas to me. (I guess even worldview organizations feel like just having fun once in a while.) Finally, I'm putting together a Top 5 list of 2015 films and hope to have that posted soon.
The song was debuted live on Christmas Day, 1941, just weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would go on to become such a beloved classic that the master of Crosby's 1942 studio recording wore out, so the version we know today is actually a re-recording from 1947. What I didn't know was that Crosby said he was hesitant to perform the song overseas. He explained in an interview, "I hesitated about doing it because invariably it caused such a nostalgic yearning among the men that it made them sad. Heaven knows, I didn't come that far to make them sad. For this reason, several times I tried to cut it out of the show, but these guys just hollered for it."
Some of you might remember the scene from the opening of the film White Christmas, where Bing essentially plays himself performing for a group of soldiers. The actors playing the soldiers convey that pensive melancholy very well, resting their chins on their guns, a faraway look in their eyes. But as the real Bing came to discover, that bittersweet feeling the song stirred in his audience only made them lean into it all the more. It was so popular not because he was wrong, but because he was right. Of course it made them sad. But the sadness was worth it for keeping that frail thread of connection to all they had left behind: the thread of memory. Why fight if there is nothing to fight for? Why ache if there is nothing to ache for? Why press on to survive if you can no longer remember the home you used to know?
There is one more layer of sadness to this song. While families gathered and shared Christmas cheer to the tune of his nostalgic lyrics, it was said that the holiday held no joy for its composer, Irving Berlin. Perhaps this is because on Christmas Day, 1928, Berlin lost a child at three weeks old. Every year since, on that day of celebration, Berlin could be found alone at the grave of his son, Irving Junior.
…Between melting and freezing
The soul's sap quivers. There is no earth smell
Or smell of living thing. This is the spring time
But not in time's covenant. Now the hedgerow
Of snow, a bloom more sudden
Than that of summer…
[…] We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always–
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
Merry Christmas to all.


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Gaining and Spending Karma and Nuyen
Gaining and Spending Karma and Nuyen
Gaining Karma and Nuyen
Sooner or later, your character is going to complete a run and gain some Karma. Our example character, Jarols, has just finished his first one. Somehow, Jarols was awarded 20 Karma and 5,000 Nuyen. (Jarols' player has also learned not to question how he got 20 Karma because this is an example!) It's time to record his lucrative reward. Click on the Karma and Nuyen tab. Click the Karma Gained button to enter the Karma reward. This opens the Karmic Change window.
Enter the amount of Karma gained and a description for the gain. By default, "Mission Reward" is already filled in. You can change this to any value you'd like; it is there to serve as a note or reminder as to where the reward or expense came from. The date also defaults to the current date and time that the window was opened to record when you received the reward or expense. You can also set this to any date and time you'd like. Some players like using the real world date of their game while other like to use the in-game date. The Refund checkbox adds Karma to your character without counting towards their Total Career Karma value. This is primarly use for creating Karma corrections. When you're done, click OK.
The same is done for the Nuyen reward. The Nuyen reward also gives the option of setting a percentage. When you click OK, the character receives X% of the amount entered. This is here to make dividing up gains or expenses easier. For example, if 4 characters gain an equal share of 13,715 Nuyen, it's quicker to enter 13,715 Nuyen and 25% in the window and let the application do the math than to figure it out on your own.
Misc. Expenses
At some point you'll need to throw some money around that has nothing to do with equipment. As luck would have it, Jarlos just got pulled over by LoneStar but he's managed to bribe the cop for 300 Nuyen. Click the Nuyen Spent button to open the Nuyen Change window. This is done in the same way as your Nuyen reward: enter an amount, date, reason, then click OK. The amount is deducted from your remaining Nuyen.
Spending Karma and Nuyen
Jarols finally has enough Karma to improve his AGI! When you hover over any of the green + buttons, you'll be shown a tooltip that informs you how much Karma it will cost to improve something.
When you click the improve button, you'll be asked to confirm that you want to spend Karma on improving something. Click Yes and you're set! This is done to keep you from accidentally clicking on something and spending Karma where you didn't intend to. You can turn this off by clearing "Ask for confirmation for Karma expenses" in the
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Tips on Being "Green"
Welcome to our "Green Tips" area of the Lebanon Utilities website! Here you can find information about energy saving and water conservation measures.
We are committed to making Lebanon, Indiana one of the cleanest and greenest cities in Indiana. We understand our impact to the environment with most of our electricity produced by coal, the precious commodity of water that we provide and the public trust that it is not only in good supply but always safe to drink as well as the potential of environmental impacts with our waste water treatment.
The Lebanon Utilities Board passed a Resolution to support our efforts with renewable energy and conservation of resources. Lebanon Utilities has launched a tree-saving eBill campaign (eBill users have increased from 35 to almost 600), invested in a solar recharge station for community use (for charging cellphone and electronics on the go), and installed solar street lights in a pilot program to assess cost benefits and battery life. In addition, Lebanon Utilities is now facilitating curbside recycling.
Most recently, Lebanon Utilities was chosen by the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) for a pilot "Green Power" program. Lebanon Utility customers (both residential and commercial) have the option to pay an extra one cent per kilowatt hour of electric usage for their electricity to come from green sources like solar, wind and hydro, instead of coal. An average residential customer uses around 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month; opting to go green would only cost an extra $10 a month.


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Earlier today I was having some hardware issues with my 9700 so I decided to call T-Mobiles tech support. We got my problem situated, so I'll be expecting a replament phone arriving sometime this week. Anyways, The rep and I were rapping back forth about devices and what not, and he explained to me that the software they use for HSPA+ is allowing them to activate 4G on their existing 3G BlackBerry models. He didn't say when, but he did say its in testing. He told me there are demo videos comparing 4G and 3G, and according to him, the load time for pages is just a few seconds.
T-Mobile states that they have "America's Largest 4G network." They have listed the following reasons why they can make that claim. Unfortunately, the debate goes on as to what is actually 4G and that argument is further complex by air interfaces — HSPA+, WiMAX, LTE and LTE Advanced. In English? Really fast mobile broadband
- T-Mobile's network offers theoretical peak throughput speeds of 21Mbps — three times the theoretical speeds of today's 3G (HSPA 7.2).
- T-Mobile's HSPA+ network is the largest 4G network in the U.S. today — reaching 75 major metropolitan areas across the U.S. (with Fiber Ethernet backhaul in place).
- Customers can choose from a variety of devices that run on our 4G network including the T-Mobile G2 with Google, T-Mobile myTouch 4G and the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 4G, as well as broadband products such as the webConnect Rocket 2.0 Laptop Stick.
- Next year, T-Mobile is planning to upgrade the network to support even faster 4G speeds (theoretical peak speeds of 42 Mbps) without the need for additional nationwide spectrum acquisitions. This upgrade is expected to double the average and peak data rates available to customers with suitably equipped devices.
T-Mobile's network is one if the best kept secrets in the industry. We are doing things a little different from our competitors. HSPA+ is a vibrant ecosystem that currently enjoys the support of one hundred operators. These operators are committed to HSPA+. Thanks to that level of support T-Mobile is looking at multiple smartphone and tablet offerings. — Chris Hillabrant, Regional VP of Engineering at T-Mobile
So all we can do as customers is sit back, and wait to see how long it is going to take T-Mobile to expand their "4G" in your city or area of coverage. As a BlackBerry user, we also have to wait until they deploy the service to our beloved devices. So be prepared to get your moneys worth, and enjoy very fast internet on your device. Head here to the official T-Mo site to learn more about their 4G, and see which cities across the US are equipped with this already.


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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Owl Be Your Friend
I flipped the orientation of this week's CPS sketch to a horizontal version so I could get him sitting on a branch. I ended up fudging on the sketch a bit but I liked it better that way. Hope the CPS police don't mind :)
The branch comes from Stampin' Up's Cheep Talk set, the DP is from my Costco pack, and the ribbon is from none other than the Michael's ribbon bin (what would I do without that ribbon bin LOL!). The large black half pearls were a perfect fit for his eyes and I love how it makes them stand out :)
That's it for today. Off to do some Tae Bo with Billy Blanks as I got more than a good workout yesterday when we had to shovel 8 inches of WET snow off our driveway! In classic West Coast fashion, the temperatures are way up and the rain has begun so the snow is well on it's way out already. Thankfully the kids got to play in it at recess and lunch at school yesterday before it got too wet.
Have a fabulous day. Back tomorrow with my Inkspirations sketch challenge card.
What's In It?
Stamps: Studio G, (SU) Cheep Talk
Paper: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Costco DP Pack, Whtie
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Rudy Red
Accessories: Black Half Pearls, Heart Ribbon from Michael's, Dimensionals
11 comments:
- Wanda Cullen said...
Your little argyle owl is adorable! The pearls really do add great dimension for his eyes! No snow here...only frigid temps! Woke up to 17 degrees but the wind makes it feel so much colder.
- January 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Christina said...
Super cute! Now I wish I had picked up this owl when I saw it at Michaels, he looks so sweet with his pearl eyes!
- January 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Vicki said...
so adorable Marisa!! love that owl!!
- January 13, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Andrea Ewen said...
Darling is right! That owl is too cute and the colors are perfect! I don't know what I'd do without Mike's dollar ribbon bin either, I could spend all day standing in that display! (Until security tells me to get out.)
Seriously, this a seriously awesome card.
- January 13, 2011 at 2:13 PM
- Bonnie said...
Now this owl is really cute! Sometimes I find owls a bit scary. I'm not sure why. Yours looks pretty friendly though. I love the DP and ribbon too!
- January 13, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- Maureen said...
aw, what a little cutie...I haven't seen that ribbon!! It may be because they often put the ribbon bin OUTSIDE, even in the winter...I'm not digging through anything in this weather!! LOL We got more snow last night and the kids LOVED sliding in it...but still no snow day...rats!!! Just one in my career would be fun!!
- January 13, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- Emily Keaton said...
I know exactly which owl stamp you mean--I picked up that one, too!! I love the scene you created for this little guy, and I'm pretty sure no one will mind that you took liberties with the sketch. I do that all the time!!
I wish *our* snow were melting as quickly as yours!! I can't believe how high it is stacked everywhere. So hard to see around corners at intersections--no fun. :(
- January 13, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Benzi said...
That little owl is just so cute perched on that branch. He looks as if he is taking in the countryside with those cute eyes you gave him. Just adorable, Marisa!
We still have plenty of snow but I believe the melting will really take place today..warming up a bit after 8 degrees last night.
- January 14, 2011 at 5:35 AM
- Quilting with Jannette said...
Why are there never cute owl stamps at Mike's when I go? DD#1 loves all things owl, and argyle to boot?! that's win-win all the way! The whole card is so cute!
- January 14, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Colleen Dietrich said...
What a darling little owl, and I love his pattern!
- January 17, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Shelley Germann said...
Oh, I am lovin' this. Owls are always a good choice. Love that you paired him up with the Cheep Talk set. The ribbon ...how did I know before I even read that it came from Mike's bin? Good score!
- January 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM


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A career in agriculture, horticulture or forestry can be very rewarding and fulfilling. You will have an opportunity to develop a lifestyle which competes very favourably with other professions, particularly with regard to quality of life and job satisfaction.
You can now complete your training in one of the eight Teagasc colleges, at a local training centre or on line through our new Teagasc eCollege facility. This flexibility allows some students to pursue an off-farm job or an apprenticeship while completing their training programme.
The Agri-Food Industry remains one of Ireland's most important indigenous industries. Over 100,000 people are employed in Ireland's agricultural, forestry and fishing sectors.
If you are interested in this sector your local Teagasc centre is the perfect contact point for advice.
Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and education services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. Its mission is to support science-based innovation in the agri-food sector and the broader bio-economy that will underpin profitability, competitiveness and sustainability.
Kieran Magee is a Dry Stock Farmer working in Gigginstown, Co Westmeath. He spent two years in Ballyhaise Agriculture College (Cavan), doing a Vocational Certificate in Agriculture. This was a FETAC accredited course run by Teagasc and recognised all over the world. He then took a 4 year Farm Management Course in Kildalton Agriculture and Horticultural College in Kilkenny, run by FETAC in conjunction with Teagasc.
What were the main 'career decision' milestones in your life so far?
Who are the people who most influenced your career direction?
My close family are the main people who helped me decide. As I grew up on a farm it was always going to play a certain part in my life but I never realised how much until I left college. My family always encouraged me to farm but at the same time they were never to pushy which I think is also important.
How did you go about getting your current job?
Describe a typical day?
I get up around 7.30 start work at 8.00. I go around all the stock and make sure everything is alive and well. I then make any important phone calls that need to be made.
I get tea from 10.00 until 10.30. I call in with all my staff make sure all is well with them. I then sort out any problems they may have.
I try to get any meetings out of the way at this stage. Dinner is from 1.00 until 2.00.
Usually we try to get all the maintenance jobs completed around this time of the day. We get finished up between 5 and 6 but being a farmer there are certain times of the year when we have to work longer hours or get up in the middle of the night to check sick or pregnant animals.
It is also a big task battling not only a time scale but the weather. A lot of our work is weather dependant and this can cause a lot of pressure which would not exist in an office job.
What are the main tasks and responsibilities?
The number one task in farming is to ensure all your stock is alive and well and to make sure they are getting looked after as well as is possible. To do this you have a responsibility to have good, happy and qualified staff. Those are the two most important necessities in farming. Without happy staff you won't have happy thriving animals. So look after them!
What are the main challenges?
What's cool?
What's not so cool?
What particular skills do you bring to your workplace?
I'm not afraid to take chances plus I would always trust my own judgment. I think this is also a confidence thing which is built up over time. I'm capable of acting on my own initiative and getting on with the job in hand which is a must as people can't always be looking over your shoulder telling you what to do. It comes to a point where it's either sink or swim.
What subjects did you take in school and how have these influenced your career path?
All the subjects I choose had a practical aspect to them,e.g. Woodwork, Metalwork, Technical graphics and of course the usuals. I suppose looking back on it I was always working with my hands and that's what I enjoyed.
The likes of Woodwork and Metalwork are skills which are used every day when out in the yard or down the back of a field fixing a broken machine. If I went back to pick better subjects I probably would have added Agricultural Science into the bunch, but other than that I'd stick with the same.
What is your education to date?
I spent two years in Agricultural College doing a Vocational Certificate in Agriculture. It's run by FETAC and recognised all over the world. I then moved into Farm Management, a 4 year course run by FETAC also in conjunction with Teagasc
What aspects of your education have proven most important for your job?
What have been the most rewarding events in your career so far?
Away from all the farming I actually do find time to have fun, I played foot-ball for my county for 3 years which is something I will always look back on with pride.
Getting to where I am today in such a short space of time is a wonderful thing. I guess its down to making important decisions with confidence and having courage and not to follow everybody else.
What personal qualities do you have that helps you in your career?
The most important quality I have is PATIENCE, a hugely important quality in any person or any career.
I would be very ambitious and have a willingness to work hard to achieve my goals and have a knack of getting people to work with me to achieve that goal.
Being a good listener is crucial when working in a management position when other people are involved. In my opinion, bringing all these qualities together into the one person and you can't be too far off the mark.
Does your job allow you to have a lifestyle you are happy with?
My job couldn't be any better suited to the lifestyle I like. I'm an outdoor person, the middle of June with the sun splitting the stones or December with 3 coats on still getting cold and wet, its all the same to me.
I just love being in the middle of it all. Unlike a lot of other jobs the hours I work can be long. Getting up at 5am to go ploughing fields in the spring time and not coming home to 11pm might not be for everybody but I wouldnt have it any other way. Either it's in you or it's not!
What advice would you give to someone considering this job?
Someone who wants to be where I am today shall need bucket loads of ambition and not be afraid of hard work. They will need to not be afraid of starting at the very bottom of that big high ladder but at the same time have the eagerness and determination to get to the top of that ladder because the opportunities are there.
Education is very important. It may only seem like a silly piece of paper but it's that Cert, Diploma or Degree that gets you that job and not the man/woman beside you.
The one thing that is vital in not alone this job, but any job, and alot of people don't seem to have it, is common sense. It's something so simple but really important. if you have no cop-on then nobody wants to know you.
What are the three most important personal characteristics required for the job?
Have you undertaken, or do you plan to undertake any further training as part of your job?


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Well, the Christmas build up has started I guess! Shopping, presents, wrapping paper, excited children – the whole nine yards. We live, for the most part a very lucky life, and yes I know we are all struggling to make ends meet at times – but – there are a great many others far worse off than we are! So I have a plan – a reasonably cunning one too!
Now I must admit, that it is not entirely selfless, I stand to make a little money at it – after all I am trying to run a business! But, I'm hoping that it will encourage others to give at this time of excess.
I'm making some advent calendars which will comprise of a garland of handmade Christmas stockings, but I'm not going to put anything inside them!
My hope is that the children will be encouraged to put a coin into a stocking each day and create a fund for a charity. It can be the opportunity to start a discussion about giving and people worse off etc. I would hope that the children will be given the chance to choose their own charity, learn more about it and feel that they have personally made a difference! The other advantage being that it is re useable, so they can give year after year!
I think children are very receptive to the idea of giving, and we need to be sure to educate them as to how charity money is spent, who benefits, what are the long term aims etc etc. Maybe if we educate them from very small, we will breed a whole generation of children who give more generously!
I'd be really intrigued to know what you all think – would you buy it ? is it a good idea in general? Have I missed the ball?


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Jun 12
Check back for showtimes.
Reception at 7, movies at 8
Tickets $5 - includes complimentary Pizza, Popcorn, and Drinks
"Day of the Western Sunrise" Rough Cut Screening (75 minutes) in Japanese with English Subtitles.
Keith Reimink is screening a rough cut of his new feature length documentary "Day of the Western Sunrise."
"Day of the Western Sunrise" tells of real life story the Japanese tuna trawler Daigo Fukuryu Maru, or the Lucky Dragon No. 5, and it's 23 man crew. On March 1st, 1954, the fishermen onboard the Lucky Dragon survived the biggest explosion ever caused by man, the Castle Bravo thermonuclear test in the Pacific Ocean. That's just the start of the story. Through survivor interviews and beautiful animation the film tells how their lives were forever changed while showing the long-term impact of this devastating event.
In 2015 Keith traveled to Japan to interview the surviving crew members of the Lucky Dragon, their families, and to visit their fishing village.
This film is a fiscally sponsored project of PF/PCA.


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AFC deals with the distribution of fare documents, for example paper tickets or fare documents on contactless chip cards, using vending machines, points of sale, driver sale or online services. It subsequently provides validation of fare documents on the vehicle or at the station. Or, where appropriate, it allows for direct payment in cash, by cell phones, by using an electronic purse or a bank card. Sometimes validation is conncted with acess control using turnstiles and gates. Similarly important is follow-up work with the operating data obtained, its evaluation, clearing, the creation of reports and statistics, connection to related systems and so on.
Our broad portfolio of products allows for the creation of fare collection systems that suit the exact needs of each and every customer depending on the mode of transport, payment customs, tariff policy and a whole range of other factors.
Fare document distribution
Distribution devices are chosen according to the type of fare document or media. Most commonly used are paper tickets and contactless chip cards. Our devices enable to buy tickets from vending machines at stops/stations or from mobile machines on vehicles themselves, or indeed from the driver using a ticket issuing device. Tickets are also available from a network of other vendors. The same method can be used to distribute contactless cards, even though sales points are more commonly used for this purpose, primarily for cards that need to be personalised in some way. Passengers can then top-up their cards using vending machines or multi-purpose terminals, using the services of the driver or over the Internet. Other types of fare documents include mobile phone applications with NFC technology, SMS tickets or other types of cards.
The ways of validating fare documents differ depending on the type of transport. Most suitable for open systems such as bus or tram transport are onboard validators. Stationary validators, perhaps in connection with turnstiles and gates, are the best options for underground services, BRT (Bus Rapid Transit – overground metro) and railways. In addition to the validation of standard fare documents, direct payments using contactless bank cards (EMV) are also coming to the fore.
Operational data
All operational data about transported passengers is automatically transferred to a data centre, where it is processed. Clearing is done and reports are created, as are statistics and output for linked systems. The system can be further optimised based on the operating data obtained, adapted to suit customers' needs and developed. For this reason it is sometimes called an Intelligent Transport System, mainly in connection with other elements such as information systems for passengers, automated passenger counting, dispatching and monitoring.


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1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup buttermilk
For the topping:
2/3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners.
With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add half of the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add the sour cream and buttermilk and mix to combine. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix until you have smooth batter, making sure not to overmix.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon for the topping. Use an ice cream scooper (I used a large 3 tablespoon one) and plop a scoop of batter into the bowl with the sugar and cinnamon. Gently roll the batter in the sugar and cinnamon. Place the ball into the muffin liner.
When you have completed all of the muffins, sprinkle the leftover cinnamon sugar onto the tops of all of the muffins.
Bake the muffins at 350 degrees F for about 15-18 minutes or until they are golden on top and just baked through.
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New Electric Meters – Waste Of Money?
An Iberdrola insider tells Javea News that the new white, all singing, all dancing electric meters currently installed in 75% of Javea homes may be umm…a waste of money!
They were installed so Iberdrola could read the meters remotely form their central offices, thereby doing away with the need to employ people to manually read the meters at your residence. The idea was also to cut off your electric remotely, as well as increase or decrease power capacity to your home…again without the need of a person physically visiting your villa or apartment.
Digital Metres In Javea – Iberdrola Prevents Electricity Fiddling
All this was great in theory but they have since found out the meter doesn't or cannot actually "talk" to the Iberdrola computers, so yes, you have guessed it, they have had to re-employ people to manually come out and read your meters again.
Our insider tells that they hope to change these meters again by the end of 2017!
You couldn't make these stories up could you?


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What is Haemoglobin ?
Haemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs.
How much is adequate ?
The normal ranges for hemoglobin depend on the age and, beginning in adolescence, the gender of the person. The normal ranges are:
Newborns: 17 to 22 gm/dL
One (1) month of age: 11 to 15gm/dL
Children: 11 to 13 gm/dL
Adult males: 13 to 18 gm/dL
Adult women: 12 to 16 gm/dL
Most frequent reasons for low hemoglobin ?
A low hemoglobin level is referred to as anemia or low red blood count.
loss of blood (traumatic injury, surgery, bleeding, colon cancer or stomach ulcer),
nutritional deficiency (iron, vitamin B12, folate)
Most women suffer from anemia due to iron deficiency and monthly cycles
What will happen because of low hemoglobin ?
A slightly low hemoglobin count isn't always a sign of illness — it may be normal for some people. Women who are pregnant commonly have low hemoglobin count. Some issues are:
constant tiredness,
constant need to drink water,
constant weakness and a lack of appetite
Occassionally can have bad head rushes whenever we stand up, no matter how fast or slow, and sight would go black for about 10-20 seconds
How to find the cause ?
Get a blood test done for Iron and Vitamin B12 count ?
Are you on any medication that can cause gastrointestinal bleeding (bleeding from the stomach and intestines), such as ibuprofen or aspirin ?
Examin menstrual pattern – have you been experiencing particularly heavy periods ?
family history of gastrointestinal bleeding or blood disorders
any recent blood donations ?
What to eat to increase iron and hemoglobin ?
ChickPeas – These legumes provide your body with almost 5 mg of iron per cup, plus a hearty dose of protein
Pumpkin seeds
Oatmeal breakfast
Beetroot is the ideal food to avoid getting anemia as it stimulates haemoglobin production. It regenerates red blood cell production in your body and speedily fights the symptoms of anemia.
Spinach – Both raw and cooked spinach are excellent sources of iron, though cooking spinach helps your body asbsorb its nutrients more easily. Just one cup of cooked spinach delivers more than 6 mg of iron as well as protein, fiber, calcium, and vitamins A and E.
Sesame oil
Recipe for success :
Eat an oatmeal breakfast mixed with raisins and pumpkin seeds and drink a juice which has an equal quantity of beetroot juice, orange juice and carrot juice to a glass before you eat breakfast. The healthy concoction helps raise your hemoglobin levels to a great extent.
I haven't mentioned many non-veg foods. Attached is an image which has few other options including non-veg.
How much is needed and what not to do ?
Starting at adolescence, a woman's daily iron needs increase. Women need more iron because they lose blood each month during their period. That's why women from ages 19 to 50 need to get 18 mg of iron each day, while men the same age can get away with just 8 mg. Toddlers and children upto adolescence needs around 10mg daily.
Do not use supplements unless its dangerously low or is pregnant. Iron supplements can cause side effects, usually stomach upset such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dark stools, or constipation. Pregnant women are especially susceptible to constipation. Adding extra fiber to your diet can help relieve this symptom.
For children, iron overdose can be especially toxic. Although most people only absorb about 10% of the iron they consume, people with hemochromatosis absorb up to 30%. As a result, the iron in their body can build up to dangerous levels. That excess iron can deposit in organs such as the liver, heart, and pancreas, which can lead to conditions like cirrhosis, heart failure, and diabetes. For that reason, people with hemochromatosis should not take iron supplements.
Lastly, what are causes of high hemoglobin levels ?
Living at a high altitude
Lung disease (emphysema, COPD)
Tobacco smoking
Bone marrow disorders (polycythemia vera)


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Growing up, I was that little annoying kid who asked my parents too many questions.
I was an experimental learner who was curious about everything; it must have driven them crazy.
After years of my tormenting, they finally bought me a book to shut me up.
It was called, The Big Book Of Tell Me Why. It answered a handful of the impossible questions I had, including: "How can you tell if a mushroom is poisonous or not?"
(The book didn't have a good answer. It merely said, "When in doubt, don't eat it").
As someone who's always been curious, it's not too surprising that I'm now a tech reporter. It's my job to track down answers to questions and dig up dirt for a living, because there are just some things that can't be Googled.
But lately, a lot of the answers you can't find on Google you can find on another site.
Google and Wikipedia are places to search for straight answers -- recipes, research, biographies, how-to's and more. But Quora, the smart Q&A site founded by Adam D'Angelo, is becoming a place for questions that are a little more abstract.
If you want to know what someone is thinking or feeling in any given situation, you can turn to Quora. Even an expert opinion from an otherwise hard to reach person can be tracked down in a matter of minutes.
On Quora, people have asked questions like, "What did it feel like to be inside the World Trade Center on September 11" and find an answer from someone who lived through the nightmare first hand. Another person asked what it feels like to have your sister die, and a young girl wrote up her excruciating experience in response.
It used to be a reporter's job to find answers to tough questions. Now people are turning to Quora and finding the answers themselves.
Reporters are most useful for thoughtful analysis, industry expertise, and access to inaccessible people or information. While Quora doesn't have breaking news and its answers might be more poorly written than a reporter's, the startup is making all of those formerly inaccessible things readily available to the public.
On Quora, people are sharing their expert opinions, knowledge and unique experiences with anyone who's curious enough to ask.
So kudos to Quora - it's tackling a tough, abstract space very well.
I just hope it doesn't get too good at its job, or I could be out of mine.


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Fencing: Kiefer takes silver in Virginia Beach
By Peter Steiner | Monday, November 12, 2012
With one day remaining in the November North American Cup, Notre Dame fencers have already put up a strong showing.
The Irish have taken home three medals in the individual tournament in Virginia Beach, Va. Each of the three medals have come from the Division I women's events, with Olympian and freshman foilist Lee Kiefer's second-place finish in the women's foil highlighting the weekend.
Sophomore foilist Madison Zeiss placed third in the women's foil, while sophomore epeeist Nicole Ameli tied for third place in the women's epee. U.S. Olympian and 2010 Notre Dame graduate Kelley Hurley took home first place in the women's epee.
"I performed really well this weekend, especially for the Division I category," Zeiss said. "I fenced really strong and was able to adjust to many different situations."
Because the North American Cup is solely for individual fencers, it does not have collegiate implications. The fencers compete for national points in order to qualify for the national team for the World Championships, World Cups and future Olympic games. In addition, the nature of the individual tournament differs from collegiate events, Zeiss said.
"The NAC differs a lot from college events mainly because the format is different," Zeiss said. "At the NAC, you just fence a round-robin round of pools with a group of six to seven girls, then do direct elimination bouts to 15 touches. Your ranking after the pool round determines your place in the direct elimination tableau. The direct elimination bouts then continue until one person wins the tournament."
At the November North American Cup, there are typically at least 115 fencers competing in the various Division I and Junior division events for each weapon. As a result, there is a wide range in competition and opponents, Zeiss said.
"The level of competition at any NAC varies by age categories and skill level," Zeiss said. "At this specific tournament, I competed in the Division I category, which anyone is allowed to compete in depending on their ranking, and the Junior category, which is for fencers 19 and under."
Senior foilist Gerek Meinhardt will compete Monday against 191 other competitors in the Division I men's foil event to conclude the Cup.
Contact Peter Steiner at [email protected]


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Secret Meetings Over Trade Agreement Cause Stir
Submitted by Bibliofuture on March 17, 2010 - 5:04pm
There's a reason you don't hear much about international trade agreements. They are kind of dull, and they're usually not very controversial. But the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is different.
"One feels that you're almost in a bit of a twilight zone," says Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa. "I mean, we're talking about a copyright treaty. And it's being treated as akin to nuclear secrets."
Full story at NPR - audio available 7pm et


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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Product Review - Zarafina Tea Maker Suite
(Update II)
Here's some additional perspective on the Zarafina, courtesy of Gongfu Girl.
If you've ever considered buying a Sunbeam Tea Drop Tea Maker, you might want to check out this piece, recently posted at one of the Wired blogs. Not that "Useless Piece of Garbage" is necessarily a bad thing.
(Update I)
Since reviewing Zarafina's Tea Maker Suite nearly a month ago it's become my tea brewing apparatus of choice. For some insight on how it stacks up against Adagio's TriniTEA (which I haven't tried yet), check out this review at the Tea on Tap site.
(Original Post)
Product Review
Tea Maker Suite
It would seem that they're onto something, these Zarafina people.
I tried to approach this review with an open mind, but I couldn't help being just a bit skeptical about the Tea Maker Suite. After all, the making of a truly good cup of tea can be a rather intricate process, one that can hardly be trusted to a mere piece of machinery, regardless of how many bells and whistles it's outfitted with.
Or can it? Actually, the Zarafina gang seems to have pulled off this rather tricky feat. I've now used the contraption to make a number of varieties of tea. Each time I raised the cup to my lips, expecting to be disappointed, and each time I was pleasantly surprised. I'm actually thinking about giving up my old way of making tea - cheap stovetop kettle and infuser basket - for the Tea Maker Suite.
Which is kind of convenient, now that you mention it. Set a few controls, add water and tea and flick a switch. No worries about over or understeeping the leaves, nor will I ever have to concern myself again with a forgotten tea kettle wreaking havoc on the kitchen (yes, it's happened).
The Tea Maker Suite has a sleek and pleasing appearance and was apparently designed by someone who "speaks" tea. It has three controls - one for loose and (if you must) bagged tea, a strength setting and a switch for choosing between white, green, oolong and black tea and tisanes.
Operation is fairly simple, with one or two cups of water going into a steeping chamber, which also holds a floating infuser basket that actually contains the leaves or bag. Snap the steeping chamber into the base of the unit, flick a switch and go about your business. A few minutes later the tea automatically dispenses into a ceramic pot (included).
Most important of all, as I've mentioned, is that the tea that results from this process is quite good - better, on the whole, than many of my haphazard attempts using the kettle/infuser method. Cleanup is relatively quick and painless too, as is steeping your leaves multiple times.
At $149.99 the Tea Maker Suite probably won't appeal to casual tea drinkers, but if you're serious about tea it might be worth your while.
For more information, including a demo video, check out the Zarafina Web site.
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tea, green tea, food, food and drink
1 comment:
- Ryan Stewart said...
You should be getting kick backs on this :). I saw you mention it and went out to buy one the next day. I love it.
Great blog too, the only tea blog I have time to read (or need to).
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I never thought I'd have a use for this photo, other thank looking at it for fun. But it seems to fit perfectly with the prompt; narrow. This is a pretty narrow fire on the beach. It was taken in the Bahamas a few years ago.
For the Daily Post's Weekly Photo Challenge!
For my Daily Blogging Challenge!


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What a change for me this week over at Project Run and Play! Creating something for a boy! I had to put my thinking cap on. Since I have no boys and really don't think about their fashion much, I decided to be inspired by my husband who is a pilot in training for the Coast Guard.
I wanted to make a comfy outfit with "pilot" details. I started with the jacket. It's made out of fleece so it is really soft and warm to wear. I added gold notions on it.
Then I added an applique onto a shirt I bought. It's an outline of a vintage airplane with words to a poem called "High Flight", one of my hubbies favorites.
My hubby let us borrow some of his flight gear for the pics. How sweet of him 🙂
The pants were a simple wide leg with pockets on the front and back.
My little model loved them. He didn't even want to take them off in the 90+ Florida heat.
Thank you so much to his mommy and daddy for letting me borrow him for this week's competition!!!!


text: You're engaged! Congratulations! When looking for someone to shoot your wedding photos, it's so important that you choose not only a photographer with the eye and quality that reflects the aesthetics you love, but has a personality that makes you feel relaxed as well. My top priority is making you feel amazing all the way through the process, and making the whole experience of taking photos feel fun and creative. I also have streamlined my "package" so that it's pretty much all inclusive! I want to offer all my couples the very best, and when it comes to your wedding day-I want you to have everything you want, plus more! Take a look around and then get in touch to schedule a time to meet! I'd love to chat all things wedding with you over a coffee or cocktail, my treat.;)


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Pic of the Day: "So, the wedding was postponed?" "Oh, no, not the wedding. We had the wedding. My daddy gave me away." "But you said Archie Lee waited." "Yeah, after the wedding he waited." "For what?" "For me to be ready for marriage." "How long did he have to wait?" "Oh, he's still waiting."
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The Addis Ababa Savings & Houses Development Enterprise (AASHDE) is procuring 338 elevators for middle-class condominium houses that are currently under construction. The procurement is estimated to cost the firm $17.2m.
The Enterprise recently handed over 876 housing units to the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), which is entitled to deliver the houses to the registered homebuyers.
Out of the total buildings, 12 of them are nine-storey buildings located at Crown site while the remaining 12-storey buildings are located at Senga Tera site.
According to Yohannes Abayneh, head of communications affairs at the Enterprise all of the 17 buildings have elevators. Of the 876 units handed over, 320 are for commercial purposes.
Among the lifts procured, 20 are for seven and twelve-storey buildings, 74 for 10 and 13-storey condos, 68 for eight and 13-storeys buildings with and without basements, 88 lifts for eight and 10-storey buildings and 88 more for eight, 10, 13, and 18-storey buildings.
Also read:Ethiopia banks on condominiums to boost housing
One, two and three bedroom houses under the middle-class scheme cost $6,966, $10,750 and $16,598 respectively. However, following the price escalation of construction input materials, the Addis Ababa City Administration decided to revise the cost of the houses.
Following this, the Enterprise made a cost assessment and submitted the findings and recommendations to CBE.
Since 2013, the Enterprise has been constructing houses in three phases. The condos have eight to 18 storeys. The number of buildings is 371 having 39,229 units, located at 13 sites across the city. For these houses, a total of 168,000 people registered to get the houses.
40% of the cost of the homes is covered by the homebuyers while the government covers the balance in a loan arrangement. The homebuyers will pay the mortgage in five years by saving a deposit every month at CBE.


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HP Networking – The Vision(As I Understand It)
As part of Tech Field Day 5, I got a chance to sit in on multiple briefings from HP. I was very interested to hear about their particular product set and how it fits within the data center. The following are my thoughts on HP's networking solution.
According to HP, one of the biggest problems facing their customers is that of "IT sprawl". As a result of this sprawl, silos are created. The servers end up in a server group. Storage ends up in a storage group. The same goes for the network, database, security, and so forth. Silos, in the opinion of HP are a bad thing. They cause you to lose sight of the bigger picture.
I don't know that I agree with that. Silos in and of themselves are not a bad thing. It takes a fairly high degree of technical ability to oversee just one of those previously mentioned areas in a decent sized enterprise network. I fail to see how you could have anything but silos. I know there are people out in the industry who think architects should not have a specialty and should be able to design anything at a high level. I call those people crazy. As you go further down the chain into engineering, support, and implementation/deployment, the level of technical abilities in a specific area becomes really important. It isn't realistic to have people functioning within multiple silos unless the level of technical proficiency you require isn't that great. As for the big picture, that's what management is for. My job is to ensure the network is running. That's a tough enough job within itself. Perhaps I misunderstood what HP was trying to say. The only cross-silo entity I want to see is the help desk. I have been in environments where you took the various tiers and put them all together under one common manager. Instead of putting all the network people together, you put the support people together, the implementations people together, the engineers together, the architects together, etc. The problem with this approach is that I always needed to interact more with people in my networking silo than I did with people who were in the same tier as me, but may have been storage, server, or security focused. I worked more with people outside of my group than with people within my group. Perhaps other people have different experiences, but from an efficiency standpoint, I favor the silo.
That was just within the first 10 minutes of the HP pitch. I wouldn't expect to hear much of a difference if another large vendor was presenting. Sprawl is a HUGE problem that things like virtualization have dealt with. What is it about HP that makes them different? Why should you choose them over another vendor when it comes to a networking solution? In HP's view, there are 3 reasons why.
1. Strong IP in all domains of IT. – You can't really argue this one. HP has products in just about every major sector of IT. They believe that the only way to present an overall working solution to the customer is to have a fundamental understanding of all things IT. They have a LOT of smart people working for them(as do ALL major vendors) and those people produce a variety of products that make money as well as make our lives easier from a technology standpoint. Check out this link for some proof of that: http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Data-Central/HP-Labs-Releases-2010-Annual-Research-Report/ba-p/88265
2. Open integration – HP continually hammered away at this point throughout their presentations. Everything they do, they want it to be open and standards based. This was their attempt to contrast themselves with Cisco, whom people constantly harp on for all of their proprietary protocols and technology. The problem with preaching the "standards" and "openness" mantra is that you better go to great lengths to ensure there isn't a hint of anything proprietary in any of your hardware or software. For the most part, HP can make that claim. However, if you dig deep enough, you'll find that HP has proprietary implementations of certain things. I don't necessarily think it is that bad of a sin to have some proprietary element to your architecture. Key word being "some". Juniper is doing it. Cisco, of course, does it. Brocade does it. They all pretty much do it in one form or another. I think you can reach a point to where you are so "standards" focused that you end up like the United Nations. It's a great idea, but let's face it. Nobody goes to the UN expecting them to do anything in an expedient and efficient manner.
I will say this about HP's desire for open integration. They want to meet the needs of their customers in as many areas as reasonably possible. For example, in the realm of storage, HP can integrate with Fiber Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE. In short, they want to give you options.
3. Services approach – Basically, wherever you want to do business, HP will work with you. If you want everything on your local premises, they'll help out. Outsourced environment? They can help with that too. Even if you are looking at cloud providers, HP can assist with that.
During HP's presentation, their head of marketing for networking, Jay Mellman, said some things that interested me greatly. Jay said the following, and I am paraphrasing:
"HP has to produce first class technology and HP will never get away with taking second hand infrastructure and slapping it together. Other business lines(server,storage) are counting on HP networking to produce a quality product or they'll get the product elsewhere."
Maybe I misunderstood, but the impression I got was that if the networking group produces slop, the other parts of the company won't use it. In other words, it looks like they only eat their own dog food if it tastes good.
Jay had some more thoughts that he shared with us. He said that it is not about a gold plated network or 100% uptime anymore. As far as customers go, that's a given. What it is about is the following:
"How do I deliver the right set of services to my customer at a given point in time with the right security at the right cost and then tomorrow morning flip it to a different set of services?"
HP wants to be number 1 in networking. They lead in every other one of their sectors like servers and laptops. They have the marketing know-how and a growing number of people out there who are getting tired of paying Cisco's premium. The question is, do they have the right technology to pull it off? I'll leave you with that question to ponder. My next post will focus less on the philosophical marketing stuff and more on the technology that HP is bringing to the table. Stay tuned……
*****Disclaimer: As a delegate for Tech Field Day 5, my flight, food, lodging and transportation expenses were paid for in part by HP. I am under no obligation to write anything regarding HP either good or bad. Anything I choose to write are my opinions, and mine alone. **********
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text: Recently I have attended a number of online meetings, when travel was not appropriate. The results of these were mixed, and demotivating at best. Online meetings need not be a Cinderella service. It's all in the design, and respect for the people involved. If you have part of a meeting as "real" and others as online, you cannot run the event as though it were mainly for those in the room. It just wont work. Over the last 2 years I have run a number of online events, and focussed on helping … [Read more...] about Online meetings – a Cinderella to real meetings? #WebEx #GoToMeeting