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I stumbled upon this picture the other day and thought maybe it was time to share it. This picture has an interesting story behind it.
On the far right are John and Rosie Byrom. Rosie is mostly in the shadow so it is difficult to make her out. I served in the Runcord Ward from around December 1999 to around August 2000. John served as Ward Mission Leader and Rosie as a Ward Missionary. (The Byroms have since separated and divorced). I served in the ward for a long time and they remained in their callings for the entire time, so we built a friendship which, I feign to believe, still exists to this day.
I returned home from my mission in December 2000. It was not long into 2001 that I learned the Byroms were planning on visiting Utah. Of course, I invited them to spend some time in Idaho.
During the majority of time I served in Runcorn I had a companion by the name of Brad Hales. Also in our district was a senior sister companionship of Meriel Peterson and Patricia Kleinkopf. We were all native Idahoans and were in close proximity of each other. It was natural that the Byroms also wanted to visit each of them while they were in Idaho.
This particular day we drove to Oakley, Idaho to visit Sister Peterson. We had an enjoyable breakfast and conversation. Sister Peterson decided she wanted to give us the tour of Oakley because there were some architectural gems that she thought the Byroms would enjoy. I grew up near Oakley so I was familiar with many of these local landmarks.
We all piled into my little Camry and away we drove. We had not made it very far driving down some of the streets of Oakley when Sister Peterson announced, "Wait, David is home, he will want to meet you!" She had me turn around and we pulled into a little home in Oakley.
I had no clue who David was and I was not familiar with the home we were now pulling into the driveway. We all exited the car. In the yard there was a man trimming his hedges with a large straw hat and a large set of sunglasses that you only see old people wear.
Since Sister Peterson indicated that David would want to meet the Byroms because they were from England, I remained at the front of my car in the driveway and leaned back against it in the hot, summer, morning sun.
I have to give a little bit of background on the month prior. We are in the latter half of July 2001 at the point of this picture (I recollect it was the 21st, but may be wrong). I had just spent considerable time in Hawaii with family at the beginning of the month. During that time I picked myself up a shirt and a shell necklace among other items. As you can see in the picture, I am wearing my red shirt (not the blatant Hawaiian design you regularly see). For years I thought I was in a pair of board shorts too, but this picture corrects my memory on that tidbit. But I had continuously wore my new puka shell necklace since the trip to Hawaii.
Back to the story, I am leaning on the front of my car watching the Byroms enter the back yard through the hedge and approach this old man in a large straw hat and holding an electric hedge trimmer. The man stopped trimming and turned to greet his trespassers. Curiously, after what was a short couple of moments, probably no more than 20 seconds of conversation, this man leaves the Byroms and Sister Peterson and headed my direction.
My first reaction was that I was doing something wrong so I looked around to see my misstep. Alas, not seeing I had done anything wrong I approached the man and met him near his hedge. He had set down his trimmer before arriving to me and he pulled his hand out of his glove to shake my hand. I shook hands with him and he with his free hand reached up and took of his hat and glasses and asked me my name.
My first thought was something along these lines, "Boy, this David fellow sure looks familiar." He asked my name and I gave it. He asked about my Ross name and whether or not it was Scottish. I informed him it was my name but not the name of which my ancestors carried. He then informed me that Ross was a common name in Scotland where he had served as a Mission President.
He then grew quiet and he sidled up closer to me and put the hand with the hat and glasses in the small of my back while still holding my other hand in a handshake. He was now close enough that his face was in my shadow (and he was considerably shorter than me). He then broke the handshake and with that hand reached up and touched my puka shell necklace.
"What is this?"
"My necklace?"
"I am disappointed that you have fallen from the principles of the gospel that we teach as missionaries. We teach than men and women have separate and distinct roles and this is confusing the two."
My first impression was, "How did you know I served a mission?"
This man then turned to walk away back to the Byroms and Sister Peterson. As he walked away, the thought occurred, "You have just been rebuked by an Apostle."
Then it dawned. David was David B Haight, one of the twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This was an individual I recognized as a Priesthood Leader and on my first meeting with him, I had been rebuked.
I stood there reeling from what had just happened. It stung. David went to the back door of his house and summoned his wife Ruby. Ruby appeared and they all stood 25 feet away from me chit chatting about England, Scotland, and whatever else they were talking about.
What seemed like an eternity was likely only a minute or so, if that. I remember reaching up and taking the puka shell necklace off and holding it in my hand. I dwelt on what was really an unintended and probably unwanted visit that was a bother to me and this old man. Sister Peterson just commented he was home and a few lines of dialogue just ended up potentially effected my eternities. According to him I was already on the path, so I guess it did not matter what he said except to correct my backsliding ways.
Next thing I knew, the distant conversation between the Haights and Byroms had stopped and this Apostle was returning to me. He again held out his hand as if to invite another handshake. I held out my hand with the necklace in it and he cupped his hand to receive whatever I was offering. I dropped the necklace into his hand and once he realized what it was he let it drop to the ground.
He held out his hand again inviting mine in a handshake and I clasped his. He sidled up close to me again, put his other hand in the small of my back, and was close enough to be in my shadow and that I could smell the salt in his old man sweat, and he continued…
"Where did you serve your mission?" (I remember thinking that was an ironic question since the Byroms were from England, Sister Peterson served in England, and he asked where the fourth member of the party served his mission?)
"England Manchester Mission"
"How long have you been home?"
(After a quick mental tally) "Nine months"
"Elder, you hold the Priesthood. You have a duty to uphold that Priesthood. You should have been married by now."
He released my hand, pulled his hand from the small of my back, turned, and walked away. Maybe 4 steps later he turned around and said, "When it happens, I want to know about it."
He returned to a conversation with Ruby, Sister Peterson, and the Byroms.
I stood there while they chatted for a few more minutes. I do not recall hearing anything of the conversation between them, even if I was close enough to have heard.
Rosie had a picture taken of the occasion. Sister Peterson sacrificed herself in the moment to take the photo that now memorializes this occasion.
I shook hands again with Elder David Haight and Sister Ruby Haight and we headed on down the road to see some other homes. I ended up driving many more hours that day to Boise, Idaho City, Stanley, and elsewhere chauffeuring the Byroms through some of the sights of Idaho. Rosie Byrom teased me about the moment the rest of the time I was with them. After all, it is not every day that you get rebuked by an Apostle. I cannot recall if they overheard the conversation or if I told them about it. I cannot imagine that they overheard the conversation due to the close proximity in which David and I spoke that day.
Oddly enough, it weighed on me for a long time. It became the butt of jokes as time went on, especially as David continued to age. He was already over 95 at the time of my meeting him. Roommates and friends would indicate that I better hurry or else I would not fulfill the rest of my duty to let David know when it happened. I will not lie, it became a great story to tell people. People loved to hear about my rebuke by an Apostle.
I regularly tell the story to individuals I am close to and that wear a necklace. Missionaries I worked with I regularly told the story, especially if they wore a necklace. I admit, I never wore a necklace or bracelet of any type since that date. I know a number of missionaries who have "fallen from the principles we teach as missionaries" and forsaken their evil ways. Honestly, I do not know that the story is one that should be heeded by others. But for the deep effect it had upon me at the time and the power in which he spoke to me, I recognize it was for me. Others should be careful about applying revelation of others to themselves. But I do believe there is a principle here that we can learn, I just don't know that I can very clearly articulate it. I know the principle clearly for me, but don't know how narrow or general to make it in application to others.
I remember Rosie reminding me that if I properly repent, I would be married within another 9 months. Boy if that did not apply a little pressure!
As a side, I did pick up my little puka shell necklace and ended up giving it to a friend when I returned to Missouri later in August. I don't believe she has any clue what that little necklace meant to me.
There is more to the story.
On the following Monday, I believe 23 July 2001, I was in Salt Lake City with the Byroms. After an endowment session, Rosie announced we were to go to the Church Administration Building. She did not tell us why and I thought she just wanted to see the sights from the Church Office Building. We walked in the Church Office Building and after Rosie talked to the man at the desk, she said we were in the wrong building and we needed to go to the Church Administration Building. I informed her that the Church Administration Building was not really open to the public. Rosie announced that we had an appointment.
In light of my experience a few days before, I was not really thrilled about our appointment in the Church Administration Building. We walked around to the front door of the Church Administration Building and walked in. As we approached the man at the security desk he asked,
"Are you the Byroms?"
Rosie responded, "Yes."
"We have been waiting for you." (Never a very heartwarming phrase, whether the morgue, jail, CIA, bank, or Church Administration Building)
The man then responded, "You will need to leave your bags here, take the elevator to the fourth floor, take a right, and it is the last door on the left. I will let them know you are coming up."
We entered the elevator and headed to the fourth floor. Rosie then turned and commented to me, "John helped provide security and drive for Elder Ballard while he (Elder Ballard) was in England for the Preston Temple Dedication. He told us that if we were ever in Utah to stop and pay him a visit."
Suddenly the realization came to me that I was going to visit with my second Apostle in less than a week. I am a fairly laid back guy but felt some apprehension after the experience just days before. We turned the corner and there stood M Russell Ballard in the doorway. He invited us in to his office, introduced us to his secretary, and then ushered us into his office. Across from his desk, I think, there were two nice wing-backed chairs. Another chair was already there for me, or we pulled up a chair. Elder Ballard left the office for a moment and then reappeared pushing a little chair toward me. We were already all seated and he asked,
"Where is your wife?"
"I am not married."
"Oh, that is something you will have to fix."
He turned to push the little chair back out the door. I heard Rosie chuckle and comment, "In the mouth of two or three witnesses…"
Elder Ballard returned and took his seat and we had a nice conversation that probably did not take more than 15 minutes. Once again, Rosie had a picture taken.
That was the extent of the interaction and I felt some sting from the second witness of my duty to uphold the Priesthood. But it was a pleasant experience. Rosie reminded me often after that, "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
Well, time passed and eventually Elder David B Haight did pass from this veil of tears at the end of July 2004, three years after our encounter. Fortunately, Elder Haight and I did have an opportunity to talk again regarding our first interaction that lessened the blow of the occasion. Nevertheless, roommates and many friends called after Elder Haight's passing to let me know how dire my situation was now that the revelator had passed and I had not fulfilled my duty.
Rosie commented to me that I could fulfill my duty by reporting my marriage to Elder Ballard when the time came.
Well, forward a few more years and I became enamored with a little red-headed girl from Kaysville, Utah. She came to enjoy her time with me and after a while we would end our walks with a little dancing on the porch of the Alumni House at Utah State University. It became a regular thing to end our walks and evenings out with a dance and closing conversation on the porch of the Alumni House. I dare say we danced on the porch of that building more than 60 times. It was on the porch of this little Alumni House that I made an unofficial proposal to Ms. Hemsley. It just seemed like the right place.
Months later, Amanda and I returned to Logan under the guise of visiting some friends. While on the campus I took her to that little porch of the Alumni House and there after midnight, now on 4 July 2005, I fell to my knee and proposed to her. Of course she said yes and we danced and kissed there on the porch of the Alumni House. Interestingly, before we left that night, I caught sight of a huge portrait hanging inside the doors that open to the porch that had become an important part of our courtship. As I looked closer, I could see the familiar sight of a man whose face I knew. As I got a little closer to see in the dark the portrait lit only by fire escape signs it dawned on me it was a portrait of David B Haight.
If that was not a little coincidental, and perhaps a little creepy, I do not know what is. Elder Haight's portrait had actually witnessed some of the most personal moments of my courtship. The building I had only known as the Alumni House is properly named the David B Haight Alumni Center. Somehow it seemed the whole experience had just came full circle.
We sent a wedding invitation to Elder M Russell Ballard with a short note explaining that due to Elder Haight's passing I was sending the note and invitation to him to fulfill my duty. He responded with a card thanking me for my note and invitation and suggested I consider my duty fulfilled. He also apologized for not being able to attend our reception (which I am glad about, surely some further duty might have been laid upon me if he had!)
There is my story for the above photo with the Haights and Byroms. Maybe some day I can tell my story about Elder Hales (the Apostle, not my missionary companion)…


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Young Americans for Liberty is a youth organization committed to the principles of life, liberty, and property.
We're leading the youth movement for liberty and developing a culture of freedom on campuses across the country.
We see government as the problem, not the solution. We believe in freedom, individual responsibility, and the U.S. Constitution. We oppose taxes, regulation, needless war, government spending, and government involvement in our lives. As Patrick Henry once proclaimed, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
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In November, two American alligators were flown from the Poconos to Wisconsin to undergo surgery. The story took a sad turn Tuesday morning when one of the alligators died unexpectedly. The alligators had been recovering in their own personalized enclosures built in the basement of the veterinary hospital.
In November, an unlikely pair took to the skies when two American alligators were flown from the Poconos to Wisconsin to undergo surgery.
The story took a sad turn Tuesday morning when one of the alligators died unexpectedly.
"I'm just blown away by it," said the alligators' owner, John Boyko of Bridgeport, Conn.
Boyko keeps them along with nine other gators in a Price Township home he purchased specifically for his reptilian pets.
The gators were injured last summer when five kids broke into the house and pelted the animals with more than 50 rocks.
Nine-year-old "Juvie Gator" and 6-year-old "Baby Gator" suffered the worst of the injuries.
Juvie had a fractured leg, and Baby, who died Tuesday, suffered ulcers and a hernia after eating some of the rocks the children threw. Baby Gator came to Boyko in 2005 from the Catskill Game Farm.
Juvie underwent a 7-hour operation to repair its leg, and Baby had the rocks successfully removed from its stomach.
Baby seemed to be recovering well from the surgery, Boyko said. Two weeks after the operation, a scope procedure revealed most of the ulcers were healed.
It's not unusual for alligators to eat rocks in nature, according to the alligators' veterinarian, Mike Wenninger, formerly of Creature Comforts in Saylorsburg.
But because Baby's ulcers cleared up soon after the rocks were removed, it's believed the rocks could have contained some sort of toxic material. The toxic material could be naturally occurring metals in the stone or something in the soil where the rocks were found, Wenninger said.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the veterinary staff at Spartan Animal Hospital in McFarland, Wis., where the alligators were recovering, are unsure why the animal had died.
Wenninger planned to perform an autopsy and collect tissue samples.
The youths are scheduled to appear in juvenile court this week, Boyko said.
It's unclear when Juvie Gator will be cleared to come home.
The alligators had been recovering in their own personalized enclosures Wenninger built in the basement of the veterinary hospital.
The alligators' $4,000 flight from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to Wisconsin was provided by Cloud Nine Rescue Flights based in Williamsport and was paid for by the PETCO Foundation.
Wenninger had previously estimated surgery and recovery for both alligators would cost around $20,000 — money Boyko is still trying to raise.
For information on the alligators or to make a donation for their care, visit Boyko's website, www.thegatorguy.com.


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It isn't just the Iconia A700 packing Tegra 3 action from Nvidia; the quad-core chip can also be found lurking inside the Acer Iconia Tab A510 that is on show in Vegas at CES as well.
Afforded much less fanfare than its A700 sibling, the A510 falls a little short on the display front in comparison, but still packs a 10.1-inch display with a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution. HD indeed, but not quite up to the Full HD 1080p of its flagship brethren.
Inside, the engine room is the same; the latest Tegra offering clocked at 1.3GHz and Android Ice Cream Sandwich up and running without any issues at all.
We haven't seen the A510 and the A700 side by side, but our guess is that the former is a little chunkier and is certainly much heavier than your average 10.1-inch tab.
Still, with a price tag that is likely to shave a few quid off of what the A700 hits at, this could well be a tempting tab for some. Sure, it's not Full HD but prior to CES 2012 that was hardly a concern when it came to high-end tabs. And it cut through the tasks we set it (a few apps and videos) and played games with a silk-like smoothness thanks to the Tegra 3 power.
No word on when it's likely to hit the shops nor indeed an indication on price, but one thing's for sure - the Acer Iconia Tab A200's launch is likely to be a bit of a damp squib now.


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The Medicare Trustees released their annual report yesterday. Today, at a conference hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, Medicare's chief actuary, Richard Foster, summarized the Trustees' report.
The picture isn't pretty. The report projects that the Medical Hospital Insurance trust fund will run out of assets in 2024. But, as Foster explained, even this dire projection is almost certainly too optimistic. That's because the projections are based on changes to Medicare effectuated by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that improve Medicare's financial outlook, but that, in all likelihood "will not be viable in the long range."
For one thing, current law would require a physician fee reduction of an estimated 30.9 percent on January 1, 2013. But this is, in Foster's words, "an implausible expectation."
Moreover, Obamacare calls for annual price updates for most categories of non-physician health services to be adjusted downward each year to correspond with the growth in economy-wide productivity. But, says Foster, "the best available evidence indicates that most health care providers cannot improve their productivity to this degree—or even approach such a level—as a result of the labor-intensive nature of these services."
Consequently, "the prices paid by Medicare for health services are very likely to fall increasingly short of the costs of providing these services." Indeed, "Medicare prices would be considerably below the current relative level of Medicaid prices, which have already led to access problems."
Congress could noy tolerate this situation. According to Foster, well before we reached this point, "Congress would have to intervene to prevent the withdrawal of providers from the Medicare market and the severe problems with beneficiary access to care that would result."
Congress would intervene by overriding the productivity adjustments, something it has done repeatedly in the case of physician payments. But these productivity adjustments are built into the Trustees' projections. Without them, Medicare costs "will be substantially higher in the long range than those projected under current law."
When we consider how frightening even the overly optimistic costs projected under current law are, there can be little doubt that, without drastic action, we are headed for a Medicare calamity. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has nothing to offer in the face of the impending calamity, other than engaging in demagoguery against those who attempting to head it off.


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Industry insiders criticized big U.S. banks as being "uninvestable" on Tuesday at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (SIFMA) annual meeting in New York.
High-ranking officials from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, McKinsey & Co. and Moore Capital Management agreed in a panel discussion on the financial sector's outlook that investors are turning away from the big banks because the future of their business models are far from certain.
"Uncertainty is so profound in financial institutions that I'm sure Guy would say it's uninvestable right now," said Moore Senior Portfolio Manager Matthew Carpenter to Guy Moszkowski, managing director of BofA-Merrill's U.S. Equity Research team, seated with him on the SIFMA stage at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
Moszkowski agreed, noting that a return on equity (ROE) of 7% to 8%, with no dividend, is typical in the current economic climate as banks deal with interest rates in the low single digits. "It hasn't been easy," he said. "There's a tremendous amount of uncertainty.
LPL Financial President of National Sales Bill Dwyer introduced the panel by saying that the financial sector is at an "inflection point" where regulatory reform, market volatility and industry changes all create challenges.
SIFMA President and CEO Tim Ryan, who served as moderator, then asked the panel how big a deal Dodd-Frank reform is, particularly in terms of the Volcker rule and Basel III capital rules.
"In earthquake terms, I'd put it at about an 8 on the Richter scale," Moszkowski said. Banks still can't quantify the impact on trading revenues, but the impact will be significant, he said.
Last month, AdvisorOne reported that Susquehanna Financial Group analyst David Hilder said Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley may consider dropping their status as bank holding companies to avoid increased costs related to the Volcker rule in fallout from the proprietary trading proposal released earlier in October.
The big U.S. banks have growth and profitability problems due to Dodd-Frank, Basel III and consumer deleveraging, said panelist Toos Daruvala, McKinsey's director of banking and securities. U.S. consumers are halfway through an eight- to 10-year deleveraging cycle, after which he predicts 8% growth for the big banks.
Proprietary trading came in for a drubbing from Carpenter, who was recruited away from Citibank by Moore Capital Management, which has gained a reputation for aggressively recruiting proprietary-trading teams from big investment banks. Last year, Hedge Fund Alert reported that Moore, a $14 billion hedge fund manager, hired four people from Citigroup's prop desk, including Carpenter.
"Prop trading is all about the money. There's nothing noble about it," said Carpenter. "Those businesses have been shut down, and they should be."
Carpenter said he believes that mid-cap banks are now a better bet for investors than big ones.
Still, the panelists said they believe that current downsizing in the banking industry doesn't suggest a return to the days of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which prohibited commercial banks from owning full-service brokerage firms.
Even if Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley give up their banking model, there's no way they're going to reduce their size back to what they used to be, Moszkowski said. "You can't put the genie back in the bottle," he said. "The world has changed."
Daruvala agreed, arguing that the Volcker rule does not suggest a return to Glass-Steagall because it has a much narrower focus.
Read David Tittsworth's thoughts on Measuring Dodd-Frank's Effectiveness and Impact on Advisors at AdvisorOne.com. Tittsworth is executive director of the Investment Adviser Association.


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President Barack Obama landed at LAX shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, bringing with him traffic woes for Westsiders and other commuters traveling through Beverly Hills.
Related: Live Traffic Maps | Follow @SeanNBCLA on Twitter | LAPD: Areas to Avoid
After shaking hands and signing some autographs for a crowd of bystanders, the president boarded Marine One.
Local news from across Southern California
Obama was headed to Holmby Hills for a fundraiser hosted by "The Bold and the Beautiful" co-creator and executive producer Bradley Bell and his wife Colleen. Will Ferrell and his wife, Viveca, are also serving as co-hosts for the $38,500-a-person event.
An Occupy 90210 protest is planned for Will Rogers Memorial Park to "highlight the corrupting role that Big Money plays in politics," according to the event's Facebook page.
While an Obama visit to Los Angeles -- his ninth since taking office -- usually has fundraising implications, for most Angelenos, it means one thing: traffic.
The planned motorcade route -- which is not made public -- has a habit of shutting down streets, leading some to dub the event "Obamajam." The LAPD recommended avoiding the following areas, if possible:
- Pico Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunset and Beverly Glen boulevards, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On Thursday, the department recommended avoiding Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica boulevards, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and Pico Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
"I park right outside here, and getting out of the street and parking spot is just a hassle, especially down Santa Monica. It's horrible. So it takes me like forever to get home. It's exciting but also it's hectic," said Elan Torbati, a Beverly Hills resident.
By noon, temporary no parking signs were already showing up around Beverly Hills.
Total Traffic LA has posted ball-park estimate of the route.
On Thursday, the president is expected in Corona del Mar for another fundraiser.
Correction: An earlier version of this story erroneously reported that the president was expected at LAX around 3 p.m. The correct time is 4 p.m.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at its Gaithersburg, Md., and Boulder, Colo., campuses.
The SURF program encourages the pursuit of graduate degrees in science and engineering by exposing undergraduate students to cutting-edge research and providing them the opportunity to work with internationally known NIST scientists. Applications are submitted on behalf of qualified students by their schools. Colleges and universities in the United States and its territories with degree-granting programs in nanoscale science, engineering, computer science, mathematics, chemistry, biology, materials science, neutron research, and/or physics are eligible to nominate students.
NIST expects to fund stipends for approximately 90 students in Gaithersburg and about 18 students in Boulder, working in laboratories that focus on information technology, physical measurement, material measurement, nanoscale science, engineering or neutron research.
In 2012, research projects spanned a variety of scientific disciplines and included measurements of vitamin A in northern fur seals, developing new thermometers based on ultrasonic transducers, creating environmentally friendly flame retardant coatings, controlling greenhouse gases, characterizing nanoparticles, and developing gesture recognition software for a 3D visualization lab, among many others.
Visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=212453 to see the Gaithersburg program announcement and to download information on eligibility, limits on submissions, and the application.
For the Boulder program, visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=210853&mode=VIEW.
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2013 (by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time for electronic applications; 5 p.m. Eastern Time for paper Gaithersburg applications, and 5 p.m. Mountain Time for paper Boulder applications), and must be submitted by eligible colleges and universities, not by individual students.
More information on the Gaithersburg program can be found at www.nist.gov/surfgaithersburg/index.cfm, and for the Boulder program at www.nist.gov/surfboulder/.
Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at NIST
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For future reference the Wikitravel:CIA World Factbook 2002 import can be found at Talk:Morocco/CIA World Factbook 2002 import.
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Don't we need a 'See' section for special "must-see" attractions?
What about a section on weather? Owen —The preceding comment was added by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs)
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More external links: taxi and car[edit]
Few more external links on travelling by taxi and by car:
It has some ideas we would welcome here--but is it OK to just transcribe key of them in this article? Will it conform to our policy on using copyrighted content? BTW, here's who they are and why they are doing that: http://www.triotours.com/faq/about/who-is.htm. --DenisYurkin 23:37, 15 November 2006 (EST)
Sleep for Dh75 is expensive budget?[edit]
I wonder if the prices like this really exist anywhere in Morocco:
From my experience, typical budget accommodation is from EUR50 to EUR80 per double, which is about x10 higher then the figures above. Can anyone support that the prices above are real and up-to-date? --DenisYurkin 15:53, 13 November 2006 (EST)
Buses are more reliable than trains?[edit]
I removed several quotations like this, as they give more questions than answers. In what sense are they more reliable? Are there more buses per day than trains per day for the same connection? Are buses better in departing/arriving in time? Do they break up more rare than trains? Please give details on this--and we'll bring the phrase back to the guide. --DenisYurkin 17:46, 22 November 2006 (EST)
Get around: by plane[edit]
We need more details here: routes available; frequency per day; give some idea on prices of domestic flights. Anyone willing to share? --DenisYurkin 16:46, 24 November 2006 (EST)
URLs for ferries[edit]
Hi, I do respect you external links policy, but it is very annoying that I only see soem prices for ferries, but no names for companies nor website addresses. The wiki would be a good place for that. Now im in the hands of google, and the travel preparation gets much more of a fuss. --184.108.40.206
hamams vs rhyads as a substitute of shower[edit]
Dear 220.127.116.11, hammams look much more reasonable substitute for hotel shower, as riads are actually a mid-class kind of hotel, not a public bath. Why did you change hammams to ryadhs? --DenisYurkin 05:06, 18 January 2007 (EST)
Traveling During the Ramadan Holiday[edit]
Is it possible traveling during the Ramadan Holiday? our planed vacation is scheduled for the same period of the year as the Ramadan happens to be celebrated. Homer 08:49, 30 June 2007 (EDT)
Is a Carnet de Passage needed?[edit]
Could someone confirm (and include in the article under "Get In / By Car" section) whether you need a Carnet de Passage in order to bring your car into Morocco? I was told by my local automobile association that I need one, but on wikipedia Morocco isn't even listed among the countries where it is helpful to have one. Also, I do feel that it is a rather important information to have if you're planning on entering Morocco by car.
October 2009[edit]
I drove my spanish BMW to Morocco in 2005 without problems. I think you only need to show the special paper in case anythings happens, but I had no use for it. However, on the ferry I had to fill in a paper with details of the car that was handed to an officer at the arrival and I got one copy that MUST be shown upon return. Doing this carefully, no problem at all, excellent roads. Fun driving there, but the police love to use radars to check speeds, so keep speed exactly... it costed 400 DIRHAMS for speeding 120 km/h on a 80 km/h road, but I always got the money back after talking to them and apologizing nicely and really showing pacience. It can take some time, but they love tourists so if you behave decently, there is nothing to be afraid of apart from loosing some 30 minutes of time and waiting in the sun. I traveled another time at winter, this time the paper was to be filled in at arrival, park your car in the queue for foreign cars and go out and ask any uniformed person to give you the paper to fill in, fill it in and give it to an officer walking around there to get it stamped and once this is done you can enter the country freely. Do not pay any attention to people that are not uniformed since they just want to earn money for helping you. If you are lazy and it is too bad weather, it is alright but there is no guarantee they give you the correct info...
Going out of Morocco with a European car; be prepared that they will check the car for drugs carefully both before going on the ferry and upon entering Spain. In Morocco its more visual check, but in Spain its more technological check and they talk to you to check if you look to be of the personality that might try to import drugs. It is not worth the risks. Prision penalties even for a minimal amount of drugs. They even let trained dogs search outside and inside your car. So don´t even think about it.
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Morocco badly needs subregions. I am not familiar with the country, but here is my suggestion:
Do these seem like good travel regions? --Peter Talk 13:19, 27 September 2007 (EDT)
Almost. There's an almost decent breakup of the country here: [4]
I'm thinking, based on the above linked to map:
Does that sound reasonable to anyone else? Are there better names for High and Middle Atlas? – cacahuate talk 14:13, 6 June 2008 (EDT)
New proposal[edit]
Alright, I took my thoughts above, added Anti Atlas, and drew a map... how is this looking as a region breakdown for Morocco? Anything to change? Are the names agreeable? – cacahuate talk 23:12, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
Left Handedness[edit]
The article states to avoid doing anything with your left hand, as the Moroccans perceive the left hand is used for handling excretion. Is this for real? c'mon, the Moroccans should know that most foreigners simply do not go around in life handling crap. But the problem is that being left handed I could not even sign my name with my right hand. To what extent is this anti-left hand guideline a real issue in their culture?
Currency Abbreviation and Usage[edit]
We need to decide upon one standard way to represent prices for all the Morocco travel pages. Looking just at this Morocco page and the Marrakech page, I've seen prices listed with "dirhams" spelled out and abbreviated, with various different forms of abbreviations, with the abbreviations before and after the price, and with abbreviations next to and spaced out from the price. The permutations are many, all of which seem to be used at least once.
Here are actual examples (no kidding) copied directly from those two pages:
After searching the web, there doesn't seem to be a consensus among other guides either. Lonely Planet lists prices in this format: DH 100. Rough Guides uses this format: 100dh. A New York Times article on Marrakech lists prices this way: 100 dirhams.
No matter what, we need to standardize things. Spmenic 00:34, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
Staying outside cities[edit]
In June and July, how easy is it to get accomodation in small towns? I'm thinking of hiring a 4wd, with driver, and exploring the High Atlas Mountains. I'd need to park and sleep in small villages, and make day trips on foot, starting well before dawn.
Would it be possible to rock up to a small village, such as here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=N31+27.121+W6+37.805&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&ll=31.559815,-6.630249&spn=2.335507,4.943848&z=8&iwloc=addr and be confident that I could get accommodation?
I am not keen on camping, largely because it would require the transportation of too much gear on the plane. Arpitt 10:47, 8 January 2009 (EST)


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This is what war is good for.
Humans love destruction. From little kids with baseball bats and G.I. Joes to rubber-neckers creeping down the freeway for a ghastly glimpse of road-side carnage, people everywhere have an affinity for the fruits of entropy. The most overt example of our fascination with the macabre is war, where soldiers from diverse nations meet on a field with one goal: violent victory.
Although some are disgusted by humanity's appetite for devastation, others have realized that it is the stuff great games are made of. Just witness THQ's new Warhammer
40,000: Dawn of War. Developed by Relic Entertainment, the minds behind RTS games like Homeworld and Impossible
Creatures, Dawn of War captures the fearsome attitude of the Warhammer 40,000 board
game while packing it full of visceral punch. Although Dawn
of War doesn't introduce many significant mechanical innovations to the genre, it's loaded with enough savage Warhammer style to quench our thirst for carnage.
The first dose of said style is administered via a lengthy, bloody cutscene that introduces the state of affairs between humans and Orks. Then you're moved into Dawn
of War's sweet menu, complete with laser-eyed skulls and ubiquitous gameplay modes. Campaign, Skirmish, and Multiplayer hardly represent a new dawn in ways to play your strategy game, but fortunately Dawn
of War's proof is in its gory pudding.
In the single-player campaign, you control a platoon of Space Marines known as The Blood Ravens representing the genetically-engineered iron fist of the Galactic Emperor. Unfortunately, your empire is beset on all sides by vicious alien foes, while traitorous heretics plot its downfall from within your own borders. It is your charge to investigate these threats and replace them with smoldering craters.
The story begins as Force Commander Gabriel and his squad of Blood Ravens are
called down to a planet besieged by Ork forces. After driving back the unusually
organized Ork offensive, it becomes clear to Gabriel that some mysterious hand
is moving the Ork pawns as a distraction from what are surely fell deeds. Suspecting
that the culprits are the dreaded Chaos Space Marines, a rogue, demon-worshipping
cult, you investigate further only to be caught up in a planet-wide battle
between the Orks, the forces of Chaos, and the ancient Eldar, who have come
to thwart the vile schemes of the Chaos Space Marines.
Although Dawn of War's plot is entertaining for its over-the-top space drama and galaxy-threatening conspiracies, most of the effect is nullified by the total lack of pathos. Every race is motivated purely by xenophobia, power, and bloodlust. The Warhammer 40,000 mythos isn't about stories or friendships; it's about using spikes and fire to kill everything that moves. But while the plot may suffer from the aggro approach, the action benefits greatly.
Dawn of War skews more towards the quick, frantic play of Relic's own Impossible Creatures than, say, Age of Empires. Regardless of which of the four races you choose to play, you will be competing against your foes for strategic points on the battlefield. Once captured, these will provide you with a constant stream of requisition resource, essentially money used to purchase everything from troops and structures to tech upgrades. Once you've captured a point, you can build a listening post on it and then upgrade the posts multiple times with weapons. Every listening post built enhances your requisition rate, as does every listening post upgrade. As a result, a player who is aggressive and captures as many strategic points as possible will not only control the battlefield, he will also control its resources.
There are also vital objectives and slag deposits. The objectives are used to great affect on the various maps, as their number and location can drastically alter the way a match must be played. Relics, on the other hand, can be used by the Eldar and Chaos Space Marines to summon humongous, badass gods and demons that can easily turn an opponent's formerly fortified stronghold into so many craters and corpses.
The slag deposits can be used to build large reactors, which are then used to harvest another resource: power. All buildings, vehicles, and many upgrades require power to run. A reactor built on a slag deposit provides power at triple the rate of another, making them hot little bits of real-estate, especially on larger maps where players have time to build mechanized forces.
Despite this breadth of resources, Dawn of War is not management
intensive. You do not build little grunts to mine caves or harvest oat or anything.
Slowly teching up or trying to play turtle and go defensive won't succeed here
nearly as well as simply churning out units and storming the map like a lunatic.
That's not to say that the game is without subtleties, however. Many Ork unit types, for instance, are only buildable if you have a certain number of units in play. The Squiggoth, an elephantine behemoth loaded with weapons that can carry two squads of troops, only becomes available once the Orks have 90 units in play.
This is just one example of the tactics Relic uses in Dawn
of War to force you
to play certain races certain ways, and is at the core of Dawn
of War's balance. Orks are the race of attrition, and their requirements and abilities reflect this. They inhabit one end of the spectrum with the Eldar occupying the other, while the Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines make up the middle ground.
Every race shares some fundamental similarities, but Dawn
of War's main depth comes from its awesome, highly-customizable squad system. When a player orders marines, four emerge from the barracks as one squad. The squad is treated as one unit, and the individual members of the squad are beyond the player's direct control.
Once you have a squad, there are a ton of neat things you can do with it. For example, squads can be reinforced with certain number of troops from anywhere on the battlefield. If a troop dies, the player can simply click the 'reinforce' button and after a short while, the dead troop will be replaced by a newbie. Commanding units for each squad offer various bonuses and you can customize any squad with a ton of upgrades. Whereas you started with a squad of four regular troops, within minutes that can be ten guys with a couple flamethrowers, some grenade launchers, and a commander leading the way.
Which comes in handy, as all troops are subject to morale. Certain weapons aren't particularly damaging, but they burn away morale. When a squad's morale goes, they scatter and incur heavy stat penalties. Squads can also be disrupted by artillery. If you launch an explosive into the middle of ten guys, they'll all go flying, momentarily stunned. The morale and knock-back damage are just a couple of the cool details that make participating in Dawn
of War's battles fun and interesting to manage.
The single-player game, however, is not particularly well-designed. The harsh
linearity of the 12 level campaign limits the sense of chaos
and violence by forcing you to lead your troops through one hallway of a map
after the other. While there are some cool scripted bits and some interesting
details to be found in several levels, there's never more than one way to accomplish
a given mission, and never any opportunity to choose one mission over the other.
For that matter, there's only one campaign here – the Space Marines. If you want to kick ass as the other races, you'll have to hop into skirmishes on or offline. Either way, you may play as any of the four races against up to seven other players. The game functions well as a multiplayer affair thanks to its up-tempo style, although a good deal of the strategy lies in figuring out which tactics work best for which maps.
Unfortunately, Dawn of War suffers from some irritating path-finding issues.
Moving troops around can be a pain because you're always required to move them en-masse. What's worse, though, is trying to position large vehicles. These things basically won't move into any space that is remotely near another unit, making it difficult to order them around the map. For a strategy game, this can be a real buzz-kill.
You'll get that buzz back pretty quickly, though, when you stare wide-eyed at the carnage offered by the fancy 3D engine. Dawn
of War is definitely one of the most impressive looking real-time strategy games around. The colors are vibrant, the blood prodigious and framerate generally smooth. A great zoom feature lets you see all sorts of nasty little nuances and death animations up close. The physics are great, adding oomph and flying corpses to a well-placed artillery strike. There are some stability issues – expect a few crashes here and there – but nothing too frustrating.
Dawn of War sounds like hell, but in a good way. The weapons sound great, battles are full of cries of anguish, and the voice-acting is very over-the-top and cool; you'll definitely know who the bad guys are.
Dawn of War's tremendous unit design and the resulting balance
makes for some addictive, tactical gameplay. The limited campaign isn't very
long, and, more importantly, isn't very interesting, but crushing online foes
and battling the computer is a blast. While Dawn of War doesn't
reinvent the RTS wheel, it does cover it with spikes and roll it over entire
armies of screaming victims. Bring down the hammer.


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By David Rosenbaum
May 2011
When Marcos Baccetto was first asked to be the business-side project lead on Eaton Corporation's Vehicle Group South America (VGSA) Oracle project, the operations services manager responsible for running manufacturing was, he confesses, "a little afraid" because of his lack of IT experience. Today, Baccetto calls the project "a fantastic experience," and he is a true believer in the benefits of a close relationship between IT implementers and their line-of-business peers. Through his partnership with Jesiele Lima, then VGSA IT manager, Baccetto and Eaton's South American operations team came to understand several important principles of business and IT. Here he shares nine tips managers should consider when working on an enterprise technology project.
1. Make it a business project, not an IT project. All levels of functional management must have ownership, responsibility, and accountability for the success of the implementation.
2. Share responsibility. Business owners should sign off on tests and data conversion.
3. Clean your data. Dedicating a team to improve core data quality prior to project launch can be a significant time-saver.
4. Select resources properly. Have functional people who can translate business needs to IT and can influence organizational change.
5. Manage scope. Follow project management methodologies and disciplines.
6. Adopt common processes, global solutions. Avoid customized, local solutions. The big-picture business goals can get lost in the details.
7. Implement processes prior to the go-live date. Change management can be key. Keep the workforce informed and train users in advance.
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Justinian Lane
The Politics Behind Tort Reform
Hello, and welcome back after that fifteen-month intermission. I've been too busy helping people to blog about the forces that want to prevent me from helping people.
To dip my toe back in the blogging water, I thought I'd give a very brief primer on the politics behind tort reform.
Tort "reform" is of course the effort to (a) make it more difficult to file injury lawsuits, and (b) make it more difficult to collect meaningful amounts of money from injury lawsuits. These efforts benefit large industries to the detriment of the general public. (You know, like most policies these days.)
Republicans are big supporters of tort "reform" for the following reasons:
1: Most Republicans believe that lawsuits are a form of regulation that hampers big business. Without pesky lawsuits, businesses could make more decisions on the basis purely of profitability, without much concern about the safety of their products. For those folks who believe corporate America would always do the right thing regarding safety, I suggest you research the history of asbestos use in America.
2: Most Republicans are supported by industries that are often sued in personal injury lawsuits (doctors, pharmaceuticals, oil, gas, transportation, etc.) or that foot the bill in the lawsuits (insurance companies.)
3: Most trial lawyers are Democrats and give campaign contributions to Democrats.
4: Tort "reform" drastically reduces the amount of money trial lawyers can earn. The less money a trial lawyer earns, the less he or she can give to Democrats.
So here's how the cycle works: Republicans throw red meat to the base by promising tort "reform" measures. That gets dollars flowing to the Republicans. If the measures pass, it cuts into the amount of money trial lawyers can give to Democrats. So by pushing for tort "reform," the Republican party simultaneously revs up its base, increases campaign contributions, and defunds the Democrats. If you're a Republican, you're an idiot not to support tort "reform." You're also not the brightest if you're a Democrat who supports tort "reform."
That's it for today, kids. I have literally over 1,000 blog topics I've been saving up in a "To Be Blogged About" folder in my Inbox. I doubt I'll ever get all the way through it, but I'll start working on it.
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Steve Jobs famously said that seven-inch tablets would be dead on arrival because they were too big to compete with smartphones and too small to compete with the iPad. That was two years ago. With CEO Tim Cook running Apple now, a smaller iPad could actually see the light of day.
Described by many as a visionary, Jobs had the tendency to flip-flop on ideas he initially thought were "sh*t." This is what he once called seven-inch tablets:
"7-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad."
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While it's not the first time we've heard rumors of an "iPad mini", three established publications are fueling the mythical device's return to the news.
The Whispers Come Blowing By
The first to kick up new sand was Bloomberg. Its July 4 report claimed that two sources from within Apple told it that a smaller iPad with a screen between seven and eight inches will debut as early as October. The report also says the display won't have the Retina display that the new iPad sports.
Not to be left out of the scoop, The Wall Street Journal followed up with its own report earlier this morning stating that Apple's Asian component suppliers were ramping up parts for mass production in September.
Finally, the well-informed John Gruber of Daring Fireball says that Apple will likely cut the smaller iPad's display from the same ones that the iPhone 3GS has been made from. Gruber argues that because Apple "has been producing at scale [the displays] ever since the original iPhone five years ago" it can "produce [them] efficiently and in enormous quantities."
As per old rumors, it's believed that the smaller iPad will carry a display with a 1024x768 resolution (same as the iPad and iPad 2).
The Timing Is Right
Rumors for a 7.85-inch iPad come a week after Google unveiled its Nexus 7 tablet, a seven-inch tablet built by Asus. Smaller than the 9.7-inch iPad, the Nexus 7 has received glowing reviews for its build quality, Android 4.1 Jellybean operating system and "low" $200 price.
The timing couldn't be better for Apple to release a smaller iPad. Take the recent
report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners that states that iPad 2 sales actually make up 41 percent of all iPad sales (that's including the new iPad) and it all makes sense.
The cheaper-iPad 2 is still selling like crazy. Why? Because it's only $400. If Apple were to release an iPad mini, it'd probably be able to sell it for between $300 and $400, lowering the entry barrier. and making it that much more attractive than a Nexus 7. It wouldn't be hard for Apple to make a smaller iPad now, either because it'd essentially just be an shrunken iPad 2.
It'd also be brilliant for developers. There are already hundreds of thousands of apps that are built with a 1024x768 resolution from the iPad and iPad 2. All of those apps would work perfectly on the iPad "mini." Additionally, because iPhone apps can be scaled 2X up for the iPad, those apps would also work out of the box. Even better is that because the screen of the iPad mini would be smaller, iPhone apps might look sharper and less pixelated.
Apple's no stranger to shrinking a successful product. All one needs to do is look at how it shrank the iPod Classic to the iPod Nano, 15-inch MacBook Pro (15-inch) to 13-inch MacBook Pro or even the 13-inch MacBook Air to the 11-inch MacBook Air and an iPad Mini only feels like a matter of time before it happens.


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As part of the Air Force�s quest to find more space to meet increasing training demands in Northwest Florida, it now will be allowed to conduct non-hazardous missions on additional state-owned land.
As part of the Air Force�s quest to find more space to meet increasing training demands in Northwest Florida, it now will be allowed to conduct non-hazardous missions on additional state-owned land.
The state Department of Environmental Protection agreed last week to allow the Air Force to set up communications equipment on pockets of land across the region.
The agreement is part of a recent effort to ease competition for range space on Eglin Air Force Base�s reservation, which spans 460,000 acres.
After the last base realignment in 2005, which brought several new missions to Eglin and surrounding bases, officials began looking for public or private land nearby for non-hazardous training.
�This will allow us to have a lot more flexibility to use the range for what it was really designed for � testing and shooting and all those things that come with hazardous activity,� said Michael Penland, the Air Force�s director of base operations.
Before moving to his position at the Pentagon, Penland was in charge of operational support at Eglin, where he began working on the project to find nearby land for training. He has continued that effort in Washington, D.C., and is making headway.
In October, the Air Force signed its first agreement to use Florida Forest Service land. The state agreed to allow the military to use about 400,000 acres in the Blackwater River State Forest near Eglin and Tate�s Hell State Forest near Apalachicola, Penland said.
He said the Air Force plans to sign a similar agreement with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in the near future.
The agreements are one of a kind, and could serve as models for similar arrangements across the country.
�This is first time we�ve actually tried to do something to this scale, especially in the Air Force,� Penland said.
The DEP agreement allows the Air Force to set up mobile threat emitters, which are used for air training. Currently, the emitters are housed at Eglin, but are rarely used because they must be spread over a large area, Penland said.
Under the agreement signed with the Forest Service in October, the military � including the Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin � will be able to run small ground-training missions, and other groups will be able to land aircraft such as the CV-22, Penland said.
It will offer some opportunities unavailable on the Eglin reservation and shorten wait times for the space.
No live ammunition will be fired on state lands, officials said.
Penland said the state agencies and the Air Force have worked to make sure the training missions will not disrupt any endangered species or restrict recreational activities. They searched for areas where the training would be compatible with what the land already is being used for.
�(The state) has been very forthcoming in helping us look for places we might be able to use,� he said.
Patrick Gillespie, a spokesman for DEP, said the agreement is the first of its kind, but fits in with the agency�s overall mission.
�It�s been a priority of the DEP to purchase state land that buffers military installations and to work to support our armed forces,� Gillespie said.
He said the plan was presented at two public meetings before it was approved. The details of exactly how, when and where the land will be used will be hammered out in a final agreement over the next two months.
Gov. Rick Scott praised the partnership in a news release issued last week.
�This agreement is another step in making Florida the most military-friendly state in the nation,� he said. �Not only will this decision strengthen our nation�s security, but it will support our military communities that provide jobs for Florida families.�
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Quality Control and Inspection of Auto-Parts in Quality Assurance (Q.A.) Section of Vendors
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The results revealed that the manager๛s opinions towards operation of quality control and inspection of auto-parts at a high level were lineworkers in car accessory production plant and other production plant. The opinions ...


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Storms To Hit Britain
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Britain prepares for the worst storm in 100 years.
Man dies after being hit by a train at Cooden Beach
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Man dies after being hit by a train at Cooden Beach
Annual Alexandra Fun Run
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Santa Fun Run
Sussex Police Staff are to strike over pay
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Staff members at Sussex Police will be striking on 22nd December because of the need for a pay rise.
Pub recreates masterpieces in aid of charity
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The Lord Nelson pub in Old Town has persuaded its regulars to dress-up to help raise money for a children's charity.


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AlignLife's Five Star services are designed to satisfy a wide range of wellness enthusiasts from those looking for pain management to those in search of optimal health and vitality.
The practice of chiropractic has stood the test of time, enduring ten times longer than modern medicine. Dr. Christopher uses a comprehensive form of chiropractic care designed to get the best results in the shortest amount of time.
Millions of Americans are unknowingly subjecting themselves to health conditions directly associated with the negative effects of toxins. Unfortunately, most toxins are unavoidable in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The question shifts from "Am I toxic?" to "How toxic am I?"
Nutrition Enhancement
AlignLife is on a mission to educate communities on how to properly provide the body with the nutrients it needs. We specialize in teaching people how to improve dietary choices with our exclusive nutrition program.
Hormone Balance
The typical American usually resorts to a daily regimen consisting of caffeine and sugar throughout the day due to chronic fatigue and moodiness. A nightly dose of sleeping agents helps them get the sleep they need. After following this path for a number of years, they will frequently graduate to a lifetime of medication.
Weight Management
Often the quickest and most dramatic weight loss programs are praised as the most successful. On the surface, why wouldn't they be? Unfortunately there are a number of misconceptions and secrets that are not discussed. These hidden dangers can lead to problems down the road and hinder long term success.
Personal Injury
Still experiencing pain from a car crash, sports injury or injury on the job? Even though you may have been checked out by immediate care after your injury, lingering pain and stiffness are a good sign that something more is going on.


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See James Maslow's 10 Sweetest Moments [PHOTOS + VIDEOS]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
We're celebrating James Maslow! The singer/dancer/actor/all-around-hottie is pretty much the cutest thing to ever happen to Instagram, so we couldn't resist honoring the Big Time Rush cutie and 'Dancing With the Stars' alum by reminiscing about some of his sweetest moments. Check them out below!
Creating an Entire Prom For a Fan With Down Syndrome
Sleeping With His Adorable Pup
Sharing a Sizzling (But Sweet) Kiss With Peta Mugatroyd
Celebrating Easter With His Baby Niece
Oh, Just Being an Adorable Baby Himself
Face-Timing His Dog (We've Stopped Breathing)
Looking Seductive With a Guitar Pick in His Mouth
Playing Big Time Improv With Big Time Rush at PopCrush
Taking a Break From His Own Dog Selfies to Take a Snap With Snoopy
Thanking Fans After Winning PopCrush's Hottest Star of 2013
Thanks @PopCrush for hosting this and lots of love to all my fans who won it for me! pic.twitter.com/uLpFbZoiqd
— James Maslow (@jamesmaslow) September 30, 2013
(Psst — you can vote for him to win Hottest Star of 2014 here!)


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Hangover Helper: Mongolian Cheesesteak at HRD Coffee Shop, San Francisco
Just what the doctor ordered.
So happy hour turned into many hours? All you know now is that noon is rolling around and if you don't find something to kick this hangover's ass the rest of your day is shot. It's times like these that call for a Mongolian Cheesesteak ($5.00) from HRD Coffee Shop in SOMA.
This longstanding hole-in-wall has revamped itself with a cheery orange awning and an extended menu of greasy, delicious fusion fare, and the cheesesteak is their crowning achievement. Hoisin-spiced meat is loaded into a split white roll, laden with green peppers and onions, and topped with melty, shredded mozzarella. It's greasy, messy, and just the right level of spicy; it will bomb your hangover into submission. In fact, best you put a hangover in it's way, lest it go after your internal organs instead.
HRD Coffee Shop
521 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 (map) 415-543-2355 hrdcoffeeshop.com
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I'll stop the ranting lately, it's just I like the series and I want a retail release, so alright. I don't mean to offend. It's hard to be different on many sites. I didn't mean little things like "Dude, don't be blind." is offensive, since I been on the internet so long, I've seen worse. I'll try and stop all negative behavior since this was the reason why I was banned on Koei Warriors, this type of stuff I've been pulling in that Dynasty Warriors section, so since I don't want to be banned here, I'll stop the ranting and "offensive" material.
I'll keep my opinion tho, and I'll keep having a civil discussion in the DW8 topic when the time is needed.


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How do you plan an entire 365 days on the road? For some travelers, their gap year has been mapped out since the first time they started dreaming of exotic destinations. Others might be a bit fuzzy on the specifics, content to wander wherever their whims take them. Either way, uprooting your life to take a gap year overseas is no small endeavor.
Your life-changing year of travel will likely involve a blend of experiences. Snorkeling along the Great Barrier Reef, observing lions in Kruger National Park, or hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu are all possible when you have endless vacation days lying ahead of you.
However, don't let leisure activities dominate your year. Volunteer at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, teach English in Spain, or work the ski season in New Zealand to round-out your time overseas (and, in some cases, replenish your wallet). With the right balance, a gap year abroad inspires a fresh perspective that will resonate with you throughout your life.
From trekking through the Himalayas in Nepal to scuba diving off remote islands in Indonesia, adventurous souls will find no shortage of things to do for a year in Asia. Additionally, Asia is also a wonderful destination for professional and personal development. Urban hubs in China are the site of many global internships, and volunteer programs in Cambodia tackle big issues like homelessness.
For a travel gap year in Europe, the possibilities are endless. Work in Ireland and take advantage of weekends to explore other countries. Volunteer opportunities exist across the continent, with Scandinavian nations like Finland popular for teaching English. Alternatively, European travel programs can also take you to language courses in Germany and Mediterranean cruises departing from Croatia.
Navigate island life on a gap year through the water-locked countries of Oceania. Most travelers under the age of 30 can obtain working holiday visas for Australia and New Zealand, allowing them to pick up casual gigs as they travel around. These are also terrific destinations for overseas adventure programs, some of which will have you acquiring a scuba diving license in Fiji or skiing down slopes in Queenstown, New Zealand.
An array of experiences await you in Africa. With an abundance of unique wildlife, Africa's travel gap year programs may include volunteering with great white sharks in South Africa or taking a multi-day safari through the Serengeti in Tanzania. If you're looking for programs that will help you grow as a professional, explore teaching opportunities in Kenya or medical internships in Ghana.
Latin America
A gap year traveling in South America mixes immersive experiences with outdoor getaways. Spend your days engaging in cultural activities, like Spanish language learning in Guatemala or soccer coaching in Brazil. Adventurous-minded travelers will love escaping to the Patagonia region of Chile, where they can hike amongst jagged peaks and view massive ice fields.
General Tips
First things first, how do you pack for a gap year? If you're traveling through multiple climates, this will be tough. Of course, versatile pieces and clothing that can be layered will be helpful as you leave warm weather for cold. Additionally, try packing attire that you don't mind donating along the way and turning to thrift shops rather than retail stores if you ditched something too soon.
Some odd items you might find useful during your year-long travels include:
- Earplugs (For when hostel roommates snore and get up at 5am to catch flights)
- Flashlight (Because sometimes you're the one up at 5am and it's dark.)
- Needle & thread (Your clothes will rip, but it doesn't have to be fatal.)
- Dryer sheets (They trick your clothes into smelling clean, further delaying laundry day.)
- Packing cubes (Emptying your bag to find one loose item gets old after a day. You have a whole year.)
- First aid kit (In case you have to self-stitch a shark bite, or just need a bandaid.)
Travel gap years are, unsurprisingly, on the pricier side of overseas experiences. Even if you're jetting off to a place with a lower cost of living, there will be 365 days of transportation, accommodation, food, experience, souvenir, and toothpaste costs to cover. While there's no better way to spend your savings, you can work abroad for a portion of the year to offset some of your travel expenses.
With each country having its own visa rules, you'll have some homework to do if you plan on entering multiple countries during your year overseas. Luckily, traveling as a tourist usually requires no permits, or ones that can be acquired a few days in advance if not upon entry. Work programs and long-term stays are different stories, and for these types of gap years, you'll almost definitely need a visa.
Your housing situation will likely change over the course of your year of travel. If you're working overseas, you might be able to support yourself in an apartment. Foreign volunteers will likely be placed in dormitory accommodations, while nomadic travelers will find similar living arrangements in hostels. Other housing options to look into as you travel are Airbnb and Couchsurfing.
Health & Safety
Like many aspects of planning a gap year, health and safety risks will need to be assessed on a regional basis. You'll always need to be up-to-date on immunizations, but additional shots or medications may be recommended based on the countries you're visiting. If possible, it's best to sort this out beforehand with your doctor at home, rather than trying to book an appointment in a foreign healthcare system.
Risks to traveler safety will also vary by destination. With pickpockets roaming big cities, earthquakes shaking countries that lie in the Ring of Fire, and civil unrest in unstable regions, there's a lot to look out for on the road. As such, purchasing travel insurance would be wise, no matter where your travels take you. A lot can happen in a year, but with the right preparation, you'll be able to handle anything.


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U.S. ETF inflows in November fell to $4.7 billion from $20.3 billion in October, Morningstar reported Thursday, and ETF assets dropped by 1.5% to end November with just over $1 trillion. Still, ETF assets under management have grown about 12% from the same period last year, says Morningstar, noting that the U.S. ETF industry hasn't seen a net outflow in six months.
As for the major ETF groups, iShares "fell victim to the largest monthly outflow of any provider, shedding $1.3 billion in aggregate," said Morningstar ETF analyst Abraham S.H. Bailin in the report. "Despite the outflow, iShares' market share remains a healthy 41.83% of all ETF assets."
The largest inflows last month went to State Street Global Advisors, or SSGA, which took in $3.2 billion, mainly in its gold offering (GLD). Vanguard trailed SSGA, gathering nearly $2 billion in new assets last month, the Chicago-based research firm reported.
U.S. Back in the Red
U.S.-stock ETFs lost $5.3 billion in September, but saw a "stellar rebound [in October], as the asset class collected nearly $11 billion," explained Bailin. "November, however, put the category back in the red, as $2.3 billion exited the asset class.
Outflows from the iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) and iShares S&P 500 Index (IVV) totaled $3.2 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, in November. They were followed by the Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF), Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLU) and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA), which each lost an average of about $550 million.
The SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), the largest ETF on the market, gathered roughly $1.5 billion in November. Other popular ETFs were the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (VIG), SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) and iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY).
International ETF Flows
International-stock ETFs lost $1.8 billion in November after experiencing October inflows of $5.2 million. The Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) had outflows of $547 billion, while the iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) lost $451 million.
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM), however, collected just under $150 million in November after seeing inflows of $3.5 billion in October.
Gold Flows
U.S commodities ETFs collected roughly $3 billion in November, Morningstar says, driven by two offerings in particular: The SPDR Gold Shares GLD gathered a whopping $3.1 billion, and the iShares Gold Trust (IAU) picked up $366 million last month.
Other commodity-focused ETFs–like PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA)–saw outflows of about $100 million each.
Taxable Bonds
Year to date, the taxable-bond asset class has seen the largest share of ETF inflows, and in November had inflows of $5.2 billion–topping other asset classes.
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND), iShares Barclays Tips Bond (TIP) and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond (LQD) gained $1 billion, $819 million and $693 million, respectively.
Outflows that did occur involved ETFs with longer durations and lower ratings Morningstar reported. The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT), for instance, bled $537 million.


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Lunch Bunch
For Older Adults Ages 55 and Up
- Date: 03/26/2019 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
- Location: Joslyn Community Center Ocean Banquet Hall
1601 N Valley Dr
Manhattan Beach, California 90266
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Today's Lunch Bunch will be: Minestrone Soup, Green Mixed Salad, Spanish Rice, Enchiladas, Fruits and Steamed Vegetables
The Manhattan Beach Older Adults Program is pleased to present "The Lunch Bunch," a nutrition program to be held every Tuesday and "Lunch Bunch 2.0" every Thursday at the Joslyn Community Center, 1601 Valley Drive. The program is designed especially for Manhattan Beach residents ages 55+. It affords an opportunity to make new friends while you enjoy a delicious catered lunch.
Cost: $3 for residents, $5 for nonresidents.
Reservations Required
Please call (310) 802-5430 at least 24 hours in advance to make your reservation.
For more information, feel free to contact the Older Adults Program at (310) 802-5430. For more classes, activities, excursions and bus trips offered by the Older Adults Program, please visit the Older Adults Program page.


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challenge1k brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 55 Designs von 21 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Design a logo for "Challenge 1000", a fundraising initative to help build a library in Senegal, Western Africa.
Challenge 1000
Desired Color Scheme:
Oranges, Reds - see current website for match
Desired Style:
Fun, Funky, Vibrant
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
Running For Life (http://www.runningforlife.co.uk) is a non-profit organization that raises funds to build schools and libraries in Africa. RFL is currently building a Library in Senegal for kids who don't have books or the most basic equipment.
One of RFL's exciting new program to raise funds in 2008 is called "Challenge 1000". The aim is to host 100 amazing events and raise £1K for each event. Events can be done in groups or individually… So far some of the challenges include: Sky Diving, Bungee jumping, running a marathon, half marathon, climbing the 3 peaks, getting a walk on part in a soap, recruiting celebrities, celebrity auction, sell 1000 RFL greetings cards, host a non-uniform day at your place of work or school etc.
The logo could show one of these activities or just give off the basic vibe of a fun, exciting event for a very worthwhile cause! You can use the same colour scheme as RFL (see http://www.runningforlife.co.uk).
A new page will be built inside the Running For Life website to advertise this event - the new logo will be featured prominently.
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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More and more winter sports fans are looking for peace & quiet in the mountains, and they find precisely that in Rauris Valley in Austria. For example, out snowshoeing at Kolm Saigurn valley head, where you sense the power of nature with every step you take in the midst of pristine winter landscapes.
A marked snowshoe trail leads from Alpengasthof Bodenhaus (1,280 m) to Kolm Saigurn valley head (1,600 m). Guided snowshoe hikes with a National Park ranger are offered twice weekly throughout the winter season. The free valley bus carries snowshoers, winter hikers and cross-country skiers from Rauris out to the Bodenhaus and return.
An absolute "must" for any snowshoe hike across open terrain is a true understanding of the dangers associated with winter, planning your tour taking into consideration the weather, snow and avalanche conditions, and equipping yourself appropriately.
The snowshoe trail in Rauris Valley is marked and can be explored without the help of a guide.
Route: from the Bodenhaus car park, south of the road to the bridge – now right alongside the Hüttwinkltache (ca. 300 m) – left across the footbridge – and along the street to the Jagahäusl (trail head for the mining theme path) – through the forest to the Rastmulde – uphill to the left – cross the road and follow the old Kolmweg to the "Schälplatz" – along the dry stream- climb up to the Gersteben and through high forest to the Kolm Saigurn valley head.
In winter, guided snowshoe hikes are offered twice weekly with a trained National Park ranger.
We ask for registration one day before the guided snowshoe hike until 12.00 at the tourism office Rauris, Tel.: +43 6544 20022.
Magnificent views of the Hoher Sonnblick (3,106 m) and, with a little bit of luck, the opportunity to do a bit of wildlife watching during this guided snowshoe hike, leading from Alpengasthof Bodenhaus along a snowshoe trail in direction to Kolm Saigurn valley head.
Rauris Virgin Forest is a pristine forest with centuries old spruce and pine trees. In summer, Rauris Virgin Forest – with its over 80 dark moorland ponds and romantic clearings – is one of the most popular excursion destinations in Rauris Valley.
Discover the Raurisertal valley during a snowshoe walk or ice climbing:
Snowshoes are available to rent at both of the sporting goods stores in Rauris.


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Yolo CountyHome Sitemap Contact
Emergency Preparedness Resources
The first steps in preparing for any emergency are:
Prepare your home
Make a plan
Build an Emergency Kit
Create a Go-bag
Information for older Americans
- Make your home safe. During a disaster, ordinary objects in your home can cause injury or damage. However, there are simple steps you can take to make your home safer. Start by viewing each room with a "disaster eye" and identify potential hazards – bookshelves that could tip over in an earthquake and block exits or heavy objects that could fall and cause injury.
- Install smoke detectors on each level of your home and change batteries every 6 months.
- Move beds away from windows.
- Move mirrors and heavy pictures away from couches or places where people sit.
- Clear hallways and exits for easy evacuation.
- Store heavy items on the lowest shelves.
- Keep an ABC type fire extinguishers on each level and know how and when to use them.
- Strap down your water heater and fit all gas appliances with a flexible gas supply line.
- Store flammable or highly reactive chemicals (such as bleach, ammonia, paint thinners) securely and separate from each other.
- Secure pictures and wall hangings and use restraints to secure heavy items such as bookcases and file cabinets.
- Know how and when to switch off your utilities.
- Ensure that all window safety bars have emergency releases.
- Be sure your home number is visible from the street so emergency vehicles can find you.
- Duplicate important documents and keep copies off-site, either in a safety deposit box or with someone you trust. Documents may include: passport, drivers license, social security card, wills, deeds, financial statements, insurance information, marriage license and prescriptions.
- Inventory valuables, in writing and with photographs or video. Keep copies of this information off-site with your other important documents.
- Create a household emergency plan here and distribute to each household member. Talk with your family about potential disasters and why it's necessary to prepare for them. Involve each member of your family in the planning process. By showing them simple steps that can increase their safety, you can help reduce their anxiety about emergencies.
- Designate an out-of-area contact person. Try to select someone that is far enough away to not be affected by the same emergency. Provide this person with the names and contact information of the people you want to keep informed of your situation. Instruct family members to call this person and tell them where they are. Long distance phone service is often restored sooner than local service.
- Make sure everyone knows where to find your disaster supply kit and Go-bags.
- Have a flashlight and a pair of shoes under everyone's bed in case there is an earthquake during the night. Use a plastic bag tied to the leg of the bed to keep these items from moving during an earthquake.
- Plan where to meet after a disaster if your home becomes unsafe. Choose two places, one just outside your home and one outside your neighborhood in case you are told to evacuate. Be sure your gas tank is always at least half full.
- Determine the best escape routes from your home. Try to identify two escape routes.
- Make sure each member knows who your family's out-of-state contact is and instruct them to call this person and tell him/her where they are.
- Locate the gas main and other utilities and make sure family members know when and how to turn them off.
- Practice your evacuation routes, Drop, Cover & Hold and Stop, Drop & Roll drills.
- Teach each member of your family how to use a fire extinguisher.
- Create emergency response cards for each of your family members.
- Take into account the special needs of children, seniors or people with disabilities, family members that don't speak English and pets.
- Talk to your children about how to be ready for a disaster with age appropriate tools
- After a major disaster the usual services we take for granted, such as running water, refrigeration, and telephones, may be unavailable. Experts recommend that you should be prepared to be self-sufficient for at least three days. Store your household disaster kit in an easily accessible location. Put contents in a large, watertight container (e.g. a large plastic garbage can with a lid and wheels) that you can move easily.
- Households/individuals should consider and customize their plans for individual needs and responsibilities based on the methods of communication, types of shelter and methods of transportation available to them. Other factors to keep in mind include:
- Different ages of members
- Responsibilities for assisting others
- Locations frequented
- Dietary needs
- Medical needs including prescriptions and equipment
- Disabilities or access and functional needs including devices and equipment
- Languages
- Cultural and religious considerations
- Pets or service animals
- Your basic emergency kit should include:
- Water – one gallon per person per day
- Food – ready to eat or requiring minimal water
- Manual can opener and other cooking supplies
- Plates, utensils and other feeding supplies
- First Aid kit & instructions
- A copy of important documents & phone numbers
- Warm clothes and rain gear for each family member.
- Heavy work gloves
- Disposable camera
- Unscented liquid household bleach and an eyedropper for water purification
- Personal hygiene items including toilet paper, feminine supplies, hand sanitizer and soap
- Plastic sheeting, duct tape and utility knife for covering broken windows
- Tools such as a crowbar, hammer & nails, staple gun, adjustable wrench and bungee cords.
- Blanket or sleeping bag
- Large heavy duty plastic bags and a plastic bucket for waste and sanitation
- Any special-needs items for children, seniors or people with disabilities. Don't forget water and supplies for your pets.
More information on the FEMA website
Put the following items together in a backpack or another easy to carry container in case you must evacuate quickly. Prepare one Go-bag for each family member and make sure each has an I.D. tag. You may not be at home when an emergency strikes so keep some additional supplies in your car and at work, considering what you would need for your immediate safety.
- Flashlight
- Radio – battery operated
- Batteries
- Whistle
- Dust mask
- Pocket knife
- Emergency cash in small denominations and quarters for phone calls
- Sturdy shoes, a change of clothes, and a warm hat
- Local map
- Some water and food
- Permanent marker, paper and tape
- Photos of family members and pets for re-identification purposes
- List of emergency point-of -contact phone numbers
- Information to register for programs such as the American Red Cross Safe and Well Website
- List of allergies to any drug (especially antibiotics) or food
- Copy of health insurance and identification cards
- Extra prescription eye glasses, hearing aid or other vital personal items
- Prescription medications and first aid supplies
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Extra keys to your house and vehicle
- Any special-needs items for children, seniors or people with disabilities. Don't forget to make a
- Go-bag for your pets.
Maintaining your kit
Just as important as putting your supplies together is maintaining them so they are safe to use when needed. Here are some tips to keep your supplies ready and in good condition:
- Keep canned food in a cool, dry place
- Store boxed food in tightly closed plastic or metal containers to protect from pests and to extend its shelf life
- Throw out any canned good that becomes swollen, dented or corroded
- Use foods before they go bad and replace them with fresh supplies
- Place new items at the back of the storage area and older ones in the front
- Change stored food and water supplies every six months. Be sure to write the date you store it on all containers
- Re-think your needs every year and update your kit as your family's needs change
- Keep items in airtight plastic bags and put your entire disaster supplies kit in one or two easy-to-carry containers, such as an unused trashcan, camping backpack or duffel bag.