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User Guide to your Radon Mitigation System
We at SWAT Environmental would like to take this opportunity to thank you for choosing us as your radon mitgators.
SWAT Environmental is the nation's largest provider of radon mitigation and remediation services. Our business has grown exponentially since it was first established in 1988 by Christopher Coffey, one of the first radon mitigators to participate in the EPA Radon Contractor Proficiency Program.
Our knowledgeable staff has over 80 years of combined experience in removing radon from homes, schools,townhouses, condominiums, commercial, and government buildings. In fact, we currently have the largest staff of radon mitigation professionals in the U.S.
Radon is a naturally-occurring, odorless and colorless gas that is produced by the decay of uranium in soil, rock, and water. Radon can enter the home through many different avenues. Below is a picture listing the many different ways radon can enter your home.
Common Radon Entry Points
A. Cracks in concrete slab
B. Spaces behind brick veneer walls that res on uncapped hollow-block foundations.
C. Pores and cracks in the concrete blocks
D. Floor-Wall Joints
E. Exposed soil, as in a sump or crawl space
F. Weeping (drain) tile, if drained to an open sump
G. Mortar joints
H. Loose fitting pipe penetrations
I. Open tops of block walls
J. Building materials such as soil and rock
K. Well water (not commonly a major source in homes)
Radon System Piping Options
Radon System design and pipe routing specifications may change from home to home depending on the homes building structure.
Testing Your Home for Radon
Conducting Your Post Test
Where does the test come from?
SWAT Environmental will leave a minimum of one test kit behindwith each installation performed. SWAT Environmental currently provides AirChek charcoal test kits to customers. This test kit can be performed by virtually anyone at the home. Postage and analysis costs are included with the test kit. AirChek is the number one provider of radon test kits in the United States. AirChek can be reached at 1.800.air.chek between 8:30am and 5:30pm Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday or online at www.radon.com.
How long do i wait to conduct my radon test?
Since radon can be affected by diurnal cycles, changes in temperature or atmospheric pressure that occurs from day to day, radon tests normally cannot be conducted in fewer than 48 hours. Most short-term charcoal radon test kits require an exposure period of 72 to 168 hours. A short-term radon test is usually an acceptable radon test for a home between 7 and 30 days after your radon system has begun working. The reason for the gap in time between testing is because radon Rn222 has a half-life of 3.8 days, which means that the pCi/L reduces by half approximately every four days. If your home has a high radon level close to 10 or higher, you will want to give your house enough time for the radon to clear. REMEMBER: The radon system we install stops new radon from entering the home's living space, but a good radon system should not interfere with the breathable air of the home. So while your home naturally vents itself and the existing radon radon naturally decays, your radon mitigation system will be preventing the entry of new radon.
What is my ideal test result?
The EPA recognizes the radon level 4.0 Picocuries per Liter as the official "action" level Any building that has a level of 4 pCi/L or more should be effectively "mitigated," but most people do not know or remember where their radon levels should be. The AirChek test kit states that there is not a "safe" level of radon but has a few recommendations. Ideally, you want your radon level to be as close to O pCi/L as possible, but in reality the average radon level in the U.S. is about 1.3 pCi/L indoors and 0.4 pCi/L outdoors.
When and where to conduct your test?
When conducting your radon test, please keep in mind that you should avoid testing during heavy rainstorms and closed house conditions. During a heavy rainstorm your radon test can be skewed because of differences in atmospheric pressure and humidity. Ideally, you want to test under closed house conditions and on a day where there is little humidity. Closed house conditions mean that you should make a conscious effort to keep doors and windows closed in the house during testing(but you can still enter in and out of your home!). Closed conditions should be kept for up to 12 hours before the test is started. The test should be conducted at least 36 inches from the floor and 12 inches away from exterior walls and frequently-used doors. Remember that the test should not be conducted in the crawl space of the house, but in the room above or beside it.
We recommend that you retest your home every two years.
How Your System Works
Always Protecting
Your S.W.A.T. Environmental Radon Mitigation System is designed to run 24/7 to maintain a balance of negative pressure and suction beneath your home. As the systems continues to run, you can rest assured that the radon levels in your home will continue to remain low.
The pressure gauge on your radon mitigation pipe should be located inline with the piping, between the fan and the lowest suction point. This pressure gauge is designed to keep you alert to activity within the radon mitigation system piping. The pressure gauge uses red dye inside of a "U" shaped clear plastic tube, which acts on the same physics of a straw in your drink - when the fan is sucking or moving air, the pressure gauge should be higher on one side. If the fan ever stops running, the pressure gauge will "zero out" and be even on both sides.
1) Check the on/off switch power plug for the Radon Mitigation System. This is important because of the nature of system installations and designs, power supplies are almost never consistently located in the same locations at every house.
2) Go outside and check to see if there is a switch on the fan, if it is in the off position, turn it on.
3) Go around your home and check all of your GFCI outlets. There is a strong chance that a GFCI outlet has tripped in a location other than the power supply of the radon system.
4) Make sure that the plastic tube to the pressure gauge is plugged into the pipe. If the plastic tube is not fed into the pipe the pressure gauge will not have access to the interior of the tube. (This usually what happens when your gauge is zero and your fan seems to be running.)
5) If none of the previous methods causes your fan to turn back on, then please give our office a call and we will further assist you.
Radon Mitigation Piping
This component of the radon mitigation system is nearly maintenance free but there are a few commonly asked questions that you may be thinking of.
1) S.W.A.T. Environmental's radon mitigation systems do not have covers or bends at the tops of the discharge stack. This is because over the years we have found that the amount of force from the air flow coming from inside of the pipe is enough to keep 99% of debris and foreign objects out of the system.
2) You may notice that your piping is starting to fade a little. Do not worry this is a natural part of the PVC pipe and plastic. One good way to prevent this is to paint the radon piping. S.W.A.T. offers this service.
3) Condensation and moisture. There is a large difference between the temperature under your home and the air inside your home. If you see that there are water droplets on the piping in your basement or in your attic, please continue to monitor this closely. Excessive moisture can do damage to carpet and drywall and should this moisture get excessive, turn your system off and call the S.W.A.T. service department.
Sump Cover
Here at S.W.A.T. Environmental, we see many types of homes and about 50% of all homes that we install radon mitigation systems in, have sump pumps. Sump pumps are very important to every home, as they help protect it from another threat, water. There are a couple of things to remember about the relationship between your sump pit and your radon mitigation system.
1) Your radon mitigation system does not affect the performance of your sump pump. It is a common concern among customers that the amount of pressure beneath the sump cover can manipulate the functionality of the sump pump. This is not true. Remember that your radon mitigation fan is strong, but it is not that strong, so if you test your sump pump and it does not work; please remember to call a plumber for assistance.
2) The sump cover is clear so you can see through it and it is removable in case you ever have to change the sump pump. The caulking on the seal is sturdy but easy to remove with a putty knife. The material is a flexible thick plastic called Lexan.
3) If you have a pedestal sump pump, we highly recommend switching to a Submersible Sump Pump. In order to adequately seal your sump pump, a pedestal sump pump just does not compare to a submersible sump pump. Pedestal sump pumps also pose dangers of having their float get stuck on the clear cover over the sump pump.
4) If you see your sump crock filling up with water please test your sump pump and try to pump the water out of the crock. If the sump does not turn on, please call your plumber.
5) There are virtually no parts of the radon system that need to be maintained by you but the only part that may need some up keep is your sump cover. Sometimes the cover may shift or water can eat away at the caulking on the seal. Since it is against EPA Radon Mitigation Standards to use a permanent seal on the cover, you will be required to replace caulk should this happen.
*S.W.A.T. Environmental releases all responsibility to the homeowner for the protection of their home due to water damage. The Radon Fan
Your radon mitigation fan is meant to run continuously and should never to be turned off unless absolutely necessary. If you turn off your fan for a significant length of time, you may see an immediate increase in your radon levels. It is very difficult to predict how long it may take for this to occur, so please leave the system on at all times.
Through S.W.A.T. Environmental you have an extended 5 year manufacturer's warranty on the radon mitigation fan.
The content of this User's Manual is based upon ASTM E2121-13 and radon industry best practices. Please note that while every effort was made to provide accurate information in a concise and understandable format, variations in State or Local regulations or ordinances may impose additional design, operation, measurement, or inspection requirements which lie outside of the general scope of this content.
If you have questions regarding the specific regulations governing radon mitigation in your State, please contact your State Radon Program. Contact information for State Radon Programs can be found on the EPA Website at:http://www.epa.gov/radon/whereyoulive.html
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DNREC's Division of Energy and Climate is offering some no-and low-cost tips to help individuals use less energy and save more money this winter.
DNREC's Division of Energy and Climate is offering some no-and low-cost tips to help individuals use less energy and save more money this winter.
The following tips include:
- Set thermostat/heater temperatures lower at night and during the day when no one is home. Turn the heat down an hour before bedtime or before leaving the house; when turning the heat up, do not turn it above its usual setting to warm the house faster.
- Instead of turning up the heat, put on a sweater or warmer socks, and keep throws or blankets on the couch for television and video games. Use warm winter bedding – flannel sheets, warm blankets, comforters or quilts – to keep the family comfortable with the house cooler at night. Snuggle up and save money.
- Pull shades or curtains at night to help keep cold out and open them during the day to let sun in.
The Delaware Division of Energy and Climate also works with local non-profit agencies to provide energy conservation services for homes of low-income Delawareans. A family of four making less than $46,000 per year may qualify for free in-home weatherization services that can save owners and renters hundreds of dollars in annual heating bills.
- To reduce energy usage inside your home, turn off or unplug any appliances or electronic devices (such as computers) when they are not in use. Turn off lights when not in use.
- When using the oven, plan to cook three or four items at a time for the same cost as one – and choose a day when everyone is home to enjoy the extra warmth and good scents in the kitchen.
- Set your refrigerator at 38 to 40 degrees and your freezer at 10 degrees. Also, keep your freezer full, and try to open refrigerator and freezer doors less.
- Save gas by improving your driving habits: accelerate from stops slowly, drive at moderate, steady speeds, and avoid unnecessary braking by coasting to red lights and anticipating traffic speed changes.
- Schedule oil and filter changes and other recommended maintenance to keep your vehicle operating efficiently. Check tire pressure often; under-inflated tires decrease fuel efficiency.
- Combine car trips with family, friends or neighbors, join a carpool or use public transportation if available.
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As Breaking Bad fans become increasingly transfixed by imagery of the American West, Bryan Schutmaat's haunting photographs of Western mountain men reveal an even darker landscape, without a meth-camper in sight.
Schutmaat's poetic series, "Grays the Mountain Sends," recently won first prize in the Aperture portfolio contest, and the gallery show will open at Aperture on September 17th. The photographs are also collected in a book to be published by the Silas Finch Foundation next month.
Texas-raised Schutmaat is living a NYC photographer's dream, though he's not interested in shooting what he sees out his Brooklyn window. "I'm really compelled by that type of art that can take you somewhere else, that is a break from what you encounter in your daily life," he said. "I don't want to make a project about the city, I want to make a project about places that are far away and unfamiliar and not what I see every day."
The West fit the bill. Schutmaat started shooting the series when he was living in Bozeman, Montana and became increasingly interested in the visual landscape of nearby Butte. "The American West was founded with such great expectations, and mining towns in particular have a memory of the past that the present lives with, and there's often a very big gap between what once was and what is," he said. "So I do think that there's a loss, maybe a little bit of loss of hope."
Inspired by the poetry of Richard Hugo and the work of other Westward-looking photographers like Dorothea Lange, Schutmaat expanded his project to other mining and mill towns. He searched specifically for images of a landscape unscarred by 20th century sprawl. "I'll consciously avoid the MacDonalds on the east side of town and go to the west side of town, where there is this interesting decay, a rural decay," he explained. "Just something different than what you'd see driving down a six lane highway in New Jersey."
But the images of the people who inhabit these landscapes are what really give Schutmaat's series its emotional power. "There's something really beautiful to me about how people get by, what people do day to day," he said. "And I think that for anyone living anywhere there's going to be a sense of loss, I don't think life is a particularly happy journey that we go on, I think it's just something that we all have to do."
Despite the iconic source material and the temptation to draw parallels with the economic crisis, Schutmaat insists that he intends his photographs to be poetic, not political. "America is such a vast and complex place, and what I present in photographs is a very fragmented and projected view of this, so I wouldn't want to claim that I'm defining any kind of American character," he says. "I'm really into Italian neo-realist movies, and those were loaded with social and political comments in the postwar era. But it's always just the plight of the main character that appeals to me. I'm concerned with that guy, what he's going through, and I'm crying for him. I guess I was just more interested in that."
Bryan Schutmaat is a Brooklyn-based photographer. His work will be on view at Aperture in New York Sept. 17th through Oct. 31st.
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Guest artist Dorrell Martin's "Dance Fusion" will perform at Hope College on Saturday, April 4, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Guest artist Dorrell Martin's "Dance Fusion" will perform at Hope College on Saturday, April 4, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Dorrell Martin was a soloist for the national touring company of a "Few Good Men...Danci." and serves as a faculty member for the Joffrey Ballet School and Dance New Amsterdam. He has performed in musicals such as the "Lion King," "Aida," "Swing," and "West Side Story," and worked with recording artists Jennifer Lopez and Pink, and choreographers Kevin Wynn, Fred Benjamin, Liz Imperio, Randy Duncan and Pattie Obey.
Formerly artistic director of Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Martin founded "Dance Fusion" in 2003. The company made its international debut in Veracruz, Mexico, and received honorable mention for choreography at the World Jazz Congress.
The program will include several works choreographed by Martin.
"Behind These Walls" reflects the journey of a woman's quiet strength through pain and suffering and honors women of the past that fought for their rights. "Behind These Walls" premiered in 2008 and has been reconstructed for the Hope College performance.
"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" is a work in progress set to the music of Radiohead. The colorful and boisterous piece is an image of today's quirky and outspoken youth embodying aquatic and sea-like qualities. "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" is also an exploration of the peculiar communication and interaction throughout society's outspoken youth.
"Last Man Standing" is a duet comprised of two male solos that explores the carefree and light hearted, yet very masculine side of the male gender.
"At The Edge of Dawn" is a work set to the poem written by David E. Harding about spiritual being.
Martin's company has been the "company in residence" for the department of dance at Hope for the current semester. The performance is the culmination of the residency.
Hope College senior Lindsey Ferguson of Fredonia, N.Y., who has been studying in New York City as part of the Great Lakes Colleges Association Arts program, will be joining Dance Fusion in the performance.
Tickets are $7 for regular admission and $5 for children and senior citizens, and are available at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Storage Efficiency versus Data Reduction
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Wrapping up my week's theme of storage optimization, I thought I would help clarify the confusion between data reduction and storage efficiency. I have seen many articles and blog posts that either use these two terms interchangeably, as if they were synonyms for each other, or as if one is merely a subset of the other.
So why am I making a distinction on terminology here?
Data reduction is already a well-known concept among specific industries, like High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Business Analytics. IBM has the largest marketshare in supercomputers that do data reduction for all kinds of use cases, for scientific research, weather prediction, financial projections, and decision support systems. IBM has also recently acquired a lot of companies related to Business Analytics, such as Cognos, SPSS, CoreMetrics and Unica Corp. These use data reduction on large amounts of business and marketing data to help drive new sources of revenues, provide insight for new products and services, create more focused advertising campaigns, and help understand the marketplace better.
There are certainly enough methods of reducing the quantity of storage capacity consumed, like thin provisioning, data deduplication and compression, to warrant an "umbrella term" that refers to all of them generically. I would prefer we do not "overload" the existing phrase "data reduction" but rather come up with a new phrase, such as "storage efficiency" or "capacity optimization" to refer to this category of features.
IBM is certainly quite involved in both data reduction as well as storage efficiency. If any of my readers can suggest a better phrase, please comment below.
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IBM Storwize Product Name Decoder Ring
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IBM had its big launch yesterday of the [IBM Storwize V7000 midrange disk system], and already some have discussed IBM's choice of the name. Fellow blogger Stephen Foskett has an excellent post titled [IBM's Storwize V7000: 100% SVC; 0% Storwize]. On The Register, Chris Mellor writes [IBM's Midrange Storage Blast - Storwize. But Without Compression]. In his latest [Friday Rant], fellow blogger Chuck Hollis (EMC) feels "the new name is cool, if a bit misleading."
In the spirit of the [HP Product Line Decoder Ring] and [Microsoft Codename Tracker], here is your quick IBM product name decoder ring:
If you think this is the first time a company like IBM has pulled shenanigans with product names like this, think again. Here are a few posts that might refresh your memory:
But what about acquisitions? When [IBM acquired Lotus Development Corporation], it kept the "Lotus" brand. New products that fit the "collaboration" function were put under the Lotus brand. I think most people can accept this approach.
But have we ever seen an existing product renamed to an acquired name?
In my post January 2009 post [Congratulations to Ken on your QCC Milestone], I mentioned that my colleague Ken Hannigan worked on an internal project initially called "Workstation Data Save Facility" (WDSF) which was changed to "Data Facility Distributed Storage Manager" (DFDSM), then renamed to "ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager" (ADSM), and finally renamed to the name it has today: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).
Readers reminded me that [IBM acquired Tivoli Systems, Inc.] in 1996, so TSM could not have been an internally developed product. Ha! Wrong! Let's take a quick history lesson on how this came about:
I participated in five months of painful meetings to figure out what to name our new inte
However, the new IBM Storwize V7000 midrange product had nothing in common with the appliances acquired from Storwize, the company, so to avoid confusion, the latter products were renamed to [IBM Real-time Compression]. Fellow blogger Steven Kenniston, the Storage Alchemist from Storwize fame now part of IBM from the acquisition, gives his perspective on this in his post [Storwize – What is in a Name, Really?]. While I am often critical of the names and terms IBM uses, I have to say this last set of naming decisions makes a lot of sense to me and I support it wholeheartedly.
To learn more about the IBM Storwize V7000 midrange disk system, watch the latest videos on the IBM Virtual Briefing Center (VBC). We have a [short summary version for CFO executives] as well as a [longer version for IT technical professionals].
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Storage Innovation Executive Summit - Part 3
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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM Storage Innovation Executive Summit], that occurred May 9 in New York City, this is my third in a series of blog posts on this event.
During lunch, people were able to take a look at our solutions. Here are Dan Thompson and Brett Cooper striking a pose.
This week, May 15-22, I am in Auckland, New Zealand teaching IBM Storage Top Gun sales class. Next week, I will be in Sydney, Australia.
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Storage Solutions at the IBM and I.R.I.S.-ICT Booth for the Belgium IT Security and Storage Expo
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Continuing my coverage of the IT Security and Storage Expo in Brussels, Belgium, we had some great storage solutions on display at the IBM and I.R.I.S-ICT booth.
Here my IBM colleague Tom Provost is showing the front of the "Smarter Office" solution. The second photo gives the view from behind. While I always explained the solution from the front of the box, many of the more technical attendees at this conference wanted to inspect the ports in the back.
This sound-isolated 11U solution combines the following:
In this next example, the IBM team combined a BladeCenter S chassis that can hold six blade servers, with a Storwize V7000 Unified which offers FCP, iSCSI, FCoE, NFS, CIFS, HTTPS, SCP and FTP block and file protocols.
If those configurations are too small for your needs, consider the Flex System chassis or full PureFlex system frame. The rack-mountable 10U chassis can hold the Flex System V7000 and 10 compute notes. The PureFlex frame can hold up to four of these chasses.
IBM and I.R.I.S-ICT also had an IBM XIV Gen3 and a TS3500 Tape library on display.
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IBM Cloud announcements at Pulse 2014
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IBM Cloud announcements at Pulse 2014
Well it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means? IBM announcements! Many of the announcements were made by IBM Executives at the [IBM Pulse 2014 conference].
I am not at Pulse 2014 this year, but I managed to watch many of these announcements on the [IBM Pulse livestream].
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Eli Jaxon-Bear, "Sudden Awakening," Enneagram, Gangaji, Self-Realization & The Leela Foundation (Show #1724)
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TRM 03/12 /17– Show #1724
In Hour One, we do a TRM Guest Gem, from our library, featuring Eli Jaxon-Bear, born Elliot J. Zeldow, discussing his somewhat life culminating book, Sudden Awakening. Eli an American spiritual teacher, but well traveled in India, and a writer bringing forth the work of Sri H.W.L. Poonja, or Papaji, in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi, He collaborates with his wife, fellow spiritual teacher Gangaji on the path of Self-Realization and discovering true Freedom. Eli also has a distinguished background for his work on the Enneagram system of human patternings. If we ever needed sudden awakenings, personal and collective, now is the time, as our dualistic, chaotic, separating behaviors threaten our survival and future harmony.
Details Hour 1: Show Intro, Sponsors, Music Set #1, Sponsors, Featured Guest: Eli Jaxon-Bear Seg #1, Sponsors, Bulletin Board #1, Music Set #2.
In Hour Two, more with Eli Jaxon-Bear
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HOUMA, La. | Police say a pit bull fatally attacked a 4-year-old girl who was watching television in a southern Louisiana apartment and injured the girl's mother when the woman pulled her daughter away.
Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis says that 27-year-old Megan Touchet barricaded herself and her daughter, Mia Derouen, into a bedroom Tuesday evening and called 911. He says she handed her child out a second-floor apartment window to a rescue worker on a balcony.
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KDE Catalan Team and Catalan Government Work Together
It was announced on Tuesday that the KDE Catalan l10n team will work together with TERMCAT (Catalan link), the organisation that standarises new words, usually technology related, in the Catalan language. Details are still being worked out but the team will provide them access to the NX account on the OpenUsability server, so they can test the translations while we work on them. This will allow them to have a look at how their translation will look in future versions of a given program.
Re: Catalan
Speak only of what you konw, please!
By Catalan at Mon, 2006/02/27 - 6:00am
Re: Catalan
I think you're right and that he thinks that Catalan is just a dialect of Spanish but:
1) If it was, it would be written as other dialects (spoken all over the Spanish State).
2) Catalan isn't a dialect of Spanish but a different language, spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, Balearic Islands, south of France and some villages in Aragon and Italy.
3) What he says means that if a city of 1.5 million habitants as Barcelona is full of signs, etc. in this language is because it's a language that must be taken into consideration, and therefore, available in KDE. I'm writing from KDE in Catalan and that was really a reason why I chosed Linux + KDE.
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I thinl the same as you, but my english level wasn't as good as to write a longer answer.
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You are right.
I would add it looks hard to think Catalan as a dialect of French/Spanish because that make some anachronisms in languages maturations and stabilisation.
By v_atekor at Wed, 2006/03/01 - 6:00am
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Huh O_o ppl that dont knows the fact of a country should shut up, its not just our language, its about of all our culture what u are talking about.
-> claim that their accent is just an new language.
I love this game.
Sorry 4 my english.
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Number of researchers in OECD countries
2013, per thousand employment
GERD: Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D, which is the sum of R&D performed by business, government, higher education and non-profit sectors.
BERD: Expenditure on R&D in the Business Enterprise Sector
GOVERD: Government Intramural Expenditure on R&D
HERD: Expenditure on R&D in the Higher Education Sector
FTE: Full-time Equivalent (on R&D)
GBAORD: Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D, which cover government-financed R&D performed in the national teritory as well as abroad.
Civil GBAORD: Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D excluding defence.
GUF: General University Funds
R&D: Research and Experimental Development
ISIC: International Standard Industrial Classification
PCT: Patent Co-operation Treaty
TBP: Technology Balance of Payments. The TBP registers the commercial transactions related to international technology transfers. It consists of money paid or received for the acquisition and use of patents, licences, trademarks, designs, know-how and closely related technical services (including technical assistance) and for industrial R&D carried out abroad, etc.
The patent families presented in this publication refer to triadic families: i.e. a patent is a member of the patent families if and only if it is filed at the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).
Researchers: professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems, as well as in the management of the projects concerned.
Data calculation/treatment
Expenditure in Current Dollars (PPP)
National currency data have been converted to US$ using purchasing power parities (PPPs). The PPPs are those developed by the OECD National Accounts Division, updated for the most recent years by comparing the growth in prices (implicit GDP deflator) in each country with that Main Science and Technology Indicators in the United States. These estimated parities are footnoted "b" in the tables as are any data converted to current dollars using them. For most of the non-OECD economies featured in MSTI, PPP rates provided by the World Bank are used to convert data from national currency into PPPs. Only TBP data have been converted using current exchange rates as these transactions are conducted on international markets.
Expenditure in Constant Dollars
R&D expenditure series have been deflated using the implicit GDP deflator taken from the OECD National Accounts database updated for the most recent years by Secretariat projections of
changes in the GDP deflator, as published twice a year in the OECD Economic Outlook (except in the case of Norway where a deflator excluding trends in petroleum prices has been used) (Series B). Any
growth rates calculated on the basis of these estimated rates are footnoted "b".
Compound Annual Growth Rates
Average annual growth is calculated at compound rates when the intervals are not annual. Expenditure growth is calculated at constant prices.
A thorough explanation of this dataset can be found at http://www.oecd.org/sti/inno/S_T%20Indicators%20-%202014_2_documentation_e.pdf
Changes to data collection/processing
New Zealand revised the methods of collection and estimation of R&D data respectively in 1984 (for the Higher Education sector), 1992 (for GUF), and 2001 (BERD and national total and HE personnel). GBAORD figures have been revised back to 2007 resulting in a break in series.
From 2006 onwards, GBAORD data are collected from all government agencies, together with analysis of selected budgetary information. Prior to that year, data were derived from the budget estimate of the pool for science funding, together with figures on government department's operational research.
Up to 1997, TBP data came from the R&D survey conducted by the Ministry of Research, Science & Technology. From 1999 onwards, the data are based on the quarterly International Trade in Services and Royalties Survey carried out by Statistics New Zealand. All TBP components are covered.
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OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators 2015
How to find the data
At URL provided, select Science, Technology & Patents -> Science & Technology Indicators -> Main Science and Technology Database from the left-hand column.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators 2015
From the dataset OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators 2015, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 2-72,993
- Column: 13
- Provided: 72,493 data points
This data forms the table International Comparisons - Main science and technology indicators for OECD countries 2000–2015.
Dataset originally released on:
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Apocalypse Now
Back in 1979, $31 million, much of it from director Francis Ford Coppola's own pocket, was considered overly indulgent by critics and poo-pooers, as was everything about Apocalypse Now. Many cinefiles were outraged over the vastness of the film and Marlon Brando's big paycheck for his supporting role. And then they were disappointed, calling the film empty and void of ideas or, worse, solutions. But now, decades later, it can be seen for what it is, a big, exciting masterpiece. Coppola was a major filmmaker working at the peak of his powers; the spectacle is as good as it gets, especially in a pre-computer manufactured effects era.
Kinda-sorta based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now opens with a distraught and drunken Captain Willard in a Saigon hotel room battling his demons. We now know from Eleanor Coppola's book on the making of the film and the brilliant documentary Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse that actor Martin Sheen was actually drunk on the set and fighting his own personal demons which helped lead to his astounding performance (he replaced Harvey Keitel two weeks into shooting). Willard is one of the black-op soldiers brought in to do dirty jobs for his handlers. After getting cleaned up, he is given a new assignment: get a boat crew together, travel up the river (into the heart of darkness), out of Vietnam and into Cambodia, and assassinate a decorated American Colonel, Kurtz (Brando), who, with a ragtag army of followers, has gone AWOL, gone native, and gone quite mad.Continue Reading
Your high school English teacher always said everybody had a story in them. The Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo was a filmmaker who only had one story, a story of revolution that he attempted to tell in as many ways as possible. As a Jew trying to survive in Italy during the Second World War, Pontecorvo became a Marxist. Going into hiding, he organized Partisans to fight the fascist government and also wrote for the Communist Party's underground newspaper. His early exposure and involvement in radical leftist politics led to his adoption of Frantz Fanon's anti-colonial theories, ideas that he would subsequently develop in his magnum opus Battle of Algiers (1965) and later in Burn!
Battle of Algiers ideological ambiguity angered many conservative viewers and critics upon its release only three years after the French loss of the Algerian War. At the time the French right wing terrorist group OAS (the villains of Fred Zinneman's Day of the Jackal) was still active and had attempted to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle three years before for his role in the decay of the French empire. Battle of Algiers was banned in France for five years, ostensibly for showing the atrocities committed by the French armed forces and the Algerian insurgents' National Liberation Front with the same objective remove. The events portrayed in the film were carefully researched to accurately represent similar occurrences from 1954-1960. In contrast, Pontecorvo's next film had only a tenuous connection to any factual incidences. The protagonist, William Walker, played by Marlon Brando, is very loosely based on the 19th century American rogue adventurer of the same name who while under contract from the Nicaraguan government to put down a rebellion ended up declaring himself President of Nicaragua. His story is told in Alex Cox's brilliant film, Walker, finally available from Criterion, starring Ed Harris with a score composed by Joe Strummer.Continue Reading
The Four Bs: Birdlace, Berzin, Benjamin, and Buel (aka Oakie). They're teenage Marines who met at boot camp and became friends. It's 1963 and Kennedy is president. A war is unfolding and they've stopped in a small town with a base on the outskirts. By morning, they'll be shipped off to a place they've never heard of called Vietnam. They think they'll be there approximately three months, "take a few names," and come home unharmed. The naivety of these characters and that of the actual young men who thought the same thing is uncanny and heartbreaking.
Gathering $50 per man, the group decides to have a party of some tradition called a dogfight. The objective of the evening is to rent a nice place and throw a sort of going-away bash. The money is pooled and each guy is supposed to bring a date. The man with the ugliest date wins the pool.Continue Reading
Midnight Cowboy
Though "X-rated" means something different than it did in 1969, it's still a badge of honor that Midnight Cowboy is the only film with that "for adults only" label to have won the Best Picture Oscar (Last Tango in Paris being the other great "X-rated" flick of the era). Midnight Cowboy is less shocking today; sexually, it's not the graphic images that provide the punch it's the intellectually complicated nature of the characters' sexuality that still can move an audience. As a follow up to The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman proved he was more than a one-hit wonder and instead that he had a long and vital career ahead of him. It also deservedly made a star out of a little known pretty-boy actor named Jon Voight. And it also put British director John Schlesinger on the American A-list, a guy whose deep sensitivity and open homosexuality put him ahead of his time. The film's theme song, "Everybody's Talkin'" performed by Harry Nilsson, has become the iconic standard bearer for images of a lonely guy walking the streets of New York. Midnight Cowboy also is a fascinating peek at an era both for representation for how an artist works at a time when the movie studios were willing to take a chance on a grubby flick about a would-be male prostitute and his new BFF while also revealing a dark side to the Big Apple during what has sometimes been considered a golden age of self-expression.
Apparently screenwriter Waldo Salt (who was just emerging from two decades of being blacklisted) took a lot of liberties with James Leo Herlihy's undergr...
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter - a film about three Pennsylvania steel worker buds who go off to fight in Vietnam, and how the war affects them and the people around them - was massively praised on release back in '78. Time has been a mixed bag for the film, though everyone would agree the acting, with Robert De Niro leading a cast of then mostly unknowns, is exceptional; it's the film's murky politics and point of view that has been put into question. Much of the reevaluation has arisen with the epic rise and brutal fall that director Michael Cimino went through. But regardless of what the film was trying to convey, what is on screen is a stunning looking piece of filmmaking. Like a great symphony, it is often gentle and quiet, but still emotional and then loud with a horn section of shocking violence, giving the film a massive punch to pack.
The first third of the film's three-hour running time follows a group of steel workers first preparing for Steven's (John Savage) Russian Orthodox wedding and then a deer hunting trip as Steven, Michael (De Niro), and Nick (Christopher Walken) are about to be shipped out to Vietnam. They are joined by three other friends played by George Dzundza (Basic Instinct), Chuck Aspegren in his only film role, and the great John Cazale (Fredo of The Godfather and Sal of Dog Day Afternoon in his fifth and final film role before he died). The overly tense Michael also has a little thing for Nick's girlfriend, Linda (Meryl Streep), but acting on it would play against his machismo code.Continue Reading


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LONDON, - Ronaldinho's Brazil return after a one-year absence ended ignominiously when he missed a penalty and was substituted at halftime following a dismal performance in the 2-1 friendly defeat by England on Wednesday.
Even taking into account that the Brazilian season has only just started and he is not fully match fit, the 32-year-old's performance was so ponderous that it raised questions about the wisdom of coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's decision to recall him.
England's goalkeeper Joe Hart (R) makes a double penalty save against Brazil's Ronaldinho during their international friendly soccer match at Wembley stadium in London, Feb 6, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
Scolari had warned that Ronaldinho would have to justify the decision to give yet another chance to a player who, despite immense natural talent, has played in only fits and starts for his country, blamed largely on his party lifestyle.
The twice former World Player of the Year, a World Cup winner under Scolari in 2002, also failed to provide the leadership which Scolari had asked of him as the most experienced member of a team including only four other players with World Cup experience.
On the contrary, his presence seemed to unnerve his teammates with Brazil resorting to long kicks forward to miss out the midfield altogether in the first half.
He wasted a chance to put Brazil ahead midway through the first half when his weak penalty was saved by England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who also smothered Ronaldinho's attempt to score from the rebound.
Scolari, starting his second stint as Brazil coach, later revealed that Ronaldinho should not have taken the penalty as Neymar was the designated taker.
"It was established that Neymar would take the penalties but he was changing his shin pad, or something like that," Scolari told reporters.
"Ronaldinho took the ball and nobody is going to ask a player of that experience and with that calibre to back down and let somebody else take it."
Another low point came when Ronaldinho misplaced a routine two-meter pass, kicking the ball straight out of play.
It was all a far cry from his performance against England in the 2002 World Cup quarter-final when he set up one goal and scored the second in Brazil's 2-1 win.
England's Frank Lampard (C) celebrates with team mate Daniel Welbeck after scoring against Brazil during their international friendly soccer match at Wembley stadium in London, Feb 6, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
Scolari showed in his previous stint as Brazil coach that he was not afraid to wield the axe even when big-name players were concerned.
Romario played so poorly in Scolari's first game in charge, a World Cup qualifier away to Uruguay, that he was never picked again, despite being one of the country's most prolific strikers.
Scolari managed to resist an incessant media campaign for Romario's recall but his apparent stubbornness paid off as Brazil went on to win a fifth world title.
However, Scolari said that Ronaldinho would be given another chance.
"He has played 90 minutes for the first time this year last week, so it's to be expected that he is not fully in the conditions that he wants," said Scolari.
"But if he continues working normally, he will comfortably make the next squad."


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Houston-area mom Janet Enders raised daughters Erica and Courtney in an environment a bit different from the average family's. Her daughters took childhood detours from the mainstream, which landed them on a racetrack, sitting in the cockpit of the dragster.
Twenty years after entering the National Hot Rod Association Jr. Drag Racing League at age 8, older sister Erica is enjoying a successful professional career in NHRA Pro Stock racing.
Janet's father restored cars and her family often visited the drag strip, and husband Gregg was a drag racer, so the family was tuned in to the racing scene — but the move into drag racing was young Erica's idea. As a child she was reading car magazines and saw a small promotion about a league in which 8-to-16-year-olds could race.
Her parents agreed on allowing her to participate in Jr. Drag Racing. A pink dragster was built for the 8-year-old and "she literally took off," Janet said. Her sister, who was three years younger, joined the sport later, and both were successful.
"I was never nervous about them being in the car," Janet said. "First of all, they were only going to go about 40 mph; they had helmets; they wore five-point harnesses; they had clothing in case the car caught on fire; and we were never more than a few feet away from them."
There were other mothers during those early years who didn't understand how parents could let young girls race, Janet said, but if it would be a son racing that would be different.
"One woman said to me, `What did you do, fall and hit your head,' " she said.
Janet would point out that her children never were injured racing, but it was common to see girls get concussions playing volleyball.
"Just like any good parent, you want your kids to go after their dreams and what they're interested in," she said, "and Erica was always interested in that."
While there was no shortages of Barbies and other girl toys around, Erica liked to be in the garage helping out, and entertained herself sitting on a bench sorting out nuts and bolts.
With time, acceptance of the drag-racing Enders sister grew, and they gained ardent fans after their childhood successes on the track inspired the 2003 Disney TV movie "Right on Track."
The girls basically had two lives, as students and race-car drivers, Janet said, and drag racing often interfered with their school activities.
"We used to call it the `Pennzoil Flu' — I'd call the school and used to say, We're picking up our daughters early today, they're going to have a case of the Pennzoil Flu, and they would laugh because they knew we were traveling to a car race."
The sisters' paths started to run differently when Courtney, who was an athlete, focused on volleyball and Erica remained dedicated to drag racing. Today, Courtney heads up Erica's racing marketing.
"Now that they're grown and their own women, I think that a wise mother needs to stand back and allow them to find their own way," Janet said. "Let them fly solo and just be proud of them of how they were raised."


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GaviLyte-C with Flavor Pack (Oral)
Generic Name: polyethylene glycol 3350 and electrolytes (Oral route)
pol-ee-ETH-i-leen GLYE-kol 3350, poe-TAS-ee-um KLOR-ide, SOE-dee-um bye-KAR-bo-nate, SOE-dee-um KLOR-ide, SOE-dee-um SUL-fate
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Sep 8, 2019.
Commonly used brand name(s)
In the U.S.
- Colyte
- Colyte with Flavor Packs
- GaviLyte-C with Flavor Pack
- Golytely
Available Dosage Forms:
- Powder for Solution
Therapeutic Class: Laxative, Hyperosmotic
Uses for GaviLyte-C with Flavor Pack
The polyethylene glycol (PEG) and electrolytes solution is used to cleanse the colon (bowel) before certain medical tests (eg, colonoscopy, barium enema X-ray exam) or colon surgery.
The PEG-electrolyte solution is a laxative. It works by causing you to have diarrhea to clean your colon. Cleaning your colon will help your doctor see the inside of your colon more clearly during colonoscopy or other procedures.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
Before using GaviLyte-C with Flavor Pack
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of PEG-electrolyte solution in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of PEG-electrolyte solution in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have serious side effects (eg, upper GI bleeding, trouble breathing), which may require caution in patients using this medicine.
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Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
- Amantadine
- Atropine
- Belladonna
- Belladonna Alkaloids
- Benztropine
- Biperiden
- Clidinium
- Darifenacin
- Dicyclomine
- Eplerenone
- Fesoterodine
- Glycopyrrolate
- Hyoscyamine
- Methscopolamine
- Oxybutynin
- Procyclidine
- Scopolamine
- Solifenacin
- Tolterodine
- Trihexyphenidyl
- Trospium
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Acalabrutinib
- Alacepril
- Amiloride
- Amphetamine
- Benazepril
- Benzphetamine
- Bisacodyl
- Canrenoate
- Captopril
- Cilazapril
- Delapril
- Dextroamphetamine
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- Enalaprilat
- Enalapril Maleate
- Erdafitinib
- Fosinopril
- Gefitinib
- Imidapril
- Indomethacin
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- Ledipasvir
- Licorice
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Lisinopril
- Mefenamic Acid
- Memantine
- Methamphetamine
- Moexipril
- Neratinib
- Pazopanib
- Pentopril
- Perindopril
- Quinapril
- Ramipril
- Rilpivirine
- Senna
- Sodium Picosulfate
- Spirapril
- Spironolactone
- Temocapril
- Trandolapril
- Triamterene
- Zofenopril
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Licorice
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- Angina (chest pain), unstable or
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- Fluid imbalance or
- Heart attack, recent or
- Heart disease (eg, cardiomyopathy) or
- Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines (eg, alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, lorazepam, Xanax®)—May increase risk for seizures, arrhythmia, or kidney problems.
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- Inflammatory bowel disease or
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- Ulcerative colitis, active and severe—Use with caution. May make these conditions worse.
- Gastric retention (problems with emptying of food or fluid from the stomach) or
- Intestinal problems (eg, blockage, ileus, perforation) or
- Toxic megacolon (a very dilated intestine)—Should not be used in patients with these conditions.
Proper use of GaviLyte-C with Flavor Pack
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Take this medicine exactly as directed. Otherwise, the test you are going to have may not work and may have to be done again.
This medicine comes with a Medication Guide. You must read, understand, and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions.
It is best if you do not eat any solid food for 3 to 4 hours before you start using this medicine. You must not eat anything for 2 hours before starting to use this medicine. Once you drink your first dose of medicine, do not eat anything until after you are finished with your test.
You may drink clear liquids (eg, water, ginger ale, decaffeinated cola, decaffeinated tea, broth, gelatin) up until 2 hours before the time of the test. However, check first with your doctor. Do not drink red and purple liquids.
To use the medicine:
- The powder must be mixed with water before it is used. Do not swallow the powder directly. Add lukewarm water to the fill mark on the bottle. If you are using flavoring powder that came with the medicine, add it before you add the water. Do not add any extra flavorings to the medicine.
- Shake well until all the ingredients are dissolved.
- After you mix the solution, you must use it within 48 hours.
- You will need to drink 240 milliliters (mL) of the mixed medicine about every 10 minutes. It is best to drink it fast instead of sipping it.
- About 1 hour after you drink the first glass of liquid, you should have your first loose stool or mild diarrhea. This is how the medicine cleans out your bowels. You may have bloating or an upset stomach before the loose stools start.
- Keep drinking 240 mL of the mixed medicine about every 10 minutes until your stools are clear. Most people need to drink all of the liquid (4 liters) to get completely clear stools.
- If you cannot swallow the liquid, it can be given through a tube inserted into your nose.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
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- For cleansing of the colon:
- For oral dosage form (powder for oral solution):
- Adults—240 milliliters (mL) every 10 minutes.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For oral dosage form (powder for oral solution):
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
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Squeak, squeak, squeak... if you've been in photography long enough, you know (and probably hate) the sound of squeaks in your equipment. What is it? Why does it happen? What does it mean? And holy cow how can I get rid of this horrendous sound!?
The two most common 'squeakers' in the camera world are the Canon 'A' series cameras (A1, AE-1, etc..), and auto focus lens motors (mostly Nikon brand). Neither one is quite detrimental to the equipment, but it cancause issues with the operation and will surely annoy you and anyone else around.
On the Canon 'A' series of cameras, most people think that the squeak comes from the shutter, since you hear the squeak when you fire the camera. I thought this for quite a long time also, but this is not the case. The squeak that occurs in these cameras actually comes from the mirror governor/mirror dampening gear train/aperture control unit. This is caused by a dry bearing in the mechanism (also sometimes called the side plate). While there is no physical harm that comes from this item drying out, it can cause a delay in the execution of the shutter. The system is set up to make sure the shutter doesn't open until the aperture is opened correctly. If you are hearing the squeak, you may miss a shot if it throws your timing off, or the mirror may obstruct your images. Fortunately, this is easily remedied by re-lubricating the bearing.
The more annoying of the two squeaks has to be from the auto focus motors in Nikon lenses. The high-pitched squeak is not the best way to get candid shots or go unnoticed at a wedding or while photographing on the street. At one point, the preferred method for fixing this issue was to replace the entire AF motor. This expense however, is not really required. A competent repair shop should be able to go in and repair/polish the AF motor, which will completely take care of the issue.
If you start hearing squeaks or other odd sounds coming from your photo equipment, it is never a bad idea to have your camera repair shop check your equipment. Often if you start hearing squeaks, there might also be other things that need maintenance at the same time. On the Canon 'A' cameras for example, if the oil has dried out, it's likely that the cameras foam (light seals) have also deteriorated and needs to be replaced.
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Gardening; not architecture – Oblique Strategies with Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
Everybody blocks. Writer's block. Programmer's block. Lego block. As with so many things, one of the things that differentiates the great from the average is how we break through. I'm always on the lookout for new ideas and came across the idea of oblique strategies, an idea from producer Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt.[1] The basic idea is a deck of cards, each with a pithy (or cryptic) saying on it that helps you reframe your thoughts, like the the one in the title of this post:
Gardening; not architecture.
What does that mean? We all have our own interpretation, and while our left brained developer minds might not like it, every one of those interpretations is correct.
It has been said that the best metaphors often come from bisociational discord. In fact, assuming we can bring it together, the further apart the two sides of our conceptual model, the more epic our epiphany when it comes together.
And if it doesn't? Who cares! Pick another card and go again…
Not building a wall, but making a brick.
[1] There are various web resources for using Oblique Strategies: I use the iPhone application myself.


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Lunch is not included. Please plan on bringing a sack lunch with you to the course.
Canceled registrations can be refunded until April 1st, 2014.
This Pollinator Conservation Short Course is made possible with the support of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Additional support for this training is provided by the following: the Ceres Foundation, CS Fund, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, Endangered Species Chocolate, Turner Foundation, Whole Foods Market and its vendors, and Xerces Society members.
Special thank you to Mississippi NRCS, Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Districts, USDA ARS, and Mississippi Extension for supporting these courses.
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Pollinator Conservation Short Course
Coffeeville, Mississippi
April 10, 2014
9:00 am - 4:00 pm CDT
Pollinators are essential to our environment. The ecological service they provide is necessary for the reproduction of more than 85 percent of the world's flowering plants and is fundamental to agriculture and natural ecosystems. More than two-thirds of the world's crop species are dependent on pollination, with an annual estimated value of $18 to $27 billion in the United States alone. Beyond agriculture, pollinators are keystone species in most terrestrial ecosystems, since their activities are ultimately responsible for the seeds and fruits that feed everything from songbirds to black bears. Conservation of pollinating insects is critically important to preserving both wider biodiversity, as well as agriculture.
In many places, however, this essential service is at risk. In 2006, the National Academy of Sciences released the report Status of Pollinators in North America, which called attention to the decline of pollinators. The report urged agencies and organizations to increase awareness and protect pollinator habitat. The Pollinator Conservation Short Course was developed to address this need.
Introductory topics include the principles of pollinator biology, the economics of insect pollination, basic bee field identification, and evaluating pollinator habitat. Advanced modules will cover land management practices for pollinator protection, pollinator habitat restoration, incorporating pollinator conservation into federal conservation programs, selection of plants for pollinator enhancement sites, management of natural landscapes, and financial and technical resources to support these efforts. Throughout the short course these training modules are illustrated by case studies of pollinator conservation efforts across the country.
Registrants will receive the Xerces Society's Pollinator Conservation Toolkit which includes Xerces' latest book, Attracting Native Pollinators. Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies, as well as habitat management guidelines and relevant USDA-NRCS and extension publications.
The Xerces Society is offering similar Pollinator Conservation Short Courses across the country. Visit our online events page to view up-to-date short course information. If you would like to receive announcements about upcoming short courses, please email email@example.com. Be sure to include the following information: name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and the state(s) for which you would like to receive announcements.
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Module 1 Introduction – The Importance of Pollinator Conservation
Module 2 Basic Bee and Butterfly Biology
Module 3 Bee-Friendly Farming
Module 4 Habitat Restoration
Module 5 Introduction to and Conservation of Native Bees in the Southeast
Module 6 Current Farm Bill Provisions
Module 7 Additional Resources
Module 8 Wrap Up
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Module 9 Open Laboratory (outdoors, weather permitting)
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Nancy is the Pollinator Conservation Specialist - East Region for the Xerces Society and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service East National Technology Support Center (ENTSC). She supports pollinator conservation care of the ENTSC in Greensboro, North Carolina. She studied bees important for crop pollination (primarily native bees) and meadow restoration in the mid-Atlantic, ran the horticulture and Master Gardener programs for Frederick County, Maryland's Extension, and has long been involved in inventorying, collecting seed, and propagating native plants for habitat restoration. As Education Coordinator and Nursery Manager at Adkins Arboretum on the eastern shore of Maryland, she started a local ecotype propagation program following work with Bloomin' Natives (now Chesapeake Natives). A former Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia, she also worked as an intern with Cultural Survival in Pet�n, Guatemala.
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Blair Sampson, PhD, Research Entomologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. The Society's Pollinator Conservation Program was launched in 1996, and works with leading native pollinator ecologists to translate the latest research findings into on-the-ground conservation. More information about the Xerces Society is available at www.xerces.org.


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"In its strong folk flavor, Cooper's work reminds us of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston…It is a delight to read."
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"The label 'short' story is a woefully inadequate description of these intensely, explicitly moral tales. 'Parable' is more appropriate. Cooper's stories are rich in wisdom and insight."
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General Motors Reports July Sales Up 16.3 Percent
GM sells 234,071 vehicles in July of 2013.
General Motors reported its July 2013 sales figures this morning, with a strong showing for all four brands and the company as a whole. GM's U.S. sales were up 16.3 percent over last July, coming in at 234,071 vehicles. Year-to-date volumes rose 9.1 percent over the same period last year, ringing in at
1,654,417 units. Perhaps more impressively, all four of its U.S. brands - Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC - saw volumes increase year-over-year last month.
Winner: Chevrolet Camaro; 7969 sales, up 15.1 percent
While the muscle car wars may be far from over, the Chevrolet Camaro continues to sit pretty atop the heap once again. With 7969 sales in July, the Camaro blew past the Mustang and the Challenger, surpassing the Ford by 2201 copies and the Dodge by 3698 copies. We wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some incentives at play here: a revised 2014 Camaro goes on sale later this year, so we're sure that dealers are working to hustle the remaining 2013 models out the door. The summer's warm temperatures across much of the country probably didn't hurt Camaro sales either, given that it and the Corvette are the only convertibles in GM's stable. That said, year-to-date Camaro sales are off slightly from 2012, the 50,281 sales through July of 2013 represents a decrease of 11.2 percent from the same period last year.
Winner: Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra; 42,080 and 16,582 sales, up 45.2 and 49.3 percent, respectively
General Motors has played some serious catch up in the pickup truck arena. The introduction of the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra earlier this summer surely helped to buoy GM's truck sales, and we're sure that the heavy discounts being offered the 2013 models were partly responsible for the huge month-over-month increases for GM's two main trucks. While neither the Chevy nor the GMC manage to individually touch the Ford F-Series massive 60,449 sales (the Silverado sold 42,080 last month and the Sierra sold 16,582), combined, General Motors fell just 1787 units short of the Blue Oval. Year-to-date sales of both the Silverado and Sierra are also up; the former has sold 284,666 copies so far in 2013, and the latter has moved 104,215, up 27.4 and 24.0 percent, respectively. With the continued roll out of the 2014 trucks and the imminent debut of new heavy-duty variants, expect the gap between Ford and GM to stay slim.
Winner: Chevrolet Spark; 3847 sales, up 163.5 percent
When looking at General Motors' sales sheet, the Spark minicar's sales numbers look itty-bitty. However, the cheap and cheery Chevrolet saw the largest percent jumps from last year, when the car went on sale. So far, Chevrolet has sold 21,435 Sparks through July, an increase of 1368.2 percent, given that the Spark had only just gone on sale at this time last year. Selling just shy of 4000 copies last month, the Spark was up 163.5 percent from July of last year. Compared with its main rival, the Fiat 500, the Spark is won July by 1026 units, but trails by a scant 2457 units year-to-date.
Loser: Buick Regal; 1187 sales, down 33.5 percent
The Buick Regal continues to take a sales beating. After the introduction of the smaller Verano last year, Regal sales have continued to take a tumble. It seems that Buick may have been able to slow the hemorrhaging, however, with July 2013 sales down to 1187 copies from July 2012's 1784. (Unfortunately, that still is a 33.5-percent tumble.) Year-to-date numbers are off by roughly 6000 units - 10,007 in 2013 versus 16,612 in 2012, a 39.8-percent drop. Expect things to hopefully improve soon, as the heavily revised 2014 Regal goes on sale. The Verano, meanwhile, continues to maintain its position of Buick's second-best seller, after the Enclave crossover.
Loser: Cadillac CTS; 2889 sales, down 39.1 percent
You can't really blame the old bird for running out of steam when she gets surrounded by newer, younger, and prettier things. Such is the tale of the Cadillac CTS - after the XTS and ATS were introduced, the CTS' sales began to fall, and the current model is now a lame-duck, a placeholder in Cadillac showrooms until the all-new 2014 CTS makes its way to showrooms this fall. Until then, CTS sales continue to shrink: down 39.1 percent last month to 2889 copies, and down 40.4 percent year-to-date to 18,022 copies.
Still Dead: Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon; 207 and 22 sales, down 94.9 and 96.9 percent
Yes, GM discontinued the Colorado and Canyon last year. Yes, there are still copies available, brand-new on dealer lots. We can't say we blame buyers for snatching up the last few of these midsize pickups before they're all gone, since their replacements won't be ready for at least another year.
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1 Million Cups is a unique event every Wednesday morning from 8am-9am at The Cove, where we provide free coffee and tea.
The two startups give a 6 minute presentation spot, then give the live audience of 50+ people 20 minutes to ask questions, give feedback, and act as a focus group with the intention to help the presenting startups grow! The audience is comprised of investors, entrepreneurs, students, community members, service providers, etc. They all have one thing in common (aside from wanting free coffee and tea), and that is to help give advice and feedback to startups.
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This will get some attention in charts circles.
Gold — which got whacked after the FOMC announcement — fell below its 200 day moving average (the red line on the chart), which some will take to mean more pain to come.
Others will note that gold was below this level late last year and rebounded nicely.
What's perhaps more interesting is not the technical stuff — which some people regard to be nonsense — but the fact that gold sold off after the Fed while stocks didn't. That's kind of weird, since you'd think that if gold were reacting to the lack of dovishness, then that would've hurt stocks too.
Get the latest Gold price here.