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When I wake up in the morning, my eyesight is equivalent to that of a right hook recipient when they blearily come to in an animated TV show. In other words, I haven't yet reached blindness on a bat's scale, but I'm getting there. This myopia results in lots of hilarious mishaps like putting tights on backwards, scrunching my face in a not-so-cute Renée Zellweger impression, and witnessing blurry somethings out of the corner of my eye that should not be there.
This morning, for instance, I ventured into the bathroom and immediately saw a big, dark shape moving like discolored lightning on the far side of the room. Being ballsy (or stupid, as many a horror film casualty has proven), I edged slowly up to my mystery beast to avoid instigating a predatory attack akin to the physics-defying dorm room spider that once leapt three feet from a wall to my face. Still unable to see the perp, I leaned down to the floor as close as I dared and adopted my habitual squint, prompting the question: What the hell is that thing?
Quick as a spooked whippet, I turned and darted for glasses to figure out whether my David would be up against a Goliath of a roach (I know I'm technically the Goliath in this situation but we're going by phobic proportions here), or if I'd merely trespassed on a butterfly mating ritual. While Hollywood proper is renowned for its household roaches, I'd had yet to encounter one in our current apartment, and my familiarity with the gargantuan palmetto bugs of Savannah and the millions of tiny brown roaches that hosted raves in the cupboards of my former downtown LA apartment still hasn't honed my mom's warrior woman ability to slap cockroaches to smithereens with her bare hands. Plus, I've always had a faux Buddhist sympathy for creepy crawlies that prevents me from crushing them unless they're presently engaged in sapping my veins dry or look like they're thinking about it (my hand is poised and ready for you, mosquitoes). So as I fled the bathroom in search of vision, my rationale was, "Let's take a real look at what I'm about to try and catch."
When I returned to the bathroom, four-eyed and ready to behold miniaturized Satan himself, horror ensued. The thing was now racing up the door that adjoined our roommate's bedroom to our shared bathroom, and damn was this bugger mobile. Long, jointed legs seemingly sprouting from every millimeter of its wriggling body, it looked like a spider that had been stretched by some sociopathic scientist bent on terrorizing domestic comfort. It was nothing like I'd ever seen before, and as such I had no name or knowledge of its toxicity. I'd need a good trap and possibly a shot of adrenaline to the heart to brave the act of catching this sucker.
So I hurried back to the bedroom knowing that my time was limited to the speed of Dash Incredible plus 30 legs, and proceeded to hunt for trapping tools. Because the law of situational necessity requires that the tools you need in a desperate moment must go into hiding, no handy cans or boxes made themselves apparent to me, and I was forced to sacrifice an Urban Outfitters candle that happened to have a lid. As I grabbed my cucumber-melon scented snare and swiveled back toward my hunting ground, I heard the unmistakable click of the door locking: someone was in there, unknowingly holed up with a monster.
I waited until a second click affirmed my reentry, and lo and behold, the fiend was nowhere to be seen…
Terrified that my latency might have unleashed a deadly pathogen-wielding demon into the house, I pulled on sneakers and practically flew over the gap between the bathroom and our bed, tucking my limbs up as far away from the floor as possible and wrenching open my laptop to devote myself to an hour of Google research. With no certain place to start, I used child logic to guess at the insect's species and plugged "Types of Centipedes" into the search engine. With a little digging through images of thick red, multi-legged, pincered behemoths, I came across my culprit, and thanks to the blog of biological science writer Madeline McCurry-Schmidt, I learned that my centipede went by the forename House.
According to McCurry-Schmidt and Kate Conway's similar xoJane article, the house centipede is actually a helpful arthropod in the business of eating other household pests, like cockroaches, silverfish, and poor, poor spiders (don't you know you could team up and hunt vermin together!?). House centipedes bleed purple (a good incentive not to squash them on that prized Van Gogh print), meticulously groom themselves (that there's a clean varmint), can reach speeds up to 16 inches per second, live from three to seven years, and lay up to 150 eggs at a time. 150 x 7 (assuming they're weird enough to reach reproductive maturity upon birth) equals 1050, so within the time it takes a puppy to turn 49, you could have a whole colony of house centipedes patrolling your hallways at night.
Fortunately, you won't have to worry about disgusting infections the likes of which nobody wants to see while scrolling through Google Images, because your new cohabitational battalion is harmless to humans. With fangs tailor made to gobble up the tiny insects their hind legs have lassoed into submission (because yes, that's how these bizarre creatures wrangle up their cockroach supper), their jaws are simply too small to penetrate human skin and the most damage they could inflict on our tough epidermises is a slight bee sting sensation or a brief allergic reaction. In fact, house centipedes are so nonthreatening when you inhabit our realm of giants that some Japanese people have taken to domesticating them for pest control purposes. Regionally known as "geji," house centipedes are even available for purchase beside your hackneyed song birds and passé kittens in Japanese pet stores. That means, if I ever catch my newest roommate, big bucks may ensue.
Armed with all my new knowledge, I felt a little better about returning to the bathroom once the heebie-jeebies started to dissipate–that is until I stepped into the shower and noticed the drain was completely uncovered, indicating the intruder's entryway. So we may have an infestation on our hands if 150 eggs just happened to be unloaded beneath our bathroom sink, but at least our new friends will continue to prevent our nonexistent cockroach problem. I'll just have to endure these phantom crawling sensations while little Mr. HC browses for comfortable real estate somewhere in the dark corners of my house.


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Before Fayette residents are able to enjoy the new and wider surface of South Fayette Street, there's a lot of destruction ahead.
Work crews are scheduled to begin grinding down the existing curbs Monday as the first step in the paving project.
Village administrator Tom Spiess learned Friday of the project's start date in Fayette, and he also received assurance that every effort will be made to wrap things up before the Bullthistle Festival in early August.
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More than two years removed from an acquisition binge, Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications will look for additional consolidation opportunities in 2010, Level 3 chief financial officer Sunit Patel told me this morning.
From late 2005 to mid-2007, the fiber-optic network operator spent nearly $4 billion on
7 8 acquisitions, ranging from smaller peer Broadwing to Internet broadcaster Servecast.
"We will continue to take a look at opportunities for consolidation or acquisitions," Patel said today. "Anything we do will be similar to the kinds of things we've done in the past."
UBS analyst John Hodulik had previously noted that Level 3 could be back in the M&A market this year after refinancing debt with covenants that made it difficult for the company to make acquisitions.
Level 3 today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year. The company's net loss for 2009 nearly doubled from 2008, and its shares are down quite a bit (9 percent) in response. But Level 3 was cash flow positive for 2009, and the company's revenue increased in the fourth quarter from the third quarter.
Patel said Level 3 will increase its capital expenditures this year. The company also is expanding its sales force.
Patel noted that one of the areas of emphasis for Level 3 going forward will be its large enterprise and federal government business.
One way to boost that segment would be to acquire Qwest's fiber-optic network and its Networx contract. Qwest shopped the network last year, and analysts are speculating the company could be acquired this year.
Below are excerpts from my interview with Patel.
Will Level 3 look to make more acquisitions this year?
We believe that the industry will see more consolidation or M&A activity going forward. Level 3 has certainly been away from it for the last couple of years since we bought a lot of companies in the period from late 2005 to early 2007.
We will continue to take a look at opportunities for consolidation or acquisitions. Anything we do will be similar to the kinds of things we've done in the past. Not really kind of establish any new direction per say, but consolidation is, we think, going to be a theme for the industry.
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Why would you want a round-robin router then? Well, one use case is when you are INSERTing a lot of data and you just want to persist it. You don't have the use case where you have to SELECT data from all servers, but in the case you need it, you just select from all servers until you find what you need. Let's think about log data that you don't care much about but that you for some reason need to retain, maybe for corporate policy reasons or legal reasons. Using round-robin could, in theory, give you better performance, but that would require something way smarter than what I am proposing here. Rather, you get INSERT availability, i.e. you will always have some server to insert into and secondly, you get INSERT sharding, which is basic but useful, you only store so much data on each server.
So, let's get to work. To begin with you need the MaxScale source tree, place yourself in some directory where you want this and do this:
$ git clone https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale.git
Now you should have a directory called MaxScale, so pop in there are, create a build directory and then run cmake to configure MaxScale itself:
$ cd MaxScale
These are the quick instructions and you will probably find that you lack some dependencies. The full instructions for how to do this is available as part of the sample code as presented later in this document, and that is available from Sourceforge. Browse to https://sourceforge.net/projects/mxsroundrobin/files and then click on roundrobin 1.0 where you find a pdf with detailed instructions. Also there is a tgz there will all the sourcecode presented late in this blog.
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
So, now we have something to work with and the plan is to introduce a new router module in this tree. To begin with pop over to where routers module code is and create a directory for our code there:
$ cd ../server/modules/routing
Before we can start building some code, let's look at the basics of what kind of code gets into a module.
$ mkdir roundrobin
$ cd roundrobin
A plugin is a shared object that is loaded by MaxScale core when it starts. Early on when MaxSCale starts it reads the configuration file, /etc/maxscale.cnf by default, and in there each service defines a router. Note that several services can use the same router so our code we write later has to take this into account. Look at this extract of a service section for example:
[Read-Write Service]
The router here tells MaxScale to look for a readwritesplit module, or in technical terms, it will load the shared library: libreadwritesplit.so. After loading this library successfully, MaxScale has to figure out a few things about this module, like it's name and version and above all, the entry points for the functions that MaxScale will call when processing a connection. In addition we need to define a few structs that are passed around these different calls to give the different router functions some context. Lets start with a header file rooundrobin.h in the roundrobin directory:
#ifndef ROUNDROBIN_H
As you can see, the main thing here is that I define and typedef two structs. As I said, I have mostly been looking at other existing routers and grabbed the stuff in there, so I can't explain all aspects of these structs, but let's look at a few members:
#define ROUNDROBIN_H
#include <server.h>
typedef struct tagROUNDROBININST *PROUNDROBININST;
typedef struct tagROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES {
SPINLOCK lock;
bool bClosed;
SERVER **pBackends;
SESSION *pSession;
DCB **pdcbClients;
unsigned int nBackends;
unsigned int nCurrBackend;
PROUNDROBININST pRouter;
struct tagROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES *pNext;
typedef struct tagROUNDROBININST {
SERVICE *pService;
PROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES pConnections;
SPINLOCK lock;
SERVER **pBackends;
unsigned int nBackends;
struct tagROUNDROBININST *pNext;
- These structs are in a linked list and the pNext member is a pointer to the next element in this list.
- The lock members is a reference to a spinlock associated with the struct.
- The pBackends member is a pointer to an array of pointers to the database SERVERS that this service is attached to.
- The pbcdClients member is an array of pointers to DCDs. A DCB is the Descriptor Control Block which is a generic descriptor of a connection inside MaxScale, be it a server or a client. In this case this is the DCBs to the SERVERs in pBackends.
- The nBackends is the number of elements in the pBackends and pdcbClients arrays.
- The pRouter member is a pointer to the ROUNDROBININST for the connection.
#include <my_config.h>
Let's now look at what is going on here. To begin with I include a few necessary files, including roundrobin.h that we created above and then a macro is defined. Then the MODULE_INFO struct follows. The information in this is used by MaxScale to get information on the router, but if you leave this out, currently MaxScale will start anyway. The command show modules in maxadmin will return the information in this struct for the module.
#include <router.h>
#include <query_classifier.h>
#include <mysql_client_server_protocol.h=>
#include "roundrobin.h"
/* Macros. */
#define ROUNDROBIN_VERSION "1.0.0"
/* Globals. */
MODULE_INFO info = {
"A simple roundrobin router"
static PROUNDROBININST pInstances;
/* Function prototypes for API. */
static ROUTER *CreateInstance(SERVICE *service, char **options);
static void *CreateSession(ROUTER *pInstance, SESSION *session);
static void CloseSession(ROUTER *pInstance, void *session);
static void FreeSession(ROUTER *pInstance, void *session);
static int RouteQuery(ROUTER *pInstance, void *session, GWBUF *queue);
static void Diagnostic(ROUTER *pInstance, DCB *dcb);
static void ClientReply(ROUTER *pInstance, void *router_session,
GWBUF *queue, DCB *backend_dcb);
static void HandleError(ROUTER *pInstance, void *router_session,
GWBUF *errmsgbuf, DCB *backend_dcb, error_action_t action,
bool *succp);
static int GetCapabilities();
static ROUTER_OBJECT RoundRobinRouter = {
Then follows a number of function prototypes, and these are needed here before the ROUTER_OBJECT struct, and this is the key to the router as it provides the entry points for MariaDB itself. Again, I will not specify exactly what all of these do, I have mostly just grabbed code from other routers.
Following this we need some basic functions that all routers implement, to initialize the module, get the version and a function to return the ROUTER OBJECT defined above:
With that we have completed the housekeeping code and are ready to look at the functions that implement the actual functionality. We'll look at CreateInstance first which, as the name implies, creates an snstance of RoundRobin. Note that within a running MaxScale there might well be more than one instance, one for each RoundRobin service.
* Function: ModuleInit()
* Initialize the Round Robin router module.
void ModuleInit()
MXS_NOTICE("Initialise roundrobin router module version " ROUNDROBIN_VERSION ".");
pInstances = NULL;
} /* End of ModuleInit(). */
* Function: version()
* Get the version of the roundrobin router
char *version()
return ROUNDROBIN_VERSION;
} /* End if version(). */
* Function: GetModuleObject()
* Get the object that describes this module.
ROUTER_OBJECT *GetModuleObject()
return &RoundRobinRouter;
} /* End of GetModuleObject(). */
Again, nothing really exiting is happening, I create a struct that defines the instance, initialize it and add it to the linked list of instances that I maintain. Also I get references to the backend servers that this instance use and set up the array for the and I also initialize the spinlock. With that, we are done. Then there is the issue of creating a session, and this function gets called when a client connects to MaxScale through the port that is linked to RoundRobin.
* Function: CreateInstance()
* Create an instance of RoundRobing router.
ROUTER *CreateInstance(SERVICE *pService, char **pOpts)
PROUNDROBININST pRet;
PROUNDROBININST pTmp;
SERVER_REF *pSvcRef;
unsigned int i;
MXS_NOTICE("Creating roundrobin router instance.");
/* Allocate the RoundRobin instance struct. */
if((pRet = malloc(sizeof(ROUNDROBININST))) == NULL)
return NULL;
pRet->pService = pService;
pRet->pConnections = NULL;
pRet->pNext = NULL;
pRet->nBackends = 0;
/* Count the number of backend servers we manage. */
for(pSvcRef = pService->dbref; pSvcRef != NULL; pSvcRef = pSvcRef->next)
/* Allocate space for the backend servers and add to the instance struct. */
if((pRet->pBackends = calloc(pRet->nBackends, sizeof(SERVER *))) == NULL)
return NULL;
/* Set up list of servers. */
for(i = 0, pSvcRef = pService->dbref; pSvcRef != NULL; i++, pSvcRef = pSvcRef->next)
pRet->pBackends[i] = pSvcRef->server;
/* Set up instance in list. */
if(pInstances == NULL)
pInstances = pRet;
for(pTmp = pInstances; pTmp->pNext != NULL; pTmp = pTmp->pNext)
pTmp->pNext = pRet;
MXS_NOTICE("Created roundrobin router instance.");
return (ROUTER *) pRet;
} /* End of CreateInstance(). */
This is also pretty basic stuff, the server pointers are copied from the instance (do I need to do this you ask? Answer is, I don't know but I do know that what I do here works). I also clear the DCB pointers, these are created on an as-needed base later in the code.
* Function: CreateSession()
* Create a session in the RoundRobin router.
void *CreateSession(ROUTER *pInstance, SESSION *session)
PROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES pRet;
PROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES pTmp;
PROUNDROBININST pRoundRobinInst = (PROUNDROBININST) pInstance;
unsigned int i;
/* Allocating session struct. */
if((pRet = malloc(sizeof(ROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES))) == NULL)
return NULL;
pRet->pNext = NULL;
pRet->nCurrBackend = 0;
pRet->pSession = session;
pRet->pRouter = pRoundRobinInst;
pRet->nBackends = pRoundRobinInst->nBackends;
/* Allocating backends and DCBs. */
if((pRet->pBackends = calloc(pRet->nBackends, sizeof(SERVER *))) == NULL)
return NULL;
if((pRet->pdcbClients = calloc(pRet->nBackends, sizeof(DCB *))) == NULL)
return NULL;
/* Set servers and DCBs. */
for(i = 0; i < pRet->nBackends; i++)
pRet->pBackends[i] = pRoundRobinInst->pBackends[i];
pRet->pdcbClients[i] = NULL;
/* Place connecting last in list of connections in instance. */
if(pRoundRobinInst->pConnections == NULL)
pRoundRobinInst->pConnections = pRet;
for(pTmp = pRoundRobinInst->pConnections; pTmp->pNext != NULL; pTmp = pTmp->pNext)
pTmp->pNext = pRet;
return (void *) pRet;
} /* End of CreateSession(). */
Following this are a couple of basic housekeeping functions that I am not showing here, actually I'm just going to show one more function, which is RouteQuery. This is, as the name implies, the function that gets called to do what we are actually writing this code for, routing queries. Before I show that code, I have to explain that this is very simplistic code. To being with, it doesn't implement "session commands", these are commands that really should be run on all backends, like setting the current database, handling transactions and such things. As I said, I do not implement this and this is one of the major shortcomings on this code that makes it much less generally applicable. But it still has use cases. Secondly, I have tried to make sure that the code works, more than optimizing it to death, so maybe I grab the spinlock too often and maybe I am too picky with allocating/deallocating the DCBs, I let others answer that.
The role of the function at hand is to handle an incoming query and pass it along to one of the servers defined for the service in question. In the general case, the most complicated part of this is selection of which server to route the query to and handling of session commands. I have simplified this by only having a very simple routing algorithm where I store the index of the last used backed for a connection in the nCurrBackend member, and for each query this is incremented until nBackends is reached where it is reset to 0. And for the complexity of session commands, I just don't implement them.
So, lets have a look at what the RouteQuery function looks like:
So, what is going on here? First I check for a backend, first the ones starting with the current one (which is badly named, this is actually the one after the current) and then until I find a server that is running. If I find a non-Running server I skip that one, after having closed the associated DCB. If I can't find a server after the current one, I start again from the first, processing servers in the same way.
* Function: RouteQuery()
* Route a query in the RoundRobin router.
int RouteQuery(ROUTER *instance, void *session, GWBUF *queue)
PROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES pSession = (PROUNDROBIN_CLIENT_SES) session;
DCB *pDcb;
int nRet;
unsigned int nBackend;
MXS_NOTICE("Enter RoundRobin RouteQuery.");
queue = gwbuf_make_contiguous(queue);
/* Check for the next running backend. Set non-running backend DCBs to NULL. */
for(nBackend = pSession->nCurrBackend; nBackend < pSession->nBackends; nBackend++)
/* If this server is up, then exit this loop now. */
/* If the server is down and the DCB is non-null, then free the DCB and NULL it now. */
if(pSession->pdcbClients[nBackend] != NULL)
pSession->pdcbClients[nBackend] = NULL;
/* If I couldn't find a backend after the current, then look through the ones before. */
if(nBackend >= pSession->nBackends)
for(nBackend = 0; nBackend <= pSession->nCurrBackend; nBackend++)
if(pSession->pdcbClients[nBackend] != NULL)
pSession->pdcbClients[nBackend] = NULL;
/* Check that I really found a suitable backend. */
if(nBackend > pSession->nCurrBackend)
MXS_NOTICE("No suitable RoundRobin running server found in RouteQuery.");
return 0;
pDcb = pSession->pdcbClients[nBackend];
/* If backend DCB wasn't set, then do that now. */
if(pDcb == NULL)
pDcb = pSession->pdcbClients[nBackend] = dcb_connect(pSession->pBackends[nBackend],
/* Route the query. */
nRet = pDcb->func.write(pDcb, queue);
/* Move to next dcb. */
pSession->nCurrBackend = nBackend;
if(++pSession->nCurrBackend >= pSession->nBackends)
pSession->nCurrBackend = 0;
MXS_NOTICE("Exit RoundRobin RouteQuery.");
return 1;
} /* End of RouteQuery(). */
Following this I should have a server, then I check if the DCB is open, and if not I open it now. After that I do the actual routing of the query, move not the next backend and then return. Simple as that. As I have stated, this is a very simple router, but it does work, within the given limitations, and it should be good enough as a crude example.
Before I can test my code, I have to set it up for inclusion in the build process and do a few other mundane tasks, but that is all documented in the pdf that comes with the code, download the package from Sourceforge.
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PM Must Come Clean on His Role in the Gambler Visa Deal
Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
16 November 2012
PM Must Come Clean on His Role in the Gambler Visa Deal
New Zealand First is calling for Prime Minister John Key to reveal the full extent of his involvement in the Sky City-China Southern Airlines (CSA) gambler visa deal.
Rt Hon Winston Peters says allowing CSA frequent fliers to dodge visa checks comes after Mr Key's secret dealings to give preferential treatment to Sky City so they can install hundreds of extra pokie machines.
"When Mr Key's shonky pokie machines for convention centre deal was revealed he was reported as saying on April 3 this year that he did not believe the additional machines would attract more locals to Sky City, saying the casino was targeting international clients.
'Those visitors tend to spend about twice as much as normal holiday makers', Mr Key told TV3's Firstline programme.
Mr Peters says the Government has now seriously weakened border controls so CSA frequent fliers can waltz into the country and head straight to the casino.
"This comes after the Department of Internal Affairs warned the Government about concerns over money laundering in New Zealand.
"A Sky City spokesperson is reported today as admitting they talked to the Government and airlines over easier visa requirements but said it wasn't involved in the CSA deal.
"This contradicted comments from Sky City's president of international business Ejaaz Dean in August last year, as well as Sky City's own Shareholder Review for the year ending 30 June 2012," says Mr Peters.
The review states: "Finally, the opening of China Southern Airlines services between Auckland and Guangzhou, and our successful partnership with Auckland International Airport to offer airside clearance, have made coming to Auckland to play more comfortable and less complicated. We are now working with Auckland International Airport to develop further strategies to encourage more Chinese visitors to come to New Zealand."
Mr Peters says this is all too much of a coincidence.
"Sky City and Auckland Airport can't change laws by themselves. The Prime Minister, who is also the Tourism Minister, must have been involved at some point.
"This is cronyism at its worst by Mr Key and his Government which is bending over backwards to give preferential treatment to Sky City while putting our border security at serious risk."
Mr Peters says the Prime Minister must come clean on why he is willing to jeopardise the nation's security, and fuel problem gambling with hundreds of extra pokie machines, in return for a convention centre.
"Mr Key is clearly involved in this whole gambler visa mess which according to high ranking Immigration Department officials is highly likely to see criminals enter the country.
Prime Minister has some serious explaining to do," says Mr


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I came across a CNET article about these fun hot tubs made in the Netherlands. You gotta love these folks that are making hot tubs go where they have never gone before.
What is a HotTug? A wood-fired hot tub in which you can sail and a tugboat in which you can enjoy warm baths. With or without water the HotTug is a wide and stable boat for up to six people.
In the HotTug you can always enjoy yourself … whatever the weather is. Relax steaming through the canal, harbor or a lake? You're able to with the HotTug!
This floating, boating hot tub is constructed from wood, coated with fiberglass. The HotTug has a stainless steel stove with a single wall pipe. The HotTug is available in two versions: 1 with integrated electric motor of 2.4 KW 2 with outboard.
How is the water in the HotTug heated?
A wood stove heats the water.
How long does it fill up with water and how long does it take to heat the water?
The filling rate depends on the thickness of the hose and the pressure. The HotTug can contain 2000 liters. The heater heats the water about eight degrees per hour. On average, it takes 3 hours before the water is 38 degrees Celsius. (or 100° in Fahrenheit).
How do you empty the HotTug?
The easiest way is with a submersible pump. With a small pump the HotTug is emptied in twenty minutes.
How hot is the water?
As warm as you want, but average people find a comfortable temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and that is no problem for the HotTug heater.
How many people are able to sit in the HotTug?
Six to eight people can sit in the HotTug.
How does the HotTug sail?
The HotTug is available in two versions:
1 with integrated electric motor of 2.4 KW
2 with outboard engine (electric or petrol)
How long do the batteries last?
The batteries will last at least 600 cycles. If they are not fully discharged, they last longer. On average you need to replace the batteries every seven years.
How much maintenance does the HotTug need?
Depending on the surrounding water (salt / freshwater / brackish), it is wise to apply a layer of antifouling every year or every two years. You need to empty the heater every season.
Where is the HotTug for sale?
At this moment the HotTug exclusively at supergoed.nl
Is the HotTug available in other colors?
By default, the HotTug is black, but at extra cost, any RAL and NCS colors are possible.
Where can I see the HotTug?
In cooperation with the Storm Water Sports, the HotTug is introduced at 'in water boat show' / Hiswa 2012. In addition you can see the HotTug at supergoed by appointment.
Does It Need A Hot Tub Cover?
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They Went That-a-Way - Part 4
Should you choose to head outside via the door on this second floor, you'll be led to the rickety old wooden rollercoaster surrounding the hotel complex. This is unnecessary to explore, but since this is early in the game, you'll likely be anxious to earn some experience points. If so, run the track as far as you can in both directions to draw any straggling enemies out from hiding. Then, eliminate them before heading back inside. You're now done here completely, so there's nothing more for you to do but to return to the first floor, and then back outside to the dilapidated city streets of Primm.
It's time to seek out Deputy Beagle, who you rescued from the escaped convicts back in the casino/hotel. You can find him at the Vikki and Vance Casino, sitting at the bar in the far right corner of the main room. Upon speaking with him, you'll be able to learn details that don't only help advance this particular quest, but the Side Quest known as My Kind of Town as well. Ultimately, if you ask him about the men who attacked you, you'll find that more information can be found at a location called Novac. You'll also be able to offer the deputy help in finding a new sheriff. But again, that's associated with the My Kind of Town side quest, and won't be covered here.
To get to Novac, you'll first have to make your way to the settlement known as Nipton. Nipton itself is located a bit to the southeast of Primm, so you're going to have to travel by foot over land to get there. En route, expect to find yourself under attack by some last remnants of the convicts and Powder Gangers you've been fighting with for a while now. As usual, the contingent of enemies that fight you out in the wide open in the Mojave Wasteland will have a hodgepodge of melee weapons and firearms, so deal with the latter first if you can, since they create the bigger menace for you.
Eventually, after traveling overland for a bit, you'll see some fire and smoke in the distance. Unfortunately for the residents of Nipton, the infamous Caesar's Legion arrived here first. Caesar's Legion is in direct competition with the New California Republic over control of the Mojave Wasteland, and it appears the Legion has won this round. As you approach the entrance of the settlement, an elated man named Oliver Swanick will greet you. He's running out of town going on and on about winning the lottery. Unfortunately, you'll learn just what the nature of this morbid lottery is soon enough.


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Hope everyone is well! I'm putting the finishing touches to my blogs 4th year anniversary post and giveaway! Looking forward to sharing it with you all (:
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
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Hope everyone is well! I'm putting the finishing touches to my blogs 4th year anniversary post and giveaway! Looking forward to sharing it with you all (:
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December 09, 2011
Candy Cane Cranberry Cocktail | Holiday Cocktail
I can't take credit for this idea - it is actually stemmed from a creation of one of my Clients. She serves it at her annual Holiday Cocktail Party that I used to cater. My parents were one of her guests and my Mom was still talking about this drink weeks later. That's always my indicator of something that is really great at a party... it is usually what people are talking about on the way home, the next week and sometimes the next year!
Candy Cane Cranberry Cocktail
1 part vodka
1 part cranberry juice
1 part sierra mist
Candy Canes, crushed
Cranberries or Candy Canes Garnish (optional)
Combine all of the ingredients in a large pitcher. To serve, dip the rim of the glass in water, then into crushed candy canes. Shake cocktail mix with ice, then strain into glass. Serve with cranberry or candy cane garnish.
Crush up the candy canes - I recommend doing this in a ziplock... unless you want pieces of candy canes all over your kitchen.
The peppermint rim is my favorite part of this drink - it goes so well with the tart cranberry!
Stay tuned for more cocktail recipes!
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Come and enjoy a nice, relaxing stay at our friendly resort. Our resort is located on the shores of beautiful Sand Lake, in Sturgeon Lake, MN, less than two hours North of the Twin Cities and less than an hour away from Magnificent Lake Superior. Our resort offers great fishing, swimming and boating and much more for a great get away! We are affordable and friendly, offering great discounts on week-long stays and boat rentals for our guest.
We have 7 comfortable, clean CABINS that can sleep 3 to 6 people. If you are looking for an original log cabin, Cozy and Windsong Cabins are your choice. If more modern is your flavor, check out Rockwood and Comfy Cabin. Lakeside, Laguna and the new Sandy Beach Cottage offer the best views of the lake from their decks or patios.
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No relief from MWC rumor mill
If the number of rumors and postscripts were qualifiers for BCS inclusion, the Mountain West would have its choice of BCS bowls plus national championship game consideration.
The latest reads like The Liberty Bowl, The Sequel. MWC commissioner Craig Thompson and Conference USA chief Britton Banowsky held a previously scheduled meeting Thursday. Among many topics discussed was a BCS play-in game. That evokes memories of the MWC and C-USA champion vs. champion format in the Liberty Bowl.
The non-automatic qualifying league have often met to discuss strategy. It's safe to say Thompson and WAC commissioner Karl Benson aren't on speaking terms until the latest dust settles.
Any two commissioners can't bilaterally come up with a BCS inclusion plan. The 11 conferences make the decision.
Thompson told Sports Illustrated there is absolutely no plan to merge leagues. That makes sense. The MWC and WAC are the only non-automatic qualifying conferences to qualify for a BCS Bowl. C-USA membership took a huge hit a few years ago during the Big East raid.
Both the MWC and C-USA, however, are partners with CBS College Sports TV.
The Mountain West wasn't commenting, however, on a Utah State University open letter by athletic director Scott Barnes. In it, Barnes took credit for negotiating the possibility of BYU coming back to the WAC in all but football. It also claimed to be one of three schools contacted by the MWC to gauge interest in switching leagues.
Fresno State and Nevada joined in a heartbeat. Utah State declined, citing the binding agreement WAC members signed a week ago.
As for BYU, which was ground zero this week for all talk of MWC movement, it was announced the Cougars will play Texas home and home in 2013-14.
Beyond that, silence.


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Neil Beloufa , Artist Portrait - Following the success of Artes Mundi 6, awarded to Theaster Gates earlier this year, Artes Mundi is pleased to announce the shortlist for the seventh edition of the UK's leading biennial art prize, Artes Mundi 7. The winner of the prestigious £40,000 Cardiff based Artes Mundi prize will be announced in January 2017 following a four month exhibition of works by the shortlists artists. The shortlist was selected from over 700 nominations spanning 90 countries and includes seven of world's most celebrated contemporary artists. They are: JOHN AKOMFRAH (UK) | NEÏL BELOUFA (FRANCE/ALGERIA) AMY FRANCESCHINI / FUTUREFARMERS (USA/BELGIUM) LAMIA JOREIGE (LEBANON) | NÁSTIO MOSQUITO (ANGOLA) HITO STEYERL (GERMANY/JAPAN) | BEDWYR WILLIAMS (UK/WALES) John Akomfrah OBE is renowned for his ground-breaking films such as The Stuart Hall Project (2013). Neïl Beloufa is known in the UK for his widely-reviewed 2014 ICA show, Counting on People. Amy Franceschini's is the founder of the Californian artist and farming collective, Futurefarmers. Lamia Joreige was the first female Lebanese artist to be recognised on a global scale and the first to have a major work acquired by Tate. Nástio Mosquito was recently named as one of Africa's Ten African Artist's to Look Out For by the Guardian. Hito Steyerl's surreal videos set in the 'post-internet age' have won her multiple awards. Bedwyr Williams is one of the UK's most sought after artists and is celebrated for his work representing Wales at the 55th Venice Biennale. Please see full biographies overleaf. The Artes Mundi 7 shortlist will take part in a major exhibition of formative and new works which will run from 21st October 2016 to February 26th 2017 at National Museum Cardiff and Chapter, Cardiff. For Artes Mundi 7 there will also be an extended programme across the city in partnership with other organisations. Artes Mundi 7 selectors, Elise Atangana, an independent curator based in Paris and Cameroon; Alist - United Kingdom - Wednesday 16th September 2015 (1 Picture)
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[Part I: Produced by Sounwave]
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar & ScHoolboy Q]
If Pirus and Crips all got along
They'd probably gun me down by the end of this song
Seem like the whole city go against me
Every time I'm in the street, I hear—
Yawk! Yawk! Yawk! Yawk!
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Man down, where you from, nigga?
Fuck who you know—where you from, my nigga?
Where your grandma stay, huh, my nigga?
This m.A.A.d city I run, my nigga
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Brace yourself, I'll take you on a trip down memory lane
This is not a rap on how I'm slingin' crack or move cocaine
This is cul-de-sac and plenty Cognac and major pain
Not the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighin' on your brain
It was me, L Boog, and Yan Yan, YG Lucky ride down Rosecrans
It got ugly, wavin' yo' hand out the window – check yourself!
Uh, Warriors and Conans, hope euphoria can slow dance
With society, the driver seat the first one to get killed
Seen a light-skinned nigga with his brains blown out
At the same burger stand where *beep* hang out
Now this is not a tape recorder sayin' that he did it
But ever since that day, I was lookin' at him different
That was back when I was nine, Joey packed the nine
Pakistan on every porch is fine, we adapt to crime
Pack a van with four guns at a time
With the sliding door, fuck is up?
Fuck you shootin' for if you ain't walkin' up, you fuckin' punk?
Pickin' up the fuckin' pump, pickin' off you suckers
Suck a dick or die or sucker punch
A wall of bullets comin' from AK's, AR's, "Ayy, y'all—duck!"
That's what Momma said when we was eatin' that free lunch
Aw man, goddamn, all hell broke loose
You killed my cousin back in '94, fuck yo' truce!
Now crawl your head in that noose
You wind up dead on the news
Ain't no peace treaty, just piecin' BGs up to pre-approve
Bodies on top of bodies, IVs on top of IVs
Obviously the coroner between the sheets like the Isleys
When you hop on that trolley, make sure your color's correct
Make sure you're corporate or they'll be callin' your mother collect
They say the governor collect all of our taxes, except
When we in traffic and tragic happens, that shit ain't no threat
You movin' backwards if you suggest that you sleep with a TEC
Go buy a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial, I guess
M.A.A.d. city
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Man down, where you from, nigga?
Fuck who you know—where you from, my nigga?
Where your grandma stay, huh, my nigga?
This m.A.A.d city I run, my nigga
[Bridge: Kendrick Lamar & ScHoolboy Q]
If Pirus and Crips all got along
They'd probably gun me down by the end of this song
Seem like the whole city go against me
Every time I'm in the street, I hear—
Yawk! Yawk! Yawk!—
[Part II: Produced by Terrace Martin]
[Intro: MC Eiht]
Wake yo' punk-ass up!
It ain't nothin' but a Compton thang
G-yeah, real simple and plain
Let me teach you some lessons about the street
(Smoke somethin', nigga!)
Hood ('Sup, Cuz?)
It ain't nothin' but a Compton thang
G-yeah, how we do
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Fresh outta school 'cause I was a high school grad'
Sleepin' in the living room of my momma's pad
Reality struck, I seen the white car crash
Hit the light pole, two niggas hopped out on foot and dashed
My pops said I needed a job, I thought I believed him
Security guard for a month and ended up leavin'
In fact, I got fired, 'cause I was inspired by all of my friends
To stage a robbery the third Saturday I clocked in
Projects tore up, gang signs get thrown up
Cocaine laced in marijuana
And they wonder why I rarely smoke now
Imagine if your first blunt had you foamin' at the mouth
I was straight tweakin', the next weekend we broke even
I made allegiance that made a promise to see you bleedin'
You know the reasons but still will never know my life
Kendrick a.k.a. "Compton's Human Sacrifice"
[Interlude: MC Eiht]
G-yeah, cocaine, weed
Niggas been mixin' shit since the '80s, loc
Sherm sticks, butt-nakeds
Dip, make a nigga flip
Cluck heads all up and down the block and shit
One time's crooked and shit
Block a nigga in
Alondra, Rosecrans, Bullis, it's Compton
[Verse 3: MC Eiht]
I'm still in the hood, loc, yeah that's cool
Shit, the hood took me under, so I follow the rules
But yeah, that's like me, I grew up in the hood where they bang
And niggas that rep colors is doin' the same thang
Pass it to the left so I can smoke on me
A couple drive-bys in the hood lately, shit
Couple of IV's with the fuckin' spray-can
Shots in the crowd, then everybody ran
Crew I'm finna slay, the street life I crave
Shots hit the enemy, hearts turn brave
Mount up, regulators in the whip
Down the boulevard with the pistol grip, yeah
Trip, we in the hood still
So, loc, grab a strap 'cause yeah, it's so real, yeah
Deal with the outcome, a strap in the hand
And a bird and ten grand's where a mothafucka stand
[Verse 4: Kendrick Lamar]
If I told you I killed a nigga at sixteen, would you believe me?
Perceive me to be innocent Kendrick you seen in the street
With a basketball and some Now and Laters to eat?
If I mentioned all of my skeletons, would you jump in the seat?
Would you say my intelligence now is great relief?
And it's safe to say that our next generation maybe can sleep
With dreams of bein' a lawyer or doctor
Instead of boy with a chopper that hold the cul-de-sac hostage
Kill 'em all if they gossip
The Children of the Corn, they vandalizin' the option
Of livin' a lie, drown their body with toxins
Constantly drinkin' and drive
Hit the powder, then watch this flame that arrive in his eye
Listen, coward, the concept is aim and then bang it and slide
Out that bitch with deposit, a price on his head, the tithes
Probably go to the projects, I
Live inside the belly of the rough, Compton, USA
Made me an Angel on Angel Dust - what?
M.A.A.d city
Nigga, pass Dot the bottle, damn!
You ain't the one that got fucked up
What you holdin' it for?
Niggas always actin' unsensitive and shit
Nigga, that ain't no word
Nigga, shut up!
Hey, Dot, you good, my nigga?
Don't even trip
Just lay back and drink that
"m.A.A.d" is an acronym for both "my Angels on Angel dust" and "my Angry Adolescence divided."
"m.A.A.d" is also a reference to the 90s Compton based hip-hop group "WC and the Maad Circle." The leader, WC, would go on to form Westside Connection, a group heavily associated with Compton's own Ice Cube from N.W.A, and Mack 10.
Kendrick's recent beat-down brings back early memories of similar situations, witnessing someone with their brains blown out at a burger stand back when he was 9 (probably referring to his Uncle Tony, or someone in a similar situation), he thinks he knows the person who did it but he censors their name. He also talks about how his cousin was killed back in '94.
He talks about his father telling him to get a job but he's fired after his friends pressure him into staging a robbery. He gives his reason for why he doesn't smoke when he tells a story of smoking marijuana laced with cocaine and "foaming at the mouth."
In the final verse he tries to let the good shine through and offer respite for the youth and how they don't have to succumb to the temptations and pressures of the street. He hopes that his experience and intelligence can do good for the youth living in similar situations.
In the words of Kendrick,
I look at society as one big pot of gumbo, with just so many temptations. So me hoping for some type of peace is like something I can hope for forever, or I can get it within one moment, or I can get it within this song. Or I can get it with just talking with the kids in the neighborhood. So I always wanted to put that type of vulnerability out there where I have always been this dreamer. I am a realist, but at the same time what separates me from the rest of my homeboys is the fact that I can dream of this hope rather than just saying, 'Fuck everybody, and shit is about to happen, and I'm about to be on this corner with the homies.' That's what it is. That's what separated me, the fact that I can dream about that, you know? And that was the line.
"m.A.A.d city" has two meanings; My Angel on Angel Dust and My Angry Adolescence Divided. If you listen to the album [you'll find out] the reason why I don't smoke weed. Because once upon a time, you'd find stuff laced with cocaine [and angel dust]. That caused a reaction and I put that inside the song. That really happened to me. That's the reason for the title.
The song itself was not released as a single, but the album "Good Kid, m.A.A.d City" is certified platinum by the RIAA in August 2013, so yes.


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How to Get Through to Your Spouse
Convincing your spouse to change is much easier once you realize that you have to appeal to their way of thinking, not yours. From The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido by Michele Weiner Davis
Good Things Come in Smart Packages
Years ago I worked a great deal with adolescents and their families. I remember countless cases when the parents wanted their kids to do certain things but the kids absolutely refused. And then their parents would insist, offering reasons the kids should comply: "You'll learn good study habits," or "It will make you a stronger person," or "That's what I had to do when I was a kid." But the explanations weren't compelling enough, and nothing ever changed. After repeat offenses, the kids would get punished. No amount of reasoning with them made a difference. The kids thought they were right, and they weren't going to change. Never mind that they were losing privileges left and right.
When I approached things a little differently, I got better results. Sometimes I would get the kids alone and tell them, "It must really be a pain in the butt to have your parents breathing down your neck all the time and telling you what to do. You must hate it when they punish you." My words were music to their ears. Then I would wonder out loud, "Gee, I wonder what you need to do to get your parents off your back?" "That's easy," they would tell me; "I would just have to _____ [come home on time, make my bed, do my homework, and so on]" — the same behaviors their parents were expecting. Although unimpressed with the reasoning their parents offered them for following the rules, they liked the idea of getting their parents to back off. Together, we would then scheme how they might "underhandedly" shock their parents by doing the things that would get their parents to back off. Sneaky, eh?
The obvious moral to the story is that even if you have the most incredible suggestion in the world, you might not be able to convince others of your brilliance if you don't approach them in a way that make sense to them. You have to appeal to their way of thinking, not yours.
So what does this mean for you? You need to review the way in which you've been approaching your spouse about improving your sexual relationship. You need to think about your packaging. Have you tried to motivate your spouse who believes that a good sexual relationship comes not from obligation but love, that part of being a good husband or wife is being a receptive sexual partner? While all your explanations might make sense to you, they might not click with your spouse. You need to think about what might motivate him or her.
I know a man whose wife wasn't physical at all, and this bothered him. He yearned for more physical closeness, even nonsexual hugging and kissing. His wife told him that touching feels good, but then for that matter, so does taking a hot bath, and a hot bath is a lot easier.
I asked him what he tells his wife about his need for more sexual connection and he said, "I say, 'I'm unhappy with the way things have been going. I need more affection,' to which she replies, 'So, what? There are things I'm unhappy about too.'" It wasn't until he realized what truly motivated his wife — their children — that he found a more effective way to get through to her.
He thought about the fact that she had devoted her entire life to their children. She home-schooled them. She chauffeured them, short-order-cooked for them, and tended to all their emotional needs. They were her life. He knew that her own parents had a very loving, affectionate marriage. He also knew how much she appreciated growing up in that atmosphere. And so he said, "Do you want the kids growing up not seeing any affection? Don't you think it would be better if they saw us hugging and kissing and loving each other?" That planted the necessary seed. The very next day, she agreed to go to a therapist. Good things come in smart packages.
Are you thinking about what lights your spouse's fire when you ask him or her to change? If not, alter your approach, and you'll have a better chance of getting through.
Michele Weiner Davis is the author of The Sex-Starved Marriage (Copyright © 2003 by Michele Weiner Davis), The Sex-Starved Wife, The Divorce Remedy, Change Your Life and Everyone in It, and several other books. She is a regular guest of The Oprah Winfrey Show, 48 Hours, 20/20, Today, and CBS This Morning. An internationally renowned seminar leader and marriage therapist in private practice, she lives with her family in Illinois.
- 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Marriage
- How to Agree to Disagree in Your Relationship
- A Smarter Way to Light Your Spouse's Fire
- Whats' the Sex-Starved Wife to Do?: 7 Ways to Lure Your Husband Back Into the Bedroom
- Read Chapter 1 of The Sex Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple's Guide
- See more books by Michele Weiner Davis


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Anyone who doubts how the extent of pressure on media outlets when it comes to covering Israel should pick up the New York Times.
In yesterday's Times (3/8/12), we saw this correction:
Because of an editing error, an article on Wednesday about a large lobbying effort on Capitol Hill Tuesday by delegates to the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee referred incorrectly to the organization, known as AIPAC. It is a pro-Israel lobbying group that works in the United States to advance Israel's interests. It does not work directly for the state of Israel or its government.
This strange correction didn't go unnoticed, but it's still kind of puzzling--in large part because readers might not be able to figure out what the story said that warranted a correction. The offending reference seems to have been calling AIPAC an "Israel lobbying group." AIPAC is a powerful lobbying organization that just held its massive annual conference, which as usual was followed by a day of congressional lobbying about Israel. The Times seems to want to let readers know that AIPAC is not officially part of the Israeli government. Given that the piece talks about American citizens visiting members of Congress, it's unlikely that many people would be confused.
The next day (3/9/12), the Times issued another correction:
A picture caption on Thursday with an article about the increasing marginalization being felt by Palestinians in the West Bank referred incompletely to the action of the Israeli soldiers shown. While the soldiers, whose activity was not recounted in the article, were indeed firing rifles at stone throwers in the West Bank town of Al Ram last month, the rifles contained rubber bullets.
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The photo in question, which appeared on the front page, was this one (courtesy Mondoweiss):
The caption read, "Israeli soldiers fired at Palestinian stone throwers in the West Bank town of Al Ram, near East Jerusalem, last month."
So the caption was "incomplete" because it failed to note that the soldiers were firing "rubber" bullets. ("Rubber bullets" are actually steel with a thin coating of rubber; dozens of Palestinians have died from being shot with them.)
This reminds me of a piece Seth Ackerman wrote (Extra!, 3-4/01) about the pressure campaigns on media outlets to tilt coverage in Israel's favor:
To a notable degree, anti-Palestinian media criticism consists of elliptical reasoning and baffling non-sequiturs, not to mention clumsiness with facts. The tone of much of the criticism is illustrated by a Jerusalem Post letter to the editor (12/19/00) that complained that CNN correspondents "constantly refer to innocuous 'stone-throwing' by Palestinian kids, instead of calling them what they really are: rocks."
Whoever complained about the failure to identify the bullets as being rubber should have also pointed out the flagrant bias in referring to Palestinians throwing "stones" instead of rocks.


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The Philadelphia Flower Show: Celebrating 175 Years
The Philadelphia Flower Show is a visual celebration of the world's most spectacular indoor flower show. Organized by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the event is staged each year in early March and attracts some 300,000 visitors to the Pennsylvania Convention Center.Covering more than ten indoor acres, the event features a breathtaking array of horticultural subjects. Included are elaborate flower-filled landscapes with blossoming trees, exquisite floral arrangements, impeccably groomed perennials, cacti and other succulents, orchids, topiary, bonsai, and much more. All proceeds of the Show are dedicated to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's education and urban beautification programs.This beautiful book is a behind-the-scenes tour of the Show with interviews and profiles of exhibitors, organizers, and designers. Lavish full-color photographs of the prizewinning plants and large displays capture the proceedings in stunning detail. Also included is a brief history of the Show along with a passionate foreword by gardening guru Ken Druse that captures what makes the Show so compelling and popular year after year.Wonderful stories, inspiring advice, and gorgeous photography combine to make The Philadelphia Flower Show the ultimate companion to the greatest plant and flower show on earth.


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Transportation and Climate
Strategies & Analysis
NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.
Approaches for reducing greenhouse gases from transportation include using low greenhouse gas fuels, improving vehicle technologies, reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled, and operating vehicles more efficiently. In combination, system approaches that combine these strategies can reduce transportation-related emissions significantly.
For information on the reductions that the U.S. transportation sector could achieve in greenhouse gas emissions and oil consumption, as requested by Senator Kerry, see:
- Cover Letter from EPA to the Office of Senator John Kerry (PDF) (1 pp, 1.1MB, February 10, 2010)
- EPA Analysis of the Transportation Sector: Greenhouse Gas and Oil Reduction Scenarios (PDF) (56 pp, 564K, February 10, 2010)
For more information on system approaches that combine technology, fuels, and travel efficiency, see:
- Full Report: A Wedge Analysis of the U.S. Transportation Sector (PDF) (23 pp, 535K, EPA420-R-07-007, April 2007) A study of the U.S. transportation sector that provides an integrative analysis of system approaches.
- Fact Sheet: A Wedge Analysis of the U.S. Transportation Sector (PDF) (6 pp, 1.6M, EPA420-F-07-049, October 2007)


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Coming to review Wit's End almost half a year on from its April release is a perversely appropriate task. Although it won't take five months for Cass McCombs' latest record to fully sink in, his "fifth-and-a-half" album is not one to thrust itself upon you with engaging immediacy. Accompanied by its sister LP Humor Risk on November 7, perhaps this bleak, almost percussion-free offering will reveal its secretive wares in one showy flourish but that would be an almighty shame.
While McCombs' has always had an eye for skeletal folk of a dour nature, his last effort Catacombs was hardly a cheer-fest, Wit's End is the worst imaginable soundtrack for a celebratory X Factor montage. Opening on the waifish organ crawl of 'County Line' it's clear our morose companion has not cheered with middle age, "On my way to you, old county, hoping nothing's changed, that your pain is never-ending, that is, it's still the same." To underline the album's general mood, this isn't even its most down-trodden track.
That honour belongs to the creeping piano epitaph 'Saturday Song', in which McCombs' lingering voice fixates on the memory of an unnamed girl laid to rest in "empty houses and family plots." Joyous this ain't but to dismiss Wit's End on account of its austere subject matter would do a great disservice to the considerable songcraft exacted upon a fine record. Despite running at a funereal pace, none of the eight featured songs ever come off as slight or underwhelming.
Sure 'The Lonely Doll' and 'Memory's Stain' conjure up a slow brand of entrancement, luxuriating as they break across a vast expanse of silence, yet there's a captivating mystique in their creaking magnificence. Even 'A Knock Upon The Door', which expands a simple and unchanging chord progression across nine minutes and 37 seconds, conjures an enchanting coo from a bitter tale of "harlots" and "Memphis huckster-Hitler-hustlers." The key to joy here is accepting its scarcity, rather than embarking on a desperate search for chinks of humour and hope. Once the darkness has subsumed you, the warm flickers of reflection in 'Buried Alive' and 'Pleasant Hermit's Song' will become apparent. They're few and far between but nevertheless there, gyrating in a buoyant waltz beneath the fabric of a fascinatingly morbid listen.
In spite of its own unhurried nature, Wit's End lacks the glamour or the revelatory staying power that befits an 'end of 2011' list-topper. Soon it could well be overshadowed by its imminent follow-up. Languishing in semi-anonymity is a fate that may seem apt for such an unassuming record however, it's not a deserved one. All of Cass McCombs' deliberate ambiguities add up to a beguiling character worth shouting about, even if he's not willing to do it himself. Give this album a spin and join its gently strident fan base.
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The Routledge Guidebook to Plato's Republic, rev. ed.
(Routledge, 2013)
Newly revised under the Routledge Guides to the Great Books series, Pappas's volume introduces the major themes in Plato's great book, including his ideas on the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual. This companion for reading the work examines the context of Plato's work and the background to his writing; each separate part of the text in relation to its goals, meanings, and impact; the reception the book received when first seen by the world; and the relevance of Plato's work to modern philosophy. The new edition contains additions throughout and aims both to situate the Republic in its time and in the subsequent intellectual history of the West, and to spell out the main interpretive debates that surround the work today—such as that between deflationist and realist interpretations of Plato's theory of the soul. Nickolas Pappas (Prof., City) serves on the doctoral faculty in philosophy.
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Submitted on: AUG 5, 2013
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Who are the top players in the Pac-12?
Eleven beat writers from around the conference tried to answer that question, submitting their top-25 lists based on whatever criteria they thought appropriate. The No. 1 player received 25 points, the No. 2 player received 24, and so on. (Credit to the OC Register's Ryan Kartje for starting the project and tallying up all the votes.)
The results will be released in groups of five. On Saturday, I'll post my own ballot and compare it to the combined results.
Here we go … Continue reading "Pac-12's Top 25 Players, Part I" »


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The tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike have been a sore spot for MetroWest commuters for decades. It rankles that we have to pay every time we get on the most important highway in our region, while those who live in other parts of the state use their highways for free. We fumed over the diversion of toll revenue into Boston�s Big Dig. We cheered when a reorganization of transportation agencies spelled the end of the distrusted Turnpike Authority.
Objections raised by Pike commuters and their legislators led to some reforms. One required that Pike finances be separated, with the revenue from and spending for�the Western Turnpike � I-90 west of the Weston tolls � kept independent of the Metropolitan Highway System, which includes the eastern Pike, the Big Dig and the tolled bridges and tunnels. Another requires all toll revenue be spent only on the tolled highways where it was collected.
Through multiple changes in state transportation, law, policy and leadership, tollpayers comforted themselves with the understanding that the bonds secured by the tolls on the Western Turnpike were due to be paid off in 2017. Their hopes told them that when the bonds were paid off, the tolls would come down; their cynicism told them such an event was unlikely.
The cynics were right. Transportation Secretary Richard Davey made official in a meeting this week with the Daily News editorial board what insiders have assumed: The tolls on the Western Pike will not be coming down when the bonds are paid off. Despite a 3-cent increase in the gas tax approved last year, he said, state transportation as a whole simply doesn�t have the revenue needed to pay for its upkeep and expansion.
Keeping the tolls requires some fancy semantic footwork, since the law says tolls can stay after the bonds are paid if the road is deemed not to be in a condition of good repair. Davey says the Pike is in better condition than the state�s other highways, but not good enough to be maintained through the same revenue sources that fund maintenance for other state roads.
There�s a math problem on the Western Turnpike as well. According to Davey�s office, the western Turnpike tolls bring in about $130 million a year, projected to increase to $138.3 million in fiscal year 2019. About $20.4 million a year has been spent the last two years on maintenance and snow removal. The debt service for the remaining three years will average $18 million a year. That adds up to up to $100 million more in western Pike revenue each year than is required for maintenance � even while the bonds are still being paid off.
There are other expenses paid with those tolls, from state police patrols � only Pike users have to help pay police salaries in order to drive to work � to MassDOT salaries. Tolls pay for toll-takers as well, the $130 million electronic toll-collecting system the state plans to install. Capital improvement projects must also be accounted for. And let�s not forget the Pike takes in revenue from sources other than tolls, notably service plaza leases.
Other than the electronic tolls system, Davey said he sees no projects coming that will add capacity or ease congestion on the Pike. The Patrick Administration�s priority from the beginning has been improving and expanding mass transportation, which is OK. But it would be nice to think the governor had at least a passing interest in easing the frustrations of long-suffering Pike users.
So, what will the state do with more than $130 million a year in Western Turnpike toll revenue after the bonds are paid, the electronic toll system installed, the rough patches paved and the snow plowed? Davey says he�d like to see the law changed so that toll money can be spent on projects off the pike but in the general vicinity: connector roads and interchanges like Rte. 9 and I-495, for instance, or local road projects in cities and towns the Pike serves, even regional mass transit.
At least Davey didn�t say he�d use tolls collected west of Rte. 128 to pay off Big Dig bonds. He acknowledged the unfairness of collecting tolls here while others drive for free and said the administration continues to explore options for adding tolls at the state�s borders and on other major highways. While the inequity of the current system is a potent rallying cry, he shouldn�t assume drivers in MetroWest will be thrilled to pay more tolls on more highways.
Davey also admits that the long history of fiscal shell games involving Pike toll revenue has left a residue of distrust. State transportation officials must continue to be transparent about Pike finances, and our representatives on Beacon Hill must keep them honest. But as long as the state collects tolls on the Mass. Pike � which at this point looks like forever � distrust and resentment may linger.
Editorial: Pike tolls go on forever
The tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike have been a sore spot for MetroWest commuters for decades. It rankles that we have to pay every time we get on the most important highway in our region, while those who live in other parts of the state use their highways for free. We fumed over the diversion of toll revenue into Boston�s Big Dig. We cheered when a reorganization of transportation agencies spelled the end of the distrusted Turnpike Authority.


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Jun Loayza necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
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For Merchants: Merchants are able to reward their best customers. While "deal" companies like Groupon allow merchants to bring in 1-time traffic at a loss in hopes that it will bring in foot-traffic in the long run, we provide merchants with the power to retain their margins and encourage their best customers to become their evangelists.
We're about rewarding the loyal customer; we do not do 1-off deals.
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You are hereReuters: A year on, Gulf still grapples with BP oil spill
Reuters: A year on, Gulf still grapples with BP oil spill
April 15, 2011- When a BP oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last April, killing 11 workers, authorities first reported that no crude was leaking into the ocean.
They were wrong.
The disaster that captivated the world's attention for 153 days struck at 9:53 p.m. CDT on April 20, when a surge of methane gas known to rig hands as a "kick" sparked an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig as it was drilling the mile-deep Macondo 252 well off Louisiana's coast. Two days later, the rig sank.
One year on, oil from the largest spill in U.S. history clogs wetlands, pollutes the ocean and endangers wildlife, not to mention the toll it has inflicted on the coastal economies of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and especially Louisiana.
It was the biggest ever accidental release of oil into an ocean.
Even so, environmental damage from the ruptured well that spewed more than 4 million barrels of oil (168 million gallons) into the Gulf in three months seems far less dire than the worst predictions, according to some Gulf residents and experts.
"It's a horrible mess but it's not the end of the world," said Edward Overton, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
"Some people thought it would be the end of the Gulf for decades and that's not even near the case," Overton said. "None of those predictions were right."
Such considerations are cold comfort to Gulf residents who saw their livelihoods decimated by the spill. More than 500,000 have claimed compensation from a $20 billion fund set up by BP -- at the insistence of President Barack Obama -- and administered by Kenneth Feinberg.
The mitigated view will also do little to stem the tide of litigation that will take years to make its way through federal court in New Orleans and beyond as plaintiffs seek to extract damages from London-based BP, which owned the Macondo well, and Swiss-based Transocean, which owned the rig.
"Fishermen are still worried that there's oil on the bottom of the Gulf. But we've got no control over that," said Errol Voisin, manager of the Lafitte Frozen Foods plant in Louisiana, who spoke ahead of a new shrimping season.


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Welcome to our website! Please browse our collection of photos from the Nichols and the Franz families. As you will surely see we're a bit maniacal about how many pictures we take particularly of our little baby girl Madeline who arrived on July 15, 2006.
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