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What do I love more than sun, sand and sea? Southern Sippers of course! I'm talking cocktails and more specifically, I'm talking cocktails that embody the topical feeling of the Sunshine State. The kind of cocktails, that no matter where you are, you can almost feel the cool ocean breeze, the warm sun on your skin and the soft sand beneath your toes. That's right; it is time for another installment of HotMama Cocktails: Florida.
What does Florida have a lot of? Alligators. So what out. Alligators might get you, but this cocktail will bit you in the booty.
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Orange Curacao
1 oz Melon Liquor
1 oz Sprite
½ oz Orange Juice
½ oz Lime Juice
Pour all ingredients into Collins glass. Fill with ice. Stir and garnish with Orange Twist.
Alligator Mocktail
2 oz Sprite
2 oz Orange Juice
1 oz Lime Syrup (Torani)
1 oz Lime juice
Pour all ingredients into plastic Collins glass. Fill with ice and garnish with an Orange wedge.
What's a lawn with out one of these pink babies artfully displayed in front? Lawn Flamingos may be kitschy, but the cocktail is classy.
2 oz Gin
¾ oz Apricot Liquor
¾ oz Lime Juice
¼ oz Grenadine
Shake all ingredients and stain into Martini glass. Garnish with Lime twist and dried apricot (optional).
Flamingo Mocktail
2 oz Apricot Juice
1 oz Lime Juice
1 oz Grenadine
Shake and Strain into child-friendly Martini glass. Garnish Lime wedge and dried apricot.
The west of Florida has some of the best sunsets around and the beaches off the Tradewinds Island Grand is my favorite spots to watch this magical moment of the day. This beautiful pink sunset cocktail can be enjoyed at Salty's Bar or at home.
Tradewinds Sunset
2 1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Black Raspberry liqueur,
1/2 oz Banana Liqueur
1 oz Orange Juice
1 oz Cranberry Juice
1 1/2 oz Lime Juice
Fill glass with ice, layer liquids starting with liqueurs. Garnish with pineapple slice or orange wedge.
Tradewinds Sunset Mocktail
1/2 oz Blackberry syrup
1/2 oz Banana syrup
2 oz Orange Juice
2 oz Cranberry Juice
1 0z Lime Juice
Fill plastic cup with ice and layer liquids, starting with syrups.
It is always party time in Palm Beach or where ever you choose to enjoy this fun little drinky.
Palm Beach Martini
2 oz Gin
¾ oz Sweet Vermouth
¾ oz Grapefruit Juice
Shake and strain into Martini glass. Garnish with Grapefruit Twist.
Palm Beach Mocktail
2 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
2 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
Shake and strain into plastic martini glass. Garnish with grapefruit twist or wedge.
Beach Cooler
2 oz Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Orange Curacao
1/2 oz Papaya Juice
Shake and strain into bucket (lowball) glass and fill with ice. Garnish with Lime Twist.
Beach Cooler
2 1/2 oz Papaya Juice
3/4 oz Orange Juice
3/4 oz Lime Juice
Shake and strain into plastic bucket glass and fill with ice. Garnish with Lime Twist or wedge. If you have fresh papaya, you could garnish with that too. Makes for a healthy snack.
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In one of its biggest updates yet, Facebook announced a massive restructuring of its Messenger platform. In this update, Facebook has a brand new way for users to interact with bots through simple persistent menus, which transforms the user's bot experience from conversational to purely structured.
Developers now have the option of totally disabling text based user inputs, making it less burdensome for the user to communicate with the bot. Apart from revamping bot structure, Facebook has also focused on growing a bot's audience, with multiple updates enhancing social sharing capabilities at the user level. Other updates include – a technical enhancement making user matching more accurate; new APIs that promote bot discovery; improved analytics around bot engagement and other minor changes that address specific issues faced by developers.
Enhanced Menu Structure
A new menu structure that supports multiple levels of nesting, allows users to choose a menu option and then dig deeper to refine her search from further sub-menu options. This simple, elegant structure is very similar to mobile website views of ecommerce companies, where users refine a nested menu one level, after the other to find what they want. Facebook has allowed developers to completely remove text based conversations from the UI, making life simpler for the user. In the example below, a user navigates a nested menu travelling from "Go Shopping" to "Tops" to "Sweater".
Features to grow audience
To enable users introduce the bot to their friends & family over Messenger, the following features have been made available
- Content Sharing: This update enables users to share rich content from a Messenger bot to their friends on Messenger. The content of the shared message can be customized to include a link, message, image and button thereby providing additional context to the shared message, increasing the overall engagement levels for the recipient. Previously, users could only share a single message with no context attached to it.
- Sharing from Webviews: Users can now share content from a Webview in a messenger bot to their friends on Messenger. Developers can track and attribute such an action.
Other Updates
Better customer matching to build a user base on Messenger: Earlier developers could match a user's phone number with the Messenger account, to initiate a conversation with that user. Now this process has been optimized further to include the user's name as a parameter for the matching, giving more accurate matches.
These updates are pretty impressive and are in-line with Facebook's vision. Last year, when bots were first announced, Facebook clearly mentioned that it saw bots as a combination of conversational and structured elements. Taking away the conversational element makes life easy for the user, as she does not have to construct complex sentences but can rather choose the item from a structured menu, just with the click of a few buttons. Also, users are very much used to these structured menus, like while searching for products on an eCommerce mobile website or contacting customer care which purely is a structured menu. Bots are just programs that automate conversations, it is not necessary for these conversations to happen in natural language. This bold move by Facebook should help businesses immensely, since it takes away the need to implement complex NLP based ideas which happen to go wrong many a times.
Here's the official Messenger 1.4 update from Facebook.

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Madeline Laine is singer/songwriter from Richmond, Virginia, and is currently studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. With musical influences such as Sara Bareilles and Butch Walker, she is very pop driven. Madeline plays shows which incorporate piano and ukulele, with covers and originals interspersed throughout, and that are appropriate for all ages. You can find out more about her at madelinelaine.com, tweet her @madeline_laine, and follow her on Instagram @madeline_laine.


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Wow. It's been a little over two months since my last .plan entry, and even though there probably aren't that many readers of it, it's good to have a chronicle of sorts to detail what I've been up to:
- My little project, Oxygen, is almost up to Release 3 code. Releases 1 and 2 (called EWMS/EWMS2 for their initial concept) featured a rudimentary frontend that was statically coded. R3 when complete features support for skins and a complete backend, complete with administrator permissions. Release 4 will contain all features that are accessible from the frontend as fully functional (which means Articles and Quotes will have their code revised, as well as Profiles and Profile Editor), plus some interesting backend code. (Think about scriptable administration tasks that can be done automatically.)
R4 will be released to a select audience for trial installations/uninstallations. After R4, I'm planning two more releases: R5 will be the "omg wow" release (with beta support for dynamic "hacks", or what Oxygen refers to as "modules" and R6 will be the final release, where every "TOADD" listed in the changelog has been resolved or postponed.
I plan to reset the version number after R6 and start back at 1.0.0.
The problem with the code as such is that I have active content on www.ev98.net that people would probably not like me to randomly lose. I do have a test server for this sort of thing, but eventually I have to make the changes and all of that. I'm also not looking forward to supporting this code; writing upgrade scripts based on what phpMyAdmin tells me I did is kind of poor and prone to failure. I'll deal with this once I get into more stable code.
- Halo 2, Halo 2, Halo 2. With the Honeygate scandal going on, it was all kind of farfetched to think that "SPDR" somehow acronymed out to mean "single player demo release." Yes, I want the game as badly as the next person, but cranking out a demo before the actual game will seriously diminish the quality of the final product. Not only do Bungie have to manage to pull out an NTSC version, they don't have the few months that they had to convert the game to PAL (European TV display standard) for Halo -- because surprise, surprise! Europe doesn't get too much of a shafting!
- I've been doing a few computer upgrades here and there. Weasel Shop has a set of 5.1 Logitech speakers on tonight, so that'll be it for me (well, maybe an iPod next month) until December. I'm also planning on putting Windows Server 2003 on my system because I no longer rely on XP to run Sony's crappy SonicStage2 program. Seriously, Server 2003 smokes XP for general responsiveness, and I can use it for a few more advanced tasks (like more than 10 connections to a fileshare.)
- In personal news, Mhaddy, silver, CaptainBiggs and myself got together for an evening at my place in July. Fun times for all, and we got to know each other. Chances are a group like us never would have met up walking down the street or at the same party - but the Internet is the great equalizer. We're all into video games (some of the other guys really aren't too good at Xbox Halo, but are much better at DOA3 ) and it was really a great time. I'd like to meet up with you all again; and any forum member that's close enough so that I can visit on my E3 trip in a few years, I'll try and catch up with.
- Deciding where I'm going with the rest of my life. I have a year left of high school (yeah, I'm younger than the other Staff here) and after that, it'll be interesting. I've often said my goal is to make it into Computer Science or Software Engineering. I know I enjoy programming, but I can't help thinking that maybe I'd be better off in a different technical role. It'll be challenging to make it into the SE or CS programs locally (mid to high 80's for CS; low 90's for SE.) I know I could be doing web design or IT or video editing or computer repair; but seriously I think the best job to have would be to work in games programming. With video editing, it's a thrill: you have a tangible product that you helped create, and that people appreciate. The same thing applies for games.


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Grieve and rebel Remainers may regret their capitulation
So what have we learned about the balance of power in the Tory Party between True Brexiters and unreconstructed Remainers from the government's Commons victory on what kind of meaningful vote there'll eventually be for MPs on Brexit?
Well, the Remainers seem to have been bought off by a nod from the PM that really she's on their side, that if they just show a bit of patience they'll get the softish Brexit they desire, viz a trading arrangement that looks a bit like membership of a customs union and close enough alignment with EU rules to deliver relatively frictionless trade with the EU.
Why do I say that?
Well the compromise they were offered - a written ministerial statement from David Davis - is really just a statement of the parliamentary obvious rather than a serious concession: namely an acknowledgement that in the event there was no Brexit deal by next January, all hell would break loose and MPs would undoubtedly table motions designed to force the government back to the negotiating table and find a deal.
But Davis describing in that way what would undoubtedly happen is a world away from Parliament mandating today that such a vote would take place - which is what the motion drafted by Dominic Grieve, and rejected by MPs at the behest of the PM, stipulated.
What's more, in capitulating, the Rebel Remainers have in practice made it much less likely that the PM will either negotiate or deliver the Brexit terms they favour - because the True Brexiters in the cabinet will argue that today's vote proves the Remainers have neither the resolve or numbers to defeat them.
So today's parliamentary tussle may turn out to be more significant than a test of sentiment on an arcane motion about the rights and authority of MPs relative to the PM and the executive.
It may be the moment the Brexiters turned the tide that was undoubtedly going against on the shape of the UK's future relationship with the EU.
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I have added a new member to my list of vigilante heroes. First were super heroes such as Superman, Batman, DareDevil, and Elektra. Then I liked the Western heroes Lone Ranger and Zorro. More lately it's been former military men: Tom Clancey's John Terrance Clark (see Without Remorse) and Lee Child's Jack Reacher (One Shot).
The new member called herself the Black Stiletto. Born in West Texas and growing up a tomboy, Judy Cooper left home to escape an abusive stepfather and went to New York City. She found work in a boxing gym and took lessons from the owner. She became a student of judo and karate and learned knifefighting from her Mafia boyfriend. Oh, and this was in 1958 when women didn't work out in gyms and Oriental martial arts were little known.
When twin Mafia soldiers killed her boyfriend under orders of the don, Judy sewed together a black leather disguise and killed the don and one twin, sending the other to prison. By then, fighting crime was in her blood. She took on thugs in the streets and a Cuban buying military secrets and she avenged herself on her abusive stepfather.
By the criterion of Tim Schmidt, founder of United States Concealed Carry Association, Judy Cooper was a sheepdog.
She was the kind of woman this society needs today, not a potential victim to be protected by the men in her life but a woman who could protect herself and those around her. Too many women are beaten and raped by the men in their lives. They need to become sheepdogs.
The government needs to stop trying to pull sheepdogs' fangs with gun control but rather train them in effective methods of attacking society's wolves. That is the purpose of the militia.
And to take a Darwinian approach, the government needs to stop penning up wolves and destroy them. Stop the wolves from passing on their murderous genes.


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Join Brian Lee White for an in-depth discussion in this video Chorus, part of Get in the Mix with Logic Pro.
…An alternative name for the heavy use of modulated…medium delays to simulate more than one player is chorus.…The idea is that through the use…of several different modulating delays in the 20…to 50 millisecond range, one could transform a…single track into the sound of several voices.…The delays simulate other voices singing along, but phrasing things a bit late.…Humanly out of sync. The modulation of those…delays introduces small amounts of pitch shift, creating the illusion of…a natural amount of pitch variation for these added, simulated performers.…
No two performers sing with identical pitch and phrasing.…And 40 singers would create 40 unique sounds, even as they try to sing together.…Modulated medium delays about the sound of several…simultaneous performance converting one voice into a choir.…Thus the term chorus.…Naturally, stacking up 39 medium delays around one single live…vocalist will not convincingly sound like a choir 40 different people.…Think of it instead as a…special electronic effect, not an acoustic simulation.…
This course covers 23 techniques for improving your mixes with compressors, processors, EQ and filters, delay, and modulation. The first chapter covers compression and dynamics processing, including how to even out vocal performances and add punch to drum tracks. The second chapter goes into EQ and filtering techniques, such as creating complimentary EQ curves and EQ-ing FX returns. Last, the authors explore delay and modulation techniques, including using long delay on key lyrics and creating flanger and phaser effects.
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- Using compression to even out vocals and add punch to drums
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- De-essing a vocal track
- Using EQ to fix problems and place elements
- Automating EQ
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The goal of checkers players is to be kinged. The goal of chess players is to take the king out. Advertisements
Colliding trains of thought are the cause of many spiritual train-wrecks.
Against pity.
To share one's suffering is to multiply it; to bear one's suffering is to divide it.
The first principle of my worldview is that the world cannot be viewed as one.
Just reverse it.
Give me strength to reject the things I cannot change and accept the things I can.
Suppose that humanity is one.
If so, then humans are bent on self-harm, self-contempt, and self-doubt.
Solutions in a different register.
Jazz is the only music which has solved the "political" problem of collective action and self-disclosure.


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Tony, for Adoption, New Delhi
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Meet this little inspirational survivor Tony!! He is a tiny 10 weeks old kitten with a heart of a tiger. Yes that's right. He was found injured badly on Delhi roads and was resuced by a kind soul. He was then taken to a shelter where his treatment began. His 'never die attitude' made him come over it and he's all up and running now. He is an absolute delight to be with, a bundle of joy and happiness. He just loves to play all day and night, well that's the reason why he cannot even pose for a decent picture! Isnt it amazing how sometimes these little creatures teach us the way of life, you just have to look at the positive side and move along! He will be a proud addition to any family he goes to. He now needs to be out of the shelter and placed in a foster, better yet a forever home. Let us together help him find a home he deserves to be in. Share and spread the word. Pre and post adoption house checks and other adoption formalities are mandatory.


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Acquisition includes IP right and certain manufacturing equipment, but not American Apparel's stores.
Agreement doesn't include American Apparel's retail store assets.
Glenn Chamandy has put up large blocks of shares in Gildan for sale on three previous occasions.
Purchase of Comfort Colors expected to help Montreal-based company go after younger consumers.
Agreement eliminates 98% of the tariffs on goods between the two countries.


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Blackfriars Station is currently visited by more than 44,000 people every day and as part of the Thames Link Project initiated by Network Rail and First Capital Connect an improvement scheme was undertaken at the Station to increase its capacity from 12 to 24 trains an hour and provide an improved link with Blackfriars Underground station.
In order to facilitate the scheme at Blackfriars Station Northside the works carried out by Keltbray consisted of multiple complex demolition interfaces and groundworks in and around the live operational rail station. The station remained live throughout the works.
In addition to maintaining the station live with a large daily throughput of passengers the worksite was bisected North/South by the LUL District and Circle Line. Although the underground station was closed trains continued to run through the worksite within a temporary protected tunnel structure.
The demolition works included the removal of the existing Network Rail station including the roof, platforms, track structure, abutments and superstructure in conjunction with the removal of the existing LUL ticket hall structure directly over the temporary tunnel structure and the removal of the existing building over the live railway. This latter structure included the removal of a 200 tonne Vierendeel girder and 2No.60m trusses over the River Thames.
The groundworks package included the design and installation of a propped temporary 'king post' wall and specialist piling decks to facilitate the secant piling works and basement works which required the design of two strutted secant piled excavations which extended 4 metres below the LUL platforms. These excavations incorporated temporary bridges for access.
All temporary works solutions employed on the project were designed in-house by Wentworth House.
Project Challenge and SolutionsNetwork Rail Approvals – early liaison and workshopping with the Balfour Beatty and Network Rail teams with the aid of 3D modelling technology in order to explore value engineering and sequencing efficiencies ensured that Works Package Plans and Form C sign offs for the works methodology and temporary works engineering solutions were completed within the required programme timescales. Maintaining Stations Live throughout the works – Due to the sheer volume of passengers using the station during the week much of the work was carried out during weekend and night time possessions of the railway. During a single possession over Christmas 2009 4 No. track decks and over 200 tonnes of heavy girders were successfully removed using 2 No. 450 tonne cranes. These works were carried out with very tight programme constraints as Balfour Beatty and Network Rail had to carry out the new bridge slide operation during the same possession following our enabling works. A further weekend possession in February 2011 saw the removal of an existing 70 tonne Vierendeel steel girder which formed part of the original station roof. This was removed following the culmination of months of pre-planning and workshopping across Keltbray demolition and civils division, in-house temporary works engineers (Wentworth House Partnership), Keltbray Plant and Keltbray Rail. Site Logistics – the site was accessed from heavily trafficked adjoining roads. Careful adherence to the Project Traffic Management Plan ensured that no incidents with non-site interfacing traffic occurred during the project. To help alleviate the inevitable additional strain on the local road network from the site traffic Keltbray utilised our river based facility at Thames Wharf in Silvertown to service the site with barges along the River Thames for waste removal and delivery of new materials for Balfour Beatty. Sensitive 3rd Parties and Neighbouring Properties - Outside the site boundary numerous shops , offices and a major hotel were in close proximity to the site and through close liaison with the project team and the EHO's from both Southwark and the City of London minimal disruption to these premises was achieved throughout the duration of the works due to Keltbray ensuring that the works were planned and executed within the set parameters which were set out in a Section 61 agreement. NWR & LUL assets along with adjacent structures were monitored for movement and vibration 24/7 to ensure that the demolition and excavation works did not adversely affect any of the surrounding buildings or assets. On the back of Keltbray's performance at Blackfriars North and the additional project for Works on Blackfriars Station South was successfully negotiated and undertaken: - (Contract Profile C926)
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- Client : Balfour Beatty / Network Rail
- Location : London
- Value : £11m
- Scope : Enabling works, asbestos removal, structural demolition in rail environment, temporary works design, ground works including piling and large excavations


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Ambitious plans could see 250 new homes and huge new flood defences come to Padiham and Hapton in a multi-million pound scheme.
Burnley Borough Council and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership are applying for £8.25m. from the Government's Homes and Communities Agency and the Environment Agency.
If successful, the scheme, known as the North West Burnley Growth Corridor, would create 250 homes on the former Baxi site in Padiham and the Shuttleworth Mead Business Park in Hapton.
A key purpose of the ambitious two-year project is to protect homes and businesses in Padiham from the floods, which caused terrible damage to the town in December last year.
The scheme would protect nearly 10,000 homes and businesses from the River Calder which burst its banks on Boxing Day.
The bid also includes plans to create 622 full-time jobs in manufacturing and logistics.
The development would also provide opportunities for the East Lancashire Cycle Network to be extended.
If the application gets the go-ahead, the work could begin in financial year 2018/19.


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Wednesday 20th February was Marie's birthday and we had planned to meet her in London for a day out. The weather forcast for that day was cold and overcast but dry so we planned to visit the Museum of London, then lunch, then the Wallace Collection.
On the Tuesday before, the weather forecast suddenly changed, and it was going to be sunny spells around 11:00 AM and then clear sun around lunchtime for the rest of the day. So when we spoke to Marie on the phone the night before we formulated Plan B which was to meet at Paddington Station and walk along the Regents Canal to Camden Lock.
On Wednesday morning the weather forecast had changed again (this is all par for the course as far as weather forecasting in this country goes) and the sunny spells weren't going to appear until mid-afternoon. When we met Marie in Paddington Station we decided to revert to Plan A, but in reverse, as it appeared that there wasn't going to be much sun and it was cold with an icy wind. It was very nice to see Marie once again and she looked very well.
We walked from Paddington to Manchester Square, which is where the Wallace Collection is based, passing a few nice little mews on the way.
It was nice to get inside in the warm and we left our outer coats in the Cloak Room before setting off to wander round. Entry is free and even the cloakroom works on a donations basis. I did take a few more photographs, having taken many on our previous visit, but photography here is not easy. The light levels are low and using flash or a tripod is forbidden.
Those two backs belong to Amanda and Marie.
In one of the nearby cases was this rather fancy bowl. Not sure I'd like that staring at me though. It doesn't look terribly friendly.
Even this horse was a little surprised to see Marie and I think that the knight is using his sword to point out something on the ceiling. That's Amanda in the background looking at the other knight on horseback.
After a couple of late knights we left the Wallace Collection, walked the short distance to Oxford Street, and caught a 23 bus to St. Paul's where we were planning to have lunch in the Crypt. It did not go according to plan. We discovered that not long before a party of 67 Americans had descended, like a plague of locusts, and had virtually cleaned the place out. There was now only one main course available which involved goats cheese and Amanda and I didn't want that although Marie was happy to have some. We decided to have soup and bread except they were out of bread too. I don't like parties of 67 Americans. You'd think that they would have had the decency not to eat so much. 😕
After that we had some cups of tea and coffee with cake to fill any gaps then it was onward to the Museum of London.
After looking at various exhibits, of which there are a lot, we took Marie into another part of Barbican to see some Roman wall before the light started to go.
The semi-circular area is the base of a medieval guard tower which had been built into the old Roman Wall and the obvious length of wall is Roman.
We went back to the Museum of London, which is easy to do as entry is free, and looked at some more exhibits. Did I mention that there are a lot?
Our last exhibit was the Lord Mayor's Coach after which we were all feeling approximately knackered after so much wandering round. We wandered off to find Barbican Underground Station and on the way I taught Marie how to say 'tomato' properly. 😉 We said our goodbyes at the station and Marie went west and we went east.
We enjoyed our day and I hope that Marie did too. Until next time Marie. 😀


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In order to get a job as a security guard or to make a career in the security industry in California you will first have to undergo CA guard card training in order to become a certified security guard. Once you have completed your guard training and have obtained your guard card, you will be able to find many employment opportunities within the security industry in California. There are many privileges and responsibilities that come with a guard card and it is, therefore, important that you take your career as a security guard very seriously. It is important that you do no try to take up any employment as a security guard without the card in California, as you will be placing your future at a very high risk. If you get caught working as security guard without the proper training or card you will face high fines as well as jeopardize the future of your employer.
In order to get your security guard card in California and be permitted to work as a security guard you will first need to undergo the state approved CA guard card training.
During the training you will be taught a lot of different aspects of being a good security guard. After completing the course you will know how to handle different situations, as well as the proper procedures for carrying out an arrest so that you will not be charged with assault when arresting a small-time thief or other criminal because you did not follow the correct procedures. You will also be taught exactly what to do and say so that you do not get yourself into any trouble. If you would like to undergo CA guard card training, ensure that you do so at an accredited facility that offers an eight hour training course.
If you are seriously considering a career as a security guard in California, the best place to get your CA guard card training would be at California security guard. They are one of only two security guard training facilities that are registered with the California EDD. They also offer free job placement for all the students.
Another great thing about California security guard is that they have an online course that you will be able to complete within four weeks. After completing the course you will be given three opportunities in which you will have to past a security guard test. When registering you will be asked to fill out the state form as well as pay the state fee of $50.
If you would like more information on CA guard card training as well as many other types of security training, such as firearm and peace officer training, simply visit the California Security Guard website. There you will find a lot of useful links as well as information on how you can start your guard card training immediately. You will also find the contact details for California Security Guard if you have any further questions about becoming a California guard.
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- It is also waterproof in nature and has a waterproof rating of 50 metres and that is without the case. This allows control of cleaner and makes way for clearer video and audio. It comes with weather proof contacts that allow rugged powering and charging.
- You can make use of the VIRB app on your smartphone in order to experience real time viewing while recording and it comes with remote control and instant share functions as well.
- The Burst Capability is another great feature. In the burst shooting mode, you can capture several images in quick succession and this ensures that you do not miss any action
- Capturing audio in high definition is also possible as you can directly connect to wireless microphones and headsets via Bluetooth and it comes with exposed microphone that records clear audio even in underwater.
- You can take 12 MP photos by this camera and the speed is upto 30 frames in one second
- Images can be captured when while recording a video.
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Gladys Holden Injured As Sled Strikes Pole
Posted by Laurel on 14 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: 1920s, Franklin County
[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, 14 February 1922.]
Greenfield, February 13.—Gladys Holden, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holden of Earle Avenue, sustained a fracture of the base of the skill and also a fracture of the right thigh when a double runner on which was coasting on the eastern slope of the Mountain Road struck a telephone pole near the home of T. C. Kels late yesterday afternoon. She was picked up unconscious and taken to the Kels home, where first aid was administered. Later she was taken to the Farren Hospital. She was attended by Dr. W. H. Pierce. Her condition is serious.
Leona Clapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clapp of Montague City Road, another member of the party, was badly shaken up, but did not suffer for serious injury. Harry Grove of Montague City, who was piloting the sled, sustained a sprained ankle. Jack McGahan, the fourth member of the party, was badly but not seriously bruised.


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Here's Ainsley Brennan voicing her first role for a new miscellaneous quest. The two quests I have lined up aren't particularly long, but the directions and tone they take should help balance out the overall quest offerings.
I know that makes no sense whatsoever, but you'll see what I mean when you play them. They complement what's already there.


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What happens, when we become desensitised to the countless faces we sweep by each day in our visual feeds? What remains, when a face is distorted or hidden?
What happens, when we become desensitised to the countless faces we sweep by each day in our visual feeds? What remains, when a face is distorted or hidden?
Last year, it was the red cap that stood out in Helsinki winter street style. This year a knit beanie, preferably with a fur pom pom on top, has seemed like a popular choice for the ladies
Arduino The Documentary (2010) English HD by gnd on Vimeo.
A powerful documentary that derives much of its impressiveness from hearing maker culture talk. As Fortune summarizes in a recent article, there are three common elements to this movement: passionate participants, local communities, and global sharing.
In Nov 2011 I was standing in a hotel room in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the lookout for glimpses of activities in the neighbourhood. Towering behind a block of closely built houses I saw a credit card advertisement promoting the wonders of online shopping. It struck me as mocking, since most of the people in this block were far more likely to conduct their digital transactions using feature phones, as a rapidly growing extension to a cash-only economy.
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This year's winter fashion icon is settled: Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1997)
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It's time again for some visual identity makeover comparisons! This time with Microsoft, Kookenkä, Musta Pörssi and Suomalainen Kirjakauppa. Not a particularly even listing, isn't it?
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'Third time's the charm'. A short while ago I posted on three Finnish companies' rebrands during the naughties. Now I've encountered two very different corporations that have recently published a redesign of their brand that certainly go for the set edges: Metsäliitto, a Finnish forest industry group founded in 1947 and music channel VIVA, part of MTV Germany and launched in 1993. I found it quite interesting to compare the two trailers to see how the new image is communicated.
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Think friendly ovals and squares with corners to still retain an edge and sharp looks, say goodbye to 90's boxy looks.
Last year it was the 'Svea' knit caps that, suddenly, a good deal of the female teenage population seemed to don. Over the last week I have spotted some teenagers (boys and girls) wearing a cotton or flannel check shirt and a fur cap.
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Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200) (referred to as Uniform Guidance) requires institutions receiving federal funds to certify no less than annually the reasonableness of salary and wage charges in relation to work performed. Therefore, all Cornell units that charge individual salaries to accounts that include sponsored, including program income and cost-shared sources, and federal appropriations activity (i.e., Federal Capacity Funds) must submit a signed "Salary Confirmation Report" worksheets to the Division of Financial Affairs (DFA) each fiscal year.
Those required to complete the Salary Confirmation worksheets should first review University Policy 3.11, Effort Planning and Confirmation. The policy addresses the requirements for salary certification and provides information on how to make changes to the university records, when necessary.
For further instructions, please refer to the FY 2018 training materials:
In 2012 the Sr. Vice Provost for Research announced that "the university must require all our principal investigators (PIs) to complete a brief training regarding the regulations and policies governing personnel effort on sponsored awards and the related verification of salaries, also known as effort certification." The training, and changes to the Effort Planning and Confirmation policy, were implemented in response to a federal audit citing Cornell in this area. To access this training please follow these instructions:
You must complete the program through the last slide and answer review questions before your completed course can be recorded.
Note: Salaries that have been certified through the salary confirmation process should only be transferred from a sponsored account for clearing an overdraft or removing an inappropriate charge. The salary must be transferred to an appropriate non-sponsored account or in the event of a true overdraft, to a cost share sub-account. In all cases, a complete explanation for the transfer must be reflected on the ST e-doc. A copy of the salary transfer and a recertified Salary Confirmation worksheet for the period affected must be sent to Sponsored Financial Services.
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The role of transaction costs and institutional forces in the outsourcing of recruitment.Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources Management (2002)
AbstractThis study investigated reasons for the outsourcing of a core HRM function, recruitment. Drawing from transaction costs and institutional theories, it was hypothesised that the pressure to minimise transaction costs and the presence of industry trends towards outsourcing would be positively associated with the outsourcing of recruitment. Survey data were gathered from 117 HR professionals in Australia. Both hypotheses were partially supported. Specifically, the outsourcing of recruitment activities was positively associated with trust in the agency supplying the recruitment service and with the need to reduce internal labour but not fixed costs. With regard to institutional theory, the outsourcing of recruitment was positively associated with mimetic but not coercive forces. The study concludes that although most assumptions about recruitment agency are expressed in economic terms, in reality, HRM practices are also influenced by forces exerted by the institutional environment in which organisations are located.
- recruitment,
- outsourcing,
- transation cost theory,
- institutional theory
Publication Date2002
Citation InformationMarie T Dasborough. "The role of transaction costs and institutional forces in the outsourcing of recruitment." Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources Management Vol. 40 (2002)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dasborough/9/


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Lifestyle Changes To Cure Circadian Rhythm Disorders
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
What are circadian rhythm sleep disorders? Human beings sleep at night and stay awake in the morning. This common phenomenon is governed by body's internal clock, also called the circadian clock. A chronic impairment in circadian clock leads to some serious disorders, called circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders are commonly misdiagnosed. Physicians are usually unfamiliar of these disorders and misinterpretation of symptoms often leads to wrong treatment. However, it basically does not require medications all the time. These sleep disorders can be easily cured following few lifestyle changes.
Types Of Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders are divided into the group of six different disorders.
- Advanced sleep phase syndrome: ASPS advances the sleep to its conventional bed time or a desired time to sleep.
- Delayed sleep phase syndrome: In DSPS the major sleep episodes are delayed with hour or two to its desired time resulting in daytime fatigue and sleepiness.
- Non-24 Sleep/wake syndrome – It follows a free running sleep.
- Irregular Sleep-Wake pattern – These are temporary disorganized sleep wake pattern.
- Jet lag
- Shift work
Circadian Clock Or Body Clock And Its Functioning
To understand various types of circadian rhythm sleep disorders you first need to understand the circadian rhythm. You might not know that much of the nature follows a rhythm. The most common of them are; four seasons, rotation of the earth, a year cycle of the earth. Like nature, our body also follows a rhythm and a few of them are closely tied to the nature. For example, a properly functioning circadian rhythm responds to the light and the darkness of the day and produces hormones that regulate sleep and wakefulness in the body. When the rhythm is out of balance there is also misbalance in the hormonal secretion and body suffer from the circadian rhythm sleep disorders.
Treatment For The Circadian Rhythm Sleeps Disorders
Numerous therapies are suggested to help correct the circadian rhythm sleep disorders but the best amongst the all would be making some lifestyle changes so that the body could easily sync with the nature, and this start with following sleep hygiene.
Lifestyle Changes To Help Treat The Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders?
- Establish a rule for time to sleep and to wake up. This will eventually normalize your circadian clock.
- Make sure your bedroom's environment is comfortable and relaxing and there is no bright light in the room. Do not watch television or stay long in front of the computer. Bright light coming from all these sources can send wrong signals to the brain that ultimately make it hard to fall asleep.
- Exercise regularly. Exercising in the morning or in the afternoon stimulates serotonin secretion that helps release stress. But, avoid exercising near to the bedtime because exercising increases blood pressure, heart rate and prevent your body from falling asleep.
- Skip afternoon naps, this disrupts circadian rhythm and sleep wake cycle.
- Avoid caffeinated drinks. You might not know that caffeine have a longer life so when you take a caffeinated drink at 5 PM, it is still present in the body by 12 PM, and thus it prevents you from dozing off.
These are a few very simple lifestyle changes that may give you a lot of success in treating circadian rhythm sleep disorders.


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A lot of people think they know how to care for their hair but find their hair a mess at times. This is because there isn't enough information out there on how to care for your hair. Fortunately, you've found a great resource on how to care for your hair. Use the following information to guide you in tending to your hair.
Go ahead and forget the old adage about brushing your hair 100 strokes a day. Over brushing can actually lead to hair loss, breakage of strands and increased oil production. Normal brushing of your hair once or twice daily is sufficient to keep it healthy and free of tangles and build-up.
When shampooing your hair, make sure that your hair is completely wet before applying a quarter-sized amount. This minimizes breakage due to tugging and tangling, and it helps the shampoo to effectively cleanse each strand. Do not lather for more than 30 seconds, and rinse with a blast of cool water to seal in moisture.
Avoid sun damage by using hair products with sunscreen. The sun can really damage your hair, negating anything you have done to help maintain it. Protecting your hair gives it long lasting health and color.
If you notice you have dandruff in your hair, it is crucial to treat it right away. This way, you can avoid excessive flakes and itching. The ideal way to treat dandruff, whether a small or big amount of it, is to use shampoos that contain zinc pyrithione or selenuim sulfide.
Ensuring that your hair is healthy and capable of locking in moisture makes it less prone to breakage. Using the correct temperature of water when you shampoo is important. Make it a habit to rinse off any shampoo with cool water. The cool water will help seal the moisture into your hair shaft.
Use a soft brush made out of animal hairs instead of plastic. Do not brush your hair when it is wet and always be gentle. You should start at the end of your hair and work your way up as you gently untangle all the knots. Make sure you take your time!
Take care of your hair during the summer. Over exposure to sun and chlorine can seriously damage hair and result in split ends. Wear a hat in the sun, and a latex swim cap while in the pool. Also, wash your hair with a chlorine-removal shampoo in fresh water after swimming in a chlorinated pool.
Only wash your hair as often as you think it needs washed. Everyone's hair is different but a good way to go about it is to wash it and condition it every other day or around 2-3 days a week depending on your daily activities and your body's physiology.
You should now have a good idea about how to tend to your hair properly. So, you no longer need to walk around with messy hair. Remember, it is beneficial to have groomed hair in life because it is seen on a daily bases. When you have great looking hair people remember it, so change your hair style today and show the world what you have to offer.


text: martinduthie 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2005 Ok so i went along to the Taste of Chaos tour.. and hell i expected it to be full of scene kids and emo whiners.. and u guessed it.. i was right...There were a bunch of idiots dressed in old striped shirts, cardigans all around me, stupid high water pants, 50's style non-prescription glasses, studded belts... i wanted to punch each and every last patron of this establishment right in the gut. I like loads of bands but im sick of this scene when bands come out.. because they have long hair and get branded emo...Emo is NOT a genre of music. the rationale behind sticking bands in the Emo genre is that "sadness, love and even anger are common lyrical themes" really? WOW. how concise. there are shitloads upon shitloads of songs about being sad (the blues), angry (metal), and in love (Enrique Iglasias... except not). calling all songs about those subjects "Emo" is like calling all things that are green, "grass". what a load of shit.I enjoyed the concert.. but was pissed of with the whole scene..unfortunately, Emo proliferates in today's music market. it's a sad state of affairs, but Emo, like the candle that was grunge rock, will eventualy die. and i'll be there to piss on the ashes.haha!Im still waiting for hip hop and R n B to die.. but sadly MTV wont let go.. heehee.Anyways bring on all the ace upcoming bands like Trivium and so forth..and from now on im gonna call emo, FEMO,,, Feminine EMO..so cheer up, Emo kid. your loosery life isn't as bad as you think. stop crying, you're getting tears on your Converse All-Stars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Eerie v3 #57, 1974 - Brightly colored, this portrait of Cousin Eerie is accompanied by small creatures of fantasy lore. From the ominous clouds in the background to the tall grasses, Bernie Wrightson demonstrates an artistry in the horror genre that few others could match. These textures and more contrast against the central and smaller figures in the layout. Other artists in this issue include Tom Sutton, Paul Neary, Richard Corben and others. This is number 1 of 14 Eerie magazine issues with Wrightson art and/or covers (not including reprints).
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"I can't start my new diet yet because I have to eat all the sugary food in my house first, otherwise it's a waste." (World's worst excuse, ever.)
A few things that will make giving up sugar easier:
– Start thinking of this as your lifestyle and not a 'diet'
– Think of sugar as something you 'don't eat' (a choice), rather than something you 'can't eat'
– Repeat after me: 'I eat a diet free from processed foods and refined sugars except the very rarest occasion when it's really worth it.' Don't think of it as 'not eating sugar ever again'.
I have walked into client's houses and thrown out binfuls of junk food, I don't care how much it costs. We take it to the local food bin if we can, as I know for starving people junk food is better than nothing. But if your goal is to get healthy, lose weight and make long term lifestyle changes, you need to start now. Every mouthful of junk food is setting you back, making your journey harder and longer. Every kilo you put on, every sugar binge you have, is making your future harder. And by throwing out junk food that cost you money, you are making a stand for your health, and you are less likely to buy or eat it again.
Before the year begins, walk into your kitchen and throw out those foods that are not part of your new healthy diet. Exactly what this is, will of course depend on what choices you've made – for me it's no sugar, grains or processed food. So instead of a cupboard full of biscuits, crackers, pasta, cereals, chips, processed snack bars, canned meat (vom), sugary sauces, cooking flour and sugar; I've got raw nuts, olive oil, coconut oil, nut butters, raw cacao, chia seeds, spices and Himalayan salt. Everything else is fresh food in the fridge (or still in the ground!).
Most of you have families and this is another excuse I hear a lot. I understand that's it's difficult to follow a certain diet when you have kids to feed (and in many cases a carb-addicted husband!) but what are you going to do – just continue putting on weight and risking your health because your kids want to eat crap and you can't say no to them? Your family will benefit from a low sugar diet too. You family will also benefit when you are happier, more energetic and confident. I made sugar-free 'paleo' desserts this Christmas and my family loved it. Sugar was not missed. Stop buying it, stop eating it, and they will adjust. Besides, if they really want to eat it they can buy it themselves. Just ask them not to keep it in the kitchen cupboard.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure occasionally eating a very small amount of sugar is fine. But one of the main reasons we are better off avoiding it is because it's so addictive. Eating sugar lights up the same reward centres in the brain as tobacco, alcohol, nicotine and heroin. It releases dopamine, the same feel-good hormone we experience after taking drugs or having sex. So a small amount can lead to a bigger amount which can lead to an everyday habit. And if you are living a mostly sedentary life, weight gain will likely become a problem – and then a myriad of health problems will follow.
I heard someone recently refer to fruit as 'sackfuls of watery sugar', which makes a good point but is a bit of a harsh exaggeration. Fresh, whole fruit is still packed full of vitamins and fibre. Just have it sparingly, a couple of serves per day. A little fruit is the least of your worries when there's refined carbs and sugar, alcohol and processed foods to eradicate first.
For some people starting a sugar-free diet, allowing some dried fruit is a wise idea. Organic dried banana, apple or figs for example, can hit the spot when you feel like something sweet. After just a few weeks without refined sugar, your taste buds start to change. You'll find naturally occurring sugars such as fruit and dried fruit, taste very sweet and a little bit is more than enough to satisfy a craving.
If you occasionally like to make yummy desserts you should stock up on coconut sugar, medjool dates, raw cacao, coconut cream/milk and organic maple syrup, as most sugar free desserts will call for these ingredients. I say 'occasionally', as even these 'healthy' desserts are high in calories and fructose and should be regarded as a treat, not an everyday occurrence.
Sugar-sweetened drinks such as soft drinks and cordials may be the worst form of sugar – when consumed regularly they are almost certain to cause weight gain as the extra liquid calories are not matched by a reduction in calories from other foods. At least if you eat a cupcake you will probably eat less of something else that day, whereas sugary drinks can be consumed by the gallon with no satiety whatsoever.
Being overweight, eating sugary foods everyday, and feeling guilty about it is not how you want to live your life. Since you've already identified this, make a stand for your health: start today by throwing out the evils in your cupboard, stocking up on the good stuff, and telling all your friends and family about it.
Then wake up on January 1st, 2014 and begin your new lifestyle with a smile (and a green smoothie?).


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a thermal design for midland, tx 15 oct 2001 1. weather statistics and responses nrel data show january is the worst-case month for solar house heating in midland, when 1040 btu/ft^2 of sun falls on a horizontal surface on an average 42.5 f day. july is the worst-case month for cooling, with an 82 f average temp and a 68.5 f average daily min. the 0.0119 (pounds of water per pound of dry air) humidity ratio makes the partial pressure of water vapor in air 29.921/(1+0.62109/0.0119) = 0.562 "hg, vs exp(17.863-9621/(460+70)) = 1.119 "hg for 82 f air at 100 rh, so the rh is 100(0.0562/1.119) = 50.2% at 82 f (using a clausius-clapeyron approximation.) the partial pressure of 100% 70 f air is 0.748 "hg, so cooling outdoor air to 70 f with a roofpond or night ventilation would raise the rh to 75% on an average july day. it looks like dehumidification is required for comfort. if a house can heat and cool itself in the worst-case months using nrel's 30-year averages, it can do so in the other months of an average year. with some backup for less-likely non-average weather, it can do so over a typical meteorological year, as evidenced by a spreadsheet simulation using nrel's tmy2 weather data for midland. we might heat and cool a structure with a "high-bandwidth," fast-charging heat store on average days, assisted by a larger but slower-to-charge heat store (a "trickle-charged heat battery") during less-likely strings of non-average days, eg a cloudy week. if the sun shines 50% of the time, and nature flips coins, the likelihood of 2 cloudy days in a row is 25%, with 12% for 3, 6% for 4, 3% for 5, and so on, so a cloudy-week heat store would be non-empty 99.78% of the time. it might take a long time to recharge, and still be useful. long recharge times mean lower heat transfer rates, ie smaller collectors and less heat transfer area and less fluid flow needed for charging, so long-term heat stores can be cheap, if they supply no energy on an average day. it is also useful to be able to suddenly raise or lower the fluid temp in a heat delivery system once in a while to increase its heat transfer rate on very cold or very hot days. this can reduce the required flow rates and heat transfer area and cost of a heat distribution system. we might store long-term heat and coolth in a concentrated lithium chloride solution. licl is a salt, like nacl. it is a desiccant, ie it has a great affinity for water and releases heat when accepting water or water vapor. i put an $85 h08-007-02 hobo data logger and 10 g of dry licl in a small spice jar with holes in the top into a sealed jar with 400 g of damp cookies (de ruiter's "het gouden speculaasje"), and sampled the rh every 6 minutes. it dropped exponentially from 72% to 37% in 3 days. cyprus-foote mineral sells anhydrous licl powder for $4/lb in 55 gallon drums. it has been used for air conditioning (see "unglazed collector/ regenerator performance for a solar assisted open cycle absorption cooling system" by m. n. a. hawlader, k. s. novak, and b. d. wood of the center for energy system research, college of engineering and applied sciences, arizona state university, tempe, az 85287-5806 usa, in solar energy, v. 50, pp 59-73, 1993.) licl is relatively non-toxic: ingesting 1 gram per day may increase birth defects, but it was once used as a table salt substitute. desiccants can store long-term heat in a very small volume compared to hot water (tom lawand of brace research institute recalls a canadian paper describing a 1 m^3 zeolite _seasonal_ heat store with no loss of heat over time and no insulation :-) the crc chem/phys handbook says licl's heat of solution is 8,850 cal/mole (with infinite dilution) and a calorie (capital c) raises 1 kg of water 1 c (1.8 f), so it's about 4 btu, and a mole of licl weighs 42 grams, vs 454 grams/lb, so we can store about 8.8x4x454/42 = 379 btu/lb of licl. when i mixed equal weights of 70 f dry licl and water in a styrofoam cup to make a 50% solution, the temperature initially jumped to 187 f (measured with a raytek ir thermometer with a 500 ms sampling time), so the heat of solution to 50% dilution is about 187-70 = 117 btu/lb (a conservative estimate, ignoring the licl's heat capacity), so the 50% solution would release another 379-117 = 262 btu/lb on further dilution to 0%. a solution absorbing water vapor from air (vs liquid water) would also release the heat of condensation, about 1000 btu per pound of water. hawlader's appendix a has data for more accurate calcs. it is very nice to be able to store 200-1200 btu/lb of solution with no loss of heat over time... 2. system design suppose we want to heat and cool a well-insulated space with a transparent roof. we might put some thermal mass (eg large water-filled pipes) in the space and control the room temp by controlling room airflow past the pipes. we could keep the mass warmer than room air in wintertime and cooler in summertime with some "solar collectors" (how big?) in the attic. we might use 2 shallow ponds, an open one containing licl that can evaporate water to attic air during the day and condense water vapor from attic air at night, and a water pond with a transparent cover that can heat water under the cover or evaporate water above the cover. warm water rises, so the water pipes in the conditioned space could naturally supply warm water that flows over the water pond cover and cools and sinks back into the pipes via a thermosyphon loop. water heating would require a small low-head, low-energy pump (maybe a 4 watt pv-powered fountain pump, or a zomeworks solar "teeter-totter" rocking beam pump with a shade so it oscillates :-) is that an unacceptable complication? on a very cold winter day, or during a cloudy week, we add heat to the water pipe by adding some concentrated licl solution to the pipe water, releasing 262 btu per pound of 50% licl. the sun would concentrate the licl pond all year. heating a solution to about 160 f should make a 50% equilibrium concentration. with a short time constant (rc~3h) it could get hot and evaporate water during the day, and the vapor might condense on the underside of the attic glazing and run back into the downstairs pipes in a "single-effect solar still." steve baer might devise a "multiple-effect humidification still" that works a lot more efficiently. at night, the licl pond would cool and accept water vapor (if any) from attic air. we could cool the downstairs pipes by pumping some water up onto the water pond cover (one time) and letting it evaporate. cooler water would sink back down through the pipes. for dehumidification, we might keep the water pond dry and open a damper (a simple attic-floor skylight?) or turn on a fan to circulate conditioned- space air through the attic at night. herbach and rademan near phila (800-848-8001) sell fine navy surplus humidistats with 7.5 a spdt switches in attractive brass boxes for $4.95 as cat #tm89hvc5203. we might also use increased humidity as a signal for more ventilation, if the indoor humidity is adjusted back to 50% after adding fresh outdoor air. licl is not happy accepting water vapor when it is hot and its vapor pressure is high, so cooling control can become predictive: on a hot sunny day, the licl pond in the attic will nto be able to accept much water vapor from the water pond, so we need to store enough cool water downstairs to get through a hot day, before we are sure how hot it will be. ditto humidity. some way to store dryness downstairs (eg a licl fountain or concrete slab) would be helpful. 3. sizing suppose we want to heat and cool a 24'x24'x8' tall space in midland. with 48 ft^2 of shaded r4 windows (8.3% of the floorspace) and the rest of the walls and ceiling made from 7 8'x24'x12" structural insulated panels (r48 sips), with 0.2 air changes per hour (15 cfm) and no internal heat gain. its thermal conductance would be about 476ft^2/r48 for the ceiling plus 48/4 for the windows plus 720/48 for the walls plus 15 for air leaks, a total of 54 btu/h-f. with 2 4'x24' shallow ponds in the attic, under a transparent south roof, it might look like this (in courier font): . clear roof | . 4' water dark licl | ---- ~~~~~~~~--------~~~~~~~~------------------------ ||p | r48 | r4 ||p | | 8' ||p | r48 (the ps are vertical water- | |p | filled pipes in a closet.) | --------------------------------------------------------- 4' 4' 4' "... it needs more je ne sais quoi." ------------------------------------------------ "...formulaic | | | | | contextularity?" | | | p | | | | a | | | | r | | | | a r | ---| | | b e | | | | | o f | | || | | l l | | || water | dark | licl i e | | || pond | floor | pond c c | 24' | || | | | t | | | | | t o | ---| | | r r | | | | o | | | | u | |-------| | g | |p | | h | |p | | | | ------------------------------------------------ 24' the south attic roof could be clear corrugated dynaglas polycarbonate greenhouse roofing. the ponds could be a layer of epdm rubber draped over a 2x4 perimeter berm with a single 4'x24'x0.020" layer of clear flat replex polycarbonate as a water pond cover. on an average january day, the space needs (65-42.5)54 = 1215 btu/h or 29.2k btu of heat. with 90% roof and cover solar transmission, the water pond gains 0.9x0.9x1040 = 842 btu/ft^2. it loses 6h(120-42.5)/r2 = 232 btu/ft^2 at 120 f with an r1 roof and cover and a 6h collection day. the net gain is 610 btu/ft^2, so we need at least 29.2k/610 = 48 ft^2 of water pond, so the 4'x24' pond should work, with extra hot water for showers, especially if the licl pond is mostly concentrated and the 4'x24' dark attic floor strip between the ponds raises the attic air temp as a "parasitic heater" (see "khanh's radically new approach..." on page 118 of "new inventions in low-cost solar heating," by william a. shurcliff, brick house, 1979.) the downstairs water pipes (vertical, in a closet) need enough thermal capacitance to keep the space warm over an average day. if c pounds of water cool from 120-80 f, c >= 29.2k/(120-80) = 730 lb, assuming the space contains no other thermal mass. if the space is 70 f at dusk and 60 f at dawn on an average jan day, the pipes need enough surface to supply 1215 btu/h with an 80-60 = 20 f pipe-to-room air temperature difference. say the pipe closet has a 1'x4' motorized damper at the top (honeywell's $50 6161b1000 damper actuator has a motor the size of a ping-pong ball that uses 2 watts when moving and 0 watts when stopped :-) one empirical chimney formula gives cfm = 16.6asqrt(hdt) = 188sqrt(dt) with a = 4 ft^2 and h = 8'. the heatflow out of the closet would be about 188dt^1.5 = 1215 btu/h, which makes dt = 3.5 f, as 60 f air enters the closet through a 4 ft^2 opening at the bottom and 63.5 f air leaves via the top damper at 350 cfm. the average closet air temp near the pipes is about 62 f, so an 80-62 = 18 f pipe-air temp difference drives the pipe cooling at dawn. with slowly-moving air and a 1.5 btu/h-f-ft^2 film conductance, we need about 1215/18f/1.5 = 45 ft^2 of pipe surface. we might use n d" diameter x 8' tall pipes, with 45 = 8npid/12 and 730 = 8n64pi(d/24)^2, eg 4 8" or 2 12" x 8' thinwall pvc pipes. norman saunders says a properly designed solar house is as likely to need cooling as heat on an average winter day, when ashrae's upcoming adaptive comfort standard says this midland house should be 54+0.31(42.5) = 67.2 +/- 4.5 f for 90% satisfaction. this comfort band is less than the 3.5 f difference above, and the space is well insulated, so more uniform air temps may not be needed for comfort. during swing seasons when indoor and outdoor temps are about the same, we might open a window (gasp :-) or keep the pipes warm and the room air dry or vice-versa, using humidity to extend hysteresis in each direction before changing the pipe temp, which is expensive, energy-wise. it would be easy to change the humidity in the space with a licl fountain next to a water fountain, adding about 2 pounds of water to raise the interior rh from 30% to 70%. alternatively, we could just keep the pipes at 54+0.31(68) = 75 f (like harry thomason's "dead battery.") as another alternative, we might vary the air velocity with a ceiling fan or keep one set of pipes cool and another warm, and use 2 motorized dampers. what's the range of outdoor temps consistent with ashrae's adaptive indoor comfort standard, given a constant pipe temp with lower humidities and higher ceiling fan speeds up to say, 130 fpm, accompanying higher indoor dry bulb temps? the space requires 5x29.2k = 146k btu over 5 42.5 f cloudy days in a row, so we need to add 146k/262 = 557 lb or 69 gallons or 8.7 ft^3 of 50% licl solution at 0.01 gpm over that time. this defines the minimum licl pond depth for cloudy-day heating: 8.7 ft^3 = 4x96d/12 makes d = 0.27". we might use a 1" pond with rc = 64 btu/f-ft^3(1"/12"/ft/1.5btu/h-f-ft^2) = 3.6 hours (notice how nicely the units cancel) that cools from say, 130 to 90 f in -3.6ln((90-68)/(130-68)) = 3.7 hours on an average 68 f july night. and we might store some extra concentrated licl in a separate closed container with a "turbo-valve" for cold spells. we could easily store some summer heat for winter this way. on a 0 f night, the space needs (65-0)54 = 3510 btu/h of heat, ie 3510 = 188dt^1.5, so dt = 7 f and the average closet air temp is 63.5 and the t(f) pipe-air temp diff is t-63.5 f... 4 8"x8' pipes have 67 ft^2 of surface, so they can supply 3510 btu/h of heat with a 3510/67/1.5 = 35 f temp diff, so we need to raise the water temp to 35+63.5 = 98.4 f on a 0 f night, suddenly adding (98.4-80)730 = 13.4k btu of heat in the form of 51 lb or 6.4 gallons of 50% licl solution. the rate of water vapor diffusion into the licl pond (vs evaporation from the water pond) appears to be the limiting factor in cooling capacity. the data in hawlader's appendix indicate that a 50% licl solution at 90 f would have a vapor pressure of 0.109 "hg, which corresponds to a dew point of 19 f and an rh of 7.5%. a 60 f water pond with a 60 f saturated layer of air with 0.528 "hg of vapor pressure near the surface would lose 100(0.528-0.109) = 42 btu/h-ft^2 of latent heat to the 0.109 "hg attic air, according to one ashrae swimming pool formula, ie 4021 btu/h for the 4'x24' pond, but i only got about half that rate in a recent crude closed cooler experiment with a pan of water downstairs and a pan of licl upstairs and no control of humidity. however, this midland space only needs (84-65)54 = 1026 btu/h of cooling on an average july day, ie half of the 4'x24' 90 f licl pond's capacity, so this system may suffice. if not, the licl pond could be bigger, and we might use a fan in the attic to make it cooler and increase its cooling capacity. evacuated latent heat exchangers (as in hawlader's paper or german fridges and railroad ac systems) have dramatically larger heat transfer rates than those that operate in free air with non-condensibles, but are they worth the extra complexity? we might produce the mild vacuum required by (rarely) boiling some water and letting the steam condense, as in a high-school collapsing can experiment, or run some pressurized house water through a simple aspirator. we could use a vacuum gauge or some measurement of performance to determine when this is needed. does licl obey bowen's 1926 equation (qe/qc = 100(pw-pa)/(tw-ta), p. 664 of duffie and beckman's 1991 "solar engineering of thermal processes")? if so, how do the diffusion coefficients change with temperature and concentration? a little more research would be helpful. nick here's a program that calculates the equilibrium licl concentration after a long high-temperature bake, and the vapor pressure, dew point and rh of nearby air after the solution cools to 90 f... 10 a1=12.7409'licl vapor pressure constants from hawlader paper 20 a2=-.065536 30 a3=-8.2416e-04 40 b1=-4675.4 50 b2=+29.31 60 b3=+.66911 70 c1=372690! 80 c2=-1689.8 90 c3=-187.1 190 w=.0119'humidity ratio for midland air in july 200 pv=25.4*29.921/(1+.62198/w)'vapor pressure in july (mmhg) 210 for tf=120 to 300 step 20'solution temp (f) 220 tc=(tf-32)/1.8 230 tk=273.1+tc 240 c=a1+b1/tk+c1/tk^2-log(pv)/log(10) 250 b=a2+b2/tk+c2/tk^2 260 a=a3+b3/tk+c3/tk^2 270 conc=(-b-sqr(b^2-4*a*c)/(2*a))'equilibrium soln conc (wt%) 340 tsf=90'soln temp after cooling (f) 350 ts=(tsf-32)/1.8'soln temp (c) 360 tk=ts+273.1'soln temp (k) 370 ap=a1+a2*conc+a3*conc^2 380 bp=b1+b2*conc+b3*conc^2 390 cp=c1+c2*conc+c3*conc^2 400 pvc=10^(ap+bp/tk+cp/(tk^2))/25.4'vapor pressure at tk ("hg) 410 td=9621/(17.863-log(pvc))-460'dew point (f) 420 rh=100*pvc/(exp(17.863-9621/(tsf+460))) 430 print tf,conc,pvc,td,rh 440 next bake vapor dew temp conc press point rh (f) (%) ("hg) (f) (%) 120 35.62 .4452 55.26 30.74 140 43.17 .2296 37.61 15.86 160 50.35 .1048 18.21 7.238 180 57.28 .04254 -2.30 2.938 200 64.02 .01543 -23.36 1.066 220 70.61 .005037 -44.48 .3478 240 77.05 .001492 -65.22 .1030 260 83.32 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The return of high pressure means a significant rise in temperature,N and a sunny blue sky.
I am learning to live with this thing implanted on my left side, under the skin. The shoulder is a bit tense after the surgery, and I try to avoid raising that arm too high.
Tomorrow we need to change the bandage, so the wound will be visible, and will have to be disinfected.
I played some bass guitar, but for more comfort, I played sitting, instead of the usual standing, in order not to put weight on the left shoulder.
That's about it for today...