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(1) science is wrong. Not that they can show an actual fault in the methodology, but they don't like the conclusion so they reject the answer.
(2) the passage is wrong. They won't quite say that directly. It's another interpretation. It's poetry, metaphor, an error in translation, but ultimately there's some reason to reject the holy source document in favor of the more acceptable conclusion.

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Venice: perfect location for famous weddings such as Clooney's and for honeymoons from all over the world. But who actually knows her own liaison?
Yesterday, 8th May 2016 the city celebrated the annual ceremony of the Festa della Sensa, which has commemorated Venice's marriage to the sea since 999 a.D. The Festa della Sensa was a feast celebrated in the Venetian Republic on the Sunday after the Ascension: actually the expression Festa della Sensa translates "Feast of the Ascension" in the venetian dialect.
In this occasion two events are remembered: on one side, the rescuing by Doge Pietro II Orseolo of the denizens of Dalmatia from the Slavs in 999 a.D; on the other, the Treaty of Venice, which was signed in 1177 b the Doge Ziani, the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. If the first date marked the onset of Venetian extension in the Adriatic, the second ended the long standing differences between the Pontificate and the Holy Roman Empire.
But how was this marriage commemorated?
In 1177, Pope Alexander III gave the Doge Zani a golden ring for helping in the reconciliation with the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, recognizing the Serenissima sovereignty over the sea. From then on he began the centuries-old tradition of the "Marriage of the Sea", the mystical union of Venice with the sea, during which the Doge blessed on his state galley, the Bucintoro, the sea by throwing a gold ring into it. While dropping the ring, the Doge uttered:"you're getting married, sea, as a sign of eternal dominion!" .
The ceremony was followed by the Fiera della Sensa, with parties, shows, charlatans and storytellers throughout Venice and in St. Mark's Square took place a market with goods of each type and of each country, with wooden buildings erected for the occasion. A crowd of visitors, including foreigners, marched between the stalls and cafes.
The last "Marriage" of the Venetian Republic came in 1796 with the Doge Ludovico Manin; with the fall of the Republic the feast was banned.
The ceremony is repeated today as traditional feast on the Sunday after Ascension Day, and in the Torre dell'Orologio, throughout the week of the Ascension, are made to appear, around the clock itself, the figures of the Three Kings.
Pictures taken from https://www.facebook.com/veneziaautentica/
Sources: https://venipedia.it/feste-tradizioni-ed-eventi-annuali/festa-della-sensa


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Harmonic Drive will be exhibiting its range of high precision servo actuators, used in land and sea applications, at DSEI, the defence and security equipment international exhibition. DSEI will take place from September 15-18, 2015 at the ExCel arena in London and Harmonic Drive can be found on stand number S6-315 in the German pavilion.
Established as the world's largest fully integrated international defence exhibition, DSEI features land, naval, air, security, unmanned and medical technologies. With 1,500 exhibitors and over 32,000 attendees, the event offers great networking opportunities, including six dedicated seminar and briefing programmes as well as waterborne, air, rotary wing and RPAS demonstrations.
Harmonic Drive has over forty years experience developing leading servo actuator and high-precision gearing technology for security, defence, aerospace and robotic applications. At the exhibition, Harmonic Drive will showcase its ruggedised and customisable AlopexDrive range of precision actuators designed for extreme environments, from -46 to +63°C, featuring the ability to withstand high shock and vibration loads, rain, dust and corrosive atmospheres.
"Typical AlopexDrive applications include pan and tilt camera systems, surveillance systems and vehicle mounted systems as well as two-axis ship-borne stabilisation for naval applications," explained Graham Mackrell, Managing Director, Harmonic Drive. "In these extreme applications the high single stage gear ratio, light weight, zero backlash and extreme accuracy of the drives enables precise control and accurate stabilisation, to help maintain a constant horizon level."
"Additionally, the drive incorporates a hollowshaft allowing services to pass straight through the drive, including, wiring, optical systems and even laser beams. The actuators also incorporate a highly stiff output bearing with a high tilting capacity, which allows the direct attachment of heavy payloads that don't need further support," added Mackrell.
Building on the popularity of the CHA series actuators, the AlopexDrive is completely customisable for the needs of each application. From corrosion resistant surfaces, custom voltages, specific lubrication, vibration and shock resistance, all the way to custom motor windings, feedback systems, motor brakes, sensors and connector options, the AlopexDrive is truly suited for any environment.
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The Netherlands – an iDEAL way to pay
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The Netherlands is an exciting market for merchants to tap into. Rather small in size, but constantly evolving and adapting to the new trends. Both online and offline. These trends include how customers prefer to pay online. iDEAL payment option is the key to reach the Dutch shoppers, and we'll explain why. Why the Netherlands? […]
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Membrane proteins play important roles in health and disease, but they are so hydrophobic that they require detergents to maintain their shape outside membranes. That makes them difficult to study. But what if those proteins could be tweaked to be hydrophilic while maintaining their usual structure and function?
Shuguang Zhang of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and coworkers have figured out a way to do just that. By swapping hydrophobic amino acids for structurally similar hydrophilic ones, the researchers transform hydrophobic transmembrane receptors into water-soluble proteins that don't need stabilizing detergents (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811031115).
To achieve these changes, the researchers used what they call the QTY code. They replace leucine with glutamine, which has the one-letter abbreviation Q; isoleucine and valine with threonine (T); and phenylalanine with tyrosine (Y). The substituted amino acids have electron densities similar to those of the amino acids they replace. And because they are neutral, they shouldn't alter the properties of the proteins.
As a case study the researchers used four chemokine receptors, G protein-coupled receptors with seven transmembrane domains. These receptors are among the most intensely studied drug targets. Three of them are coreceptors for HIV entry into T cells. Crystal structures have previously been solved for two of them.
At first, Zhang and coworkers replaced amino acids only on the protein surface. But the proteins still needed detergents. Then they replaced more, but it still wasn't enough. "We finally replaced all the leucine, isoleucine, valine, and phenylalanine in the transmembrane domains," Zhang says. "Then the QTY-code-designed proteins became detergent-free and water soluble."
They're currently working to obtain crystal structures of the modified proteins. But in molecular simulations, the structures of the hydrophilic proteins line up well with crystal structures of the original receptors.
"Even in the absence of a more detailed computational characterization or actual experimental structures, this work has all the ingredients of a landmark paper," says Martin Egli, a structural biologist at Vanderbilt University. "The discovery of a simple code to convert a very large number of hydrophobic to hydrophilic amino acids in the membrane-spanning region of chemokine receptors for successful solubilization in water, without apparently impacting fold and activity in a dramatic fashion, raises the prospect of extending this approach to other classes of transmembrane proteins, including transporters and ion channels."
And that's what Zhang's team plans to do next. "Although we have not done experiments for other proteins, we believe the QTY code could be widely applicable to other aggregated and water-insoluble proteins," Zhang says.


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Roger Begins His Search for Dr. Katz
Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 1m 51s
Roger Wagner visits Dr. Norman Ritch at the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, where he is shown his medical record from Vietnam. The document charts Roger's operation to save his leg and reveals the information Roger needs.
Aired: 11/13/18Video has closed captioning.
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Europe: Tougher rules on money laundering to fight tax evasion and terrorist financing
The ultimate owners of companies will have to be listed in central registers in EU countries, open both to the authorities and to people with a "legitimate interest", such as investigative journalists, under new rules already agreed with the Council and endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. The new anti-money laundering directive aims to step up the fight against tax crimes and terrorist financing. New rules to make it easier to trace transfers of funds were also approved.
The fourth anti-money laundering directive (AMLD) will for the first time oblige EU member states to keep central registers of information on the ultimate "beneficial" owners of corporate and other legal entities, as well as trusts. These central registers were not envisaged in the European Commission's initial proposal, but were included by MEPs in negotiations.
The text also sets out specific reporting obligations for banks, auditors, lawyers, real estate agents and casinos, among others, on suspicious transactions made by their clients.
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We live our lives shallow as we live on the rim of forgotten memories.
We run around in windowless chambers, void of doors. We play illusory games,
called life, to placate our broken hearts. Like orphaned children we numb into
grown up.
The tendrils of that illusory power, like a noose, fears us into submission.
Half-light, half-dark, half-dead we earth crawl unto the metamorphosis of God's
eternal promise. We emerge child like, once more gliding the curve, held
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These two felt pouches are the result of two of my favorite things - creating something new and working with felt.
When I started out I had a square of plain gray felt. I cut it in half, folded each piece in order to create an envelope pouch, and then everything else unfolded.
This is actually my favorite part of the creative process - watching something take shape in a totally unexpected way.
The first pouch I made I embellished with just yellow leaves:
And for the orange one I also added a flower, just because I didn't want it to be a replica of the first one:
These two pouches now live happily in my Etsy shop, waiting for their future owners to claim them. You can find them here (gray/yellow) and here (gray/orange).
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People from mainland Europe have long considered medical treatment in Hungary as a viable and cost-effective option. For decades now, Germans and Austrians have chosen to travel to the neighbouring country for various procedures because of cost-effectiveness. For instance, cities such as Sopron, being just across the border for Austrian visitors, are convenient for people from Vienna looking for cheap dental treatment. However, in recent times, people from many other countries farther afield have also realized that medical tourism in Hungary is a viable and affordable option offering high-quality treatment.
In fact, Hungary has recently emerged as one of the topmost destinations for medical tourism in Europe; not just for close-by European nations but also from the United Kingdom, United States, the Scandinavian countries and others. In particular, it is for dental treatment that Hungary is a preferred choice for people from France, Italy, Germany, Austria, and the UK. This is because dental and some other forms of treatment are up to 50 per cent cheaper in Hungary as compared with Western Europe.
Medical treatment in Hungary is a popular option for those looking for dental procedures, cosmetic surgery, obesity treatment, dermatological interventions, eye surgery, and even addiction programmes. While the quality of care is comparable to the Western countries, costs tend to be significantly lower. Though medical professionals in Hungary are highly trained and duly licensed, they tend to be less well-paid than some of their other European counterparts; which keeps medical costs low here. In addition, the country offers high-quality spa experiences, anti-ageing treatments, and cosmetic procedures. Hence, patients travelling for medical tourism in Hungary often combine a little luxurious pampering with the medical treatment they need.
From ancient times, the Roman Baths of Hungary have been an attraction. The healing effects Hungarian thermal springs have attracted wealthy visitors seeking medical treatment from all over Europe. In fact, the Asclepeion Temples, which dates back thousands of years, can be said to be some of the world's first healing centres. Since the 1930s, the Hungarian city of Budapest has become known as the Spa Capital. The city boasts well over one hundred thermal springs, which make up the World's largest thermal water cave system. Though the country has had a reputation as a spa destination since ancient times; medical tourism in Hungary has developed in a big way since the fall of communism.
The country has a universal health care system with all citizens covered by health insurance. With over 7 per cent GDP dedicated to healthcare, the country has a well-developed infrastructure for medical treatment. Visitors from the neighbouring countries tend to flock to Hungary for dental treatment, in particular since the dental specialists and clinics here are highly regarded. It is estimated that the country receives about 70,000 medical tourists a year for just dental treatments; because people can save up to 50 per cent on costs they would incur in their own country. With respect to cosmetic surgery, it is possible to enjoy costs savings of between 40 and 80 per cent.
Since so many international visitors opt for medical treatment in Hungary, many of the medical specialists speak English and German. This, combined with high-quality treatments and economical cost, makes Hungary a popular option for medical tourists.
Anyone who visits for reasons of medical tourism in Hungary can combine their treatment with the quintessential experience of Hungary's rich culture, history, and architecture. The country features the influence of Islamic, Judaic, and Christian cultures; and this is also reflected in the stunning historical edifices. The country also has a rich musical and literary tradition.
Those who visit for medical treatment in Hungary may have certain diet restrictions but should nevertheless try the items as may be medically permitted. Recommended items include the famous Hungarian goulash, fisherman's soup, chicken paprikash, goose liver foie gras, game stew, trout with almonds, and desserts such as Dobos cake, strudels, grundel pancake and so on.
While the medical team would be best to suggest what time one should visit for medical treatment in Hungary, spring and autumn are some of the best times to visit the country. From March to May, the weather is pleasant, the gardens are blooming and celebrations such as Easter and Spring Festival take place. Autumn, from September to November, also enjoys mild weather. For those who love to enjoy winter sport, November to February offer ice skating and winter festival options. Summers from June to August are quite warm and temperatures touch 35 degrees. However, this is the time to sample street food, live outdoor music, folk art festivals and more.
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Sydney, Dec 2:
Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and opening batsman Aaron Finch will be pallbearers at Phillip Hughes' funeral to be held in Mackville Wednesday.
Clarke, Finch and South Australia's Tom Cooper will help family and friends carry the coffin from the main hall at Macksville High School, reports Herald Sun.
The 25-year-old left-handed batsman Hughes died Nov 27 after being hit by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Nov 25.
The service will be attended by the Australian squad, Indian stand-in skipper Virat Kohli, Indian team director Ravi Shastri and former players such as Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Mark Taylor, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Brett Lee, Brian Lara and former New Zealand skipper Richard Hadlee.
Hughes' father Greg, brother Jason and locals Corey Ireland, Mitchell Lonergan and Matthew Day will be the other pallbearers.
Macksville, Hughes's hometown, would come to a standstill at 2 pm as all shops and businesses close and more than 5000 from a local population of 7000 will join the Hughes family, dignitaries, Test cricketers, former players and teammates to say farewell.
Funeral organisers say it is much about the local community as the cricket family and the streets will be lined after the service.
In fact, 80 percent of the hall will be reserved for locals. The rest will spill onto adjoining ovals to watch Channel Nine's broadcasts on big screens.
"Everyone in this area should come and celebrate Phillip's life. That's what the family wants. And with TV and radio coverage, there is not one Australian who can't be here with us to celebrate Phillip's life," Hughes manager James Henderson said.
Clarke will be speaking at the funeral along with Cricket Australia (CA) CEO James Sutherland and a representative from Hughes' family. (IANS)


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Since starting my blog I have noticed that I cook a lot of hearty comfort food and Monday night was no different. I found a recipe here for Pot Roasted Brisket in Beer with Parsnips and Mushrooms.
My eventual dish varied slightly in that I used a smaller joint around 600g, I had no celery or flat mushrooms - using the remainder of the Chestnut mushrooms instead, forgot to add the Dijon mustard - doh! I also only needed to cook the joint, (which managed to unfurl in the pan, but made it easier to carve) for 2 and half hours. I served it with fresh Polish Bread to soak up all the juices. It was pretty delicious and the Brisket was lovely and tender. Hubby has requested this again.
This blog is a good way to remember all the dishes I have tried, as invariably I would forget, it also high lights our eating patterns. Time for something lighter I think - step away from the stodge!


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INSIKT Offers Loans to Underbanked American Families
INSIKT, a company that lends money to underbanked families in the U.S., has raised an additional $50 million in a Series D funding round led by Mexican department food chain Grupo Coppel.
A press release on the funding series said Grupo Coppel, has had "years of experience of giving credit and empowering financial services" to millions of formerly unbanked families in Mexico and Latin America.
(Read: Why a Mexican Department Store Chain Is Investing in a U.S. Fintech)
First Mark Capital, Revolution Ventures, and Colchis Capital – existing investors of INSIKT – also participated in the fundraiser.
With the money that was raised, INSIKT's funds now total $100 million.
Better Ways of Evaluation Families With Low or No Credit Scores
TechCrunch said many lenders deem families with no or low credit scores as "too risky," but INSIKT believes that there are other ways of evaluating them.
(Read: 45 Million Americans Have No Credit Score)
A study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau showed that 26 million American adults have no histories with national credit reporting agencies while 19 million have "limited or out of date" credit reports that they are "unscorable."
TechCrunch said INSIKT came up with a better alternative to payday loans by breaking up payments into smaller installments.
INSIKT's loan processing service is used in more than 600 banks and credit union locations in California, Texas, Illinois and Arizona.
Change the Landscape for Underbanked Families
INSIKT chief executive James Gutierrez said: "We want to change the landscape for underbanked people and help them improve their lives."
Gutierrez pointed out that "a lot of companies out there who want to offer that product but they don't know how to underwrite."
INSIKT said an average borrower in the U.S. earns $28,000 yearly but instead of looking at that person's income, the company looks at his or her payment history.
If the borrower had been consistent in past payments, then he or she is considered reliable.
What's Next?
White label lending company INSIKT has raised additional funds to give out as loans to underbanked families.
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No matter the size of a wedding, planning the event usually comes with at least some degree of stress and financial strain. For brides who recently purchased gowns for themselves or their bridesmaids from US retailer Alfred Angelo, the arrival of their fairy tale order has turned into an expensive and stress-filled nightmare.
The Florida-based retailer recently announced it was declaring bankruptcy and immediately closed its 60 stores across the US, without giving any notice to customers. Also affected by this closure were the many boutiques throughout Canada that carry the affordable Alfred Angelo brand of wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses.
The company updated their website with the notice on July 14, saying that they have declared Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, giving little reassurance to customers who are still hoping to receive the items they've paid for either partially or in full.
This sudden closure has left many brides and bridesmaids with no dresses and no real answers from the company. Brides who arrived at their local Alfred Angelo store to pick up their gowns were met with a notice saying the store had closed and that they were to email the company's law firm. Many brides and bridesmaids have now been left without anything to wear on their big day, but thankfully other brides and stores are stepping in to provide something borrowed.
Using the hashtag #AlfredAngelo, former brides are posting on social media to offer their dresses to brides who have been left without a gown for their big day.
Local CO ladies, I have size 18-ish tea length dress. Free to borrow. Cheap to buy. LOVED MY DRESS! email@example.com #alfredangelo pic.twitter.com/4R4OJizw2D
— Kim Whatley (@kawhatley) July 18, 2017
And on this day my Fairy Godmother rescued me. A generous donor is sending me a brand new designer wedding dress for free 💙😭 #AlfredAngelo
— Amber McGraw (@808Amber) July 16, 2017
Any DFW bride affected by #AlfredAngelo that needs a dress ASAP I have an unaltered ivory Watters size 10 with belt! pic.twitter.com/BAePMyicsJ
— Lauren Evans (@LaurenMarie463) July 15, 2017
#alfredangelo if you've been affected and can send proof, I will give you my dress for free. DM me. Needs to be cleaned and shipped. pic.twitter.com/X4jADWp1uA
— Cassandra Duck (@CassieDuck814) July 14, 2017
Any women in the SoCal area that need a wedding dress ASAP bc of #alfredangelo closing, I will lend you mine! pic.twitter.com/LyCwfMD3Jn
— Macie Hanrahan (@maciecakes13) July 14, 2017
💔for all the brides impacted by the #alfredangelo catastrophe, I'll donate this dress, just cover shipping. Dry cleaned in box, Sz 20 pic.twitter.com/3x3lJLfIzQ
— Kelly Plummer (@Kel_Plum) July 18, 2017
I have an #alfredangelo dress that has never been worn for a wedding, I can lend it to any bride that was inconvenienced by the company. pic.twitter.com/yOJGDQgV5b
— M.C. (@LilMzMartinelli) July 18, 2017
Bridal retailers like David's Bridal is offering discounts to brides who come in needing a last-minute dress after losing their Alfred Angelo gown.
PSA: those in trouble with #alfredangelo dresses, @davidsbridal is offering special discounts for those who bring in their original receipt!
— Cathy Nugent (@thecathynugent) July 14, 2017
#AlfredAngelo brides are invited to a sample sale at @GlitterGritPgh this Fri from 12-7:30 👰 20% off for those affected by store closing
— Lawrenceville Corp (@lvpgh) July 18, 2017
In Elmira, Ontario, Taylor Bridal, who has worked with Alfred Angelo for 20 years, jumped into action and began contacting their brides and bridal parties affected in order to find solutions.
News of the bridal retailer's bankruptcy has been devastating not only for the brides and bridesmaids losing out on their dresses, but also for the thousands of employees who are now out of work. Thankfully, seeing the kindness of strangers helping those left without dresses has given this terrible situation a small silver lining.


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The Board of Trustees met Tuesday, Sept. 17, at SPC Downtown.
The full agenda and meeting video, which is 1 hour, 10 minutes long, are available on the board's website.
Meeting highlights included:
Approval of a construction company for the new Midtown campus
After extensive review and evaluation, the board selected Lema Construction of St. Petersburg as the construction manager for the new facility in Midtown.
The board began again on the process to choose a construction manager for the new Midtown Campus in February after a contractor's protest discovered a flaw in the procedure for the previous selection.
Eights submissions were received the second time, and all were reviewed by a screening committee that included board member Dale Oliver, community members Ken Burke and Askia Muhammad Aquil, and Provost Kevin Gordon. The committee forwarded four firms to the selection committee, which was made up of Oliver and President Bill Law.
Oliver, who has overseen many construction projects in his career, said he is pleased with the final result. "The way this worked should apply going forward to all the projects," he said.
President Law said the community's involvement and confidence is key in a project like this.
The board is expected to approve a contract with Lema Construction and a project timeline at its Oct. 15 meeting.
Watch this part of the meeting beginning at 0:52:45 in the video.
College awards almost $13-million in scholarships
The board got an update on the amount and number of scholarships awarded by the college and the St. Petersburg College Foundation.
The breakdown includes about $1.2-million in Foundation scholarships; $2.9-million in institutional scholarships for Johnnie Ruth Clarke Scholars, Presidential Scholars, fine arts/music students and Honors College students; and $6.2-million for Bright Futures Merit and First Generation scholarships. The rest comes from athletics scholarships, scholarship waivers and other sources.
Applications are now being accepted for St. Petersburg College Foundation scholarships. The deadline for application is Sept. 27.
The board will discuss scholarship programs at its annual planning workshop in December.
One of the issues to consider, Dr. Law said, is the timing of the scholarship selection process. "We're working on the timing of this," he said. "We want our best game to be on the table when families are making their decisions in the spring."
Watch this part of the meeting beginning at 0:34:03 in the video.
Florida State College System Foundation presents $47,030 to the St. Petersburg College Foundation for scholarships
The Florida State College System Foundation awards more than $905,000 in scholarship funds annually to the 28 college system foundations.
St. Petersburg College received $47,030: $13,522 from Florida Blue for nursing and allied health scholarships; $29,348 from the Helios Education Foundation for scholarships to first-generation college students; and $4,160 from Bank of America for first-generation college students.
Tom Furlong, SPC policy consultant and former interim president, is chair of the FCS Foundation Board. Board of Trustees attorney Joe Lang also is a member of the foundation's board.


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Here's a great example of a project that has undergone a bit of "feature creep". Oh, it started innocently enough, with my wife asking if anything could be done to improve the brake feel of our 1996 Buick Roadmaster. Sure, I said - we can ditch the rear drum brakes, and install a set of discs from either an Impala SS or a Caprice 9C1 (the infamous "cop car" version). That task would be easy to pull off in an afternoon or two.
About five minutes of searching on eBay turned up a complete set of used Impala brakes, but our $200 maximum bid wasn't enough to secure the parts. A little more browsing turned up a complete used Impala SS axle, with 90-day warranty, for $349. That'd allow us to upgrade the Roadmaster's extra tall 2.56:1 rear gears with the Impala's somewhat more reasonable 3.08 gears, and if the used axle's limited slip still functioned properly after 86,000 miles, it could replace the absolutely shot Auburn that wasn't doing a damn thing to keep both of the Buick's rear tires spinning together. A click on the Buy It Now button, a bit of correspondence, and the axle was on its way to a local shipping depot.
When the axle showed up, it appeared to be in decent condition; there was a bit of surface rust, but certainly nothing like we'd expect to see here in the Midwest after a decade of use.
The first step, obviously, was to move the axle from the back of our parts hauler and onto a suitable work surface (actually, sometimes those are one and the same, but not this time around). Our motto around here is "lift with the tractor, not with the back". The shipping weight of the axle is about 290 lbs, so it can be carried by two people should one lack a front-end loader or forklift.
With the axle on the bench, it's time to start tearing it apart. The disassembly starts by removing the calipers and brackets, at which point the discs can be slid off the axle.
With the diff cover removed, the next step is to remove the differential cross pin. First we remove the retaining bolt with a 5/16" box wrench (a socket won't fit in here), and then a few light taps with a hammer and punch drives the pin right the other side.
Next, we give each axle shaft a light swat with a sledgehammer to drive them in towards the center of the axle. This frees the C-clips from the side gears of the differential.
I'm not quite sure what we were doing with the gasket scraper in this shot, so I'd recommend just ignoring it (whatever we were doing, it had nothing to do with scraping gaskets).
The C-clips are then removed. A magnetic retrieval tool is usually handy here, as it can be difficult to grasp the clips with greasy fingers.
The axles can then be pulled out of the housing and set aside.
Next, the differential carrier bearing caps can be removed. Since the caps are usually side-specific, mark them or separate them in some manner that will allow them to go back into their original location.
With the caps removed, the diff carrier can be removed. Sometimes it requires a light amount of prying with a prybar or large screwdriver. There will typically be a shim on each side, and this is location-specific as well (they locate the carrier laterally and are responsible for setting the gear backlash). Keep them separate or mark them with a grease pen or some tape.
With the carrier removed, we can see the pinion gear. To remove it, swing around to the other end...
...And hit the pinion yoke nut with an impact wrench and large socket (1 1/4" in this case). It's highly unlikely that one will be able to remove this nut via the use of hand tools, although we have once before been forced to remove it using a large breaker bar and several smacks with a sledgehammer. Since it can't go back together that way (more on this in an upcoming post), make sure that an impact wrench (electric or air) is available.
With the yoke nut removed, the yoke can be removed via a few smacks to the pinion. Use a sledgehammer and a brass punch, or hit the nut and not the pinion itself. The nut will be discarded, and a new one will be installed upon reassembly.
Remove the pinion seal with a seal remover (shown) or a prybar. Discard the used seal.
Remove the pinion bearing and set it aside for cleaning and inspection.
Now, we move back to the ends of the axle housing and remove the axle seals. Discard the old seals, of course.
The "right" way to remove axle bearings involves way too much time spent stroking a slide hammer. If the bearings are to be replaced - and indeed we will be doing exactly that - a length of pipe slid through the housing to the other side and a few swings of a sledgehammer will remove the bearings with far less effort. Do not use this method if the bearings are to be reused. In fact, if the axle bearings are to be reused (not a great idea, in our opinion, since they're usually the most likely to fail), it's probably best just to leave them in place.
The parking brake assembly and cables are removed for cleaning and inspection.
We then removed the rubber brake lines and steel brake pipes. The rubber lines will be discarded, while the steel lines will be cleaned and inspected.
Finally, remove the ABS speed sensor for cleaning (this also provides access to the lubrication channel in the nose of the diff housing).
That takes care of the teardown process. We spent approximately two hours to get to this point, and about half of that was running back and forth between the garage and the barn to gather the right tools.
In the next installments, we'll walk through some of the cleaning and prep work, reassemble the axle and brakes, and then finally we'll get it installed under the back of the big Buick.


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Temple of Darkness
The Temple of Darkness is some unknown ruined temple to the Charon (Lornon) pantheon that contained the same passage regarding Morgu (Marlu) as found in The Broken Lands. It was implicitly abandoned at the end of the Wars of Dominion, and alluded to conditions that did not exist until a few centuries after the death of Uthex Kathiasas. The way it portrayed several of the Dark Gods deviated significantly from their I.C.E. Age theology. It is not clear whether it is related to the Temple of Night which fell to the Loremasters in 450 Third Era, which might have been in Gaalt near the Wall of Darkness, and so may have been related to another surviving follower of Kadaena called the Master of Malice. "Morgu lyxatis kort" can be plausibly translated as "Morgu, Master of Malice."
Given the implied importance of Orgiana (Eorgina) in the underlying context of the Broken Lands, and her realm as the goddess of darkness, it is probable that the "Temple of Darkness" is supposed to be a ruined temple of hers. The Temple of Burning Night in southwest Jaiman was the center of her theocracy before she was banished to the Black Hel. It was run by V'rama Vair, the daughter of the Empress Kadaena. This would explain the poem venerating her as a "queen" when she was not actually queen of Charon.
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The Temple of Darkness is only mentioned in the poem that was released as one of the documents giving historical background for The Broken Lands. The Dark Gods were extra-planar beings who had arrived on the moon Charon, which was only the size of an asteroid, in 450 Second Era as an accidental consequence of dormant Lord of Essaence gateways interacting with the unnatural comet Sa'kain. The implication is that they were fashioned by the Empress Kadaena on a plane of existence parallel to the dark side of the moon and were somehow banished there at the end of the First Era.
While the ruins of the temple are implied to have been from the Wars of Dominion, the poem still refers to conditions that would not have made sense until the Third Era. Similarly, the same phrasing would have been used centuries earlier with respect to Morgu and its coupled stanza for Orgiana, which on face value is problematic. This may be rooted in "The Shadow out of Time" by H.P. Lovecraft as related to Kadaena being known as "the Shadow", which could go some way to explaining how The Dark Path was in homage of a goddess that died over a hundred thousand years earlier. (Though the idea of the sleeping demons telepathically imparting information, including prophetic visions, through the nightmares of unrelated cults is one of the motifs borrowed from "The Call of Cthulhu". The idea is also represented by the "shining trapezohedron" in "The Haunter of the Dark", represented by the crystal dome, which was "a window on all time and space" with the mind of Nyarlathotep.)
Consider: "The war gave me strange impressions of remembering some of its far-off consequences—as if I knew how it was coming out and could look back upon it in the light of future information. All such quasi-memories were attended with much pain, and with a feeling that some artificial psychological barrier was set against them." This is remarkable as The Broken Lands uses messaging of someone or something blocking against telepathy and teleportation. There is also room messaging that implies you feel like someone or something is watching you, which plays into the premise derived from the Great Race of Yith. One possibility is that Kadaena herself was dormant in the crystal dome which acquired power for her to resurrect as a goddess. Other servants became the Dark Lords. It might well be the point that they formed powerful non-corporeal entities (demons and dark gods) as avatars, and their death-like sleep amounted to transferring spirit or mind across time and space.


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The backyard fraternity party was in full dancing, drinking mode on a recent Saturday morning. To the sounds of "No Problem" by Chance the Rapper, Breanna DeCocker, 20, a junior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., ducked through the crowd holding a clipboard.
"Give me that," she said, snatching a bag of white wine from a female classmate in a Michigan T-shirt who was holding the bag aloft and guzzling from the nozzle.
"You don't want no problem, no problem with me," the song warned, and it was clear that no one wanted any problem with Ms. DeCocker, either.
For the second time that morning, she had foiled a round of Slap the Bag, the popular pastime of chugging cheap wine out of a plastic bladder liberated from its box. Under the new university rules to combat drinking, it is prohibited.
Drinking games with red Solo cups of beer, "pregaming" with Fireball shots, swigging 190-proof grain alcohol punch on the way to blacking out: It's party time at college campuses across the country, even when there is no football game.
But this year, dozens of universities are taking new measures to kill the party mood, increasingly worried about student safety and the relationship between alcohol and sexual assault complaints.
At Indiana University, hard liquor is now prohibited at fraternity parties. At Michigan fraternity parties, new student patrols enforce bans on kegs. In addition to banning hard liquor at undergraduate parties, Stanford limits the size of bottles students may possess.
Every countermeasure, though, seems to meet an obstacle. Ohio State recently permitted beer sales at its football stadium, an irresistible revenue boost for the university, even as security personnel work to catch underage drinkers. At Stanford, students said they were continuing to sip, gulp and chug, rules or no rules.
To capture the uneasy balance between the forces promoting alcohol and those trying to control it, The New York Times sent reporters to five campuses. Here is what they found:
Student self-policing
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — At Michigan, Ms. DeCocker, from Orland Park, Ill., was one of a dozen students volunteering to patrol parties attended by fraternity and sorority members, who have been seen, especially recently, as destructive and out of control. The low point may have been in January 2015, when a group of students vacationing at a ski resort in northern Michigan wrecked their hotel rooms in a drunken fray, causing, the hotel said, more than $400,000 in damage.
Michigan's president, Mark Schlissel, warned that the Greek system could self-destruct, and he has since cited the connection between drinking and campus sexual assault. In a 2015 fact sheet, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism estimated that alcohol was a factor in 97,000 cases of sexual assault and date rape each year among college-age students.
Michigan's Greek system promised to self-police, and this semester a new set of rules was introduced for game days, when this city teems with tens of thousands of students decked out in the university's colors of maize and blue. Ms. DeCocker and the other student volunteers — in conspicuous orange shirts — were putting the restrictions to the test on this crisp, sunny Saturday, as Michigan prepared to play Penn State. They were determined to inspect each fraternity party.
Caroline Alford, 22, a senior from Los Angeles, explained what qualified as a violation. Handles of alcohol being passed around. Kegs. People on the roof. A lack of "sober monitors," fraternity members who abstain from drinking and supervise the party.
As the monitors passed a dilapidated house where students were drinking beer on a front porch, one pointed at the ambassadors. "They're here to shut down the vibe!" he shouted. Ms. Alford did not flinch.
The patrol arrived at a party at Sigma Phi Epsilon. Three students sat on the roof, their sneakers dangling off the side. "Can you get the people off the roof?" Andy Tripp, another ambassador, asked one of the members.
Tyler Bryant, the chapter president of Kappa Sigma, nervously surveyed a party outside his fraternity, where rust-colored Keystone Light cans littered the grass.
"We have that negative stereotype, and we're trying to reverse it," he said, pausing to admonish a partygoer who had lightly doused a reporter and another guest with beer. JULIE BOSMAN
Stadium beer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — "Let me hug you," said John Jacob, 21, a senior from Cincinnati, as a stranger approached him in the concession area of Ohio State's stadium. He was one of many fans in high spirits as the university's football team demolished Rutgers, 58-0.
Mr. Jacob, holding a Budweiser, had gathered near other students who waited in lines during the third quarter. Beer sales would soon end.
"Our friend just got stopped," said Savannah Renshaw, 21, a senior from Dayton, as she stood with Mr. Jacob and other friends. "Security came up to her and said, 'Can I see your ID?'"
Nearby, a young woman leaned over a garbage can. "We've all been there," said her boyfriend, who claimed she had not been drinking. In the stands, a similar mess was being cleaned up with disinfectant.
At Ohio State, 42 percent of undergraduates reported having drunk five or more drinks in one sitting in the previous two weeks, according to a 2014 survey, a record similar to that of many large public universities. It is, though, a higher rate of what is considered binge drinking than the 36 percent found nationally in the same study. Yet in June, the university joined the more than 35 universities that sell beer to general-admission ticket holders at their football stadiums.
Unlike most other Big Ten universities, critics said, Ohio State succumbed to the allure of additional revenue.
"I don't think that's a wise thing, as we're trying to teach our kids to moderate and to enjoy both alcohol and nonalcohol activities," said Mr. Schlissel, the Michigan president.
But Mr. Jacob, a finance major, noting the Ohio State stadium's nearly 105,000 seats, said, "Obviously, it's a huge potential market."
Officials reported $412,000 in sales for the first three games, about 16,000 beers per game.
Some students said that because the rules permitted the purchase of two beers at a time, it was relatively easy to buy for a friend, then hand it over in the stands without detection.
A university spokesman, Christopher Davey, said that could occur even if only one beer were sold at a time, and that the university was also enforcing the law. Ten people at the Rutgers game were cited in and around the stadium for offenses related to providing fake IDs, underage drinking and furnishing alcohol to minors, he said.
Officials at Ohio State say there have been no major incidents related to its beer sales.
But as he left the game, W. Carlton Weddington, 46, a former state representative from Columbus, warned: "At the end of the year, when the national championship is on the line, things get rowdy. We'll see what happens." STEPHANIE SAUL
Night squad
BOSTON — While many colleges are combating excessive drinking by encouraging students to drink safely, Boston University, in the middle of a bustling city of more than 650,000, is drilling down on law and order.
On a recent night, sitting in an unmarked police car and wearing plain clothes, Sgt. Larry Cuzzi and two officers with the university's police department staked out a liquor store inside a grocery at the edge of campus.
Boston University does not have a football team, but other local sporting events, including one of the final games for the Red Sox star David Ortiz, known as Big Papi, provided ample reasons for a party — not that students needed one.
The officers had not been parked five minutes when one, Nancy O'Laughlin, spotted her first targets: two lanky young men, one wearing an empty backpack — a red flag because it suggests that one might be purchasing on behalf of the other. She bolted out of the car and waited to ask them for IDs as they left the store.
"They're not really afraid of the courts," said Sergeant Cuzzi, a 20-year veteran of the force who runs its alcohol enforcement program. "But they are afraid of the university."
In addition to revoking scholarship money, the university can take away student housing and impose athletic sanctions on students caught buying alcohol for anyone under 21, or with fake IDs.
Before the program started in 2011, officers were calling ambulances for more than 300 students a year because of drunkenness — the majority of them freshmen. Those numbers have dropped by nearly half, but binge drinking and the problems that come with it, including sexual assaults, have not disappeared.
One night earlier, the officers had sent six dangerously drunk students to the hospital by ambulance. Officer O'Laughlin had found one of them, an 18-year old woman, naked and unresponsive inside a fraternity house.
At the liquor store, Officer O'Laughlin pulled one of the young men by the shoulder as they left. He had a backpack full of beer. Both said they were 21, presenting IDs to prove it, so the officers let them go.
But as the night went on, the officers issued summonses to half a dozen underage students, including two freshmen carrying wine and a pair of convincing fake IDs, complete with holograms.
As 11 p.m. approached, closing time for liquor stores, Officer O'Laughlin spied a young man wearing skinny jeans and a backward cap urinating on a gate outside the market.
Glassy-eyed and slurring his words, the young man said he was 19. After giving Sergeant Cuzzi some attitude — "Whatever you say, man — you're the law" — he was handcuffed. Later the officers would send him to the hospital to sober up. CAITLIN DICKERSON
A scary path
PALO ALTO, Calif. — It's long been known as the scary path, a wooded shortcut between fraternity houses renowned for its convenience and its lack of lighting. At the end of the path is the Dumpster near which a young woman was sexually assaulted last year by Brock Turner, a Stanford swimmer, after a night of heavy drinking at the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
On a recent October evening, another party at Kappa Alpha was in full swing.
Fraternity brothers crushed cans of Natural Light in drinking games at a row of long wooden tables. Music coursed through the building, a mansion with a golf cart out front.
Mr. Turner's much-criticized six-month jail sentence this year helped bring fresh scrutiny to Stanford's party culture. But even before the controversy, the university was working on initiatives to combat sexual assault and drinking on campus. Its effort to roll out those programs this fall — and the resistance by students and faculty members — demonstrate just how hard it is to find the right measures.
The most talked-about new rule limits possession of hard alcohol to bottles smaller than 750 milliliters and bans liquor from undergraduate parties. Ralph J. Castro, the head of the university's office of alcohol policy and education, said the policy was not a reaction to the Turner case, but to the 30 or so students each fall who were sent to the hospital after heavy drinking.
But some here, particularly women, said the move would drive drinking behind closed doors, into dorm rooms where rape was more likely to occur. So far this fall, at least two women have reported sexual assaults in campus housing.
The new rules brought attention to a page on the alcohol office's website, titled "Female Bodies and Alcohol," that explained that women often become drunk faster than men because they tend to be smaller. The page was swiftly denounced as blaming women's bodies — not the actions of men — for sexual assault. It was quickly changed, but the damage had been done.
"The website focused on stopping women from drinking hard alcohol," said Stephanie Pham, 20, a junior from Monterey Park and the founder of a campus anti-assault group, Stanford ASAP. "Why doesn't Stanford focus on discouraging rapists from raping?"
(The university's new programs include an overhaul of its assault investigation process and a 90-minute seminar for freshmen that covers sexual consent.)
On campus, several students said their resident advisers had announced that they would not enforce the liquor rules.
Susannah Meyer, 19, a sophomore from Manhattan, said she'd already seen students downing extra liquor before parties for fear they wouldn't find it later. "They're like, 'Nothing is going to be there when I go out, so I have to get it done now,'" she said. "That's really the attitude — a sense of urgency."
But Mr. Castro is encouraged. During the first three weeks of the quarter, Stanford had three alcohol-related hospital transports of students.
It normally has three or four times as many. JULIE TURKEWITZ
Drinks with breakfast
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University football team's humiliating loss to Wake Forest University did not hamper the festivities at Kilroy's on Kirkwood.
The D.J.'s music pulsated, and a crowd of students danced, some on the tables.
Unlike Indiana's football team, Kilroy's is a powerhouse, one of the most popular college bars in the country.
The line to enter had snaked around the corner before dawn, with students awaiting the Kilroy's game-day tradition of a breakfast buffet.
Fourteen bartenders were ready at 7 a.m. to make mixed drinks — Sex on the Beach, Kamikaze, Woo Woo, Peaches 'n' Cream, Girl Scout Cookie, Blue Suede Shoes, Liquid Cocaine, Alabama Slammer, Water Long Island.
A $5 cover charge pays for the buffet and a T-shirt. Drinks are extra.
Kilroy's — with three locations within walking distance of campus — has perfected the art of freebies and promotions that attract students: $2 Tuesdays and $3 Thursdays for certain liquor, beer and food, and free burgers and pizza on Friday evenings. Yet those deals come with another price. Research has shown that alcohol specials increase binge drinking.
On home game days, there are more sexual assaults at universities, particularly in the first couple of months of classes.
This fall, Indiana imposed a rule prohibiting hard liquor at its fraternity houses after several accusations of sexual assault last year and a sex tape from one house, which was shut down.
How much these efforts will work is an open question, despite some research showing that limiting alcohol on campus is effective. Yet off-campus drinking may be even more difficult to control. The Indiana campus is still reeling from recent violent episodes — the sort of stories that figure into the nightmares of parents — connected to the busy off-campus bar scene.
A 52-year-old man was sentenced last month to 80 years in prison for the 2015 murder of a 22-year-old Indiana senior, whom he followed home after she had spent a night drinking with friends. The case, and a related indictment, was similar to the unsolved disappearance in 2011 of Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old Indiana student from Edgemont, N.Y., after a night at Kilroy's Sports Bar in Bloomington, where she left behind her shoes.
Kilroy's, which rents its Kirkwood location from the Indiana University Foundation, was cited for serving alcohol to an underage person in the Spierer case. Since then, its ownership has changed hands, and students say there has been increased enforcement of underage drinking. Kilroy's manager, Ross Freeman, did not respond to requests for comment.
As the evening progressed, the floor at Kilroy's grew slippery with beer and grime, and the restrooms emitted telltale odors of overindulgence.
"They drink early," said Chief Michael Diekhoff of the Bloomington Police Department. "They may or may not go to the game. Then they'll take a nap. Then they'll get up and start again." STEPHANIE SAUL


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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
– Maya Angelou
Picking up the phone, I heard Michael's voice on the other end, "I got an interesting call," he said. "I just got off the phone with your doctor."
That was odd since I had just been to their office that afternoon. Did they forget to tell me something? Did I leave something behind?
"Uh huh?" I replied. "What did they want?"
"They said that they spoke with you this afternoon, and the doctor didn't feel like you had a grasp on the situation. They thought that perhaps you didn't realize the gravity of your condition."
The heat rose in my face as I listened to his words. Clearly Michael agreed with the choices I had made, so why couldn't they?
"Your baby," the doctor said, "if he makes it to term–will likely have Down's Syndrome."
I was okay with that. But by the time I talked to Michael, Spina Bifida had also been discussed as a strong possibility.
"Spina Bifida?" I gasped with one hand over my mouth. I wasn't prepared for that. Life hadn't prepared me for any of this…
Even so, the choices were clear-cut for us. Children are a blessing from God. Period.
And so we refused to entertain the idea of termination. And we refused to undergo any further testing that could potentially harm our child.
This boy was a gift from the Lord and was to be treated as one.
Several months later Graham was born, kicking and screaming his way into this world. Sure he had his fair share of health problems, but nothing compared to what could have been. In fact other than an allergy to nuts every health problem he had is behind us.
Life doesn't prepare us for moments like that, which is why we must prepare ourselves for the journey. Courage is born to those who exercise it through faith.
It starts with seeking God's will for our lives and is exercised through the choices we make.
As parents, we're constantly faced with choices that call us to exercise courage. We started homeschooling when it wasn't so cool to do so. It was the early nineties, which brought one of two responses from people. Either they were absolutely confused by the notion and suggested we were breaking the law, or they assumed we were religious fanatics out of touch with reality.
The words of Reinhold Niebuhr come to mind where they nest in my soul:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
Courage is the backbone of faith. Without it we can't be a light on a hill that shines through the darkness. With it we step out alone serving unpopular truth in a world that can't grasp who we are.
Back in the day my dad often sang the popular hymn to us, "Tho none go with me still I will follow. No turning back, no turning back…"
And by his example we learned that being different is a natural part of who we are in Christ.
We're not called peculiar people because we wear distinctive clothing or keep our hair a certain way. We're different because we don't conform to pop culture that stands in the way of our faith.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; – 1 Peter 2:9
If it hasn't happened already, the day will come when you and your husband have strong choices to make. When your only options are to either stand true to your faith or to give in to opinions around you.
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. – Joshua 1:9
Stand strong in your faith and get ready to take on the world!
You are loved by an almighty God,
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USAID East Africa Conflict Assessment
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Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Lower Mekong Basin
4 specific Ecosystem Services Valuation Guides for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam detail explanations of ecosystem services, valuation methods, best practices, and policy recommendations.
Assessing Mali's L'agence Nationale De La Météorologie's (Mali Meteo) Agrometeorological Advisory Program
Marks the completion of the first detailed assessment of the function and impact of an operational climate services for development program, Mali Meteo's Agrometeorological Advisory Program.
CRIS Lessons Learned
The CRIS program focused in developing country cities to provide sustainable infrastructure services that support smart, lasting development.
HiMAP Lessons Learned
The following report details the lessons learned during the implementation of the High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP) (www.highmountains.org) project between March 2012 and June 2015.
VAR Report
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Cultivate your mind like a garden.
"You do not attract that which you want, but that which you are"
Your mind is like a garden that can be cultivated or allowed to run wild, depending on the quality of your thoughts and your thoughts shape your character, circumstances and destiny. Most people are usually anxious to improve their circumstances, but unwilling to improve themselves. You become your true and powerful self when you take responsibility for your life - when you stop blaming others for your conditions and build yourself up with strong thoughts. We imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot. It rapidly crystallises into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance. When you radically alter your thoughts you will experience rapid transformation in your life.


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Are Rental Homes an I.D.E.A.L. Investment?
There are a lot of investment options available for us today. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, gold, silver, annuities, etc can all be a part of a solid retirement plan.
Some people may claim that I am biased, and maybe that is so. However, I firmly believe that rental homes are an I.D.E.A.L. investment and should be included in every retirement plan. Over the next several post I will discuss why this is so and give you some ideas to help you with your real estate investment planning.
Keep in mind that there are no promised returns. I think the examples that I give are realistic but please consult with your own investment and tax advisers.
Search Cobb Homes priced from $95-150,000
Depreciation - tax advantages
Equity build
So how does owning a rental home compare to other more traditional investments? Take a look
- The other investment would need to allow a purchase with 20% or less down payment
- The 80% remaining would need to be allowed to finance over 15-30 years with no risk of a margin call
- The 80% would need to amortize and pay off over that time period
- The investment would need to pay a high enough dividend that it would make the payment of the 80% loan
- The investment would need to have a ton of tax advantages
Quite simply, that investment does not exist in any form other than rental real estate!
Remember ... Don't wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and then wait!
Happy investing!
If you missed it Here are the previous installments:
Rental Homes- I.D.E.A.L. Investment? pt1
Are Rental Homes an I.D.E.A.L. Investment? PT.2
Are Rental Homes an I.D.E.A.L. Investment? PT.3
Are Rental Homes an I.D.E.A.L. Investment? PT.4
Are Rental Homes an I.D.E.A.L. Investment? PT.5
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Modern Trip Plan -
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Charging
|Next Destination
|Day 1
|Ramada Golden Valley
|Eat breakfast, begin trip at 8AM
|Lake Koronis Regional Park, Paynesville MN
|77 miles
|Charge, rest break
|Delagoon Park, Fergus Falls, MN
|101 miles
|Charge, find lunch in town
|Oakes, ND
|110 miles
|Stop for the night, find hotel, get dinner, charge overnight
|Day 2
|Oakes ND Hotel
|Leave at 6:30AM
|Ellendale ND
|Get breakfast
|Lake Hoskins Park, Ashley ND
|73 miles
|Rest break, charge
|Mobridge SD
|87 miles
|Get lunch, malteds, charge
|Lemmon SD
|Grocery shopping for dinner at camp
|Shadehill Reservoir
|118 miles
|Camp overnight, dinner, charge
|Day 3
|Shadehill Reservoir
|Breakfast at camp, leave after packing up camp
|Butte View Campground, Bowman MT
|83 miles
|Get lunch and malteds at Eats & Treats (long walk), charge
|Powder River Valley
|Take a photo
|Miles City
|128 miles
|Get dinner, find hotel: Historic Olive Hotel, KOA Campground nearby
|Day 4
|Miles City MT
|Lazy morning, short day
|Wagon Wheel Campground, Forsyth MT
|53 miles
|KOA, Billings MT
|107 miles
|Charge if necessary
|Locomotive Inn, Laurel MT
|17 miles
|Hotel, eat across street, charge overnight
|Day 5
|Laurel MT
|Breakfast in town, leave after
|Red Lodge MT
|44 miles
|Morning snack, charge to full
|mid-day charge options
|(if needed)
|Fox Creek Campground, Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
|Gardiner MT
|121 miles
|Hotel, dinner, charge overnight
|Day 6
|Gardiner, MT
|Eat breakfast
|Bozeman, MT
|77 miles
|Find hotel, get lunch, explore!
|Day 7-11
|[Free Days]
|Explore Bozeman, Yellowstone, hiking, camping, etc.
|Day 12
|Bozeman MT
|Butte MT KOA
|85 miles
|Charge & break at Chicken Shack on site
|Anaconda MT
|Lunch stop
|Bearmouth RV Park, Clinton MT
|86 miles
|Day 13
|Lolo Pass
|Day 14
|Brownlee Campground
|Day 15
|Bend OR
|Day 16
|Grants Pass OR
|Day 17
|Fortuna CA


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On this date on Round and Square's History14 January 2014—China's Lunar Calendar 2014 01-14
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Weekly Quizzes
Quizzes must be taken at the beginning of each class session. They will be collected at fifteen minutes past the hour.
If a student makes it to class "late" (and is not chronically late), it will be possible to make the best of the quiz during the ten-minute class break. This should be rare.
Quizzes not completed by the end of the class session receive no credit. No exceptions.
Assignments Due During the Semester (Abstracts, Papers, Short Exams)
Assignments are due in my office by the time posted on the syllabus. If you turn them in on time, I will return them to you within ten days—and often much sooner than that.
If assignments are up to forty-eight hours late, there will be a two-point penalty* (an "88" on a paper will become an "86", and an "8" on a short assignment will become a "7.8"). In short, if you have left things until the last minute, and cannot print your paper on time, you will have to accept a small penalty. Just chalk it up to experience and make sure that your planning is better next time. There will be absolutely no exceptions to this penalty. It is meant to provide a wake-up call (with stakes that are not too large) for those who leave things to the last minute.
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If assignments are between two days and one week late, there will be a five-point penalty*—no exceptions (an "88" on a paper will become an "83" and an "8" on a ten-point short-assignment will become a "7.5").
If assignments are over a week late, there will be a one-time ten-point penalty (an "88" will become a "78" and an "8" on a short assignment will become a "7"). These assignments will be accepted (with the ten-point penalty) until Sunday, May 3. There will be no credit after that date.
Assignments turned in after the deadline will be graded when time permits. On-time assignments will always be given priority.
*The full version is that they are (2.0/0.2), (5.0/0.5), and 10.0/0.10) penalties, depending on the assignment.
Final Assignments
All late work for the term must be submitted no later than 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, 2015. This includes all work for the term, with the exception of final papers for the advanced seminar.
Students who have done little written work by that time will receive failing grades.
Students who have attended class regularly and have kept up with most assignments—but have failed to complete all required coursework—must get incomplete contracts from the registrar and fill them out for my signature by class time on Wednesday, May 6 or they will receive failing grades.
|[d] Blooming RF
In order to have enough time to grade papers thoroughly (and in the interests of fairness for all students), all late work for the term must be submitted by Sunday, May 3. There will be absolutely no exceptions to this, so mark your calendars and be certain that you are making progress with your work for the semester. Please note the definitions above.
Please note: The fact that all work is due on Sunday, May 3 is NOT permission to miss assignment deadlines all semester long. I expect all work to be turned in on time. The spirit of the deadline is simply to make a cut-off point for an occasional stray assignment (everyone gets busy, I know).
This is a course in which weekly work is fundamentally important, and late assignments week-after-week will very seriously affect your grade. Assignments are due when the syllabus states that they are due.
Please respect these deadlines—for both of our sakes!
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0.2 to 0.4 tons of slag, and 2.5 to 3.5 tons of blast furnace gas containing up to 100 pounds (lb) of dust. The molten iron and slag are removed, or cast, from the furnace periodically. The casting process begins with drilling a hole, called the taphole, into the clay-filled iron notch at the base of the hearth.learn More
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DEER GROVE – What do you get when you put something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue together? A new wedding and events venue.
The old is Sandy Pines Elk Farm, a popular agritourism destination just outside Deer Grove that closed about 10 years ago.
The new is Henrekin Pines, the aforementioned venue that's planted itself in Sandy Pines' former home.
Something borrowed? Well, it might be the idea for the new business – it just depends who you ask. The business plan came about from either an idea borrowed from a granddaughter's wedding, or it was a stroke of inspiration on the seat of a lawn mower.
And the blue? That's where the sky comes in – as in "the sky's the limit," which is how the owners describe their approach to keeping the customers satisfied.
Jim and Sandy Henrekin opened the barn doors to their latest business venture, at 28650 Hahnaman Road, in June.
Henrekin Pines, a heated and air conditioned special events venue that can hold up to 240 guests – and more, if need be – sits at the foot of a 27-acre hill, nestled among trees and featuring a fully remodeled barn and attached event hall that offers a casual atmosphere in the heart of farm country. Rustic and relaxing it's a perfect place for private parties, corporate events or weddings. The venue features indoor, handicapped-accessible bathrooms, tables and chairs, dressing rooms, a bar, a mic and speaker set-up, a covered wagon for photo ops, and more.
And if you want to get married outside, there's an arbor that's the icing on the wedding cake, a scenic spot for the couple's big day.
You could say the couple's new business was something of a bit of Preplanned destiny.
After the farm closed, Jim used the two buildings – now called the Crystal Room and the Pine Room – as horse stalls and an arena. After he sold his prized stud, Obviously Preplanned, the stalls sat vacant for a couple of years.
The vacancy left open the possibility of a new project.
"We're both entrepreneurs, so we're always thinking," Sandy said. "We just thought this was a really nice fit for this building."
Jim said the idea to repurpose the existing structures and open Henrekin Pines came to him while he was mowing his yard, but Sandy suspects it was their granddaughter's wedding in Missoula, Montana, that planted the idea in Jim's mind.
"After hours and hours of sleepless nights of designing all this– we designed it ourselves – we decided this is what we're doing,"Jim said.
Rehab and design work took the couple about a year.
"When we first started, we thought it'd be done in 2 months," Sandy said.
So far, they've already hosted two weddings and a couple of their own private functions.
"I always said if you want to be successful you need to do something that nobody else is doing," Jim said. "We're the only venue that I know of that has heating and air conditioning, that we can be open 12 months if we wanted to."
The Henrekins said they can host all sorts of events, whether they be graduations, showers or corporate events, they just want to be able to provide the community with something unique.
"We'll do whatever they want to do," Jim said. "The sky's the limit.
"I was born in Whiteside County and I love this county," Jim said. "It's been good to me and I've been good to it."
28650 Hahnaman Road, Deer Grove
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