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LONGMONT -- Few words in Longmont hold more contention than "fracking."
The word has crowded council chambers and heated up arguments. It's inspired petitions, presentations, even protest songs. It's starting to inspire rallies and ad campaigns, for and against an absolute ban of the drilling practice.
But the real question is still weeks away from an answer. Can fracking draw votes? And on which side?
On Nov. 6, Ballot Question 300 goes to the voters. If it passes, the city charter would require a Longmont-wide ban of fracking -- more formally, hydraulic fracturing, a means of using high-pressure fluid to break open deeply buried and hard-to-get deposits of oil and gas -- as well as banning the storage of fracking waste in town.
And depending on whom you ask, the measure will either save Longmont from irreparable environmental damage or doom it to an endless round of reparations and expensive lawsuits.
"The city could be on the hook for millions, if not tens of millions," said Bill Ray, a spokesman for the group Main Street Longmont, which has begun advertising against the measure, including a television ad and the endorsement of seven former mayors. "(The supporters) never thought about the consequences, or if they thought about it, they never worried about the consequences."
"Are you content with an operation next to your home or your children's school that is said to be safe, but hasn't been shown to be safe?" asked Michael Bellmont of Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont, which put the measure on the ballot after a petition drive that gathered more than 8,200 signatures. (City officials validated 6,609.) "In almost any other area of public health, do we do it in that order?"
Hazard or hysteria?
The petition for Question 300 was turned in just three days after the City Council approved a new set of oil and gas regulations, meant to keep drilling out of residential areas. The state criticized the rules as unnecessary and eventually sued the city, while Our Longmont said the rules didn't go nearly far enough. ("They're not prohibitions, they're suggestions," Bellmont said.)
One key issue has been just how safe or unsafe fracking really is. A frequently invoked name early on was Pavilion, Wyo., where a preliminary Environmental Protection Agency report said in December that fracking likely had contaminated groundwater in the area. Opponents of fracking cited the tests as proof of their concerns; industry backers said the contamination was because the monitoring wells had been drilled in a natural gas reservoir, and that fracking occurs far below any water supplies that could be affected.
Ray called the fears groundless, built more on emotion than logic.
"There's been thousands of water wells tested in Colorado, hundreds of oil and gas wells, and no examples of contamination from fracking," Ray said. "There's been a lot of fear-mongering."
A study from the University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute also concluded that "migration" of fracking fluids into aquifers hadn't been adequately proven, though it also noted that in many states, the drilling regulations could stand to be updated for better monitoring and protection.
Longmont has had some high-profile contamination. In 2006, groundwater testing near the Rider Well No. 1, near Trail Ridge Middle School, was found to have nearly 100 times the state-allowed level of benzene. That, however, didn't come from fracking, but from a leaking waste pit. As part of a deal between the city and the well's owner, TOP Operating, TOP will shut down the well and the city will buy the land.
While Bellmont doesn't ignore water -- too much, he said, is used in the fracking process and taken out of the water cycle -- he said his true concern was air pollution related to fracking. The town of Erie put a moratorium on drilling permits after a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study found Erie had 10 times more propane in its air than Los Angeles -- an "accidental study," Bellmont said, since it hadn't originally set out to measure volatile organics at all.
So far, he said, there hasn't been a state-backed study to study the emissions from fracking.
"Would people take a drug untested by the FDA?" Bellmont asked
Rights and wrongs
Part of the challenge is that in Colorado, mineral rights can be split off from surface rights, a situation Gov. John Hickenlooper acknowledged is less than ideal.
"In Colorado, if we were to start from scratch, I wouldn't want the split estate system we have," he said during a Sept. 19 appearance in Longmont. "It creates a difficulty in terms of establishing 'What is someone's property right?'"Since the mineral right is a property right, Ray said, the situation is clear. Fracking is used in about 90 percent of oil and gas wells, he said, so banning the practice is equal to denying someone the right to claim the minerals they own. "Their property right has been taken away, and you can't do that without compensating the entity," Ray said. "Colorado law is the only thing we can go on and Colorado law says the mineral rights owner has the right to those minerals ... Ballot Question 300 doesn't get to rewrite it."
That gets expensive, he said, either in paying for the "taking" or in fighting the lawsuits that may follow from operators, royalty holders and state officials.
Bellmont said that with modern directional and horizontal drilling, which can stretch "sideways" beneath the ground to reach deposits thousands of feet away, a driller doesn't even need to be in the city to claim their rights. And while lawsuits may carry a cost, he said, so would thousands of truck trips to service a well site.
"You can't tell me we're not going to be rebuilding and rehabilitating miles of road," Bellmont said. "If it takes $300,000 to fight a lawsuit to protect our children's health for the next generation in this fabulous town, let it be spent here, and not on the health impact, the infrastructure impact and the emergency responses."
Ray said he had nothing against regulation. Colorado has some of the toughest in the nation, he said, a statement that has been repeated by state officials and many in the industry. But banning a legal operation from the city limits will produce nothing but headaches, he said.
"They don't have the right to drive it out of town," he said. "It's not their decision to make."
Facing off
With such a high-profile issue, the election has the potential to draw serious dollars. Longmont set a campaign finance record last year when opponents of a city fiber-optic initiative spent $419,629 in the campaign, a fight they lost. The first reports for this election don't come out until next week and each side charges the other with having large-scale backing -- either the oil and gas industry or national anti-fracking environmentalist groups, as appropriate.
"There's a lot of emotion," Ray said. "It does take substantial resources to communicate with the voters and take some of the emotion out of the conversation. ... There's been a lot of fear-mongering."
"The state, the oil and gas companies, the former mayors are all saying that it's right to have heavy industrial operations next to your house or your children's school, and if you don't let us, we'll sue you until you do so," Bellmont responded. "Now who's the fear monger?" Scott Rochat can be reached at 303-684-5220 or email@example.com.


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In my process of building a Wireless Sensor Network, I obtained a few low cost RF module from Inhaos that are compatible with Nordic Semiconductor nRF24L01. My plans are to have these low cost RF modules replaces the wires for my sensor network on Arduino and connect them to Raspberry Pi as the IP gateway to the rest of the Internet.
This entry will show you on how to setup both Arduino UNO & Raspberry Pi to connect to these nRF24L01 modules.
Some basic information on these low cost RF modules, they communicate using SPI to the microcontroller and works on raw speed of 250Kbps, 1Mbps and 2Mbps.
I'm using the following hardware & software:-
Arduino UNO with maniacbug RF24 libraries ( http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,62222.0.html / http://maniacbug.github.com/RF24/index.html )
Raspberry Pi Model B running Adafruit's Occidentalis V0.2 ( http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/occidentalis-v0-dot-2 ) that support SPI.
Nordic Semiconductor Datasheet / Product Info ( http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/2.4GHz-RF/nRF24L01P )
RF modules used here :-
|nRF24L01+ PA+LNA+2dBi ant
nRF24L01+ with PA & LNA and 2 dBi antenna ( http://www.elecfreaks.com/wiki/index.php?title=2.4G_Wireless_nRF24L01p_with_PA_and_LNA ), these are long range RF modules acting as hub on the Raspberry Pi.
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Inhaos RF2400P (with 5dBm RF power output) on BEKEN Chipset ( http://www.inhaos.com/product_info.php?products_id=35 ). They are compatible with the nRF24L01 but with higher output power of 5dBm.
nRF24L01+ ( http://www.elecfreaks.com/store/24g-wireless-nrf24l01p-p-118.html or http://store.iteadstudio.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=53 )
Too many to choose from, just google for the above keyword on eBay or choose the cheapest as they sells in bulk of 10 pieces for a very low cost...
*** The main differences between the regular nRF24L01+ modules and the Inhaos RF2400P modules are that the RF2400P have a higher output power of 5dBm but could not do 250Kbps speed.
I'm running my setup using 1Mbps speed.
Setting up Arduino
Connect using jumper wires from the above pin to the nRF24L01+ modules
Upload the sketches/program to the Arduino, download it here from Dropbox.
Arduino connections to the nRF24L01 modules :-
Arduino Pin 11 to RF Module Pin 6 ( MOSI)
Arduino Pin 12 to RF Module Pin 7 ( MISO )
Arduino Pin 13 to RF Module Pin 5 ( SCK )
Arduino Pin 7 to RF Module Pin 4 ( CSN )
Arduino Pin 8 to RF Module Pin 3 ( CE )
Arduino 3.3V to RF Module Pin 2 ( VCC / 3.3V ) *** RF Module can only take 3.3V
Arduino GND to RF Module Pin 1 ( GND )
RF Module Pin 8 (IRQ) is not connected
*** All the other pins are 5V tolerant
Optional LCD Module to display the received payload & payload length :-
I'm using Arduino Pin 7 & 8 for the SPI because my LCD module is using the following pins :-
Arduino Pin 9 - LCD Pin 4
Arduino Pin 10 - LCD Pin 6
Arduino Pin 3 - LCD Pin 11
Arduino Pin 4 - LCD Pin 12
Arduino Pin 5 - LCD Pin 13
Arduino Pin 6 - LCD Pin 14
Arduino Pin 2 - connect to buzzer ( for sound feedback when it received a valid packet )
Setting up Raspberry Pi
Upgrade your Raspberry Pi firmware to Adafruit Occidentalis V0.2 that support hardware SPI.
Download the above firmware and flash your SD card according to the instruction on Adafruit/Raspberry Pi website.
Refer to the two Raspberry Pi GPIO pinout and the physical pinout.
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RPi GPIO9 (Pin 21) to RF Module Pin 7 ( MISO )
RPi GPIO10 (Pin 19) to RF Module Pin 6 ( MOSI )
RPi GPIO 11 (Pin 23) to RF Module Pin 5 ( SCK )
RPi GPIO8 (Pin 24) to RF Module Pin 3 ( CE )
RPi GPIO 25 (Pin 22) to RF Module Pin 4 ( CSN )
RPI 3.3V (Pin 17) to RF Module Pin 2 ( VCC/3.3V )
RPi Gnd (Pin 25) to RF Module Pin 1 (GND)
Instructions on using github version for RPi :-
Using git, issue the following instructions on Raspberry Pi command prompt :-
$ git clone https://github.com/stanleyseow/RF24.git
$ cd RF24
$ cd librf24-rpi/librf24
$ make <--- Compile the files
$ sudo make install <--- This will install the librf24.so.1.0 into the shared libraries
$ sudo ldconfig -v | grep librf
librf24.so.1 -> librf24.so.1.0
$ cd ../examples/
$ make
To run the programs, type
$ sudo ./rpi-hub
$ sudo ./scanner
*** You need sudo/root to access the spidev0.0 device
Instruction on Arduino :-
Got examples/RF24/rpi_hub_arduino ( make sure the pins matches the above Arduino pinout )
Compile and upload to the Arduino
Optional :- Connect a small buzzer to digital Pin2 to hear a beep when the packet is returned to sender
If everything is working, you should see a screenshot below :-
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Summary Links :-
- Raspberry Pi firmware :- Adafruit Occidentalis-v0.2
- RF24 library (Arduino & RPi libs) on Github https://github.com/stanleyseow/RF24
Datasheets :-
Datasheets :-
- Nordic nRF24L01+ Datasheet :- nRF24L01+ DS
Forum :-
- Raspberry Pi Forum on nRF24L01 Click here
- Arduino Forum on maniacbug nRf24L01 driver Click here
Forum :-
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The management of the Japanese company analyzed model range, realizing that it was necessary to remove several of their cars.
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Here is my recipe for spiced chickpeas. I love making these because they are really fun to experiment with and very easy to make.
Spiced Chickpeas
1 can of chickpeas (or equivalent soaked chickpeas)
2 tb olive oil
2 cups veggie stock
1 shallot, chopped
2 tbs tomato sauce (or even ketchup if you like things sweeter)
1 clove chopped garlic (optional)
spices of choice (cumin, coriander, parsley, paprika, cilantro, etc)
salt and pepper to taste
Heat olive oil in shallow pot (I use a small saucier). Add shallot and cook until it starts to become translucent, then add garlic if you choose. Continue to cook until garlic is cooked and shallots are translucent and a little brown. Add chickpeas. Next add enough stock so that it is level with the chickpeas. Once the stock begins to simmer, add tomato sauce and spices. Stir occasionally and allow the broth to reduce. Basically, all you are doing now is cooking things down so that the chickpeas and onions get soft and cooked. If you find that things get too dry and the chickpeas are soft enough to your liking, simply add more stock and continue to cook down. This is also a fun time to adjust the seasoning and make this dish really your own. Dish is done when chickpeas are relatively dry and start to come out of their skins a bit.
I have a blog about life and bento making in Boston: www.smalerie.com
I absolutely love chickpeas, and so does my boyfriend, so I'll definitely give this recipe a try. Whatever you have next to the chickpeas in the picture looks tasty, too.
Onaka ga suiteiru!
I also adore chickpeas! This is next on my list to try :) looks tastey
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Dolphins coach Tony Sparano just finished his first press conference of the season, a productive session with some news nuggets. Here they are:
*Sparano said every player on the team passed their conditioning test and it seems the injury questions that plagued in the offseason are mostly resolved. [Update: Two players did not practice today. Pat White and Evan Oglesby were not at practice. Sparano had said a couple of players might miss the work today due but wasn't specific. The coach refused to discuss White missing the work. And seriously, how important is this? the guy is the fourth string QB? I'm not all that moved by his absence one way or another.]
*As I reported last week, Brandon Marshall and Ronnie Brown are "ready to go," Sparano confirmed. Both will practice today at 2 p.m.
*Wide receiver Patrick Turner (unspecified injury) is 100 percent and will be working after missing all of the offseason camps and OTA sessions. Nate Garner (foot) is practicing. Obviously Phillip Merling is out, but we already knew that.
*Quarterback Chad Pennington is healthy, according to Sparano, and ready to compete "for the backup job." Pennington missed most of last season following shoulder surgery.
*Sparano said the issue with wide receiver Brian Hartline's abandoned truck on I-75 incident has been resolved. Hartline, the coach said, was cited, he paid the cititation and the case is closed. The Herald is seeking confirmation of that from the Florida Highway Patrol. [Update: Confirmed. Hartline said, "It was a silly situation and we took care of it. I'm just ready to play football. I'm glad it's over with."
*Sparano said he's lost 55 pounds since the end of last season. He looked trim, with no belly pooch.
Tiny Sparano!
*The Dolphins today waived guards Ray Feinga and Dimitri Tsoumpas and announced the signing of Jared Odrick, Koa Misi and Charles Grant -- players you knew were signed days ago.
*The coach talked about what he wants to see out of his revived and revamped defense this year. "I want to see the defense turn people over," he said, referring to his desire for turnovers.
*Sparano said the club will keep defensive end on the active roster for now. But we know Merling is out of the year and I reported in the previous post his Achilles' tendon injury is serious and he will either go on Injured Reserve or the Non-Football Injury list. The Dolphins are also expected to cut Merling's salary, based on the fact they can and he suffered his injury away from the team.


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This course covers the main production tools to allow you to effectively produce CAD drawings to a standard using the appropriate techniques. This course is a great start for those who would like to get to grips with CAD design. The aim of this course is to get you quickly up and running, and to introduce you to the user interface and a variety of drawing and editing tools.
This 2D CAD course will give you the foundation knowledge in the use of this powerful drafting techniques that are used across multiple design, architectural and engineering companies across the world. This course is for those who are interested in developing a new skill set in CAD design. If you are looking to retrain, then learning a skill such as 2D design is a perfect starting point for developing CAD skills.
Opening 2D files, using co-ordinate systems, creating objects, adding text to drawings using text styles, precision drawing techniques, editing methods,attributes and properties, dimensioning using dimension styles and drawing functionality.
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If you are a trades person, designer or home improvements specialist then learning 2D CAD for developing your designs or building layouts is perfect for you. This course is ideally suited to new users of the software, those starting a new career in computer aided design, users that may have previously used older versions of CAD and need a refresher programmes and casual users that need to understand core functionality and drawing tools.
This one day course provides you with introduction to 2D CAD and will teach CAD skills which are vital for today's engineering workplace. Once finished this course, you willl have a very good understanding of drawing lines, properties and snaps, editing 2D geometries, creating polygons, circles and arcs. As well as scaling, copying and rotating points and curves. You will be able to use drawing commands, performing modifications and printing your 2D designs.
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A broken heart sends a teenage temptress on the road to prostitution and murder in this surprisingly gritty exploitation drama. Kim (Jill Lansing) is a high school senior with a bad attitude that just gets worse after her boyfriend Kevin (Stuart Taylor) breaks up with her and starts dating Annette (Tammy Taylor), a snooty rich girl.
Kim's grades are poor and her financial situation is precarious, so she decides to start using her body to get what she wants. Kim begins improving her marks when she seduces her history teacher, Mr. Donaldson (John Grant), and then blackmails him into giving her an A, following suit with her other male instructors.
Meanwhile, Kim buys a new car after partnering with Tony (Al Mannino), a sleazy low-level pimp and drug dealer who quickly has her turning tricks all over town.
After establishing herself as a call girl, Kim breaks ties with Tony and starts working with Lance (Garth Howard), a smooth mafia-connected gangster who promises to introducer to a classier clientele. When a customer gets rough with her, Kim stabs him to death with an ice pick, and Lance realizes Kim has what it takes to be a hired killer.
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Elements of Contemporary Rustic Style
The rustic style of yore was characterized by lodge decor— heavy leather furnishings, wood paneled walls, and taxidermy in abundance. While we see certainly find elements of the by-gone cabin decor sprinkled through modern woodland schemes, the following traits seem to be the most dominant attributes of the rustic revival.
• 1 Natural, unprinted fabrics: linen, burlap, canvas, animal skins
• 2 Raw woods with limited varnishes and paints
• 3 Simple rugs made of natural materials such as jute, sea grass, sisal, or animal furs.
• 4 A balance of whites and light neutrals on the walls, window coverings, and upholstery to brighten a room full of wood.
• 5 Understated seating options (often in neutrals) with limited embellishments
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At Seattle Public Schools, we welcome enrollment of non-resident students. Non-resident students are those who don't live within the Seattle city boundaries. There are some limits, based on school board policy, on whether we can accept a student from another school district. Non-residents may attend our schools as long as:
Non-resident assignments are for one academic year only. All non-resident students are dropped at the end of each academic year. You must make a new application each academic year to request continued enrollment in Seattle Public Schools. To do so, obtain a Choice Transfer Request from the school district where you live and fill out an SPS School Choice form.
Non-resident students do not have an attendance area school. You can be assigned only to schools and programs when space is available for students who live outside of the school's attendance area. That space must be available for your grade level and program needs. For secondary schools, only the seats set aside for open choice are available for non-resident enrollment. Any schools/grades/programs with a wait list of resident students do not have space available and cannot accept any non-resident students.
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Step 1: Download our 2018-19 Non-resident Application Checklist and 2018-19 Non-resident Acceptance Standards
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Recently, while exploring the internet, I stumbled across an article in the Washington Post that dealt with "What makes America's gun culture totally unique in the world." This in turn led me to a database compiled by the Guardian titled, "Gun Homicides and Gun Ownership Listed by Country." It is a list of 178 countries which includes some very interesting and informative information about civilian firearms ownership and numbers of firearm related homicides. The United States of course is at the top of the world's civilian gun ownership list by far. In fact while our population makes up only 5 percent of the world's population we own somewhere between 35-50 percent of the worlds civilian guns. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/newa/datablog/2012/iul/22/gun-homicides).
In this country there, currently, are around 270 million guns held privately. This equates to 88.8 guns owned per 100 people. Our homicide by firearm rate per 100,000 people comes in at 2.97. From here, it all depends upon how you choose to interpret the data.
If I were oriented toward more stringent gun control I would point out that in a number of cases there is a direct correlation between the number of firearms privately owned and homicide rate. I would point to our neighbor Canada where, there are only 30.8 firearms per 100 people and a homicide by firearms (HBF) rate of only 0.51 HBF per 100,000 people. In addition I would show Australia with a 15 guns/100people and a HBF of only 0.14. I could point out Japan with a 0.6 firearms/100 people and an HBF rate of only 0.01. I could in fact go on and on pointing out that those countries with fewer guns and most likely stricter gun control laws do in fact have lower rates of firearm related deaths. Of course when you truly examine the numbers we see that this issue is in fact far more complicated than, where our personal bias tends to fall.
If on the other hand I wanted to point outthat gun control" was a fallacy then I would look at the number 3 country for civilian gun ownership, Switzerland. Switzerland has a gun ownership level of 45.7 guns per 100 people with a HBF rate of only 0.77. Number 4, Finland comes in at 45.3 guns per 100 people and a HBF rate of only 0.45. Looking at these numbers it would seem that something else is going on in these countries and perhaps it would be wise for us to take a look at exactly what it is that they are doing other than simply imposing more stringent gun laws upon our population.
All of the above is however completely meaningless rhetoric and useless banter to the parents who lost their children at Sandy Hook Elementary and to the friends and relatives of the more than 30,000 people each year for the past ten years who have been victims of gun violence.
I am a gun owner and hunting, protecting our homes and families and serving our country has been part of our family heritage in America for well over 350 years. We are missing the point completely, however, and getting sidetracked into an anachronistic obsession that makes us look crazy people in the eyes of the world. It's not about the right of the individual to bear arms. Our citizens are dying from the misuse of firearms and rather than letting our thoughts be driven by the propaganda of power hungry politicians or special interest groups with questionable motives, we should be solving this problem the way other countries not so blinded by their own myopic needs are doing at this very moment. Rather than trying to arm teachers, janitors, administrators and security guards with deadly weapons which seems to me like fighting fire with gasoline, we need to start installing "biometric facial recognition security systems" in our schools and work places the way the rest of the civilized world is doing. We need to reach out to other countries in order to learn how they have been able to hold their Homicide by Firearms rates down. We also need to interact with one another in a civil manner over an issue that is in fact highly personal and emotional in order to come up with gun control laws that really work. This is what the internet and its vast universe of information and networking capabilities should be used for, and not for becoming enfeebled by a continual barrage of numbers and information that leads to the oppositional interpretations that keep us all in a mass consciousness paralytic coma; while the senseless shootings continue.
Roger Frary, Putnam Station


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Mangano Scores 22 Points, Grabs 15 Rebounds
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A strong start helped the Yale men's basketball team to a very impressive win Saturday. The Bulldogs built a 38-20 lead at halftime and cruised to a surprisingly easy 68-52 victory over Vermont before a crowd of 1,205 at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
The Catamounts have been to the postseason in seven of the last nine years and already have an impressive win at Old Dominion on their resume.
Yale dominated the first half. The Bulldogs shot 54.2 percent from the field and held UVM to 30.8 percent in building the 18-point halftime advantage.
"It was probably one of our better halves in a few years," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball. "I thought we did a great job on the defensive end."
At 5-2 overall, the Bulldogs are off to their best start since 2002-03.
Greg Mangano had another big game, finishing with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Jeremiah Kreisberg and Austin Morgan both scored 14, and Reggie Willhite and Michael Grace each contributed eight.
But it was at the defensive end where the Bulldogs really shined. Vermont made 3-of-13 three-pointers and shot just 35 percent from the field for the game. Yale also had a 39-29 edge in rebounding.
"We won this game because we defended and rebounded," Jones said. "Offensively, we did enough to be pretty good."
Four McGlynn was the only Catamount to score in double figures, finishing with 16 points.
Mangano reached the 20-point mark for the third time this season and recorded his third double-double.
"They were pretty much playing us one-on-one in the post," said Mangano, who was 9-of-16 from the field. "With any of our post players, if we're being played one-on-one, we're going to look to score."
The Bulldogs were playing in Lee Amphitheater for only the second time this season. The other was a 101-37 win over Lyndon State on Nov. 17.
"It was nice to be back home," Mangano said. "This is the gym we practice in and feel comfortable in."
Yale was comfortable right from the start. The Bulldogs led 14-4 after six minutes and then scored the last nine points of the first half to take command. The Catamounts (4-3) never got closer than 12 in the second half.
NOTES: The victory was Yale's first over Vermont since 2007. The Catamounts had won the last three meetings… Mangano's double-double was the 18th of his career… Freshman Matt Townsend, who has been battling an injury, made the first appearance of his career, grabbed four rebounds and blocked a shot in nine minutes… Grace made the first start of his career… The Bulldogs are right back on the road on Monday, travelling to Sacred Heart for a 7 p.m. tip.
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SANGERVILLE, Maine — Firefighters saved a home from a fire on Friday, according to Regional Ranger Jeffrey Currier of the Maine Forest Service.
The Sangerville Fire Department was called to a home on Burroughs Road around 2 p.m., according to Currier. Upon arrival, they found a fire threatening a home in a remote section of the town.
Firefighters reportedly were able to quickly knock down the flames and keep the fire from damaging the home.
According to Forest Ranger Jon Blackstone, the homeowner, Stanley Schies, 61, was burning tires and other debris outside his camp when he lost control of his fire.
In investigating the cause of the fire, it was determined that the homeowner was burning prohibited materials and had not obtained an open burning permit for the fire. He was issued a summons for failing to acquire an open burning permit and a warning for the prohibited materials burning.
"This is a classic example of how quickly a small fire can escape and threaten someone's home. We urge citizens to understand and adhere to all of Maine's open burning permit laws, as they are in place to help protect homes and forest resources," Blackstone said.
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|A group of 39 TAMIU students traveled to the recent Pathways Conference at Texas A&M University in Galveston
"Once again, we had a fabulous showing at the Annual TAMUS Pathways conference. All of our student presenters did a fabulous job," said Dr. Jeff Brown, TAMIU Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.
The Pathways Student Research Symposium attracted over 500 Texas A&M University System undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students. All presented their research with both oral and poster presentations. Participants included students, administrators, faculty, and staff from throughout the A&M System.
TAMIU was represented by 39 students: 16 undergraduate, 18 graduate and five doctoral students.
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With two runners on it was certain the Dodgers' three-run lead would be erased. However, Al Gionfriddo, acquired from Pittsburgh earlier in the season, closed the gap and reached over the wall to rob DiMaggio. The catch brought a rise out of the normally dour and unemotional DiMaggio, who kicked at the dirt out of frustration.
The Dodgers would hold on to win Game 6, but the Yankees won Game 7 to clinch the series.
1937 – Barry Switzer, football coach (Oklahoma).
*************************************************************************************With their season over from a competitive standpoint, there were those – myself included – who believed Carlos Beltran should've shut it down for the remainder of the season.
Beltran said he needed to play to prove his health to himself, and yesterday indicated he doesn't anticipate his knees would become a problem.
Said Beltran: "People asked me, 'Why are you coming back?' But, as a player you have to come back and I did. Now I can go in to the off-season feeling good about myself. I can get ready, be in the best condition I can be in, and get ready for spring training.''
Today the lockers at Citi Field start to get cleared out. Players will be drifting in for the next few days. Some who don't think they'll be a part of the Mets next season, could come early and leave before the media is brought to the clubhouse.
Manager Jerry Manuel said there could be some announcements regarding his coaching staff. Third base coach Razor Shines, who waved on over 20 runners that were eventually thrown out at the plate, could be gone. Pitching coach Dan Warthen could be dismissed because of a staff that walked over 500 batters, and regressions by Mike Pelfrey and Oliver Perez.
The Tigers and Twins will have a one-game playoff tomorrow in the Metrodome. The stadium couldn't be used tonight because the Packers-Vikings Monday night game is scheduled. ESPN is expecting huge ratings as the game pits Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre against his former team.
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Skip to comments.Anglicans should throw out dry tradition ( should rip up the pews and encourage real participation)
Posted on 07/05/2011 3:43:55 PM PDT by Cronos
I wrote an article on this site a few months ago in which I expressed a change of mind. After many years of kicking against my native Anglicanism, I found that the American version of it, the Episcopal church, was to my liking.As I previously explained, this church is proof that Anglicanism is not necessarily defined by the intolerable (to me) conservatism of the C of E. There is a world elsewhere. I always vaguely knew this on a theoretical level, but since moving to New York I have experienced its truth.....
I've been attending a well-known arty-liberal church in Manhattan called St Marks in the Bowery. It has an excellent priest, a rising star of international liberal Anglicanism, called Winnie Varghese. It nearly always has amazing visiting musicians, often gospel-singers, which helps. But the main attraction is that it feels inclusive, participatory. The pews have gone, and the seats are arranged in an oval. There is no organ both it and the pews were casualties of a fire some years ago a godly fire in my view. I consider organ music too loud, too powerful it alienates, cows. Instead, the liturgy is accompanied by a piano...
I don't know whether it reflects on my own spiritual dullness, or the incompetence of most churches, that it has taken me so long to realise: church can really work.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
you just need a show as the author writes
Ya know what else would be neat? Give women their own worship space. And let them wear veils. And lets all pray towards Mecca.
So-called "contemporary" services are part of what's turning churches rotten. The author of this piece is deluded....
Wow, that's right up there with being the newest sensation in vaudeville.
IMHO, the denominational churches has been getting away from The Word and are so set in tradition over everything else and are losing people and the non-denominational churches like the Calvary Chapel's are flourishing since they are into The Word and are not traditional like the Pews, music, the Sunday dress clothes. In other words, the kind of church that is not your "father's church" are attracting people.
I disagree. I think they're moving away from The Word because they are discarding traditional worship. I know of some churches that no longer sing traditional hymns. Just have a bunch of juvenile twenty-somethings up front bangin' on drums and strumming electric guitars like a garage band. And they're bringing their liberal theology with em'.....
Not trying to argue, but even "traditional" hymns were new at one time.
Music is tied to culture, and people are going to worship according to their cultural bent. Besides, I have been to many churches over the years that sang nothing but traditional hymns, and more than one were not places filled with people worshipping and adoring the Lord. My church home is one where we do worship using guitars, drums, keyboards and the like, and we have a strong core group of passionate Christ-followers that seek to serve and love.
He is an evangelist for the ripping out of pews, so that worship is based around this drama of participation.
A younger generation is absolutely essential to keep a church alive. Think about what this means when it comes to the atmosphere of the church and service.
Traditional hymns do not attract the young(though we do still sing them at my church, we also mix in modern music.. and we have an electric guitar, and acoustic, a drum set, and a piano... the drums being manned by a 16 year old).
Our pastor also happens to be in his early 30s and is my former youth pastor, which took a while for the older generation to accept but the church has come to realize this guy knows what he's talking about.
I agree. The organ, the "King of Instruments," is gone. Enough said. I wouldn't go near this church.
Sure, but not for the right reasons. And not because they are "into The Word" -- your phrase, not mine.
Sorry to disagree. I've read the "lyrics" in praise songs. Juvenile, pedestrian, hackneyed, uninspired tripe. A friend of mind calls them "seven-eleven." Seven words repeated eleven times. They're like junk food compared to the gourmet feast that is the traditional hymn. "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord," is one example of this junk. Think of the image—a human heart covered with eyeballs that suddenly fly open. It's grotesque. Alan Jay Lerner, who wrote the lyrics to great Broadway shows, hated some of the lyrics he wrote for "I Could Have Danced All Night," from my "My Fair Lady." The line he hated most was "when all at once my heart took flight." Never, he said, have human body parts flying around or expressing emotions or having eyeballs.
These praise songs are composed by people of little talent who are appealing to worshippers who accept mediocrity just because they think it's "in" and younger people like it. A principle of economics is that the bad currency crowds out the good. That's what's happening in our churches.
Amen! The church is trying to conform to the world instead of the other way around. There is no awe and majesty in "contemporary" services..only theatre
Sorry, but a bunch of overweight middle aged moms and dads playing bad music poorly is not all that attractive to the "younger generation".
As true today as it was in 1662.
that is the problem if one gets used to the idea of chopping and changing one's church at whim
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· A much improved adaptive frequency hopping algorithm that improves the plug and play use in crowded radio spectrum situations and better avoids interference from Wi-Fi, DECT Phones, Intercom and more.
· A new Invisi-Wire MK2 with support for wireless software updates, which in the future will make it possible to perform wireless software updates to all your receivers, with an easy connection to your transmitters with all receivers updated at the same time.
· Data-Safe MK2 is much improved that now supports up to 4 times redundancy of all the wireless data with a new watchdog function that ensures all receivers will have the highest fidelity.
· RDM MK2 – New software with custom made features for W-DMX as well as all standard RDM commands. Fast discovery and support up to 128 RDM Responders and more.
W-DMX G4S is a completely new platform with the lowest latency in the market under 5ms, available for a software update on all existing Micro F-1, BlackBox, WhiteBox and ProBox units already shipped via the USB Dongle. The new software is patent protected in Europe as well United States. On display will also be the W-DMX BlackBox MK2 and the popular ProBox F-2500, both offering incredible flexibility for a variety of uses.
Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution says, "We are very excited to show these advancements and new product offerings in Leeds. Wireless Solution has had many years of success in a variety of markets and it's rewarding to know that W-DMX made them happen. We think users will be impressed with our new improvements."
Wireless Solution Sweden is the world's leading manufacturer of Wireless lighting control equipment, now celebrating 100,000 units sold worldwide and over 35 OEM partners. Hailed for its reliability and ease of use, Wireless Solution's W-DMX range of products is the consistent choice for top professionals in the lighting industry and specified with perfect results in high-profile events and installations around the world. W-DMX is also hailed as the best wireless OEM solution. W-DMX has been used in major architectural lighting applications including the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore; Season of Light in Helsinki; Times Square in New York City; the Palace of Culture in Warsaw; Machu Picchu in Peru; the Olympic Games in Vancouver; and many more.
For more information about W-DMX, visit www.wirelessdmx.com. For PLASA Focus Leeds show hours and directions, visit www.plasafocus.com/leeds.


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Benefits of SPEED
- Build and improve your communication skills
- Obtain leadership experience
- Gain problem-solving skills
- Meet people from a variety of backgrounds
- Learn to work effectively in a team environment
- Gain practical experience
- Participation looks great on your resume
- Have fun!
The heart of the SPEED program lies in solving open-ended problems that require research, creativity and risk-taking. Team competition, hands-on problem solving, and relevance to real world application is an overwhelming student motivator. This approach also allows you to integrate research activities into your curriculum. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the design projects, you'll gain the knowledge, skills, and experience highly sought by global corporations.
Clarkson's environmental design team, Clarkson University Remediation Engineers (CURE), won second place in the 17th annual International Environmental Design Contest held in New Mexico.
The Clarkson team's design task was to create a treatment process for small produce growers (150-acre farms) to treat surface water that they use in applying crop protection materials before use. The students designed a simple, cost-effective system to remove bacteria and viruses from the water.
A national environmental consulting firm has expressed interest in taking the system to market with help from the University. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also took a strong interest in the design.


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As with every season in the Church's liturgical calendar, there are many facets to each one. None can be exhausted for the simple reason that each season is an invitation to enter into the mystery of the Triune God.
With Advent, I often return to a theme that is front and center in today's readings: that this time of adventus — of "arrival" or "coming" — is apocalyptic. Advent really is apocalyptic, in the truest sense of that often misunderstood word. Many people equate "apocalypse" with cosmic destruction and earth-shattering doom. But while that association is not incorrect, it is certainly incomplete. Advent provides an opportunity to see the big picture more fully, to catch a deeper glimpse into God's plan of salvation.
"Apocalypse" comes from Greek word apokalupsis, which refers to a revelation of something unknown before, a disclosure of truth or a public manifestation of something previously hidden. In the New Testament, it usually refers to the apocalypse, or revelation, of Jesus Christ as Savior, Lord and King. It is also used to describe the revealing of "the just judgment of God" (Rom 2:5), as well as the revelation of those who have been saved, the "children of God" (Rom 8:19). The latter two flow from the revelation of Christ, who is righteous Judge and merciful Savior.
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An activity undertaken by males on the pull whereby the protagonist heads out to catch, ie take home, whatever he gets stuck on the end of his spear; indiscriminate hooking up with the opposite sex
'What's he doing talking to that munter?'
'Ah, Jimbo's just spearfishing tonight'
'Ah, Jimbo's just spearfishing tonight'
by Becca J W August 28, 2007
I totally went spearfishing on Sammy last night.
by CatInAPool June 09, 2018
The act of having sex with a woman on her period.
Do you mind spear fishing? It's that time of the month.
by greengirl74137 July 16, 2012
Skinny dipping with a throbbing erection (boner)
When everybody was all, "let's go skinny dipping," I was afraid I'd be the one spearfishing
by SpleenMachine July 24, 2012
n. The act of copulating. It is used metaphorically in which the spear symbolizes the falice and the fish symbolizes the female genitalia.
"I went spearfishing last night."
"I speared the fish last night."
"My dad and I went spearfishing together last weekend."
"I speared the fish last night."
"My dad and I went spearfishing together last weekend."
by T Castillo August 13, 2007
Used to describe a male who is gay or is acting like a homosexual. Derived from the South Georgia expression, "spear-fishing for a doodoo shark."
by Foard June 06, 2006


text: I have a 9 day old daughter that I had to have a c section with. She was 37 weeks and born at 5lbs 6 oz. I was bummed to miss out on the natural birth experience but I was adamant about breastfeeding. She was latching great but since I had the c section it took a little while for my milk to come in. Then she got jaundice and we had to supplement with formula and I was devastated. She also left the hospital weighing 4 lbs 14 oz so we were also concerned with her weight. I continued to pump and feed her breast milk along with the formula alternating to two per our pediatrician. I was pumping and bottlefeeding the breastmilk so that we could visually measure how much she was eating during this couple of days. I'm guessing because of the bottle feelings she won't latch. I don't have many resources in my area. Is there any hope that we can go back to nursing normally? I miss that connection and don't want to lose it so early plus the feeding schedule and pumping schedule are wearing me out! Any advice?


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Board of Regents Special Meeting SummaryUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Assoc. V.P. of External Affairs , External Affairs and University Relations
Jodi Leong, (808) 956-9437
Director of Communications, External Affairs and University Relations
The Board heard a report from its Presidential Selection Task Group which was charged with examining the logistics of a presidential search. The group's report included specific considerations on how to proceed with both appointing an interim president who can assume office in September and executing a search for a permanent president.
The Board approved that this same Task Group work with Board of Regents leadership to identify a slate of 2-3 candidates for Interim President for consideration by the Board at a Board meeting in July.
The members of the Task Group are:
John Holzman, Chair
Regent Saedene Ota
Regent Jan Sullivan
The interim president will serve only until a President is in place. It is expected that the selection process for the President will take some months.
The Board also voted to create a Presidential Selection Committee to be composed of the following:
Regent John Holzman – Chair
Regents Saedene Ota
Regent Jan Sullivan
Regent Chuck Gee
Regent Barry Mizuno
Regent James Lee
Regent Jeffrey Acido
Ex Officio and non-voting members will be Board Chair Eric Martinson and Committee on Personnel Chair Coralie Matayoshi.
The Board charged the Selection Committee with preparing as soon as possible a detailed plan for the presidential search, to include items such as a proposed charge for the Selection Committee, proposed statement of criteria for selection, recommendations on engaging the public and key university constituencies in the selection process, consideration of the use of a search firm in the process and associated costs, and proactive efforts to solicit and incorporate public input in the process.


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Time by time, whether it is because of food, soap, or often by hair which will get the sink drain clogged. If you are now having this kind of problem, I can tell you that this type of job is the easiest among the other home improvement project. Having a clogged sink drain is bothering isn't it? Yeah, just look at it will make everyone annoyed. Of course we cannot let that happens too long. Then is there any solution which can solve this kind of clogged sink drain problem without taking it off? Fortunately the answer is ye there is. Here below are the things which can be done if you have clogged drain problem. This time I will use the chemicals that can get your sink drain unclogged. Keep reading for details.
First chemical is using the vinegar combined with baking soda, such easy materials to get right? For the composition, combine a halo of cup of baking soda with a half of cup of vinegar. Then get the mix poured into the clogged drain. After about 15 minutes, get the clogged drain filled again with boiled water. The scheme is like this, the mixture of vinegar and baking soda will get whatever acids in the clog and the boiled water came to push it down and makes the pipe clean.
If you have done the method above but you still find your sink drain is clogged, then we need plan B. Plan B means using another recipe. From what you have gathered, you can get ¼ cup of hydrogen peroxide is poured into the sink drain, wait for several minutes and then continue by using boiled water. Remember, since we always use boiling water from the first step, you can only try these two steps on the metal sink drain and not the plastic one. Why? Of course it is because the plastic may melt because of the boiled water.
Deck railing has variety types and materials. Wood always is the most classic choice for you. If you want more durable materials, glass, aluminum and composite materials have made extensive to the popularity of wood. Some of those types are preferred for the greater style that is afforded by the appearance, meanwhile others are chosen as their strength and resistance of the elements. So you need to take both the security and the style into consideration when you want to decide your choice. If you have bought pre fabricated deck railing sections, they should be created in the same time with the rest of your patio is built. The use of the rails isn't only to complete the look of your patio but also to keep anyone from falling off from the platform. So you need to make sure that you remember this when you are making your decisions.
Wall shelf designed not only for alternate storage media, some people also make wall shelf as decoration. People with high creativity will be able to make their best kitchen wall shelf, with attractive style and also interesting model. For more information about kitchen interior and remodeling, perhaps you can try to look on the kitchen renovation sections. Wall shelf kitchen ideas can be the best solution for optimize kitchen spacing, you can add more kitchen cabinet on your floor, but you still have some space on the wall and you can use it as wall shelf, you can hang the frying pan add more decoration on it.
Do you want to know the secrets of better home interior, well, I'm sure people wondering how many experts do and home designer keep designing and creating something comfortable and also cozy. Talking about comfortable, there are two different comforts here, visual and also physically, and the perfect comforts is the combination between visual and also physical comforts. Did you get what I'm saying? Well, I'm talking about tv over fireplace ideas entertainment center, think about it, fireplace is the best spot for you to get warm, winter can be extreme, the temperature will be low and cold, fired up the fireplace and you will feel warmer, that will be the physical comfort for you.
now, the visual comforts, I think entertaining center will be good idea, try to observe some pictures below, you can see that people already know how to decorate fireplace, not only fireplace mantle, they also add more media and entertainment system above the fireplace. LED TV is the preferred one, spend your whole winter in front of fireplace, feel the warm and get entertained with TV shows or box office movies, I'm sure it will be worth for you.
TV over fireplace ideas entertainment center is not cheap, you need to prepare a lot of money for this, I just done my own entertaining center, including LED TV, home theatre and also my favorite gaming console. By connecting game console on your fireplace TV, I just feel that my winter is perfect. And try to remember about fireplace type, traditional and also modern fireplace, both have its advantage and also risk, but try to choose the modern one, it give better warm experience and also appearance, but there also some issues about safety due the installation difficulties, you need to involve experts for this, and it cost some cash, quite unfortunate.
I think it will be cool ideas if you able to create your own small bedside table lamp, people really like to improve their knowledge and skill about DIY activity, creating decoration and home accessories is quite challenging. And what are you waiting for? You can simply start your own DIY bedside table lamp ideas, use your creativity to create your own creation, if you fail on the first attempt, and try not to be down, you need to keep trying and trying until you finally create perfect your own creation. More information about bedroom improvements and décor can be obtained on bedroom section.
As the home occupant that cares about all of the family members, you will need to provide the elements of the room that give a high value of comfort. You can also increase the presence of a room by adding the safety elements to a room. Although the safety elements must have the better function in providing security, but the function of the stuff must also have a good attention. Today I want to ask you to discuss about the best safety material that will have a great function in the bathroom. As we know that the bathroom area is one place in the room that can really add the better body cleaning process for the home occupants.
You can use the bathroom properly as well as your family members if there are some supportive elements added. You can use the best flooring for bathroom that will give the different sensation of appearance to the room but at the same time the stuff must also be able to provide secure feeling. As we know that the bathroom will be fulfilled by huge amount of water. It will also have some soap that leaked to the floor. To avoid that make the floor slippery, you can apply the special design of flooring. It is the form of the floor that has higher and better textures. You can choose the type of the floor by going and take a look for some examples at the material store.
You need to adjust it also to the remaining style of the house. If you can gain the better decoration that is in line with the decoration in the house, it means that the sense of unity will be created. To make sure that you use the best flooring for bathroom, do not ever forget about the impression of color. It wills much better if you apply the bathroom with bright color. But do not choose the color that brighter than the bathroom wall because it will arise the weird sense.
Organizing your house is among the most critical job to do. Yet, you also know that it is not going to be such an easy job because you have to consider so many factors along the way. However, there is no need for you to worry when organizing your house since you have so many options to take in order to make the most of the space around your house. If you see this post as an interesting and exciting thing to read, I am going to suggest you to stay with me here reading the rest of this post at this very time!
When you want to organize your home, it is better for you to start with one room in order to make the whole process much more effective. What I am trying to say here is that you have to avoid planning to achieve everything in a short time no matter how small your home is or how less your things are. Once you are able to sort out which room you want to start with, you could make a list of what you want to do with it. Once in there, making the whole list, you have to continue right until you have walked through each and every room of your home with what you want to do.
The plan and preparation matter the most so you have to spend time and effort looking at what you will be doing. Indeed, it is not going to be easy, but believe me, it will all be worth the time and effort. When organizing your home, it should be such a good idea to play your favorite music as it has always been a booster for me to keep going and get it all done. A spring cleaning is what you are going to do by the time you start organizing each room. So, those are a few first things to know when organizing your home, stay tuned for more info later.
Having some brilliant white kitchen cabinet ideas can be accomplished once you explore your creativity. If you think white is not a boring color, yet your kitchen now looks dull, what is wrong with your choice then? You are not wrong actually, especially in picking any color, including white for your cabinets. Simply because you just don't know what to do to your boring white cabinets. You can find the light by collecting gorgeous pictures of some white kitchen cabinet ideas in any magazine that you think related to home decoration. But you have to consider the theme that is currently used for your kitchen room. We can't just ignore the fact that the room has a style which you should keep. If you use country style for the room, you can be happy by painting the white cabinets with some colorful flowers on the doors. Similar position and dimension will bring the 'it' thing to your cabinet, including your kitchen room, of course.
But if you use modern contemporary style for the room, it will be a little problem for you in decorating the kitchen cabinets. You know that the key for modern and elegant kind of style is simplicity. So it will be hard if you want to throw some white kitchen cabinet ideas. But it doesn't mean there is nothing you can do. You can still use glass which combined by the wood as the door for your cabinet. So it will bring a uniquely look for the kitchen cabinets. You can also change the cabinets by removing the doors. Change it with something made of aluminum. It mixes well with the wood material.
Mostly you can use one or two white kitchen cabinet ideas if you think you can remake the look of your old white cabinets. You can repaint it and you can also add some textures on it. You can also varnish it all again so they will be shiny and polished well. So many things you can do to make your old white kitchen cabinet into a new one.
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Over the weekend, people with review units of the Pixel 2 XL began noticing a problem. No, not the already-known issues of muddy color and grainy textures when viewed in low-light, but one that's potentially more worrisome: screen burn-in. First reported on Twitter by Android Central's Alex Dobie, multiple people have noticed that when you look at the screen with a gray background, you can see faint outlines of the phone's navigation buttons on the bottom.
You can see it below, and I can confirm I'm seeing something similar on my own review unit.
The display problems of the Pixel 2 XL - due to its LG-made panel - are baffling. Google claims it's getting serious about hardware, but putting a panel in your flagship phone that isn't only sub-par when it's working, but is also showing burn-in after mere days of use, is wholly and utterly inexcusable. This is not a budget, €150 phone - this is a flagship phone with a flagship price, and consumers deserve better than this clearly garbage display.
Another year, another round of flagships, another year of the iPhone simply being the best all-round option for most, normal people. For most average, normal people, the iPhone will give them an easy-to-use, secure, and updated phone with a decent resale value two to three years down the line. Additionally, Apple Stores or official Apple retailers are widespread, so you often have easy access to in-person customer service.
Samsung/HTC/LG phones don't get updates - or only six months after the fact - but carry the same flagship price, often leaving their users with insecure and out of date software. The Nexus program no longer exists, and Google's Pixel phones are only available in like 2 countries, and on top of that, its flagship model has a display worse than my Palm T|X. The Android market is in a terrible state right now.
Anybody who doesn't care about software and hardware the way most of us do is, years and years in, still best served by an iPhone. Depending on budget, get an iPhone 6S, 7, or 8 (forget the ridiculously overpriced iPhone X); the Android world simply doesn't have a phone that can compete with any of those three - and that's a sad state of affairs. Google has been wholly unable to address the biggest problems Android suffers from - most notably, updates - and we're way past the point where this can be excused without really scraping the bottom of the barrel of excuses.
Suggesting non-nerdy, regular people get an Android phone at this point in time is simply irresponsible.
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> You are running insecure software.
But builtin calculator can do addition correctly at the same speed the user enter it.
Not true for iOS one.
Security is great, but it's not what non-nerdy, regular people are after *at first*.
They're after a good quality/price smartphone they can afford. And what they can afford, on average, don't increase that much anymore since years.
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A shadow minister was quizzed by pupils on a visit to Thornhill Community Academy.
Tristram Hunt fielded questions from the school council and praised the library and careers guidance offered by the Educating Yorkshire school.
"I was asked lots of very good and difficult questions," Mr Hunt said.
Michael Gove's opposite number visited the school in Valley Drive two days after deputy headteacher Michael Steer publicly slammed the Education Secretary at an awards bash.
Mr Gove has been widely criticised by teachers throughout the country for his changes to the education system. Numerous schools in North Kirklees were affected by strike action in protest at those changes this week.
Asked if he sympathised with Mr Steer's sentiments, Mr Hunt said: "I think there is some frustration throughout the teaching profession about the way in which changes are announced to the curriculum and the way in which education policies are developed."
Mr Hunt was full of praise for the school after having a tour and meeting senior members of staff. "This is a school that is ambitious for its young people," Mr Hunt said.
"It is always a good sign when a school has a well stocked library and I was impressed with their provision.
"I was also impressed with the careers guidance, making sure there are good choices for the young people to go on to."
Mr Hunt also praised Thornhill's positive relationship with Kirklees Council while still enjoying the freedom that comes with academy status – the school is an academy and not under local authority control.


text: On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:02:11PM +0200, Tomislav Maric wrote: > Nifty Tom Mitchell wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 01:08:27PM +0200, Tomislav Maric wrote: > >> Mark Hahn wrote: > >>>> I've seen Centos mentioned a lot in connection to HPC, am I making a > >>>> mistake with Ubuntu?? > >>> distros differ mainly in their desktop decoration. for actually > >>> getting cluster-type work done, the distro is as close to irrelevant > >>> as imaginable. a matter of taste, really. it's not as if the distros > >>> provide the critical components - they merely repackage the kernel, > >>> libraries, middleware, utilities. wiring yourself to a distro does > >>> affect when you can or have to upgrade your system, though. > >>> > > > > An interesting perspective is to have a cluster built > > on the same distro as your desktop because.... ..... > > OK, I guess then Ubuntu will suffice for a 12 node Cluster. :) Anyway, > I'll try it and see. Thanks! I think it will work just fine for you. As you structure thiings make it clear in your mind where important data lives. Also, that compute nodes commonly do not contain data long term and that in most cluster admin environments they get re-imaged at the drop of a hat and upgraded as a group so all the nodes in a cluster always "look the same" to your programs. N.B. This is not strictly true when using a cluster based file system. The common practice of reimaging nodes all the same except the IP address will have to also address the distributed FS components. And, Perhaps overkill for a personal cluster. While youd are tinkering and researching look at the ROCKS solution to clustering. ROCKS is best described as a management package that lives on top of RHEL or CentOS. It includes all the necessary components for a larger (midsized) central managed multi user MPI compute cluster, user management, batch system, kickstart, management database etc. If you download it and CentOS then deploy it on your compute nodes for a test drive you may learn a bit about all the moving parts needed to manage a midsized cluster. Their solution has a very specific set of goals and if they match your needs it is way cool. If not it is not flexible and might be painful. Do download the documentation to scan. Also bookmark "http://www.clustermonkey.net/"! -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new hat, now what?


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If you could improve one aspect of your Karate, what would it be?
Think about it. Think about one thing you would like to improve. Have you thought of something?
Now, what are three things that you could do to accomplish this?
Have you thought of these three things?
Good. Now do them!
We have to be responsible for our own self-improvement. Our Sensei will always be urging us on, setting an example for us, and teaching us, but real improvement is up to us.
Normally, the answer is to practice more -- longer, more regularly, harder. But sometimes the answer may be more technical. Once, I spent a few weeks analyzing video of my sensei and categorizing his responses to various spontaneous attacks. At first, I did not see any patterns. He just moved so fast. But after a while, I realized that his responses were somewhat predictible. There were patterns.
Once I saw the patterns, I could practice them in similar situation.
My point is that what you will need to do to accomplish your goal depends on your goal. Sometimes you just need to practice more. Sometimes you will need to practice in a certain way, or more carefully scrutinize your body dynamics or technique. It all depends.
But unless you take responsibility for your own improvement, you will be like a leaf floating on a pond. The years will go by. It could be like learning Karate for 20 years, with the first year repeated over and over.
If you could improve one aspect of your Karate, what would it be?
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If you could improve one aspect of your Karate, what would it be?
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I'm taking a short break from Pinan Yondan but will return to it soon.
This is a story.
A Karate Fairy Godmother appeared to a student and asked him:
"Would you like to look good at Karate or be good at Karate?
The student was about to answer, when the Karate Fairy Godmother added:
"There is a catch. If you pick 'look good at Karate', you will look good to the public but will not actually be good. If you pick 'be good at Karate', you will actually be good but the public will not think so."
This is actually a very interesting choice. How would be pick?
In my own experience, the better a Karate instructor is, the more difficult it is for the public to recognize his skill. And sometimes the greatest skill is intentionally hidden. Remember that many 10th dans learned from no-dans, who learned from unknown hermits. Who is more skilled, the 10th dans or the hermits?
I think that the proper answer to the Karate Fairy Godmother would be:
"Skill at Karate comes from training, not making wishes. And in any event, looking good is not the issue, being skilled is. So if you don't mind, I will just train."
Charles C. Goodin
Look Good or Be Good?
I'm taking a short break from Pinan Yondan but will return to it soon.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Sunday, December 04, 2011


text: At the age of 4, my grandfather bought me a Playstation 1 and Resident Evil 2. Ever since my first play I've had an interest in zombies. Years later more info has been built, and now it's more of an obsession. I make games, mods, books, etc. with zombies and sometimes other things but mainly zombies. There may be a problem with me...I seem to have a bad obsession with zombies. I get games that have zombies and or zombie mods -_- only reason I got A LOT of games. Listen to metal, all kinds, preferably death. Enjoy survival horror, the classic style. A developer of games and mods. Poet, writer, gamer, and amateur voice actor. Been into gaming since 3, been listening to metal since 13, and have been making games since 13.


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The suttas contained in the four Nikāyas aren't a comprehensive systematic presentation.vinasp wrote: There is nothing of that sort in the Four Nikaya's.
Yes.vinasp wrote: Is it an attempt to reconcile the "four stages" with Dependent Origination?
Stream-entrant, once-returner, & non-returner.vinasp wrote: Q1. What is meant by the "Learners Liberation"?
[ ie. what stage or stages are meant.]
No, it's been around for at least 2000 years.vinasp wrote: So the idea that the items in the DO chain are "designations" comes from Ven.
According to this interpretation "contact" is also a mere designation. Again, the basis of designations is appearances as they appear to the six senses.vinasp wrote:On another thread you quoted him as follows:
From Ven. Ñāṇananda's The Magic of the Mind, p. 63:
"It would indeed appear strange to us that in Buddhist psychology even contact and feeling – with which we are so intimate – are treated as 'designations' (paññatti)."
But is this correct?
To me, passages such as the one being commented on here (MN 18.17), are only
saying that if feeling arises based on contact then because one is aware of it
one can "point it out" or "designate" it. If, due to the absence of contact
feeling does not arise, then there is nothing that can be "pointed out".
It's a question of interpretation, not a question of language. If you now prefer a realist interpretation, which requires substantially existent unique particulars, that's your choice. But the paññattimatta interpretation has the advantage of not requiring those ontological commitments while still accepting the appearances of functional things.vinasp wrote: It is not saying that feeling when it arises is only a designation.
Perhaps we need to look closely at the Pali here, and enlist the help
of some of our Pali experts.