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LU distinguished lecturer Irwin strives 'to make physics real'
As a child, George Irwin wanted to be a paleontologist when he grew up, and in college he set out to be an electrical engineer. Instead, he became a physicist and educator – much to the benefit of the Lamar University students he has taught and mentored over the past 15 years.
Lamar is honoring Irwin as its 2011 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, one of the highest accolades accorded LU faculty members. The lecture series, sponsored by ExxonMobil and hosted by the Lamar Faculty Senate, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
"Nuclear Education in the Nuclear Age" will be his topic when he speaks at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, in the University Theatre. Irwin will attend a reception in his honor after the lecture in the Dishman Art Museum. Both events are open to the public without charge.
A Lamar faculty member since 1997, Irwin is an associate professor and interim program director in the Department of Physics, as well as radiation safety officer for the university.
His lecture will cover basic concepts of physics, employing show-and-tell, on-stage experiments and humor to create an educational, informative and entertaining audience experience. Irwin will also share more than 25 years of professional expertise – from working as a scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory to teaching Lamar students about gamma ray spectroscopy in his physics lab and leading teams of students in NASA's zero-gravity flight education program.
"Nuclear physics is an area of science with great importance in the world today," Irwin said. "From nuclear weapons aimed at destroying entire cities to nuclear medicine aimed at destroying cancer cells, nuclear physics invokes some of our deepest fears and highest hopes for the future."
"Dr. Irwin is known as one of Lamar University's top lecturers," two previous Distinguished Faculty Lecturers – Jim Jordan and Jim Westgate – said in nominating him for the honor. "His professional skills are at their best in the laboratory, where he encourages his students to find answers to scientific questions using hands-on, inquiry-based exploration and learning."
Jordan is chair and professor, and Westgate is university professor, both of earth and space sciences. Irwin was a "star" in last year's JASON Project video "infinite potential," viewed on the LU campus by more than 7,300 science students, they said, and has been the recipient or co-recipient of more than $200,000 in grant funding at Lamar.
When Irwin arrived at Lamar from Idaho State University, it was love at first sight.
"I liked the department. I liked the people in the department, and I liked the way people did things here," Irwin said. "Joe Pizzo and others were very big on classroom demonstrations, which is something I'm also big on myself.
"I enjoy actually making physics real for people, instead of drawing a flat, chalkboard picture or even projecting a flat Power Point picture. It's still flat, it's not real, and physics happens in real life. So having real apparatuses in the lecture hall that students can see is, I think, an important way of making concepts clear to people.
"I enjoyed that about the way people taught here at Lamar. There is a long tradition of excellent instruction in physics at Lamar. That was pretty incredible when I got here."
And so it remains today. When Irwin arrived on campus as a tenure-track assistant professor, he was the fourth faculty member in the physics department. "There's been a lot of growth," he said, now with three tenured faculty members and one tenure-track faculty member, three instructors and three support-staff members.
"I've had a blast during those years," Irwin said. "I have a nice situation here. I have my lab (in the Geology Building) where there's a little sanctuary where I can go, and, of course, I have my office in Archer. For the most part, I've been provided the support I needed to pursue my career and to pursue my interests."
One of Irwin's passions is to take old equipment and make it work. "That's why you look around my lab and see a lot of old stuff, because we don't throw anything away. We save everything, it seems, for decades."
One example is an X-ray machine used for crystal diffraction – an apparatus that is at least 30 years old and probably older. "It has the cutest little X-ray tube," Irwin said. "I found this thing in a cabinet, and it didn't work. It sat for years. A few years ago, I took it out, messed with it a little bit with a student, and, what do you know, we got it working.
He added: "You can still buy the exact, same thing – the same model. It's about a $30,000 item. I took what was mostly junk and turned it into functioning equipment. "
A highlight of Irwin's Lamar career has been joining Jordan in leading teams of students on experiments aboard NASA's reduced-gravity aircraft, known as the "weightless wonder," at Ellington Air Field in Houston.
"The NASA projects have been a lot of fun," he said. "They've been a lot of work for both the students and the faculty, but the rewards have been great. Even the ones who have maybe gotten a little air sickness always come back and rave about the program."
And, Irwin said, "We've done some interesting experiments. The most recent one had to do with what happens in an orbiting laboratory like the international space station if you have a spill. Water floats around in droplets, and it can get into the electronics, the machinery, and that can be very bad. So the question arises: How can you possibly clean that up?
"There are lots of ways of doing it, but our way was sort of novel and had to do with using a high-voltage electrostatic generator – a Van de Graaff – which we use for demonstrations. We get students to charge up to 100,000 volts or so and have their hair stand on end and things like that. The same device, it turns out, we demonstrated, will attract floating droplets of water by polarizing them and drawing the droplets in by the electrostatic field gradient."
Irwin hopes to take the experiment to its next stage and develop a "spill-cleanup gizmo" based on a safe way of making high voltage at low current. "We think that might have some actual application, possibly on a future space station experiment," Irwin said.
Another experiment – also with potential applications – focused on tether recoil. "We had a tethered payload, like one coming off the space shuttle or some other tethered satellite," Irwin said. "With the tension, the question arises of what happens if it snaps and recoils and tangles up the other end. If that other end is a manned spacecraft, that poses a serious issue. So one of our experiments had to do with how can we quantify that recoil and what can be done to mitigate it."
When he was a scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory, Irwin worked on one project that involved monitoring nuclear reactors for plutonium and another using gamma rays in the cooling pool of a reactor used to store spent fuel rods to excite meta-stable nuclear levels called isomeric states in indium and cadmium samples.
And, Irwin said, "One of the most interesting things I ever did goes back to my doctoral dissertation when I was at Idaho State, having to do with spectroscopy of magnetic materials called spin glasses, which occur only at extremely low, cryogenic temperatures.
"All the little iron atoms would tend to get frozen into random positions instead of lining up like they would in a piece of magnetic iron. They had some exotic properties people had studied for a long time and didn't really understand," Irwin said. "The interpretation of gamma ray spectra that I made was, is I think, still one of the most sophisticated way of looking at the structure of spin glasses. I'm not saying it was earth shaking or anything like that, but it was my little, narrow slice of research I consider to be important," he said. "That was some years ago, and I don't know that anybody's pursued it elsewhere. In fact, one of my goals at Lamar is to prepare my lab here with a cryogenic unit and get a new radiation source, so I can pick up on that research."
A native of Holland, Ohio, and current resident of Nederland, Irwin earned a bachelor of science in physics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and a master of science and doctor of philosophy from The Ohio University. Irwin's daughter, Sarah Rose, 19, is a Nederland High School graduate and Lamar student.
Among Irwin's interests outside the classroom and lab are his 1961 Buick La Sabre, which he acquired a decade ago. He enjoys relaxing with his aquariums, tending to houseplants, word-carving, drawing and playing pool.
From Jim Jordan's standpoint, Irwin need not go off campus to have fun. The two have worked together on reduced-gravity flights since 1998, as well as on other projects to enhance the physics and geology departments.
They often shop for parts and supplies in hardware, sports and toy stores. "In the toy department of Wal Mart, I remember once he said, 'It's all physics.' He'll see an item and say this is cool, this is super cool. He's just like a kid in a toy store. One of the biggest joys I've ever had is shopping with George."
Jordan added: "If you're in his lab – which I've been in quite a bit – it's full of toys – things he would regard as toys, things that bring joy to him. I think it's really telling about George the fun he has with the things he does."


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Cleverly engineered for function and durability, all of our Mountain Buggies are designed to enable parents to live a life without limit. With well considered designed from frames to fabrics ensure simplicity from the road to the washing tub. As parents ourselves, we are no strangers to the thrills and spills that parenthood brings. We get many queries from mums, dads, grandparents and caregivers alike. From 'how do I clean my fabric? How do I stop my brake from clicking? How do I clean my wheels? We'd like to share with you some tips and tricks based on some of the top 3 questions we get around care and maintenance.
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All buggies comes with an instruction manual which states the correct pressure limits for your model (if your instructions have been misplaced, you can find them on the support section of our website ). This is generally 20-22psi max and should always be done manually (not at the petrol station!) to avoid over inflation which can cause permanent damage to your wheels.
- As rubber heats up it expands which means that leaving or storing your buggy in a hot, temperate environment (e.g. by a heater, in the boot of your car or conservatory) can cause permanent damage. It can cause the air in the inner tube to swell, bulging the inner tube or in extreme cases causing irreparable damage to the plastic rim
- Your buggy may not arrive to you with fully inflated tyres - we recommend you check the tyre pressure before you use your buggy
- Invest in a pump, preferably one with a gauge to reach the correct PSI, is an inexpensive and worthwhile investment
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- If the buggy is used in exposed environments such as salt water, salt spray or beach sand you will need to wash any steel parts of the buggy. You can do this by hosing the buggy or using warm soapy water
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SPMG1010-A Introduction/Sport Management (Spring 2018)
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Course Description
About The Instructor(s)
Session, Dates: 1 (01/08/2018 - 04/28/2018)
Days: T R
Time: 12:30 - 01:45 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Hale Center 303
Seats Available: 14 Seats
Credits: 3
This course is a survey course that offers the student a look at the diverse and expanding field of sport, entertainment, and recreation. The basic areas of professional, educational, and commercial sport, and recreation and special events are surveyed, identifying the general structure and function of each. Emphasis is given as to what skills are necessary for the field and what career opportunities exist.
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text: Staten Island, NY – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today praised the Nebraska legislature and Governor Dave Heineman for their enactment of LB 675, a bill which will allow women to view ultrasound images of their babies prior to abortion."The post-abortive women I've met and counseled suffered because the truth about abortion was hidden from them," said Fr. Pavone. "By letting women see images of their children and thereby reducing the number who go through with abortion, this legislation will protect many from physical, emotional, and spiritual pain."Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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It was racked onto the cookies after primary fermentation was complete (14 days), but it has been around 73 degrees since it has been on the cookies.Is this bad? How do I reduce / eliminate the smell or can I?
How many cookies are we talking about? It could be fusels I suppose. Are these store bought cookies? If so, take a look at the ingredients. They put a lot of crap in them that could be making off-flavors too.


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I want to use Blender 2.63 for precision CAD. So I've been trying to follow Robert Burke's guide, Precision Modeling, version 6, which was written for 2.49. I'm using 2.63 because I want to be able to generate some organic forms and use Boolean operations. Silly me.
I was doing fine until I got to page 23 where it says, "To rotate the vertex press R and drag the vertex until it is over the line defining the inner portion of the bearing race. Click the LMB to accept the rotation." Not any more it doesn't. If you select a single vertex and press R, it produces some kind of rotation symbology display that tries to rotate a point about itself, rather than the cursor. And nothing drags anything. I got around it by using "spin" with one step.
Then at the bottoms of pages 23 and 24, it gives instructions apparently meant to use the S key to align, or "scale" vertices to the cursor. Having some actual alignment tools would be nice. It seemed to work for page 23, sort of, but for page 24, using S-Y produce that same useless rotation symbol, and pressing number 0 had no effect whatsoever. I got around it by knowing where the point was supposed to go and extruding to that location.
Trying to figure out what to do from your Wiki manual is almost no use to me at all. The "search" box throws up too many pages to find the right information, and you don't have a decent index. I know from teaching a class or two that merely saying how you did something isn't good enough. You have to consider what the student doesn't know and will find confusing. And for a huge program that has more than some people will ever use, you have to write easy-too-find, stand-alone lessons for people who need to know just that one skill to solve their problem.
I will get this eventually, but not without a lot more cursing. In the meantime, someone please, please write a decent index. Or help revise Burke's work so that it makes sense for 2.63. Burke did some decent educational work for a particular segment of users, which seems to have been badly trashed by subsequent changes in Blender.
And it would really help to put some sliders in the views, and make a box zoom tool, like in PhotoShop. Using the middle mouse button and shift key to get around is a real pain.
What happened to the commands since 2.49?
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Likely you are doomed. Trying to follow a 2.49 (old blender) with 2.63 (new blender) is swimming uphill. The interface and scripting language is just too different.I will get this eventually, but not without a lot more cursing.
If you really need precision cad functionality, you are better off using a CAD program for the CAD stuff and exporting whatever you need to render in a common format.
Just MHO. Your mileage may vary.
note: 2.49 is still available for download.
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What, I should let someone tell me what I can't do? I found part of the problem, which either Burke or I missed. You have to set the pivot point before rotating, which I did not see explained on that page.stiv wrote:Likely you are doomed.I will get this eventually, but not without a lot more cursing.
This brings up some issues that I will address under another subject.
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Advice: How to deal with abusive parents
While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On abusive parents who cover their tracks:
My mother created a public persona to our community and church of a sweet, giving, loving, tender mother.
This was a facade for the vicious, verbally, emotionally and physically abusive person she was and remains, albeit slowed and mellowed a bit by age. Two of her six children died prematurely due to alcoholism from the abuse that fractured their psyches.
I moved 750 miles away so I'm not caught having to be involved. I've chosen silence.
I've already made it clear I will not speak at her service and while I will be there out of respect for the family, that's about it.
-- Anonymous II
I am the daughter of a father who was a cruel bully. It took me decades to figure out how to deal with him but when I was around 40, I finally realized I could cut him off if he spoke to me in a disparaging way. I wrote out a list of possible responses and put them by the phone so that I was ready to say, "I will not allow you to speak to me like that" and "If you can't speak to me respectfully, I will end this conversation."
It doesn't matter if the abusive parent agrees with you -- he almost certainly won't -- but standing up to him will help you win your self-respect. Work on a simple statement: "While you can still hear me, I want you to know that you created an unhappy family and I repudiate your disparaging, cruel and selfish behavior toward me. Your conduct has been shameful."
Bullies depend on intimidation; don't let them get away with it. You can hold them accountable.
-- Been There
On a loved one's death that's "not about you":
I was 24 when my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I was sobbing in my parents' kitchen when my mom turned to me and said, "Stop that. He's the one dying, not you." She said it lovingly, quietly and softly and she was right. Sad as I was to lose him, it is still one of my most cherished memories to have been quietly by his side, telling him how much he was loved, as he took his last serene breath.
Fast forward to 2008 when my best friend of over 40 years, who consoled me when my dad passed, lay dying in her home after a 10-year battle with cancer. I knew it was our last visit together, and I began to cry and made the totally selfish comment that here was my best friend, dying of cancer. (Boo hoo -- poor ME.) She turned her head, which was no small effort, and said, "I'm not dying of cancer. I've been living WITH cancer." She was right too. She died the next day.
When my time comes, I hope I have the presence of mind to be kind to those who may be more upset over what they are losing (me) than what I am losing (life). All the wailing and crying won't bring anyone back and it may ruin the opportunity you have to be there, strong and loving, to help them pass from this world with dignity and peace.


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New York-based Mantelli Trailer Sales Inc. plans to mark its 50th year in business this year with a $1.5 million expansion, according to a report by the Buffalo News.
Mark and Kim Watson, owners of the recreational vehicle dealership, Thursday (Jan. 10) presented their request for a property tax abatement on the new building to the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency.
Town Economic Development Director David R. Kinyon said a cost-benefit analysis will be done and, at next month's meeting, the IDA board will consider scheduling a public hearing on the request.
Kinyon said the application envisions the creation of three new jobs. IDA board member Duncan N. Carlson said he'd like to see some sales tax data from the business, too.
"We have to justify why we're giving them $135,000 [in tax breaks] over 10 years," Carlson said.
Kim Watson, the daughter of the business' founders, Al and Shirley Mantelli, said the company acquired the lot next door last year and plans to use it for a larger store, south of their current location on South Transit Road. "We're pretty well packed in there," she said.
He said the three existing buildings would be demolished and replaced by the single new facility.
Kim Watson said the project would be phased, allowing for minimize disruption to the business. She added the new building would also shield the company's storage buildings from the view of motorists along South Transit Road. "Storage is a big profit center for us," she said.


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Troupes of acrobats, dancers and kung fu performers will combine their talents when "Panda!," a Chinese-produced show -- the first of its kind in Las Vegas -- opens in mid-December on the Strip
Tickets for "Panda!," which will play at the Palazzo, go on sale Friday.
The production promises audiences an evening of Far Eastern folklore combining acrobatics, kung fu mastery, music and dance.
The story follows a panda named Long Long as he works to rescue his beloved Peacock Princess from the clutches of the evil Demon Vulture. In his quest, Long Long seeks advice from Immortal Old Kung Fu Man, who helps prepare him for the dangerous mission.
"We've taken two of China's national treasures, pandas and kung fu, and illuminated them in a visually stunning production that tells an unforgettable and timeless story," director An Zhao said in a news release.
"Panda!" is produced by a team whose credits include the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008
The world premiere is scheduled for Dec. 16. After that, performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays.
Tickets cost $48 to $128 and will be available starting Friday online or by calling (702) 414-9000.
[For the record, 10:10 a.m. Nov. 1: An earlier version of this post reported performances would begin Dec. 14. The world premiere is Dec. 16, a Monday, but performances thereafter will be Tuesdays to Sundays.]


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Update: 28/7/2007
Updated with new screen shots, instructions for using Exchange UM for Voicemail and for more appropriately enabling two way communication between Exchange, sipX and Asterisk
Update: 4/10/2007
Changed SIP type definition in extensions from 'friend' to 'peer' to allow Play on Phone to work correctly
Initial Configuration
Start your Trixbox VMWare virtual machine. Log in as root, with the password trixbox (or password for an older Trixbox 2.0 VM) and change the root password by typing passwd at the command line. Remember this password, as you will not be able to log into the server without it. Unlike with the sipX server, you are not prompted to configure the network card at system start up. Instead, you will need to type netconfig at the command line. When prompted if you want to setup networking, choose Yes and assign a manual IP address to this PC.
You should now check for operating system and package updates by typing the following at the command line.
yum –y update
This may take some time depending on how many updates are needed. There are significantly fewer packages in this distribution, and the update process should only take a few minutes. Once the packages have been updated, restart the server using the following command:
After the server reboots, open your browser and navigate to the Trixbox server i.e http://asterisk.lithnet.local. You should now see the screen below
To get into administrative mode, click switch up in the top right corner. Enter the username maint and the password password when prompted.
Configuring Voicemail
The first thing you will want to do is configure Trixbox to use Exchange UM for voicemail, rather than its internal systems. To do this we need to install the voicemail module.
Once you have logged into the admin mode, click Asterisk in the top menu bar, and then click on FreePBX. Click Tools on the top menu of FreePBX, then on the left hand side, click Module Admin. Scroll down to the Basic section, and click on Voicemail. Select Install as the action, and press the Process button at the bottom of the screen. When the module has installed, click Setup at the top of the FreePBX menu to return to the main configuration screen.
Now we need to modify the Asterisk configuration file extensions.conf, and we can do this from the Trixbox Admin mode web page by clicking Asterix then Config Edit, followed by extensions.conf on the left hand side.
Locate the [macro-exten-vm] section and comment out the line:
exten => s,n,Macro(vm,${VMBOX},${DIALSTATUS})
so that it reads:
;exten => s,n,Macro(vm,${VMBOX},${DIALSTATUS})
Beneath the newly commented-out line, add the following two lines, replacing 222 and sipx.lithnet.local with the Exchange Subscriber Access number and your sipX FQDN respectively (note the following text has wrapped because of my blog's template, but it should be all on one line in your config file):
exten => s,n,SIPAddHeader(Diversion: <tel:${EXTTOCALL}>\;reason=no-answer\;screen=no\;privacy=off)
exten => s,n,Dial(firstname.lastname@example.com|30)
Click the Update button and then Re-load Configs.
Thanks to James Brooks for providing us with these voicemail configuration steps.
Configure the sipX Trunk
When talking about telephony, a trunk is basically a connection between two separate systems. In a traditional PBX, a trunk line is an external line to the PSTN, and an extension is an internal line to a handset. Trunks can be one way, or bidirectional. We need to configure a trunk for each connection we make to another system. In this guide, we will configure a trunk to the sipX system, as well as a trunk to our VoIP provider. Once we have our trunks setup and in place, we can then create routes, which tell the IP-PBX which trunk to use for various types of calls.
Once you have logged into the admin mode, click Asterisk in the top menu bar, and then click on FreePBX. In the FreePBX screen, click Setup in the top menu bar, followed by Trunks on the left hand side. The right hand side has a list of the trunks configured on the system. Click Add SIP Trunk. Enter the details shown below.
Leave Outbound Caller ID blank
Tick Never Override Caller ID
Leave Maximum Channels blank
Leave the Dial Rules box blank
Leave Outbound Dial Prefix blank
In the Trunk Name box, type sipXTrunk
In the Peer Details box type
Leave the User Context, User Details and Register String blank, and click Submit Changes.
Please note that while we are leaving the 'incoming settings' section blank, setting the value 'type=peer' above, allows the trunk to be used for both incoming and outgoing calls.
There is a default trunk ZAP/g0 that we do not need. Click on ZAP/g0, and click Delete Trunk g0 on the next screen
Note that after every change you make to the Asterisk configuration, a red box will appear at the top that you click to Apply Configuration Changes. Before testing any call to Asterisk, please make sure you press this button. You don't have to press it after every single change, but the changes you made since you last 'Applied Changes' won't take effect until you do. I'm not going to tell you every time you make a change to press this, so I'll leave it up to you to do this as appropriate.
Configure the sipX Outbound Route
Now we have our trunk (connection) to the sipX server setup, we need to tell Asterisk what type of calls it should forward to it. We do this by means of an outbound route. On the left hand menu, click Outbound Routes, followed by Add Route on the right of the screen. Enter the following information
Type sipXRoute for the Route Name
Leave Route Password blank
Leave Emergency Dialing unticked
Leave Intra company route unticked
In the Dial Patterns box, type [2-3]XX, which tells Asterisk to use this route for any 3 digit numbers starting with 2 or 3.
Select SIP/sipXTrunk in the first Trunk Sequence drop down box.
Click Submit Changes, and we are done.
Add an Extension
Now we create the extension we will use. On the left hand menu, click Extensions, then select Generic SIP Device and click Submit. Enter the following information.
User Extension: 400
Display Name: Your Name
Direct DID: 400
DID Alert Info: Leave blank
Outbound CID: Leave blank
Emergency CID: Leave blank
Secret: your password
Dtmfmode: rfc2833
canreinvite: no
context: from-internal
host: dynamic
type: peer
nat: yes
port: 5060
qualify: yes
callgroup: leave blank
pickupgroup: leave blank
disallow: leave blank
allow: leave blank
dial: leave as default (should be SIP/ext#)
accountcode: leave blank
mailbox: leave as default
Fax extension: freepbx default
Fax email: leave blank
Fax detection type: none
Pause after answer: 0
Privacy Manager: No
Record Incoming: On Demand
Record Outgoing: On Demand
Voicemail & Directory
Status: Enabled
Password: 12345 - not used but must not be blank
Leave the remain voicemail options at their default, they are not used. We only use the 'Status' value to see if voicemail is enabled for a particular user, and FreePBX won't let us save the extension without specifying a password.
Configure X-Lite to log onto the Asterisk server
Now that Asterisk is configured, we can change X-Lite to log onto the Asterisk server, and test the new routes we configured. At the top of the X-Lite screen, there are 3 buttons. The left button shows a drop down menu, which gives us the SIP Account settings option. Press the Properties button, and change the username to 400, and enter the password you entered above. Change the domain to asterisk.lithnet.local, and ensure the option to Register with domain and receive incoming calls is selected.
Press OK when done, and return to the main screen. The phone will now register with the Asterisk server, and be ready to make and receive calls. Make a test call to the OVA number (222) to make sure the routing works fine. When you have confirmed that is working, call the Auto Attendant, and when asked who you wish to contact, say your name. The Auto Attendant will then transfer your call to your extension, and X-Lite should start ringing on Line 2.
Other fun things you might like to doEnabling inbound calls to Exchange UM from the PSTN using Asterisk and an external VoIP service provider
Enabling outbound calls from Exchange UM (OVA) to the PSTN using Asterisk
Adding SIP Aliases to Asterisk Extensions
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For Entertaining: 5 Classic Salad and Serving Bowls
Serving bowls are essential: while your food may be the star, a beautiful bowl is necessary to really show it off. From ceramic and wood to stainless steel and recycled glass, here are five classic designs:
1. Stoneware Bowls Set of 6, $196 from Blackbird: Delicate yet durable. Finished with a cream, flecked food-safe glaze. Sizes range from 3" x 1.5" diameter to 7" x 2" diameter
2. Large Maple Wood Bowl, $170 from Kiosk: Handmade in Vermont. 15"x 4 1/2"
3. Tourne Serving Bowl, $55 from Brook Farm General Store: Ceramic with a white glaze. Made in the USA. 8.5" x 4"
4. Alessi Stainless Steel Serving Bowl, $110 from Canoe: Part of a series of serving pieces introduced in the early 1960s. 4.25"H x 11.5"D
5. Straight-Sided Glass Bowls, $12 from Canvas: Clean and stylish. 5" and 9" diameter.
Are you partial to one particular material or color? I've decided stoneware is my favorite, although you can't go wrong with a smooth, glazed ceramic. What do you think?
Related: Timeless Tableware: My Grandmother's Wood Salad Bowl
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Achalasia - series
Normal anatomy
The esophagus carries food from the mouth to the stomach. The lower esophageal sphincter is a muscular ring at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach. The lower esophageal sphincter relaxes when food from the esophagus enters the stomach.
Achalasia is a disorder in which the esophageal sphincter does not relax when food passes down the esophagus to the stomach. As a result, the esophagus becomes distended and filled with food, and food passes into the stomach very slowly.
Achalasia is often associated with chest pain during eating, weight loss, and regurgitation of food. The esophagus becomes distended as food and liquid are unable to pass into the stomach.
Procedure, part 1
Achalasia can sometimes be treated with medication that helps the lower esophageal sphincter relax. If medication is ineffective, however, esophageal dilatation can correct the problem.
To open the esophagus, a balloon dilator is passed through the mouth down to the level of the lower esophageal sphincter, using an endoscope. The balloon is inflated, thus stretching the sphincter.
If achalasia recurs after balloon dilatation, surgery may be necessary to correct the defect. This surgery can often be done laparoscopically.
Laparoscopic surgery involves a number of small incisions made in the upper abdomen, into which the surgeon inserts a long, thin camera and surgical instruments.
Procedure, part 2
The surgeon then makes a long incision in the esophagus at the level of the esophageal sphincter. This releases the sphincter and allows it to relax. This surgery is very effective in curing achalasia, with over 90% of patients obtaining relief from symptoms post-operatively.
Recovery is generally rapid, and most patients are able to leave the hospital within 1 to 3 days. Infrequently, the operation cannot be accomplished laparoscopically, and a larger incision is required. In these cases, hopitalization times may be longer.
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Many of you turn to "opaque" online agencies to get the very best available hotel deals. As long as you can specify the hotel's quality range and general location, if the discount is big enough, you're willing to accept the agency' selection of an individual hotel -- and the discounts are often the biggest you can get. The popularity of opaque sites is demonstrated by the fact that several of the biggest mainstream online hotel agencies (OTAs) have added some form of opaque buying to their broader offerings. And, as is often the case in a fast-moving market, new ideas and suggestions steadily improve your chances of getting a great price on a good hotel.
Priceline remains the best known opaque agency and its "name your price" bidding model is still unique, as far as I know. And a new online site, TheBiddingTraveler (www.thebiddingtraveler.com) has mounted a beta version of an automated system to help you bid. As with Priceline's own entry page, you list destination, date(s), and hotel rating; the site also asks you for a minimum-to-maximum bidding rate range. When you select a district within a big city, the site displays recent winning and losing bids at specific hotels within each range. The site responds with a "recommended lowball offer" and "recommended final offer" rates, based on recent experience. Then, you can either bid manually or the site will automatically bid for you. Other sites that provide information from other travelers about successful bids, unsuccessful bids, and hotel identities include Better Bidding (www.betterbidding.com) and BiddingForTravel (www.biddingfortravel.com). They're always worth a look before you enter an opaque bid or accept an opaque price.
Hotwire, the other giant opaque site, provides planning tools you can't easily find in other places. It's unique among the big OTAs in that it regularly mines its immense database of traveler bookings to post findings that can help you cut your costs.
-- Hotwire's latest compilation is a list of the major U.S. cities where hotel prices drop the most within the last week of booking. The result: Week-before-arrival prices drop by 50 percent or more in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Washington.
-- Ongoing reports in Hotwire's TripStarter include displays of a two-year history of hotel rates in (and airfares to) a long list of larger cities in the United States plus three in Canada -- excellent for planning the best times to visit. Other TripStarter postings include "best times" of the year to visit the major cities.
-- Ongoing "travel value index" figures provide a composite index of the "value" of the 50 largest U.S. cities, and a less-useful "travel savings indicator" compiles the five cities exhibiting the biggest year-to-year price drops in hotel rate, air tickets, and rental car rates.
All of these postings are based on actual prices paid by Hotwire customers for open (not opaque) bookings. In a distant past, when I was involved with travel research, I would have killed for a database like this. Now, anyone can take advantage.
Meanwhile, in case you hadn't noticed, some other big OTAs have added opaque buying to their hotel options. Expedia provides both a single "daily deal" at a specified hotel and a longer list of "unpublished" opaque rates; Travelocity provides both a single identified "dashing deal" and a list of "secret" Opaque rates; and Quikbook lists "secret savings" at many of the major cities it covers. Although the chances you could use one of those daily deals are pretty remote -- most of the ones I've seen have been for upscale deluxe rooms in big Las Vegas hotels -- the opaque deals are on par with what you find on Hotwire.
Opaque deals aren't good if you need specific bedding arrangements -- they typically apply just to a single queen or king bed -- or location within a hotel, but they're fine if you're not fussy. I use them routinely for my business travels, and I've always had good results with both Hotwire and Priceline.
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What does it mean to say "I am an Irish Citizen."?
Mother: Irish Born, Irish Citizen
Brother: Irish Born, Irish Citizen
Me: Canadian Born, Irish Citizen?
Under Irish law, because it is the case that my mother and my father are Irish born, and were Irish citizens at the time of my birth, I am automatically an Irish citizen.
What does it truly mean to say, "I am an Irish citizen"?
Strictly speaking, to be an Irish citizen means that I am a member of a political community, specifically the nation of the Republic of Ireland. With Irish citizenship come certain legal rights; for example, I am allowed to travel on an Irish passport. Ireland is a member of the European Union (EU); therefore, as an Irish citizen I am free to live and work in any member country of the EU. No residence or work permits are necessary for me. It all sounds very nice and uncomplicated; however, with rights come responsibilities, so what is required of me as an Irish citizen?
As an Irish citizen living outside of Ireland there is little required of me, at least in legal terms. I am not allowed to vote in Irish elections, nor am I allowed to be a jury member. I am an Irish citizen, but I am on the outside looking in. In some respects it appears as though the legal designation is a meaningless one; however, for me being a citizen of Ireland is more than just a legal or political designation. To be a citizen is to represent the country of Ireland in the best possible way. Perhaps this explains my tendency to "get my knickers in a knot" when I feel as though Irish research is being misrepresented.
A few years ago when I attended an Irish women's history conference, I had a discussion with a couple of Irish academics about the way in which Ireland is viewed by citizens living outside the country. In the case of my parents, and some other family members who had emigrated out of Ireland, it seemed to me as though their idea of Ireland was frozen in time, as if the country remained exactly as it was when they left it. It also appeared that over time their view of Ireland had changed. In their estimation it now seemed as though the country was a sort of dream-like place, a place without hardship or conflict, a place to look upon with only fond memories. I asked the academics if they thought that ex-patriot Irish could really understand what Ireland was like today. They said that they thought there might be a tendency to view the country through rose-coloured glasses. This certainly makes sense to me.
It seems to me as though to 'lose' a country, by emigrating, is almost like losing a loved one. When we look back over the life we shared with a now deceased family member, the troubles between us lose their edge and fade into the background. The happy times, and all that was good about that individual, come marching into the fore. Perhaps the same holds true for the immigrant when they are no longer "legally responsible" for the country of which they are a citizen. Perhaps an immigrant wants to remember, and to bring to their new country, only all the best of what they knew in their homeland.
In many ways I have taken on my parents' ideal of what Ireland is. It is only when I travel to do research, and meet with family members who still live in Ireland, that I get a very small taste of exactly how things are politically and economically. Despite that, I have always loved the country of Ireland, and it is still my dream to one day live there in the person of a 'real' citizen. Although I may be viewing it through rose-coloured glasses, I am proud to say I am a citizen of Ireland.
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Very informative, thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I've been feeling similarly. I see the convenience of travelling with an EU passport rather than my Canadian one, but I too think about the obligations I would bear should I claim my Irish citizenship. Thanks for sharing your perspective.ReplyDelete
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Curt Schilling will not have shoulder surgery for what appears to be a partial tear of his rotator cuff, despite the recommendation of the doctor who operated on the shoulder in 1995, and will follow the more conservative course recommended by Sox medical director Thomas Gill, after the club and player agreed to submit to today's recommendation by an outside medical expert.Sounds like anything we get from G38 this year will be a bonus.
Even without surgery, the 41-year-old Schilling is not expected to be ready to pitch until the All-Star break ...
Schilling passed a physical before he signed a one-year, $8 million contract to return to the club last November. But the pitcher apparently experienced a recurrence of the shoulder discomfort that sidelined him for seven weeks last summer. ...
According to one source, the Sox raised the possibility that Schilling would forfeit his contract if he proceeded to have surgery without their permission, and there were indications that the dispute has led to strained feelings between the parties.
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I guess I can defy it by having lots of MMF threesomes :)
MMF threesomes are wonderful, actually. There should be more :P Also FFM, FFF, MMM, MFT, TMM, TFF, FTT, TTT (did I forget anyone?) are wonderful too! I guess the real message is that threesomes are wonderful.
My first threesome was MMF, and those were happy days ^^
FQM, FQF, MQM, QFQ, QMQ, QQQ, QTQ, QTF... ok, I'm stopping here. The possibilities are delightfully endless, and I could spend all day at this :D
My ideal relationship configuration =
Circle of Committed Lovers (Group Marriage- where everyone is married to everyone in the circle) made up of beautiful bisexual women and I- and maybe some attractive bi men- but only if they are proactive, find me genuinely attractive, and pursue me.
SEX- all partners must agree before one partner has sex outside the marriage. All partners have to agree before allowing someone to join the group marriage.
1) one sustainable self-sufficient off-the-grid rural dream-home base (Permaculture design complete with greenhouse, gardens, and orchard)
2) one urban home-base (Victoria, Vancouver, or Seattle)
Divorce- unfortunate but possible... to kick someone out of the group marriage everyone except the kickee must agree.
...just some thoughts that seem Millenia away right now.
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As the severity of erectile dysfunction increases, so do the risks of cardiovascular disease and mortality among men both with and without a history of heart disease, researchers found.
Men with severe dysfunction in particular had significantly elevated risks of ischemic heart disease, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, "other" cardiovascular disease, all cardiovascular diseases combined, and all-cause mortality (RRs 1.26 to 8.00), according to Emily Banks, MBBS, PhD, of Australian National University in Canberra, and colleagues.
The relationships were generally stronger among men with previously recorded cardiovascular disease, the researchers reported online in PLOS Medicine; they noted that the erectile dysfunction should be considered a marker for heart disease rather than a risk factor.
"The findings provide general support for the Princeton consensus that men with erectile dysfunction require assessment for cardiovascular disease risk," the authors wrote, "while the quantitative ability of erectile dysfunction to predict risk in the clinical setting, over and above clinically measured risk factors, requires specific testing."
The researchers examined data from the 45 and Up Study, a prospective, population-based investigation of both men and women 45 and older living in New South Wales, Australia. The current analysis included 95,038 men (mean age 62) who provided postal questionnaire data from 2006 to 2009 and were followed for hospitalizations and deaths using government databases.
Erectile dysfunction was assessed using a single question about how often the men were able to get and keep an erection firm enough for satisfactory sexual activity. Severe dysfunction – defined as an answer of "never" to that question – occurred in 2.2% of those ages 45 to 54, 6.8% of those ages 55 to 64, 20.2% of those ages 65 to 74, 50% of those ages 75 to 84, and 75.4% of those ages 85 and older.
There were 7,855 hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease through an average follow-up of 2.2 years, and 2,304 deaths through an average follow-up of 2.8 years.
Risks of both outcomes increased along with the severity of erectile dysfunction after adjustment for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, marital status, income, education, physical activity, body mass index, diabetes, and treatment for hypertension or hypercholesterolemia.
Among men with no prior cardiovascular disease, severe erectile dysfunction was associated with significantly greater risks of the following specific outcomes:
- Heart failure (RR 8.00, 95% CI 2.64 to 24.20)
- Atrioventricular and left bundle branch block (RR 6.62, 95% CI 1.86 to 23.56)
- Peripheral atherosclerosis (RR 2.47, 95% CI 1.18 to 5.15)
- All-cause mortality (RR 1.93, 95% CI 1.52 to 2.44)
- Peripheral vascular disease (RR 1.92, 95% CI 1.12 to 3.29)
- Acute myocardial infarction (RR 1.66, 95% CI 1.22 to 2.26)
- Ischemic heart disease (RR 1.60, 95% CI 1.31 to 1.95)
- All cardiovascular diseases combined (RR 1.35, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.53)
- "Other" cardiovascular disease (RR 1.26, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.51)
Generally similar relationships were observed among men with a history of known cardiovascular disease, although the findings "should be interpreted with caution, since a number of treatments for cardiovascular disease increase the risk of erectile dysfunction," according to Banks and colleagues.
Erectile dysfunction is likely a "biomarker ... of the severity of underlying pathological processes such as atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction," they wrote.
"Although the pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction is multifactorial and includes arterial, neurogenic, hormonal, cavernosal, iatrogenic, and psychogenic causes, it is now widely accepted that erectile dysfunction is predominantly due to underlying vascular causes, particularly atherosclerosis," they wrote.
The researchers acknowledged that the study was limited by the lack of information on the duration of erectile dysfunction, on certain risk factors like blood pressure and lipids, and on medication use.
In addition, the study relied on self-reported data for most of the potential confounders and on administrative data for cardiovascular hospitalization endpoints. Unmeasured confounding was a possibility.
From the American Heart Association:
- 2011 ACCF/AHA Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
The analysis was supported by a development grant from the National Heart Foundation, New South Wales Cardiovascular Research Network, made available through the 45 and Up Study Cardiovascular Research Collaboration. Banks is supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
Banks reported that she had no conflicts of interest. Her co-authors reported relationships with Servier and Pfizer.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner


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Welcome to my "on-line office"! It is an honor to serve the citizens of the 7th Senate District in addition to all of the citizens of our great state!
I can assure you that I am staying true to the principles that you voted for when you elected me to office:
- Become the #1 job growth state in the nation
- Implement effective healthcare solutions
- Cut spending and lower taxes
- Promote educational excellence
- Respect our Constitution
- Adopt real transparency
- Promote honesty and integrity
My focus is on problem solving...not politics. I am working hard to honor your support and the sacrifices of those who came before us.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns that I may be able to help you with as your state senator, please contact my office so that I may better serve as your voice in Lansing.
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Tipps der Redaktion aus dem Nachrichtenportal
Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's contingency plan for a no-deal Brexit is inadequate, a leader of Germany's pro-business FDP opposition party told dpa on Wednesday, just hours before she was set to address parliament on
Dusseldorf, Germany (dpa) - The prosecutor's office that handles terrorism cases in Germany confirmed on Wednesday that it is investigating an arson attack and hostage-taking by a suspected Islamist in the western city of Cologne.Investigators
Istanbul (dpa) - The United States' top diplomat arrived in Ankara on Wednesday to discuss the case of missing Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to state news agency Anadolu.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was met by
Kabul (dpa) - A number of German military transport helicopters were shot at though no injuries were reported during a flight in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, the military said late Tuesday. The helicopters were fired upon while
Brussels (dpa) - If Britain were to hold another referendum today on the country's membership in the European Union, the eurosceptics might not repeat their success, according to a study released on Wednesday.Around every second person in
Munich (dpa) - Thousands of investors in insolvent shipping container management firm P&R gathered in Munich on Wednesday to discuss their claims in one of the biggest German investment scandals in recent history.Some 54,000 investors - most of them
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Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Norway's Marit Bjoergen wins the 30-kilometres cross country ski race to become the best decorated Winter Olympian of a all time with eight gold, four silver and three bronze.
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - China highlighted that construction for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is in full swing while trying to defuse questions on the sensitive issue of artificial snow-making at the ski venues.Organizing committee BOCOG
Berlin (dpa) - Figure skating events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with day and time (in GMT), 2014 champions and athletes to watch.Monday, February 12, 0100: team event (Russia) Thursday, February 15, 0130: pairs (Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov,
Seoul (dpa) - An overview of venues to be used to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in 2018.Pyeongchang Mountain ClusterLocated around 180 kilometres east of Seoul in the Gangwon province. Here there is the 35,000-capacity Olympic stadium for the
Frankfurt (dpa) - Germany will be unable to host an Olympic Games inside the next decade but the subject will not remain closed, a leading official has said."The overall topic of a potential bid has rather a mid- or long-term character," German
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee advanced plans on Thursday to set up an independent anti-doping testing system following the drugs scandal in Russian sports.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is also set to


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Evacuation for People with Disabilities
In All Emergencies | Responses to Emergencies
The most important factor in emergency safety for people with disabilities is advanced planning. A guide to help plan evacuation strategies is available from Campus Safety & Security at 268-5965 or 268-6666.
After an Evacuation is ordered
- Evacuate people with disabilities if possible.
- Do not use elevators, unless authorized to do so by police or fire personnel. Elevators can fail during a fire or a major earthquake.
- If the situation is life threatening, call ext.6666.
- Check on people with special needs during an evacuation. A buddy system, where people with disabilities arrange for volunteers to alert them and assist them in an emergency, is a good method.
- Always ask someone with a disability how you can help before attempting any rescue technique or giving assistance. Ask how he or she can be best assisted or moved and whether there are any special considerations or items that need to come with the person.
Blindness or Visual Impairment | Deafness or Hearing Loss | Mobility Impairment
Blindness or Visual Impairment
Bomb Threat, Earthquake, Fire, Hazardous Materials Release, and Power Outages
- Offer to lead them out of the building to safety
- Give verbal instructions about the safest route or direction using compass directions, estimated distances, and directional terms.
- Do not grasp a visually impaired person's arm. Ask if he or she would like to hold onto your arm as you exit, especially if there is debris or a crowd.
- Give other verbal instructions or information (e.g., elevators cannot be used).
Bomb Threat, Earthquake, Fire, Hazardous Materials Releases, and Power Outages
- Get the attention of a person with a hearing disability by touch or eye contact. Clearly state the problem. Gestures and pointing are helpful, but be prepared to write a brief statement if the person does not seem to understand.
- Offer visual instructions to advise of the safest route or direction by pointing toward exits or evacuation maps.
Bomb Threat, Earthquake, Fire, and Hazardous Materials Releases
- It may be necessary to clear the exit route of debris (if possible) so that the person with a disability can move out or to a safer area.
- If people with mobility impairments cannot exit, they should move to a safer area, for example:
- most stairwells
- An office with the door closed, which is a good distance from the hazard (and away from falling debris in the case of earthquakes).
- most stairwells
If you do not know the safer areas in your building, call Safety & Security or Environmental Health and Safety for a building survey
- Notify police or fire personnel immediately about any people remaining in the building and their locations.
- Police or fire personnel will decide whether people are safe where they are and will evacuate them as necessary.
- If people are in immediate danger and cannot be moved to a safer area to wait for assistance, it may be necessary to evacuate using a carry technique.
Power Outages
- If an outage occurs during the day and people with disabilities choose to wait in the building for electricity to be restored, they can move near a window with natural light that is also near a working telephone. During regular working hours, building coordinators should be notified so they can advise emergency personnel.
- If people would like to leave and an evacuation has been ordered, or if the outage occurs at night, call the Department of Campus Safety & Security at ext.6666.
- Some campus telephones may not operate during a power outage, Emergency Blue Light Phones and pay telephones are likely to be operating. As soon as information is available, the campus emergency information line (ext. 6666) will have the latest updates.


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1.3 • 21 Jul 2011
Preference pane that toggles the 64-bit kernel.
Developer website: Nick Zitzmann
SixtyFourSwitcher is a preference pane that makes it easy for users to switch between booting using the 32-bit version of the Mac OS X kernel and the corresponding 64-bit version. The 64-bit kernel is internally faster than the 32-bit kernel due to its improved caching & improvements in the ABI, but the 32-bit kernel has better kernel extension compatibility than the 64-bit kernel.
What's New
Version 1.3:
- Whitelisted a number of older Macs for users running Lion & later. This update does nothing for Snow Leopard users.
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Women Batwing Irregular Closure Cardigan Sweater Khaki B650
This sweater is featured with batwing and pockets cardigan design. Casual sweater, show your special tastes and definitely show your charming figure. Trendy fashion, perfectly fit for any of your attire. The sweater is made of good quality, comfortable and warm to wear. Description: Cardigan Long batwing sleeves Irregular closure Pockets decorated Color: Khaki Material: Cotton blends + Nylon Size: Free, fits for the most Length: Approx. 84 cm / 33.1 inch Package Includes: 1 x Sweater Not include the camisole, sunglasses and other matches Note: Since the size above is measured by hand, the size of the actual item you received could be slightly different from the size above. Meanwhile, please be reminded that due to lighting effects, monitor's brightness / contrast settings etc, there could be some slight differences in the color tone of the pictures and the actual item.


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Weight of matcha
I go thru a rediculous amount of matcha so it would be really helpful to know how many servings I would get out of a certain. How much does the average tsp of matcha weigh? I prefer Ceremonial grade, does the weight differ by grade?
P.S. Suggestions on inexpensive and/or bulk organic ceremonial grade matcha would be fabulous- the more vibrant green the color, the better.
I think it's 1/2 g per tsp, but since you use 2 tsp per 3-4oz cup (4 tsp for koicha), then 1g is about 1 serving (usucha). Most matchas (high quality ones at least) seem to come in 20g, or perhaps 40g sizes.
Have you tried Den's Premium Restaurant Matcha? Kind of random, but I know they sell it by the 1/2 pound.
I've never had DoMatcha, but it seems like they are very popular – have you simply emailed them to see if they offer bulk sizes?
I know Maiko tea specifically states you can buy bulk size from them by simply requesting it. www.maikotea.com
Also, shizuokatea.com has bulk sizing/packaging too. (Not sure if they have bulk matcha but worth checking out)
Awesome. Thanks. I use 3-4tsp a day so that'll help me plan. Restaurant matcha doesn't even sound good. I don't even use kitchen/cooking grade for smoothies/food. Organic Ceremonial Grade 100% of the time for me. Lupicia sells a 100g bag and it's ok, but I reserve that for times when my finances scream "Either you get this or go without". I haven't seen 40g containers, It's usually 20 or 30. DoMatcha is good, but it's expensive too. Will look at Maiko and Shizuokatea.com. Thanks for the suggestions.
No problem! Most of the time, you will find 40g containers from companies located in Japan (as the Japanese need larger sizes, as they drink it much more often!).
Actually, I just found a good one for you. This company sells it by the 200g can, and has MANY quality options as well:
(to figure out the cost in USD, just remove the last two digits; ie 1,100 JPY is roughly $11 USD).
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Rum Cocktail: El Padrino
Posted by Arctic Wolf on January 7, 2010
Okay I am revamping my cocktail section, my original concept was kind of, shall we say, not meeting the requirements of my audience. So I redid the menu so that all the cocktails are now in one section only. If you go to the 'page menu' at the side of the blog and scroll down you will find them.
But on to the EL PADRINO. This cocktail is the result of an idea of mine, which was tweaked by the cocktail guru, forrest (if you click his name you will be directed to his very nice web site). I actually introduced this cocktail in my review of Flor de Cana Centenario Gold 18 Year Old Rum, but it occurred to me that no one would find it unless they were looking at the review. So I decided to add it into the cocktail section with a page of its own.
This is a premium aged rum cocktail. The idea of mine was that premium aged rums like Flor de Cana Centenario Gold, have a complex 0aky profile, which should work well in cocktails which used an aged complex spirit. A quick check of my handy book; 1001 Cocktails: 1001 Recipes for the Perfect Drink (Hardcover),~ Alex Barker (Compiler), gave me the starting place I needed.
The cocktail recipe I found was, The Godfather, which is a simple 2 part Scotch, to one part Amaretto, recipe. I emailed forrest and told him of my idea. He loved it, then he tweaked it, and El Padrino was born. Those who are a little smarter than the average bear will realize , El Padrino, is Spanish for Godfather. A perfect name for a rum based version of the Godfather.
Here is a link to the final version of the recipe:
Rum Cocktail: El Padrino
Please enjoy in a responsible manner, remember the aim is not to drink more, it is to drink better!
2 Responses to "Rum Cocktail: El Padrino"
January 8, 2010 at 10:13 am
Great take on the Godfather. I'll be trying another variation tonight with St. James Hors d'Age instead of the FdeC. SJ, being a rhum agricole, we could call it 'Le Parrain'.
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After we reported Naomi Campbell was attacked by Paris muggers who injured her leg, the supermodel addressed the incident at a Television Critics Association press conference yesterday. "I had an injury of my knee and I am on the mend. I cannot discuss any further as there is an investigation," Campbell said while promoting her upcoming series, "The Face," in LA. Campbell was attacked by thugs in November as she tried to get into a car, Page Six reported exclusively last week, and suffered what's suspected to be a torn ligament. The beauty has recently been seen without a wheelchair, but wearing flat shoes rather than heels.
Naomi Campbell keeps cool over attack
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Potty Training Use During potty training, the sprayer is perfect for rinsing potty chairs.
Personal Hygiene Use The adjustable spray is gentle enough to be used for personal hygiene after childbirth.
Easy To Install No plumber or tools needed. All parts are included along with simple install instructions. If you need help with installation, call the 800 number listed with the instructions to talk to an experienced customer service agent.
3 Year Limited Warranty This diaper sprayer is guaranteed by Rinseworks to be free from defects and problems for 3 years from date of purchase. Please dont return this product before contacting a product consultant. If you need installation assistance, replacement parts, or have questions, please call our Product Consultant at: 1.800.536.0858 M-F 10am-6pm EST or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Includes: One package includes sprayer, fixtures, hose, mounting clip, and install instructions. Made in the USA with domestic and foreign components. Fair wage and safe labor standards apply. *StayFlex Stainless Steel Spray Hose (small dia.10.5mm) stays totally flexible when pressurized and is patent pending. Double Back Flows Certified to ASME Standards.


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The Platypus is a non-controllable cargo ship in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Platypus was involved in smuggling operations, including diamonds, heroin, and sports cars, and was most prominently a vessel in which Niko Bellic sailed on for several months, along with Hossan Ramzy, before disembarking at Liberty City. When the ship docks at East Hook, Broker, as Niko leaves, the ship is carrying immigrants from across the world, including Greece, Russia, Egypt, Taiwan, Thailand, China and the Balkans.
According to news reports, the captain and entire crew of the Platypus disappeared shortly after the ship docked and the passengers disembarked. One of the crew was found in the Humboldt River with whip scars on his back—apparently, the man who was engaging in sadomasochism with a woman as the ship was docking. The ship remains docked in Broker throughout the game and, if Niko chooses to exact his revenge on Dimitri Rascalov, is the setting for A Dish Served Cold, suggesting Dimitri intended to steal it and escape America. After this, he calls Roman to tell him that "it ended where it began".
The diamonds that interweave between the main stories of Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony came from the Platypus when Anthony Prince attempted to purchase them from one of the ship's crew, The Cook. When the deal was done, Johnny Klebitz and The Lost Brotherhood ambushed the deal and stole the diamonds for Ray Boccino during this, Johnny ends up killing Tony's boyfriend Evan Moss.
The Platypus is also included in the Bomb Da Base II mode of GTA IV's multiplayer. After stealing a Securicar loaded with explosives, online players playing as Petrovic Family gangsters fly a chopper to the Platypus. Arriving at the Platypus, a heavy gun battle begins between the Albanians and the players. This is similar to the Revenge mission; however, the Platypus is now under control of the Albanians. Two bombs must be planted on either the upper or lower levels of the ship while gunning down Albanians. The multiplayer team must then escape the ship before the explosion.
If the multiplayer storyline is canon with the campaign, that would mean the Platypus was destroyed.
Known Crew
- Zorba Philippidis (Captain)
- Niko Bellic
- Hossan Ramzy
- The Cook
- Dave Bosoy
- Ed the Mate
- Cousins of the Triad Boss
- Unknown cleaners
- A ship in Port Tudor, Alderney, named the Octopus, resembles the Platypus.
- The ship's name comes from the platypus, a semi-aquatic mammal native to Australia.
- In single player, if the player flies a helicopter near the second level of the Platypus (the level above the deck), and bails out onto the balcony, the door is open and the player can then explore the ship's interior, although some doors inside are unavailable. You can get in these doors in multiplayer mode.
- This is one of the best places to get the achievement/trophy "One Man Army" if one can get on the deck.
- In The Cousins Bellic, Niko claims that he and the other passengers have been on the ship for seven months; however, in Hossan's Random Encounter, he says that it is three months (Hossan may have boarded the ship after Niko, though).
- The Platypus can count as a building as well as a vehicle because it can't be moved.


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Call of the Haunted:
Target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Attack Position. When this card leaves the field, destroy that target. When that target is destroyed, destroy this card.
SP = Short Print (Common);
SSP = Super Short Print (Common);
DNPR = Duel Terminal Normal Parallel Rare;
DRPR = Duel Terminal Rare Parallel Rare;
DSPR = Duel Terminal Super Parallel Rare;
DUPR = Duel Terminal Ultra Parallel Rare;
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Tom Finnell, 72, of Windsor Heights died Feb. 19, 2013, after a lengthy illness.
Tom's pride and joy was his family. He loved horses and he was happiest when he was in his Wranglers, cowboy hat and boots. Tom had a great sense of humor which he continued sharing until his passing.
Tom was the youngest and only brother to six sisters, four of whom have preceded him in death.
Tom is survived by his wife of 39 years, Marilyn (Bohy); step-daughter Deanna (Mark) Ziino of Indianola; children Christopher (Sue) Finnell of Winfield, Scott Finnell of Dallas, Texas, and Amy Finnell of Chariton; five grandchildren; one great grandson; sisters Betty Sjulin of Oregon and Rose Howell of Beatrice; sister-in-law Barbara Hoffman of Des Moines; brothers-in-law Wade Dimmitt of Red Oak and Paul Fletcher of Chandler, Ariz.; many nieces and nephews, and his very close friend, John Ferguson of Hamburg.
Per Tom's request cremation rites have been accorded and no services are planned. His cremated remains will be spread on a ranch in Arizona at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Iowa. Online condolences will be welcomed at IlesCares.com.


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Antec Sonata Elite Review
As the new year rolls around so does a new line of products from every company bidding for their place in the new year's market. Antec has long been a trusted company to provide reliable parts to all its customers, whether it be cases, power supplies, or some other peripheral. With Antec's new Sonata Elite, the company refreshes its line of quiet, reliable workstation cases, promising elegant silence. The companies flyers show a picture of the interior with an interesting feature installed; a 120mm blower-style fan. It mounts right next to where your video cards are installed, acting as a vent while not actually opening up the side, keeping the look very streamlined and professional. I am very interested to see how this mid-tower case stacks up to the likes of other more enthusiast-oriented cases, especially sound wise. Imagine, this could be the answer to having a silent gaming rig! Antec's slogan has me hopeful; Believe it.
Closer Look:
Antec pays special attention to the Sonata Elite's packaging, putting the whole display box within an additional brown shipping box, keeping the display box in pristine condition. You can see right from the get go that Antec has put a lot of thought into how it wants this case to be presented and seen. Spending more for the sake of the customer's satisfaction seems to be a dieing value in most companies today, so it is pleasing to see Antec still putting the customer's experience first. When you open up the flaps of the brown shipping box, you can see the display case peering up at you.
Once you slide it out of the shipping box, you see a white and blue themed box with a yellow strip along one side that flows together nicely, showing a large picture of the case as if it was floating on water. Looking at the front of the box, the front top right corner contains a Quiet Computing symbol, while on the top left is the Antec logo. Then along the bottom you see the Sonata logo and "Elegantly Silent". On the back side, Antec lists the various specs in three different languages. On the top you again see the Quiet Computing logo with the Antec logo, and in the bottom right corner Antec displays the case's RoHS Compliance Icon with other various icons alongside the barcode. In the bottom left corner Antec boasts its three-year parts and labor warranty and gives due credit to the designers and producers of the box.
The most surprising item I saw listed however was a direct 1-800 number for their tech support team. I know many manufacturers who make this information nearly impossible to find even on their websites, commonly referring you to an "autopiloted" e-mail support ticket service (PunkBuster support users, you know what I mean). Here, Antec puts its number right on the box, telling me that Antec is willing to jump through many hoops to make sure that its customers are getting the very best of what is out there and is set on maintaining its very loyal and satisfied user base.
Seeing all this has me very excited and we haven't even opened the box yet, so let's see what this case is all about!


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New Delhi: Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta`s ambitious project 'Midnight`s Children' -- big screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie`s Booker prize-winning controversial novel of the same name -- is set to hit Indian screens Feb 1.
PVR Pictures is releasing the film here.
"Distributing `Midnight`s Children` is a big honour. Deepa is an exceptionally brave filmmaker and `Midnight`s Children` is a very special gem from her. We are absolutely delighted to announce 1st February 2013 as the India release date," Kamal Gianchandani, president, PVR Pictures, said in a statement.
The movie features a host of actors such as Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajat Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Siddharth, Ronit Roy, Rahul Bose, Darsheel Safary and Soha Ali Khan.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jerry Horn
Washington, DC – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life (PFL), and a team of pro-life activists today completed meetings with Congressional members and committee leaders, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus, to "redefine the abortion discussion."
Fr. Pavone, joined by Priests for Life's Director of African American Outreach Dr. Alveda King, Director of Hispanic Outreach Fr. Victor Salomon, Director of Missionary Outreach James Pinto, and Pastoral Associates Frs. Peter West and Denis Wilde, visited Capitol Hill offices this week presenting graphic diagrams and detailed descriptions of abortion procedures to members of the House and Senate.
Dr. King explained that the purpose of the meetings was to clarify in the minds of leaders exactly what abortion is. "Just as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and William Wilburforce insisted on graphically demonstrating the plight of the oppressed in their days, we are compelled to follow their example. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, 'America will not reject racism until America sees racism.' Today we say, 'America will not reject abortion until America sees abortion.'"
Dr. King said that she told those with whom she met, "These images are gruesome, yet they are real. We ask you, 'When you say the word abortion, is this what you mean?' Your constituents are asking us this question and we want to give them your reply."
The Priests for Life team visited both pro-life and pro-abortion Members of Congress. They stressed the importance of clarifying that the word "abortion" is not just an issue or a concept, but that it refers to the taking of a human life.
"While it is becoming increasingly apparent that women are secondary victims of abortion, it cannot be denied that babies in the womb are our weakest and most vulnerable Americans and they need advocates. Their civil rights and very lives are at stake," said Dr. King, who herself is post-abortive and speaks on abortion healing from the platforms of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and Rachel's Vineyard. "I am honored to work with the valiant warriors of Priests for Life and I invite members of the African American community to join us in promoting the Culture of Life."
During her Capitol Hill visits, Dr. King also released an open letter on abortion from fellow black leaders to the Congressional Black Caucus.
Click here for a related press release
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Co-creator and Author of the Playing Card Oracles, Ana Cortez, has recently collected old, magnificent, paintings created by her father C.J. Freeman and she is now working to create another fantastic deck called, the Book of Knowing. If you aren't familiar with the Playing Card Oracles, they are an amazingly insightful deck of playing cards, illustrated with images that speak to the symbolic nature of divination with playing cards. The deck is one of my all time favorites and I have done many post here at ShaheenMiroInsights.com with the deck.
This new deck, The Book of Knowing, is going to be even more stellar! The deck is again, a set of illustrated playing cards. Originally done as huge paintings, by C.J. Freeman in the 70's, this deck is going to be a wonderful contribution to the world of art and divination. PLEASE HELP Ana bring this deck into the light of day, by contributing to her Kickstarter compain, click here The Book of Knowing.