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Drag to read about a different week.
From zygote to embryo – they grow up so fast.
Your baby's development
Commencing growth spurt in 3,2,1…
Your baby grows at a phenomenal rate during week 6, and his systems develop significantly. Here's what is happening:
Your baby, now called an embryo, is clearly visible on ultrasound. He is about 1/8th of an inch long, about the size of a grain of rice, and yet:
Your baby, now called an embryo, is clearly visible on ultrasound. He is about 1/8th of an inch long, about the size of a grain of rice, and yet:
- His nervous system and all major body organs — heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs — begin to form.
- Facial features — jaw, cheeks, chin, nose, and eyes — begin to develop.
- Your baby's heart is beating about 80 times per minute and gets faster each day.
Your nutrition and health
Nutrition can help manage morning sickness.
Morning sickness is caused by elevated levels of hormones in the body. The most common symptoms are nausea and vomiting, as well as mood swings. These can also happen at any time, not just in the morning. Help relieve these symptoms by making some nutrition changes, including:
It also might help to:
- Eating small meals or snacks frequently throughout the day
- Limiting or avoiding greasy, spicy, or fried foods
- Drinking fluids to stay hydrated, especially if you are vomiting
- Keep snacks by the bed to avoid getting up on an empty stomach
It also might help to:
- Avoid those odors in your daily routine that make you queasy.
- Get enough sleep and rest.
Things to think about now
Prep for your first prenatal doctor visit.
Questions, questions, questions. There are many unanswered at this early stage of pregnancy. What's my due date? How is my pregnancy progressing? What can I expect in the coming weeks? That's why it's time to begin prenatal visits with your doctor.
This prenatal visit checklist can help you get ready.
You and your doctor probably will go over:
This prenatal visit checklist can help you get ready.
You and your doctor probably will go over:
- Your medical history:
- Date of last period ___________________
- Contraceptive use ___________________
- Prescriptions ___________________
- Allergies ___________________
- Medical conditions ___________________
- Exercise ___________________
- Nutritional habits ___________________
- Your due date (Knowing your due date helps your doctor more accurately monitor your progress and baby's growth.):
Due date _______________________________________
- Baseline tests:
- Weight ___________________
- Blood pressure ___________________
- Heart rate ___________________
- Urine and blood lab work___________________
- A pelvic exam and possibly a Pap smear
- Your questions: (Now's your chance. Ask away!)
What happens next week
Facial and other physical features emerge.
Mouth, nostrils, and ears begin to appear. Even his iris color is visible, though he's barely the length of your pinky nail.


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Happy Birthday, Greg Louganis
Photo and autograph courtesy of the G archives.
Happy birthday to Olympian Greg Louganis who was born on January 29. I met him a few times and he was nice each time. I love that! Have a great day, Greg!
Greg Louganis said,
[…] know he'd been MIA from American diving since retiring in the late '80s, and the story was pegged toGreg Louganis – It's Greg Louganis, looking cuter than ever with salt-and-pepper hair and matching goatee. I […]

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Exporting to Kazakhstan
A guide for British businesses who are interested in developing their overseas trade and doing business in Kazakhstan.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Kazakhstan. The guide contains information on:
- challenges of doing business in Kazakhstan
- growth potential
- trade between the UK and Kazakhstan
- opportunities in Kazakhstan
- start-up considerations
- legal considerations
- tax and customs considerations
- entry requirements
- who to contact for more help
Published 9 May 2015
Last updated 14 March 2016 + show all updates
Last updated 14 March 2016 + show all updates
- 2016 update of exporting to Kazakhstan guide.
- 2015 export guide update.
- First published.
- Updated 2014 version of exporting to Kazakhstan guide.


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DescriptionThe private beach is equipped with sun umbrellas and deck-chairs. A lift and private car park are available.Located in a tranquil and renowned part of the waterfront, just a few steps away from the pedestrian area, this sea-front hotel boasts a private beach, a garden and a small swimming pool. With classic, modern furnishings, the hotel has a family-orientated, elegant atmosphere and features a lounge area and a large sea-facing terrace, ideal for enjoying a drink on at the end of the day. There is a small spa with 3 whirlpools inside, a UVA solarium and disabled access. Table tennis is available, as are bicycles. And you can keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues back home with the Wi-Fi internet, accessible in the lounges and on the terrace. During summer the rate includes beach service (1 umbrella and 2 sun loungers per room).
General services
- Car park
- Services for disabled people
- Internet point
- Animals allowed
- Bar
- Solarium
Room services
- Satellite TV
- Mini bar
- Tv
- Automatic wake up call
- Films
- Hairdryer
- Airport: Marco Polo Airport - Venice
- Distance from the airport: 37 km
- Distance from the center: 2,1 km
- Railway station: San Donà di Piave-Jesolo
- Distance from the railway station: 25 km


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This week I'd spent too long chatting over curry when I realised I had yet to buy Biscuit's treat. A quick trip to Wilko's where they had a very useful toy sale going on soon solved that! This week lucky, lucky Biscuit was honoured to receive:
Yep, you heard me! Comedy ears! Hahaha :)
Friday Treat: Comedy Ears
Price: Reduced from somewhere around £2 to 50p. I have to admit that I didn't look at the full price all that closely. I was too busy chuckling at COMEDY EARS!
Reaction: She thought they were pretty funny and particularly loved the idea of tricking her Daddy into thinking that her ears had just mutated. What more could a five year old want out of life?
Have great weekends!
Love, love,
This weeks curry was Chicken Dhansak, with spicy mixed beans. Lovely and herby, 7/10. Mmmmmm :)


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Sasquatch, also called Bigfoot, (from Salish se'sxac: "wild men") a large, hairy, humanlike creature believed by some people to exist in the northwestern United States and western Canada. It seems to represent the North American counterpart of the Himalayan region's mythical monster, the Abominable Snowman, or Yeti.
The British explorer David Thompson is sometimes credited with the first discovery (1811) of a set of Sasquatch footprints, and hundreds of alleged prints have been adduced since then. Visual sightings and even alleged photographs and filmings (notably by Roger Patterson at Bluff Creek, California, in 1967) have also contributed to the legend, though none of the purported evidence has been verified.
Sasquatch is variably described as a primate ranging from 6 to 15 feet (2 to 4.5 metres) tall, standing erect on two feet, often giving off a foul smell, and either moving silently or emitting a high-pitched cry. Footprints have measured up to 24 inches (60 cm) in length and 8 inches (20 cm) in width. A Soviet scientist, Boris Porshnev, suggested that Sasquatch and his Siberian counterpart, the Almas, could be a remnant of Neanderthals, but most scientists do not recognize the creature's existence.


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A man has died after being overcome by smoke in a unit fire in Sydney's southeast.
The 42-year-old died in the blaze at a single-storey complex in Daceyville in the early hours of Sunday.
Investigators are still trying to find out if the fire started at the front of the house inside or just outside, where there's a large amount of rubbish containing flammable material.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated, police say.
The local man was found in the back bathroom/laundry area of the unit, after emergency services were called just before 1am.
"He was overcome by the smoke and fire and whilst paramedics attempted to revive him, they were unsuccessful," Inspector Bill Darnell told AAP.
The man's family has been notified.
A forensic team and Fire & Rescue NSW are at the unit continuing their investigations.


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The President�s healthcare law officially kicks off October 1.
My position on the law is clear: It is a misguided effort that divides Americans on a common goal: affordable access to world class healthcare, as opposed to bringing us together to rise to the challenges we face.
I believe the law should be delayed for at least one year.
What has most of us deeply troubled is that not only will the law leave over 30 million Americans uninsured and forced to pay a tax, but it is forcing physicians to fundamentally question the nature of their profession and its pursuit.
The role of the doctor fundamentally changes under this law; as opposed to being a healer, doctors are now bureaucrats. The law is eroding the core of American medicine -- exceptional medical care practiced by highly trained experts who are driven to innovate and improve for the common good.
As for the 30 million who will remain uninsured under the law�s design, they will continue to be left outside the healthcare system. Compounding matters, the law also created countless newly uninsured Americans -- something the president told us would not happen but is happening right here in the heart of Bucks County at workplaces like Sesame Place.
President Clinton has highlighted another 500,000 Americans who will become uninsured due to the president�s healthcare law: children. He is referring to it as the �family glitch� where the law�s complicated formula removes children from their parent�s health insurance, leaving them without coverage and without the subsidies needed for most families to afford the expensive insurance they are being forced to purchase under the law. Furthermore, nearly a 1/3 of those children do not qualify for Medicaid or CHIP. Glitch? This is a catastrophe.
Both the intended and unintended consequences of the law are far reaching and will not be fully understood until this week as Americans begin to live under a new system. As Speaker Pelosi famously said during the healthcare debate, �We have to pass the law to know what�s in it.�
That is the prevailing attitude by people in the Beltway who have continued to put themselves between patients and doctors, workers and workplaces, students and teachers, and families and their faith time and time again. One of the keys to our nation�s success is the manner we have adopted to solve problems. It is hardwired into our culture of freedom. Americans believe we can solve our own problems and are more apt to work together when we know the solutions lie in our hands, not somebody else�s. This is what makes America exceptional.
Affordable solutions exist for the uninsured to obtain healthcare. We have programs here locally, like B-CHIP, which can be a model for the nation. Meanwhile, countless examples like B-CHIP do exist nationwide. Facilitating and promoting things that work is the proper role for the federal government.
As opposed to growing these successes, the president�s healthcare law regrettably condemns the uninsured to remain on the outside looking in as opposed to allowing communities to find ways to serve those in need. Proposals exist, including my own, to repeal the imperfect parts of the law while keeping the consumer protections Americans deserve.
While many of us agree there is some good in this law, there is no telling what else we are about to find out about the healthcare law and its impact on families, work places and the economy. And, that�s the problem in a nutshell. As Congress struggles to deal with the costs and presumably unintended consequences of the healthcare law, Americans need answers now.
The official resource for Americans to learn about the healthcare law is www.Healthcare.gov or 1-800-318-2596. The rulemakers administrating the healthcare law are intermittently posting information as they grapple with the law�s implementation. However, many of the �nuts and bolts� details -- including prices or networks -- are unavailable until Oct. 1.
Additionally, the president has dispatched organizations to serve as �navigators� for the law. In the past few weeks, local organizations have held forums throughout our community. Unfortunately, they too have little information to share with our neighbors who are trying to learn what they can about the law�s impact on their families. So long as these forums are non-partisan, these groups should not be maligned as they are contending with the same challenges faced by everybody. Sparse information and little guidance have led to more confusion- even with millions of tax dollars being spent on advertising.
Ultimately, these forums should be obligated to present the facts. However, the facts are tens of millions of Americans will remain uninsured, many families will see their premiums rise while their coverage networks shrink, and the US economy will have to find a way to deal with the spiking cost of healthcare at a time when we are just now getting back on our feet.
At a minimum, glaring deficiencies like these are reason for pause. All policy makers, including the president, should take a step back and delay the law�s implementation for at least one year to ensure Americans are being helped, not hurt.
Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick represents Pennsylvania�s 8th District which includes all of Bucks County as well as a portion of Montgomery County.


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BC: Created By: Mallory Janocko Kristin Gruver Regina Finelli | THE END
FC: The World of Speech Pathology By: Mallory Janocko, Kristin Gruver, & Regina Finelli
1: This is where our journey begins... Clarion University
2: There are two classrooms in the Speech and Hearing Building, room 116 and 36. | Room 36
3: The Speech and Hearing Building has a Graduate Room and a Materials Room where you can find many ideas for therapy.
4: This is Clarion University's Speech and Hearing Clinic's Waiting Room and the Therapy Room.
5: The Speech and Hearing Building also has an Audiology Room and a Voice Analysis Lab.
6: This is the NSSLHA (National Student Speech-Language & Hearing Association) Bulletin Board. This is a great club to get involved in as a Speech-Language Pathology Major.
7: This is a bulletin board full of job and scholarship opportunites. | This is a board of the alphabet in sign language that can be found on the lower level of the Speech and Hearing Building.
8: SLPs can work in a variety of places after they graduate from college with a Master's Degree. | Elementary School | Private Practice/Clinic | Nursing Home
9: Hospital | Head Start/Preschool
10: Clarion Area Elementary
11: This is the speech therapy room in the Clarion Elementary School.
12: A speech pathologist can also work at a hospital. They can visit patients that are in the hospital or, like Clarion Hospital, they can work in the clinics that may not be in the hospital but are nearby.
13: The rooms in this hospital clinic are very colorful and filled with lots of words and numbers for easy learning!
14: This is the Siler Center here at Clarion University. This preschool also includes special classrooms just used for children who are in speech class.
15: Each station in this classroom includes many activities that focus on each child's concerns.
16: Head Start is another place a speech pathologist can work. This is the Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc.
17: Speech-language therapy is a fairly common treatment among children. A speech disorder refers to a problem with the actual production of sounds, whereas a language disorder refers to difficulty understanding or putting words together to communicate .
18: We also have the opportunity to work with the Intermediate Unit. The speech pathologist works with her children at the Little Bird Preschool in New Bethlehem.
19: Speech pathologists, especially ones working with kids, have tons of games, activities, and tests on hand at all times in order to conduct therapy.
20: Areas where the speech pathologist gives therapy | Little Bird Preschool | L
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Learning to Live on Poison.
- Artist: Archivist
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 5/12/2009
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It has become a common place to credit the deathly cold of Montreal's lengthy winter season for the hot-chronology of creative outpour that has entered the global music scene from Canada's tiny heart-shaped island. Archivist's debut release Learning to Live on Poison, does not present an exception to this particular rule, though it will inevitably be accused of challenging a great many others. Is there not a law against literary lyrics over shake-your-ass drumbeats and synths that turn your aural canals into ecstasy-riven sex organs? Rapier irony and scathing confessionalism framed by pop-luscious arrangements and achingly sweet vocal harmonies? If there is no such law, why is it only now that such a collection of recordings has emerged? Beginning as a home-recording project, Ben McCarthy (writer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist) invited a number of his talented and generous friends (including members of the Dears, Sunset Rubdown, Pony Up and Land of Talk) into his chilly bedroom-come-studio on the lonely side of Mile End to help him fully realize his sonic vision. The result defies even the eccentric, hyphen-ridden genre-generation of these late-postmodern days: lit-rock, folk-wave, existential-party-pop, whatever it's denomination, this is an album whose dark poignancy will embrace you in the stark umber of the sleepless four a.m. morning, in the crowded, rush-hour subway, or squeezed between the sweaty and undulating bodies of utter strangers in the thrumming of an endless loft party. It has been said that ours is the first generation that will learn to take nourishment from toxin. Archivist's Learning to Live on Poison (to be released independently June 2nd), bears witness to, archives, this becoming, this everyday event of surviving on what would do us in.


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Update 11.14.2017: Bike has SOLD! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc
While a Yamaha YZF-R1 might not seem quite as exotic as the race-prepped Ducati Superleggera we featured earlier this week at first glance, the specification for this genuine YZF-R1 Factory British Superbike will certainly catch your attention on closer inspection. It's even got a bit of celebrity history thrown in as an added bonus, as it was ridden by none other than former MotoGP rider John Hopkins!
Yamaha's R1 is probably most famous for its "cross-plane" crankshaft configuration that gives it a distinctive sound. Cross-plane cranks are common in car engines but weren't seen in inline four motorcycle engines prior to the R1. Yamaha's MotoGP development team found that V4-powered machines had better acceleration out of corners and built test engines with 90° cross-plane crank throws instead of the usual flat-plane set up. The results were conclusive, and Yamaha's subsequent MotoGP bikes have all used cross-plane cranks.
In a road bike, the advantage for Yamaha is mostly marketing: a bike with a cross-plane crank doesn't make any more power than one with a flat-plane crank, but that unmistakable exhaust note makes the R1 one of the best sounding roadbikes outside an Aprilia RSV4, a bike powered by an actual V4. Of course, this isn't a roadbike we're talking about in this case...
I try to avoid simple listicles in these posts, where the seller brags about all the bolt-on farkles [and their prices] included with the machine in question, but it seems very appropriate in this case! This package basically includes a fully-prepped, fully-developed superbike with a fresh engine and spares to keep it running.
From the Seller: 2016 Yamaha YZF-R1 Factory Superbike for Sale
Yamaha YZF-R1 Machine - This bike was a factory Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike that competed in the British Superbike Series. The bike was raced by former factory MotoGP rider John Hopkins. It was purchased fully refreshed for the 2016 season directly from the team owner. Included with the sale is data from both Milwaukee Yamaha and Tommy Hill Motorsports. This is the closest thing to a current-spec World Superbike a mortal can expect to own. This bike can win races at any level and is covered in factory race parts that are pure unobtanium.
Motorcycle is 100% fresh and needs absolutely nothing.
Since our acquisition, Motec M1 ECU has been upgraded to World Superbike specification, to enable full rider aids, auto blipping and auto-tuning. This includes the ability for sector by sector mapping and rider aids. We added an E-Lean 6-axis lean angle sensor for superior accuracy in rider aids. We added in a 39N 5 button pod, that controls traction control, engine braking, etc and has a factory-spec connector. Suspension has been updated to current factory spec and fully refreshed. We replaced the exhaust with a Yoshimura kit exhaust that performed better in the midrange. We also updated rearsets and hand controls to Evol Technology. We updated secondary case covers to 39N CNC units for superior protection and ground clearance. Lacomoto matte carbon frame and swingarm protectors have been added. Originals are available.
This bike was less than a 10th of a second from winning the last 2 races it was in and holds multiple lap records.
Bike specification:
- Brand new frame fitted, Brand new bearings fitted, New complete engine re-fresh only 3 hours on engine.
- Factory Ohlins RSP40 Rear shock
- FGR 301 Fork with Factory Ohlins valving kit plus shims
- Factory Yamaha Swingarm Including adjusters and bolt adjuster.
- Full Official Yamaha factory racing 2D Loom with carbon fibre box kit
- Motec ECU M173 (updated to M1 Superbike-spec)
- MB Motorsports WSBK Oil Cooler and Radiator
- Yamaha factory racing parts as follows:
- Subframe - Billet Gilles
- Carbon fibre rear subframe box
- All carbon 2D Factory Data/Junction boxes (Front, Main, ECU, Side, Side 2.)
- All 2D Yamaha racing wiring Loom
- Fuel Mapping originally from Yamaha Factory included
- YEC Kit cams latest spec, Factory Funnels for variable stacks
- Head work, porting. YEC Pistons rings, YEC Valve springs, Rods
- Factory Oil Pan Spacer for increased capacity
- MWR Factory filter
- Top and bottom yokes and stem Yamaha Racing
- Spindles all by Yamaha Racing
- Front carbon fiber dash mount and factory air scoop
- OZ Piega R Kit Wheels front and rear
- Brembo Kit disks front and rear
- 2D Speed sensors front and rear
- 2D Suspension potentiometers front and rear
- Hel quick release brake line kits worth hundreds of pounds
- Race fuel tanks same as original Yamaha racing tanks - 20-22 litres max
- Steering damper mounts Yamaha factory
- Steering damper Ohlins
- Renthal clutch lever
- Brembo MotoGP front master cylinder
- Titanium Bolts
- Brembo EVO Monoblock Factory-Spec calipers
- Factory carbon Yamaha Racing rear hugger
- THM Link arms - Replica Factory ones.
- AMB Transponder with mil-spec quick disconnect
- And lots more!
Bike same spec as WSBK apart from swingarm and clutch, and ECU - ECU spec is equally capable.
Spares included:
- Domino Throttle cable sets
- Tyre warmers + Controls
- Spare sprockets + Sprocket carriers x3
- New Radiator Guards
- Motec dash protector – Billet inc button - new
- All paddock stands front/rear/peg/yoke/ chassis
- Spare grips - new
- Head cups – different angles/offsets – Blue - new
- Offset stem spindle - new
- Front spindle - new
- Full set of side panels, seat unit, belly pan, tank cover - new
- Fuel tank cap
- 2 NEW Speed sensors - new
- THM Battery jump pack starter
- Clutch Boss - new
- Chassis Bolts - new
- Tank Screw cap tool
- YP Aliant battery spare
- Front /rear wheel collars Black - new
- Front carbon front fender mount brackets - new
- Radiator bracket - new
- Oil cooler bracket - new
- Hose kit NEW
- Aliante battery charger
- THM Ride height tool
- Spare captive nut for rear spindle - new
- 3 Oil cooler take off unions - new
- Tank grip pads - new
- Rear swingarm adjuster – caliper mount - new
Price as described - $50,000
Additional spares available but not included include a brand new MB Motorsports Radiator/Oil Set, complete 2D boxes set, various sensors, spare carbon subframe box, spare factory Akrapovic headers, upper triple clamps and more.
Price with all spares - $55,000
We are willing to discount for removal of the shock, exhaust or brakes.
$55,000 is a pretty huge chunk of change for most of us to part with, but considering the parts and prep that have gone into it, that price seems, dare I say it: almost reasonable. Buy it and display it, buy it and track it, buy it and race it, or just buy it to drool all of the exotic, race-spec parts, this is a rare opportunity to own a genuine superbike with all of the trimmings. You could even swap the race-spec parts over to your street-legal R1 to create a terrifyingly trick backroad weapon...


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I'll be the first to say that it's kind of silly. I'm not really sure how it turned into a "thing," or how so many people came to know about it. Maybe it's because they all kept offering. "Let me teach you!" they'd say, and I would shake my head. "You don't know what you'd be getting yourself into," I'd retort, and adamantly insist that no, no, you're not the one. Sorry, but no.
Honestly, I was completely content with not being able to ride a bike. Everyone asked how it happened—how did a little girl growing up in suburban America miss out on such a crucial skill? And I don't know. I had a bike with training wheels, but they just never took the training wheels off. To get to my best friend's house in the neighborhood over, I'd cut through the land that belonged to the Countryman family, climb the fence, and traipse through the woods. Later, I ended up moving to the street she lived on anyway, and then I could just walk up the hill. I never thought much about not being able to ride a bike, but when I did, I shuddered. I don't do well on my feet, and most of my near-death experiences have involved moving contraptions ("Golf carts"? More like "death traps.")
But when I got to college, all of my new friends were shocked when I said, "I've never ridden a bike without training wheels" in our "Never Have I Ever" game. (By the way, that was a killer move and I'm pretty sure I beat everyone because at that point, I'd never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich either. Cha ching.) As my new friends turned into my friends and then into my old friends, it was always a funny quirk about me that they liked to bring up. "C'mon, I'll teach you!" they implored. I would shake my head firmly. It's not that I didn't trust them; I just know I have a certain reputation with, er, coordination, and I felt like it was going to be an arduous task. Finally, I made the decree: "Look, I'm going to let my future husband teach me. That way I'll be able to fall down as much as I need to." It both shut them down and put off the task; see, I wanted to learn to ride a bike, but I wanted to do it at some distant, hazy point in the future. And so I went about, walking on my own two feet, denying offers left and right. And I was happy.
I met Caleb the same October day that I got the worst haircut of my life. I sat in Janie's bathroom and sobbed as I stared at it in the mirror. For 10 whole seconds, I refused to leave the house. And because I have the best friend in the world (I am in debt to her for many things, but this stands as one very important one), she told me to shove it and get dressed. And because we sometimes do the things we're told to, or because I didn't want to stay home, or because life is made up of these seemingly insignificant moments that recolor everything—or perhaps because of all of the above—I did. I put on a blue sweater and got in the car and drove a few cities over. And it happened just as inconspicuously as that: We happened to be standing around, and one of us happened to say hello. And we happened to have a good conversation or make each other laugh or catch one another's references. I can't remember what we said, but I do know that he struck me, because later, on the way home, I asked Coston, who knew him from high school, about "that boy in the white T-shirt." (This is how I know, Caleb, that you were definitely wearing a white T-shirt the night we met.) "Oh, Caleb?" Coston said. "What a great guy." I added Caleb as a friend on Facebook.
Things happen as we're living; that is to say that Caleb and I became friends and then better friends and then old friends. We flirted with the idea of dating those first few months, but thought better of it and instead just kept in touch. I never thought about why, and I never thought it strange that we'd only seen each other in person a handful of times but talked so often. There were months that went by without contact, but then one of us would start the conversation again. "I found this book and thought of you," he'd tell me, or, "Hey, what's new with you?" I'd ask. Years passed this way. I dated other people, though not seriously. He thought about dating other people, though not seriously. We stayed in touch.
During the spring of my senior year in college, Caleb asked me to edit his medical school application essay. We reconnected in a deeper way because graduating from college—and not knowing what was about to go down—and applying to medical school—and not knowing what was about to go down—had their similarities, namely that we were both in places where neither of us had the faintest idea of what was about to go down (in more ways than we originally thought). Our messages back and forth went like this: "Great blog post. I understand that everything is up in the air, but you're doing a great job!" and, "Good luck on the MCAT! Even if you fail, we'll all still love you."
One fall afternoon—almost exactly three years after we first met—we got a cup of coffee together. We were both nervous since it had been a long time since we'd seen each other, and we both brought buffers (I brought my roommate and he brought his sister; you know, just in case). But after a few minutes, I forgot they were there. If we were in a rom-com, this is the moment where the musical overlay would begin to play as I threw my head back in a laugh, my eyes dancing at him. Everything about him made me want to say yes. That coffee date turned into, "Do you want to come over after work?" which turned into late nights on my sofa, which turned into dinner at the J. Clyde, which turned into, "When can you meet my family?", which turned into drives back and forth between cities, which turned into love, as they say.
It was as if the us we would be had just been waiting to become. In so many ways, it happened easy, like breathing; in other ways, it happened hard, like climbing rocks with one hand. We were the same, and we were different. We went together and we had to learn how to go together. We fell into love and we had to jump. We still do, actually.
For my birthday this year, Caleb took me to a secondhand bookstore, where he tried to convince me to let him buy me a collector's edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [ed. note: Please read this book if you haven't yet.] Then he gave me athletic socks—what I'd been asking for for months—and we ate Hawaiian pizza on my balcony while it rained. It was perfect. But the next day, he told me he had another present for me. He looked at me with eyes that said, "Let me teach you," and I nodded. Everything about him made me want to say yes.
Perhaps you're thinking the best way for me to end this story is to show you a picture of me riding that bike, but the truth is that I can't yet. But he has been teaching me, and let me tell you—it's harder than it looks (my hat's off to all of you who did it as 6-year-olds.) The first time I climbed on, I think both of us were hoping a little bit that maybe I would take to it like I took to eating pizza, since I've always been great at that. But I didn't: I got on, flailed around a bit, and at the first sign of wobbling, I put my feet back on the ground. But Caleb isn't giving up, and neither am I. I learn like this: "There you go. Find your stride. Don't worry; I'm not letting go. I won't let you fall."
When he asked me to marry him, everything about him made me want to say yes.
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Ryan Boldt, lead vocalist for The Deep Dark Woods, has a pleasantly mournful voice and it's perfectly suited for some of the slow, heart-rending songs on the band's fourth album The Place I Left Behind.
The band are from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and it is Canadian history which provides the inspiration for one of the most moving songs on the album - Banks Of The Leopold Canal - about the death of so many Canadian Second World War soldiers during ferocious fighting in Belgium in 1944.
It's easy to see why The Place I Left Behind was nominated for 'Roots and Traditional Album of the Year' in the 2012 Juno Awards. It's a cleverly constructed, well-written and cohesive piece of work - albeit possibly, at 13 tracks, two songs too long. Nevertheless, you can also see why Robert Earl Keen has nabbed the band to be his support act on recent tours.
If you like a dash of morose rural balladry, then Boldt (vocals and guitars), Chris Mason (guitars), Lucas Goetz, Burke Barlow (guitars) and newboy Geoff Hilhorst (organ, piano) certainly deliver high-class, highly melodic, country misery.
Two guest stars - Old Man Luedecke on banjo and 26-year-old violin wizardess Kendel Carson - add considerable panache to the overall sound. Sugar Mama is slick and fun but the album's highlight is the terrific title song The Place I Left Behind, which includes a stunning solo from Carson.
The Deep Dark Woods: The Place I Left Behind (Six Shooter Records)


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Star Wars: The New Republic
The second DEATH STAR has just been destroyed. DARTH VADER and his master THE EMPEROR are no more.
There is talk of a new beginning. A NEW REPUBLIC. But did the REBELS really believe the war would just end with the demise of two people? Despite a few celebrations on scattered, distant worlds, an entire galaxy still cowers under the might of the IMPERIAL ARMY.
There's no time to rest. ALLIANCE HIGH COMMAND is eager to move forward. They came. They saw. They blew shit up. And then they took the Fleet and left.
But for you, there are more pressing matters at hand. The falling wreckage of the DEATH STAR has caused a planet-wide ecological disaster on the forest moon of ENDOR, as hordes of EWOKS threaten to retaliate against you, the well-intentioned harbingers of their demise. Meanwhile, Imperial stragglers remain in hiding under the cover of nuclear winter, waiting for their next opportunity to strike…


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Lufthansa Systems Cracks the Code on Embedded BI
Formed as a spin-off of Lufthansa Airline Solutions, Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co. KG is one of the world's leading providers of IT services in the airline industry. It supports its customers both within and outside the Lufthansa Group with consulting services and the experience it has gained in projects… Read More →
Omni-Channel Experience Means So Much More Than Online Shopping
Congratulations! You made it through another holiday season. The final numbers for the season are still coming in, but, according to the National Retail Federation, American retailers saw about a 2% year over year growth in shoppers during Thanksgiving weekend this year. That 2% represents about 3 million more customers… Read More →
SunGard Financial Systems Gets Great Return from TIBCO MDM
SunGard provides mission-critical software and IT services to institutions in virtually every segment of the financial services industry. Its software automates many detailed processes associated with trading, managing investment portfolios, and accounting for investment assets.
TIBCO NOW Tour Offers Some Critical Moments for Customers in Paris
Hundreds of customers, partners, and prospects flocked to TIBCO NOW Tour (TNT) in Paris to discover how TIBCO Fast Data is at the heart of digital transformation and best equipped to enrich the customer experience. Held at the Cambon Capucines Pavillon, the conference saw users, analysts, and experts converge in the French capital… Read More →
Marks & Spencer to Speak at the UK Data Leadership 2015 Conference
If you'll be in the UK in November, head to the Data Leadership 2015 conference to hear Pete Williams, head of enterprise analytics at Marks & Spencer, speak on the BI innovations M&S has achieved. This conference, known as "the thinking person's Big Data event," is for IT pros who… Read More →
Winning the Telco Street Fight
Telco operators have been facing some big challenges. As telco markets have become saturated, there are few opportunities to generate new business. Competing has become something of a street fight, with the biggest weapon being a great customer experience. In large part, today, that depends on the capabilities of digital… Read More →
Game-Changing Customer Experience with TIBCO Fast Data Architecture
A few years ago, one of the top 10 banks in North America was very reactionary to customer interactions, using only limited, traditional channels such as direct mail and email. Customer data was at least a month old and a full view of the customer was lacking. Learn how TIBCO helped… Read More →
BMO Financial Group Invests in TIBCO Fast Data to Deliver Exceptional Customer Experience
BMO Financial Group, established in 1817, serves more than 12 million personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers in North America and internationally. As Lawrence Wan, chief architect for BMO Financial Group, says, "BMO is committed to delivering a great customer experience. By that we mean that doing business with us is… Read More →
What's In Store for the Best Customer Retail Experience?
When the explosion in on-line shopping reached its zenith, it was all too easy to overlook the humble shop. Indeed many did, evidenced by the swathe of deserted high streets that had once been buoyant. As more and more shoppers were lured by the ease and speed of online transactions,… Read More →
Trying on Fast Data in Retail: How to Find the Perfect Fit
The retail industry has been quick to embrace Big Data. For years, Etsy has been looking at data and using it to help sellers become more successful while also optimizing shopping experiences. More recently, however, fashion houses and retailers of all sizes are taking a step further and taking on… Read More →


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This question about Outlook's Holidays came up this week.
I have Outlook 2010, and my holidays ended 12/31/13. If I add holidays they will go backwards as well as forward, I don't want the old holidays and I need to keep my past appointments, so I can't archive the calendar to remove the old holidays. And I'm sure the past holidays will be duplicated when I add the new holidays. So the question is, I know how to add a calendar by country, but is there ANY way to add just holidays 2014 forward?
Outlook doesn't give you the option to only add holidays from this date forward, it's all or nothing. You could edit the holiday file and remove old dates from the list (and change the total holiday count) but I think it's easier to add the holidays and then use Instant Search to find the holidays you want to delete. To deal with duplicates, you could remove the holidays first, then add them back, or use the Created field in Instant Search to find newly added events.
Using Instant Search to remove Holidays
To remove the old holidays using Instant Search, you'll use the criteria category:="Holiday" start:< 1/1/2014 (or whatever past date you want to use.)
You can type the search criteria in the Search Calendar field or select Categories and Start fields from the More menu. The Categorized button lists only the recently used categories; use the More, Categories menu to add the Categories field to the search pane.
If you want to keep the past holidays on your calendar but remove the duplicates created by adding the new holidays, use category:="Holiday" start:< 1/1/2014 created: = today as your search criteria. This will show only the older events in the Holiday category that were created "today".
Select all and Delete the holidays that are found.
Remove then re-add Holidays
If you want to delete the Holidays first, then add them back, use Instant Search to find everything in the Holiday category (category:="Holiday") then select all and delete.
Or you can switch to a List view, group by Category then delete the Holiday category. After the events in the Holidays category are deleted, go to File, Options, Calendar and click the Add Holidays button.
Add and Delete Holidays Tutorial
More Information
See Outlook's Missing Holidays for updated Holiday lists.
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A compromise benefiting eight Southeast-area schools in the Los Angeles school district's air-conditioning plan for year-round campuses has been approved by the board's Building Committee.
The Southeast-area campuses are among 14 schools identified in a district staff report as those that have been operating the longest as year-round facilities and still lacking air conditioning in many classrooms. Under the change adopted by the Building Committee, they will receive priority for preliminary design work over 17 other schools located in the San Fernando Valley and the central city that have operated year-round for a shorter time.
Low on Priority List
The eight Southeast schools are Corona Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue in Bell; Loma Vista Avenue in Maywood; Miles Avenue, Gage Junior High and Nimitz Junior High in Huntington Park; South Gate Junior High in South Gate, and Graham School in Los Angeles. They were placed on year-round schedules between 1979 and 1980 but, under the previous plan, were lower on the priority list than some schools that went year-round as many as four years later.
Plans for cooling the oldest year-round classrooms will be drawn up during the coming school year, said Byron Kimball, who oversees district building and maintenance. The compromise does not affect the district's goal of air conditioning all year-round classrooms by 1987, he added.


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The Big Heat + In a Lonely Place Double Bill 15
Please note: This was screened in Jan 2018
Gloria Grahame Double Bill
As a New Year treat and to celebrate the release of Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool, we're delighted to present two Gloria Grahame films for the price of one in this double bill featuring a pair of her most iconic performances - in Fritz Lang's classic noir crime drama The Big Heat and Nicholas Ray's dark and gripping suspense thriller In A Lonely Place.
13:30 - The Big Heat
Featuring one of the most scaldingly famous scenes in noir history, Gloria Grahame finds herself in hot water when an honest detective crusades against Mob-led civic corruption and hunts for vengeance, in Fritz Lang's vicious exposé.
15:15 - 15:45: Interval
15:45 - In A Lonely Place
Gloria Grahame gets caught up in a volatile relationship with Humphrey Bogart - playing a Hollywood screenwriter accused of murder - in this captivating noir classic and searing portrait of man tearing himself in two.
17:20 - End
Why not make it a triple bill and see Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (with evening screenings between Mon 1 - 4 Jan)


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The Cubs and Pitchers
Yesterday, Dave Cameron kinda said what we're all starting to think:
Besides Jake Arrieta — who continues to pitch like a legitimate front-line guy — the Cubs rotation might not be full of potential aces, but there's nothing wrong with having one good starter and four decent guys.
I have never hidden my affinity for NPB and Cuban exports (those league feel so exotic and unknown!), and so I accept the accusation I might be overly optimistic on Tsuyoshi Wada. That being said, was good -- if not great -- in Japan, and now even Dave Cameron lists him among the positive surprises in the Cubs pitching universe.
Add to that: Jason Hammel, Scott Feldman, and Paul Maholm. Since 2012, the front office has managed to add at least one low-risk, medium-reward starting pitcher to each rotation. If nothing else, this means they've learned to how to make smart gambles on pitching (because, let's observe here, free agent pitchers are gambles, and there is no guarantee the next Jason Hammel they sign will do anything but plop a big ol' turd on the staff ERA).
So do the Cubs need Jon Lester? No, but that'd be huge if they got him. Do they need to trade Javier Baez or Jorge Soler? Nope. Not at all, unless they're getting a whopping doozy in return.
In fact, given a few prudent acquisitions here or there, I think we could be seeing a really good team on the northside. World Series good? Maybe not. A winning team though?
Definitely next year.


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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Goranden, Dec 11, 2012.
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More than 4,000 of Florida's best and brightest high school students including 54 members from the Academy of Finance at Buchholz High School showcased their talents as future leaders at the Florida Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference, held March 23- 25 in Orlando. At the conference the students had an opportunity to enhance their business skills, expand their networks, and participate in more than 50 business and business-related competitive events, according to a prepared statement from Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FLBA-PBL.
Fifteen students in the Academy of Finance at Buchholz were recognized at the FBLA Awards of Excellence Program, held March 25.
The honorees are:
First Place: Caroline Chu for Business Calculations; Steven Li for Computer Applications (won $250); Stephen Rout for Economics; Benjamin Gao for Introduction to Business; William Lui for Personal Finance and Qing Lu for Word Processing (won $250).
Second Place: Christy Bailey for Computer Applications (won $150); and Eve Lambka for Website Design.
Third Place: Amber Elliott for Help Desk (won $100); and Landon Horton (won $50) and Will Shreve for Marketing (won $50).
Fourth Place: Kira Nagoshi for Introduction to Business Communication.
Fifth Place Claire Tseng for Business Communication; Daniel Samraj for Economics; and Brandon Mayo for Impromptu Speaking. Six students won a trophy and a check for their efforts.
In addition to the competitions, students participated in educational workshops, visited an information-packed exhibit hall, and attended a general session with keynote speaker Chris Bashinelli, host of "Bridge the Gap," a new television series on PBS and the National Geographic Channel.
Local students take first place awards at State Science and Engineering Fair.
Five Alachua County Public School students brought home first place awards at the 62nd State Science and Engineering Fair, six students earned second place awards, four took third place awards, and two took fourth place awards at the 62nd State Science and Engineering Fair held recently in Lakeland. Five other students earned special recognition in their categories.
According to a prepared statement from the Alachua County School District, Eastside High School junior Amir Helmy, who won Best of Show at the Alachua Region Science and Engineering Fair, won first place in the Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Systems Software category at the State Science and Engineering Fair. His project, "Using Smart Phones to Capture and Analyze Heart Data," also earned him college scholarships.
Anjana Balachandar, a seventh grader at Lincoln Middle School, won first place in the Junior (middle school) Physics/Astronomy category with her project "Hi-Fives for Wi-Fi." James Cohan, an eighth grader at Bishop Middle School, took first place in the Junior Cellular and Molecular Biology category with his project "Determining the Optimal Cooking Method and Pan Material for Preserving Nutrients in White Cauliflower."
Janani Kumaran, a seventh grader at Lincoln Middle School, won first place in the Junior Animal Science category and the Sharon Suits Award for the top junior zoology project with "Can Snails Act as Biological Control Agents for the Aquatic Invasive Plant Hydrilla?" And Akash Verma, a sixth grader at Lincoln Middle School, earned first place in the Junior Biomedical and Health Sciences category with "RF Radiation: Can We Keep it Down?"
"Our students' projects were so unique and of such high quality that they really stood out from the competition, even from districts that are much bigger and had more participants," said Maureen Shankman, who is in charge of the district's science curriculum and coordinates the regional fair.
"We may be a medium-sized district, but we're a powerhouse when it comes to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)," stated Shankman according to a prepared statement from the school district.
Twenty-seven Alachua County Public School students earned a chance to compete at the state contest with top performances at the regional fair in January. Both Helmy and fellow Eastside High School student Brindha Rathinasabapathi will be going on the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles in mid-May. Only high school students are eligible for the international competition.
Other ACPS award winners from the State Science and Engineering Fair are:
Second Place: Jad Helmy of Lincoln Middle School for Junior Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Systems Software; Matthew Hershfield of Howard Bishop for Junior Engineering; Minnie Liang of Lincoln Middle also received the American Meteorological Society Award, Junior Earth and Environmental Sciences; Isaac Long of Bishop Middle Junior Animal Sciences; Arjun Panicker of Buchholz High for Senior Earth and Environmental Sciences; and Delia Savin of Westwood Middle for Junior Environmental Engineering.
Third Place: August Ewert-Harpold of Bishop Middle, Junior Mathematics and Computation Sciences; Anthony Madorsky of Bishop Middle: for Junior Engineering; and Sophia Shah and Hannah Palka of Oak View Middle for Junior Plant Sciences.
Fourth Place: Sidhika Balachandar of Buchholz for Senior Earth and Environmental Sciences; and Ellie Grace Pfahler of Bishop Middle for Junior Biomedical.
Recognition: N'jeri Carthy of Howard Bishop for Junior Engineering; and Benjamin Hahn of Ft. Clarke Middle for Junior Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Honorable Mention: Brindha Rathinasabapathi of Eastside High also received Ronnie Calhoun Award, Senior Cellular and Molecular Biology.
Honorable Mention: Sohan Subhash of Buchholz High also received awards from Florida Association of Science Teachers, American Society for Civil Engineers and ASM Materials Education Foundation, Senior Engineering.
Pinellas County Award: Himanshi Verma of Eastside for Senior Engineering.


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Artist Alltelleringet recently posted a photograph project that he has been working on since the end of 2008. His finished work, called 'Fishy Island,' is one of his most well-planned creations.
'Fishy Island' is made up of six photos from different places around the world, and features a fish as an island.
Implications - Hybrids are strange, yet fascinating. When you combine unusual objects with animals, it's hard not to be intrigued. With popular literature such as Frankenstein and The Island of Dr. Moreau, it's no wonder that certain artists like to apply unusual combinations as the basis of their works. Shocking as it may be, this concept has created some of the most unique artworks in which viewers find hard to ignore.
Floating Fish Islands
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'Fishy Island' Series is Six Photos in One
- By: Tisah TucknottJun 29, 2009 Updated: Mar 24 2011
References: alltelleringet.deviantart & likecool
References: alltelleringet.deviantart & likecool


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Okay, so I've not been updating my blog lately. I haven't been travelling that much, but thats no excuse because I've still been shooting and well, this is a photography blog as well. A thousand appologies.http://mensclub24.ru/
Today I present Jungle Girl, or at least the do-over of Jungle Girl.
I had previouslly booked Kate in July to do an after work shoot at a friend's home. His subdivision has a large natural arboritum that had all the characteristics I was looking for in regards to a shoot idea I had. I needed a brook or creek, a fern bed, some fallen trees, etc.
I had seen a photo on Model Mayhem of what appeared to be a feral woman dressed in rags that had apparently been cornered in her forest home. I had been wanting to do an outdoor/woodsy shoot for some time, but the cliche bikini model in the waterfall shot was all that was coming to my little unimaginative brain. But this woodland feral look or jungle girl had a lot of possiblities. Kate liked the idea so we comparied schedules. No weekend's worked out, so we figured we would try it after work.
Well it took a lot longer to get to the site than we expected. By the time we got the styling done and got to the woodland location we were shooting, we had less than an hour to shoot. The forest canopy is incredibly thick and to get anything reasonable meant shooting at ISO 800 or above and even then I had to supplement the lighting with an off camera strobe through a softbox.
There were a few photos I felt okay about, but still the noise, the softness from the low shutter speeds and the unnatural lighting just disappointed me more and more every time I looked at them. The solution was to admit I stank and see if Kate would humor me with a do-over. Which she did.
This time, we scheduled the shoot for a Saturday mid-day time frame. Her hair and makeup appointment started at 11am and we were basically shooting by 2pm. We shot at the same location, so travel chewed into our shoot time again. We also had to dodge a tropical storm. Hanna was scheduled to hit Raleigh around 10am. After watching the track, I figured by 2pm we would either be free of the storm or only have to dodge a few light rain showers. The biggest concern for me was clouds. Lack of light killed the last shoot and I needed lots of sun for this.
The main goal was to use a pair of refelctors to find sun peeking through the canopy and angle the light back in on the model. No sun, no reflecting.
In addition to Jungle Girl, we added a colorul red formal dress, with plans to "Trash the dress" into the mix as well as a Rambo/GI Jane look as we had access to some military uniforms and a weapon. A fun day was in store.
Being able to shoot in the ISO 100-400 range using natural light and reflectors produced some much more dramatic lighting and allowed for sharper, more colorful images.
What do you think? Was the redux worth it?


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Frank S. Mastalski Sr., 89, of Garden City, SC, formerly of East Rochester, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011, in the Agape Senior Center, Garden City, SC.
He was born April 3, 1921, in Onnalinda, PA, a son of the late Anthony and Mary Katko Mastalski. He was a retired registered professional engineer with Michael Baker, Inc. after 41 years where he had served as administrative assistant with the architectural department. He was with Business America for nine years and after 15 years retired as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Finance Authority. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Woodlawn, Aliquippa, and had received an award for 50 years of meritorious service from the First Baptist Church of Rochester, where he was formerly the chairman of the trustees and member of the Board of Deacons. He was president of the Board of Directors of the Lacock Housing Association for 53 years; past president and member of the Rochester Area School Board for 32 years; chairman of Beaver County Zoning Board of Adjustment; past president and member of the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit; past member of the East Rochester Borough Council; past president and member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce; life member of the Rochester BPOE; past president and member of the Rochester-Beaver Lions Club where he was a recipient of the highest award in Lionism, the Melvin Jones Award; past president of the Rochester United Fund; past president and director emeritus of the Board of Directors of the Women's Center of Beaver County and past president and treasurer for 32 years of the Lighthouse for the Blind of Beaver County.
He was preceded in death by his wife, with whom he was married for 65 years, Loarine Pittman Mastalski in 2008; one son, Joseph C. Mastalski; one sister, and four brothers.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Loarine "Rene" and James Hopeck, Wilmington, NC; three sons and daughters-in-law, Frank S. Jr. and Shari Mastalski, Butler; Henry A. and Wanda Mastalski, Murrells Inlet, SC, and Stephen A. and Kathy Mastalski, Titusville, PA; 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Novak, Beaverdale, PA, and two brothers, John Mastalski, Fayetteville, NC, and Stanley Mastalski, Altoona, PA.
Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where a memorial service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Officiating will be the Rev. Edward C. Heist, Pastor Emeritus of the First Baptist Church of Woodlawn, Aliquippa.
Private interment will be in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Daugherty Township.
The family wished memorial contributions be made to the Women's Center of Beaver County or the First Baptist Church of Woodlawn, 2107 McMinn St., Aliquippa, PA 15001.


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Monday, June 14, 2010
A simple thank you note would have sufficed
It seems that ever time the Israeli government removes check-points, or in any way makes an effort to ease the conditions of the Palestinians, the thank you we get in return is terror.
In recent months, under intense pressure from the U.S., the Israeli government has ordered the Ministry of Defense to dismantle all but a dozen check points in the entire 'West Bank' (Judea & Samaria).
Since my daily commute takes me through the heart of the affected area, I have seen more and more of the previously closed roads become open to arab traffic... with a rather large check-point removed just a few kilometers south of Hebron (the Dahariya crossing).
And without exception, with each wave of road-block removals, there has been a corresponding wave of terror attacks.
This morning, three policemen driving on Route 60 just south of Hebron were shot from ambush, with two of them having to be airlifted in serious condition with chest wounds to a hospital in Jerusalem, and the third in light condition with a wound to the arm was taken by ambulance to Beer Sheva for treatment.
[Update: It is now being reported that four policemen were wounded and one succumbed to his wounds. May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may his blood be avenged]
This happened less than 45 minutes after I had passed the very spot where the attack occurred. And the terrorists are assumed to have escaped (do I even need to tell you?) via the road where the Daharya check-point used to be.
[Update: Do any of you remember last year I posted pictures of an improvised Nazi flagthat had been hung from an electrical wire along my commute? Well, looking at the photo below from YNET News, I realize that this morning's attack took place roughly where I stood to take those pictures].
Photo: © Noam Moskowitz / YNet
Last night a Jewish resident of a town in Samaria was driving near his home when he saw what he thought was a police car's blue light signaling for him to pull over. The driver, who was physically handicapped, was dragged from his vehicle by Arabs, beaten, and left laying in the road while the assailants drove off in his car. This attack also took place just a short distance from a check-point that had just been removed.
And just two days before that, An Arab drove his car into two Border Patrol (Mishmar HaGvul) soldiers in East Jerusalem, and then tried to flee on foot. He was shot and killed by one of the soldiers after he failed to heed warning shots.
All these attacks, plus countless other smaller attacks using stones and molotov cocktails, have taken place in the short period since Israel began doing something that directly benefits the Palestinian population. And not a word of protest or denunciation is heard from the so-called 'moderate Palestinians... only celebration.
It has been several years since I stopped wearing a bullet proof vest on my daily commute (although I've continued to carry a pistol). I guess as hot and uncomfortable as it was (not to mention hell on my back), I'm going to have to go back to the vest.
Not driving on our roads is not an option.
I know it sounds trite, but if we stop driving on roads that we built, light and and maintain, we hand a victory to the terrorists and all who support them. One day the territory through which the road passes may change hands through diplomacy... but that day hasn't come, so as far as I'm concerned, I'm as free to drive on it as the Arabs.
Simply put, if we can't go there... it's not ours.
May the wounded policemen be granted a full and speedy recovery.
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mr. treppenwitz, i enjoy your blog very much and hope to continue reading it for many more years. might i respectfully suggest that your adorable little customized vespa might not be the best mode of transport for you on these roads, as the americans like to say, "at this time"?
Posted by: jonathan becker | Jun 14, 2010 1:18:26 PM
jonathan becker... Okay, Jonathan, I'll bite. What kind of conveyance would be appropriate?
Posted by: treppenwitz | Jun 14, 2010 1:23:22 PM
Might you consider editing this into a letter to, say, the NY Times? This would make an extremely valuable op-ed. (Yeah, I know, I'm probably dreaming. But it's worth a try, no?)
Posted by: Alisha | Jun 14, 2010 1:32:10 PM
hmm, wasn't expecting such a prompt reply, and hadn't thought of an alternative. i guess i was just thinking of a car with regular migun, at least. but now that i think about it... how about a volkswagen with army-age "hilltop youth" hanging out the windows, peyos flying, waving m16's and hollering tehillim at the top of their lungs? :)
Posted by: jonathan becker | Jun 14, 2010 1:33:21 PM
i meant the "beatle", btw, not a stam volks. it's the only volkswagon i'd consider, the hippie conontations override the nazi ones imo.
Posted by: jonathan becker | Jun 14, 2010 1:35:31 PM
Alisha... The New York times reading crowd considers the presense of Jewish policemen in the west bank to be a provocation justifying any and all violence. I'm not about to try to tell them otherwise.
jonathan becker... You'll forgive me if I find your description of a bunch of "army-age "hilltop youth" hanging out the windows, peyos flying, waving m16's... " to be just a tad too close to the way all settlers are portrayed in Haaretz. I don't enjoy perpetruating that flawed and deliberately biased image... even in jest.
Posted by: treppenwitz | Jun 14, 2010 1:48:42 PM
Thanks for posting this. This stuff never gets reported *at all* in America. How terrible for their families.
Posted by: Bryan | Jun 14, 2010 1:58:49 PM
well, there i go again, testing the limits of humor. it was meant to be a joke about the negative stereotyping you described, which i also object to. perhaps, in the context of the attack on the police here, humor is inappropriate b'chlal. sorry for any offense my natural defense mechanisms may have caused.
Posted by: jonathan becker | Jun 14, 2010 2:00:53 PM
Bryan... No prob. It's what I do.
jonathan becker... Don't worry about it. We're fine. I'm just a little on edge just now. I still have to ride home today. And my bulletprof vest is at home.
Posted by: treppenwitz | Jun 14, 2010 2:03:24 PM
keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the...handlebars.
Posted by: jonathan becker | Jun 14, 2010 2:08:34 PM
Years ago, before making aliyah, our family was in a hired van heading for the airport from a kibbutz near Beit She'an. The driver took us through the Jordan Valley. While stopped in traffic for a security check (mirrors underneath the cars, random questioning, etc), we got into a discussion with the driver about why he had taken us this route. Some of the family were not too happy that he had not gone around to the west and driven through "Israel proper." He essentially gave the same argument - no one was going to force him off Israeli built roads, and as soon as he gave in and went completely out of his way to drive on the other side of the line, then the terrorists win. I thought that was awesomely chutzpadik, since he never consulted the paying customers as to what our preference was.
Of course, now I know "awesomely chutzpadik" is essentially the Israeli way of life. Hope the vest doesn't weigh you down too much. Stay safe.
Posted by: Alissa | Jun 14, 2010 2:15:55 PM
ברוך דיען האמת. Baruch dayan haemet. Sadly, one of the policemen -- Yehushuah "Shuki" Sofer ע"ה/A"H -- has died due to the severity of his wounds.
Posted by: zahava | Jun 14, 2010 2:48:40 PM
Hopefully, we won't hear about the next wave taking place on 443.
Maybe the supreme court should be located on the side of these roads.
My heart goes out to the police officers and their families.
Posted by: Yossi | Jun 14, 2010 4:01:12 PM
Sickening the way the government, which was put into office to correct the appeasement policies of Kadima, is following the same disastrous route. Those checkpoints should be reinstated immediately, whether Obama likes it or not.
Posted by: Marsha | Jun 14, 2010 5:51:06 PM
Some folks are distressingly hopeless!
Posted by: Ilana-Davita | Jun 14, 2010 11:20:35 PM
I would probably object if you suggested the NY Times editorial staff was completely homogeneous in its outlook, but speaking as a NY Times reader, I will definitely object when you suggest the readers are all of one mind about Israel and the West Bank. Didn't you used to read it yourself in a former life?
Posted by: LARRY | Jun 15, 2010 12:19:34 AM
It is frustrating that we don't hear about this in the US. This is one reason why your blog is so valuable to a lot of us.
Posted by: Kimber | Jun 15, 2010 10:51:06 AM
in the vein of jonathan becker, Trep, I'll suggest this transport for the nonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlTQ5uA9Iy8&mode=related&search=
Posted by: Wry Mouth | Jun 16, 2010 9:08:54 AM
My heart is heavy for Israel; she has a right to defend herself. I am angry at the current President of the USA who in my opinion jeopardizes Israel's safety by his behavior. Rest assured this small political minority does not express the will of a majority of Americans.
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Parchment - a kind of paper made from animal skin. soaked in lime water, to loosen hair. then soaked in fresh water and tightened on a frame. It was scraped thin over several days, and continually tightened. Parchment lasts much longer than paper, for thousands of years, although it is vulnerable to humidity. It was roughened with pumice powder and dusted with a sticky powder to help ink stick to it. You can erase marks by scratching. Parchment pages were folded and nested into "gatherings" of 16-20 pages. These gatherings were bound together with linen thread on leather thong supports. Thongs were held with nails or wood, and the covers were made of wood wrapped in leather. Clasps held the book closed to limit the damage caused by humidity.
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Coco Enríquez, Luis; Muñoz Antón, Javier y Martínez-Val Peñalosa, José María (2016). Comparison between s-CO2 and other supercritical working Fluids (s-Ethane, s-SF6, s-Xe, s-CH4, s-N2) in Line-Focusing Solar Power Plants with supercritical Brayton power cycles. En: "European Conference Renewable Energy ECRES 2016", Agosto 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.
|Comparison between s-CO2 and other supercritical working Fluids (s-Ethane, s-SF6, s-Xe, s-CH4, s-N2) in Line-Focusing Solar Power Plants with supercritical Brayton power cycles
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Thermosolar power plants with linear solar collectors and Rankine or Brayton power cycles are maturing as a competitive solution for reducing CO2 emissions in power plants as an alternative to traditional fossil and nuclear fuels. In this context, nowadays a great effort is being invested in supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton (s-CO2) power cycles for optimizing the line-focusing solar plants performance and reducing the cost of renewable energy. However, there are other working fluids with similar properties as s-CO2 near critical point. This researching study was focused on assessing the solar plants performance with alternative supercritical working fluids in the Balance Of Plant (BOP): Ethane, Sulfur Hexafluoride, Xenon, Methane and Nitrogen, see [1, 2, 3]. The integration between linear solar collectors (Parabolic or Fresnel), Direct Moten Salt (MS) as Heat Transfer Fluids (HTF) and a Simple Brayton cycle with Recuperation and ReHeating were studied in this paper. Main innovation in this researching study is the Brayton power cycle parameters optimization at Design-Point via the Subplex algorithm as proposed in John Dyreby Thesis [4]. After obtaining the optimum reheating pressure, compressor inlet pressure, recompression fraction, and other optimized variables, the solar power plants performances were simulated and detail designed with Thermoflow software [5], providing a first approach about the Solar Fields (SF) effective areas and investment costs. As main conclusion, we deducted the importance of heat exchangers conductance (UA) for increasing the Brayton power plants efficiency and reducing the SF effective area and investment cost. The pinch point at recuperators exit is the main constrain for increasing the UA in s-CO2 cycles. This limitation is overcome with the other working fluids proposed in this study providing higher plant efficiency but requiring higher UA in the recuperators. In future studies the heat exchangers detailed design constitute a great challenge for increasing the UA and optimizing these equipments cost. The material corrosion and equipments dimensions and cost is another key issue discussed for selecting the optimum energy transfer fluid in Brayton power cycles.
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