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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) National Training Centre hosted a webinar today to explain the new electronic logging devices (ELD) mandate.
The webinar was titled "Introduction to the Electronic Logging Device Rule and Implementation Plan" and provided an overview and further clarification of the ELD rule that was put into effect in December 2015. According to organizers, the webinar was supposed to be seen as a tool for the trucking industry to further understand how the ELD rule will be enforced in the near future. The new rule will require truck driver in the US, as well as nearly 140,000 Canadians who operate there to update how they track and present their hours of service.
LaTonya Mimms, transportation specialist with the FMCSA Enforcement division kicked off the presentation by explaining to viewers there are three ELD implementation phases. The first from February 16, 2016 – December 18, 2017 is called the awareness and transition phase, she said. During this phase, ELDs may be registered and used voluntarily.
"Carriers may continue to use paper RODs AOBRDs, and devices with logging software applications during this time," she added.
The second phase is the phased-in compliance phase, which runs from December 18, 2017 – December 16, 2019. During this phase, AOBRDs that were installed before the compliance date can still be used (grandfathered).
However, at the last phase, the full compliance phase, AOBRDs must be upgraded or replaced with ELDs by December 16, 2019.
"During the full compliance phase, only ELDs will be permitted," said Mimms.
ELDs are going to change the way roadside inspections are traditionally carried out.
According to the FMCSA, during phase 1, it is required that record of duty (ROD) status must be shared as either a printout (an ELD option) or with a screen display visible to an enforcement officer without entering the vehicle during a roadside inspection.
Danielle Smith, transportation specialist with the FMCSA passenger carrier division, noted that the main difference between the daily header from an ELD to a paper ROD is the additional information the ELD provides. The daily header with the ELD includes things like VIN, engine hours, odometer reading, and driver's licence number.
Before publishing its final rule, the FMCSA passed a law that prohibits the coercion of drivers to addressing concerns that e-logs could be used to bully drivers.
The FMCSA addressed this in the webinar. During the webinar, Mike Huntley, division chief of the FMCSA vehicle and roadside operation division explained the FMCSA defines harassment as action taken by a motor carrier that the carrier knew (or should have known) would result in a driver violating the Hours of service rules. If a carrier harasses a driver, he/she will receive a penalty for harassment in addition to the HOS violation.
He explained the required features of an ELD that will prevent harassment.
They include:
"All edits, whether made by a driver or a motor carrier, will be annotated to document the reason for the change," Huntley explained. "This will help the driver retain control of the ROD and prevent harassment."
In addition, Huntley said that drivers will also have access to their own ELD record (with a unique login ID) without having to ask their carriers for their record.
This will help the driver ensure that the record hasn't been edited without his/her authorization, said Huntley.
As well, drivers who want to file a formal harassment complaint can do so within 90 days of the event either using the National Consumer Compliant Database or with the FMCSA Division Administrator for the State where the driver is employed.
The FMCSA has scheduled a second webinar on February 11, 2016 titled "ELD Phase I: Transition and Awareness." This webinar, according to the FMCSA, will focus on the first phase of the mandate's implementation and what carriers can expect during roadside inspections during this time.
Do we have the ELD new regulations translated in Spanish like the Department of Motor Vehicles does with their regulations? Please let me know were to get the booklet on ELD translated in Spanish.

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The Hotel Dei Mille offers fast internet connection. The Hotel Dei Mille is pleased to host your pets.
Hotel Dei Mille
Via Torino 108 - 80142 - Naples,
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Property Location A stay at Hotel Dei Mille places you in the heart of Naples, walking distance from Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi and Porta Capuana. This inn is within close proximity of Castel Capuano and Santa Maria del Carmine.Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 30 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.Dining A complimentary buffet breakfast is included.Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, luggage storage, and an elevator (lift).
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- Porta Capuana - 372 m
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Date:18th-22nd October
Location: Dubai World Trade Center, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 5 day
Cisco stand will be located at Z-B40, Za'abeel Gulfcomms Hall.
Cisco will also be present with partner Lancope C1-11 in the Networking and Security Area.
This year we are participating in the 35th Anniversary edition of Gitex Technology Week with an expanded and focused presence.
Cisco will showcase how implementing a digitization strategy will enable Middle East countries and organizations to reap the full benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) today and the new era of Internet of Everything (IoE) in the future.
Cisco will demo 'real life' Smart City scenarios including a full demo of an augmented reality city as well as a government transportation demo. Other areas of the stand will showcase the key business architectures and solutions that will be important for digital transformation including Security, Cloud, Data Center and Virtualization, Mobility and Collaboration.
Another major focus for Cisco during GITEX 2015 will be cyber security. With security issues surrounding the Internet now the number 1 priority in the digital era, more and more organizations in the Middle East are increasingly seeing the value of adopting an end to end security approach that is as pervasive as the Internet of Everything (IoE) itself.
Cisco will also use the platform to demonstrate how these technologies are and will play an increasingly important role in improving the quality of life, not just for upcoming generations, but for everyone today.
Kind regards,
Rabih Dabboussi
General Manager, Cisco UAE
Digitization: Connecting the Future of Everything
Cisco will be showcasing how IoE enables the future of everything to be connected in our live IoT 'Connected Park'. This area will showcase smart city solutions such as CCYV & Analytics for Facial recognition and Traffic Management as well as our Connected Davra Bus. Furthermore, Cisco will highlight how IoE can personalize our daily lives with a Roast and Brew Smart Coffee demonstration, showcasing the life of a coffee bean.
Innovate. Communicate. Collaborate: Wall of Cisco
Our collaboration solutions will be demonstrated in two ways, through our collaboration suite and through the Wall of Cisco. Our Cisco Video Contact Center enables consistent customer and employee experience across multiple touch points and devices. Additionally, the collaboration suite will incorporate our smart communication solutions including Cisco Jabber and Cisco WebEx. Cisco will demonstrate our video strength in an exception education experience through our interactive video wall. Cisco will connect remotely to present informative sessions on Oil & Gas, Connected Cities and Healthcare.
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Threat Centric Security: For Before, During and After an Attack
Cisco security will feature our FireSIGHT Management Centre enabling visibility into everything present on the network. This solution centrally manages network security and operation functions for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER services. Additionally, Cisco will showcase our Advanced Malware Protection, providing protection before, during and after an attack allowing security teams to quickly detect, tract, respond to and remediate advanced threats in their environment.
Cisco Customer and Cisco Workplace Experience
Our Wireless demonstrations will indicate how easily users are able to generate social analytics through Wi-Fi to enable effective customer engagement through CMX Connected Mobile Experience. Furthermore, Cisco will showcase 'Bring Your Own Device' demonstrating differentiated access based on customer profiling, remediation and compliance.
Accelerate the Digital Business and Elevate Your Branch
This demonstration will explain how as traffic has grown exponentially, networks are capable of scaling well beyond the needs of today to deal with the traffic of tomorrow providing investment protection. Furthermore, Cisco will enable our customers to see how innovations such as separating the control plane, data plane and service plane create power, performance and never available capabilities to empower branch offices.
Cisco Meraki: Cloud Managed Networking and Mobile Device Management
Cisco Meraki Cloud Managed edge, branch and campus networking solutions bring simplicity to enterprise-class networks. With wireless, switching, routing, security and device management centrally managed from the cloud, Meraki gives network administrators visibility and control without the cost and complexity of traditional architectures. Additionally, Cisco will present Mobile Devise Management and Connected Mobile Experience, showcasing the power of location analytics and managing mobile devices with ease.
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Today, Intel provides the essential technologies to make all things smart and connected. Nearly 40% of Intel's revenue is now associated with products beyond the PC. A smart evolution is underway that continues to accelerate as Intel technologies shape an era when everything computes and connects from automobiles and vending machines to automated factories and cities. What is important beyond how Intel technology makes life simpler, easier and convenient is how it will be used to help heal, educate, empower and sustain the planet.
As microprocessor technology continues to get smaller and more powerful due to Moore's law, the scale and potential for IA technology is endless. Already at the heart of more than 90% of the world's servers Intel processors are trusted engines of the expanding infrastructure for cloud computing, big data, IoT to client computing and wearables: if it computes it does it best with Intel Inside.
Intel is creating this world with R&D and manufacturing in high tech, state-of-the-art facilities around the globe. With the needs of both people and environment in mind, Intel factories produced in 2013 the world's 1st microprocessors verified conflict free for certain minerals and not inadvertently supporting conflicts in the Congo. More than a million chips making computing and connecting faster, more flexible and secure are produced every day by Intel factories.
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GBM has maintained a long-standing relationship with IBM, and added the Cisco portfolio to its offerings in 1999. GBM today holds both the Master Collaboration and the Master Security Specializations from Cisco, its only partner across the Gulf to be awarded these distinctions.
The company, which is ISO-9001 certified since 1999, provides readily available, on-the-ground support from offices in Bahrain, the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah), Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Pakistan (Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore).
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Real Salt Lake remain second in the Eastern Conference after their third consecutive goalless draw.
Salt Lake welcomed Vancouver Whitecaps to the Rio Tinto Stadium and were on the back foot for much of the first half.
Dane Richards and Alain Rochat both missed chances for Vancouver before the home side found their rhythm and missed two good chances of their own just before the break.
Darren Mattocks thought that he had given Vancouver the lead on 57 minutes but saw his strike disallowed for offside.
The home team responded well, creating chances through Luis Gil and Alvaro Saborio but neither side could find the breakthrough and it ended 0-0.


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Cereal? Again? 5 Kid-Friendly Breakfasts that Take Less than 5 Minutes
Yes, those are pancakes in that picture. Want to know how to produce pancakes on a frantic morning when you need to get out the door and no one has pants on yet? Here are five super fast (and healthy) breakfasts that—bonus—won't dirty a single pot or mixing bowl in your kitchen.
Not that cereal isn't a fine choice on busy mornings. But if you want some alternatives, these ideas have been successful in my house (with a two-year-old who isn't really into smoothies—which of course are always a good option, even if you do have to clean the blender).
Two require a tiny bit of advance planning, but it'll save you a lot of time on a Monday.
1. Pancakes. If you're making pancakes on a Saturday or Sunday, make extra. (To be honest, we always have leftover pancakes even when we don't double the recipe.) Lay several on a cookie sheet, slide it into the freezer until they're firm, then pile into a freezer bag. You can pull two or three out on a crazy morning and microwave them in 10 seconds. Better yet, put them in the toaster.
2. Avocado Toast. So healthy! So easy! I rarely even mash the avocado in a bowl first, which means one less dish to clean. Just smush it down on a piece of toasted bread and sprinkle a bit of salt. Call it guacamole if necessary. Here's our basic "recipe."
3. Hard-Boiled Eggs. Not that they take a ton of time (here's the best method), but if you make a few on a Sunday night, you only have to peel them in the morning, and that takes what, 20 seconds? You can slice one onto toast, although I recommend letting a toddler bite into a whole one. The slipperiness of it is fun, and somehow finding the yolk is a surprise every time.
4. Banana Slices with Peanut Butter. Lay out banana slices and top each with a little dab of peanut butter. Protein-packed, sweet, and quick. For an older kid, you can use the slices to make the first letter of his name.
5. Toast with Cream Cheese and Jelly. Most kids like toast with jelly, but jelly alone doesn't offer a ton of nutritional benefits. Cream cheese and jelly is an underrated combo, and the cream cheese adds a little protein and calcium. You can swirl it if you have time.
What are your favorite quick breakfasts for kids?
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With spring collections currently in stores, vacation season upon us, and the warmer months quickly approaching, you may have already started to give thought to what swimwear necessities you'll need for hitting the beach this summer.
Established in 2012, Vanwolff—a newcomer to the scene—offers a stylish and edgy range of swimwear for those looking to make a bold statement while working on their tan. The company's 'Prey' line features sleek briefs and trunks with playful photo-prints of x-rayed aquatic life.
Seahorses, frogs, shells, and piranhas are just some of the uber-cool designs one can sport from Vanwolff's 2013 collection. With pricing starting at as little as $44.99, the shores will definitely be made hotter this year when Vanwolff sets its sails for them.
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Looking forward to this weekend's music and food trucks!!!
I will not perpetuate or support animal cruelty with my dollars for admission or support a circus on social media. My dollars make decisions everyday on products I purchase or do not purchase, and I have a list of companies I actively avoid.
I do not have to picket MUSC weekly for it to be socially acceptable to picket the circus or condone them on social media.
It comes down to when you know better you do better. Doing nothing when you know better is willful ignorance. And is nothing to be proud of.
It is my responsibility to teach my children that every life is important and life in captivity, being 'trained' into submission to perform for my amusement is base and inhumane. Teaching them that the animals are not happy to be living this life they are subjected to is important and showing them the example of the types of people who enjoy watching spectacles like this only illustrates my point.
Hopefully they will live in a future where displays like this will be a thing of the past and a curiosity on how we could have ever permitted something this cruel to go on for nearly 145 years.
Lindsay Graham is a SLUG--- He should be working on JOBS and keep his business out of vaginas-- oh wait for it... wait for it... BENGAHZI!!!!
I've never been compelled to shop there-- mostly over priced items I can get cheaper at HT or Publix-- the ones near my home 3 of them, don't carry the organic, Non-GMO, brands I seek out and can find at Publix and Earth Fare-- I'd rather travel an extra mile to get my food. Their choices and prices left me wanting.
I loved their support of local and SC produce-- but Local produce doesn't mean anything in regards to health-- Pesticides are sprayed on our local farms and Round Up (glyphosate) is a deal breaker-- I can't purchase food from farmers who spray, glyphosate doesn't wash off. I love local, we are so rich in the Low Country with our options-- The Pig may have missed the mark with the local produce by offering what the unaware and apathetic are willing to eat.
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This bibliography was compiled as part of the OELA/NCELA Roundtable on Teacher Education and Professional Development of ELL Content Teachers. Panel members submitted an annotated list of significant references prior to the January 08 meeting. The bibliography was augmented by NCELA staff members during the development of Volume I. It is intended as an addition to the literature, and does not represent an exhaustive review of available research. References are sorted by category; the set of categories corresponds largely to the chapters and subsections of Volume I. Although many of the references span a range of topics, they have been placed in the most relevant category. The bibliography is aimed at for policymakers, professional development designers, and teachers in study groups and university graduate programs.
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May 7, 2012: Valdespin's Homer in 9th Downs Phils
|Date: May 7, 2012
|Mets starter: Jonathon Niese
|Mets: 5
|Phillies: 2
|Winning pitcher: Tim Byrdak
|Key player(s): David Wright, Jordany Valdespin
|Key play: Wright's two-run double, Valdespin's three-run homer
The Mets faced the Phillies on a Monday night in Philadelphia. The teams played the opener of a series at Citizen's Bank Park. Jordany Valdespin hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Mets a 5-2 win over the Phils.
Philadelphia starter Roy Halladay pitched a perfect top of the first. Leading off the bottom half, Jimmie Rollins doubled and advanced to third base on an error by center fielder Andres Torres. An ensuing sacrifice fly by John Mayberry scored Rollins with the first run of the game. Shane Victorino hit a single and Hunter Pence followed with a force play ground ball to third baseman David Wright. Mets' starter Jonathon Niese then threw a called third strike past Ty Wigginton to close out the inning.
Halladay held the Mets to a single by Daniel Murphy in a scoreless top of the second. Carlos Ruiz drew a walk to begin the bottom half. Placido Polanco hit a double to left-center field that plated Ruiz for a 2-0 Phillies lead. Freddy Galvis grounded out to shortstop Justin Turner to move Polanco to third base. Niese then got Halladay on a called third strike and fanned Rollins swinging to end the inning.
Halladay and Niese each pitched scoreless ball from the third inning to the fifth. In the top of the sixth, Torres drew a two-out walk and moved to second base on Kirk Nieuwenhuis's single to left-center field. Wright hit a double down the left field line that brought home Torres and Nieuwenhuis with the tying runs. Halladay struck out Lucas Duda to finish off the inning. Mets' reliever Manny Acosta then set down the Phils in order in the bottom half.
Despite a pair of infield singles, Halladay shut down the Mets in the top of the seventh inning. Pinch-hitter Juan Pierre drew a walk against the Mets' Bobby Parnell to open the bottom half. Rollins hit a single and Mayberry flied out to right fielder Duda. An infield single by Victorino loaded the bases. On Pence's ensuing grounder, second baseman Murphy threw to Turner for an out on Victorino. Pence beat Turner's throw to first baseman Ike Davis, but was ruled out via an interference call on Victorino that negated a run scored by Pierre and ended the inning with the game still knotted at 2-2.
Phils' reliever Antonio Bastardo hurled a scoreless top of the eighth. Wigginton and Ruiz began the bottom half with back-to-back singles. A sacrifice bunt by Polanco advanced the runners to second and third. Galvis hit a grounder on which Parnell threw to catcher Josh Thole for an out at home on Wigginton. Thole was injured on the play and replaced by Mike Nickeas. Mets' reliever Tim Byrdak then struck out pinch-hitter Erik Kratz to end the inning.
Davis drew a walk against Philadelphia's Jonathan Papelbon with one out in the top of the ninth. Turner went down on strikes and Nickeas hit a double to send Davis to third base. Valdespin came up to pinch-hit for Byrdak and slugged a home run (his first major league hit) that put the Mets ahead. Papelbon then retired Torres on an inning-ending fly ball to left fielder Mayberry.
Rollins grounded out to Mets' reliever Frank Francisco to start the bottom of the ninth. Mayberry went down on strikes for the second out of the inning. Francisco then got Victorino to ground out to Murphy and end the game. The Mets had a series-opening victory.
Also read
- Floating on a cloud of Jordany by Faith and Fear in Flushing


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Volkswagen Passat
Volkswagen Passat
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
includes Wagon
Repair Manual on DVD-ROM
Repair information includes:
The Volkswagen Passat: 2006-2009 includes Wagon Repair Manual on DVD-ROM is now available. This is the DVD-ROM publication of repair information for the B6 platform Volkswagen Passat and Passat Wagon.
This comprehensive repair manual contains the repair information provided to factory-trained technicians, making it an invaluable resource for the Volkswagen Passat (B6 platform) owner. It provides clear & complete step-by-step procedures to help you understand, care for, and repair your 2006-2009 Volkswagen Passat. Wiring diagrams, component locations, and technical bulletins are also included in this manual.
Engines covered:
- 2.0 Liter 4-Cyl. 4V Turbo(engine code: BPY)
- 2.0 Liter 4-Cyl. 4V Turbo (engine codes: CBFA, CCTA)
- 3.6 Liter 6-Cyl. 4V(engine code: BLV)
Transmissions covered:
- 5 Spd. Manual Transmission 0A4
- 6 Spd. Manual Transmission 02Q
- 6 Spd. Manual Transmission 02Q All Wheel Drive
- 6 Spd. Automatic Transmission 09G Front Wheel Drive
- 6 Spd. Automatic Transmission 09M Front Wheel Drive
- 6 Spd. Direct Shift Automatic Transmission 02E Front Wheel Drive
eBahn® Desktop repair manuals offer a convenient way to view a wide variety of technical automotive repair information on your PC. From repair procedures to Diagnostic Trouble Codes, eBahnr Desktop repair manuals enable its users to easily access service and repair information that vehicle manufacturers supply to their dealer technicians.
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During the month of July, when you purchase $25 in current, retail priced stamps, you quality to receive either the July Stamp of the Month, My Acrylix Life Is Wonderful, FREE or any one of the Hostess Rewards stamp sets featured in the Annual Inspirations 2014-2015 or Seasonal Expressions 2 for only $5! That is a savings of up to $19.75!
The July Stamp of the Month is a lovely, versatile stamp set that is a great match for your cards and layouts that celebrate all the wonderful things - big and small - that life has to offer. Additionally, the Hostess Rewards stamp sets have previously only been available as part of the Hostess Rewards program, which means now is the perfect opportunity to get those special stamp sets you've had your eye on!
To get your FREE Stamp of the Month set or your $5 Hostess Rewards stamp set, simply place an order for $25 of any current, retail priced stamps.
This offer is available only during the month of July and applies only to the July Stamp of the Month and current Hostess Rewards stamp sets, so spring into action and jump on this deal before it's gone!
*Offer valid July 1, 2015 (9:00 am MDT) to July 31, 2015 (11:59 pm MDT). No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of the free or discounted item(s).


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What Are Your Plans For Mother's Day? [POLL]
Sunday is Mother's Day! Hint! Hint! What are your plans to celebrate how special your mom is?
A recent survey published by PR Newswire showed that 74% make Mother's Day plans a week in advance. Six percent just "wing it" or make no plans at all!
The survey also showed that 44% will take their mom out to dinner. What will you do?


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WebScrape 001
Budget $10-30 USD
I need someone on the longterm project related to data mining(webscraping). This project is an intro to that job. I require highly modular implementation and very structural data representation. The job will be assigned after a short chat on how you plan to implement this. Some research might be included, just to cover some aspects of problem solving.
Please at the begining of the proposal write: 'balrog' (without this you'll not be considered), and provide some rough steps on how you generaly approach to data mining/scraping problems.
Awarded to:
balrog Hi Can you provide me the url of the target site and details of data you wish to [login to view URL] i have this will do a demo crawler in python for your view. Thanks Atif Relevant Skills and Experience Here is the More
25 freelancers are bidding on average $24 for this job
balrog Hi, I have checked your project. Please send me a message so we can discuss all the details. Thanks, Ramzi Relevant Skills and Experience web scraping Proposed Milestones $25 USD - do all required job
'balrog Hi, I am FURKAN , a CERTIFIED Web Scraping Expert . I would love to provide you best quality data by scrapping information as per your requirements. Relevant Skills and Experience I have 5 experiences in Dat More
Hi there, I have extensive experience with web scraping using python and have written scrapers for many projects. We can discuss further details in private message. Stay tuned, I'm still working on this proposal.
balrog, Hello! i'm a script creator that can retrieve data from websites with automation. 100% accuracy guaranteed! Because no manual copy-paste or typing. Relevant Skills and Experience Skills : Create custom made sc More
balrog I have 3+ years pf ex[eroence in data scrapping. I have done it for many websotes and have different tools for it Relevant Skills and Experience python Proposed Milestones $25 USD - work
balrog I have experience writing many scrap programs using httprequest in C # and C ++. I have my structured library for scraping. You will see my portfolio on software development. Relevant Skills and Experience Data More
Hi there - I've read your brief and can see that you'd like to work base on your project description i have similar previous experience. I am a freelancer who has 5 years' experience. 'balrog' Relevant Skills and Expe More
Hey there, I am willing to work on this project. More discussion over chat. "I can start work right away." Thanks for looking forward to my proposal.
balrog i have experience of web scraping can definitely do your job.. but you havnt mentioned what kind of data you want to scrape and what do you need it to be structured into so kindly let me know Relevant Skills an More
balrog , Hi If the data could be extracted manually I will be more than happy to help, and i can provide you with a sample to prove my performance, as I am capable to meet the deadline. Relevant Skills and Experience More
balrog : It all boils down to identifying pattern in the content, web contents usually have one, be it id, class, style etc. Next thing is to look for links/ resources that will/may lead you to similar content.
Web development has been in business because the commercialization of web has all started. Organizations, who want to sell services and products online, move for web development. Relevant Skills and Experience xs Pro More
'balrog' - 6 years experience in Data Mining and Data Science using Python and Java. Steps:1. Understand which websites are to be scraped. 2. How to share data with you. 3. After project support. Relevant Skills and More


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This week we started reading Nonfiction. We spent a lesson this week working on finding the most important facts in a story. Students took notes while they stumbled upon an important idea. Finally, they chose their top 4 to create a fact or fib on a notecard about each fact. Below are a few of the facts the students learned. Our brains were overflowing with knowledge about each topic we read. Great job Readers!
*The forehead and lower jaw play a part in echolocation.
*Ancient people only knew of 5 planets.
*Insects, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, ticks are all examples of arthropods.
*People use tanks to control uproars and crowds.
* Adelie penguins make loud squawking sounds.
*Reefs are covered by coral polyps.
*In 1861 Captain Jenks was shown off in Boston and New York.
* The odor of flowers is the oily substance.
*Orville Wright was born in 1871.
*Lightning strikes in hotter places.
*Sound makes things vibrate.
*Your body is made of many cells.
*Otters are excellent fishers.
*Long ago many people were interested in flying.
*A group of animals has backbones.
*148 tornadoes raced across 13 states.
*Rattlesnakes eat 6 times a year.
*The polar regions extend for over 1,200 miles around the North Pole.
*The nucleus of an atom is in the center.
*Most earthquakes are too small to notice.
*The saguro cactus can live up to 200 yrs.
*Ben Franklin saved the town.
*Magnets attrack metal objects.
*The oldest maps are from the Ancient Desert Kingdom and made of clay.
*The female lion does most of the hunting.
Get ready to discover all the learning that is taking place in our magical classroom. Explore the sites and sharpen up your 3rd grade skills! Leave a comment and visit often to stay up-to-date in our classroom.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Timeline Project
Parents, if you are comfortable with computers, here is a great alternative for your child's timeline project. You can go online to the website http://www.timetoast.com/ It is very user friendly. Our previous children had alot of fun working on it with their parents. When the timeline in finished, just email it to me at email@example.com. We will then view it as a class during presentations. If you perfer having your child do it with construction paper, we will be happy to provide the needed paper for them. We hope that you all have enjoyed these projects. The children are so proud to share them with the class. Thank you for all of your support.
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Fashion Eyewear: Frame Size Guide
Once you've chosen the frame you want to order you will need to click the 'ADD LENSES' button. You will then see a series of drop-down boxes with required fields to complete.
Please make sure you fill in all of the sections and double-check that the information you have entered is correct. When selecting your frame size, some models will offer more than one selection. Pick the one that is closest to your measurements; if you don't understand what the frame sizes mean, see below.
When you're ready, change the quantity amount (if necessary) then click 'ADD TO CART' to proceed to the checkout page.
Once we receive your prescription and have ordered your lenses, we are unable to make any prescription changes. If you do not notice that you're prescription is incorrect until after we have received your order, you may be liable to pay for your new prescription lenses.
Where To Find Your Frame Size
If you already have a pair of prescription glasses, you can find your frame size on the inside of the frame arm. Sometimes you can find your frame size on the side of the nose pad. All measurements are in millimetres (mm).
CHANEL: Brand name
3229-Q: Model name
c.555: Colour name
51-17: Frame size (This is what you'll need, when adding your prescription online)
135: Frame arm length/side length
Referring to the image above, you will notice that the frame size has two sets of digits (51-17).
The first set of digits represents the lens size
Eg. 51 = 51mm
The second set of digits represents the DBL
Eg. 17 = 17mm
When ordering online, you will sometimes find the measurement for the side length. If you don't see a measurement for the side length, don't panic.
Most manufacturers have a set length however this can be altered. If you know that you'll need your side length altering, please contact us to speak to our Customer Service team.
How Your Frames Should Fit
The bridge of the frame should sit on your nose bridge without any gaps. If you find that there is a gap between your frame and your nose, you will need to have your glasses adjusted.
Metal Frames: The hinges of the nose pads are easily adjustable however you should leave this to the professionals. Visit your local opticians who can adjust your frames, usually without a charge.
Acetate Frames: With acetate frames, adjusting the nose area is difficult. This is why it is strongly recommended that you visit us or your local opticians to try on the frames before you buy.
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I am sorry but due to the bankruptcy of the company i work for i do not have the time to write that much on this Blog as I used to do the last couple of months.
Also i won't be buying bikes a lot for the rest of the year...
but ,....i will be back soon,....
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Wednesday, 7 October 2009
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That's too bad. Good luck on sorting things out.
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it sucks bas..it really does!
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That's some hard news. Been enjoying reading and viewing.
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Birmingham City Kits 1970–1980
Posted by John Devlin
Birmingham entered the 70s in the 2nd Division and sporting the simple blue shirts (with non-contrasting crew neck and cuffs), blue shorts and white socks that they had favoured since 1967. The 70-71 season saw the strip updated with the addition of a slick BCFC monogram over the left breast of the shirt and, in a trendsetting move, the addition of individual player's initials on the shorts – an idea that was also favoured by several other clubs at the time. Worn by: Ray Martin, Roger Hynd, Alan Campbell and a young Trevor Francis making his debut for the club.
The 70s was a flamboyant decade fashion-wise and this extended onto the football field. In Birmingham's case the simple royal blue shirts that had been worn since the 1910s were ditched in 71-72 in favour of an Umbro-produced jersey that is now universally fondly remembered as the 'Penguin' with a broad white band placed centrally over the blue fabric. A new intertwined monogram badge was also introduced at this time. A red and white version became the club's new away strip and was worn for two seasons before being retired after just a few games at the start of the 73-74 campaign. It was replaced for the rest of the season by an all white strip. This period is also memorable for the famous German Flag kit that was worn as Birmingham's third kit for the 72-73 and 73-74 seasons. Worn just a handful of times and notable for its tendency to render wearers almost invisible under floodlights it stunned Blues fans when it was unveiled for a 2-2 draw at West Brom in the 72-73 campaign. The penguin shirt clearly inspired the club, led by manager Freddie Goodwin, and they won promotion to Division 1 (after seven years in the 2nd Division) and reached the FA Cup semi-finals in its first season of use. Worn by: Gordon Taylor, Bob Latchford, Malcolm Page, Bobby Hope.
By 1974 manufacturers logos were commonplace on team kit and the Birmingham shirt was updated for the 74-75 season with the addition of a small Umbro logo over the right hand side. The shirt was also now short-sleeved. Early versions of the shirt worn that season actually featured the older blue and black Umbro logo design on the left hand side of the jersey. 1974 also saw the introduction of a new red away strip that included two vertical white stripes down the centre of the shirt. Strangely the away shirt featured neither an Umbro logo or club badge but did include a rather trendy pair of athletic-style shorts, trimmed with red. The Penguin shirt was updated again the following season with a typically 70s wing collar replacing the crew-neck. The shirt was also now worn with blue shorts and white socks instead of white shorts and blue socks. Worn by: Joe Gallagher, Kenny Burns, Howard Kendall, Paul Hendrie.
After five years of the distinctive Penguin design, Umbro launched a more sober home shirt in 1976 – a plain all-blue affair with a standard white collar and cuffs. The shorts and socks were now both white with a dual blue hoop on the socks turnover. A new amber with blue trim away kit was also revealed this season. Both kits were to last for just one season due to the arrival in 1977 of adidas. The shirts were also notable for the inclusion of a new club badge featuring a combination of a globe and ball embellished with ribbon. The badge had been originally selected in 1972 following a competition run by local newspaper, The Sports Argus. Worn by: Gary Emmanuel, Kenny Hibbitt, Jim Calderwood, Archie Styles.
Adidas' first set of kits for the Blues brought the club's strip bang up to date with a sleek, shiny synthetic fabric replacing the cotton of Umbro. The shirt featured a white crew neck alongside adidas' trademark three stripe trim that continued in blue on the white shorts and socks. The yellow away strip simply mirrored the design of the home and the yellow shorts and socks were occasionally worn with the home blue shirt if there was a colour clash. In the 77-78 season the adidas logo featured just the trefoil graphic without the adidas text on both kits. Unfortunately this adidas kit accompanied the club as they were relegated to Division 2 at the end of the 78-79 season after seven years in the top flight. Worn by: Alberto Tarantini, Dave Langan, Pat Howard, Alan Ainscow, Keith Bertschin.
For Birmingham's full kit history from 1980 to 2005 see TRUE COLOURS VOLUME 1.
10 Responses to "Birmingham City Kits 1970–1980"
Denis Hurley Says:
December 29th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Yellow shorts and/or socks with blue and white – sounds awful!
Chris O Says:
December 29th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Yeah, I was thinking that, Denis!
Excellent work, John. There's something quite wonderful about those 'penguin' shirts and I far prefer them to the standard all-blue ones. If I had my way, they'd keep that design for many years to come… far too distinctive to overlook!
John Devlin Says:
January 8th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Chris – I totally agree. I love it when clubs have their own distinctive style – granted it makes kit designers work a bit harder to be more original – but it has a great individual feel.
ian smith Says:
December 21st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
i love the 77-78 addidas kit and still looking how to find it , can anyone help??.
Tim Woolley Says:
February 1st, 2010 at 10:54 am
I loved the red 74-76 away strip and wish replicas were available now. Bizarrely I have a childhood memory of seeing it on an Admiral advertising poster in a sports shop, which would be weird given Umbro were making the home strip at the time…
John Devlin Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Hello Tm, I used to love the old Admiral ads. Can't imagine how an Umbro design ended up on there though?
steve donnellly Says:
September 19th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
you can get a bit of a replica of the blue adidas in the club shop. it has an adidas no. 10 on the back
Tony Sealey Says:
July 27th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
I know this is a bit old now, but you have missed out a plain all red kit worn vs QPR in the '70/71 season
Ryan Titmus Says:
August 1st, 2013 at 10:49 am
Can anyone help me on finding the adidas retro kit from 77-78, id love to own it.
thank you
Tim Woolley Says:
December 7th, 2018 at 12:21 pm
The Admiral documentary 'Get Shirty' show a poster [at '18.05'] showing the red 74-76 away strip:
So bizarrely it seems we had different kit manufacturers home and away for a couple of seasons!
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What are antioxidants benefits? They're anti-aging foods that help you to look younger!
But that's not all. The benefits of antioxidants also include protecting you against some of the most painful and deadliest diseases.
For example, antioxidants benefits from anti-aging foods and good quality antioxidant longevity anti-aging supplements have been shown to:
- Help you have healthy hair, nails and skin.
- Lower your risk of both cancer and heart disease.
- Slow down the aging process of skin and other organs.
- Boost your immune system to resist colds, flues and viruses.
- Support healthy vision by protecting you from aging eye diseases.
What are Antioxidants and How do they Work?
Antioxidants protect you from the free radical damage that causes your body to age. This is how natural anti-aging antioxidants work.
Although oxygen is essential to living, since it contributes to oxidation and the formation of free radicals, oxygen can also be your enemy. For example here's what happens with the oxidation of metals.
- Iron gets old and rusty,
- Aluminum gets bleached out,
- And copper turns an "aged" green.
Something similar happens to your body as it's exposed to air, pollution and poor nutrition. Free radical oxidation damage is the main cause of the aging process of your body (getting old and rusty).
Oxidation and free radicals are as destructive to you as rust and corrosion is to your car. Antioxidants help keep oxidation and free radicals from ravaging your body and sucking the life out of your brain.
The more natural anti-aging antioxidants in your bloodstream, the healthier you'll be. Just think of antioxidants as human "Rust-Oleum!"
Natural Antioxidants Anti-Aging Foods Sources
The most important known natural anti-aging antioxidants are vitamins C with bioflavonoids, vitamin E with mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols, the mineral selenium and carotenoids (see the list below).
When the Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University measured the anti-aging antioxidant protection power of different foods, colorful carotenoid rich fruits and vegetables were at the top of the list.
Of the over 600 carotenoids known, only about a dozen have been shown to be highly beneficial to humans. Here are the 7 most important:
- Lutein,
- Lycopene,
- Zeaxanthin,
- Beta-carotene,
- Alpha-carotene,
- Gamma-carotene,
- Beta-cryptoxanthin.
Studies show that people with diets rich in these carotenoids from natural food sources, especially colorful fruits and vegetables, age more slowly, are healthier, live longer and have less degenerative diseases.
But taking isolated or synthetic carotenoid supplements, like synthetic beta-carotene, has been shown to have NO benefits whatsoever.
Actually synthetic vitamin E, or E without the rest of the natural vitamin E family of mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols, is not a good idea either.
How to Get the Best Anti-Aging Antioxidants Benefits
When looking for natural antioxidants anti-aging supplements, ask yourself, "Can I find these ingredients at a fruit and vegetable stand or salad bar?"
If the answer comes up "no," keep on looking.
Avoid natural antioxidants with ingredients that are UN-natural to humans. This includes pine bark (pycnogenol), grape seed extract, micro sea algae, noni, mangosteen, gac, gogi, acai berry and alpha lipoic acid.
None of these sources are on the list of recommended antioxidants foods from the Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts or the USDA.
To get the best antioxidant foods make more choices from the top 10 healthiest foods, the list of vegetables and the list of fruits. And choose only proven natural anti-aging supplements from human food sources.
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It is definitely that time of year! Lots of graduations, lots of different school colors. But first, a picture of a wedding cake I did for my nephew Aarron last weekend. He renewed his wedding vows on the beach by Lake Michigan in Muskegon, so of course, we had to do a cake with tons of white chocolate shells to fit the theme!
And on to the graduations...you'll be seeing plenty of these over the next few weeks! :)
Also, our Hilliard Farmers Market will be starting in just over a week. The first one is June 7th, and we'll have them every Tuesday from 4 to 7pm. We'd love to see you there, so stop by if you get a chance!
Have a great weekend. The first one in - I don't even know how long! - without rain! What a treat!!!


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Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
KEMAMAN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry requires at least 300,000 hectares of land to turn maize grain cultivation as a new agricultural industry to meet domestic livestock requirements, said its Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. In order to achieve this objective, he said, it was necessary for the federal and state governments to extend their cooperation in preparing to expand the new industry. "It is not as easy as it seems because we need the support of everyone including the central and state governments as they have plenty of idle land," he told reporters after launching a national seminar on the Development of Grain Corn Industry, here today. Also present were Agriculture Department director-general Datuk Ahmad Zakaria Mohamad Sidek and State Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Committee chairman Datuk Mohamad Pehimi Yusof. Ahmad Shabery said a grain corn pilot project had been implemented since March in Kampung Dadong, near here and the second harvest from the 30-hectare site had produced about 200 tonnes. The success of this project has changed the mindset of local farmers who had the idea that it was impossible for the country to produce grain corn as the main source of food for livestock.
Apart from Dadong, the grain corn were also cultivated in Ru Tapai, Setiu and Kuala Berang, Hulu Terengganu and several other areas on trial basis, in an attempt to produce high quality grain corn. "I believe the Terengganu government can take into consideration the required acreage and number of farmers needed to develop this new grain corn cultivation as a model industry," he said. He said last year the country imported RM46.74 billion worth of agricultural produce while exports were estimated at RM30.15 billion which resulted in a trade deficit of RM16.59 billion. He added that the country's food trade deficit was, among others, contributed by imports of agricultural produce especially grain corn from Argentina, Brazil and the United States. At the seminar Ahmad Shabery also presented incentives to 291 corn grain entrepreneurs nationwide which involved an allocation of RM4,191,590. Terengganu had the largest number of participants with 138 recipients sharing an allocation of RM1,656,590.
This report from -BERNAMA.
M Anem
Senior Agronomist,
Kg Dadong, Kemaman,
Terengganu, Malaysia.
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The dollar rose against a basket of major currencies on Friday, heading for its first weekly gain in five, as optimism grew that the U.S. Congress will reach agreement on a stop-gap deal to avert a devastating U.S. default.
President Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders moved to end their fiscal impasse on Friday but struggled with the details for a short-term reopening of the federal government and an increase in the U.S. borrowing limit.
With no certainty that a deal will be struck to raise the limit by the Oct. 17 deadline, analysts said, the dollar will remain pressured while safe-haven currencies such as the yen will be attractive. Worries about the U.S. budget and debt crisis had driven the dollar index to an eight-month low last Thursday.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.1 percent to 80.38. It is on pace for a gain of 0.4 percent this week, the first weekly rise since early September.
The dollar rose 0.3 percent to 98.47 yen, having hit a session peak of 98.57 yen, according to Reuters data, the highest since Oct. 1. Support is seen at the 200-day moving average of 96.87 yen.
The euro rose 0.12 percent to $1.3551.
The dollar rose 1.1 percent against the yen for the week, its best week since August 23, while the euro slid 0.2 percent against the dollar, its worst week since September 6.
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The Quality Execution System (QES)
QuinLogic is one of the most innovative German 'Industry 4.0′ companies. To enable industrial mass production and at the same time highest flexibility, QuinLogic has developed software products by applying latest generation of computing power and storage capabilities. Based on this technical evolution, the experienced team of QuinLogic provides an "easy to use" quality assurance solution for steel and aluminum mills. It is already in daily operation in several high end flat rolling mills worldwide.
The QuinLogic Software secures reliable slab/plate/coil quality for the challenging markets e.g. for automotive-, airplanes-, wind energy-, high strength- and wear resistant material grades. And it also provides proactive support, to immediately address production problems and therefore minimize deficiencies in customer products. Its seamless communication interfaces to existing MES, ERP and gauging systems allows fully integrated systems in all existing but also new production lines.
For Highest Quality Metals
The key features of a Quality Execution System (QES) are to track quality including decision support per individual piece produced, exchange sequence related information with the MES and ERP systems and feed process related information back into the set-up for the next piece. From all these activities, decision support is obviously the most important and critical activity, given the amount of investments into advanced monitoring and gauging over the recent years.
To implement sophisticated quality decisions, a number of steps need to be taken:
- Data from various data bases as well as much raw data as possible must be processed.
- Data needs to be synchronized. A lot of data is time stamped (in various resolution from milliseconds to minutes as needed to guide the process. Decisions on products are not time based but per square meter and to decide, all data needs to be adjusted to match positions.
- Decisions are first (a) individual per type of data and then (b) combining several quality characteristics. This is essential because a piece of metal may still be good on temperature and reasonable on surface but in conjunction, it's a block.
So, the core of the QES is definitely the data management. As a basis for a long, investment protecting roadmap, QuinLogic has created a Metal Object Model (MOM) as a foundation and backbone for all QES related applications.
Rule Progression through the process chain.
Centralized ruleset management and deployment.
Producing highest quality sheet metals means: make quality in every single step of a lengthy process chain. Advanced gauging technology is used to track the details, QuinLogic synchronizes all data and helps to analyze and to decide…
Quality Solutions for flat steel, long products, stainless steel, specialty steels, aluminum, copper and brass. With the given economic situation, customers look twice to verify receiving only the best quality. QuinLogic helps to analyze all of the large amounts of data that our customers and their gauging systems capture about a particular product. QuinLogic synchronizes all data to create a uniform data set per piece of metal that allows the utmost qualification before shipment.
Making perfect flat products is not about a final quality approval, it's about sustaining defined quality levels throughout a lengthy process. Specifications are becoming tighter to the end of the process and options to correct / improve or change intended use of the product are also narrowing.
To improve operational excellence, the QuinLogic principle can not only be applied to a particular process step but for the entire process chain and the entire corporation. Our MOM has been geared to support all the genealogy aspects and can therefore even synchronize data among several process steps.
Closing The Loop – Process Optimization
Sustainable improvements to the production process are a logical consequence after deciding against shipment of certain products. With the Metal Object Model (MOM) in place, data analysis to uncover the root cause is taken to a new level. The data mining methods offered by QuinLogic have been created by BFI and several significant results have been achieved in the steel industry.
In cooperation with the research arm (BFI) of the German Iron and Steel association (Steel Institute VDEh) , QuinLogic is developing and marketing a data mining tool to uncover the root cause of certain process and product deviations. In particular, a lot of software support is available to incorporate data. Beyond the data, the software DataDiagnose comes with recipes to find the root cause. This does allow the use of the software by quality engineers at a particular line rather than relying on corporate research and statistics experts. Among the sophisticated methods included are multi-variate linear and non-linear correlation methods.
Process Data Correlation
Data Validation
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it has achieved 69.68 per cent distribution of permanent voter cards as of February 10.
The Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Nick Dazang, said this in an interview in Abuja on Friday adding that as at February 13, the commission had surpassed 69. 68 per cent distribution. He, however, did not give precise figures.
He said "Since we are speaking of three days ago, that means we have surpassed that bench-mark," he said.
Mr. Dazang advised politicians to invest their time and resources in positive strategies of winning elections rather than buying Permanent Voter Cards from prospective voters.
He gave the advice following a claim that politicians were buying cards and collecting their numbers.
Mr. Dazang said it was also advisable for politicians to judiciously use their time in other endeavours that would help the political process instead of collecting Voter Identification Number of registered voters.
He said buying people's PVCs would be of no help as the cards could not be used by another person other than the original owners.
"Politicians should encourage those who have not collected to go and collect their PVCs.
"I don't know of any implication of collecting people's VIN numbers; they are just wasting their times.
"If I were them, I would encourage those who have not collected to go and collect their PVCs because even if you collect someone else's VIN number you cannot recreate his PVC.
"They should stop wasting their time; they should channel their energy towards productive and positive ends," Mr. Dazang said.
He said there were security numbers in INEC PVCs which would make it impossible for the cards to be cloned or forged.
He also advised people not to sell their PVCs as that would automatically disenfranchise such voters from voting on elections days.


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Epoxy Updateby P. David Gustafson, Technical Dir.; Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, 933 N. Plum Grove Road, Schaumberg, IL 60173,
Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1988, Vol. 58, Issue 10, Pg. 38-38
Document Type: Feature article
Epoxy-coated reinforcing steel protects against corrosion if it is used correctly. Several construction practices, such as prescribing the limits on permissible coating damage due to shipping and using noncorrosive, compatible bar supports, are described. The bond strength of epoxy-coated bars were tested in comparison to equal uncoated bars. The results showed that the epoxy coating, whatever its thickness, is a bond breaker of the adhesion bond. Based upon these results, provisions for tension development length of epoxy-coated bars are being developed for the 1989 ACI Building Code.
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Storm Brian to ignite a UK WEATHER BOMB bringing 70mph winds that 'could cause more damage than Hurricane Ophelia'
Gale-force gusts and heavy rain will slam into the South West of the country late tomorrow night, causing havoc on Saturday
STORM Brian is set to ignite a "weather-bomb" bringing 70mph winds - and forecasters say it could cause more damage than Hurricane Ophelia.
Gale-force gusts and heavy rain will slam into the South West of the country late tomorrow night, causing havoc on Saturday as the area of intense low-pressure makes its way across the Atlantic.
Storm Brian was today named by the Met Office's Irish counterpart Met Eireann, while severe weather warnings have been put in place across the East Midlands, East of England, London, South East England, North West England, South West England, Wales and the West Midlands.
High tides of up to 50ft are expected to lash the coast, leading to "dangerous conditions" and people are advised there's a potential for flooding and disruption to travel.
Sara Thornton, founder of the digital weather service Weathertrending, said: "Severe storms have been like buses this week. You wait ages and then two roar towards us in quick succession.
"But while the newly christened Storm Brian has a less elegant name than ex-Hurricane Ophelia, it once more puts the British Isles squarely in the firing line of some very windy and wet weather.
"Brian is set to slam into the Southwest England on Saturday morning and could cause greater disruption to the UK than Ophelia, which focused most of its destructive power on Ireland.
"While Brian didn't originate in the Tropics and so can't claim the dubious honour of being a former hurricane, it is a deep depression that is exploding into life, like a bomb, in the mid-Atlantic.
"Such weather-bombs are not uncommon, but this one will come armed with 70mph winds and a barrage of heavy rain. And unlike Ophelia, which gave the UK a glancing blow and focused its ire on Ireland, Brian is heading straight towards us.
"The Met Office has issued weather warnings, which means people should make plans to protect themselves and their properties. Meanwhile the Environment Agency is concerned about the risk of flooding when Brian's heavy rain falls on already sodden ground and huge waves inundate the coast at high tide.
"To make matters worse, Brian is unlikely to be a hit and run storm. Forecasts show it may slow down as it arrives in the UK, subjecting the country to a truly miserable weekend of weather."
Chief Forecaster Dan Suri said: "Storm Brian is expected to bring strong winds to southern and western areas early on Saturday morning. The first and most significant land-based impacts will be in the southwest of Ireland, hence the Amber warning from Met Éireann. At the moment, we don't expect the same level of impacts for the UK.
"As we go through Saturday morning and early afternoon the strong southwesterly winds affecting the South West will transfer east and slowly change direction as they will become westerly towards the end of the warning period.
"Gusts exceeding 50 mph are expected widely within the warning area, with gusts of around 70 mph along exposed coastal areas. These are expected to coincide with high tides, leading to locally dangerous conditions in coastal parts."
With strong gusts forecast for Saturday, drivers are being advised to take precautions on the roads and to avoid parking under trees and overhanging telephone wires.
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RAC spokesman Pete Williams said: "Drivers encountering high winds are advised to reduce their speed, ensure they hold the steering wheel firmly and be prepared for sudden gusts, debris and even fallen branches in the road.
"Allow plenty of room between your vehicle and the next and take extra care when overtaking cyclists, motorcyclists and lorries as they are susceptible to being blown around easily by side winds.
"Be extra cautious when driving on exposed roads, high ground and across bridges where again sudden gusts can blow you off course.
"When you reach your destination consider parking safely avoiding trees, overhanging telephone wires and things which could represent a falling danger."
The strongest winds in coastal areas, gusting up to 70mph, are expected to coincide with high tides, leading to potentially dangerous conditions for local coastal communities.
Alison Baptiste, national flood duty manager for the Environment Agency, said: "Strong winds are expected across southern England on Friday night and into Saturday.
"Some coastal flooding is possible along the south and south-west coasts of England, especially around the times of high tide, with large waves, spray and some over-topping of coastal defences.
"We urge people to stay safe along the coast and warn against putting yourself in unnecessary danger by taking 'storm selfies' or driving through flood water – just 30cm is enough to move your car."
She added that the Environment Agency teams on the ground checking defences and taking precautionary measures such as closing tidal gates.
Under the guidelines of the storm naming collaboration, an amber wind warning triggers the naming process.
Storm Brian is the second named storm of the season, following Aileen which affected parts of the UK in mid-September.
Forecasters say the weather front is typical for the time of year and it has developed mainly as a result of a contrast in temperatures either side of the jet stream, with cooler temperatures to the north and warm temperatures to the south.
Ophelia had a different origin as it developed from a hurricane in the tropical Atlantic, so the hurricane's original name was continued rather than using the next predetermined name from the UK and Ireland's storm-naming process.
Storms are given a name when they have the potential for amber or red weather warnings, which could lead to severe wind, rain or snow.
Storm Ophelia brought bizarre weather to the British Isles earlier this week as dust from the Saharan desert blocked out the sun and bathed the country in a eerie orange glow.
Ireland bore the brunt of the storm which also caused chaos on Scotland's roads and railways.
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Santa Fe Dry Goods opened in 1979, at a time when Santa Fe was exploding onto the international art scene. Greig and Helga Porter began the store and sold it to their daughter Shobhan Porter in 2008.
With nearly a quarter century in a 4,000 square foot location on the plaza, Santa Fe Dry Goods is at a historical and cultural hub. The individuality and internationalism inspired by Santa Fe's vibrant culture are central to the stylistic perspective of Santa Fe Dry Goods.
Shobhan opened Workshop in 2013 with a vision for exploring unconventional styles that she had encountered traveling in Europe. Workshop represents up and coming designers who are redefining traditional notions of fashion.
The aesthetic roots of Porter Associates spur from a family background of world travel, antiques, and handicrafts. International friendship is also a central paradigm: bringing this type of art to Santa Fe is a joy and a long-term commitment where connectivity is key.
Porter Associates aims for a welcoming experience and an engaging environment. A wide diversity of designers are represented, set against a backdrop of nature brought in from outside. Texture, color, and design are throughlines, and customers are encouraged to touch products, flip through books on textiles, or engage in conversations about a designer's history.
Shobhan Porter is the owner and buyer for Santa Fe Dry Goods and Workshop. Please feel free to contact her at email@example.com with any questions.


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A tweet by a friend which went something like this "Helped an old lady cross the road...she smiled & gave me a chocolate..much like the way my grandmom used to...life is all about these small beautiful moments...." jagofied again the purana daba hua armaan of helping old ladies cross the road. The chocolate had nothing to do with it. I hate chocolates. Infact, a few days ago a rickwala who got senti looking at my bhola bhala chehra, stopped the rick, and bought me a chocolate. Which I took because I didnt wanna offend him. I later fed it to Sid and I am glad to say it wasn't drugged.
Back to the point.
I sat back and tried to analyse why I have never been able to help anyone cross the road. And I arrived at the reason in no time. The rickwala.


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Wood paneling has now become an outdated wall decorating technique for many people. Still, most of them hesitate to break the paneling in order to get rid of it. Good thing is that you can cover the wood paneling in a way that it would seem like there wasn't any paneling installed on the wall.
The following guide would certainly be helpful if you want the wood paneling's look diminished without tearing the wood panels.
Preparing the Wall
- Paneling should be checked for any defects. With defects, the condition of panels might worsen while they would be covered. If the defect is a major one, you might need to tear down the panels. Nevertheless, small defects would need to be rectified.
- There is no need to fill the grooves in the panels. Filling might start cracking with time.
- There are two options that you can take into consideration for covering the wood paneling; using the wall liner or painting the panels.
Painting the Wall Paneling
- Before starting with the process of painting the panels, remove all the items including furniture and rugs from the place near panels. Cover the floor with a drop cloth.
- If the panels are finished, remove the finishing with the help of sandpaper. Sanding may generate dust particles that would make breathing difficult. Use the mask to avoid this trouble.
- Apply primer with the help of paint brush. You can also use the paint roller for that purpose.
- The grooves in wood paneling would need to be filled. Joint compound is the appropriate item you can use for filling the paneling's grooves.
- If there are holes and cracks in the paneling, fill them with spackle. Joint compound can also be used in this regard.
- Use the roller to give at least two coats of paint layer. Painting with roller is relatively easier but it can leave textures. Nevertheless, you can get rid of these textures by sponging.
Using a Wall Liner
- To cover the paneling with a liner, first you will need to prepare the paneling. It's simple because you will need just the cleaning of it. Use a rag or sponge for that purpose. However, you might need to use sandpaper if paneling has been stained.
- Measure the size of walls and cut the liners according to that size. Make sure that you are cutting liners with 4 inches extra width.
- Paste adhesive with the help of paint brush on one strip and attach the liner. The best way is to get a folded liner. Unfold that liner from one end of the panel, and walk towards the other side while applying the adhesive and unfolding the liner.
- After the panels have been covered, let them dry for 36 – 48 hours.
If you will feel, its a lot of work, you can opt for FAUX BRICK wall to get the same brick wooden look with much less effort and cost.


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This listing is for a great vintage set of middle Eastern traders balance scales with weights. Heavy cast brass components embellished with decorative finials, bird form hooks and fine line decoration. The scale is mounted on a brass base containing a set of 8 weights between 5 grams to 250 grams. Great item in excellent condition and complete.It does have some signs of past use, please see photos. Great looking display item or use?
Measures 57cm high x 45cm wide x 18cm deep. The item "Large vintage set of middle eastern brass balance scales with weights" is in sale since Saturday, December 09, 2017.This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Islamic/Middle Eastern". The seller is "darrensthings666" and is located in Stafford. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Chile.


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John Lecluse likes to start his morning sitting on the porch of his apartment overlooking the 18th green of Hillcrest Golf & Country Club golf course, soaking in the peace and quiet.
But a proposal to build a charter school in the heart of the Hillcrest neighborhood — a sprawling community where the majority of the residents are 55 or older — threatens to wreck the lifestyle Lecluse has come to love.
"They are ruining my life," said Lecluse, 77. "It's ridiculous."
But the developers of an empty building at 1100 Hillcrest Drive see it differently. They say the school will take a deteriorating building that has been shuttered for months and provide an asset to a community that is getting younger.
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"I think we are in total harmony with Hillcrest," said Alan Koslow, the attorney representing the developers, HarwinTobin LLC and 110 Hillcrest Drive LLC, at a recent Hollywood Planning and Zoning Board meeting. "I can't think of a better use."
The developers plan on retrofitting the more-than-40,000-square-foot building, which was once a recreation facility called Playdium, at 1101 Hillcrest Dr., into Florida Intercultural Academy. There will be classrooms, a cafeteria and three outside play areas, including one that abuts Building 16, where Lecluse lives.
Charter school officials say parents will drop their children off in three shifts from 7 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. Pick-up will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The school, which is now located at St. John's Episcopal Church, has outgrown its space, said the charter school's CEO Cyndi Dotson. There is a second location in Davie.
"That facility currently is inadequate," she said saying the school has grown from 50 students when it opened in 2005 to 300 students currently.
The new school would eventually accommodate 850 students from kindergarten to eighth grade. It will only have 600 students in the first year, school officials said.
"The new facility will actually provide a lot of technology and hands on applications that we don't have access to at our location in Hollywood," Dotson said.
Developers say the 2010 census shows there are more than 400 school-aged children in the area, but residents who live there say that's not so.
"I don't know where they are getting their numbers, but there are not that many children here," said Gil George, 78, who is the president of the condo association for building 16.
George, like many other residents in the area, is a snowbird from Cleveland. He spends about four months a year in his Hillcrest second floor condo.
He said he can't imagine how the developers think the old Playdium building is a good location for a school.
"It's not that we don't like kids," George said. "It's about the location."
Many Hillcrest residents also say Orangebrook Elementary School, which serves more than 800 students, is only blocks away. The combination of two schools will only clog the streets, they say.
Mark Roth, 70, the president of the condo board for building 26, said he agrees with the idea of fixing the building, but the owners should reconsider the use.
"It needs to be fixed," said Roth, "but a school is not the right use."
Hillcrest, which was originally built in 1964, has 24 low-rise and high-rise buildings — more than half of which are age restricted.
But Herb Tobin, the son of Ben Tobin, the original owner of the land where the Hillcrest condos and the Playdium were built, said change is good and the old recreation building is only an eyesore for the community.
"It was left alone on its path of destruction, and now is closed and shuttered, and stands as a symbol of the Hillcrest community in decline," Herb Tobin said. "We look at the Playdium as a building to be reborn as a catalyst for growth."
He added that the school will also be open to the community on nights and weekends for classes and meetings.
In order for the Playdium to be converted into the charter school, which could open as early as this August, the developers need city zoning approval.
At a recent Planning and Development Board meeting, where dozens of seniors begged city representatives to reconsider, the board gave its blessing to the project.
"I think it's good for the community; I think it's good for Hollywood," said John Passalacqua, Planning and Development Board chairman.
But Lecluse, who bought his condo 20 years ago, doesn't think the "terrible traffic" the new school will create will be good for the community.
The school will add hundreds of cars to a street that for the most part is only wide enough for one lane in each direction, he said.
Lecluse says if the school gets approved, he will no longer be able to wake up peacefully and enjoy his morning tea, bread and cheese on his porch.
"At this stage of my life I don't need to be dealing with this kind of stress," he said.


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This site is devoted to my immaculate '94 Land Rover Defender 90 which is available as a prop or background for photo shoots, magazine, catalog and film work. It can be configured in various states of undress... with or without its soft top, just a surrey top and with or without windows.
Monday, December 12, 2011
D90 gets a paint job!
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Nikon announced the new D5000 entry-level digital SLR. The 12.3 Megapixel D5000 is powered by Nikon's EXPEED image processing system and features a broad ISO range from 100 to 6400, 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Scene Recognition System with Face Detection and ±5 EV exposure compensation. You can also find Integrated Dust Reduction System.
Nikon D5000 is able to record 1280x720p HD video in Motion-JPEG format. It has a 2.7-inch Vari-angle type LCD display. D5000 uses Nikon DX format with a 1.5 x lens focal length and is compatible with AF-S and AF-I NIKKOR lenses.
The Nikon D5000 DSLR is priced at $849.95 with a the AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens. The body itself is priced at $729.95.


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I was running. Vass was only over the roof. I had my machete in my hand waiting to taste his blood. He was in my vision now. I yell at him "VASS". Vass turned and took out a pistol aiming at me. It was to late to run now. I leaped off the roof sending my machete forward. I heard a sound of a gunshot as my machete pieced his flesh. But then all I could see was white, just this blinding white light. It was going on forever and then I fell on to the ground. My eyes stated to clear up again. I could see again but everything looked strange. The ground it was no longer the docks it was sand. The trees were a different shade. Were am I? After I got my bearings I slowly got myself up brushing off all the sand. I checked my self making sure I had everything. Bow check. AK47 check. Machete check. Deagle check. I had everything a side the one thing I was fighting for. My friends. Oh no. If this has happened to me what ever it was, what happened to them. I turned hearing someone shout "Hey are you OK?" I see this blue hedgehog like thing running at me slowly. I gripped me machete.
The hedgehog approached me. "I saw you just laying there what happened?" I just stood and stared at him. A talking hedgehog standing on 2 feet and to top it off he was blue. I tried to speak to him "I-I-I was just...trying to do something...then I find myself here....yet I don't know how" I began to look around.
The hedgehog just looked at me funny "So you just came here just like that and you don't know how?" he sounded confused.
I looked down at him "Yeah that's about it I saw some white light and then; bam, here I am" I scratched my head.
He looked at me again and turned away "Well have fun with that" he bolted off. I didn't even see him move. What the hell was he? OK OK so let me get the facts. He's a hedgehog that is blue, can talk, can stand and can move faster than I can say Vass. Oh no Vass what about him, did he kill me or something? Is this just a messed up dream. Have I really gone insane? I started to walk in the way I think that hedgehog went. I went up a small hill and when I got over. Oh my god. There was a market like place. It was filled with all sorts from animals to animals that were standing selling stuff. But not a human in sight. This is messed up. i walked through the market but it seemed everyone kept giving me a second look. Then again would you not if a guy carrying weapons and a machete in his hand walked by. This was so crazy is was amazed yet scared. I put my machete away and kept walking. As I was walking it was like all of a sudden everyone was running from me. They all started to race and bump past me. The crowd cleared and the I saw what they were running from. There were robots or something like that flying and rolling around. I took my AK47 off my back and aimed it at some of the more closer ones. One rushed me and I shot it in it's head like thing. It just exploded in front of me but more kept coming so I started shooting at each one as it came to me. I ran out of bullets as one was close. I dropped my AK and drew my machete. But the robot just split in 2. I looked around. It was that blue hedgehog from the beach. He stood there and then; poof, gone again. I turn and see the robots just breaking and exploding. It was over in seconds. I picked up my machete and saw the hedgehog was walking to me. "So we meet again" He said to me.
"No problem" He said raising his hand "You handle yourself well too" he looked at me and smiled.
I wasn't sure what to say "Um thanks I guess" who was this guy?
"Well bye" and with that he was gone again.
I was mind blown. Never in my life. I had to be dreaming. But was I? Never the less I had to find out what was going on. I turned and started to walk to the forest. Were am I? I kept asking myself. And what the hell is going on?


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By desperate appliance are relieved.
Or not at all.
Some may remember the following post from 9/29/11. There is some followup at the end.
Ngozi arrived at the hospital several days before I came. She was told that I was coming and might be able to help her. She reportedly has a recurrent Spindle cell tumor that has been operated on four times in the past-the last surgery being about 1.5 years ago. She has no evidence of metastatic disease so we decided to resect the tumor.
The surgery was quite dramatic. We had to remove all the skin that was involved, perform a radical neck, as well as remove the clavicle, the upper pectoralis major muscle, the deltoid muscle and part of the trapezius muscle. The capsule of the shoulder joint was completely exposed. We had a big hole! Using a somewhat radical solution to fill the hole, we mobilized the breast, removed most of the breast tissue and used the resulting skin as a cutaneous flap. In a few days we will cover the rest of the wound with a contralateral pectoralis flap. I hope this will be her last surgery.
Specimen including deltoid and pectoralis
Addendum (10/21/11) : After her big surgery, this patient was not nutritionally well enough to tolerate more operations so we dressed her wound and fed her well. She slowly improved. and her wound started granulating. At the time of my departure she is almost ready for discharge. Dr. Mike has agreed to do a skin graft in the near future.
Ngozi came back to visit today. The final pathology showed dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans-a non-malignant tumor, but one that can be very locally invasive. The surgery was radical but she is doing well.


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State Democrats have submitted the Healthcare Protection Package bill to the Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker for consideration.
By H. Nelson Goodson
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June 1, 2017
Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, State Representative Daniel Riemer (D-Milwaukee), Citizen Action of Wisconsin Executive Director Robert Kraig and consumers with personal health stories gave testimonials of personal and family members health pre-existing conditions, which the proposed TrumpCare bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives would definitely eliminate any healthcare coverage for those with pre-existing conditions allowed under the Affordable Care Act, known as ObamaCare. At least, 24 million people including those with pre-existing conditions would lose healthcare coverage, if the ObamaCare is repealed.
The Healthcare Protection Package (HPP) bill proposed by Democrats aims to shield and allow for state residents with pre-existing conditions to continue to be covered, according State Representative Riemer. Riemer says, the HPP was submitted to the State Assembly Speaker's office to be considered and get a legislative bill number, which is expected by Friday.
Testimonials about pre-existing healthcare conditions were made by Katlin Mary, Anita Abraham and Claudine Lienau.
Testimonials about pre-existing healthcare conditions were made by Katlin Mary, Anita Abraham and Claudine Lienau.
The joint press conference and testimonials took place in front of the former Assurant Health headquarters and a copy of the HPP bill was hand delivered to Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson's office by the joint group.


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I've been absent from my blog world for a while. Busy living life and forgetting to take pictures. A new saying is going around my group of friends, "Pictures or it didn't happen!" This is helping me to form better habits of using my camera app on my smartphone. Back to my computer chair to make up for lost time. I will add time in my sewing chair too.
Actually my computer and sewing chairs are the same chair. I have about 30 projects all cut out and ready to sew. Recovering from a back injury (only about 1 month rehab in of a 3 month predicted repair) I finally have my mojo back. With new energy I have been getting to it.
Using the instructions and links I found on this Mommy Blog, I created a "fauxby" baby wrap at the request of a friend. I was inspired by my extra material and made 2. This one will be sold online, locally.
Today was a day that I really enjoyed the fact I invested in an overlock (Serger style) machine when I created my sewing area. Although my time would probably have been better spent tidying or cataloging my fabric hoard. Maybe tomorrow.


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The Mosman Art Collection is an historically important and unique collection of paintings and works on paper which have been collected since Mosman Municipal Council's commencement in 1897. The collection's primary focus is Australian painting, and the core of the collection has been formed through the annual, acquisitive Mosman Art Prize, first established in 1947 by the artist, architect and arts advocate, Alderman, Allan Gamble.
Over time the Mosman Art Prize has developed to become Australia's most prestigious municipally funded art prize with a national profile. It regularly attracts over 800 entries annually and currently offers over $40,000 in prizes. The resulting collection of modern and contemporary paintings reflects developments in Australian art practices since 1947.
In 2011 the Australian Philanthropist Neil Balnaves made a major donation of Australian impressionist and modernist artworks to the Mosman Art Gallery. This significant collection of historical paintings The Balnaves Gift, focuses on Mosman's strong artistic heritage including works by iconic Australian artists such as Arthur Streeton, Conrad Martens, Henry Fullwood, Elioth Gruner, Sydney Long, Margaret Preston, Ethel Carrick Fox and many more.
Halo is a Philippine phrase that literally means 'mix, mix'. It is also the name of a famous dessert that combines a variety of strange elements to produce a new and surprisingly delicious dish.
HALO: Contemporary Philippine Australian Writing aims to commission and showcase a variety of contemporary writing that is inspired and influenced by both countries. It provides a 'mix, mix' of cultures, and provides readers with a taste of the Philippines and the impacts of the Filipino diaspora.
Neil Balnaves AO, a long term Mosman resident, made a pledge in 2010 to donate a million dollars worth of paintings from his personal art collection to the Mosman Art Gallery and municipality. The Balnaves Gift is unquestionably the most important donation ever to be received by Mosman Council featuring sixteen Australian Impressionist and early twentieth century artworks significant to the Mosman including key works by Arthur Streeton, Conrad Martens, Will Ashton, Henry Fullwood, Elioth Gruner, George Halstead, James Ranalph Jackson, Matthew Charles Meere, Adelaide Elizabeth Perry, Sydney Long, Ethel Carrick Fox and Margaret Preston.