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Bottled water is a waste of your money
By JANE CLARKE
Last updated at 09:53 27 November 2007
I drink a lot of bottled water - about 2.5 litres a day. Is it better to drink the more expensive waters, because they seem to have more minerals? And are there some minerals I should look for or avoid? M. Rich, East Preston, West Sussex
Jane says: While bottled waters are handy if you're dashing about and don't have access to a drinking water supply, they can be incredibly expensive - hundreds of times more expensive than tap water - and nutritionally, they are no healthier for you.
In fact, the tap water in this country is very strictly regulated, which is not the case with all bottled waters.
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Some bottled waters are far more mineral-intense than others - you can often taste this. But even if the water contains the minerals our bodies need - such as calcium or magnesium - it's unlikely to make a positive impact on your health in any big way, as the quantities are usually so small.
The only exceptions are some of the 'fortified with calcium' waters, such as Danone. Otherwise, depending on where you live, you can glean more calcium from tap water than from bottled water. The key is whether the water has filtered through the rocks, as this is how it picks up the calcium.
My biggest concern over bottled waters is that some of them contain excessive levels of sodium (one of the constituents of salt). This can be a problem if you have high blood pressure, which can be exacerbated by too much salt in the diet.
This may come as a surprise to those who are carefully watching their salt intake in food - but the fact is, you can be blissfully drinking your water, thinking it's doing your blood pressure good, but find it isn't getting any better - and that's because of the salt in the water.
Admittedly this is a rare scenario, as usually people who drink lots of water expel much of the sodium it contains in their urine. However, higher sodium intake is not good for anyone whose body is not efficient in getting rid of excess salt, or who has a problem such as high blood pressure or kidney disease.
It's also not a good idea if you have low bone density (excess salt increases the rate at which the bones lose calcium) or suffer from fluid retention as a result of PMS.
For children and babies, it's also important to be careful with bottled waters as their bodies are not very good at dealing with excess sodium - their kidneys aren't mature enough - which is why we recommend you don't add salt to their food.
The general advice is not to use bottled water for making up formula milk, unless the water contains less than 20mg sodium per litre - although I would err on the side of caution and say it should be less than 10mg - above 20mg is potentially dangerous.
Waters below 20mg may be labelled 'suitable for infant feeding', and bottled water should also be boiled and cooled before use. In fact, this 20mg sodium per litre is my threshold level for all adults.
The other problem with bottled waters is that most lack fluoride, so if you drink only bottled water, this can put your teeth at greater risk of decay.
And from an environmental perspective, the use of plastic or glass packaging, plus the carbon footprinting of moving bottled waters across the country and around the world, are other reasons for turning on the tap instead.
Obviously bottled water may be more appealing as a taste or lifestyle choice - although if you're choosing it for taste reasons you could try pouring tap water into a jug and putting it into the fridge for a while, as this can improve the flavour, as can using a filter jug.
Do bear in mind, though, that it's important to keep the filter out of direct sunlight because with a little warmth, a jug of water can be a breeding ground for bugs.
And remember to change the filter regularly. A dirty filter can make your water unclean - and can result in a waterborne infection that can lead to stomach upsets - which isn't the case with water that freely runs through your tap.
I suffer with terrible scalp itchiness at night, and sometimes during the day. A Harley Street dermatologist suggested washing my hair just twice a week and using a special mousse. But this would involve having to have my hair set twice a week at the hairdresser's, which is too expensive. Rachel Bruce, Isleworth, Middlesex
Jane says: I'm not a trichologist or a dermatologist, but it sounds to me as if your scalp might respond to the classic nutritional treatments for eczema, as the itchiness is similar.
First, you need to see whether specific foods can trigger a bout of itchiness, or make it worse. For instance, it may be that your skin is irritated by a shampoo, but isn't too bad until you start eating lots of foods containing, say, milk; the combination of the two factors making your scalp flare up. So keep a food diary for a couple of weeks, noting down everything you eat and drink, and see if patterns emerge.
The most common eczema related food allergens are milk (usually cow's, but could be sheep's or goat's), eggs, citrus fruits, nuts, shellfish, wheat, soya and colourings and preservatives (particularly E210-219, commonly found in processed food). Certain alcoholic drinks can also have an effect, particularly red wine.
If you think certain foods are responsible, remove them from your diet for two to three weeks, making sure you replace them with something nutritious.
For instance, if you take out cow's milk, have the sheep's or goat's equivalents, or rice milk or oat milk, and include other sources of calcium in your diet, such as green leafy vegetables and fish, canned with soft bones.
If you think wheat is the problem, try wheat-free breads and cereals. After a couple of weeks you should, if your scalp condition is related to trigger foods, start to see a difference - in which case try to keep these triggers out of your diet on a longer-term basis.
Seek advice from your dietician or doctor, to ensure that your diet remains well balanced. In addition, boost your omega-3 fatty acid intake to the recommended levels by eating oily fish (salmon, fresh tuna, sardines, mackerel) twice a week.
Eating these omega-3-rich fish can have a hugely positive healing effect on eczema. If you're not an oily-fish fan, boost your intake of omega-3 with foods such as walnuts, hemp seeds and linseeds.
You could also consider taking an omega oil supplement containing 500-750mg of the fish oils EPA and DHA. But whether you take a supplement or eat omega rich foods, ensure your diet is based mainly around monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil and olive-oil-based margarines. Olive oil is also rich in vitamin E, which is great for irritated skin.
Scratching can be the worst thing for any skin condition, so you could wear soft cotton gloves, even to bed. Dotty though this sounds, it could improve your disrupted nights.


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Court of Appeals of Iowa
October 25, 2017
DAVID WEGNER and KELLY WEGNER, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.BERT SCHAUER and DIANA SCHAUER, Defendants-Appellees.
from the Iowa District Court for Monona County, Edward A.
Jacobson, Judge.
appeal from an adverse judgment in a claim for breach of
contract. AFFIRMED.
J. Leo of Norelius Nelson Law Firm, Denison, for appellants.
J. Schneiderman of Moore, Heffernan, Moeller, Johnson &
Meis, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellees.
Considered by Danilson, C.J., and Tabor and McDonald, JJ.
and Kelly Wegner brought this suit for breach of a
residential real estate contract against Bert and Diana
Schauer after the Schauers failed to close on the
parties' purported agreement. The Schauers asserted
several affirmative defenses and made counterclaims for
fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract, and
intentional interference with a business relationship against
the Wegners. In their breach-of-contract claim, the Schauers
sought the return of their earnest money deposit in the
amount of $5000. The case was tried to the district court.
The district court found the parties had not entered into a
final, enforceable contract. The district court also found
and concluded the Schauers were entitled to the return of
their earnest money. The Wegners timely filed this appeal.
Wegners owned and resided in two residential properties
locally known as 955 and 965 East Lake Shore Drive in Lake
View, Iowa. The property at 965 was the main home. The
property at 955 was a smaller guest house, which David
referred to as the "man cave." In 2014, the Wegners
decided to sell the properties. The Wegners listed the
property, but the listing generated little interest. The
Wegners allowed the listing to expire in March 2015.
one month later, Bert approached David about purchasing both
properties. The Wegners showed the Schauers the properties.
After the viewing, David and Bert commenced negotiations on
the sale of the homes. They communicated via phone calls,
text messages, and personal conversations. The negotiations
carried on for several months and involved extensive back and
forth, primarily on the structure of the transaction. David
and Bert were both experienced in the business of buying,
selling, and renting residential real estate.
At the
same time the parties were negotiating the sale of the
properties, they were both involved in other residential real
estate transactions. The Wegners were purchasing a home in
Carroll, contingent on the sale of the properties at issue.
The Schauers were selling their home to their niece.
On July
8, 2015, David, Bert, and Diana met to sign a purchase
agreement.[1] The Wegners were in need of a written
purchase agreement to move forward with the purchase and
finance of the Carroll home, and the parties agreed to meet
to sign a purchase agreement for that purpose. The
Wegners' attorney drafted the purchase agreement. The
purchase agreement was not shown to the Schauers until they
arrived for the signing. The agreement, signed by both
parties, provides:
The purchase price shall be $387, 500, payable at Sac County,
Iowa, as follows: $5000.00 down and credit at closing.
Payment and closing on or before 8/7/2015. $162, 000.00.
Remainder paid on contract: $225, 500.00 at 4% over 30 years;
payments of $1076.57 on the 15th of each.
agreement includes a handwritten notation, added by David,
which reads "Balloon PMT to be 8/17/2017." At the
time of signing, the Schauers ...
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I know you've not visited to hear about the golf, so I'll get on to the crafting bit now ;-)
As I've now delivered most of the goodies to the lovely ladies who purchased items at my Open House, I'd like to show you the little card I put into each bag to say thank you.
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Coffee break....
The chocolate shortbread went down very well with everyone.
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The Bromeliad Trilogy, by Terry Pratchett
In my opinion Bromeliad really isn't three books in a series, it's instead one large book divided into three segments, and if you're going to read this I'd recommend getting the anthology version where all three are bound in one volume because you feel how the whole story is connected together. This is especially true in the case of Diggers and Wings where Diggers tells the beginning and one half of the middle of a story while Wings tells the other half of the middle and then the end. If you read these as separate novels, and especially if you space time between reading them, then there's a good chance that you'll lose track of part of the plot, so I'd definitely recommend taking all of it at one go. And, as with a lot of Pratchett's works, the reading flows rather easily so I think even younger kids would be able to tackle the whole thing.
My main issue with this book is that the pacing feels terribly rushed and I felt like there wasn't a lot of time for ideas to develop. Just to provide an example, within the first two chapter's you're introduced to the fact that nomes, humanoid creatures approximately four inches tall, exist and live on the edges of human society. You're also introduced to the fact that an entire civilization of nomes lives within a department store and thinks that the store comprises the entirety of the known universe. Finally it's revealed that the nomes actually crash landed on our planet fifteen thousand years ago and are aliens from outer space. Again, all of this is within the first two chapters. To establish all of that an author might take half a book, but you're barely into the Bromeliad and all of that gets unloaded on you. And the speed doesn't diminish from there; although the driving plot is the desire of the nomes to "Go home and be safe" , events proceed at an almost breakneck pace.
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I think the biggest thing about this novel, and I feel like this holds true for all of Pratchett's young adult novels, is that it doesn't talk down to kids or feed them something too simple. Yes there are plenty of works with fairly simple storylines that enjoy great popularity. Pretty much any story that follows the monomyth is going to have familiar archetypes and stick to a semi-familiar pattern, and there are a lot of good examples to that. However, that isn't the only story to be told and sometimes you have to talk about things more complex, such as when there's no bad guys, just people who don't know the consequences of their actions, like in the Bromeliad. Plus, this novel tackles tough issues such as theology and our place in the universe and it doesn't really give any answers, which I think was a good choice on Pratchett's part. When you get right down to it with matters like theology or the universe there's a lot we still don't know and probably can't know and the important thing is to keep asking questions and never get stuck believing things are the way they are because someone else told you. Philosophically I think the book raises more questions than it answers and it's a very good book to challenge a lot of assumptions people might have, especially young people.
Overall a really good book that I enjoyed in spite of its fast pace and potential for more development. Another good read for the family.
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Lewiston Middle School student dies on class trip
LEWISTON (WGME) – The Lewiston superintendent confirms a 12-year-old middle school student has died, after going under the water at Range Pond State Park in Poland.
It was a devastating day in Lewiston.
Officials say the 12-year-old boy was playing football in the water within the safety ropes with his classmates, when he went under and never came back up.
The superintendent of schools says his classmates ran to notify chaperones and the on-duty lifeguard, who tried to find him in the murky water, but were unsuccessful.
Emergency crews responded to the scene. The boy was located by firefighters and taken to shore, where he was given CPR.
He was transported to Central Maine Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
The superintendent says there have been a lot of tears in Lewiston since the news spread.
"It's clearly tragic, something that's a parent's worst nightmare," Superintendent Bill Webster said. "They rightfully and fully expect their children are going to be safe in school and on a student field trip. We had a staff member for every 10 students, there was a lifeguard on duty, even that was insufficient in the situation. We will look at the investigation report and reflect on our own procedures."
A robocall was sent out to middle school parents Tuesday, alerting them of what happened.
Counselors will be at the school to support students for the remainder of the school year.


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Glories Of The Prairie - Poem by Judith Durnbaugh
Spikes of gay feathers upon a northern prairie bloom,
Waving April's name across the snowmelt of the land.
Above them flurries of snow geese fill the azure sky,
Quickening my winter's heart with their
Deep honking cry...
Golden fingers of sunshine melt the last patches of snow,
While beneath the thawing earth--the glories of the prairie
Continue to grow...
This humble kingdom I see from my old weathered farm--
Another new Spring's eternal charm--
The richest painting by far--
Sketched by Mother Nature's own eloquent arms...
As I breath in the beauty of this prairie perfect day.
I stand on the porch, my hand on the rail,
Clutching the wooden edges--
So that I and the frame--will not fly away...
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ICT Hosts Annual Transportation Group Winter Open House
ICT's annual winter lab open house was held on December 10th, 2015. The event brought together staff, faculty, and students who gathered with family members to celebrate the holiday season and exchange best wishes for the new year.
This year, Santa had a very special surprise in store for the ICT family. Not only did he give away candy canes, but he also handed ICT director Imad Al-Qadi a check for $50,000. The amount, which was donated by someone who wished to remain anonymous, will be used to fund future renovations and maintenance of the lab.
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These are such a great idea, the yarn is always "one of a kind" and a pleasure to knit with because all the variations. I specially like the little roving packs that have some sparkle in them, that shows up in the yarn and final project.
For the challenge on Ravelry we have to use up all the box.
I finished 2 more "boxes" for the Secret smorgling challenge:
The first box:
Made these "Smorgling Fiddlehead" mittens:
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This is the first time I'm making mittens and I really like them. I had to spin 3 different yarns for this project: a light and dark for the colorwork and a fine yarn for the lining.
The 2 thicker yarns are n-plied to keep the colors clear. I've devided the fibre in 2 parts to make two matching yarns (for the 2 mittens).
The lining is a 2 ply yarn, mostly browns (from the "Hen batt") and a little greens.
and with the rest of the yarn I made a sweet little "Bonnie Wee mouse":
With my second box I made this "Spring Dreams Shawl":
For this one I spun all the fibre of the box as a 2-ply yarn. The colors are all mixed, but there's a bit of a gradient because I tried to keep the greens and pinks at the same side.
The fibre:
The yarn:
(dark weather in Belgium)
I love the texture of the garter stitch in combination with the lace parts in this pattern. I made it a little bigger by repeating one of the lace charts (to use op the yarn).
For the bind of I chose an I-cord edging.
Detail while blocking:
This has been a fun challenge, I hope there will be more in the future :).


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What is the throughput or "spill rate" into the return lines on the VE pump? On my Benz it is significant (several times fuel consumption)
I'm wondering, if it is low enough, I might just run a heated filtered WVO system and the stock system and switch the post filter fuel input to the injection pump and leave the return alone just dumping the D2 residual spill back into the main tank where I will have the SVO.
That is to say switch the filtered input to the injection pump and for simplicity don't switch the return.
The VE pump seems to bypass much less fuel than more modern pumps. I measured the return flow once several years ago, from memory, the return fuel flow is about 2 1/4 times the amount of fuel the engine was actualy burning. At 60 MPH and 17 MPG the engine was burning 3 1/2 gallons/hour but there was actualy about 12 G/H flowing through the lift pump.
the reason I measured this was because the screen in the bottom of the stock fuel tank plugged completely up while I was 50 miles from home. I had a couple of 5 gallon jerry cans of fuel with me, I bought a 2 1/2 gallon plastic drinking water jug in a grocery store and used this as an under-hood supply tank. I cut the vehicle plastic fuel line along the frame and brought it up into the plastic jug under the hood, to my surprise I had to refill the 2 1/2 gallon jug 3 times to travel the 50 miles back home and used most of the fuel I had in the cans, I was getting about 17 MPG prior to this fuel screen plug-up so 50 miles should have used just a bit under 3 gallons of fuel, the extra fuel ended up in the vehicle tank.
Thanks Tim,
Do you know anything about the "spill rate" of the injector returns?
It seems from your blog and my limited experience with this truck (89 D250), I have owned it for about 3 weeks and have had it running on 80/20 rug blend for a week, that it's most limiting features are the low pressure of the lift pump, and the 1/4" fuel lines from the tank.
As to the lift pump pressure vs the filter clogging issue:
How much pressure can the VE pump take at the input?
Do you think that it could take the 10 to 14 lbs. of the Airtex 8153.
I also have laying around Bosch inline gear pump from a BMW that puts out hose bursting pressure, have you encountered a low cost regulator with a bypass such that it could be run as a loop through the fphe and filter?
One reason that I am asking is that there is oil dripping down the side of the block from the lift pump. I don't know if it is crank case oil or fuel, but I think I may be in for a decision sooner than later.
injector return line -- This line is "T"d into the injector pump return line at the very rear of the block, just before the plastic return line to the fuel tank connects to the metal line on the block. The injector overflow is part of the 2 1/4 X return flow that I measured. I have disconnected this line with the engine ideling and did not see ANY flow from it, I suspect the flow from the injector overflow line is negligable even at speed.
Oil drip from lift pump area -- This will happen if the two pump mounting bolts are not tight, or the gasket is bad. Either one of these will let crancase lube oil drip down the block, I have had both things happen. If the diaphragm leaks you may not see it from the outside as the fuel will likely run into the crancase opening, about the only indication of a leaky diaphragm will be loss of fuel milage and a rise in the level of the lube oil.
VE input pressure -- From what I have read if the input pressure gets much over 10 pounds you will possibly blow the front shaft seal out of its seat but I don't have any actual experiance. I don't think the low pressure is a problem for this pump, it has it's own internal vane pump that makes upwards of a hundred pounds pressure to feed the main plunger portion of the pump, as long as you get fuel into this internal pump it automatically takes care of feeding fuel to the high pressure section. The 4 cylinder Volkswagon version of this VE pump does not even use a lift pump, it sucks fuel directly from the tank.
1/4 inch fuel lines -- Yes, from my experiance these are a limiting item with thicker veg if the temps get down below about 50 deg f, the top speed may be limited under heavy load and cool conditions. Down around freezing the engine may idle very slowly and it will likely bog badly when the accelerator is either pressed or released, under the right temp conditions I have only been able to run up to 30 MPH for 10-15 minutes until the hotter return fuel thinned the fuel in the fueltank pickup canister, (the return fuel drops back inside the fueltank fuel pickup canister so it heats the fuel in the canister) sometimes even that didn't help. On one winter trip through north Texas burning 70% veg/30% diesel I shut down for a few hours over night, it got down around freezing and the next morning I ran 45 miles with my foot to the floor doing 30 MPH until I found a gas station with diesel, I added a few more gallons of diesel to the 100 gallon tank of cold thick blend and was back up to speed within a few miles.
Replacing the screen in the stock fuel tank with one that is more course, and increasing the fuel lines to 3/8 I.D. all the way from the bottom of the tank up to the lift pump, has eliminated these fuel line restriction problems.
The screen in the bottom of the fuel pickup canister in the fuel tank is EXTREMELY fine, I replaced it with much more corse window screen. The fine stock screen also plugs up with even a thin coating of solidified grease, I dropped the tank twice due to a thin 1/64 inch layer of lardlike stuff covering the screen, the second time is when I replaced the fine screen with the corse one. There are pictures and more details about this on page 2 of this discussion.
Fuel pressure regulator -- Sorry, no experiance with these. Reading about some of the external pressure regulaters for fuel pumps most seem not to use a return line somehow, these seem to restrict the flow and cause the pump to work extremely hard, this causes the electric motor to draw max current and heat up?
This links to an 8 page past discussion about "reliable electric lift pumps", may be some usable info there?
Last fall I replaced the rigid steel 1/4 inch I.D. fuel line between the output of the stock fuel filter and the input of the injection pump with 3/8 rubber fuel hose, this was to allow easy fuel line connection to fuel switching solenoid valves. I have not yet installed the valves so have about 4 ft of rubber fuel hose between the outlet of the fuel filter and the input to the injection pump (made custom 3/8 I.D. hose barbs for both). I now have to crank the engine over for a LOT longer to get it started than with the shorter solid steel line, especially if the truck has set overnight or longer. Not sure, but I may have a leaky check valve in the lift pump that allows the pressure to leak out of this hose over time so the engine has to turn over 20-30 times for the camshaft driven lift pump to repressurize the hose, I also suspect the hose stretches a bit so it takes even more time to pressureize. The hose I.D. is also 3/8 inch rather than the original 1/4 inch so it takes twice as much fuel to fill it before pressure starts to build. This sort of contradicts my earlier statment about the VE input pressure needs? I will do some testing next spring by temporarily replacing the diaphragm pump with an electric one of similar pressure, if the truck starts normally after giving the electric pump a few seconds to build up pressure I will have a better understanding of this problem. I may have to switch permanently to an electric pump if this solves the starting problem as using rubber hose is the most practical way to plumb up the fuel valves. BUT - the problem may actually be an injector fouling problem, the truck was getting a bit harder to start even before this change, I thought it might be caused by injection pump wear as the one on the truck has well over 220,000 miles on it. BUT - A friend here with a 92 7.3 diesel Ford had similar staring problems and new injectors cleared it up, won't know til spring, I parked the diesel truck for the winter since gas prices dropped.
Would this stuff work to connect up with hose to get around the steel pipe associated with the VE pump? Some is 5/16 and some is 3/8. it is 12mm stuff salvaged off a dead Benz in a local junk yard.
mbz_banjo_misc.jpg (47 Kb, 67 downloads) Misc junkyard MBZ banjo fittinga
Sort of dought if these banjo fittings would work without leaking, the threaded fuel inlet hole into the VE pump appears to be a straight 12MM X 1.5MM thread (from memory) but the diameter of the threaded hole is oversized by several thousanths for some reason so whatever you screw into it is a loose fit, you have to use a sealing washer under a flange on whatever you screw into this opening to keep it from leaking, the original 5/16 steel tube compression fitting used an aluminum washer, I used a 1/16 inch thick teflon one under a drilled out brass washer.
The length of the threads on the banjo bolts in your picture are not very long so they would fit even looser in the pump inlet than the 5/8 inch long threaded fitting that I used, it still rattled around in the threads until it was tightened down. Another thing is that banjo fittings are very restrictive to thick fluid, the total area of the side holes in the center bolt is usually much less than the area of the center hole, you might be able to drill the side holes larger successfully, don't know. I suppose you could use the factory 5/16 O.D. steel tube as a hose barb by cutting it off a few inches before the pump, this would allow you to use the stock steel tube and it's fitting into the pump. I had to cut this tube off just above the fitting in the pump anyway to be able to use a deep socket to get the stock fitting out of the pump, just not enough room to get wrenches in place to be able to loosen the compression nut on the top of the fitting, at least I never figured out how to do it.
The problem with cutting the inlet steel tube to make a hose barb is how do you prevent chips from entering the pump?
Use a tubing cutter - the kind with a sharp rolling wheel. At all costs, do whatever is necessary to keep chips and dirt out of the fuel system.
Copper crush washers can be reused if they're annealed first. Heat from a propane torch works nicely. Set the washer on an anvil/solid metal surface, then heat until it changes color, then let cool naturally. It will then conform and seal easily, without over-tightening.
Cutting tube without making chips -- There is not enough room to use a tubing cutter or anything else normally used to cut tubing so I simply used a pair of heavy duty wire cutters to mash the tube completely closed on the engine side of where I wanted to make the cut, then used the big cutters to chew my way through the tube on the filter side of the "mashed shut" location.
Once you get the stock fitting with the stub of tubing out of the pump you can then get to both the hex portion of the fitting body and also to the hex compression nut, use wrenches to remove the nut and tube from the fitting, then use a new piece of tubing and a new compression "olive" to make up whatever type hose barb you prefer.
Ah, I get it. I assumed the tube was removable, or should I say "easily" removable. I too have used the giant-nipper-method to cut tubing in-place. Ick.
I'm just curious, my lift pump priming lever seems to have no resistance except for a very light return spring, is this normal, or is it indicative of a faulty lift pump?
I ask this because I know no one with a first gen cummins with which I can compare..
lars -- A couple things about the lift pump lever, first, the pump is normally pumped from an internal lever that rides on a lobe on the engine camshaft, if the engine stops in such a way that the cam lobe has the internal lever depressed there will be almost no pressure on the external lever and it won't make the pump move any fuel, bump the engine starter just a bit and see if the pressure on the lever increases. Even when the lever causes the pump to move fuel the lever will still not move hard as the lever does not actually pump the diaphragm, it only retracts the diaphragm against it's 5 pound pressure spring so there won't be any increase in the pressure required to pump the lever.
You can test if the lever is pumping fuel by removing the small 10 mm blead screw that is in the center of the banjo fitting on the steel fuel tube that runs up to the injection pump, this fitting is located in the side of the head just above the stock fuel filter, pump the lever and see if fuel flows out. This fitting is on the output side of the fuel filter so the filter has to be full of fuel before anything will flow out of the fitting.
Thanks for the info.
I cured the oil leak by loosening the two bolts that held the lift pump and working in a small bead of silicone and re tightening.
The lift pump checked out fine once I loosened the bleed screw, got some air out of the top of the filter, which I hope will explain why I was intermittently having longer cranking sessions to start despite the engine being up to temp. I wonder what is causing the air, doesn't it have an air separator, or recycle it back to the tank?
Currently running n 80 wvo 20 rug with PSDK.
I had to adjust the slow idle by shortening the linkage on the drivers side of the lift pump to get the idle up. I couldn't figure a way to get at the idle stop screw on the far side of the VE pump.
The weather here has gone up to the 80s over the past few days, but was in the 20s a couple of weeks ago and it seemed to run fine as long as the block heater was used before the first start of the day. Same as with diesel.
I am now setting up for a 2 tank system and have scrounged most of the parts except for the transfer valve. I have already cut into the coolant system and set that up.
Thanks again,
VE injection pump idle adjust tools --
I modified a 10mm 12 point box end wrench so I could loosen/tighten the jamb nut on the idle adjust shaft, I kept heating, bending, and grinding away til I was able to just get the wrench to move enough to get one of the 12 point sections with each try, had to grind the wrench very thin and bend it in a couple places to get enough clearance to use it.
I never did figure out how to get a screwdriver into the slot on the end of the idle adjust shaft but the shaft has a cross-drilled hole that I use to turn it. I suspect this hole was originally intended for safty wire but by using a small sharp pointed screwdriver type 90 deg pick it can be turner 1/2 turn at a time. The pick is from a $2.00 set from Harbor Freight.
This pic shows how the wrench was ground away.
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This pic shows how the wrench is bent.
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How much pressure can a Bosch VE rotary pump take at the input?
These are found on some VW diesels and 1st generation Cummins.
On the Dodge they have a 5-7 psi lift pump, and the VW has none.
I have an 89 D 250 Cummins.
I have been looking at the Airtex 15 psi electric pump with an eye to setting up a 2 pump system and switching the returns.
I would like to run 15 psi for filter life.
I have been told that by Tim that 10 psi is the limit before blowing seals, but have heard about higher pressure Bosch piston pumps being used. I know from experience with my '80 Mbz that these can put out almost 20 psi under certain circumstances.
I have called the Cummins tech without result.
Can any one clarify this issue.
Just spoke to Cummins support guru who confirmed Tim's statement.
I received an email request for further info about a post I made a few years back about adding an electronic tachometer to this 93 vehicle. The 93 Dodge Cummins was the first year the vehicle had a computer, the vehicle did not have a tach option from the factory but the factory manual I bought does show a 4-pin connector for one. I found the connector bundled up in the wiring bundle just under the bottom lip of the dash at about where your left knee ends up. I never did find the correct mating connector so I cut the factory connector off and went with individual bullet connectors. I bought about the cheapest electronic tack I could find and it has worked with no problem other than the erratic readings from the computer at cold startup.
The 4-pin connector has a black 18 gauge wire on one end that is GROUND, next to this black wire is an ORANGE 20 gauge dash lamp wire that has 12 volts switched to it when you turn on the headlights, next to this orange wire is a RED 18 gauge wire that has 12 volts switched to it when the ignition is turned on, the 4th wire is a GREY 20 gauge wire with a LIGHT BLUE tracer stripe, this wire comes from the computer and goes to the tach signal input, it has the 5 volt pulses that drive the tach. The tach pulses are from the computer, the computer gets its RPM info from a solid state pickup that makes pulses from the front crankshaft balancer. Set the tack to the 4-cylinder engine position and it works fine except at idle when the engine is warming up, the tack bounces around a bit during this time, I think the reason for the erratic behavior at cold startup is because the computer is busy watching all the sensors and misses some of the rpm pulses.
The email also asked about the mod I made to the vehicle wiring that took the control of shifting the auto trans into overdrive away from the computer and allowed the OD shifting to be controlled from a manual switch on the dash. This has worked fine but not quite in the way I had expected it to. Part of the control of shifting into OD is done hydraulically inside the trans, it must be in high gear before it can shift into OD, and once it is in OD, and the manual switch is on, it does not drop out of OD until the trans drops out of high gear, this is true even if the accelerator is floored, if you need to drop a gear for passing you have to turn off the switch manually. When you are slowing for a stop sign with the OD on it does not drop out of OD until you slow to around 7-8 mph and the trans downshifts to second gear while slowing to a stop. if you take off from a stop with the OD switch on the trans upshifts from first to second to third normally but you get a double bump when shifting into high gear because it shifts into OD at almost the same instant the trans shifts into high gear. Because of all this I just turn the OD switch off when in town or stop-n-go traffic.
A bit of background ... The computer does not control the engine in any way but it does make decisions about many of the accessories, it turns the alternator on/off as well as making decisions concerning allowing the auto trans to shift in/out of overdrive, it also turns the air conditioner compressor clutch on/off. If the auto trans and/or the radiator overheats the computer drops the trans out of overdrive and will also start shutting off the accessories until things cool down (PITA). Part of the wiring change is to send a false signal to the computer telling it that the trans is not overheating, if this is not done the computer won't let the air conditioner run.
The computer also monitors the engine rpm, the transmission speed sensor, and the throttle position when making all these decisions. I never could keep the throttle position sensor in adjustment and the computer never did allow the trans to stay in overdrive in a manner that I wanted it to, it shifted at the wrong time going up/down long hills, it would even drop out of OD if running against a stiff wind, VERY aggravating.
The wiring mods are not extensive, mainly just rewiring the existing wires down close to the trans. The transmission has a normally-closed temp sensor switch attached to the steel oil tube that moves tranny fluid up to the oil coolers, I kept this temp switch in the wiring so the trans would automatically drop out of OD if the oil ever did get too hot, I have yet to have it overheat but I wanted some kind of indication if it ever did, downshifting seemed like a good indicator.
This 93 vehicle auto trans only has overdrive, it does not have the locking torque converter that was added to the 94 model trucks. the "OD ONLY" trans has 2 wires going to the electrical control connector on the side of the trans, the "OD and LOCKUP" trans has 3 wires to it's electrical connector.
The wires go to electrically activated hydraulic valves mounted internally on the valve body, these solenoid valves control the flow of pressurized hydraulic oil to do the actual work of engaging/disengaging the OD clutches located in the tail shaft of the trans. One of the wires is a ground and the other wire(s) power the solenoid valve or valves.
I made this mod several years ago and my drawings of the changes are not as good as I had remembered so it will be a few days before I get them figured out and posted.
Second attempt to fix the fuel tank sender -
Made a trip from Illinois to Arizona a few weeks ago and someplace along the way I lost the rear brake function on the truck. Turned out to be the funky rear ABS accumulator /solenoid unit mounted on the frame just behind the rear axel. Reading about these on the net it seems that this early RABS setup never worked well even when they were new. this truck has had spongey brakes since I got it so I decided to bypass the ABS system by shortening the brake line to the ABS valve and connecting it directly to the rear axel (details and pics shortly), this required that I drop the fuel tank.
The fuel sender only work for a couple days when I repaired it before, turned out I screwed up reassembeling it the last time, I didn't get the rotating slider unit placed under it's retainig lip so the rotating slider assemly and the float had fallen completely off the sender - Egg on my face...
I thought I would replace the sender unit with a new one, expected it to be a bit costly, past web postings on other sites had stated from $40 to $80 dollars, called Jim Glick dealer parts counter in Tucson today, they quoted a price of $109.98 for just the sender. - decided to try one more repair.
Searching the web I found a couple of repairs posted by other folks. THIS ONE describes shortening the center rotating portion of the slider assembly so a push nut can be forced over the slider's pivot pin. THIS ONE has pictures and he made a new longer pivot pin and added a spring to hold the rotating slider assembly in better contact with the sender's resister board. He did a good bit of machining in this mod but I liked the idea of using the spring.
My approach uses a 4-40 by 1.5 inch long SS machine screw as a new pivot post, no machining required and only a small bit of hand held drill bit work to ream out a couple of holes, one is to enlarge the recess in the back of the sender assembly to accept the head of the screw, the other opens up the hole through the rotating slider assembly slightly so it pivots freely over the 4-40 screw threads. By adding the spring the rotating slider assembly is pushed into firm contact with both the resistive contacts on the ceramic resistive element board and also the "common" (ground) sliding contact found inder the central pivoting section of the slider assembly.
For referance - This picture shows the rotating slider assembly removed from the sender.
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HOT on the heels of one successful weekend double-header comes the chance of an immediate repeat for Colwyn Bay's in-form cricketers.
After a 44-points haul from two victories 24 hours apart lifted them up to second in the Liverpool Competition ECB Premier League, the Bay are now fired-up for the visit of Highfield this Saturday and another home fixture the following day against mighty Bootle in the Knockout Trophy quarter-finals.
First up is a league encounter with Highfield, who Colwyn beat comfortably by seven wickets on their travels back in mid-May.
The North Walians will be without holidaying opening batsman Charlie Clubb while the availability of all-rounder Gareth Cross depends on whether he is selected for Lancashire's CB Pro-40 game against the Unicorns.
Bay skipper Graeme Jones believes his men can complete the double against fourth-placed Highfield, but warned against complacency.
"We beat them comfortably at their place earlier in the season, but they were still finding their feet as a new Premier Division team and have since gone on to prove they are a better team than they showed against us," said Jones.
"In Chris Liptrot they have one of the two best seam bowlers in the division alongside Marcus Sharp of Lytham, while captain Mike Farrell is the division's top run-scorer and looks set to be the first to 500.
"That's two potential match-winners so we will need to be at our best to beat them."
Cross will be back for the cup clash against Jones' former team Bootle on Sunday when the Bay will seek revenge against the reigning champions and only team to beat them in nine league encounters.
"It's time we beat them, simple as that," declared Jones. "I believe we are capable, but the players have to go out there in a positive frame of mind believing they can do it.
"Hopefully there will be a big crowd for the visit of the champions for what promises to be an exciting 45-over game (start 1.30pm)."
Last weekend's frolics started with a five-wicket, 20-3 points win over Hightown at Rhos-on-Sea on Saturday.
Cross claimed 5-50 and veteran spinner Paul Jenkins 4-36 as the visitors were dismissed for just 122 and Bay raced to 126-5 in 30.4 overs. Cross led the way with an unbeaten 44 and Sion Morris posted 33.
Batting first in Sunday's home meeting with Newton-le-Willows, Morris cracked 78, Dafydd Rhys 34 and Clubb 25 in Colwyn's 211 all out off 55 overs.
In a stunning bowling and fielding display, the hosts then sent Newton packing for a paltry 42, William Hantam scooping 5-26 and Jenkins 3-8 to complete a 24-5 triumph.
"I couldn't have asked for more," was how Jones summed things up.
"Hightown had held a bit of an Indian sign over us over the last few games and it had not been logical why, but we managed to put that right.
"The wicket had been affected by the wet weather and luckily we won the toss and I had no hesitation in putting them in.
"We bowled very well and were then pretty positive in the chase, getting the runs easily."
As for the Newton thrashing, Jones added: "They won the toss and put us in, but if I'd won it I'd have batted anyway as against a team towards the lower end of the table you've got to be playing for 25 points.
"We made a good score and then produced one of our better bowling performances of the season.
"We bowled in the right areas, caught all our catches and with runs and wickets coming from all areas of the team I fancy us to beat anyone at the moment."


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Here is a modern patchwork table runner to stitch up just in time to celebrate Independence Day. It looks improvisational, but it is really cleverly cut strips that give that illusion. It is easy to piece and you can quilt with a free motion design or straight stitching. I wanted something festive for the holiday for my table at the cottage when we have company and this fits the bill. Fat quarter friendly too!
Finished size is 12" x 30".
Materials needed:
- 2 fat quarters of different red cotton fabric
- 2 fat quarters of different blue cotton fabric
- 1 fat quarter of white cotton fabric (I found a white star on white, perfect!)
- 1/3 yd batting
- 1/3 yd backing, cotton patriotic print
- 1/4 yd red cotton for binding
- Coordinating thread
- Walking foot (optional)
Cut the Fabric
- From first red cotton fabric, cut 1 strip 4" x21"
- From 2nd red cotton fabric, cut 1 strip 4 ½" x 21"
- From first blue cotton fabric, cut 1 strip 4" x 21"
- From 2nd blue cotton fabric, cut 1 strip 5 ½" x 21"
- From white fabric, cut 1 strip 6" x 21" and 1 strip 4" x 21"
- Cut batting 12" x 31"
- Cut backing 12" x 31" (I found this great patriotic print with an eagle for the back.)
- Cut the binding. 3 strips – 2 1/2″ x wof (width of fabric)
Sew the table runner
- Sew the strips together. The first 3 strips are the 4" red, 6" white, 4" blue.
- The second set of 3 strips are the 4 ½" red, 4" white, 5 ½" blue.
- Iron seams to one side and iron flat.
- Place one combination strip over the other strip, aligning the edges. Cut 2" strips across them, you should have 10 – 2 " strips.
- You will sew 5 sets of strips together with the 4" blue on the left top, and the 5 ½" blue on the left bottom.
- You will sew 5 sets of strips together with the 4" red on the top left, and the 4 ½" red on the left bottom.
- Now sew 1 of each set together to form a quilt block. See picture above.
- Carefully remove lovey dovey kitty who thinks you should be petting him instead of sewing.
- Sew 5 of these blocks together.
- Then sew all the quilt blocks together in the same pattern.
- Make a quilt sandwich with the backing face down, then the batting, then the pieced top face up.
- Pin baste the table runner.
- Quilt it as desired. I tried using a free motion design with stars, but you could also just do straight line quilting. Use a stitch length of 4.0 mm and use your free motion foot for the straight line quilting if you have one to keep the fabric from slipping.
- Sew the binding pieces together and iron them in half.
- Stitch the binding to the front of the table runner. Then fold it over to the back and whip stitch it down. Or use your favorite binding method.
The perfect modern 4th of July Table Runner in red, white and blue to brighten up your holiday table, foyer or side table.
If you are looking for another holiday pattern, don't miss my Reversible Patriotics Placemats!
This is a For Sale pattern in my Craftsy Pattern Shop. These Patriotic Placemats are perfect for your round table or patio table.
They feature this curved wedge shape to fit on a round table.
And they are designed to be reversible, so when the holiday is over, you can just flip them over.
You can find my Craftsy Pattern for Reversible Patriotic Placemats HERE.
Happy Stitching!


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Terracotta Soldier
Member if the Guqin Army
Formation!: Terracotta Soldiers are made for fighting, and gain a passive +3 to attacks when flanking a target. It takes three rounds, including the initial if they are attacked first, for the Army to get into position.
Earthenware: Terracotta Soldiers are exactly that. They are hollow and fragile, and it's only by some anomaly that they can move and attack without shattering themselves.
Overwhelming Numbers: The Soldiers are of one large army. Every time one is broken, another seems to be close by to replace him.
No Mind, No Harm: The Guqin Army in its entirety is incapable of independent thought, or action. Without their player, they remain still and uncaring.
- Athletics: 5 (Superb)
- Perception: 2 (Fair)
- Melee Weapons: 5 (Superb)
- Physical Defense: 1 (Average)
- Body: 1 (Average)
- Action Points: 3
- Load Limit: 6
Terracotta Soldiers are approximately 2 meters tall and weigh in excess of 200 kilos. Some are chipped here and there, and they're all very old. The Soldiers carry swords and small shields. Their means of locomotion, sight and vocalizations are attributed to SCP-926, and anomalies it creates.


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- suemcdonaldAsked on November 10, 2014 at 05:25 PM
Can I set up multiple email address so that multiple people receive the form submissions instead of just me? I am the owner of a coffee shop and created a form for my lead supervisors to use in order to help them complete certain tasks during the closing shift and I want myself, my manager and the supervisor who opens the shop the next day to receive the email so they know which tasks could not be done.
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I remember taking an aptitude test in 1967 during freshman orientation at Lehigh University, where I and most of the 900 other freshman were enrolled in the engineering curriculum. Presumably this test would confirm or rebuff our choice. My results pointed to an occupation as a librarian.
In some ways it made sense—I thought logically, was detail-oriented, and liked math and word problems and puzzles. But those characteristics could come in handy in any number of vocations, including carpentry, which is how I ended up making my living for 20 years.
The same test today might recommend something different, but I can guarantee that carpentry would be far down the list. That's mainly because taking up a trade is not something our society values—at least not until our cars stop running or the air conditioning quits or a faucet springs a leak. In fact, the debate among U.S. educators between a standard college-prep curriculum and one designed to match a variety of student interests, abilities, and needs has been raging for more than a century. At the moment, the college-prep option is winning, which means our industry is losing.
Recent data from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that the percentage of workers in the remodeling industry aged 55 and over has nearly doubled since 2002. Some of that is migration from manufacturing jobs, but it confirms what I think we all know: Fewer young people are pursuing a vocation in the construction trades.
We've had skilled-labor shortages before, but this one seems different. The Great Recession played a major role. For one thing, many workers who left or were forced out of the industry never came back. Remodelers cut wages and benefits to survive, but didn't restore them during the recovery, preferring to use subcontractors.
Past labor shortages have always seemed to resolve themselves, but I don't think we should assume that this one will. Unstable government policy has prevented immigration from filling the void as it has historically done. In addition, remodeling is now vastly more complex—new materials are proliferating, building science theory is in flux, and codes are constantly being revised. That makes it more difficult and much more expensive to train people, and it gives remodelers even less reason to hire green employees.
I think it's folly to expect that a solution will spontaneously appear in piecemeal fashion. The buddy system that I learned under—pairing older, experienced workers with young newcomers—won't work anymore. To solve the problem, we need a concerted effort by contractors, educators, policy makers, and manufacturers. The strategy needs to begin early—as early as pre-school—and needs a marketing component to polish the industry's image, coordination with public school education to restore vocational education, and funding from all stakeholders. That includes manufacturers, which have more to gain than anyone if they want to sustain a workforce capable of properly installing the products they make.


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Check out today's YEP letters
United in fight to save green belt between cities
Councillors Andrew Carter CBE, Rod Wood, Amanda Carter, Graham Latty, Pat Latty, Paul Wadsworth, Dawn Collins, Dale Smith, Jackie Whiteley, Gerry Barker, Val Townend, Mike Pollard, Debbie Davies, Mike Gibbons, Martin Smith and Philip Davies MP.
The Conservative representatives of Leeds and Bradford residents are concerned that the local plans for the two cities do not do enough to maintain the 'green belt' between the two cities.
We believe that this is the result of inadequate and insufficient co-ordination of the local plan process between planners and political leaders in Leeds and Bradford.
From Tong and Pudsey in the South through Calverley, Eccleshill and Apperley Bridge to Menston and Guiseley to the North, we see local people on both sides of the city boundaries frustrated by inconsistency and the dismissal of genuine concerns about the impact of proposed development on communities.
National planning policy is very clear why we have a 'green belt':
-to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas
-to prevent neighbouring towns merging into one another
-to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment
-to preserve the setting and special character of historic towns
-to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land.
It is our view that Leeds and Bradford, in developing their local plans, haven't taken full account of these purposes and we fear that the result will be the virtual elimination of the vital 'green belt' between the two cities. We are calling on the leadership of Bradford and Leeds City Councils to take action that will protect this 'green belt'.
Wise up before it is too late
Alan Thorpe, Whitkirk
I am no supporter of the House of Lords (it should be replaced by a smaller, more accountable, elected body) but their recent revolt with regard the government's tax credit reform may herald a softer approach by the Tories on the hardworking families, or will it?
Osborne and Cameron have been found guilty of telling us that they plan an 'all out assault on poverty'. However I feel that the reality is that the Tories are planning a war against the poorest and not poverty itself.
The House of Lords surprisingly seems to have seen through the Tories smoke and mirror act and indeed this latest revolt could be the first of many against the government's policies, which are aimed at the poorest in society.
It's a case of forget the hot air and rhetoric from numerous Tory ministers but watch their actions/deeds. Within the government's Welfare Reform and Work Bill there is a plan to scrap the Child Poverty Act, along with its targets, duties and commitments on reducing poverty as well as lowering the benefit cap, a four year freeze on most working age benefits and a two child limit for tax credits.
Worse of all there are plans to abolish the official definition of poverty, at a stroke reducing the official poverty count, a deed worthy of Margaret Thatcher 'fiddling' the unemployment figures in the 1980s.
The public need to wake up from their 'it won't affect me' stance, one day these measures could affect them, their friends and family should circumstances dictate.
In the end it all boils down to what kind of society we want to live in, my own view is that the public should wise up quickly to the propaganda this government is eschewing before it is too late.
Help our steel industry
N Bywater, Morley
Terry Watson said in Monday's YEP that green taxes are destroying industry, with the UK having the highest energy prices in the world. What a load of poppycock.
The UK charges a low VAT rate of five per cent on domestic electricity. Some other countries charge VAT on electricity at rates as high as 25 per cent, adding far more to the cost of energy. Germany, Spain and Denmark all have higher energy prices than the UK.
If Terry Watson is referring to the closure of the Britain's steel plants, the international price of steel has plummeted over the past year, a 45 per cent drop in just 12 months – the lowest level in over a decade.
This is because steel markets around the world are oversupplied relative to current demand.In China the state subsidises its steel production because of its huge scale.
The economic depression in China has also added to problems of the steel crisis, with China lowering prices because its economy is spiraling downwards. We should either block the dumping of steel, or find more inventive ways to help our steel industry.
If Terry Watson does not believe in climate change, then perhaps he feels green taxes are needed due to the 2,567 deaths in Yorkshire and the Humber that are attributed to air pollution?
He should also not forget that many green taxes go towards helping house owners to make their homes more energy efficient.
Plea for support
Susan Dawson, Allerton Bywater
On 6 November, MPs will have the chance to support an important piece of legislation that could benefit hundreds of thousands of patients across the UK.
The Off-patent Drugs Bill would improve access to low cost, effective treatments for a range of conditions – from breast cancer to multiple sclerosis – and I would urge our local MP to support it. The Bill would ensure that drugs that have fallen out of patent, but have since proved effective for clinical uses outside of their original licence, are routinely available on the NHS. With these drugs often being very-low cost, it makes economic as well as clinical sense for them to be more widely available.
Backed by the UK's largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now, along with a host of other charities including Prostate Cancer UK, Alzheimer's Society and Bloodwise, the Bill needs 100 MPs to vote in favour to take it to the next stage. With just days left until the vote, more work needs to be done to secure the parliamentary support it needs to succeed. Time is running out, so as well as calling on our MP to back this Bill that would help hundreds of thousands of patients, I would ask others to join me and add their support to the campaign by visiting breastcancernow.org/unlockdrugs


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I am looking for the first mention of the "new poets" as "the generation of 68". Apparently the term was first used by Thomas Shapcott in the Australian Book Review. Shapcott mentions that he used it first in an interview that I read*, and John Kinsella writes about it in the intro to The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry (2009), and Livio Dobrez mentions it in Paranassus Mad Ward: Michael Dransfield and the New Australian Poetry (1990) (though he just refers to said interview with Shapcott). But I can't find it in any Australian Book Review journal!
I emailed both Kinsella and Shapcott. The email from Kinsella just said that he was "permanently off email". The reply from Shapcott said that he thinks the first time he used the term in ABR was as early as 1968 or 69. I have been through every issue that I can get hold of at the University of Queensland and I cannot find mention of the generation of 68 by Shapcott in the late 60s or early 70s. I have found and photocopied every article written by Shapcott around these times that are listed on the "Aust. Lit" database to no avail. The earliest mention I can find is from John Tranter in the special issue of Australian Literary Studies in 1977. It is a bit of a mystery. Any ideas? Can anyone help?
* McCooey, David. "An Interview with Thomas Shapcott." Australian Literary Studies 18.1(1997): 79-84.


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Named Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association in 1995, the Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) is a favorite among many gardeners. However, the plant is not native to Russia or a true member of the sage plant family. The plant is named after the Turkestani Governor, B.A. Perovski, of Orenburg, a Russian province. Russian sage has been around since the mid 1800s. Russian sage is one of the easiest plants to care for.
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About Russian Sage
Russian sage has silvery leaves and grows 4 to 5 feet tall. Spikes reaching up to 15 inches from the plant itself have multiple blue flowers up and down along the spikes. Russian sage gives a light and airy look to the garden as the flowers seems to float in the air. There are seven varieties of Russian sage. However, only one type, the atriplicifolia is available commercially.
It is possible to start Russian sage from seed. Start seeds indoors at any time of the year. Keep room temperatures around 60 to 65 degrees. It will take up to four months for new plants to be visible as Russian sage is slow growing. Toughen the plant by taking outdoors in warm weather in the spring and bring back in at night. In late spring, when all danger of frost is gone, transplant the plant in the ground in a desirable area. Water only when the soil is dry. Russian sage does not tolerate wet conditions. Plant Russian sage plants directly into the ground as an alternative to seeds. Plant the small plants 18 inches apart in well-drained soil and in a sunny location. The plant bushes out, so it is important to plant them far enough apart to allow for a full-grown bush. The first year, water the plants regularly to establish a healthy root system. Beginning the second year, Russian sage tolerates drought conditions well.
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Russian sage is virtually pest- and disease-free. Combined with the low maintenance, Russian sage is a good addition to garden. Due to the tallness of the bush, it is advisable to plant it in the back of a garden. This will keep the plant from overshadowing smaller plants. Blooms will continue to produce for up to 15 weeks, making it a favorite for summer blooming. Russian sage is an excellent complement to ornamental grasses, purple cone-flowers, brown eyed Susans and sedums. Leave the plant with the stems on in the winter. Cut the dead stems after new growth starts in the spring to approximately 1 foot. The will focus growth on the new growth and make the bush grow more bushy.


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Hello loves!!
Happy BlogMas Day 13! Hope everyone is good.
Today I have been ill. And today was very unproductive. But I'm proud of that. I took a well deserved rest from schoolwork, etc and just chilled. It felt goood.
I reread- and completed- Crash Into You by Katie McGarry. (Check out my review of that)
I can pretty much outline my day today. So I will 😋
• Got up at 9am feeling very under the weather
• Checked social media and my blog and WeHeartIt and Tumblr, etc. AKA, my life. Lol. This I did for three hours 😐 #proud
• Then I had lunch. I had a healthy grilled panini with unhealthy fries and a healthy salad
• I watched more Marvel films than I can count on my hands
• Now I'm gonna get ready for bed.
** During watching the films, I read Crash Into You. I'm a multi-tasker, what can I say?
☆☆ I'm currently reading The Redeemable Prince by Rachel Higginson. It's the last and seventh book and a review should be up soon- before the release date, which is Wednesday. ☆☆
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V. I. Shestopalov, G. Dvoriantchikova, D. Barakat, D. Ivanov, R. Brambilla, J. R. Bethea; Nuclear Factor Kappab Is a Key Regulator of Glial Neurotoxicity in Retinal Pathologies. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(13):115.
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In response to optic nerve and retinal injury astrocytes undergo reactivation, abandon normal supportive and acquire pro-inflammatory functions. These changes contribute to neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and facilitate loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Here we sought to examine the effect of targeted suppression of a key pro-inflammatory/stress-response transcription factor NF-ΚB in astrocytes on the survival of RGCs exposed to various insults.
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We utilized transgenic (TG) mice with astrocyte-specific suppression of NF-ΚB through GFAP promoter-controlled inhibition of p65/p50 translocation. We have tested the effects of astrocytic NF-kB suppression in several disease models, including acute ischemia, optic neuritis and chronic ocular hypertension, characterized by considerable astrocyte reactivation.
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All disease models showed significantly higher residual neuronal density in ganglion cell layers of TG vs. wild type (WT) retinas, an evidence of RGC protection via inhibition of astroglial NF-kB. The analysis of gene expression revealed relative suppression of pro-inflammatory and ROS-producing pathways, and activation of pro-survival, anti-inflammatory ones in TG vs. WT retinas and optic nerves in all models. In particular, we detected downregulation of pro-inflammatory Tnfa, IL1b and activation of anti-inflammatory Tgfb1, Stat3, Fractalkine/Cx3cl1 genes among the others. Immunohistochemistry confirmed differential activation of key genes in these pathways. In vitro experiments with purified primary astrocytes and retinal ganglion cells confirmed causative relationship between reactive NF-kB activation in reactive astrocyte and neurotoxicity.
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Our data indicate that astrocytes play an active role in degeneration of neurons exposed to cytokines and injury. Our analysis implies that activated astrocytes facilitate RGC loss in various pathologies in the NF-kB-dependent manner. Inhibiting NF-ΚB in astrocytes results in neuroprotection, reduced inflammation and oxidative stress suggesting therapeutic potential y of astrocyte-targeting therapy in various ocular pathologies.
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On November 6, the nation heads to the polls to choose our next president. Choose wisely. But maybe even more important for your everyday life, local elections will also be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and you should know who to look for when you step into the booth. Well look no further, we've got the info you need. Again, choose wisely.
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The incumbent in State House Districts 94, 98, 99, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, and 119 is running unopposed. Visit SCStatehouse.gov for more information on who's representing you.
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Peter McCoy - R (Incumbent)
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Shimla, (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday launched a programme aimed at expediting developmental works and government schemes through effective implementation in Shimla district.
'Pehal' or initiative will also help in identifying the gaps and ensure quality education in government primary schools through the joint efforts of teachers, parents, elected representatives and other stakeholders, an official statement said.
"More than 100 primary schools in Shimla district have been included in the programme under which students' learning levels can be assessed to help identify the gaps," the chief minister said.
The programme, the brainchild of Deputy Commissioner Rohan Thakur, will also focus on educating the people on forest rights, health, personal hygiene and sanitation, drug addiction, women empowerment and generating employment avenues.
In the education sector, the aim is to make studies simple and interesting and also improve the intellectual level and understanding of the students, Thakur told IANS.
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Verdict - "A Classic Steven Speilberg Film!"
Directed by the illustrious Steven Speilberg, Ready Player One is a film adaptation of a popular book (of the same name) written by Ernest Cline and stars Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse fame) and Olivia Cooke in the lead roles. One of the most significant reasons why the book is widely popular among the audience is because of the 80's pop culture and film references that we've seen glimpses from the trailers. However, I have a confession to make, my knowledge of the movies from the 1980's is fairly weak. Although I know the more mainstream ones like Back to the Future and Nightmare of Elm Street, I'm sure that they're tons of references in this movie that didn't get cause I haven't yet watched many films from the golden era.
With that being said, let's kick off with the plot. Set in the year 2045, where living in the real world is a mundane activity for people as they spend the majority of their time in a virtual reality world called the Oasis. Inside the Oasis, people can do whatever they want and everything is off-limits. Shortly after we are introduced to the fantasy world, we learn that the creator of the Oasis James Halliday (Mark Rylance) pieced together a convoluted maze to find the next inheritor of the trillion-dollar company before he passed away. So, we follow Wade's adventurous journey with his trustworthy friends in solving the intricate puzzle with the help of clues that Halliday plants after each level.
Before I get into the positives, let me quickly glance through the problems I had with this film. Now, I heard fans saying that Nolan Sorrento's (Ben Mendelsohn) character in the book was authoritative and menacing. But, in the movie, he was underwhelming as I expected a more dominant antagonist. Also, Nolan's sidekick F'Nale played by Hannah John-Kamen was another dud and felt like she's doing a bad impression of Ruby Rose in John Wick: Chapter 2.
With 70% of the film taking place in the Oasis, the majority of it is computer generated imagery. Walking into this movie, I had a feeling that the CGI will disqualify the emotion and feel more of a distraction. But, the Oasis experience was enjoyable. The action sequences were great and fun to watch and the entire design and the presentation of the fairyland was flawless.
That brings me to the magic of all Speilberg movies, the emotional elements. From the beginning until the end, this film was filled with heartwarming scenes that we usually expect in a Speilberg film. The characters were so well developed as you start to root for these kids throughout the entire film. Countering to my earlier point, I didn't feel distracted by the CGI characters cause the emotion was in the right place that makes you immerse in the storyline which was paced and told perfectly.
About the nostalgic factor, I was very surprised to see many familiar movie references stuffed throughout the runtime. In particular, there is one scene that pays respect to one of the most popular horror films of all time, and that was hands down the best scene in the entire film and I'm sure that you'll be flabbergasted.
Overall, Ready Player One was a ton of fun to watch, it's filled with great character and emotional moments, incredible action sequences, flashes of memorable nostalgia and that Steven Speilberg magic that we all grew up watching. Watch this film while it's in the theatre's cause it's one of those rare occasions that you will enjoy the movie-going experience.
My Rating - 3.5/5 | Grade - B+ (A Perfect Weekend Pick!)
-A Honest Movie Review by Surya Komal aka KM (@SuryaKomal) | Website's Twitter Handle - @JustMovieFreaks