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Hugh Henderson
For 37 years, Hugh has been called to serve the poor. He has done so during his business career in Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, as well as at home in the Shenandoah Valley. Hugh started a food box program for poor families in Rockbridge County in 1987 with the support of the Ruritans. That program evolved into a full-bore ministry to Appalachian families and children.
In 2009, Hugh started visiting a local mission in Staunton, Virginia, where he befriended Numerous homeless families and started a program for "total restoration". That program was the basis for the Appalachian Homeless Mission. As the President of AHM, Hugh is leading the effort to restore and enable homeless families and individuals to full health, employment, and spiritual well-being. Hugh lives in Lexington, where he runs the Appalachian Homeless Mission with the help of two part-time staff and 34 active volunteers in Rockbridge County and Augusta County.
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This pork recipe is an easy to make large main meal which serves 6. Pork has a reputation for being a bit dry but this is a moist roast recipe, to make sure you don't have dry pork don't overcook the pork.
- 3 blood oranges
- 1 3-pound (1.35kg) boneless pork loin, rolled and tied
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 large onion, cut into 8 wedges
- 2 fresh rosemary sprigs, leaves stripped from stems, plus additional for garnish
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup low-salt chicken broth
- 1 large garlic clove, pressed
- Blood orange slices
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 235°C.
With a paring knife or vegetable peeler, remove strips of peel from the oranges and place the peels in a small bowl. Add the cut up onion or shallot, the rosemary leaves and 2 teaspoons of the olive oil. Toss well.
Place the pork in a roasting pan and rub with the remaining olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper, seasoning well. Scatter the contents of the bowl around the pork and roast for 25 minutes, until the onions/shallots are browning.
Meanwhile, juice the oranges, squeezing out 3/4 cup (180ml). If short, make up the difference with regular orange juice. Add the juice to a small saucepan, along with the wine, chicken broth and garlic. Bring to a boil and let boil until reduced by about 25%, roughly seven minutes.
When the pork has roasted for 25 minutes, remove from the oven, lower the temperature to 175°C, and add about a third of the liquid mixture to the roasting pan. Keep the remainder.
Baste the pork with the pan drippings and liquid. Return to the oven, basting frequently, until the internal temperature at the thickest point is approximately 65°C. Begin to check after 30 minutes.
Move the pork to a serving platter and cover loosely with foil to tent. Add the reserved liquid to the roasting pan. Bring this sauce to a boil and let boil until slightly thickened, 3 - 5 minutes.
If a rolled roast, cut the string. Slice the pork into serving sizes and drizzle with the sauce. Garnish with orange slices and rosemary.


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VH1 is producing a new documentary about hip hop culture based on music mogul Steve Stoute's book The Tanning of America: How Hip Hop Created A Culture that Rewrote The Rules of The New Economy. The book is going to be called The Tanning of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop. The doc will feature interviews from Dr. Dre, Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, Cory Booker, Al Sharpton, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Tommy Hilfiger. The four part documentary is set for a February 2014 premiere.
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Understanding Artisanry
Handmade goods have gained much attention in the past decade or so and they continue to get some right here, right now as well. According to experts, the global handicrafts market is trade driven, due to low priced products. The key handicraft vendors in the global handicrafts market are Asian Handicrafts, Fakih Handicrafts, Shandong Laizhou Arts and Crafts, Ten Thousand Villages, Native Crafts and Arts, The Handicrafts Gallery, Minhou Minxing Weaving, NGOC Dong Ha Nam, and Oriental Handicrafts. At Artisna, we aim to provide artisans around the world with comprehensive understanding of this expanding market. We associate with our market analysts to educate craftsmen about the various opportunities, challenges, trends and preferences that impact the demand of these goods and directly affect the incomes of creators.
You Can Help Too…
By being a part of this endeavor, you can play an important role in enabling this skilled workforce to identify and understand the key drivers of growth in this sector. Artisna works together with organizations and institutions that prepare artisans for the challenges of the handicraft industry.
- Assess the future impact of and restraints on the market;
- Uncover potential demand;
- Identify competitive forces within the market, for instance low priced machine produced goods;
- Provide information on market size and future potential, etc.
All this is an effort by Artisna to organize this scattered and haphazard industry. By making this our sole focus we intend to develop this sector into a strong source of employment for the needy. A large part of the population of many countries can benefit from this industry as the initial investment is close or equal to nil and the skills acquired remain intact for life. This makes it possible for the poor to rise above from a life of impoverishment.


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Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think.
I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.
I mean, it takes a large entourage to put on a tour. You can't have 'em sittin' around.
I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio.
I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important information through other websites. I also use it for creating MP3 files of new music I'm working on.
I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left.


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by Robin Sendrow December 06 2017
With so many news articles focusing on obstacles, it's easy to miss the benefits the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presents for businesses. The privacy regulation, designed to protect EU residents, will also benefit businesses looking to streamline processes, improve security and build trust with consumers.
Retain candidates by sharing your sophisticated employee data practices. Colleagues, especially those who have had their data compromised in the past, will appreciate your company's renewed commitment to protecting privacy. This is especially true for businesses with offices outside the EU, where the individual privacy standards may not be as strong.
Companies have been struggling to follow inconsistent data protection requirements in the EU. With differing laws in member nations, managing data internationally can be a legal minefield. The GDPR simplifies requirements, allowing companies to standardize processes. Over time, this means easier record-keeping and a reduced burden on businesses operating in the EU.
Thinking about who should have access to data and restricting admin privileges will create a more secure environment. In addition, giving individuals more control over their data can reduce requests to internal support teams.
The GDPR also includes rules for subcontractors who have access to PII (called "sub-processors"). These rules place more limitations on third parties and prevents them from using PII outside of employer's instructions. In the event of a breach, sub-processors will have to notify businesses without undue delay, increasing transparency and helping employers to be more proactive.
4. Sell your savvy: In a world with more frequent data breaches, taking individual data protection standards seriously is an important selling point. Communicating GDPR compliance will show customers and investors that your company is an industry leader.
The GDPR, and the potential penalties associated with non-compliance, has created an opportunity for proactive businesses to stand out. Use this as an opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
Robin is the HR Compliance Assist Manager at PeopleDoc. She joined the team to help customers remain in compliance globally and easily navigate foreign rules and regulations through HR Compliance Assist.
Previously, Robin managed client HR communications and provided outsourced HR support. She has a Masters in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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This almost homemade chocolate cake puts some bells and whistles on a box cake and includes a recipe for frosting.
- Box of gluten free chocolate cake mix, like Hogson Mills (and ingredients on the box)
- 2 cups Choco Chomps, or gluten free chocolate rice-crispy style cereal, plus extra to sprinkle on top of cake
- 1 cup allergy friendly chocolate chips, like Enjoy Life, plus extra to sprinkle on top of cake
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- Mix box cake ingredients according to directions.
- Before baking, fold 2 cups of Choco Chomps and 1 cup of chocolate chips into the mixture.
- Bake according to box directions (by the time the cake is done baking, the Choco Chomps will dissolve into the cake, giving extra chocolate flavor).
- Let the cake cool off a bit. While it is still somewhat warm, pour ICING (recipe below) on top. The heat from the cake should slightly "melt" the icing, causing it to ooze down the edges and look like yummy chocolate sludge!
- Sprinkle extra chocolate chips and Choco Chomps onto the sludgy icing.
- 3 cups powdered sugar (I created my own using three cups of unrefined coconut sugar that I blended to dust using my Ninja – delish!!! – and more complex)
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup softened butter (or butter replacer)
- 6 Tbsps milk (I used unsweetened vanilla-flavored almond milk)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Mix butter, 1 cup sugar, half the cocoa powder, 1 Tbsp milk and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Once these ingredients are mixed well, add remaining ingredients (except chocolate chips) and blend until smooth.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
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Maintain Your Roof for Winter Months
The winter months bring with them many storms, lots of debris, and many potential dangers. Understand what you need to do to prepare your roof properly for the winter months:
- Remove trash and debris: Your roof collects lots of debris, no matter the season. Make your roof safer by doing a pre-winter and post-winter debris pickup. This way, although there will be debris that gathers on your roof during the winter, it won't be adding to additional debris and potentially causing roof sags, drainage blockage, wet spots, and other winter dangers.
- Look at your gutters: Your gutters may have buildup from spring thaws, summer growth, and fall storms. Make sure that your gutters are looking good by inspecting for cracks, rust, plant growth, dirt, and other gutter dangers. Call the specialists at Front Range Roofing & Siding if you need any gutter repair or maintenance.
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North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in the isolated state's strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.
The test, the fourth time North Korea has exploded a nuclear device, was ordered by young leader Kim Jong Un, state media said.
"The first H-bomb test was successfully conducted at 10:00 (0130 GMT) on Wednesday," North Korea's official KCNA news agency said.
Last month, Kim appeared to claim his country had developed a hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear device, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but the United States and outside experts were sceptical at the time.
Some analysts questioned whether Wednesday's test was indeed of a hydrogen device.
"North Korea has made claims about its nuclear and missile programs in the past that simply have not held up to investigation," said Melissa Hanham, a Senior Research Associate at the California-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum, added: "Given the scale it is hard to believe this is a real hydrogen bomb. They could have tested some middle stage kind (of device) between an A-bomb and H-bomb, but unless they come up with any clear evidence, it is difficult to trust their claim."
The United States Geological Survey reported a 5.1 magnitude quake that South Korea said was 49 km (30 miles) from the Punggye-ri site where the North has conducted nuclear tests in the past.
North Korea's last test, of an atomic device in 2013, also registered at 5.1 on the USGS scale.
The claim of miniaturising, which would allow the device to be adapted as a weapon and placed on a missile, would pose a new threat to the United States and its regional allies, Japan and South Korea.


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Projects and Future Plans
There are projects and future plans in all ten areas of the park:
- Skottowes Pond and the surrounding grass area
- The Performance Space and Water Staircase
- The Rue de Houilles and surrounding grass area including the scented garden, shelter and toilet block.
- The Youth Activity Area
- The Children's Play Area
- The Lower Wildlife Area
- Upper Park Meadow Area
- Upper Park Area
- Boundary, Entrances, Archena Gardens and footpaths
- General Park (i.e. not restricted to one particular section of the park)
News & Events
The next Friends of Lowndes Park working party will be on Sunday 9 September. We meet at 10am in the Archena Garden which is next to the Temperance Hall in Church Street. Do come and join us.
Why not come and listen to some great music in the Park this summer. On a Sunday afternoon during July and August you can experience a variety of music and all for free. We would recommend you bring a picnic and a deckchair. For further details click on the title.
The Friends have set up their own Facebook page. Please click here or go to www.facebook.com/groups/friendsoflowndespark You will need to sign in.
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I was recently in a Hospice shop (in New Zealand Hospice helps those that are suffering from terminal cancer and their families). With my dad passing away 3 months ago and having numerous people in my life over recent years that have passed away from cancer or at present suffering with it, I have taken an interest in how I can support Hospice (this is not a funded place here in New Zealand)
I follow Crochet for Cancer on Facebook. Last week I asked if I could join the Hospice Craft Group so I could use my talent to make and donate goods to raise money for Hospice. I start attending next week. I am looking forward to making and creating for a very good cause.
I came across this site today with free Chemo Cap patterns I thought I would share.
I wondered if some of you would consider making a chemo cap to donate to Hospice for a child or an adult.
Here is the link to donate in the USA Click HERE
If you are in New Zealand can you email me on firstname.lastname@example.com and I can organise you to post it to me so I can pass donations on.
Click HERE to read more about Hospice New Zealand... it cost $99 million last year to fund Hospice, which is a free service and it is NOT funded by our government.
For the free patterns from Crochet for Cancer
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If you would rather make something else that is fine too... just a little something to help goes along way.
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Learn to Crochet
If you would rather make something else that is fine too... just a little something to help goes along way.
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Author: Callie Hart
Title: Rook
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Watchmaker. Car thief. Heartbreaker extraordinaire.
Rooke Blackheath has spent enough time in juvie to know that he really doesn't want to go to jail. The food sucks, the clothes itch, and there are absolutely no women in sight. Well…none he wants to fuck, anyway.
He should probably stop boosting cars, but the money is stellar and the high is out of this world. And why should he turn his back on something that sets his soul on fire anyway?
The answer to that question comes in an unexpected form—a petite five-foot-three firecracker named Sasha, who refuses to give him the time of day no matter how thick he lays on the charm.
Rooke's not easily deterred, though. Just like the watches he builds from scratch, Rooke knows all too well how women tick.
Women are a game to him. A game he always wins.
Sasha doesn't stand a chance.
Sasha Connor's life has been permanently derailed since her son died five years ago. You wouldn't know it to look at her, of course. She has a great job, a beautiful house, and caring friends. Every week, she hosts a book club featuring the sexiest, most romantic stories on the planet, and every week she falls for a new fictional knight in shining armor.
Fictional men are perfect. They don't hurt you. They don't break your heart. They don't cheat on you after your child dies, and they rarely ever leave the toilet seat up.
When Rooke Blackheath shows up at Sasha's workplace, it's clear he's nothing like the men who grace the pages of her favorite books. Dangerous, arrogant, sharp-tongued and sarcastic, Rooke's not the kind of guy she needs in her life. Not to mention the fact that he's eleven years her junior.
As far as Sasha is concerned, Rooke doesn't just live in a different world. He lives in a different galaxy altogether. She'd like to keep it that way, but fate appears to have other plans.
When Cinderella lost her shoe, Prince Charming showed up at her door.
When Sasha Connor loses her book, an entirely different kind of rogue comes a-knocking.
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Callie Hart is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romance novels. She is an obsessive romantic who loves throwing a dark twist into her stories. Her characters are imperfect, flawed individuals who dictate when she eats, sleeps and breathes. She loves to travel, and often pens her books when she's on the road, drawing inspiration from her often unique and wild surroundings.
If she's not writing, you'll undoubtedly find her with her nose buried deep in a book, or binge watching Game of Thrones.


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End-of-Summer Sale
I'm having a yard sale this weekend and there will be some handsewn and handknit stuff. Here are the details:
End-of-Summer Sale includes some furniture including coffee table, wall shelf, dining room chairs, handsewn and handknit clothes (as well as clothes from the Gap, Banana Republic, and other name brands), Kenneth Cole and other name brand shoes, Roman shades, mini blinds, IKEA rugs, leftover renovation materials that include Marmoleum remnants (colors include Charcoal, Asian Tiger, and Flax), carpet and tile, rugs, jewelry, vintage sewing machine in console, and more.
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The Invest Money HYIP program has definitely structured their website to give us the flashy twenty first century look in the high yield investment industry. If the company looks as good as their website that remains to be seen, but we'll know here when we get deeper into their business.
We always like to stress that whether its the Invest Money HYIP or some other high yield company that they offer a high risk opportunity. We aren't condoning any company, but we aren't endorsing any either. If you are new to high yield investments, and want to get involved in this industry we recommend starting off with a small deposit and figure out how things work before adding substantial amounts of money.
The Company
The company information for Invest Money HYIP was full of information about where your money is, what they do with it, and the brokers they work alongside of to make this a profitable market for you. Definitely something that as a consumer is good to know before handing over money to any business venture. For this we believe is a plus for the company even though its a little jumbled together on their website.
Our biggest finding is that they are a new company that just opened up in January 2008, and as of mid-March they have 139 accounts opened. There has been over $ 9,000 in deposits over 48 days with over $ 4,000 in withdraws, and even a total earnings number just under $ 2,000. An interesting concept that we haven't seen on other websites, leaving Invest Money HYIP as the only business to do so as far as we know.
Money Programs
Getting to the money aspects of Invest Money HYIP there is a button on the top left hand corner of the page that reads "The Action" and flashes red. The only reason this is even being brought up is because it was the first thing we noticed after the website was loading and we wanted to see what was behind the button. Turns out to be a deposit contest where users can win additional funds, might be something you want to check out anyways.
As we looked into the Invest Money HYIP plans there are about five, and can be viewed on the home page of the website. They accept Pecunix, Liberty Reserve, and VMoney for deposits with the minimum amount being $ 3. They do offer different percentages that range from .36% to 3.20% which is the highest with the shortest plan over two days and the longest over 100 days.
Final Review
Its a new company so if you are going to make a deposit with Invest Money HYIP, try starting off at the low amounts and see how a two day plan works before handing over hundreds or even thousands of dollars. There are 10% commissions off of referrals and even the opportunity to take a long term 500 day at lower returns from 1%-2% with a $ 10 minimum.
Obviously many of you will want to get involved with a company that offers aggressive returns, but we found that this company deals in lower percentages and even long term plans that can be a little more comfortable. In the end in our opinion their company is too new, but its not our money so invest at your own risk.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Completely adorable idea- ice cream in a jar. Instructions for the jar here at City Cradle Designs, and a super cute spin off, an ice cream party, from MartaWrites by way of You Are My Fave. Whew!
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Women's Empowerment Principles Gain Strength as 800 Companies Commit to Gender Equality at the Highest Level
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
New York — More than 800 CEOs representing a global group of leading corporations from all sectors and regions have made a public commitment to support the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a joint initiative of the UN Global Compact and UN Women, which is now the largest voluntary corporate platform to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community.
Building on this momentum, the two partner organizations have appointed new co-chairs of the WEPs Leadership Group. As longtime champions of the WEPs and gender equality globally, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and Joe Keefe, Chief Executive Officer of Pax World Funds, will provide high-level strategic advice to the initiative, which has grown enormously from the 39 original CEO signers of the WEPs CEO Statement of Support in 2010.
Speaking about the new appointments, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said, "Strong alliance with the private sector for women's empowerment is a top priority for me. Elizabeth Broderick and Joe Keefe know so well how the business community, as employers and thought leaders, are on the front line of making the changes that will count in culture, recruitment, training and career structures for women." She added, "The Women's Empowerment Principles are the essential platform that will help us to tackle inequality and discrimination and drive inclusion and innovation."
Read the full press release at The UN Global Compact: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/news/1211-09-02-2014


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Last night the star-studded premiere of "Battleship" went down in Atlanta and "The Real Housewives of Atlanta's" Marlo Hampton hit the red carpet in head to toe white. She stepped out in Valentino Silk Flat Front Pants with blouse by Theory and IRO Alessia Tuxedo Jacket. A Versace clutch purse, Chanel and Hermès gold-tone bracelets, and orange Jimmy Choo 'Anouk' Pointed-Toe Patent Leather Pumps completed her look.
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Alrighty, we have a new schedule planned for June!
So forget the previous dates for June. These are the new course dates:
Stage 2 Course
15th and 16th June
10.00am – 17.00pm
2 Full Days of fun on the water!
Email me if your child already has some dinghy sailing experience to sign up at firstname.lastname@example.com
The Next Stage 1 Course for your child to learn how to sail is on 4 Half days in June:
1st session: 22nd June, 9.30-13.00
2nd session: 23 rd June, 9.30-13.00
3rd session: 29th June, 9.30-13.00
4th Session: 30th June, 13.30-17.00
(it is compulsory to attend all 4 sessions)
For bookings and more info email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or check out the Activites page under Sail School.
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Farrah Abraham has landed a deal with the gentlemen's club she's been working at since July.
Last week, a source outed her as a dancer. Now, Farrah says she's landed a six-figure deal to dance at the club August 22 through the end of December.
The former MTV Teen Mom reality star says, "The club loved how hardworking and focused I was, so they offered me a $544,000 agreement to be celebrity house feature."
"I've learned that this industry has class, strength, and has taught me life skills to better myself for my daughter's future," she added. "I'm thankful and shocked that my job shadowing has lead me to another amazing opportunity.
"Palazio Gentlemen's Club has shown me and other women how we should be respected, treated and cared for and not to settle for less," she continued. "The owner, management and staff have all been caring and wonderful to work with."
The club is charging $2,500 for an hour or $500 for 10 minutes. "I'm thankful and can use this to expand [my frozen yogurt shop] Froco's second location!" Farrah said. "I'm super excited!"
"It benefits everybody," BeBe Montgomery, manager of Palazio, said. "It's really fun."
"I hired Farrah as a waitress about a month ago and then we talked about it," the manager added. "She decided to switch to dancing. And then we talked again and came to an agreement for six figures. We're really happy and excited."
Previously, Farrah claimed she worked at the club for research. She insisted, "I've been trying out all the roles that make up a gentleman's club, including cocktailing and dancing. There's management and there's cooking too. It's job shadowing that I hope pays off."


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The Fool Proof Samigon Reel
After a hiatus from photography of about 18 years, I washed my old stainless steel reels and gave them another shot. Forget it. All thumbs. Crinkled film. Too aggravating. So I bought some
A perusal of the B&H Photo site yielded Samigon plastic reels. According to the description, they are fool proof. These reels look very much like
Like Paterson reels, they have a larger diameter than stainless steel reels and will not fit in stainless steel tanks. They also load just like
The fool proof Samigon reels have no instructions, and it took a few minutes for this fool to figure out that the reel has to be taken apart to remove the developed film. Like the
Speaking of Photo-Flo, it is best not to immerse plastic reels into Photo-Flo solution. Residue tends to accumulate on the plastic, causing binding when trying to slide the film in the slot. Also, since you will be pushing about five feet of film into a spiral track, it is vital that the leading edge of the film not have any rough edges or spikes. I generally make a rounded leading edge with scissors before trying to load the film. Also, both Paterson and Samigon reels use a pair of ball bearings to "grab" the film while ratcheting it into the reel (visible in the second photo above). I have gotten several Paterson reels with a ball bearing that didn't jiggle freely in its slot. If both ball bearings don't jiggle freely in their slots, you cannot feed the film into the reel.


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Theatre review: Quartet at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Material this slight needs an impeccably polished production, yet it's stiff and old-fashioned, and thoroughly artificial
If you like your theatre undemanding, mildly amusing and gently paced to the point of becoming soporific, then Ronald Harwood's 1999 play may be just your lukewarm cup of tea. Like Harwood's superior The Dresser, it's concerned with the offstage reality of people who have made their living, and their lives, from performance. An unambitious, melancholy sitcom set in a residential home for retired classical musicians, it skims the surface of concerns about old age, mortality and the value of art, without offering any striking insights. It's bland popular fare.
Material this slight needs an impeccably polished production. Peter Rowe's staging, with a cast of familiar TV faces, musters rueful chuckles, shameless sentimentality and the odd, brief burst of impotent rage against the inevitable…


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Senator Lindsey Graham spoke the same fearmonger/warmonger propaganda recently, urging President Obama to strike Iran and cripple "their ability to wage war." He even said that we are probably past that point. This speech of stopping their ability to "wage war" sounds a lot like the rhetoric that we've heard from then-President George W. Bush, when he urged the American people to support his backtrack of foreign policy and used the same excuse.
"Instead of a surgical strike on their nuclear infrastructure, I think we're to the point now that you have to really neuter the regime's ability to wage war against us and our allies. And that's a different military scenario. It's not a ground invasion but it certainly destroys the ability of the regime to strike back."
As far as I know, Iran hasn't lobbed one weapon towards the continental United States or Iraq, or Afghanistan. It's not a "ground invasion", but an invasion just the same. And for the President to order such an attack without a Declaration of War from Congress is illegal.
Speaking on terms of retaliation on Iran's part, Graham said:
"You can expect that," he said. "You can expect, for a period of time, all hell to break loose. You must have to almost plan for that. And weigh that against the idea of a nuclear-armed Iran and what that means to the future of the world."
Well, it's finally time that someone admittted the obvious.
Graham said the current sanctions on Iran are not "crippling". Now by what he means by "crippling", he didn't elaborate, and, furthermore, I don't think that even he knows. Sanctions are an act of war and aggression, and they don't work. Before WWII, sanctions created Hitler. During the '90s, sanctions killed more that 500,000 people in Iraq.
Iran has said that if we attack (and they have a right to) they will retaliate on our forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and most certainly Israel. War begetts more war and brings no resemblance of peace.
Our current state in the Middle East is precarious at best. Iraq and Afghanistan are complete failures, and we are told that bin Laden is in Pakistan; adding more fuel to the military industrial complex's war machine. In an attempt to "fight terrorism" the United States government is trying to buy Pakistan's alliegance, which by most reports, isn't working.
Broadening our war machine to Iran will invigorate al-Qaeda and we will be fighting a well-armed military. Blood will be shed for a conflict that has no end in sight. By the end, the American people will be asking the most obvious of questions, "why did we do this for?" But this may come at a time when it is too late for the United States to realize the fact.


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Well, it's about time I did one of these blogs that people have been raving about. Actually, (to tell you the truth) reading other people's blogs is one of my guilty pleasures, and I've been meaning to do one myself, but have always put it on my "to do" lists. Anyhow, let me go ahead and introduce myself! My name is Tina, and I was born in Seattle, WA. My mother is from the island of Samos Greece from a tiny village 300 meters above sea level called Ambelos. You can read about my village and my house for summer rent here. We vacationed here almost every summer until I graduated High School in '99 and started "visiting" more often. By that, I mean staying in Seattle 4 months out of the year and living and working in Samos for the rest, until I finally took the plunge in 2004 and moved indefinitely. I met my husband Vasili here in the village and we married in 2006. in 2008 we welcomed our little baby boo boy Makis. The rest is history! And I'll tell you all about it later!
This is a picture of our little village "Ambelos" Last time they checked, we had about 175 residents. On a good day, right across the sea we can see Izmir, Turkey. And to our right in the distance is the city of Kusadasi, Turkey. The views are A-MAZ-ING!


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I wasn't sure about The Magicians, the Syfy fantasy series based on Lev Grossman's trilogy. As you know, I am dubious of Syfy's quality, even when they don't actually produce the show (which they usually do not). The quality of Syfy movies has tainted their episodic productions in my eyes – even though they are now, brilliantly, using the absolute terribleness of their movies as a marketing tool! I applaud their insight.
I also wasn't a huge fan of the first book. Entitled, magical twenty-somethings in New York City aren't my demo, and I didn't know what the show was going to make of that.
I watched the first episode and I liked it. I thought they were onto something. By Episode Three or so, however, it had fallen into a slump, and much like the middle of the first book, I was stuck with characters I disliked while they did boring things. I checked out for a while.
Fortunately for me, the show picked up again around Episode Six, when apparently it woke up and decided that while it owed its life to Grossman's books, hey, wait a minute, it was episodic television! It could go off in some different directions! Once that happened, for the most part, the story settled in and got good. Then it got riveting.
Television shows employ a different style of story-telling than novels do; like anything, it means they can do some things better, and some things not as well. The Magicians series has not done justice to Alice's story. On the plus side, it managed to make the character of Penny accessible in a way he never was in the book. The book was written in close third person from Quentin's POV, and Quentin hated Penny. Therefore, we only saw Penny as someone who was hated. The TV show frees us from that. The writing is good, but I have to say 90% of what makes Penny engaging is the performance of Arjun Gupta.
Choosing to run the story of Julia, who did not get into the prestigious magic school Brakebills, in parallel with the story of sad sack Quentin, who did, was a stroke of brilliance, but unfortunately it was Julia's story that dragged for a while. Her sparring with "hedge witch" Marina got old… but Julia's anger at Quentin and the spell she flings at him led to one of my favorite scenes in the entire season; the Taylor Swift musical number in the asylum. That was simply awesome.
One thing Grossman wanted to do, in his trilogy, was question and explore the concept of the lone hero, the "chosen one," and the dangers inherent in that motif. The show does that pretty well, although the need for a suspenseful, dramatic story arc squashes that discussion a bit until we get to the finale. In the show, the character of Julia rather than Quentin seems like the toxic hero whose questing, heroic acts rebound in terrible ways. Julia had that experience in the books too, but it played out differently than it did here.
The performers go a long way to making this show; Olivia Taylor Dudley captures brittle, brilliant lone-wolf Alice perfectly. Jason Ralph makes the unlikable Quentin plausible and almost bearable. I think Hale Appleton, as Eliot, steals the show for me, though. He takes a very standardized if not stereotypical character, the Languid Witty Gay Guy, and infuses him with real humor, loyalty and loss. And in the last quarter of the season, when Eliot begins to melt down, Appleton makes me believe every second of it.
(It's a measure of the quality of both the writing and the performance that I actually shouted at the TV, "Why aren't you helping Eliot? Can't you see what's happening?" while I was watching. That's engagement.)
Stella Maeve, who plays Julia, has a harder time of it in many ways, but her occasional "you have got to be kidding me" facial expression often saves the day.
Secondary characters don't fare quite as well, and this is a fault of storytelling, not the performers. When I can tell whether Marina is going to be vengeful bitch or a helpful ally simply by the thickness of her eyeliner, Houston, we have a problem.
I'm not sure they completely pulled off the one-hour-and-six-minute season finale, for a couple of reasons (the fixation with sperm is one), but they created real suspense that came directly from the motivations and actions of the characters. I'm still not all in – the stumbles along the way make me worry that this show could still turn into a slavering, demonic hybrid of Friends and Supernatural – but I am cautiously awaiting Season Two to see how it turns out. And I'm hopeful.
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Adults and kids will love this mild crunchy fish. Serve with a salad, steamed green beans or asparagus and rice for a balanced meal.
Makes 4 servings
What you need:
400 g fresh or frozen light white fish (approximately 2-4 basa or tilapia fillets)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup bread crumbs
2 tsp. Cajun seasoning
Cayenne pepper to taste (optional if you like it hot!)
1 tbsp. fresh parsley (or 1 tsp dried parsley)
Fresh ground pepper to taste
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
Fresh Lemon wedges (optional)
How you prepare:
- Pour milk into a shallow dish.
- Pour bread crumbs into a separate second shallow dish and add Cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper (optional), parsley and fresh ground pepper.
- Heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a non-stick pan.
- Dip both sides of the fish fillet into milk mixture and then into breadcrumb mixture.
- Pan-fry fish 3-5 minutes on each side until the bread crumb coating becomes slightly golden coloured and fish flakes easily when cut.
- Serve with optional lemon quarters on the side.
- If your kids like fish fingers prepare this recipe but cut the fish into fingers instead. You can pan fry or alternatively bake on a greased rimmed baking sheet, turning once, for about 15 minutes or until golden color and fish flakes easily when cut.
- If you like breaded fish and want some variation try replacing the Cajun seasoning with dried oregano, basil, garlic powder or your other favourite herbs and spices.
Per serving:
275 Calories
30 g Protein
21 g Carbohydrates
7.6 g Fat
1.2 g Fibre


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Prince Royce Makes His First Visit To Seacrest Studios Very Special
Singer-songwriter Prince Royce visited Seacrest Studios at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and gave an impromptu performance to one very excited patient. He spent time with all of the patients and families that joined us in studio.
Listed as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" in People en Espanol, we quickly learned he is is just as beautiful on the inside. We are so appreciative of his visit, and hope it was just one of many visits he make to Seacrest Studios in the future!


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The Detroit Lions announced Monday that they've re-signed restricted free agent WR T.J. Jones.
Detroit used the original-round restricted tender on Jones, which will cost them $1.907 million for the 2018 season.
Jones, 25, is a former sixth-round pick of the Lions back in 2014. He played out the final year of his contract and made a base salary of $615,000 for the 2017 season.
In 2017, Jones appeared in 14 games for the Lions and caught 39 passes for 399 yards receiving and one touchdown. He also totaled 105 kick return yards and 47 punt return yards for Detroit.


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Yesterday truly was a Wicked Wednesday, I, for one am very glad to have that day and my miserable, whiny assed, self pitying mood behind me. I'm wondering how my friend, Maritzais feeling? She had a negative result after her first IVF yesterday. I remember my first failed IVF, I thought the world was coming to an end, I even had to take time off work. Because of the PGD we knew we lost little boys, little boys I'd mistakenly named, little boys who's pictures I couldn't bring myself to part with for months afterwards. Little boys that I loved so much even though they were only little blobs of dividing cells, I thought my heart would break knowing I'd never get to meet them. The first of anything is always the scariest/most exciting/toughest/hardest to get through or recover from. So Maritza, the best assvice I can give you is to give yourself time. I know it sounds so cliché, but please don't make the same mistake I did. I felt that the only way I could recover from my failed IVF was to try again as quickly as possible, in a way it was my way of having to avoid the pain of the loss, because lets face it, an IVF is a far bigger deal than timed cycles or IUI's and a failed IVF is far tougher than a failed timed cycle or failed IUI. In fact thinking about you last night gave me some perspective and I realized how my self pity was totally unfounded in th face of what you are going through.
I also read my friend, Elize's blog yesterday and she had a very interesting topic, one I've been thinking about for months now, but one that I've been to terrified to verbalize because I don't know the answer to this question for myself and I'm afraid of the consequences, and the question is this: Do we really want children? There I said it! But am I brave enough to face it? I don't know. But it's a question that has been milling about in my mind for months now. In the About Me section of my blog I describe myself as determined, compassionate and sensitive. Those are some of my good qualities, there are some pretty ugly ones as well, determined for starters is according to my husband the greatest understatement in terms of words that describe me. I'm quite possibly the most strong willed person I know. I know what I want and when I want it and if I want something now, you better darn well give it to me right now or you're going to pay dearly until you regret it soo badly that you will give it to me anyway. Ugly I know, I'm capable of throwing tantrums that most 2 years old would be envious of, I could teach them a thing or two about tantrum throwing. Another ugly characteristic is I'm EXTREMELY competitive, now I know in some context's that's actually a good quality, but not in others and perhaps my overly competitive nature is what has made my infertility so much tougher to deal with. Because everything is a race and the more of my friends that go and fall pregnant and have babies the more I feel like I've lost the race and in loosing that ugly monster jealousy raises its very ugly head. My competitiveness is also what I believe has led me to have an "unnatural response to anxiety" according to my FS and the therapist I saw and the Specialist Physician that I saw. I put HUGE pressure on myself to perform, to be the best, to do the best, to win at all costs and when I see that I'm not the best, being the best or loosing what I perceive to be a race I get extremely stressed by it and then the tantrums start. So now that I've painted this very attractive picture of myself, let me explain why I believe those qualities are relevant to the question of do I really want a child?
I've always wanted to be a mother, from the time I was a little girl, my dollie was my baby and when my mother took care of my little brother, I took care of my dollie, her name was Bonnie. As I grew up I dreamed of the day I would be a Mommy, when I got married the first time, my ex and I tried for a baby, but thankfully I never got pregnant. Three months before Walter and I tied the knot, I came off the pill and started preparing to TTC. We got pregnant on honeymoon, we were over joyed, but it was short lived. I had a miscarriage. From there we started trying immediatelyfor another baby, I wanted to get pregnant again so that I wouldn't have to feel the pain of the loss and so began a truly vicious cycle of getting pregnant, having a miscarriage, running from the heartache and trying again and so it went. I became to obsessed with running away from the pain of the loss that somewhere along the line I think I've forgotten about why we started withthis in the first place. I don't know if the reason I want to fall pregnant now is because I want to have a child, or I don't want to deal with the pain of my miscarriages. I don't know the answer to that anymore. It really scares me, if I don't know the answer to that, then how do I know that I really want a child. Maybe one of the reasons I want a child so badly is to show everyone who went before me, look I finished the race, look I beat infertility, look I am worthy of being a mother and of raising a child. Perhaps the reason I push so hard and fall so hard into the depths of dispair every time I get my period is more because I feel I have failed and not gotten what I want and has less to do withactually having a baby. Is my overwhelming desire more about my ugly personality traits than it is about maternal instinct and wanting a child? I know I started off with the right reasons for doing this, I'm just not sure I'm carrying on for the right reasons.
I spoke to Walter about this this morning, it really scares me to put this into words because I'm afraid of making the wrong decision and having to deal withthe consequences further on down the line. But what if I don't really want a child? I mean sometimes I question if I'd actually be a good mother. For example, another wonderful personality trait I have is that I'm the most miserable person if I have not had a good 8 hours sleep, how will I cope witha little baby? I'm terrible with anything that I perceive as dirty or smelly. For example, this morning I got some mud stuck on the bottom of my Crocs while hanging washing on the line. From the second I noticed the mud stuck under my shoe I started gagging and dry heaving so loudly and uncontrollably that Walter almost choked from the way he was laughing at me, because I convinced myself that even though I had lifted the shoe to my nose and it had no smell, it must be poo. When I told Walter it was mud as it had not smell, he responded: "Ja its Dog Butt Mud" well that's exactly where the gagging and heaving started. How will I change a pooynappy if non smelling dog butt mud makes me gag? Also, I LOVE our lifestyle, we can drink as much wine on a Saturday night at a dinner party with friends (childless friends I should add) and not worry about who's going to get up for the baby. We go out whenever we feel like it, do whatever we like. I spend a fortune every month on manicures, pedicures, facials, highlights and hairdo's, clothes, shoes, bags etc etc. Will I be happy when baby comes along and I can't do any of those things? Oooh, and there's another ugly personality trait, I'm clearly pretty selfish.
So as much as it scares me, I think I need to spend sometime thinking about do I really want a child?


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Dec. 12, 2017 — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) is among the top 20 colleges and universities in the nation in terms of social mobility, a term synonymous with a low income students being able to improve their socioeconomic circumstances.
CSUCI is ranked number 18 out of 1,363 universities in the "Social Mobility Index" (SMI), which was developed by CollegeNET — a software company for higher education, and PayScale, Inc. an online salary, benefits and compensation information company.
The SMI measures the extent to which a college or university educates more economically-disadvantaged students at a lower tuition rate, then graduates them into promising careers.
CSUCI Executive Director of Student Academic Success & Equity Initiatives Amanda Quintero, Ph.D. believes CSUCI excels at social mobility because the University takes special care to provide encouragement, tutoring and practical support to students and families who may not be familiar with the college experience.
"This recognition made me feel very proud of the work we've been doing," Quintero said. "For a long time, I've been applying for funding available to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Some of the criteria is that we have a minimum of 30 percent of students receiving Pell Grants. Over time, that number has skyrocketed to about 50 percent. Nearly half come from under-resourced communities and about 60 percent are the first in their families on a pathway to completing a baccalaureate degree."
In fact, all 23 CSU campuses appeared in the top quartile of the listings, with five CSU campuses in the overall top ten.
Data was collected through third-party sources such as Payscale, Inc. and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The index measured five criteria when compiling statistics: tuition cost; the percentage of the student body from low-income households; graduation rates; and the size of a school's endowment.
Quintero often works with students who are the first in their family to attend college, and these students are often from lower socioeconomic backgrounds reaping the greatest benefit from higher education as a tool for social mobility.
Quintero herself is the picture of social mobility. She rose from poverty to become the first of her family to attend college, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in Education from Claremont Graduate University.
"It was really tough. It was a hard, hard road," she said. "I worked full time the entire time I was on this path. I had to work two or three jobs in order to go to school. At times it was very lonely."
But in the end, she said, the sacrifice was more than worth it because she improved circumstances for her entire family, and for generations ahead.
Her advice to those who are seeking an education despite few economic resources is to "never give up," she said.
"It's not always going to be easy. Ultimately the sacrifice they're making is going to change the trajectory of their family forevermore," she said. "This is something much bigger than themselves."


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The Guarantee of a Future
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What does it mean that the Holy Spirit guarantees our future inheritance?
The early Christians understood something that sometimes modern Christians have forgotten, and that is that the kingdom is not only future, but because the king who is yet to come has already come, the future has invaded history. And that's why you have passages in the New Testament, for example 1 Corinthians 2:9, 10 where Paul says, "Eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither has it entered the human heart what God has prepared for those who love him, but God has revealed them to us by his Spirit." Or in 2 Corinthians and in Ephesians 1, he uses a term that often appears in business documents for a down payment. He says that we have received the first installment of our future inheritance by receiving the Spirit. We have received a foretaste of the future world, because we're not just expecting a future resurrection and a future Messiah, a future king, but we're expecting a king who has already come, who has already been raised from the dead and, therefore for us, we have a foretaste, and we need to live like the people of the future age. We need to live for the future in this present age to let the world have a foretaste of what heaven is going to be like.
Dr. Craig Keener teaches New Testament studies at Asbury Theological Seminary.


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my wife has little sex may be because of age and her fitness
dont ask for it, tease her a little be romantic and she will give it to you. Theres no such thing as too old for sex, there is a such as thing as too young for sex but thats a whole different ballgame.lol good luck
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Spring is in the air. Temperatures are warming, flowers are blooming, and this year's crop of new tires is hitting the shelves. This is the time when tire makers release their latest summer tires–especially the 200-treadwear, extreme-performance summer tires that have become so popular for autocross and track participants.
This year's class includes only one updated tire, but it comes from Dunlop, long a stalwart of the group. Their Direzza Z1 first came out 10 years ago, and the line has been steadily improving through regular updates every year or two. Dunlop typically releases these new tires in Japan first, with U.S. customers getting them about a year later.
True to form, the Japanese-market ZIII superseded the ZII Star Spec a year ago. Thanks mostly to a revised compound, Dunlop claimed, the new tire shortened lap times by 1.5 percent. Does that hold true for the new USDM version? We decided to find out.
The current top dogs in the category for both autocross and time trial are the BFGoodrich g-Force Rival S 1.5 and the Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R. Since we haven't done a direct comparison of these two in quite some time, we chose to put both of them in the test loop. Further, in addition to having our usual two drivers, this time we tested tires on two different vehicles–each one set up for a different class and featuring different rim widths. We also added a completely separate venue, a track test, into the mix.
We chose the common 205/50R15 tire size and rounded up the necessary rims. Three sets of 15×8-inch 6UL wheels from 949 Racing came out of our garage, along with a similar quantity of 15×6- and 15×7-inch wheels supplied by friends.
DAVID AND KIM WHITENER are the standard-bearers for hard work and accomplishment in the SCCA Street Touring Sports autocross ranks. Countless hours spent developing and testing new parts, plus time spent evolving their driving technique, have brought them numerous championships and a finely tuned vehicle. On this day David served as primary test driver, while Kim collected both subjective and objective test data.
ANDY HOLLIS joined in as a second driver to add veracity to the results and provide another point of view. All have their own driving style and associated setup/tire preferences.
To establish optimal inflation and look for trends, we ran each tire around the skidpad at a variety of pressures using our STS Miata. Given that ambient temperatures were in the low 60s all day, we warmed up each set by doing a few high-slip-angle laps in each direction–what some might call hooning.
Even though we've done some skidpad work before on the BFGoodrich Rival S 1.5 and Bridgestone RE-71R, we repeated the procedure this day to practice our technique and clean off the skidpad.
Each of these known quantities delivered the results we expected: Both turned very similar lap times and were fairly agnostic to pressure from a grip standpoint. The Bridgestone tire felt pointier, while the BFG seemed a bit numb at the limit. This feel could be tuned somewhat by varying the pressures within the optimal range.
The new Dunlop Direzza ZIII behaved just like its predecessor: It cared more about heat than inflation. Its quickest laps were its first ones, and it was faster than either of the established benchmarks.
As we let more and more air out of the tire, however, subsequent lap times increased. Smelling a rat, we went back to the original high starting pressure–and the tire continued to get slower. The tread surface also became hot enough to burn our hand. In the end, we settled on 28 psi as a hot test pressure for all the tires.
Next, we gathered skidpad times for each tire using our E Street Miata–the same 205/50R15 tires but mounted on 15×6-inch wheels. Thanks to some time constraints, we used the same inflation for each tire tested–32 psi. (We arrived at that figure by surveying some of the quickest E Street competitors in the nation.) Our goal this time was to see how pure grip would be affected by the car's pinched, camber-challenged setup.
The E Street car felt surprisingly neutral around the circle, and each tire exhibited the same handling characteristics we felt on the Street Touring S car. We were just going a whole lot slower this time–a full eight-tenths of a second slower.
Some of that was due to the test car's stock ride height and suspension settings, but a very large part was simply a lack of grip due to compromised contact patch. Further, note that the Dunlop had gone from the quickest of the bunch to the slowest. Would this carry over to the autocross course?
TEST CAR: NA-chassis STS Mazda Miata
INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: Two characteristics of the Dunlop immediately jumped out: the small slip angles it favored and its very direct feel. The more we turned the wheel, the tighter the tire turned. Still, the breakaway was quite progressive and easy to manage. The Bridgestone had a similar feel, but wasn't as sharp. The BFGoodrich had the most progressive behavior at the limit, but it spoke a very different language when conveying feedback to the driver.
Moving over to our permanent test course, which combines a slalom with offsets as well as both on- and off-camber sweepers, each driver took two pairs of two-lap runs on each set of tires. Subjective comments were collected during each cooldown break. We started with the BFGoodrich; then, after running through the other two tires, we ran the BFGoodrich again at the end of the rotation to ensure consistent conditions.
We collected a lot of data, and there are a lot of ways to slice it. We'll present it all here so that you can draw your own conclusions.
For us, the obvious point is that in this application, the Dunlop performed nearly as well as the BFGoodrich and Bridgestone, especially once heat tolerance was pulled from the equation. On cooler days, or with plenty of break time between runs, the Dunlop will be very quick. Our test schedule limited the cool-down time between each test, however, so our drivers delivered lap times that were progressively slower on that tire only.
Andy, who likes a more responsive tire, was consistently faster on the Dunlop even though he had quicker single-lap split times on the other two tires. David, who likes more slip, was consistently quicker on the BFGoodrich–likely aided by the fact that he runs them on this car all the time, albeit in a larger size (225mm) on a narrower rim (7.5 inches).
Both drivers reported a disconnect between what the Dunlop's carcass signaled and what the compound delivered. "The steering writes checks that the grip can't cash," said Andy, "so you have to recalibrate your inputs." David went so far as to describe the tire as "boring" since it did not reward sliding around, though he did still like it a lot.
FINAL THOUGHTS: The battle between BFGoodrich and Bridgestone remains unsettled, since each driver went faster on the tire that best matched his driving style. According to David, the BFGoodrich driver will have to look farther ahead and make even earlier inputs–two abilities that are not always typical of novice and intermediate drivers. Still, the BFGoodrich also tolerates mistakes better than the Bridgestone. The Bridgestone's responsiveness also allows for later inputs, so long as they are the correct ones.
TEST CAR: NB-chassis E Street Mazda Miata
INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: We have typically done our tire testing with wheels that are optimally sized for the tires. The rule of thumb says the measured tread width should match or slightly exceed the rim width.
The tread width on 205/50R15 tires measures about 7.2 inches, which was a nice fit for the 15×8-inch wheels we used in the first round of testing. Based on experience, we predicted that our results would likely carry over to the 7.5-inch-wide rims found in the Street Touring S class.
Our next round of testing using our E Street Miata had the potential to answer a couple new questions. What happens when you pinch that same tire onto a class-legal, 15×6-inch wheel? And does the limited camber of a Street-category car make a difference?
Back on the autocross course, we went through the same testing cycle, although this time we used the Bridgestone as our control tire. The softer E Street Miata required a complete recalibration of inputs here.
Before looking at the timing results, both drivers praised the Dunlop's responsiveness for "fixing" much of the softer suspension's slop, and both predicted that it would be the winner of our shootout.
Andy subjectively ranked the Bridgestone second. "Just the right amount of response and grip–very balanced," he reported. David once again praised the BFGoodrich: "Turn-in is overrated; these tires reward talent. Mid-corner corrections can be made, unlike the other tires."
FINAL THOUGHTS: The actual times, however, show why we gather objective data: The stopwatch puts the Dunlop solidly in last place. By a lot. For both drivers.
Conjecture is that the E Street car's pinched installation and camber-challenged suspension localized the heat build-up around the outer edge of the tires, overheating them almost immediately. The steering response was still there, but not the grip.
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As always, there is no single conclusion to be drawn from our testing. These sessions provide just one set of data points to be used as a reference in generating a "preponderance of evidence" that leads to a final answer.
That said, it is quite clear that Dunlop has improved its Z-line enough that it's on par with BFGoodrich's Rival S and Bridgestone's Potenza RE-71R–at least in certain circumstances. In those cases, optimal wheel sizing and suspension settings help distribute the tire loads across the tread face, keeping the Dunlop in its optimal heat range. Once it's out of that sweet spot, however, this tire is heavily compromised. Further, it will likely be quicker than the others in the wet or in the cooler weather of the shoulder seasons, but slower in the heat of the summer.
The continuing battle for top tire between the Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R and BFGoodrich g-Force Rival S 1.5 has no winner. These tires are both very good, but they suit different driving and setup preferences.
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Our recommendation? Pick a tire, adapt both your car and driving to that choice, and then stock up.
TEST CAR: NA-chassis H2R Miata Challenge Mazda Miata
Harris Hill Raceway is the typical country club-style membership track. Cars and motorcycles are given their own days where members have free rein to run as much or as little as they want.
Once a month, however, the track comes alive with legit wheel-to-wheel racing with the club's own home-brewed H2R Miata Challenge series. The cars are all early Miatas prepped somewhere between Showroom Stock and Spec Miata. Some 50 cars have been built, with most race weekends attracting at least 35 entries.
As with any competition, builders have found ways to make the cars faster and faster–to the point where they are now several seconds a lap quicker than originally planned, making each circuit a nearly flat-out affair.
To improve the racing, organizers decided to slow the cars a bit, and the simplest way was to mandate a less-grippy tire. The challenge, however, was finding one that is also fun to drive, lasts a long time, and doesn't chunk with track abuse. They settled on the Dunlop Direzza ZII Star Spec.
The ZIII is now superseding the ZII Star Spec in our market, though, so a new spec tire was needed. Questions were asked: Will the new Dunlop degrade the racing even further by offering too much grip? Is there a better alternative?
One key contender that kept popping up was the Falken Azenis RT-615K+, so we devised a test to evaluate the options. Pro racer and Solo national champ Tom O'Gorman, who was coming in fresh off a win at COTA in his first race of the Pirelli World Challenge season, was in town for that face-off. Tom gets up to speed very quickly and is very consistently at the limit–both important qualities in a test driver.
Timers were installed, tires were mounted, and laps were turned. Since the ZII Star Spec was the current spec, it became our baseline and was run at both the beginning and end of the test. This also gave back-to-back comparisons against each of the new contenders in our A-B-C-A test rotation.
Tom commented that the ZII Star Spec had good overall grip plus progressive breakaway both in cornering and under threshold braking. He also said the ZII provided nice, audible feedback, allowed a large slip angle, and was easy to adjust mid-corner with just the throttle. His baseline times were just north of 33.5 seconds, which is typical for the series.
Then Tom moved to the theoretically faster ZIII. He said he found more overall grip but a noticeable rolling resistance when cornering, accompanied by a heavy steering feel. Feedback went from fairly quiet to a raging howl near the limit. Breakaway was more abrupt, although braking performance was improved. Surprisingly, Tom's ZIII times were two-tenths slower than his times on the outgoing ZII Star Spec: 33.91 seconds versus 33.71.
We believe that the softer compound added more drag during those long sweepers, thus slowing the massively underpowered car as soon as the wheel was turned. (By definition, a slip angle produces a longitudinal braking force on the tire.)
Next, Tom went out on the Falken. He found it to be more predictable than the ZIII with less drama near the limit. The Falken was also talkative and ran at a medium slip angle, although peak grip was lower than with either of the Dunlops. Lap times were six-tenths slower than the ZII Star Spec's baseline round: 34.30 versus 33.71.
Bracketing the test with the ZII Star Spec again showed that Tom was finding more speed as he became familiar with the car, dropping his average lap time on that tire by a half-second. That made the back-to-back delta to the Falken a full second–exactly what the series organizers were looking for.
By virtue of being plentiful, inexpensive, slower and yet still fun to drive, the Falken RT-615K+ has been named the new spec tire for Harris Hill's H2R Miata Challenge series.
But wait, there's more: The whole reason we originally went to Harris Hill that day was to mount and scrub our tires for the autocross test at Mineral Wells. So while there we also mounted up our test tires on 15×8-inch wheels and put them on the H2R Miata Challenge car. Then we ran some laps–with a timer running, of course. While this wasn't our usual scientific test, the data is nonetheless interesting, if not conclusive.
The upshot is that the Rival S and RE-71R are largely interchangeable for lap times, although the latter did suffer from heat build-up and a subsequent drop-off in grip. The Bridgestone dropped off a bit on that third lap. The Dunlop ZIII was consistently a few steps behind both the BFGoodrich and Bridgestone.
The test did reveal something interesting about the ZIII: It picked up eight-tenths of a second when moved from the 15×7-inch wheel to the 15×8.
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It looks like some numbers got transposed on the ES car results.
Nice informative test! My only comment is to say that I've been running Dunlop Direzzas on my street cars ('99 M Rdstr, '99 M Coupe & '01 M Rdstr) for several years. One (1) set of gen one and two (2) sets of DZII SS (all are staggered 235/40x17 & 255/40x17 tires on 7.5" & 9.0" stock wheels for both '99s, and the '01 has 8.0" & 9.5" SSR Comps). They have excellent dry and wet traction__wet traction being frequently tested here in SW FL__inspiring confidence under all circumstances.
The one (1) set of first gen tires should probably be swapped out soon, more due to age than wear, so I will stick with Dunlop, only the DZIIIs this time.
I should look to see if the DZIIIs come in a 195/65 x 15 for my Healey, currently running on some aged out Hankooks!
Good job guys!
So basically once again nothing has changed this year. Want to be fast? Get the RE71R or the Rivals.
Thanks for doing this test guys! It sounds like the Dunlop is in the mix depending on car setup, temp and driving style.
I confess, I'm having a hard time understanding the results of the wider 225 on the ES car... can someone clarify? Were they all 225 on a 6" wheel on the ES car?
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