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John Howe (born August 21, 1957 in Vancouver, Canada) is a renowned artist, especially well-known for his illustrations of Middle-earth. He served as a lead concept artist and designer for The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy as well as The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy alongside fellow conceptual artist Alan Lee to ensure continuity of design.
John Howe was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from the École des Arts Dècoratifs of Strasbourg. Howe has illustrated many of Tolkien's works including The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He now lives in Neuchatel with his wife and son.
Howe's version of Boromir is based on his own face.
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings
Howe, along with his colleague Alan Lee, was the lead artist for The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy. Contrary to popular belief, he does not appear as one of the nine Kings of Men in the Prologue of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Howe is often identified as the second from the left, but a picture with better light shows that to be a different person.[1]
Published Artwork
Howe is one of HarperCollins' most used artists, and his cover art is frequently featured on translations as well.
Multiple editions
- The Hobbit
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King
- Unfinished Tales
- The Silmarillion
- The Book of Lost Tales Part One
- The Book of Lost Tales Part Two
- The Lays of Beleriand
- The Shaping of Middle-earth
- The Lost Road and Other Writings
- The Return of the Shadow
- The Treason of Isengard
- The War of the Ring
- Sauron Defeated
- Morgoth's Ring
- The War of the Jewels
- The Peoples of Middle-earth
- The History of Middle-earth Index
Calendars and books
- 1987 - Tolkien Calendar
- 1988 - Tolkien Calendar
- 1991 - Tolkien Calendar
- 1995 - Tolkien Calendar
- 1995 - The Tolkien Diary
- 1995 - There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit
- 1995 - The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth
- 1997 - Tolkien Calendar
- 1997 - Iron Crown Enterprises' Middle-earth Collectible Card Game
- 1998 - The History of The Lord of the Rings boxset
- 1999 - The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North
- 2000 - Lord of the Rings (board game)
- 2001 - Tolkien Calendar
- 2001 - The Lord of the Rings Tolkien Diary
- 2003 - The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth
- 2004 - War of the Ring (board game)
- 2006 - Battles of the Third Age (board game)
- "Illustrating Tolkien means treading warily, dipping one's brush in shadow and rinsing them in light. Battle and balance, down the impossible path between the clear and the obscure."
- ― John Howe on painting Middle-earth, Tolkien's World.
- "Somewhat shamefully I am obliged to admit that I first read The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and finally The Fellowship of the Ring. [...] Thus, I plunged directly into the world of Tolkien just above the Falls of Rauros and have been swimming diligently ever since."
- ― John Howe on his reading experience, Tolkien's World.
- "It was this place in North Island, and we wandered round these fields saying, well, Bag End can go here, that can be our party tree; it was very exciting. It's almost even more fun to have a location imposed upon you, because you really have to get down to brass tacks and figure it out, imagine it on paper. It's a real illustrator's job."
- ― John Howe on working for Weta, Interview.
See Also
- ↑ Published in: Chris Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare, page 3, also Jude Fisher, The Return of the King Visual Companion, page 32.


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Thursday will be the last day to get and use a promotional code entitling consumers to a discount on upgrading a new Windows 7 PC to Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
The offer is available only to consumers who purchased new Windows 7 PCs between June 2, 2012 and Jan. 31, 2013. Those PC buyers can upgrade online to Windows 8 Pro for $14.99. However, Microsoft has mandated a qualification process with this deal that involves a registration process and download -- and both steps have to be completed by Feb. 28, 2013 or the deal becomes void.
Microsoft's announcement describes the process. The promotional code gets sent via e-mail to the PC owner. It was a little ambiguous about when this promo code had to be used, meaning when Windows 8 Pro had to be installed by the user. However, today's announcement makes it clear that the installation has to occur by Feb. 28.
"Once you've registered for the Windows Upgrade Offer, you'll need to use your promo code by February 28th as well," the announcement states.
Microsoft had a couple of other Windows 8 promotional deals going at one time, but those offers expired at the end of January. This month, the suggested retail price of Windows 8 increased to $199.99 for Windows 8 Pro and $119.99 for Windows 8. Upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro now costs $99.99.
It is possible to upgrade to Windows 8 all the way back from Windows XP Service Pack 3, or it's possible to upgrade to Windows 8 from Windows Vista or Windows 7.
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For nearly 160 years, Boucheron has been putting its expertise at the service of the material. Scarcely hinted by the delicateness of the white mother-of-pearl crowned with gold beads, the serpent unveils a precious, chiseled body of sensual ripples.More detail
Frédéric Boucheron is born in 1831 into a family of clothiers. He breaks with family tradition at a young age to open his jewelry shop. Having learnt much about delicacy in materials, he begins to make his gold work as supple as the fabrics and lace of his childhood. Success is immediate and soon the whole of Paris is rushing to the door of his Palais Royal boutique. In 1893, he is the first jeweler to open a boutique Place Vendôme, making this place a showcase of savoir-vivre, savoir-faire and French elegance that has no equal in the world. It is Frédéric Boucheron's unique ability to capture the zeitgeist that also leads him to invent new ways of wearing jewelry. His success spreads abroad and the order books start to include the names of members of Royal families and later of Hollywood's biggest stars.Discover all of the Boucheron moments
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"GATT-Zilla vs. Flipper" Dolphin Case Demonstrates How Trade Agreements Undermine Domestic Environmental, Public Interest Policies
April 11, 2003
Proponents of sweeping trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) always have maintained that U.S. trade commitments do not affect or undermine domestic law. But the Bush administration's attack on a domestic environmental law is the latest proof – the "smoking dolphin," if you will – that trade commitments do lead to the erosion of domestic public interest policies.
On April 10, a federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked the Bush administration from gutting rules that forbid the use of the popular "dolphin safe" label on tuna caught using encirclement nets that endanger dolphins. Earth Island Institute, along with Samuel LaBudde, Humane Society of the United States, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Defenders of Wildlife, International Wildlife Coalition, Animal Welfare Institute, Society for Animal Protective Legislation, Animal Fund, and Oceanic Society had filed a federal lawsuit to block the Bush administration's proposed weakened tuna label.
The Bush administration announced on Dec. 31, 2002, that it planned to weaken the rules protecting dolphins from encirclement nets used to catch tuna.
Since 1992, the United States has been under orders to weaken the dolphin law in question after it was ruled to be an illegal trade barrier by an international tribunal operating under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. Recently, Mexico has stepped up threats of WTO action if the law is not changed. The Bush administration action underscores the concerns raised by public interest activists about domestic policies being attacked by foreign nations as illegal trade barriers in secret WTO tribunals.
The following provides a timeline of the challenge to the dolphin law and an explanation of the actions by the Clinton and Bush administration to comply with the resulting trade rulings and threats.
History of Dolphin Trade Case
For reasons that are poorly understood, yellowfin tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific often travel with dolphins. In the 1950s, tuna fishermen developed a deadly new method for catching the tuna. They would locate pods of dolphins swimming near the ocean surface and then herd the dolphins, along with the tuna swimming beneath, to the surface. Fishing vessels would then encircle the disoriented animals with giant purse seines, which could be drawn together at the bottom to trap the fish. The dolphins often drowned before they could be brought aboard the boat and released.
Outrage over the practice, which is estimated to have killed seven million dolphins in the region, helped spur Congress in 1972 to pass the Marine Mammal Protection Act. While this act drastically reduced the number of dolphin deaths, fishermen still were permitted under the act's provisions to kill tens of thousands of dolphins per year.
Public concern rose again in 1988, when an environmental activist secretly videotaped large numbers of dolphins being slaughtered on a Panamanian vessel. Congress that year banned tuna imports from countries that failed to meet U.S. dolphin conservation standards. Then in 1990, Congress reacted to a growing grassroots movement by creating the highly popular "dolphin safe" labeling program, which outlawed the use of the label for tuna caught using encirclement nets. In 1992, Congress banned the U.S. sale of all tuna that was not "dolphin safe."
Mexico and several other countries challenged the ban as a violation of the GATT. In 1991, a GATT tribunal ruled that U.S. law violated GATT rules because it treated physically identical "goods" – tuna – differently according to the manner in which they were caught, harvested or processed. Even though such "process and production" distinctions are vital to many environmental and other laws, the GATT tribunal ruled that the United States was allowed to protect dolphins only through "less trade restrictive measures." The panel also ruled that under trade rules, a country may not set regulations on its own markets that have implications reaching beyond its borders.
Initially, the United States did not change its dolphin law to conform with the GATT ruling. The fight over congressional approval of the NAFTA becoming heated and the Clinton administration thought that gutting a popular dolphin protection because of a trade ruling in a case brought by Mexico would threaten congressional approval of NAFTA. The 1991 GATT case had achieved a high profile because it was the first obvious attack on an environmental policy brought under the authority of a trade pact. But GATT rules required a consensus, which the United States could block, before sanctions could be levied.
But in 1995, the dispute resolution rules changed drastically with the formation of the WTO, which had been created by the Uruguay Round of the GATT and approved by Congress the previous year. The WTO featured an automatically binding dispute resolution system, meaning the United States lost its ability to keep the dolphin policy without suffering sanctions.
In 1995, with NAFTA already implemented and the WTO in effect, Mexico threatened to bring a challenge to the WTO over the United States' continuing failure to implement the 1991 GATT dolphin ruling. To avoid the embarrassing spectacle of being ordered by the WTO to "kill Flipper," the Clinton administration sought to weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Shortly after the 1996 election, President Clinton wrote a personal letter to then-Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo declaring that within 30 days of his new term, he would bring the U.S. marine mammal law into compliance with the 1991 GATT ruling.
Through 1996, a coalition of consumer, environmental and wildlife groups fought to uphold the law in Congress. In 1997, after an even bigger push by the Clinton administration, this time directly led by Vice President Al Gore and then-Undersecretary of State Timothy Wirth, Congress amended the Marine Mammal Protection Act. After skirmishes in court, the embargo against tuna caught with purse seines was lifted. However, tuna caught in ways that killed dolphins could not use the coveted "dolphin safe" label – making it considerably less marketable. The law stipulated that tuna caught with encirclement nets could be labeled "dolphin safe" only if a special dolphin safety observer (on boats as long as a football field) witnessed no dolphins deaths. The change to the definition "dolphin safe" was to go into effect only if a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) study mandated by the new legislation concluded that there were no detrimental impacts on dolphin populations by encirclement tuna fishing if certain techniques, such as divers, were used to free trapped animals.
In April 1999, then-Commerce Secretary William Daley announced that based on the results of NMFS' preliminary report, it would implement the 1997 amendment effective February 2, 2000. This would mean that the labeling standard for "dolphin safe" tuna would be weakened from a standard of "no encirclement fishing" to "no observed dolphin deaths." The Mexican government welcomed the tardy implementation of the GATT order.
However, in August 1999, environmentalists led by Earth Island Institute filed suit against the Commerce Department, arguing that Daley had acted arbitrarily and ignored scientific evidence when he promulgated the new regulation. The change in dolphin labeling was temporarily stayed. In April 2000, a U.S. district court ruled against the Commerce Department. In July 2001, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling. The Mexican government revived its threats of a new WTO case.
Mexican tuna could still be imported under the law the Clinton administration had persuaded Congress to pass. It just could not be labeled "dolphin safe." Mexico argued that this situation did not satisfy the GATT ruling of 1991 and continued to hold the threat of a WTO case over the United States' head.
Watching two different administrations scramble to kill a popular domestic law at the mere threat of WTO action puts into perspective why so many countries no longer wait for a formal WTO challenge before weakening laws under attack.
In 2002, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans attempted to introduce identical regulations as the Daley rules to change the definition of "dolphin safe" to comply with Mexico's GATT-WTO demands. Last September, NMFS released the final report on dolphin populations required by the 1997 statute. The report found that dolphin stocks are depleted, that purse seine nets exert stress on dolphins and that dolphins are not recovering. However, another study required by the 1997 statute found that "purse-seine fishery is not having a significant adverse impact on any depleted dolphin stock."
On the basis of this latter report, on Dec. 31, 2002, Secretary Evans announced the Commerce Department would allow "dolphin safe" labels on tuna caught using the dolphin encirclement technique. Environmental groups filed suit and a temporary stay was granted in early January 2003. A hearing in the case is now scheduled on April 7 in San Francisco.
It is easy to lose track of why three presidents, four U.S. trade representatives, five U.S. Congresses, and three Mexican presidents have been working diligently to undermine a remarkably successful U.S. environmental law. But in the end, these most recent and perhaps dolphin-deadly developments illustrate how indeed so-called trade agreements do undermine vital domestic environmental and other public interest policies.


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Should a Son Satisfy Dad's Fever for a Cabin?
I have a problem. My father wants to downsize from the house he is in currently and move into my cabin—which I built about six years ago. Dad said he will pay me $1,000 a month, plus utilities. It's an attractive offer, but I will be giving up use of the cabin. Dad did say that I can stop up anytime to use it, but it's going to be like bringing a girlfriend to my parents' house. The more I think about this, the more I dislike it. What do you think: Should I have my father as a tenant?
The plus side of this arrangement is $1,000 a month. The minus is that you can't really use your house/cabin/girlfriend-getaway. To make this decision, you should imagine the worst-case scenario: It's basically useless to you. Now all you have to do is figure out whether the use of the cabin is worth $1,000 a month to you.
This is actually a hard thought experiment for most people, partly because of the "endowment effect": Once you have something, you tend to over-estimate its value (this could explain why, for example, people hold onto stocks even if they're losing money).
Here is a useful way to think about the problem that might help to overcome the mental block of the endowment effect. Imagine that you didn't own the cabin. Would you pay $1,000 a month for the ability to rent a cabin like this and visit whenever you wanted?
If yes, then you probably don't want your dad living there. If no, then you probably do. Among other things, you could use the money he pays you to go somewhere else with those lady-friends of yours.
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Spurs, Grizzlies set for Game 1 of Western Finals
The San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies will battle for the Western Conference title, starting with Game 1 Sunday afternoon at the AT&T Center.
The two teams split their four regular-season meetings with each team successfully defending their home-court. The Grizzlies are 5-0 at home during the postseason and 3-3 on the road. San Antonio is 4-1 in Alamo City during the playoffs and 4-1 away from the AT&T Center.
Their paths to this point, both this season and as organizations, are wildly different.
The Spurs are the benchmark franchise in the NBA. They've captured four NBA championships since 1999 and have made the Western Conference Finals eight of the last 15 years.
The Grizzlies are competing in their first Western Conference Finals in team history, a history that started in 1995 in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually landed in Memphis in July 2001.
The Spurs swept a severely undermanned seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers team in the first round, then chased around the spectacular backcourt of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson to beat the No. 6 Golden State Warriors in the semifinals.
Memphis bested the Los Angeles Clippers in six games during the first round. The Grizz toppled the top-seeded and reigning Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder, who played without All-Star guard Russell Westbrook, in five games in Round 2.
"We're happy to be here, but we're still focused on bigger things," said Grizzlies guard Mike Conley. "We've got another tough opponent."
Defense is Memphis' calling card. The Grizzlies led the NBA in opponents' scoring during the regular season and were third in opponents' field-goal percentage.
The Spurs weren't slouches defensively during the regular season. They finished 11th in opponents' scoring and eighth in field-goal percentage.
Both teams have held their opponents under 94 ppg during the postseason.
"It's going to be a rough one," admitted Tim Duncan after the Spurs' Game 6 win over the Golden State Warriors. "It's not going to be pretty, sorry. It's just not going to be."
For the Spurs, Tony Parker has led the team in scoring during the postseason with 22.4 ppg. Duncan, Kawhi Leonard, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green are all scoring in double figures.
Memphis has seen a massive scoring improvement from their big three in these playoffs. Conley, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, the Defensive Player of the Year, are averaging 11.5 ppg more in the postseason than the regular season.
There is some postseason history between these two teams.
It was just two years ago when the Grizzlies became the third No. 8 seed in NBA playoff history to upset a No. 1. That top-ranked team was the Spurs. Back then, San Antonio had trouble with the front court of Memphis. However, Antonio McDyess was the starting center then, now it's Tiago Splitter.
"We're a different team then when we faced them a couple years ago," said Duncan. "With Tiago and the size we have that's going to be big for us. It's going to be a big-man series."
Game 2 will be Tuesday night in San Antonio.


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Our article, which will be spread out over several weeks, focuses on the castle creations of 250 Idea Book which was released in 1987. Many of the 33 creations will be discussed. Each one has been built and photographed to the best of our ability. We recommend using pieces from sets available in 1984-1987 but pieces can also be found in sets from other years.
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The polymath Michael Polanyi first made his mark as a physical chemist, but his interests gradually shifted to economics, politics, and philosophy, in which field he would ultimately propose a revolutionary theory of knowledge that grew out of his firsthand experience with both the scientific method and political totalitarianism. In this sixth entry in ISI Books' Library of Modern Thinkers' series, Mark T. Mitchell reveals how Polanyi came to recognize that the roots of the modern political and spiritual crisis lay in an errant conception of knowledge that served to foreclose any possibility of making meaningful statements about truth, goodness, or beauty. Polanyi's theory of knowledge as ineluctably personal but also grounded in reality is not merely of historical interest, writes Mitchell, for it proposes an attractive alternative for anyone who would reject both the hubris of modern rationalism and the ultimately nihilistic implications of academic postmodernism.
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This is a good book because it is entertaining. One entertaining part is when Joe and Frank Hardy almost get blown up! Another is when they find out who is going to light the explosives. It was a person I would never have thought of! It was really surprising! Those are parts that really pulled me in.
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BOSTON – The Bulldogs came away with several PRs in their first major competition of the season at the Boston University Terrier Invitational. Although only a select group of athletes competed on Saturday, it was quality over quantity when it came to their performances. David Shoehalter, the Mark T. Young '68 Director of Cross Country and Track and Field, said he was pleased with the day's results.
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Sophomore Mike Levine threw 15.95m in the weight throw to place ninth, along with senior David Smith who threw 13.27m. In the shot put, freshman Stefan Palios and Smith threw 14.09m and 13.27m, respectively.
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Can't remember where Donna mentioned our dinner together so I'll start again here.
I have had a lovely, lucky week. On Wednesday I had lunch with Alisa from the San Fernando Valley and Paris and her
girls and on Friday I had dinner with Donna from (is it?) Germany and ... and Oakland and her drole, fabulous baker/architect husband Sam. And along the way I (well, my daughter Rachel, actually) discovered a fantastic place for breakfast.
Alisa and I met for a very late lunch or very early dinner after she and the girls had spent the day at the beach. As it turns out, although she's off living in that glamorous world capital, she grew up not terribly far from where I used to live and also lived in the small, rural LA community of Topanga were we ate. I had brought with me a book I recently really enjoyed. Can't remember the title now, but it's a contemporary account of Julia Child's years with her husband in the foreign service during which time she co-wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking and all this is reconstructed from her correspondence and notes from those days. As soon as I read it, I thought Alisa and Debbie will be able to walk those very steps and visit the places Julia remembers. So I took it along and it turns out it was something Alisa had on her list of things to take back with her! Is there any better feeling than hoping something will be as meaningful to someone else and finding out that it is? And you're kindred spirits? And I really
like we're kindred spirits. ...only now she's going to take off and cross an ocean again.
Oh well, lucky Debbie and Paris is all I can say!
So we had a nice lunch and, in the company of her girls who are so much fun, wandered around a little spot of Topanga that's new since Alisa lived here. Her older Maia is poised, elegant, serious, multilingual and very sensitive at the tender age of 8 or 9 (did I get that all right, Alisa?) and her younger Margot is an absolutely indomitable free spirit. I'm pretty sure I've got that right!
We held second story foot races with complicated routes specifying paths for adults and those under 5 all orchestrated by Margot. We stuck our noses in the windows of the shops that were closed and found geodes that delighted Maia. We planted seeds and protected them with tiny stone walls and touching notes to those on whom we're depending to watch over and nurture them. And then they had to go on to their next California adventure.
(for me) Hooray for them.
I'm going to remember them for a long time and hope they'll phone or e-mail me when they're in SoCal again. It was like taking a short trip back 20 years to when my girls were that age.
And I loved Alisa's stories of living in Paris. And feel like I know Debbie that much better now. If only....
I will enjoy that afternoon as long as I savor the sel de Camargue and confiture du lait that came all the way from Paris to little old moi! And then some!
Thursday I packed in a flurry, whipped up some truffles (which I hope didn't suffer from the lightening prep and at least 4 climate and temperature changes from SoCal, a long hot drive and then NoCal), and rushed off to Interstate 5 by 10am. We drove about 6 hours, moved Rachel's worldly goods into her new digs and then I slept for 14 hours. No kidding. It really was 14 hours.
Friday Rach and I shopped til we dropped (intimidated only slightly by the insane way their freeways do three things at once and how they drive...), assembled and arranged and then headed off from the spare, economy of her new room in a rented house to Donna and Sam's warm and charming home. How do you describe the feeling of being instantly at home and among good friends with people you've only just met (well, except for the lovely lunch that Donna and I had a month or so ago)! It was
The evening had just started to cool down, the house smelled of roasting garlic and crusty walnut bread that Sam had baked for the occasion. Donna had prepared a lovely cheese and paté tray with a duck paté, a pork paté with pistachios, St. Agur and a lovely ripe sheep's milk cheese. I could have stopped right there and been in bliss. But no. Then we had Donna's salade niçoise with fresh grilled tuna (YUM) out in the Harrison's charming garden. Their sweet dogs accompanied us by virtue of Sam's inventive "instant fence" a pitchfork stuck in the ground to impale the end of their leashes! Funny, inventive, rustic and effective and it gave them the run of the yard. I just
creativity and spontaneity!
Dessert was sublime! Blueberry ice cream that Donna made herself and served with white nectarines and additional fresh blueberries (come home, Ben, we've made a convert!). The combination of flavors was wonderful! And the only thing that could have topped that was the hospitality and conversation. We discovered that we had so much in common that our carpets are actually the same. Sam even has a hobby of public speaking which Rachel feels is her next goal and so Sam invited her to his group. Man! Could I leave her in a better place than the Berkeley/Oakland area or in better hands?! No way!
I got to see photos of the Harrisons' son Ben. Turns out he and my husband have something in common too. I'm hoping Steve will have some avenues that may be helpful to Ben to explore back on the East Coast.
AND I left with a jar of lemons Donna preserved that are soooo pretty it will be hard to use them.
That was a busy, wonderful couple of days. And then Saturday as I left Rach she took me to a Mexican restaurant in her new neighborhood for brekkies. I was open to it but not expecting too much because, frankly, huevos rancheros never seemed all that interesting to me. We ended up ordering three breakfasts to share because the menu was so interesting and these three sounded so yummy I couldn't miss them when I'm not sure how soon I'll be there again. We had chilaquiles with chorizo, a scramble (not nearly an elegant enough word for this) of eggs, Mexican cheese and avocado served on wedges of spinach tortilla and an omlet with grilled salmon. Even the toast was exceptional, being a grilled (I think) slice of artisan bread. If you guys in the Bay area are interested in trying it, it's Montero's on Solano at San Pablo in Albany. A margarita would have made it totally over the top but I had a long drive in front of me. If you can stroll the interesting neighborhood after brekkies you definitely should indulge. The service, not to make it too wonderful or anything, was very personal and hospitable.
There was what looked to be an interesting tea shop just across the street, but it wasn't open and I had to boogie and get back to Steve, Iz and the animals roasting back at home (it was 112 degrees yesterday in the San Fernando Valley!).
What a GREAT couple of days I had! Thank you Alisa, Maia, Margot, Donna and Sam! If only we could all have done it together. I
you would have enjoyed one another as much as I enjoyed being with each of you. Who could guess that having a single common interest could unfold into a kaleidoscope of shared experience and
people?! No wonder people flock to meet Clotillde when the opportunity presents. There sooo much more to discover and delight in that we just don't get to see until we have these face-to-faces. Nevertheless, I'm raising my glass to the internets and Clotilde for making it all possible!
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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What a beautiful post, Rainey, thanks so much for sharing your wonderful week with us.
This gets my vote for 'Post if the Year', it's .... well.... I'm lost for words (post-night shift sleep deprivation), but it's superb!
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Sounds like a fabulous time Rainey. I'm envious.
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As I am that you have met madame and that she has met you!
I hope you guys will be able to get together with Debbie while she's in the South Pacific! And I'm sure you'll tell us all about that.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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I wasn't aware Debbie was visiting down this way. When?
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I believe she's there or will be there soon. I hope I didn't tell a tale out of school....
::and smacking myself silly:: But I
trying to have a rendezvous was part of her plan.
I only made general note of her travels since they weren't at all in my vicinity of the planet. And, of course, you'd understand if her family monopolized her time since they see so little of her, I know. She may not have said anything knowing that she'd be bucking her family's and her husband's family's need to spend precious time with them and hoping not to disappoint.
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I finally have a minute to sit down and chime in about what a WONDERFUL treat it was to have Rainey and Rachel visit us in our home.
Rainey imports her boundless energy and good cheer, so it was a bubbly evening, full of chatter and delight in our shared enthusiasms. Plus, she brought chocolate truffles, a jar of ganache and a jar of pumpkin butter! All to die for! The truffles have none of the slightly funky, homemade, charming, but slightly irregular look of the truffles I make. They look like truffles you would be paying $1.50 apiece for in a fancy candy store!
They each had a little swirl on the top. Almost too pretty to eat...but you know I ATE them - of course! Actually, I still have 4 left that I am hoarding!
Rachel is a lovely self-confident young woman who has discovered that her strengths and her unusual view of the world are truly valuable. She is a joy to talk to. She expresses herself so well, is so articulate and such a strong, deep thinker. Whatever she chooses to do, I predict major success. She is also a real natural beauty with lovely skin and beautiful, expressive eyes. I can see strong hints of Rainey in her features.
Conversation ranged far and wide, from politics and philosophy to food, bread baking, kitchen appliances, literature, travel, roots, etc., etc., etc.
We separated, knowing that there would be more visits, thanks to Rachel's thoughtful choice of Berkeley. And I will make sure there are pictures next time!!!
Sam and I are delighted to have Rachel close by and happy to help her acclimatise - if necessary. So, I agree with Rainey that it was a fortuante week for me as well!
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cruising, deployment, e-publishing, MFA, military children, military wives, retirement, self-publishing, SPANKY, VCFA, Writing for Children, Writing Life
While cutting my teeth in the Children's Book Writing Industry, I absorbed a strongly held belief that (and I beg forgiveness for using—and mixing—this repulsive adage), "those who can do, those who can't self-publish." But I mean really, without the skills of a talented editor, many self-pubbed books scream, "Edit me! Please?" The adage seemed and seems honest.
So why did I, a published writer, e-publish my middle-grade novel, SPANKY: A Soldier's Son?
I'd taken the usual path to publication in the kid lit world–years writing and participating in critique groups and attending workshops and conferences. I earned an MFA in Writing for Children from The Vermont College of Fine Arts to up the level of my knowledge of craft. And just as I'd begun to submit manuscripts, my life suddenly changed.
I've already written about my "live the dream" opportunity to navigate the seas. And so what? Could I have continued to submit and remain on the traditional path toward a publishing contract? Absolutely.
Here's the black and white of why I didn't.
Like some writers, I tend to live in my imagination. I have spent more time than I care to admit thinking, analyzing, what-iffing and seeing life from too many angles. I'm equally buzzed by intuitions. I've been advised to get out of my head and into the moment, to Be Here Now.
Clearly, without the ups and downs of submitting manuscripts, I might pay more attention to my immediate surroundings and life on the water.
I enlisted early readers before I e-published and "released" SPANKY. Some loved it. Others felt elements would benefit from a massage. My submission experiences had both frustrated me and sharpened my sense of humor. "If you kill the mom, I'd like to see this again," said one agent. "The story is truly about the mother and son's relationship. Develop the mom," said another. But they made sense. Story and reactions to story have as much to do about craft as they do about a given reader's idiosyncrasies. Still, I took all the critical feedback to bed, slept on it and made adjustments to ideas that felt right.
SPANKY is a terrific story that still whispers "edit me," and would benefit from a talented editor. But I would venture to guess that many authors—traditionally edited and published or not—would love to have another go at their printed book. That is the joy of e-publishing—revision is forever. (That fact, by the way, feels right AND wrong on many levels and might be a good topic for another post.)
Once I'd e-published and after we'd cast off lines, reactions filtered in from different camps. Few of my significant teachers or mentors took notice or acknowledged the release. Some friends and peers were genuinely happy for me and for the path I had taken. Some congratulated me privately but still do not acknowledge the book in public or social media.
Had I become the
red-headed stepchild of my writing family?
Truth be told, my professional sensibilities expected this and accepted it as an inevitable result of my decision. My tendency to be a bit neurotic suffered. So much for living in the moment.
But ironically, other reactions surprised me. A few of those for whom the book was written—the hundreds of thousands of families navigating life with a deployed family member—took notice. A Psychologist who also served in the Air Force as a Captain and who is now in private practice wrote that the emotions Spanky exhibited were authentic and that the book was insightful. Spanky is now a recommended resource by websites that support military families, to help children talk about their confusing feelings. I've been interviewed twice and have been invited to do a live interview on a radio program for the Army Wife network as their Resource of the Week.
More recently, I received a letter from a military wife who was reading the story with her daughter. She wrote that I was reaching an overlooked age range of books for military children. And in another letter, a soldier currently serving in Afghanistan thanked me for writing SPANKY. He said his kids needed more books like it.
Then today, high winds kept us moored in a little coastal town. We dinghyed ashore and in one of the local shops, I saw a sign.
"When asked what to do next, swimming or sandcastles? The Sea replied, 'Simply Be.'" That sign and those two letters have changed my perception. Had e-publishing made me the red-headed stepchild of my writing family? Sure it did. To some.
But I began to feel a little more Pink. I returned to our ship to "raise my glass for being wrong in all the right ways."
Or is that right in all the wrong ways?
SPANKY grappled with the same questions–
about war,
about friends,
and about what to do in challenging situations.
There simply is no black and white.


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Los Angeles — On April 30, the Wall Street Journal brought out its first-ever B-School rankings. The long-awaited report sought to differentiate itself from other B-School rankings by focusing solely on input from some 1600 recruiters, who have recruited on at least one graduate business school campus (fewer than 26 of the respondents recruited at UCLA Anderson). Having improved our standing among recruiters in the recent BusinessWeek and U.S. News & World Report rankings to 13th and 10th, respectively, we were cautiously optimistic. So you can imagine our disappointment in learning we were ranked 36th out of 242 schools and frankly, our surprise to see Columbia University just ahead of us and the likes of MIT (38th), Duke (44th) and Stanford (45th) well below us.
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The government classifies the PT Cruiser as a truck for CAFÉ (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards. When registering the vehicle, you may need to register it as a truck instead of as a passenger car.
The Touring Edition of the Chrysler PT Cruiser comes equipped with a 2.4-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine increasing horsepower to 180. It contains an automatic transmission and features a touring suspension, fog lights, rear headrests, a digital thermometer/compass, keyless entry/security system, power locks and windows, deeply tinted glass, and 16-inch alloy wheels.
The Limited Edition of the Chrysler PT Cruiser houses a 2.4-liter, turbocharged, 180 hp, four-cylinder engine and a four-speed automatic transmission. It offers leather/suede seats, chrome wheels, side airbags, and a power moonroof.
In model years 2003 through 2007, the Chrysler PT Cruiser GT was available. It has a 2.4-liter, 215 hp, four-cylinder engine and a five-speed manual transmission. An undated independent front suspension with McPherson struts and a multi-link rear suspension improve the rides smoothness.
The Chrysler PT Cruiser Dream Cruiser 3 was available in model year 2004. Chrysler only manufactured 7500 Dream Cruisers. The model houses a 2.4-liter, 220 hp engine and a five-speed manual transmission. It features a "True Blue" exterior, chrome grille, rear spoiler, 17-inch chrome wheels, privacy glass, four-wheel ABS, power moonroof, traction control, leather seats, cruise control, power steering, power windows and locks, engine immobilizer, keyless entry/security system, and AM/FM/6-CD changer/Satellite audio system.
Chrysler offered additional limited edition and special trim packages during some production years. The Woodie trim package, available for installation as an aftermarket item, features simulated wood paneling on the sides and hatchback.
Beginning in model year 2005 and running through 2008, a two-door convertible PT Cruiser was produced. Seating four, it comes equipped with a 2.4-liter, 150 hp, four-cylinder engine and a manual transmission. The Touring model offers a 2.4-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine with an increase in horsepower to 180 and an automatic transmission; the GT model houses a 2.4-liter, turbocharged, 230 hp engine and a five-speed manual transmission.
The 2010 Chrysler PT comes equipped with a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder engine and a four-speed automatic transmission; no other engine or transmission options are available. EPA mileage estimates are 19/24 mpg city/highway.
The 2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser is available in only one trim level, as it marks the vehicle's final year of production. The Classic trim level includes some upgrades introduced in past models. Power steering, power brakes, power locks, air-conditioning, a tilt steering wheel, keyless entry, fog lights, a rear spoiler, a trip computer, and 16-inch alloy wheels are all among the standard equipment.
Anti-lock disc brakes and traction control come standard.
Options include the fold-flat front passenger seat, heated front seats, a sunroof, and an AM/FM/CD/Satellite audio system with four speakers and an auxiliary audio jack.
Storage space totals 63 cubic feet when the rear seat is removed.
Chrysler introduced the PT Cruiser to the U.S. market in 2001, and the Touring and Limited editions followed in 2002. The following year the GT was made available, followed by the Dream Cruiser 3, in 2004, featuring custom color, a leather interior, and chrome accents and wheels.
In 2005, Chrysler began offering the PT Cruiser Convertible. Then, in 2006, updated the interior and exterior of the models, improving the GT's horsepower to 230. The following year, remote keyless entry and electric liftgates were introduced to all models.
2008 saw the release of the Sunset Boulevard Edition of the car, and the discontinuation of the GT model. In 2009, Chrysler discontinued the Convertible model and removed the turbocharged engine from the Touring Edition.
2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser
Midsize, Wagon
2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser
The PT Cruiser was introduced in 2001 as a kind of retro throwback wagon that ticked all the boxes of a fad quick to blow over.
2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser
Convertible, Midsize, Wagon
In 2001, just as a retro trend gathered steam in American culture, Chrysler introduced its nostalgic PT Cruiser.
2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser
Convertible, Midsize, Sports, Wagon
2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser
2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser
In 2001, just as a retro trend was gathering steam in American culture, Chrysler introduced its nostalgic PT Cruiser.
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser
From its introduction in the 2001 model year, the PT Cruiser from Chrysler has been getting a lot of attention.
2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser
The 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser is an awkward or stylish vehicle depending on who's looking at it.
2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser
As the PT Cruiser enters its second year on the market Chrysler adds custom looks to the list of reasons to buy it.
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser
The 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser serves as a new offering for city drivers.


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Who doesn't love a rousing summer water fight? Arm yourself with a water blaster from ToySplash!
Whether you are at the pool, lake, river or beach, a good, old-fashioned water fight can add to your day's excitement! Be ready for action when you choose from our big selection of water guns, cannons and blasters. We offer ride-on squirters that re-load directly from the pool or lake, water blasters that take in a huge amount of water, water balloon launchers and even critter blaster water guns for the little guys! Everyone can get in on the water shooting excitement when you arm yourself with a water blaster from ToySplash!


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... where is microSD memory slot??
Come September, a version of the Sansa Clip with revised firmware will hit the streets in the UK, giving us an excuse to rustle one up and have a retrospective shoofty. Much of the revised firmware is actually already available from SanDisk, including support for Ogg files, but come September all new Clips will also support …
Sansa Clip is one the better sounding players.
But unlike other Sansa players it does not have an SD card slot.
An 8GB SDHC card can now be bought for under UKP 2 per GB and 16GB and may be 32GB cards are on the way.
This omission is surprising, since Sandisk if the original manufaturer of SD cards.
It seems to me that the small scale of the device could have been illustrated a lot better than putting it next to a golf ball and a coin. I'm thinking... I'm thinking of the Eee lady. If she has any sense, she should hire herself out to companies as a means of illustrating the small size of their devices.
Unless she herself is only three feet tall, in which case I understand her reticence. But Photoshop can work magic.
It's my 'workout' mp3 player (actually my only one, but that's all I use it for) - it's small, light, cheap & gets the job done. I'm not that bothered about sound quality - it seems fine to me. I think there *may* be a 'increase volume' option somewhere as there was with a previous Sansa mp3 player I had.
Works both with Linux & Windows - can plug it in & it's recognised as removable device. Also, you can create your own playlists (m3u files) under either OS & have them appear in addition to the 'Go list' - useful if you have some tracks that you have to listen to in a specific order (i.e. live albums, etc).
Once complaint is that outside (in the sun) it can be extremely difficult to see the display. Which makes it hard to switch tracks, etc, while running. Aside from that, I love it. I use my own (el cheapo) headphones, so can't comment on the quality of the included ones..
"Loading the Clip is a straightforward operation as either an MTP or MSC device and it picked up ID3 tags with 100% accuracy."
MTP: Media Transfer Protocol (access with a sync protocol or application)
MSC: Media Storage Class (access as a removable disk)
So you can sync with a crappy software stync tool or by drag & drop as an external hard drive.
Lurk Moar...
In a fit of "antiPod" sentiment, I recently purchased an iRiver LPlayer. It is a little larger (approx 6 x 4 x 1.2 cm by my ruler) but is still smaller (though fatter) than the iPod nano. It might be a good alternative to the reviewed player.
It has a 2" LCD screen and a nifty control system whereby you click the edges of the screen.
Sound quality is very good as long as you are using decent headphones. I use Sennheiser CX300 - the genuine ones not the fake £8 ebay ones - and they sound great for the price.
It reads a whole host of formats including mp3, ogg and flac. No AAC though. There is a little bit of a hiss at low volumes but this only starts when I play an mp3 so it may well be the fairly low quality encoding of my tunes. Most of my music is downloaded from eMusic at 128kbps.
It's not an iPod and won't win any awards when compared on the iPod's traditional strengths: user inferface and software integration. That said I use it on a Mac in drag and drop "MSC" mode, but I am told that on Windows it comes with a nice client called iRiver Plus 3, which works in MTP mode. Either that, or apparantly it will sync with Windows Media Player.
Personally I am very happy to leave it in drag and drop mode and use it as a USB drive too. That, and the sound quality, makes it a worthwhile purchase and perhaps an alternative to the Sansa range?


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He became an instant legend and left people in awe of his skills even as a 15-year-old high school player. After an Everett High School game in which he had 36 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists, a sportswriter nicknamed the young, enthusiastic ballplayer "Magic."
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Lawrence Coleman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Vault Consulting "Unlocking Your Full Potential"
Below is my bio that i will be using on my website.
F. Lawrence Coleman brings a dynamic mix of expertise and career perspectives from his experience as a sales executive and entrepreneur. Experienced in identifying and developing interviewing competencies, he has been a mentor in providing guidance for career preparedness and development for college students. Mr. Coleman combines creativity, enthusiasm and assertiveness with an expert learning methodology to accelerate a college students' ability to master outstanding interviewing skills.
Mr. Coleman has an award winning, consistent sales background of over 20 years experience with Fortune 500 companies, such as IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, ADP Corporation, Allergan Pharmaceutical, Oracle and i2 Technologies. As a franchise owner for nine years, he introduced, Wingstop Restaurant, one of the fastest growing restaurant franchises in the country to the Atlanta market. Mr. Coleman, has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
College students that will be graduating in 1 to 4 years. My goal is to train and equip each undergraduate student with the necessary skills to create a "WOW" moment in the interviewing process. My tag line is "Unlocking Your Full Potential".
I am looking for a logo that will professionally represent my company Vault Consulting.
1. I want it to be professional.
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3. I have attached examples of logos that have already been created.
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"In shy" is wrong. "Shy" is an adjective, not a noun. Perhaps you mean "in shame" but note that "shy" and "ashamed" (the adjective which comes from "shy") are not the same thing.
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181. Afterlife
Released December 2013
Behind the Scenes
(Excerpt from Vortex issue 58, click here to DOWNLOAD)
Life Stories
Philip Olivier (Hex) and Amy Pemberton (Sally) try to avoid spoilers as they talk to Paul Spragg about their return to the main range in Afterlife
Did either of you believe you'd be back after your last story?
PO: After reading the last script, Gods and Monsters, I was thinking, 'Oh no! What's happened here?' So I was delighted when I heard that the script was coming through the post.
AP: No, I actually didn't, to be honest! I was like, 'I'm blatantly not going back for ages – if I do go back.' So I was really excited when I got the call because I love coming in to do these, so yeah, I was excited.
As long as you're not feeling unwanted.
AP: Well, I was, but I'm over it now. I had the lunch! Everyone always talks about lunch. I had a huge lunch. Because you have to try everything that's there; I had a massive plate and ate it all.
PO: That's the only reason I've come down this year! Everyone says that, though, don't they? Lunch is unbelievable.
You've got a great guest star in this one.
PO: Jean Boht plays my nana! I was so over the moon, man. Liverpool legend!
How was she?
PO: Unbelievable. Instantly recognisable, you know? She played a great character. She just lifted the words from the page because she's brilliant. She's really eccentric and then she goes into this 'Mrs Bucket' [from BBC comedy Keeping Up Appearances] posh accent when the Doctor's about, and it gives a bit of depth to the character. I thought she played it brilliantly and it's a pleasure to work with people like that.
Have you missed Sylvester McCoy (The Seventh Doctor) and Sophie Aldred (Ace)?
PO: Yeah, I have actually. I think the last time I saw them was at the Chicago [TARDIS] convention.
How do you feel about your respective characters at this point?
PO: I love the character Hex. I love the fact that he's inquisitive, he's a bit slow but he's picking things up, he's got a great heart. I think the chemistry that Hex and Ace have got, the dynamic of those two, is brilliant, especially when Sally comes in. I like the flirting to do with that. Every time I come back there's something new and something fresh to do. And the beauty about audios is it's not constrained by budget; on TV and films you're constrained by what you can do with CGI, but with audios the stories are great because you can just go as far as you want with it. I love coming back every time to do this.
AP: I really like this time, purely because you feel like you've established yourself a bit more after the trilogy that I did, and then just reading it I felt like she's a bit more settled in herself and her place with the Doctor. When Sally and the Doctor come back together, I think they're on a different level. Rather than trying to impress constantly, now he's going, 'Why have you come back, what are you doing here?' and she's doing a little investigation and finding loads of stuff out, so it's not waiting for him to tell her what to do, she's going off on her own and doing her own thing, which is probably what she should have done before. Well, she would have done, but not without the Doctor saying something. It made me sad, though, reading it. I can't say [why], I don't want to ruin it!
Have you both listened to your previous stories?
PO: I never used to when I started, but I remember Sylvester said you should always go back and listen because you get to see what happens in post-production and get to see the final effects and I think it really does help.
AP: When I went over to Chicago, I put them all on my iPod and I listened to them on the way over because you never hear what everyone else does; you hear your bit and you've read it and you know what happens, but when you hear everything together I think it's brilliant. And I don't listen to audio stuff that much, and it's made me want to listen to more. You just get completely absorbed in it. I think that's why people love it, you know? You can just imagine what's going on; that's the beauty of audio, isn't it, you're not just watching and being shown it, you've got to have your own thing in your head.
Does listening to those older stories change how you approach your performance?
PO: Yeah, obviously. You haven't got the visuals for someone to see your face, so the only tool you've got is your voice and when I first started, this was my first audio job and I didn't really realize. The Big Finish team have taught me so much here. I think that's one of the greatest tools, to listen back, as sometimes you think you're doing certain things with your voice and it doesn't really come across. So unless you listen, you won't learn.
AP: I think you have your initial thing about a character, don't you, and then things change with how the character changes. I was in different [Big Finish] parts before I started House of Blue Fire, but it's been nice to concentrate on one character and find a few more things. I've not been here for a year and a half, and I was like, 'I've got to find her voice again', so I was listening to it before I came back in going, 'Okay, that's the kind of tone and voice where she was last at'; I think she's a bit more confident this time round.
Where can we see you next?
PO: There's a thing called The Spa which is coming on to Sky Living at Christmas; it's a Christmas special. I just got on Benidorm, so that's out in January. That's a couple of things you can catch me up on; otherwise, just go to philipolivier.com!


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What to check for if your air conditioning unit is not working
What to check for if your air conditioning unit is not working
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Check list for simple troubleshooting
What to Check for If Your Air Conditioning System is not Working:
1. Check the circuit breaker to make sure the breaker has not tripped. The breaker would probably be a double pole 30, 40 or 50 amp breaker. Even though the breaker looks like it is on I would still flip it all the way to off and back on again just to make sure. Sometimes one leg of a double pole breaker will hold in the other leg and make the breaker appear to look like it is, "ON" when it has actually been tripped.
2. Make sure your thermostat is turned down to a temperature that will allow the air conditioning system to come on. Sorry! I hope I did not insult your intelligence! I want to try to cover everything! I have been on several service calls when not having the thermostat turned down far enough was the only problem. If your thermostat has the little levers on it then it would not hurt to flip the little lever from "OFF" to "COOL". On several service calls I have seen all that it takes is a flip of this little lever on the thermostat. Sometimes the contacts in the thermostat do not make the connection and flipping the levers will reestablish the connection. I would turn your fan to the "ON" position. Did the fan come on? If the fan did not come on check the switch on the side of your furnace to make sure it has not been turned to "OFF". Make sure your filter access door and furnace door are secure. Many of the furnaces have a switch activated door for your safety. When the door is not completely on the furnace will not operation. This keeps the furnace from coming on when someone is servicing the blower or filter.
3. If your outdoor unit is running listen to determine if the fan is the only thing running or is the compressor running too?
4. Turn off your electrical power to the outdoor unit by pulling the disconnect switch or turn off the indoor circuit breaker. Take the screws off your air conditioner control access panel. Check with a multi-meter to make sure the power is actually off. Touch the top of the compressor. Is the compressor very hot? If the compressor is hot then the compressor could be out on thermal over-load. You need to wait and let the compressor cool down before you test your system again. Sometimes I use water from a hose and gently let it run over the compressor to cool it down quickly. Sometimes it can take 2 or 3 hours for a compressor to cool down. After it has cooled down reapply power. Did the compressor start? Did the fan start? If the fan did not start with the compressor then this is why the compressor over heated. Check your fan motor and fan run capacitor to make sure the fan blade is free and the capacitor is in good shape. You can check the fan bearings by spinning the blade by hand the blade should continue to spin 3 to 5 seconds after you spin it. If it doesn't then you probably need a new fan motor. We do not sell fan motors. Another reason the compressor over heated could be that the system is low on refrigerant. Is the suction line (the line with the black insulation) cold like a cold coke can right out of the refrigerator after the unit runs for 10 to 15 minutes. If it is not cold, then you need to add some refrigerant. The refrigerant is what keeps the compressor running cool. If the system is low on refrigerant then you do not get the cool gas coming back to keep the compressor running cool. The compressor over heats, and this will eventually melt the windings down in the compressor and contaminant the whole refrigeration system! This is not good. Eventually the compressor will ground out and you will need a new compressor or new system. Please make sure that suction line is cold or you might be low on refrigerant charge. You will need to call a service technician to charge up your system if it is low. Now EPA require that you be licensed and certified to purchase and use refrigerants.
5. Inspect your wiring to make sure that you do not have any burnt connections. Repair the burnt connections if you have some.
6. Inspect the capacitor/capacitors to see if they are swollen looking. If they are swollen purchase a new capacitor from our capacitor page. Click here for Our Run Capacitors Page.
7. Take the compressor terminal cover off and inspect the terminals on the compressor. Sometimes the compressor terminal cover can be a bear to take off. I use a screw driver to release the metal clip that holds the cover on. Sometimes the cover slides off. Sometimes the terminals unplug from the compressor. If any of the compressor terminals are burnt then you could probably use our Term-Lok compressor terminal repair kit to repair the terminals. Please see Term-Lok compressor terminal repair kit above on this page.
8. Inspect your contactor. Is your contactors points look burnt? You might need to purchase a contactor that we have listed above on this page.
9. When you plug in the disconnect and apply power to your outdoor unit does the fan start and the compressor try to start, but make a "UGGGG" sound. This means the compressor is locked up. The compressor is an electric motor, enclosed in a case, with a piston similar to what you would find in a car. When you hear that "UGGG" sound it is telling you that the piston is locked up. We need to try to unlock the piston. If we can not unlock the piston then you need a new compressor or air conditioning system. You might want to purchase a Super-Boost hard start capacitor. I have used this device to save many a compressor. The Super-Boost is also listed above on this page. If you purchase and hook-up the hard start capacitor and the compressor still will not start then I am afraid you will need a new compressor or system. I say, "System" instead of just outdoor unit because it is recommended that you change both the outdoor unit and the indoor evaporator coil when you install a new system. Manufacturer's say that it will damage the outdoor unit if you do not change the evaporator coil too.


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Wallenpaupack Area's boys varsity tennis team is led by a battle-tested group of seniors
Early week competitions for the Wallenpaupack Area boys tennis team proved fruitful as the Purple & White rolled into Dunmore on Monday, bringing home a 4-1 victory.
Threatening weather forced Tuesday's scheduled home match versus North Pocono to relocate indoor to the Cove Haven courts.
In a heated series of battles, the Buckhorns secured a 3-2 win over the Trojans and took their record to 7-3 for the season.
As in years past, Abington Heights and Scranton Prep are once again the "cream of the crop" in Lackawanna League boys tennis action.
The Comets are all alone atop Class AAA with a perfect 11-0 record. The Cavaliers hold down the top spot in Class AA at 10-1
Paupack trails Abington and Delaware Valley in the overall AAA standings.
Next up for the Bucks is a pair of home matches.
Coach Jim Ball's lads host Holy Cross on Monday, then welcome DV to town Tuesday. Both matches are slated for a 4 p.m. start on the shores of The Big Lake.
Dunmore Duel
Paupack's Reed Evans faced Tom Occhipinti in the #1 Singles match and easily dispatched Dunmore ace in two sets, winning 6-3 and 6-1.
While Dunmore bounced back and took the #2 singles match, David Deutsch came from behind after dropping his first set against Taylor Lewis, 4-6, to win the series with two great sets, 6-1 and 6-2.
Buckhorn doubles teams fared well, too.
The Liam Cunningham/ Myles Arenson duo won their #1 Doubles match 6-1 and 6-0.
The #2 doubles pair of Spencer Cichinsky and Tom Sarro struggled through their first set, eventually winning 6-4, but wrapped things up nicely in the final set taking the match with a 6-2 win.
Trojan Toils
Things didn't go as smoothly against North Pocono.
Zac Lehman put up a good fight against Evans in the #1 singles match succumbing to the top-ranked Buckhorn after 6-4 and 6-3 losses.
Paupack's Billy Reese took the #2 singles game, defeating Mark Burnett 6-3 and 6-3.
Deutsch, unfortunately couldn't repeat the previous days' performance and fell to Levi Burner in three sets.
The Trojans' #1 doubles fought hard to claim a 7-5 and 6-2 win. However, the Buckhorns' #2 doubles team of Cichinsky and Donald Berry won 6-3 and 6-3 helping to propel Paupack to a 3-2 overall win.
Senior Effort
Billy Reese and Liam Cunningham have been putting up good wins starting at the #2 singles and #1 doubles, respectively.
Adam Haig and Codee Brown have been making frequent contributions for the Buckhorns as well.
As juniors, Reese and Cunningham were often paired together for doubles games and did well throughout last season.
This year, Reese has shored up the leadership among the singles players while Cunningham has proved vital with keeping the doubles squads rolling right along.
With many younger players dotting the Paupack roster, Haig and Brown provide inspiration for underclassmen, helping them lay down a good foundation for future years.
Strong foundations and good play are hallmarks of Coach Ball's program and with players such as these it looks like Paupack is on the right track to yet another winning season on the courts.