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I have for some time been considering using eductors in my processor as it appears that they make a pump much more effective as far as mixing action is concerned with a considerable reduction in processing times.On Rickdatechs site he discusses high pressure nozzles and I wonder how they compare to eductors in improving mixing. My processor is a 230 liter cone bottom driven by a Pedrollo cpm170 pump which delivers 160 litres a minute when pumping water so would pump a bit less with oil.I want to install 3 high pressure nozzles which each reduce from 20mm to 8mm spaced evenly around the processor 15 cm from the wall and 75MM below the surface. I would be interested to know what our more learned members think of this and particularly Rick who has had experience with this.
Hi Jock,
At the flow rate through your pump I doubt an eductor would help much. If the pump is underpowered to an extent an eductor can work well, but if the mixing from the pump is very efficient there is no or very little difference.
I use a clarke tam 120 pump, 1500 watts. It pumps at 60 to 65 lpm with bio/oil (rated at 75lpm with water) and has a head of 65 metres.
I have tried a few eductors on this and once had an unmodified 1/2" eductor that gave a nozzle velocity of 28metres/sec. The pressure was 71psi and it sounded like a steam coffee maker.
Needless to say I had to tame it down and drilled the eductor out to 8.5mms. It now pumps at 31psi. Having said all that I have removed it and there is very little difference in the reaction in terms of time or chemicals.
As Tilly once told me "the magic is in the pump"
I'm sure he will be along soon!
Hi Dave Thank you for your reply.Are you saying that if you have a reasonable pump you won't see such a marked difference. Is it that if a pumps is on the small side the eductor has a more noticeable effect.There are some people who have some remarkable processing times 45 mins to completion, but maybe they have the rest together as well, such as properly dry low titrating oil and quality chemicals.I have had good oil up to now titrating between 1 and 2 but my suppliers are starting to overuse the oil and I'm getting oil at T10 with chicken fat in it, so I'M looking to start an acid base process .I'm a bit concerned because I have about 120 litres of this mixed with 80 litres of .a batch that didn't separate.I would like to do an acid base on this but the 80 litres will have Koh and methanol in it and will probably have a neutralizing effect on the acid.You have experience with the acid base process how would you go about combating any neutralizing effect that may happen here.
Regards Jock
hi Jock,
Yes, thats exactly what I am saying. If your pump is giving you something like 120 litres/min you have no need for an eductor.
If you are getting oil in at a consistant 10 titration then acid/base would give you a better yield, but if you are altering your set up then (on a personal note) I would live with it. A titration of 10 KOH means your yield will be down another 5% or so. Unless you are really short of oil is acid/base really worth the hassle.
I did acid/base on oil titrating at 5 or so for a couple of years and found it a total waste of time. If you were producing commercially then it's a different matter, but for a home brewer I wouldn't say it is worth it.
There are other things you can look at such as caustic stripping/drying or an enhanced glycerol pre-wash which would give you dry oil when those FFA's were neutralised.
Cheers, Dave.
Hi Jock,
Over the years, I have observed that the single biggest reason for problems with the reaction is inadequate mixing vigour. The pump being used is not of sufficient power to do the job.
The reason for this is that many people use little cheap 370 Watt/ 0.5HP water pumps to mix 200 litre batches of biodiesel. This is insufficient mixing vigour for that size batch.
I have looked up your Pedrollo cpm170 pump which I see is rated at 1100Watts/1.5HP.
I suspect you do not have any problem making biodiesel in a single stage or in a timely manner using this pump.
As far as I can tell, there are two main reasons to use an eductor-
1. The mixing pump is almost adequate to do a single stage reaction that passes warnqvest/ 3-27 and a little extra mixing vigour from an eductor is all it takes to pass the single stage reaction.
2. The mixing pump has adequate mixing vigour and all you want to do is speed the reaction up.
The Test Dgs performed falls into the second category.
Dgs was using a pump that had plenty of mixing vigour. He wanted to determine whether using an eductor would push the reaction further towards completion or whether the eductor was just quicker.
His test results showed that using an eductor was faster but the amount of completion did not vary to any great degree whether there was or was not an eductor installed.
I have never used an eductor.
Hi Dgs,
I think you might find that what I actually said was:
'The "magic" is in the prewash, not the eductor '
Hi Jock,
That very claim was made not long ago on this forum.
And not only was that a single stage reaction to completion in just 45 minutes but it was at room Temperature!!!
Hi Tilly thank you for your valuable input.Are you saying that no heat was applied and the process was completed in 45min single stage? Why then do we apply heat ? Was this to test the vigour of the reaction.I have this problem,I have 120l oil that titrates at 10 which I suspect has chicken fat in it which I mixed with 80 l oil from a process with KOH that didn't separate. The 80l will have koh and some methanol in it. I was going to do AE but on rethinking the KOH in the 80l will have a neutralizing effect on the batch.Does one up the acid to counteract this? Or perhaps do some sort of caustic stripping to get the titration level down? Regards Jock
Hi Jock,
That is what he claimed.
Unfortunately, the person who made this claim often makes amazing claims that us mere mortals are not capable of reproducing so I tend to not give much credence to what he says anymore.
If you believed what was posted he said;
"I mostly react at ambient temperature and leave each stage around 45 mins, it works very well."
With the chemicals you already have in the oil I think A/E or caustic stripping is not an option.
If it were me and I wanted to try to save the batch I would do 1 litre test batches using more and more KOH and methanol until I achieved separation.
How much methanol and KOH per litre WVO did you put in the 80 litres batch that did not separate?
What did the oil titrate?
Is the oil dry?
At this point, as far as I can see, it is just a try it and see what happens
T 10 oil processed in a single base reaction will have greatly reduced yield, I found that you loose about 2% of your yield for every point of T.
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Hi Tom in this instance we are talking 20% assuming 95% with a good reaction and good dry oil we're
talking a loss of 38 litres of biodiesel. How would you react the 200litres we are talking about. Thanks for your input Tom
Hi Tom in the 200 litre batch above we would lose 38 litres of biodiesel assuming a batch of good dry oil with a T of 1 or 2 and 95% yield.How would you go about processing the oil mentioned above Tom is AE possible considering that there is KOh in the oil. And if so how would you counteract this.Thanks Jock
Hi Jock,
At this stage it is too late to do an AE procedure.
Tell us all about the first reaction that did not separate.
Did you use one of the silly 2 stage titrationless methods?
Jock I agree with Tilly on this one, it's probably too late to do AE, However, if you like to experiment I would suggest adding small amounts of acid to the batch until you reach a PH of 1 or less, don't forget to add the methanol! I have never had an acid esterification reaction not work when the oil was dry and the PH was 1 or less. I used a Milwaukee PH meter.
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I have managed to rescue the problem batch. I have installed a turbo dryer and tested with a carbide manometer .I dried the oil down to 200 ppm and drained off some rubbish from the bottom.I then re titrated and to my surprise the oil was at 5T and clear.I decided to process with base base method using 20% methanol and 12 gms per litre Koh after processing for an hour got excellent separation and a clear 27/3 pass albeit a bit hazy.I am confidant that after the second stage it will be bright and clear Thank you all for your help and many thanks and to IMB for giving us the Turbo Dryer and carbide manometer.No more bio spraying all over the place, the Turbo Dryer gets on with job quietly with minimum energy cost.
Hi Jock,
I am glad to hear that you got things sorted out.
It would have been much more informative for everyone reading this thread if you had told us what production procedure you used and the quantity of chemicals used in the first batch that failed to separate.
Right now all we really know is that for some reason your first reaction failed to separate and now after adding more WVO and chemicals to everything in the reactor it did separate.
Apparently the original problem was not excess water in the reactor because you have not reported make huge amounts of soap,
This leads me to believe the problem with the first reaction was probably just a shortage of chemicals (KOH in particular) which is certainly on the cards if you used a titrationless procedure.
You did this re-process on the total 200 litres of oil/biodiesel that was in the reactor?
How much total chemicals did you use in this first stage reprocess?
Just a few points about drying your biodiesel/WVO mixture AFTER performing the first reaction that failed to separate.
All the left over methanol in the reactor would have been removed along with any water that may have been in the reactor.
Apparently, so I read just a few days ago in another thread, if there is any methanol in the oil/biodiesel mixture, the methanol will affect the reading of the carbide manometer the same as water does so any reading made with methanol present in the mix is not a reliable measure for water being present.
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Western Wayne's boys varsity cross country team went 5-0 Tuesday at Forest City
Adam Vaccaro burst through the darkness of the treeline and out into the bright autumn sunshine.
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Vaccaro was chased home by Andrew Lopez of Scranton, who finished as runner-up at 18:07.
Tyler Debrino of Forest City was third with a time of 18:11, while Honesdale's Ben Wilken (18:25) and Mark Tetonis (18:39) rounded out the Front Five.
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Next in for Western Wayne were the Curtis Brothers. Adam crossed the line 11th overall (19:09), and Zack was 12th (19:10).
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Christian Sauter shut down the scoring, placing 17th in a time of 19:39.
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Three's a crowd atop the NL West standings, but the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants will both try to change that as they meet up Friday at AT&T for the opener of a three-game series.
The Rockies, Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks are all tied for the division lead with identical 26-21 records entering the weekend. While Colorado and San Francisco face off against one another, the D-backs are hosting San Diego.
Colorado has won five of its last six, and that includes taking three of four from the Giants at home this past weekend. After topping Arizona in extra innings Tuesday night, the Rockies claimed the series victory with Wednesday's 4-1 win. Carlos Gonzalez tripled and homered to account for two of his team's four runs, while starter Jorge De La Rosa tossed 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball.
The Rockies are in the middle of a stretch that will see them play 13 of 17 games against NL West teams, including 10 in a row.
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"The guys bounced back," Bochy said. "They got on track here. This was more like our baseball. It was very encouraging how we played in this series."
Second baseman Marco Scutaro, who was traded from Colorado to San Francisco at last year's trade deadline, went 0-for-3 on Wednesday to see his hitting streak halted at 19 games. Scutaro has been a spark plug for the Giants batting from the No. 2 spot in the order, where he is hitting .463 (38-for-82) with six doubles over his last 20 games.
Hoping for some more of that production will be Giants starter Tim Lincecum, who has yet to find his groove after a disappointing 2012 campaign. The right- hander has allowed five runs or more in three of his last four starts, including Saturday against these same Rockies when he was tagged for six runs in five innings. Lincecum also allowed six runs against Colorado in an April 9 outing.
For the Rockies, Tyler Chatwood (2-0, 2.55) is making his fourth start of the season and second in a row against San Francisco. The right-hander was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs to face the Giants this past Saturday, and he gave up just one run in 5 2/3 innings of an eventual 10-2 victory.
"He's a great competitor," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He's really done a nice job. We will figure stuff out as we go, but Tyler has thrown the ball really well for us. He's been very impressive."
The Rockies piled up 31 runs in Colorado in last weekend's four-game set with the Giants.


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Nadal into Madrid semis
Madrid, Spain – Former champion Rafael Nadal fought his way past fellow Spaniard David Ferrer to reach the semifinals at the $4.425 million Madrid Open, an ATP Masters event.
The fifth-seeded former world No. 1 Nadal came from behind to best the fourth- seeded Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 in 2 hours, 37 minutes on the red clay at the Magic Box.
Ferrer, who was a clay-court runner-up in Portugal last week, hasn't beaten Nadal on clay in nine years.
"Rafa is always the favorite on clay," said Ferrer. "Without any doubt he's the best and he's really fit right now."
Nadal is now 18-4 lifetime against Ferrer, who won their very first clash in 2004 on some clay in Stuttgart.
The hot Nadal is now a dazzling 29-2 this season and seeking a fifth title in his seventh tournament. He titled in Barcelona two weeks ago, reaching a sixth final in six tries.
The reigning French Open king is a two-time Madrid titlist and two-time runner-up in the Spanish capital.
The amazing Nadal is currently third in the Open Era with 39 clay-court titles, trailing fellow left-handers Guillermo Vilas (45) and Thomas Muster (40).
Nadal's semifinal opponent on Saturday will be another fellow Spaniard, wild card Pablo Andujar, who ousted 14th-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori, 6-3, 7-5. Nishikori stunned defending Madrid champion Roger Federer on Thursday.


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Recycle Your Medications!
Winter 2002/2003
The following U.S. organizations collect anti-HIV medications for donation abroad. Each organization follows its own set of rules; the majority request that all drugs be delivered in their original prescription bottles (all patient and doctor names will be removed before distribution).
AID for AIDS (New York, NY)
AIDS Empowerment Treatment International (AIDSETI)
AIDS Medical Relief for Cuba (New York, NY)
AIDS Medicine Recycling Project (San Francisco, CA)
African AIDS Network (San Francisco, CA)
Being ALIVE (West Hollywood, CA)
HIV Medicines for Guatemala
Human Rights Association of Agua Buena (Central America)
International AIDS Empowerment (El Paso, TX)
Whitman Walker Clinic (Washington, DC)
United Trauma Relief (UTR) (Cambridge, MA)
This article was provided by San Francisco AIDS Foundation. It is a part of the publication Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS. Visit San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Web site to find out more about their activities, publications and services.


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In need of online-shopping accompaniment that doesn't feature sleigh bells or mistletoe? Consider the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's upcoming "Django Unchained," which you can stream below.
As with most of Tarantino's soundtracks, the album features bits of dialogue and some classic film music, including several themes by spaghetti-western kingpin Ennio Morricone.
But in a first for the director, the set also contains newly commissioned tracks by Rick Ross, John Legend and Anthony Hamilton, as well as a strangely effective mash-up of James Brown's "The Payback" and "Untouchable" by 2Pac.
At Power 106 FM's Cali Christmas concert last weekend, Ross informed the audience that his contribution, the menacing "100 Black Coffins," may well be nominated for an Academy Award for original song.
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Garden Gateway on using radio:
"I feel like it's been a fantastic experience. Any time I want to get a message out about a product that I'm trying to promote… about a sale that I'm trying to have… I'm always able to get my message across to the people I'm talking to…"
Fisher Home Furnishings on using radio
"… Our sales reps have been awesome. They've been probably the biggest asset to our company other than our employees. So dealing with the Cache Valley (Media) Group has been really simple over the last thirty years…"
Al's Sporting Goods on using radio:
"We can see a direct response from the people listening to the radio (station)… for our promotions. It's always been very efficient. We've gotten the results that we want…"
Logan City Police Department on using radio:
"The Logan City Police Department has the necessity to get information out to the public… we've partnered with Cache Valley (Media) Group on several occasion to get information out to the public…"
Logan Regional Hospital on using radio
"We reached out to the Cache Valley Media Group in helping us, not just to advertise and promote the event, but to help us plan a really quality event"
Thunder Mountain Truck Outfitters on using radio:
"… we jumped in and did radio, and I was surprised. I remember when our first radio spot ran, and it was literally about two hours before people were coming in the door, saying I heard about you on the radio, or I didn't even know that you existed or that the store was here. So, I did get results and it was in about two hours. We were very impressed."
Why advertise?
Advertising increases the likelihood that more consumers will know who you are when they are ready to buy. Consumers who buy from you almost always buy from a business that they knew about before their need occured. The trick is finding the right medium for your business and budget. We think we can help.
Why radio?
93% of America, ages 12 and older, tune in to radio every week. In fact, more Americans spend their day with radio, than any other media outside the home. Plus, radio is the most affordable mass-market media available. Compared to the cost of reaching a similar sized audience with the same frequency, radio advertising costs a fraction of other mass media.
How does radio stack up?
Ad campaigns don't fail because someone chose the wrong media. Ad campaigns fail because someone chose the wrong message. "The only thing that works in advertising, is what you say, times how many times you say it". We stand by this commonly used phrase. And radio used right, will grow your business.
Creative commercials
Done right, radio ads can be extremely powerful. However, all too often radio ads sound like, well, radio ads. Your message should connect with the consumer and always answer WHY – why would a consumer buy your product? Click here for examples of locally produced commercials that both entertain and persuade.
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Cache Valley Insider
A community news and information email blast that is sent to over 20,000 email subscribers every Monday


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Admissions & Financial Aid Repayment of Loans
Repayment of Loans
After you graduate, leave school, or drop below half-time enrollment, you have a period of time before you have to begin repayment*. This "grace period" will be:
Six months - Federal Direct Loan
Six months – Wabash College Subsidized Loan
*Consult loan paperwork or ask lender for grace period on outside private loans.
All student borrowers must complete Exit Counseling prior to graduation or leaving Wabash. Exit Counseling details information about your repayment. Since student loans are real loans, there are serious consequences for not making your full loan payment on time. Through this counseling session you will learn about how to repay your loans, consolidation options, and the importance of communicating with your lender(s).
To ensure that you are making your payments on time, and to the right lender(s), you need to know what loans you have borrowed. If you have questions about who holds your loans, visit the U.S. Department of Education's National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). NSLDS gives you access to your loan amounts, loan status (including outstanding balances), and disbursements made.
The U.S. Department of Education provides a great tool for loan borrowers to better understand your repayment options. The Repayment Estimator is a great way to get an idea of how much your monthly loan payments may be based on how much you borrowed. There are two ways to use this tool: 1) you can sign-in to the site using your FSA ID. This method will give you the best estimate possible as it pulls information about your federal loans directly from the National Student Loan Data System. 2) you can proceed to the estimator without signing in. By selecting this method you will need to have detailed information about all of your federal loans so that you can enter the information manually.
The best way to know what options you have to repay your loans is to contact your lender. The federal government offers the following repayment options on Stafford loans: Standard, Extended, Graduated, and Income Based Repayment. To see these options in detail please visit Repayment Options and Calculators.
A Consolidation Loan allows you to combine all of your federal student loans into a single loan. Consolidation loans have a fixed interest rate based on the weighted average of the interest rates of the loans being consolidated. Consolidation for student loans is only available after the student is no longer enrolled. Keep in mind that although consolidation can simplify loan repayment and lower your monthly payment, it can significantly increase the total cost of repaying your loans. Use this Consolidation Checklist to help you make the decision. To obtain information on, or to apply for a consolidation loan, contact 1-800-557-7392 or visit studentloans.gov.
If you're having trouble repaying your loans, contact your lender(s) immediately. Your lender can work with you to determine what alternative payment options you may be eligible for. These may include:
- Changing your current repayment plan
- Deferment - if you meet certain requirements, allows you to temporarily stop making payments on your loan.
- Forbearance - if you don't meet the requirements for a deferment but are momentarily unable to make your loan payments, allows you to temporarily stop making payments on your loan, temporarily make smaller payments, or extend the time for making payments.
If you default, it means you failed to make payments on your student loan according to the terms of your promissory note, the binding legal document you signed at the time you took out your loan. Action can be taken to recover the money you owe. Here are some consequences of default:
- National credit bureaus can be notified of your default, which will harm your credit rating.
- You would be ineligible for additional federal student aid if you decided to return to school.
- Loan payments can be deducted from your paycheck.
- State and federal income tax refunds can be withheld and applied toward the amount you owe.
- Late fees and collection costs will be added to the amount you owe.
- You can be sued.


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It's fair to say the Confederations Cup takes a bit of stick as international tournaments go, but nobody was complaining in the opening game when Neymar scored the first goal for hosts Brazil in the 2013 edition.
Poor form over the past year has got many Brazilian fans worried about their prospects for next year when the World Cup begins, but this 3-0 win over Japan would have settled many nerves.
Luis Felipe Scolari's team followed on an impressive 3-0 dismantling of France a week ago with another classy performance and none more so impressive than the new £50million Barcelona signing.
Neymar has to carry the weight of expectation from world football's most successful nation and he seems to be dealing with it quite well.
It took the 21-year-old just three minutes to show what he can do when Fred knocked down a Marcelo cross to him just outside the area.
Neymar leant back and took on the bouncing ball first time, sending it whistling into the top corner of Eiji Kawashima's goal.
The 'keeper had no chance to stop it and the Brazil fans in Brasilia went wild as Neymar was mobbed by his teammates before doing a little dance.
Brazil cruised to victory with a Paulinho goal just after half time and an injury time strike from Manchester City reject Jo.
Watch Neymar's incredible strike to open the scoring at the 2013 Confederations Cup for Brazil below...


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Enrol a kid into JetPrivilege programme now.
The programme now allows a parent / guardian to enrol kid(s) between the ages of 2-11 years into JetPrivilege. Post enrolment, the kid(s) will get rewarded with JPMiles for their individual travel into their own JetPrivilege account's.
View the JPMiles existing in the Kid's account.
Redeem JPMiles from the individual kids account for Award ticket for self or any family members or friends, till the kid completes 11 years of age.
You can have a maximum of 5 kids linked to your account.
On attaining the age of 12 years, the kid(s) account will be de-linked from the Parent / Guardian account and the kid will independently handle all transactions (including redemption of JPMiles) pertaining to his / her JetPrivilege account.
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loxby needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
I need you to create an awesome logo AND BRAND IDENTITY ICON that will represent out service Ida. This logo will not only end up on my website, my literature, and my products, but also on clothing and other promotional items.
We are a start-up and are just finishing our software. We are programming a simple and easy to use online appointment scheduling service.
Our concept for communicating with the user is that we call the service Ida, to give it a personal touch. Ida addresses the users and vice versa.
For Example:
-Ida is searching a free date for you
-Ida has booked the date
-Ida will send you a confirmation email
-Ida will send you a remainder SMS
- We want to give Ida a face, which will also be our logo. What we havein mind is the upper part of a woman, with the brand name Ida and ourtag line.
The logo needs to clearly communicate that we are managingappointments. It has to be a fresh and innovative logo. Not too funnyas we already use a character and don't want to be recognized as acartoon website. You can choose any colours you like.
Features of Ida are:
- Thrustworthy
- 30 years old
- not girly, she is woman- what we want:Logo, with ida(Character), Ida(Brandname) and Tagline- Brand identity icon!!!! Tagline is not ready jet !!!! If you have a good idea then take it for your logo
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Not one person cited in this article is not tied financially to the Saudi regime. Not one person cited in this article is not an advocate of the Saudi regime. Not one critic of the Saudi regime is cited in this article. Not one. Also, notice how he conflates Saudi regime with Saudi people, as in: "The exuberant reception for Mr. Trump reflects how differently Persian Gulf leaders see him compared with how they saw Mr. Obama. Many of Mr. Obama's Middle East policies angered the Saudis". He also cites a twitter by the director of the official Saudi lobby in DC, without mention his post. He talks about what Saudis think as in "In Mr. Trump, however, many Saudis see a decisive" without telling readers that you can serve years in jail in that country if you disagree with the policies of the regime on social media. Saudi regime propagandist, Jamal Khashoggi, has been silenced simply because one of his tweets disagreed with Saudi policies in Egypt. This man was the most frequently cited person in Western media, and no one bothered to report about his silencing. Wait: Ben Hubbard is not done yet: "Mr. Trump's apparent lack of interest in human rights also suggests that he is unlikely to complain about the Saudi justice system or the limited rights of Saudi women." Yes, Mr. Hubbard. George W. Bush and Barak Obama complained all the time about Saudi human rights violating as they were selling arms to the regime and holding hands with the Saudi king. Wonderful journalism. It should be taught in journalism schools, or in comedy traffic schools.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Ben Hubbard doing what he does best: producing pro-Saudi regime propaganda in the New York Times
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Today, I was working on doing a product review on two different food processors. Viking vrs. Cuisinart. No sooner did I get started when the winds shifted it became the Food Processor vrs Finger ! Can you guess who won this battle? The following picture contains a little blood if you are squeamish, so you have been warned.
Soon, after several comparisons and tests, I will post my likes and dislike of each food processor. Have a great day, be safe and stay away from sharp objects.
Oh no!!! Ouch! Hope it heals quickly!!
Hello! Which highest food processor you recommend to purchase?


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The case assortment (subject to change) is listed there too:2x General Veers (Saga #7)2x Major Bren Derlin (Saga #8)2x AT-AT Driver (Saga #9)1x R2-D2 (Saga #10)2x Snowtrooper (Saga #11)1x General Rieekan (Saga #12)1x Darth Vader (Saga #13)1x Power Droid (Saga #14)
And a complete list of Saga 2 basic is available here!
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Across the Curriculum
Dickinson offers over 100 courses each academic year that help students gain knowledge about sustainability concepts, problems and solutions while building competencies and dispositions for creating a sustainable world. Over time, these courses have been integrated throughout the Dickinson curriculum in over 39 academic departments. In fall 2015, the Class of 2019 onward will be required to take a sustainability course as part of the general degree requirements.
These courses address the question, "How do we improve the human condition equitably in this and future generations, while conserving environmental systems necessary to support healthy and vibrant societies?"
Dickinson offers numerous courses in arts and humanities, social sciences and laboratory sciences that explore the different dimensions of sustainability from a variety of perspectives. Over 90% * of our Class of 2017 graduates took a sustainability course during their studies at Dickinson, without requirement.
* This data does not include courses taken abroad.
Dickinson students can identify sustainability courses using the course designations Sustainability Investigations (SINV) or Sustainability Connections (SCON) when conducting an online course search.
Faculty designate these courses each semester using our Sustainability Course Designation process. These two categories of course designation differ in the degree to which sustainability is a focus.
Sustainability Investigations:
Sustainability Investigations (SINV) courses engage students in deep and focused study of problems of sustainability as a major emphasis of the course. They may focus on a selected dimension of sustainability, but do so in context with and reference to the three major dimensions of sustainability: social (including cultural), economic and environmental. Many of these courses use sustainability or sustainable development as an explicit lens through which to examine questions about society, economic and human development, science and technology, or human interactions with the environment. But courses that use other paradigms may also be considered to be Sustainability Investigations courses if they examine social, economic, and environmental dimensions of questions about meeting human needs in a world of finite resources and complex, interconnected systems.
Sustainability Connections:
Sustainability Connections (SCON) courses engage students in making connections between the main topic of the course and sustainability by using assignments, selected readings, problems, examples, case studies, or a unit to explore questions within the broader context of the course about human interactions with the environment and their consequences for social, economic or environmental objectives. Often the explorations draw on knowledge and perspectives from more than one discipline, but can be rooted in a single discipline. Sustainability Connections courses may focus on all or just one of the dimensions of sustainability social, economic or environmental but with reference to at least one of the other dimensions. Sustainability is a significant but generally not a major emphasis of Sustainability Connections courses.


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Redhesd Jokes
Redhead Jokes are always good for more than a few laughs. Redhesd Jokes are known for joking about a redheads fiery attitudes and strong urges. One thing is for sure, you don't want to make a redhead mad by telling her any Redhesd Jokes. You just might find out what it's like to be in some Redhesd Jokes then!
We love redheads and Redhesd Jokes, so why not join us in some laughs while you enjoy some of our many Redhesd Jokes.
We know that you'll feel like you know someone in at least one of our Redhesd Jokes, so have some laughs and share some Redhesd Jokes with your friends.


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SiteName: Kingsway Tram Subway
Southampton Row - Victoria
Sub Brit site visit August 1994
[Source: Nick Catford]
When the decision was made by the London County Council to redevelop an unsavoury
part of Holborn and to construct Aldwych and Kingsway they considered using the
new streets for a tramway to connect the existing northern and southern networks.
It was then suggested that instead of running the trams on the streets, a sub-surface
line should be constructed as an integral part of the improvement. Similar schemes
had been adopted in New York and Boston and a deputation was sent to those cities
to see these tramways.
Photo:Holborn Station - looking north
Photo by Nick Catford
In hindsight it proved mistake to opt for single
deck cars but at the time this was done for three main reasons: (1) To avoid a
large sewer under Holborn which would, it was thought, necessitate too steep a
descent to be safe for double-deck cars. (2) The position of the District Railway
in relation to Waterloo Bridge and the gradient from the Strand presented difficulties
constructing a satisfactory southern exit; (3) There was a feeling that it might
be found that London traffic could be handled more expeditiously with coupled
single-deck cars than with double-deckers.
Photo:Looking towards Holborn Station from the Southampton Row entrance
Photo by Nick Catford
Further information and pictures about this site continues here
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There are so many websites for travel information and bookings, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some of the sites to use in 2013.
Skyscanner has become my go-to site when it comes to flight searches, both domestic and international.
If I want to get a general idea of what sort of fares are in the market, I sometimes go to Best Flights for a browse, but I nearly always return to Skyscanner to look for actual flights.
The Skyscanner iPad application is particularly good, with a list of destinations and starting prices down one side and an easy-to-use search engine on the other.
It also remembers details such as travel dates and the number of adults and children, so you don't have to keep re-entering them, as you do on many sites.
For those not familiar with Skyscanner and other "metasearch" sites, they scan a range of travel websites to compare prices and come up with the best deals.
You can narrow your search by airline, number of stops, flight duration or other criteria, and it saves hours of trawling the internet to check individual websites.
When you are ready to book, the metasearch site sends you to the relevant website to complete the transaction (although this can result in booking through more than one site, as happens in the case of multiple-airline combinations).
Another good site for flight searches is TripAdvisor, which allows you to factor in fees and extras such as baggage costs.
One company that has so far failed to take off in this arena is Google, which launched Google Flight Search in the US more than a year ago and has done little since. With the company's might behind it - and given that a reported $700 million was spent on software to make it happen - it ought to have become a dominant global force in travel, but it hasn't overwhelmed anyone yet.
The Aussie-grown Wotif.com continues to dominate the rankings for hotel booking sites in Australia but I hardly ever use it as I find the layout cumbersome and frustrating.
I prefer Hotels.com, which has a cleaner layout and easy-to-adjust criteria, such as the star ratings, price or specific location.
It incorporates user ratings into listings, doesn't charge cancellation fees and is quick and simple to use, with the booking confirmation coming by both email and text message, so you have the booking reference and call-centre number handy on your phone.
Hotels.com also has one of the only travel loyalty programs I can be bothered to use: Welcome Rewards.
You receive a free night for every 10 nights you book, with the value worked out as the average of the 10 rooms you paid for, so there is no complicated fine print.
If you're worried about missing out on a better deal elsewhere on the internet, try Hotels Combined, which is a metasearch site that brings deals together on one page.
Sites to watch in the hotel space include Agoda.com and Booking.com, which are fast gaining ground on industry stalwarts such as Wotif.
The sites both say they can offer heavily discounted rates on more than 200,000 hotels around the world because of their global buying power.
Car rental
For car rental, my preferred option is VroomVroomVroom. The catchy name has possibly helped with brand recall, but the site consistently offers excellent deals and easy booking.
VroomVroomVroom works with a range of car-rental providers to find the best deal, and it guarantees the best price.
This means I don't waste my time trying to find something cheaper elsewhere. The site also gets my vote for charging no booking fees and not having any hidden costs, which can be a scourge in the car-hire industry.
If you're picking up at an airport or dropping off at a different location, it is calculated at the time of search, so you know the total amount you will have to pay.
And, again, they send all the details to your phone, so you don't have to worry about carrying paperwork.
Trip planning
If you looked into my internet history, you would find Google Maps appears again and again ... and again.
For basic trip planning, I can think of no better tool, especially for working out travel distances and times. The satellite images give you a great idea of what a place looks like, or how far a resort is from the beach, and the maps are increasingly being overlaid with information about accommodation and attractions.
For a destination overview or key things to see, Lonely Planet is still the best in my view, with so much investment in independent content.
TripAdvisor is hard to beat for determining quality, with the sheer volume of traveller reviews outweighing any fake content that might be posted.
I also spend a lot of time on official tourist board sites, which might lack independence but are usually a good source of detailed information and operator listings.
Attractions and activities
If I want to find or book tours, attractions or activities, I go to Viator.com.
The site has endless listings and it guarantees to offer the lowest price, so if you turn up and find a cheaper deal, they'll refund the difference.
You can search for tours and attractions by the top sellers, by those that have been given the highest rating by other travellers, or by those that fit your budget.
You can also look at photos posted by other travellers to get a feel for the experience.
On the ball online
Australia and New Zealand represent one of the most mature markets in the world when it comes to booking travel online, according to research company PhoCusWright.
More than one-third of our travel is now booked online, putting us in line with Canada, Europe and the US — and ahead of our neighbours in Asia.
PhoCusWright says flight purchases are by far the largest segment of the Australia-New Zealand market, making up two-thirds of online travel bookings.
Flight bookings are also expected to be the biggest area of growth this year as low-cost airlines expand their networks and push online sales.


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Welcome to Outback Organics
At Outback Organics, we are extremely proud and passionate about what we do and believe the care and attention we put into every detail of our brand makes us the success we are.
We pride ourselves on two things – listening to our customers and developing wonderful organic products and ranges based on their needs, requirements and suggestions.
What started as a great little idea has grown into a thriving and successful business – and the Outback Organics adventure is only just beginning.
To find out more about who we are, how we got here and where we are going visit our About Us section and become part of the ever growing Outback Organics family.


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Tolkien's Middle-earth:
Lesson Plans for Secondary School Educators
Unit Eight: War and Peace in Middle-earth
Content Focus: The Lord of the Rings, Book Five
Thematic Focus: An Enemy Called Despair
Although many critics have asserted that the central theme of The Lord of the Rings is the conflict between good and evil, another significant dichotomy hope versus despair runs through the novel. In the sieges, skirmishes, and battles that fill Book Five, the noble defenders of Middle-earth struggle not only against their external foes but also against defeatism. Unit Eight invites students to analyze the intricate mixture of optimism and fatalism that informs Tolkien's artistic vision.
Learning Goals
By the end of Unit Eight, the student should be able to:
Discuss the interplay of hope and despair in The Lord of the Rings.
Specify some similarities and differences between Denethor's suicidal madness and Éowyn's desire to die in battle.
Explain why critics have said that The Lord of the Rings is an antiwar novel but not a pacifist novel.
Contrast the self-reflective heroism of Faramir with the warrior ethos of the Iliad.
Name several myths that include a descent to the land of the dead.
Unit Eight Content
Comments for Teachers
Preliminary Quiz
Key Terms
Discussion Topics
Suggested Activities
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These lesson plans were written by James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow in consultation with Amy Allison, Gregory Miller, Sarah Rito, and Jason Zanitsch.
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HT Sports, also Henry Tilly (incorporating Minerva), based in Hertfordshire are specialists in the supply of sportswear, sports apparel, corporate wear and sports equipment for schools and clubs throughout the UK. HT Sports specialise specifically in the supply of sportswear and equipment for football, cricket, rugby, volleyball, basketball, netball, golf, athletics, boxing, skiing, swimming, running, soccer, and hockey clubs & teams. HT Sports stock all major sports brands including, Nike, Adidas, Puma, Prostar, Stanno, Hummel, Uhlsport, Minerva, Gilbert, Gunn & Moore, Saucony, Kookaburra , Asics, Gymflex, Woodworm, Slazenger, Reebok, Dunlop, Le Coq Sportif, and Brooks. Corporate wear can also be supplied, including, polo shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, t-shirts, holdalls, hats. HT Sports also offer a comprehensive printing, embroidery and engraving service for school sports teams and sports clubs. A full range of non-clothing sports equipment is also available, including bats, balls, nets, goals, posts, cones, rackets, whistles, trophies, awards, cups, sacks, holdalls, and bags.


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Summer on the Hudson: Movies Under the Stars
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
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A "Great Thinker" from the world outside of cycling contacted Pappillon with a counterpoint to the vitriol surrounding Floyd Landis, and we've chosen to publish it here. Not everyone, it would seem, chooses to see the man in an irrevocably-evil light.
"I don't understand the ignorance or the vitriol surrounding Floyd. If you think he would care at all what some anonymous schmuck in Nevada City thinks of his public-facing time-line, here's how my mind worked through it:
1) Interesting background. I love it when strange people from strange circumstances rise to the top.
2) Public tiffs with Lance at Postal. Nice.
3) 2006 Stage 17: One of the most heroic athletic feats of all time. I assume he's juiced, but I assume everybody else is juiced, too.
4) Denies everything after getting popped. Bummer. My respect went down, but I also knew that was part of the game.
5) Promotes his defense fund and takes heaps of public contributions. I don't give because I don't think he's innocent (not necessarily of the Stage 17 Testosterone, but just in general.) Actually, I don't give anything to anybody or any organization. I give the government enough taxes as it is.
6) WSJ interview earlier this year and attendant proclamations of guilt: AWESOME. My respect goes back up.
7) Determination last week to reimburse all the poor fools who contributed to his fund. Floyd's integrity is now completely restored in my book. I probably still won't send him any money, but he can crash at my pad next time he races in Nevada City, if he wants to."
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This commemorative quilt was made for Israel Arms of Brighton, Michigan, by his sisters. The names of their parents, John and Martha Boltwood Arms and siblings, together with relevant dates, are written on the central medallion. The quilt is inscribed, "This spread is presented to Israel Arms By his Affectionate sisters as a token of love God grant this may [end] an unbroken family in heaven." The surrounding blocks are inscribed with the sisters' and brothers' marriage dates, names of spouses and the names of their children. In 1826, a year after Israel Arms married Julia Ann Parsons, they left Conway, Massachusetts, and moved to Brighton, Michigan.
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How to Make Streaming Music Better
When there's unlimited music options on streaming services, why is it so hard for fans to find new music to love? John Jurgensen joins Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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John Jurgensen joins us to help the circular musical Overland high John ... write ... out your silly little overwhelmed by an easy collection these days let stock at what's going on says she's therapy sessions could probably use a ... what what we're talking about here is what you call a classic first world problem that is we had so much music we have an overabundance of music basically for those of us to use streaming services like SpA to buy ... or cardio or Rhapsody ... recently have access to almost any news we wanna listen to any given time on demand ... aam and so what happens is that ... mean a little known side effect of that is that sometimes you just don't know what to listen to you know you think about it you you you know that search bar and you can drop lack ... insurance have that experience and searching for cool stuff on YouTube or whatever ... we are faced with a time of the limitless abundance of of ... of ... content ... on an access sometimes it can be a little bit paralyzed ... it's as if there were already in deference to stream music very even more coming in the pipeline less than you think they're coming up ... the most anticipated Cyrus is going to launch in this is just within a few weeks or so ... is the beats Music Service ... that is a division of the beats company that makes the headphones that it's taken up and in recent years the Beats by journey headphones ... and this is going to be a streaming music service in that you pay a monthly subscription to access ... their China catalog of music ... but what they're trying to do which is slightly different than some of the other players including spa to try and do ... it that therefore it rank your rate the music for you ... they have a roster of music aficionados experts ... were going to be making these playlists that are meant to fit your very and removed it might be and whether it's a driving trip or a sale workout ... aam and what they're trying to do his channel the this ... overwhelming violent music with access to ... and how you find stuff that you may not ... remember or may have known the surprise about so that's ... the biggest services can be launching in January ... of but that's just one of the many searching the services that are launching a new year it's it's a big open space right now ... it really signals a shift that were moving from digital downloads ... for you buy and own it ... two More Rascal model ... and that's that's that that's the best chance of snow in the midst of right now for consumers now there are already a lot of different ways to search for new music in things like spot if I ... mean an end to end things like that ... you know I think those functions are particularly sophisticated at the moment whether flies in the way he a week earlier ... well you know I think it really depends on mood you're in that time a year in where you are what you're searching on your phone versus your desktop ... I think that they're ... a lot of these ... a lot of the search services ... of a lot of their steep that you are leakage out for example spotted by which they use all the time ... on my laptop as always great apps weren't going to the pitch workout or the blue note records that ... or the Rolling Stone app and I can see playlists ... don't developed by their editors and their experts and so that's a great way to access access and in in everyday use us for being with us ... but with my cell phone in on my I phone and I'm using this ... app ... that sometimes the more difficult time so ... he was depending where you are watching them be looking for it yet you know that the wealth of music online is is is ... it so ... this is managing the overabundance sometimes can be a little bit tricky ... to find someone to relate to guide you there is this the key in every music listeners different both in their tastes and the way they want to interact with the stuff on the aesthetic is very easy to buy your favorite pop ... that's a little the harder if he might have a little bit more eclectic music ... yet mean I think that um classical music lovers have complained about this ... but since the dawn of the digital music age classical music by its very nature is difficult to store and sea search ... engine on its own digital services ... to do with the fact that no other composer there's also performer ... um and those two things don't always ... are ... all things are searching for it so that's that's an ongoing dilemma for people in this ... music and jazz to a lesser extent ... you know there's also just the big black holes in the in the role of the song is taken by my favorite ... of my favorite ... symbol of the gap between online and real worlds medicine to a great radio station like ... to be a venue here in New Jersey ... where you know sometimes options there something that they're ... playing on the air to China data from this and doesn't show that digital so ... you still have people who were ... providing this great news that may not be with the catalogs ... just ... surge to all-time ... and that it is a lot of fun but also can be sometimes frustrating if you're searching for something


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In the aftermath of a string of natural disasters during the 2011 cropping season, the USDA has announced $308 million will be provided in aid to 33 states and Puerto Rico. The funds will come in addition to crop insurance and disaster payments previously promised under SURE and the Livestock Indemnity Program.
"2011 was a record year for farming and agriculture throughout the United States," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during a Wednesday afternoon press conference. "Farmers experienced a record amount of income and saw record exports (and) safer food. (There was also) a variety of opportunities to increase markets from local and regional food systems to bio-based products.
"2011 was also a year that saw a substantial number of natural disasters that impacted close to 55 million acres of farmland across the country. Floods, drought, and tropical storms did a great deal of damage throughout the country."
The $308 million will be available to producers and communities "as quickly as possible. We're making the announcement now so as producers begin spring plans … they know they'll have resources available to finance repairs or improvements."
The funds will be split between three projects: the Emergency Conservation Program, the Emergency Forest Restoration Program, and the Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
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- $215.7 million to the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (under the NRCS) will provide financial and technical assistance to assist public safety and restoration.
"Funding is allocated to a project and NRCS will then contract heavy construction work with local contractors," said Vilsack. "Typical projects funded with the program include removing debris from waterways, protecting stream banks, reseeding damaged areas and in some cases, with landowner's permission, purchasing flood plain easements on eligible land."
- $80 million to the Emergency Conservation Program (under the FSA) will provide resources to remove debris from farmland, to restore livestock fences, conservation structures and provide water for livestock during severe drought.
The USDA county committees "assisted us in determining the eligibility based on on-site inspections of damaged land."
- $12 million to the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (under the FSA).
"This will provide payments to eligible owners of non-industrial private forested land in order to … restore land damaged by natural disaster."
The payments are "a critical component of the safety net provided to (those) impacted by natural disasters," said Vilsack. "It highlights the importance of having that safety net, whether crop insurance (some $17.2 billion paid out over the last three years to 325,000 producers) or supplementing the disaster assistance programs under the 2008 farm bill (having benefited some 250,000 producers with over $3.5 billion in payments)."
Farm bill and crop insurance
What are Vilsack's expectations for how disaster payments will be handled in the next farm bill?
A new direction began with the 2008 farm bill "when Congress made an effort with the SURE program and Indemnity Livestock and Forage programs and assistance programs. (They were) trying to avoid ad hoc disaster assistance."
From that experience, "we realized the experience of having (such an approach) and also recognizing there needs to be a swifter reaction to natural disasters. The SURE program is very complex and requires calculations. It takes a year or two of delay in order to get resources to folks for disasters. … That's a problem because folks need the help (immediately) when faced with a farm or loan payment."
For the 2012 farm bill "there is recognition we need a safety net. And it needs to rely heavily on crop insurance and a continued expansion of crop insurance. We've seen about 135 new policies initiated in the last couple of years.
"And we need to have something that supplements crop insurance. So -- if you're faced with a natural disaster, faced with a serious decline in commodity prices, faced with a huge increase in input costs – you can weather that storm.
"That's why I think you'll see some kind of revenue protection program discussed. The key question will be how it fits into the fiscal constraints that Congress will set. How can it be explained to (legislators) representing the 98 percent of Americans who don't farm and the 84 percent that" live in urban areas.
What about the coming farm bill and the cost of crop insurance, which jumped to $11.3 billion in fiscal year 2011? The jump comes alongside record farm income and skyrocketing land values.
Vilsack said the crop insurance program currently requires a 12 to 14 percent return on investment to remain solvent. Beyond that, "we've taken steps to reduce taxpayer exposure by renegotiating the reinsurance agreement that backs up the crop insurance program."
This was done in addition to "placing limitations on administrative and operating expenses paid out of the premiums. We saved collectively about $6 billion, reallocated $2 billion into other programs and committed $4 billion over 10 years to deficit reduction."
USDA is also "constantly taking a look at the actuarial soundness of the program. We have to make sure when we make a commitment to cover, we're in a financial position to do so. And we also want to make sure when we're reviewing the actuarial data for the program that the premiums charged to producers are fair and reasonable and transparent as can be."
A recent evaluation determined that "perhaps, corn and soybean producers were paying their fair share. Those premiums have been reduced and are looking at potentially further reductions depending on what the data shows us."


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School Bans Acronyms
For the past few years, language purists have bemoaned the way "text speak" like LOL and OMG has wormed its way into written communication.
But according to parents, a Georgia elementary school went too far when it made students sign a pledge stating they wouldn't use acronyms when signing each other's yearbooks.
Teachers at Birmingham Falls Elementary School in the town of Milton circulated the pledges among the pupils, who had to sign them before being given copies of the school's yearbook. Anyone who violated the pledge was told they'd be sent to the principal's office and have their yearbook taken away.
When parents found out, they were furious.
One mom, Patti Silva, posted about the pledge on her Facebook page, alerting other parents and eventually the media. "I thought 'Really, you're kidding me? Why we didn't hear about it. Why can't we draw a smiley face?' That's what we thought," she said.
Her daughter added, "Freedom of speech — that's one of our amendments, people. No one really liked it. I thought it was kind of stupid."
Silva and some other Milton parents told their kids to ignore the pledge and sign their classmates' books however they wanted — and the school has since backed down on enforcing the pledge.


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The 2014 Boston Marathon is just 55 day's away and is set to be one of the biggest and best in history, with 36,000 runners.
We are excited to be sending three iFit customers to run the marathon this year. Please join us in cheering them on in their training and on race day.
Here is a little about each runner, including their running history and how their training is coming along (all in their words).
My training is going well, I've been carrying a mild foot injury since the Detroit Marathon last October, but I think I'm finally starting to see the end of it.
Due to living in Michigan, what with the Arctic Vortex, I've only been running on the treadmill since the very end of Dec. I've covered 240 miles in about 7 weeks. That includes the two marathons I ran in 3 days to win the iFit competition and a spot to run in the Boston Marathon.
As far as my running history, I've been running since I was about 12 years old and I ran 10 mile races when I was 16, but I only did my first marathon in 2011, one month before I turned 40 years of age. Since then I've run Detroit two more times with a personal best last year of 3.35. I also pb'd on my half last year in the Brooksie (a local run in MI) with 1.33. My furthest run to date was a 50k.
This year I'm doing Boston in April and am signed up for Toledo the week after. I also plan to do Chicago later in the year.
As someone who thought I might never get to run Boston, it's a real honor to be able to go. I know it's going to be amazing to run with so many other dedicated runners, so I can't wait for the big day. I've mapped out the Boston marathon in 4 segments and I've probably run it 4 times already, so I'm really getting familiar with the course thanks to my treadmill. I hate running a course I don't know, it feels like it's twice as far, so it's building my confidence by going over it many times.
I am 31 years of age from Teachey, North Carolina. I started running in 2006 and ran my first 5k in March 2007. From there I continued to run in 5K races and found that I enjoyed them. Later on, I started running 10K races until I eventually got brave to run a Half Marathon.
I run for my health but during every race I am running for something or someone, always dedicating at least a mile to all my fellow military troops.
I am so very excited about Boston, yet I am very nervous at the same time. Boston is the oldest Marathon and I am so very happy to be a part of it this year. I am excited about getting to run in a city I have never seen before and in the city where our country made it's history and start. Rest assured, I am very excited and I will be running for a lot and praying for many in the 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon.
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