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Chem's 1 in 15 Ham Plan
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Smurf Hunter:
Weird. Another set of overlapping goals with my own.
1) Last May I got my tech and general at the same time, though I've not taken advantage of any general privileges, aside from messing around a bit on 10meters
2) I joined a club, but it's more than 20 minutes away and I don't make it out to events unless I make a serious commitment. They have a lot of classes, gear rentals, etc.
3) I've visited the local EMCOM group and participate in their weekly VHF nets. I practice using a variety of radios and antennas. Even using my Baofeng UV5R walking my dog in different places to test things out.
4) Most likely I will join the local EMCOM team after completing my CERT course next month
5) I have a fantastic geographical location for VHF/UHF communications. There are a few repeaters that are 35 miles away that I can hit solidly with a 2M J-pole in my attic.
What I am really lacking is more community. To be honest, the club is a lot of really old guys - very good and smart people, but I estimate the average age is 35 years older than me.
When I come at them with questions about digital modes or crafty DIY stuff, some of them dismiss it. A few are really into contesting, etc. I just haven't "click" with anyone yet.
I am meeting a lot of like minded folks in CERT training, and about 5 of us are hams, though most I've talked to much are very much in the early technician/HT phase. One guy couldn't believe I hit a 2meter repeater that was 40 miles away (it's line of sight across a body of water at 500ft elevation on each side). I was shocked someone had their ticket for 3 years and hadn't tried this.
Upside is these folks are mostly preparedness minded and live nearby.
Let me know how the infrastructure goes. There are some great HF rigs for $800, but that's still $800 my wife doesn't think should be spent on a "hobby" :(
--- Quote from: Smurf Hunter on October 28, 2014, 02:27:35 PM ---Let me know how the infrastructure goes. There are some great HF rigs for $800, but that's still $800 my wife doesn't think should be spent on a "hobby" :(
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I have that one licked. The wifey is on board with the ham, but I still have to find the money amongst other family priorities. "Honey I know you have outgrown your ice skates, but daddy needs a new radio. Dont worry, only nerds ice skate. Would you like to go talk to strangers on the radio with me? Its fun..."
Oh, also I have seen some "virtual radio" programs advertised where you use the interwebs to simulate the controls and audio of HF. Perhaps that could be a way to work on your HF before you buy one?
I will start a separate thread on my quest for an HF rig and solicit others advice.
For the community thing perhaps you can find good knowledge building events with the club and then gather up you local techs to go to those events. Carpool to Hamfests and such.
Cheering you on, ChemSoldier. Have been a ham for 34 years. You need any help, there are lots of Elmers here. (That's a ham radio term for "mentor").
Good on you Chem! Looks like your goals line up with mine, just more focused :P
Well, I am away from home on business for the moment so my start doesnt actually involve talking on the radio at all.
I have my General Class study manual and am working my way though it.
I have also been printing out useful material as I find it and am starting a binder for stuff like the Band plan the ARRL publishes.
I started a multi-tabbed spreadsheet that has all the things I have, what I want (to include vendor and price info), all the hams I know, freqs I use or would want to use and the schedule of Nets I participate / might want to participate in.
I brought one of my Baofengs along and have been working on programming it. The peanut gallery is right. Programming the Baofeng without chirp is freaking awful.
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Ever since my mom died, I've been a mess. My emotional disarray has translated into much of my life becoming a pile of junk.
I need to get married. And I need a woman who can reorganize my life, cook for me, clean for me, and take care of me… I mean look after me. But am I supposed to clean up after myself and I've already got so much on my plate?
About a month ago my uncle's wife was in a major car accident and has been in the hospital since. She's been steadily recovering, but naturally this entire event has taken its toll on him. I would make it a point to visit him frequently knowing how lonely and down he was.
Women's Role
Somehow, we managed to get on the topic of marriage. I told him I really needed a wife and that my life was a mess! He smiled and said:
"I thought your generation was an enlightened one. A wife is not a maid," he said, "and you need to understand marriage before you get married."
He pointed out that he had no problem keeping his house clean in his wife's absence; and that even when she is around, he still helps run the house… Because he believes that he and his wife are partners even when it comes to household responsibilities.
He reminded me of the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying:
The best of you are those who are best to their wives.
No man in history was as busy as the Prophet Muhammad or as important to the world as he was, but that didn't stop him from constantly being in the service of his own household.
Aisha says:
The Prophet used to repair his own shoes, and mend his own clothes without complaint.
And with all that, he never deprived his family of that infectious smile he was so famous for.
Men are from Makkah and women are from Madinah but, in the end, we're all from Allah. And though at times it seems impossible to understand one another, Allah created us in our own unique ways to complete one another.
And that's not just in regards to marriage; that's a rule of life. Be it a mother with her son, a wife with her husband, a daughter with her father, a sister with her brother… There's something special about the bond between men and women.
My uncle told me that women often go unappreciated in our lives. And part of that lack of appreciation is that we belittle what they're capable of and reduce them to maids.
Value of the Mother
That's why the Prophet (peace be upon him) taught us that though we may never repay them, we should at least recognize their efforts and be grateful. Not only that but we should honor them and hold them in the highest regard.
You know, your mother didn't just clean after you, she made you the person you are today. She didn't just change your diaper, she builds your character. For sleepless nights in constant worrying in prayers, she proudly watched you grow.
And you know, if we pay close enough attention, we'll realize that every woman in our lives has taught us something; if nothing else, how to be more loving and compassionate.
Allah mentioned three things that your mother did for you that no one else has. She carried you, gave birth to you, and nurtured you in your infancy.
Perhaps that's why when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked who is most deserving to my affection he said "your mother" 3 times, then your father.
My uncle told me that in anticipation of his wife coming home he wanted to do something thoughtful for her to show her how much he loved her. Her favorite pastime was putting puzzles together specially with her grandchildren, so I thought I'd make a puzzle of her to show her that just as she completes me, I can sort of complete her.
She absolutely loved it and I loved that she loved it.
Clearing Misconceptions
My neighbor once asked me: "Aren't you Muslims exaggerating just a little bit when you claim that Muhammad emancipated women? Just because he spoke out against killing your daughters and beating your wives? I mean aren't those things understood? Do you really need a Prophet or a holy book to get that?"
I told him that the women in the days of ignorance were viewed as less than cattle, and that the Prophet went beyond simply teaching us not to abuse or harm them, but he taught us to honor and cherish them.
Besides, wouldn't you agree that sometimes transformative figures are needed to call people out on their brutality and remind them of what makes them human?
He finally said: "Yeah I guess so. But that's not the same."
But he and I both knew that it was. And let's face it, we all need to be reminded at times.
Throughout this process, not only was I able to rearrange my life but my beliefs as well. And as usual, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was right.
Rasul Allah, how amazing must you have been that when you said, "the best amongst you are those who are best to the their wives," our mother Aisha responded, "and you are the best of them."
Not only you're the greatest Prophet, leader, and teacher; you're the greatest son, husband, and father to ever lived.

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According to experts, the human being is not formatted to go off his own limits. They evoke a jar in which the human creates his own limits. Limits, a man is ignored. Living "hell", he decided to leave everything there about ten years. It is now under another identity he resurfaced and gave an interview with a Journalist.
"You never die, we only change in nature as one changes
panties and end of a being is always the beginning of a new life form," wrote Pierre Chatillon (from "Philédor Beausoleil" Paris, editions Robert Laffont, 1978). This quote, a man was put into practice. Of course, he did not die but he killed his identity to escape from debts, a fictitious identity with which he lives, now for ten years.
Do not show "It was hell" wanting to remain anonymous, the man said in an exclusive interview with a Journalist that his situation "could not last." So he made a plan to go away from home, hide and give birth to this new man for whom life has finally smiled. In the late 1990s, he lived in the suburbs.
He was married and was the father of "a boy with Down syndrome." However, this father confessed that it was not what family background who did leave his old life, but especially money: "I was deeply in debt with credit so that whatever I earned was taken by my bank earlier this month. "But his marriage has also played a role in this decision. Indeed, the man confessed that his "wife [the] hated. She had come to conclusion that the disease of his son was his fault."
Financial problems and marital status, which did not suit him or was not suitable. Aggravating consequences as "problems with Drugs and alcohol." "It was hell," in the words of this man. "A new man" How then to escape from a life that does not fit? Of course, like many people burnt, he had considered suicide. But the fatal outcome has given way to a different way out: exile or in other words, a new life. Leaving Home to Find. "One day, I had an idea into a table lamp on the birth certificate of a colleague. I took it and I photocopied. With that, I got a new identity." Now it is in the Aude he saw. He remarried and explained everything to his new wife because he "could not live with it without being 'clear'."A decision that the bride fully understand, It is as a "new man" that is seen today. A man with "a good job and a quiet life" away from his past, a past he has also set aside, tried to forget.
But a man without a past is a man without history and therefore no future. That is why he has reconnected with his brother, there are two years ago: "I called my brother a phone booth he was surprised, he thought I was dead."
However, this loophole is not the dream of a lifetime as he lives, all the same, with the daily fear of being discovered. This is why it "continues to take precautions" using a minimum of "things that could be" traced ". But in the end it "emptied the abscess existed with his wife's family
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The old joke asks, "How are Duct Tape and The Force similar?" To which the answer is: "They both have a light and dark side and they hold the Universe together." It's certainly been one of my Dad's favorite tools in his toolbox and it does seem there is little it can't do. So I suppose it was only a matter of time before the folks at 3M decided to come up with official Duct Tape Bandages perfect for closing that gash you just put in your hand with a screwdriver.
After all when you're a manly man you don't want to be showing up at the garage with a pansy-assed Sponge Bob Squarepants band-aid on your finger. No sir! You want a MANLY bandage; something that screams a testament to the absolute gallons of testosterone raging around your system. Something that shows that the only reason you bothered to bandage the wound in the first place was because the blood was making it hard to hold onto your tools!
Surprisingly enough there's actually quite a history of medicinal uses of Duct Tape including the usual closing of sucking chest wounds among many other not immediately obvious uses. Not that I'm advocating passing up a doctor's treatment in favor of a duct tape solution, but in a pinch it could be useful knowledge to have.
At the very least I'm going to have to track some of these down so I can give them to my Dad.
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Kevin Lloyd had just speared a kingfish Saturday when a mako shark "came out of nowhere" and latched onto one of his legs.
Things happened quickly after that in the murky depths off New Zealand's Cavalli Islands.
The 24-year-old from Kerikeri told the New Zealand Herald that he stabbed the 6-foot shark with a knife while his companion pulled the shark's tail fin.
"I started stabbing it heaps with my knife and it didn't quite like that so it turned around and bit my hand," Lloyd told the Herald. "And then I was just trying to get my hand out of its mouth so I gouged its eye with my left hand – this is all while my mate's holding on to the tail of the shark trying to pull it off me. It was pretty lucky because my mate was there. I think it would have been way worse if he wasn't."
Lloyd and his companion made it to their boat – kingfish still intact – and to shore. Lloyd was transported to a nearby hospital, where he received 10 stitches in his hand.
RELATED: Video footage shows shark tearing mask from diver's face
Doctors were still monitoring his more serious leg wound, in case of infection.
Mako sharks, which can measure to nearly 15 feet and weigh in execs of 1,000 pounds, are common beyond the Northland region of New Zealand.
Clinton Duffy of the Department of Conservation explained that the shark probably perceived Lloyd as a competitor for the fish he had speared, not as prey.
Said Lloyd: "I see sharks quite often. Usually they just leave you alone. This is the first time I've genuinely been scared of a shark."
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All Candidates who are willing to apply online application then download official notification and read all eligibility criteria and application process carefully. We will provide short information about "EWS Certificate Application Form 2022" like application form, eligibility requirements, validity, important document, etc.
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Diane specialises in enabling brands with skills and competencies like design thinking, journey management and value mapping to drive sustainable shifts in how organisations achieve results with expertise of over 25 years.
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A good cup of coffee is not as simple as it might seem. The beans themselves travel a long distance to make their way into your mug, first in their cherry-like form, to their dried, roasted, then carefully ground near-final product, an entire process that can take months. Any part of the journey can run into trouble, from climate to shipping issues to uneven roasting. And while you can't control the earlier steps, it's important to do the best you can with the parts you can manage.
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Kourtney Kardashian's Son Reign Shaved His Iconic Long Hair
Kourt is "not ok."
Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick's son Reign is sporting a new haircut. The 5-year-old was known for his long locks—a hairstyle Kardashian was often mom-shamed for. Now, he decided he was ready for a cut, and Kardashian is having a hard time getting used to her son's new look.
"I am not ok," Kardashian jokingly captioned her photo of Reign's shaved head.
But in actuality, she couldn't be more in love with her son's look. She responded, "I love it" to friend Simon Huck's comment, "I'm shook but also LIVING for this new look."
And Kardashian isn't the only one loving Reign's hair (or lack thereof). "He looks soooo handsome," auntie Kim Kardashian West wrote. "Omggggg the cutest," Hailey Bieber commented. Singer Kacey Musgraves added, "Angel baby."
Haircuts are always a big deal for kids, and Reign's is an even bigger deal due to the fact that he's been sporting almost waist-length hair for, well, his entire life with hair.
Trolls on Kardashian's posts of her youngest son often scolded her for keeping his hair so long, telling her that he looks like a girl—as if that's a negative thing. ("She really needs to cut his hair," one critic commented last year). However, Kardashian never gave into the mommy shamers and let Reign keep growing his locks until he decided he was ready for a cut.
We love Reign's massive chop as much as we loved his long hair. But we must admit it's going to be a lot easier to tell Reign and sister Penelope apart now. The genes are strong.


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text: On June 19th, the 2017 Cross-Strait Workshop on the Environment and Ecology was held in the Institute of Urban Environment (IUE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) successfully. The workshop invited more than 20 experts and scholars from famous universities, research institutes and enterprises in Taiwan to attend. At the opening ceremony, ZHU Yongguan, director of IUE, and Professor JIANG Benji, specially-appointed professor of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of Taiwan University, respectively delivered speech. Both of them believed that scholars on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should focus on the hotspots and difficult points of the ecological research, and jointly promote cross-strait academic exchanges, collaborative innovation and production-education-research cooperation, so as to give impetus to the ecological civilization and explore the frontier of environmental and ecological field. After the opening ceremony, the experts carried out in-depth discussion on the topics of air pollution control technology, healthy watershed management, waste recycling and environmental functional materials and so on. In addition, they had an investigation to the pilot demonstration of biochar production from urban sewage sludge. All the experts spoke highly of this workshop, they thought the theme of the workshop was very close to the needs of the society, and created a very good communicative chance for governments, universities and enterprises. We hoped to carry out substantive cooperation in scientific research, personnel training, conversion of scientific and technological achievements and so on, they said.


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62 Dodge Dart
I bought this car almost 10 years ago. I got it from this school teacher dude here in S.D. He boaught the car from the original owner (literally a little old lady) and replaced the OG engine with a built 440 beast and a new exhaust (specs later). It had big slicks on the jacked back end and tiny tires in the front drag strip stylee. I put the existing tread on it. The car was originally burgandy exterior. It had a handful of problems yet still drivable. It stayed the same for years. It's been in a couple different shops over the years. I tried to replace the headers on my own once. Yea right! About 2 years ago my friends brother inlaw came and got it and we began interior and exterior improvements. New black paint, chrome and aluminum outside. Sweet! We kept the same interior colors but did the seats in leather. New audio action and upolstered trunk finish it out. Still fine tuning the engine. Louie at Car Connection here in SD has been making great improvements.
More detal and photos soon. Long live Mopar!
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Ready, steady, go really fast! April 2005.
Finest car... From the car handbook.
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Be prepared, from adventure to emergency.
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If the beautiful climate and golden sun haven't won you over Crete, this boat adventure surely will. Regardless of whether you have a small or great fishing experience this trip can give incredible satisfaction and is recommended to everyone!
After having a great tour in the beautiful Vienna beach, we will prepare the equipment, we will travel to the seafront waters of the southern Crete, and we will go boating & light fishing. Give yourself the opportunity to spend long and entertaining hours and get all the pleasures that a single fishing day at the sea may give!
NOTE: Keeping the catch depends on the season, species targeted, and local laws.


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SRCCON Highlights
Posted: July 9, 2015 | Tags: computer-assisted reporting, data, interactive data, journalism, NICAR, SRCCON
"These are my people," I heard many attendees at SRCCON (pronounced "source-con") say during the two-day conference in Minneapolis last week.
SRCCON, first conceived at NICAR, and now in its second year, wanted to feature the hallway conversations, skillshares and collaborations that happen naturally at bigger conferences and make them the highlight of the event. The small conference, organized by Knight-Mozilla OpenNews, drew 225 people — news developers, data journalists, designers, editors and reporters from The New York Times and Quartz to local NPR stations and freelance journalists.
I went to the conference as a volunteer, helping people register and running ...
Learning how to make the most of our data at NICAR
Posted: March 1, 2014 | Tags: campaign finance, Federal Election Commission, Investigative Reporters and Editors, journalism, National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, NICAR, reporting, Workshop news
Reporters are increasingly using data to find stories. At NICAR's annual conference, where 1,000 journalists are gathering in Baltimore this year, reporters, editors, programmers and datavisualization experts are sharing best practices for acquiring databases or building their own.
A session on Federal Election Campaign (FEC) data, led by Aaron Bycoffe, Jack Gillum, and Chris Schnaars, focused on how to gain access to the publicly available but highly obfuscated records that show who donated what to political campaigns. The speakers said just 150 people accounted for $810 billion worth of donations to Super PACs in the 2012 presidential race ...
Original research, new tools highlight conference
Posted: March 5, 2013 | Tags: NICAR
I came away from last week's National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting conference feeling pretty good about the future of journalism. In newsrooms large and small, reporters and editors are experimenting with bold new ways to gather, analyze and present the news. Despite its serious economic problems, the field continues to attract a wealth of talented and energetic people, including some folks with backgrounds and educations that wouldn't have been sought after or welcomed in the past.
NICAR is sponsored by IRE — Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. IRE has been holding NICAR conferences since 1993, and this year's ...
Welcome to the new field of "journalitics"
Posted: March 1, 2011 | Tags: Institute for Analytic Journalism, Investigative Reporters and Editors, journalitics, journalysts, National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, NICAR, Phil Meyer, Precision Journalism, Steve Doig, Tom Johnson
I spent last week, along with more than 400 others, attending the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in Raleigh, N.C. It was an invigorating and exciting time – the largest CAR conference in about a decade.
And I came away convinced that we are seeing the emergence of a new field, which I am going to call "journalitics," that is, the combination of journalism with analytical tools. Those who practice it are not merely "journalists," but rather, "journalysts." And these new practitioners were on full display at the NICAR conference. They bring not just new skills, but also new ...


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Fri, 24 July 2020
Real Estate Star, Bryan Casella joins Jason Hartman from sunny California to share tips on getting started in real estate. This interview is all about having a top producer mindset. Bryan shares his story from pro basketball to real estate broker and the tips he's learned about being on a high level of success. Bryan answers questions about what he studied to gain the knowledge and tactics he used to get ahead.
Key Takeaways:
[2:00] How did you go from a professional basketball player to a real estate broker?
[6:00] "Getting started and door knocking was my claim to fame." - Casella
[7:13] Were you prospecting in a sort of shotgun-style, or farming specific areas?
[8:45] In regards to career-advancing, Casella studied the greats and got certified in hypnotism. Mind and communication versus sales and techniques.
[12:00] Are you the agent concerned about the latest and greatest tech, shotgun, and sweat, or combining the two?
[15:12] It's the Production versus Production Capacity balance.
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Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes)
Direct download: YW_Bryan_Casella.mp3
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'Exclusive only bookings with luxury accomodation'
Now in its 12th year, Moulin de Passais offers discerning anglers an exclusive only fishing experience inclusive of our beautifully restored gite over-looking the lake. Sleeping up to 8 guests and with facilities and comfort of the highest standard, this truly is a very civilised way to enjoy your time whilst catching our beautiful carp.
We only offer 'exclusive' bookings at Moulin de Passais so you can be sure to enjoy un-pressured angling conditions with no distraction or disturbance. The lake can accomodate up to 5 anglers comfortably with ample space for non-fisherman and family.
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This cool sold-out double bill on a Friday night in Cambridge, Massachusetts, featured appearances from sorta locals Caspian (based 45 minutes north in Beverly) and Circle Takes the Square, surprisingly swinging through the northeast for a second time in two years. It was the tour's
I missed opener Dirty Bangs, unfortunately, but made my way in just before Circle Takes the Square dove in. This was one of the most crisp and coherent sets I'd ever seen them play. Maybe the audience was a little more polite than most, but the trio could be heard loud and clear, with vocalist/guitarist Drew Speziale being able to banter with the 525 people in the venue off mic. They also turned up the prog tendencies of their sound in a certain sense, though more in the sense that large parts of their songs felt like long, marathon stretches of staggering complexity and dizziness. A cellist joined them on a few cuts too, like the sludgy opening to "Enter by the Narrow Gates", which added a little bit more to their denser sections. The band definitely had a few fans in attendance, but scattered about and hardly really making much of the ruckus one sees when the band's headlining or has a core of the audience present. They leaned heavily on their most recent album, 2012's long-awaited Decompositions Vol. 1, displaying that impressive stamina as they weaved their way through multi-faceted, often six or seven-minute songs that rely on a multitude of intense styles. I'm not sure how Speziale's craggy sneer went over with a post-rock crowd, but the band has their own sort of progressive and unique character that might have earned them a few fans looking for more of that.
Set list (9:28-10:16)
Caspian came on to thunderous applause and went right into a mammoth set that lasted just shy of two hours, with all of the flashing lights and musical twists and turns one could ask for. They played Dust and Disquiet standout "Echo and Abyss" early on, a notable one for having actual vocals from one of their members, making it into kind of a cool Deftones-y detour--"Gone in Bloom and Bough", which has some robotically affected singing, made an appearance too. They played a couple from that album, Waking Season, and the newer one, the aforementioned Dust and Disquiet, while plucking a few from the earlier albums. The crowd ate it all up, though. Caspian have always seemed to do well in their hometown and its close radius, and this show seemed like a strong homecoming, with polite headbanging and the audience seeming like they were drawn in well for the entirety of the long set. The band give off enough energy, play with dynamics well, and cast enough shades of aural light and dark that it's hard to be totally bored watching them at their craft, even for bigger critics of post-rock. The set ended with members of all the bands (plus the drummer from their peers Junius) partaking in a drum circle of sorts, a booming and inclusive conclusion to closer "Sycamore" that looked like a warm finish to the tour.
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This cool sold-out double bill on a Friday night in Cambridge, Massachusetts, featured appearances from sorta locals Caspian (based 45 minutes north in Beverly) and Circle Takes the Square, surprisingly swinging through the northeast for a second time in two years. It was the tour's


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When it comes to grilling or BBQing, there are a lot of portable options out there. But for smoking fish? There wasn't anything on the market before Ziv's Portable Camp Smoker.
First started as a personal project for an avid fisherman, this portable smoker has gone through years of prototyping and fine tuning. The finished product is an easy to transport foldable smoker that can be assembled in as little as three minutes. All users have to do is take the flat pieces out of the briefcase-sized carrying case, drop the smoker over any kind of fuel source – gas stove, open fire, or grill – and toss on your meat. That means you can enjoy your freshly caught fish right by the campsite, or whip up some smoked trout in your own back yard.


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I'm not saying that the ridiculousness of that windchime has affected my life in any way, but I have had a joyous time looking at other windchimes available on Amazon. Each and every one of them offering something new and entertaining – more entertaining, I would say, that the actual windchime themselves.
The uncharted area of Amazon is, I find, the best.
The questions.
This is where consumers just like you or I ask FRICKING STUPID QUESTIONS about the product they're looking at proving, if nothing else, that some people should not be allowed to shop on the internet.
But it's not just the questions, it's the idiots who answer them as well.
For example, on a windchime, "is it durable?"
A reasonable question and compared to one lower down (Q: "can I hang it in a porch or under a tree?" A: "yes") reasonably sensible.
The answer though is this, "I'm not sure, but it says it's made of aluminium so it might be."
That whole question sounds like it's just one person having an internal dialogue with themselves which they've accidentally typed out for everyone to see. It's also, as answers to questions go, pretty pissing useless.
"Does this come in a box as I want to give it as a gift?" asks a potential buyer of another chime. Chimes are, it seems, given to a lot of people as gifts. In fact, I bet no-one has ever bought a windchime for their own use.
"Yes it comes in a box, you can wrap it in wrapping paper." I mean, firstly, of course it comes in a box. You can't have loose chimes about the place they'd get in a right bugger's muddle. It would be like coathangers but a lot worse and musical. Also, did you really need to explain how to then turn it into a gift?
"Will they rust?"
"I don't know, I use mine indoors." Thanks for that, Peter Ellis.
I have been down some internet rabbit holes in my time, but the world of windchimes, and the corner of that world that intersects with Amazon, could be one of my favourite places. Ever.
And then there's the reviews… a lot of them just say they're good. There's not a lot you can say about a windchime, you'd think.
"I bought it because it describes the sounds with music. I believed and now it works as its claiming, I therefore really happy with this nice sounds. I do recommend it for someone who want good sounds."
It describes sound with music. And it also seems to work on faith rather than air currents, which is a new one on me.
This must be what it's like to enjoy the wind's random rendition of When Irish Eyes Are Smiling…
And just when you think it can't get any better:
"Beautiful wind chime. I have to says The quality is good, the sound is crisp just like music.it is a good idea to hang it behind a door for a take away shop."
Oh, I love this strange new land I find myself in.


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California Code of Regulations (Title 3. Food
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Division 6. Pesticides and Pest Control Operations
Division 6. Pesticides and Pest Control Operations
Chapter 1. Pesticide Regulatory Program
Subchapter 2. Program Certification
Article 3. Consultation
6122. Commissioner Consultation.
(a) At least quarterly and when notified by a responsible public agency of a violation of an applicable environmental standard, each commissioner shall consult with public agencies that have jurisdiction by law with respect to resources that may be affected by use of pesticides in the county.
Such public agencies include, but are not limited to, agencies that are concerned with public and occupational health, air and water quality, fish and wildlife.
The consultation shall include the identification of past or potential problems associated with the use of pesticides, appropriate alternatives and mitigation measures, and appropriate permit conditions which substantially reduce any problem.
(b) The commissioner shall consult with the County Farm Advisor or other knowledgeable persons during critical pest control seasons in order to keep abreast of current pest conditions in the county. Such consultation shall be utilized to establish information to assist the evaluation of permit applications and notices of intent to apply a pesticide.
NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12781, 12981 and 14005, Food and Agricultural Code.
Reference: Section 11501, Food and Agricultural Code; and Chapter 308, Statutes of 1978.


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On‐board Contact for Parallel EMC Grounding: OG‐160810
Tiny profile, board-level EMC grounding component.
- Compact design, great for space-conscious applications such as smart and wearable devices.
- Au plating for stable contact resistance.
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Previous studies in rats and monkeys have shown that β2-selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonists reduce L-Dopa–induced dyskinesias (LIDs). Because rodent studies also suggested an involvement of α7 nAChRs in LIDs, the authors tested the effect of the potent, selective α7 agonist, ABT-107 [5-(6-[(3R)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yloxy] pyridazin-3-yl)-1H-indole]. MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine)-lesioned monkeys were gavaged with L-Dopa/carbidopa twice daily, which resulted in stable LIDs. Oral administration of ABT-107 then decreased LIDs by 40–60%. The LIDs returned to control levels only after a 6-week ABT-107 washout, suggesting long-term molecular changes were involved. There was no effect of ABT-107 on Parkinsonism or cognitive performance. The authors next tested ABT-107 together with the β2 agonist, ABT-894 [(3-(5,6-dichloro-pyridin-3-yl)-1(S),5(S)-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane], previously shown to reduce LIDs in Parkinsonian monkeys. The effect of combined treatment on LIDs was similar to that with either drug alone. Thus, α7 and β2 nAChR–selective drugs may function via a final common mechanism to reduce LIDs.
See article at J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014, 351:25–32.
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Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week: Win a Copy of Cloakroom's Time Well
Congrats to reader Jeffrey Swatkowski! Jeffrey correctly identified last week's logo — which had stumped you all just a week prior — as belonging to the band Voëmmr. For his trouble, Jeffrey wins a copy of Portals Into Futility, the new album from doom demigods, Usnea! Congrats, J-Dawg!
But don't cry too hard if you lost , 'cause this week I have sweet prize to give away: a copy of Time Well, the new album from Indiana psychedelic shoegazers Cloakroom! The album is out now on Relapse; you can purchase it here… or, of course, you can just enter this contest and hope that you win!
To win, simply identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then fill out the form beneath it with your guess and your name and address. From everyone who gets it right, we'll randomly select one winner and announce his or her name next week.
Here's this week's logo. Best of luck, friends!
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I am a concerned citizen that is appalled at horrible attacks on innocent people by violent criminals. Men, women and children murdered by evil people that want to destroy life must be stopped. Sadly some politicians are using mass shootings, one of the smallest categories of firearms related violence, to push the political agenda of gun control and red flag laws.
After every tragic mass shooting there's a call for more laws while the laws currently in existence are treated as if they were ineffective. More laws restricting access to firearms by the law abiding citizen aren't going to stop evil from happening. It will restrict law abiding citizens from providing for their own safety and security, something law enforcement and politicians can't guarantee.
Please vote "No" to more gun control laws and "No" to red flag laws, and find a way to enforce current laws outlawing the murder of citizens instead of outlawing the tools that can be used by us to defend against the murderer.
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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library's Oral History Program is proud to release a new collection of interviews telling the story of high school sports in Illinois through the words of students, coaches, referees, broadcasters and administrators.
The project, "Sports Stories: IHSA," features 54 interviews about activities sanctioned by the Illinois High School Association. Listeners will meet people like:
· Dorothy Gaters, winner of more than 1,000 basketball games as a coach, explaining the values instilled by participating in sports
· Bruce Firchau, a basketball coach for 40 years, describing a breakthrough game for a team with a long history of losing
· Peg Kopec, who coached her volleyball teams to 12 state championships, reflecting on the growth of volleyball after the 1972 passage of Title IX legislation
· Spalding "Lanny" Slevin sharing stories from a 40-year broadcast career, including an amazing moment between a never-give-up player and an opposing coach
· Dan Klett, an athlete who went on to coach and serve as IHSA president, discussing concerns about student safety.
The Illinois High School Association was founded in 1900 and today administers nearly 30 sports, plus student activities such as chess, debate and journalism.
"High school sports play a huge role in the lives of individual students and entire communities. The people involved in sports have fascinating, important stories to share, and our Oral History Program has captured them for generations to come," said Alan Lowe, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Dr. Mark DePue, head of the presidential library's Oral History Program, praised volunteer Philip Pogue for conducting the interviews. "Phil has done an amazing job organizing the project and finding the right people to interview. His hard work preserves voices and details that would otherwise be lost to time," DePue said.
"For more than a hundred years high school sports and activities have played an important part in American culture," said IHSA Assistant Executive Director and historian Scott Johnson. "The IHSA is grateful that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library has chosen to preserve the stories, and histories, of so many people who have dedicated their careers to interscholastic competition."
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library's Oral History Program can be found at www.oralhistory.illinois.gov. The IHSA interviews are listed under "Sports Stories."
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, at 212 N. Sixth St. in Springfield, is dedicated to telling the story of America's 16th president through old-fashioned scholarship and modern technology. It also serves as the state historical library.
The library holds an unparalleled collection of Lincoln material, as well as some 12 million items pertaining to other aspects of Illinois history. Meanwhile, the museum uses traditional exhibits, eye-catching special effects and innovative story-telling techniques to educate visitors.
For more information, visit www.presidentlincoln.illinois.gov or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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Real Life Measurement (RLHM)
Real life measurement aims to capture human behavior in everyday life using modern technology equipment. Our peer mentoring group Real Life Health Measurement (RLHM) offers PhD students as well as Postdocs a platform to exchange about this method which is increasingly important for psychological research. The goal of the peer mentoring group is to gain theoretical knowledge and practical experiences in the field of real life measurement.
Real life measurement and ambulatory assessment
A lot of previous research has been conducted in the lab, focusing on specific aspects under controlled conditions. Most often, conclusions are drawn for an entire population. However, these conclusions can be generalized only to a certain degree, because human life takes place in everyday life instead of in the lab. Nowadays, modern technologies enable the research of life as it is lived. Thus, human behavior can be captured multidimensionally, taking context into account. Different applications facilitate data collection actively (e.g., surveys) or passively (e.g., movement, language).
Goals and activities of the RLHM
Our main goals are the following:
- gain an overview about real life measurement and ambulatory assessment
- acquire theoretical and application-oriented knowledge in terms of real life measurement and ambulatory assessmentlearn about different
- measurement methods and to applicate them (workshops and hands-on-trainings
- exchange ideas, experiences, and thoughts within the group as well as to give and receive feedback (from peers and experts)
Our activities can be divided into: theory, hands-on-trainings, and quantitative analyses.


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Australia's COVIDSafe contact tracing story is full of holes and we should worry
The message from Prime Minister Scott Morrison is simple, patronising, and dangerously misleading: Download the COVIDSafe app and we can start letting you out of coronavirus lockdown.
It's misleading because there's no evidence that a so-called "contact tracing" app will be a net benefit. Someone should've checked that up front.
It's dangerous because much of the official messaging is about being "safe" and "protecting" you.
The COVIDSafe strategy is technological hubris. Blind faith that an app can replace, or at least substantially enhance, the urgent labour-intensive detective work of contact tracing.
"The lure of automating the painstaking process of contact tracing is apparent. But to date, no one has demonstrated that it's possible to do so reliably despite numerous concurrent attempts," wrote researchers and academics at the Brookings Institution.
"We worry that contact tracing apps will serve as vehicles for abuse and disinformation, while providing a false sense of security to justify reopening local and national economies well before it is safe to do so."
COVIDSafe doesn't do what contact tracers do. It merely logs which other COVIDSafe users you've been near, ready for later analysis, should one of you test COVID-19 positive.
That won't pick up potential infection paths such as random unrelated people buying a takeaway muffin from the same cafe across several days, taking moments to do so. It won't notice you sliding your hand along a dirty handrail.
That's why Apple and Google's partnership to develop a tracing-friendly API has been labelled as "exposure notification" apps instead.
The Brookings researchers detail flaws such as false positives leading people to ignore repeated alerts, when people are close but safely separated by walls, or using personal protective equipment (PPE).
"Because most exposures flagged by the apps will not lead to infection, many users will be instructed to self-quarantine even when they have not been infected," they write.
"A person may put up with this once or twice, but after a few false alarms and the ensuing inconvenience of protracted self-isolation, we expect many will start to disregard the warnings."
False negatives are equally problematic. People might leave their phones in their car, or the app might just fail. And it's not like the 1.5 metres for 15 minutes rule is magic. Even the most fleeting encounter can be unlucky.
As has also been pointed out, people might trust the magic of technology more than their own judgement, a phenomenon called automation bias.
"Contact tracing apps therefore cannot offer assurance that going out is safe, just because no disease has been reported in the vicinity," the Bookings team writes.
"Contact tracing is a public health intervention, not an individual health one. It can reduce the spread of disease through the population, but does not confer direct protection on any individual."
There's no such thing as "safe"
Yet last week Morrison said that using the app was "like putting on sunscreen to go out into the sun".
"It protects you, it protects your family, it protects your loved ones, it protects our health workers, and it protects your job, and the jobs of many others, because it enables us to move forward and to get the economy back on the track we want it to be on," he said.
Morrison also said that Australia is "on the road back to a COVID-safe economy". Spot the contrived slogan?
Robert Hillard, chair of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), said: "You could think about contact tracing as a digital vaccine with our contact data being the virtual antibodies".
Both Morrison and Hillard are wrong.
Even the name of the app, COVIDSafe, implies that it will in fact make you safe. It won't. It can't. There's a reason the HIV/AIDS public health community has spent more than three decades talking about "safer sex" not "safe sex".
Morrison's patronising cold beer messaging
Like a frustrated parent on a long road trip, Morrison has responded to us like children demanding to know "are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet?" with a figurative "yes alright, shut up, be quiet, and we'll stop at Macca's for ice cream."
Or since this is Australia, at a pub for a beer. "A cold one later on today," as he put it.
"The first step to getting back to that is downloading COVIDSafe," Morrison said on Friday.
"If [Australians are] looking forward to doing it in a pub, well, that is a prerequisite to even getting to that conversation."
Health Minister Greg Hunt used the same playbook. "Want to go to the footy? Download the app," Hunt tweeted on Saturday.
This tells you something about Morrison's character, and perhaps something about Australia's too. Morrison doesn't trust us to trust him and do the right thing. So we need to be bribed with bread and circuses, or beer and football, before we'll risk trusting him.
The thing is, Australians are trusting Morrison, at least so far.
Last week's polling by Essential showed that 70% of us rate the government's response as good, and 68% think the response is about right.
Our attitudes to the tracing app show that, yes, there are security and privacy concerns, but far more of us believe the app will help limit the spread of COVID-19 than not. Some 40% said they would download the app to their phone, with 28% undecided.
That polling was done April 23-26, so mostly before the app's launch on April 26 and the subsequent PR blitz — and before the problems started to emerge.
Still, by Sunday, the government claimed that more than 4.25 million Australians had done the deed.
But COVIDSafe apps may be logging close contacts — at least those that are turned on and working — with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reporting that none of the data is going to contact tracers.
"The rules on privacy are being finalised, along with final IT testing," a Department of Health spokesman told the ABC.
It's actually good that we're locking down the rules and testing the systems before they go live, so why weren't we told that?
"The system will be operational next week ahead of the decision on possible easing of restrictions," something we're told will be happening this Friday at a National Cabinet meeting.
Morrison is constantly saying that the key metric is app downloads.
"The COVIDSafe app is the major obstacle now, between us freeing up a lot of these restrictions, in a cautious way, in a careful way," he said, but right now that's simply an assertion.
And if there's modelling that shows how COVIDSafe usage rates translate into a reduced risk of infection, why can't we see it? How much modelling will inform the National Cabinet if the back end isn't operational?
Back in school, we knew that the maths students who couldn't show their working out didn't know what they were doing, and were just bluffing it.
A pandemic is too important, too dangerous for people to be bluffing it.
The public's current trust in the government is fragile
Your writer was one of the politicians, industry, analysts, and media people at last Friday's Australian Strategic Policy Institute roundtable, discussing Labor's cyber resilience discussion paper and other matters under the Chatham House Rule.
With the COVIDSafe app, government is taking a different approach than with, say, Australia's controversial encryption legislation. They're going to table legislation in Parliament, even though they'd said that the ministerial determination was enough. They say they're releasing source code.
We also noted that government has been handed a challenge with the identity-matching legislation. The Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security, in a bipartisan decision, demanded that it be completely rewritten.
Australia's surveillance laws, meanwhile, are hitting the social license problem.
How will the Morrison government deal with that?
"Too much technology policy that is done by assertion," said one participant.
"Politicians will say 'This is the way it works and no one needs to be worried about it' when there's a great suspicion that that politician doesn't actually know what they're talking about in the first place," they said.
"If you want the public trust you, you've got to trust them enough to have an open conversation with them."


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(I thought it lost
like a gate left open
or a one-winged parenthesis,
the hooked talon
my father brought back from India
in 1932, and later gave to me
when I was eight.
I blamed my brother
for not taking better care of it,
for leaving the gate open,
yet five decades later
when it re-emerged
among my mother's things
I recognised it instantly
like an old dream burst into life.
Nestled in a drawer
among tarnished coins and rings,
a substantial collection of dust,
I was amazed how memories
lie dormant in vivid sleep.
How long it took grief to fade
from the miscellany of emotions.
How long it took to bury
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As the connectivity from Inverness airport continues to increase, the savvy business traveller now has even more tools in his or her arsenal to make their business trips more convenient, and cost effective.
The days in which you have to check in at each airport are long behind most of us – unless you are a frequent traveller from Inverness. Until recently, many journeys required a change of airline before finally embarking on the last leg of the trip to your ultimate destination. Not necessarily a major hassle, but laden with potential risks should something go wrong.
This always brought potential issues – if flight number 1 was delayed or cancelled, there was precious little recourse, and many would find themselves stranded, out of pocket, and in a position of finding their own solution to conclude their travel plans. After all, nobody really is to blame – it's a case of Murphys law.
A voluntary agreement exists between most scheduled carriers now – such as KLM & Air France, or British Airways and American Airlines – which takes all of the risk away, and ensures a more convenient method of travel for its passengers. This is called an interline agreement.
An interline agreement (sometimes referred to as a codeshare) is an agreement between different airlines which facilitates travel for passengers who require flights with more than one airline to reach their final destination. This isn't restricted to a single airline pairing, and can include multiple airlines under one agreement.
This is especially handy if you want to fly somewhere that isn't served by a major carrier.
It allows travellers to conveniently purchase a single ticket, manage a single booking, and share the benefits of the airline (baggage allowance etc) throughout their journey.
Imagine you wanted to book a trip from Inverness to Phuket Thailand…. Well, you could book a series of induvial flights with Loganair, Emirates and Bangkok airways. OR you could book a single ticket with Emirates which will include all of those flights, and more importantly extend you a duty of care while flying any of the sectors.
Another benefit is that you generally only need to check-in at your first port of call, and your baggage will be seamlessly transferred through each airport to your final destination. Leaving you time to browse the shops, catch up with some work, or just stretch your legs between sectors.
So next time you are planning a business trip, or indeed a much-deserved holiday, have a detailed look at the options. Talk to your travel agent, as they generally also have access to routes unavailable online, and are in a fantastic position to ensure you get the best tickets for your trip.


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This year Drostdy Hall continued to partner with Noncedo Pre-School. The school has children from the age of 3-5 years old, and they have 30 learners and 3 teachers. The three goals we had for this year were school readiness, painting the school walls, and teaching the teachers how to write a proposal. All the goals were achieved.
Students from the Hall also helped with activities such as drawing, colouring, reading and many more, and also played with the children.
In the first semester we hosted a sports/fun day for the school. This was a special event for the children, and we engaged with them and the parents. We donated certificates, and food packages for the children for the sports day.
On the 24th September, Allan Gray and Prince Alfred House arranged a trip to the museum for the children of Noncedo Pre-School. Before going to the museum, they played games in the Allan Gray House common room with members of the house.
On the 12th October we as a Hall embarked on completing our final goal for Noncedo Pre-School, which was a talent show for the children, and the painting of the school. We had approximately 40 students who volunteered. Some of the students double booked their lunch in order to donate a packed lunch to the children and the teachers. The students and the children had loads of fun.
Celeste House fundraised money to purchase items requested by Noncedo. There were also items donated by house members.
Allan Gray, Prince Alfred & Celeste House took part in the Give 5 challenge.
Allan Gray and Prince Alfred combined were finalists for the 2019 RUCE Awards, in the Residence/Hall of the Year category. Unfortunately we did not win, but it was a huge honour to be a finalist.
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Meizu will Unveil 18s, 18s Pro and 18X
In today's morning, Meizu Technology's official microblogging brought a new machine teaser, which will be held on September 22, 2021, at 15:30 "Meizu a little something fall new conference".
The launch will be led by three flagships, Meizu 18s, 18s Pro, and 18X, and there will be 30+ new releases of Flyme, Lipro, and PANDAER in terms of system and accessories, which is the newest launch of Meizu ever, in addition to the launch format, Meizu will adopt the online full network live broadcast format.
The official Meizu preview shows that the 18X model is not divided into the newly resurrected Meilan product line, but still, with the Meizu prefix title, the phone is equipped with Snapdragon 870 processor, compared to 18s and 18s Pro equipped with Snapdragon 888+ is the most cost-effective, so user attention is also very high, but now it seems that users who want new Meilan products still have to wait.
According to the information on the network, Meizu 18s offers three colorways of gray, blue and white, and will be equipped with a 6.2-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1440 × 3200p. The body size is 152.4×69.2×8.18mm, weighing about 162g, while the built-in 3910mAh capacity battery, supports 36W fast charging, and is equipped with a 64MP + 16MP + 8MP pixel triple camera combination.
The Meizu 18s Pro, on the other hand, is slightly larger in screen size and will feature a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1440 × 3200, a built-in 4410mAh capacity battery, and support for 40W fast charging. In terms of imaging, the camera will use a 50MP + 32MP + 8MP + 0.3MP camera combination.
Meizu 18X will be equipped with a 6.5-inch OLED straight screen, a built-in 4200mAh capacity battery, and support for 30W fast charging.


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Recycled wastewater will help irrigate the London 2012 Olympic Park, saving good quality drinking water. The Secretary of State for the Environment opened a £7m facility, the biggest 'black water' treatment works in Britain.
Caroline Spelman said: "Projects like this, which safely recycle water and prevent the need for fresh water to be used where it isn't needed, have a crucial role to play. Next month, we will set out our plans to ensure there is safe and secure water supply in the future."
The facility, which is jointly-funded by Thames Water and the Olympic Delivery Authority, takes Londoners' wastewater to produce 570,000 litres a day of recycled water, which is then pumped into the Olympic Park's network of pipes specifically for recycled water- separate from the pipes supplying drinking-quality water to taps.
The Old Ford plant will save the Olympic Park using 83 swimming pools worth of drinking water every year, helping the ODA its 40% water-efficiency target.


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By Jeremy Symons, Principal at Symons Public Affairs
The political winds are shifting on climate change.
Public concern about climate change has grown stronger in 2018 in the wake of a dozen disasters, including wildfires and hurricanes, that took lives and each created damages of one billion dollars or more.
Seventy-two percent of Americans now say that global warming is "personally important" to them, an increase of 16 percentage points since March 2015 and an increase of nine points since March 2018, according to tracking polls conducted by Yale and George Mason Universities.
The biggest shifts in views have occurred among Republicans. According to polling by Monmouth University, "nearly two-thirds of Republicans (64%) now believe in climate change, a 15 point jump from just under half (49%) three years ago."
Despite repeated mocking tweets from the White House, many politicians are beginning to stir.
A bipartisan group of 17 governors representing 40% of Americans have formed the United States Climate Alliance, committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris climate agreement (aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in each of their states by at least 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025).
The Alliance, founded by Democrats Jerry Brown of California, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Jay Inslee of Washington, now includes three Republican Governors: Larry Hogan (Maryland), Charlie Baker (Massachusetts) and Phil Scott (Vermont).
Even more surprising has been the unexpected pivots some newly elected Republican governors have made after their recent elections.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican who promised not to bow to "the church of the global warming leftists" during the campaign, has earned cautious early praise from surprised environmentalists as he has rejected fracking and offshore drilling and focused on Florida's sea level rise crisis.
And the Idaho Statesman reports that newly elected Republican Governor Bard Little "shocked some at the Idaho Environmental Forum by declaring that climate change is real and will have to be dealt with."
Meanwhile, the number of local governments tackling climate change continues to grow. 281 cities and counties representing more than 70 million Americans have taken the "We Are Still In" pledge after Trump turned his back on the Paris climate agreement.
Under the "American Cities Climate Challenge," Bloomberg Philanthropies and partners have awarded $70 million to help 25 cities meet their carbon reduction goals.
A Unique Window of Opportunity for Businesses in 2019
As state and local elected officials begin to search for answers and solutions to climate after years of stale debate, the door is open for business leaders to help.
Many forward-looking businesses have been developing experience and expertise in implementing their own plans to cut emissions, boost energy efficiency, deploy clean energy and protect natural systems. After all, 2,162 businesses and investors also have taken the "We Are Still In" pledge. Now more than ever, that knowledge, technical support and affirmation can be put to use in the communities where businesses work, build and serve.
Congress is Stirring
It has been a decade since congress has worked on serious legislative proposals to tackle climate change. That work begins anew in 2019.
In her opening address of the new congress, Speaker Pelosi has named the climate crisis the "existential threat of our time." Democrats have the opportunity in 2019 to lay the foundation for what could come following the next elections in 2020: a new national policy on climate change and re-establishment of America's climate leadership on the global stage.
Setting this agenda will not be simple. Democrats will struggle with grassroots activists over what a worthy climate plan might look like.
The Green New Deal?
Shortly after the 2018 elections, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez championed a Green New Deal to transform the U.S economy off fossil fuels in the next decade and create millions of green jobs.
The Green New Deal has been proposed by the energized young activists of the surging Sunrise Movement. Speaker Pelosi declined their opening demands for a committee focused only on the Green New Deal. But they are not going away anytime soon. "
Ultimately, the matter of how to fill the current vacuum of climate policy platforms in Washington will be determined in large part by whomever emerges from the Democratic presidential nomination fight.
Green Infrastructure
In the meantime, House Democrats will conduct oversight of Trump and pass measures – likely including a resolution supporting the Paris climate agreement – that could unite the caucus and might attract some Republicans.
Measures focused exclusively on climate change won't become law with Trump in the White House, but Democrats have better prospects of bending bipartisan priorities toward climate action before the next election. The results could be significant. Speaker Pelosi has committed to passing a green infrastructure build to "rebuild America with clean energy, smart technology and resilient infrastructure."
Top Republicans in the House are asking the President to renew his commitment to seeking infrastructure legislation. And in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer recently sent a public message to Trump: "to earn Democratic support in the Senate, any infrastructure bill would have to include policies and funding that help transition our country to a clean-energy economy and mitigate the risks the United States already faces from climate change."
At stake: billions of dollars of federal infrastructure dollars that could either help or hinder climate smart business investments.
With the government shut down and the political parties setting a sad record for dysfunction, it is smart to be skeptical about a grand infrastructure deal. But keep this in mind: just 24 hours before the government shutdown, Trump signed a bipartisan farm bill into law. Price tag: $867 billion.
Two Sleeping Giants
There are two sleeping giants in climate politics that could wreak havock with the gridlock that has persisted for years. The first is a public that is only now beginning to make climate change a voting issue with political consequences.
The other sleeping giant is the tremendous lobbying power of businesses inclined to do the right thing on climate change in their own operations but reluctant to put serious lobbying muscle behind pushing for action.
From 2017 and 2018, businesses spent $8 billion on federal lobbying and on political spending across all issues. That is four times as much as all other lobbying and political spending money combined. (source: calculations based on data from the Center for Responsive Politics).
Let's face it. Little of this lobbying influence has been directed to climate change. When it has, the influence has too often been used to deter rather than accelerate government action – most often by trade associations.
Big Stakes for American Businesses
Sadly, according to FEMA, roughly 40-60 percent of small businesses never reopen their doors following a natural disaster. As more natural disaster have decidedly unnatural fingerprints from climate change, more businesses and workers will suffer.
And for big businesses who are looking for a stable regulatory environment, Trump has created instead a regulatory purgatory that will only get worse in 2019. Earlier this month, the president nominated coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to run the EPA and throw more sand in the gears of any and all climate programs and regulations.
Under Wheeler, Trump's EPA will likely continue its record losing streak in court. The Trump Administration has lost or retreated from 28 of the 30 deregulatory actions that have made its way through the courts to date, according to tracking from the Institute for Policy Integrity. Trump's EPA record: It has lost ten of eleven cases.
If the lobbying giants that have been passive in Washington and state houses got serious about putting lobbying muscle behind pushing for sensible climate action – and reset the positions of top trade associations – then we could make significant progress in cities and states this year and next and lay a strong foundation for a sane climate plan federally in 2021.
Jeremy Symons is the Principal at Symons Public Affairs, which provides strategy support and services to clients who seek to make progress on climate change, the environment and energy. Jeremy previously was Vice President for Political Affairs at Environmental Defense Fund, and Deputy Director for the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.
Subscribe here to the Climate Politics Note, Jeremy's email news updates, and connect with him on LinkedIn here.


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A health-care system in Massachusetts said it was conducting a review of US HealthVest, its partner in a proposed psychiatric hospital, two days after a Seattle Times investigation of the company's operations in Washington and other states.
"Our foremost priority is to assure that any partnership is consistent with both our mission and our core goals as an organization: quality care, increased access to critical health services, financial stability and investment in community health."
A Baystate spokeswoman declined to elaborate. Richard Kresch, US HealthVest's chief executive, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Baystate's announcement was first reported by The Republican/MassLive.com.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association, a union that has been critical of Baystate's plans, later Tuesday cited The Seattle Times' report when it called on the health system to dissolve its partnership with US HealthVest.
The Times' investigation found that US HealthVest, in its push to expand mental-health care in Washington state and beyond, has repeatedly fallen short of regulatory requirements and put patients at risk. The company, which operates Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital in Marysville and South Sound Behavioral Hospital in Lacey, Thurston County, has been celebrated by officials including Gov. Jay Inslee for adding treatment options in underserved areas amid a chronic shortage of psychiatric facilities in the state.
Yet regulators have repeatedly faulted Smokey Point for failing to adequately staff the hospital and care for patients. Government inspectors found violations on 12 separate visits over 15 months, records show. In April, the Washington state Department of Health denied US HealthVest's proposal to build a third psychiatric hospital in Bellingham, partly due to Smokey Point's record of compliance.
In Illinois, inspectors found serious violations at US HealthVest's Chicago Behavioral Hospital four times in less than two years, including an immediate jeopardy to patient safety in May. At the company's Ridgeview Institute in Monroe, Ga., two patients died by suicide within a span of nine months last year.
Kresch, US HealthVest's chief executive, has said that Smokey Point and all of its hospitals have been "fully compliant with all state and federal regulations."
Baystate's plans call for closing some psychiatric units in hospitals it operates while building a new facility with US HealthVest that would boost its mental-health capacity overall, according to the health system and local media reports.
It would be US HealthVest's second such partnership in Massachusetts, following a joint venture with UMass Memorial Health Care to open a psychiatric hospital in Worcester.
"While we will not comment on situations elsewhere, we have confidence in our partner and the local team here in Worcester," a spokesman for UMass said Tuesday.


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About Me
I've played guitar for about 35 years, mainly for various pets over the years. After finally getting the nerve to play for some friends, I decided to give the solo performer thing a try. It's lead me to having a very busy year, but I enjoy every minute of it. I've made so many new friends, and reunited with loads of friends I'd hadn't seen in years. Seeing people enjoy the music, is my favorite thrill when performing. I like to keep a laid back tropical style, but I can keep it classic rock if you want. I also have a growing catalog of New and Alternative music, also.


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#SoSS – my first for October 2018.
There seem to be more entries on the #MasturbationMonday meme, this week it took me 2 nights to read all the entries, which put me behind with the equally important #WickedWednesday posts, but I have found plenty to recommend this week. It is also time to get nominating for Molly's top 100 and on the 8th Kinkly' s blogger round up will openn for votes.
Please be sure to give credit to the blogs you regularly visit and whose content you enjoy – an important point to be making on Share our Shit Saturday!
CW: #punishment #nonconsent #restraint
This stripe almost stings to look at it!
Rachel Woe is a new writer to me, but after reading her tale of a divorcee wading into love again, I am a devotee!
Kisungura writes a very erotic yet disturbing tale, ideal for "teachers" picture prompt #abuseofpower
What a sexy club Purple'sGem describes, and what a lapdance!
Rebel has found her sexy connection again!
This sex scene has an imbalance of power, but unexpectedly so!
What could a sex toy mean to you? Sexy yet poignant. #humiliation
Would you take Miss Kitty's bus to school, or prefer to meet her at her night job?
Tarot cards can be sexy and spooky, especially the way Lucy tells it!


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City Property for Sale Listed on City Website
December 28, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — In an effort to make it easier for citizens to locate surplus City land available for sale, Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that a complete listing is available on the City website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: surplus). The site includes a searchable database with aerial photos, addresses, parcel sizes and zoning.
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"My administration has had a goal of making it easier for individuals to locate surplus City land and to facilitate the process of its purchase," said Mayor Beutler. "We want this land in private hands for two reasons – to improve the chance the land will be brought to its highest and best use, and to ensure the land will be on the tax rolls, contributing to the revenues of the City, County, public schools and others."
The city owns property from a variety of ways including purchase, by trade or gift and by tax sales. Not all land owned by the City has a current or projected civic purpose. Surplus property is available for purchase, trade, or lease; depending on the circumstance.
Inquiring individuals should find the process easier and more efficient with the help of the website listing. In the past, property records had to be searched and, when found, it was not clear how to start the potential purchase process. In addition, the surplus property process is being redrafted to ensure that the public has fair notice of the surplus status of property before the City agrees to its sale.
The City has identified 55 parcels ranging in size from one-tenth of an acre to about five acres thus far. There are common rectangular, "buildable" lots as well as irregularly-shaped polygons.
David Landis, Director, Urban Development, 402-441-7606