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A Jordanian hotel owner preparing a lunch for the pope spent five weeks coming up with a choice of five menus for the upcoming visit and is still agonizing over what could go wrong — just as he did when John Paul II visited nine years ago.
Said Sawalha said the Vatican chose a light meal of beef medallions, vegetables and pineapple cake, a menu designed to keep the 81-year-old Benedict XVI's energy up on his Holy Land tour starting later this week in Jordan.
"I have been having anxieties that anything could go wrong," said Sawalha, owner of the Regency Hotel in Amman. "I mapped out plan Bs to everything, from having the pineapple cake fall to a flat tire as we transport the food to the banquet hall."
Jordan's King Abdullah II was not invited to the May 10 lunch, in keeping with the pope's normal practice of not dining with political leaders. Last year, the White House threw a birthday lunch for the pope while he was in Washington during his U.S. pilgrimage. The pope did not attend, even though most U.S. cardinals did.
Meal labeled as 'private lunch'
But Benedict accepted an invitation from Sawalha, who hosted the late Pope John Paul II during his pilgrimage to Jordan nine years ago.
The Vatican labeled the meal as a "private lunch" with 320 bishops and patriarchs to be held at the Latin Vicariate in Amman following a public mass during the pope's tour Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories starting May 8. Benedict XVI said he hopes his trip will promote peace and reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinians.
He said he has worked for the last five weeks, consulting with top chefs in Jordan and abroad, to set a menu for the Pope's lunch.
A pineapple cake decorated with yellow and white cream, resembling the Vatican emblem, will be served for desert.
In Jordan, Benedict is scheduled to visit the biblical baptismal site of Jesus Christ, officially recognized by the Vatican on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River, and Mt. Nebo, where Moses is said to have first viewed the Promised Land.
Jordan wants to use the pope's upcoming pilgrimage to showcase its Holy Land treasures to the world, hoping to boost its religious tourism that is often overshadowed by neighboring Israel. Jordan's other religious sites include the world's oldest purpose-built church near Aqaba, a cave where Lot sheltered from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Aaron's tomb at Petra.


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This post is sponsored by Hobby Lobby. All ideas are my own and I am excited to share them with you today! One of my goals this year is to get my home in order and keep it running efficiently. We decided to start in the kitchen. We recently renovated our kitchen and I've been on the hunt for simple kitchen organization ideas for our countertop clutter. Keeping healthy snacks handy for the kids is essential but I also wanted to keep the room functional and stylish. Today I am sharing a few pretty and functional items I purchased at Hobby Lobby that helped me get my kitchen organized (and I did it all for under $100!). First off is my most favorite find…this tiered galvanized tray found in the spring section. With limited countertop space, I wanted to find a cute way use fruit as a centerpiece. I've purchased different bowls and trays but none of them were big enough to hold all the bananas, apples, oranges, pears, etc. we keep on hand. I came across this galvanized tray and not only does it fit all the fruit with room to spare, but it adds farmhouse charm to the kitchen and makes a lovely centerpiece. This tray is meant for wrapped or packaged foods, so I lined it with clean kitchen towels before placing the fruit inside. Keeping healthy snack options like fruit easily accessible for my kids helps them make smarter choices which is a win-win. Along those lines, our pantry is quite small, so we keep a few of our favorite snacks on the countertop. This makes it easy when we need to pack lunches or grab a quick after school snack. These glass jars are not only the perfect size for our bulk snacks, but they look great too. I found this cute basket that works well to hold all those miscellaneous kitchen items that tend to end up all over the countertop. This basket holds our stovetop utensils as well as napkins, cutting board, salt and pepper shakers, and a butter dish. I bought this cute little ceramic mason jar accent to help hold the napkins in place and add a little cuteness. In the corner of the kitchen we have a little nook that tends to be a "catch all" for all the paper clutter. With incoming mail and school papers, sometimes things fall through the cracks or they just end up in one big pile. It gets frustrating and overwhelming pretty quickly. I found this cute galvanized mail sorter that works perfect to keep this area clean and organized. Not only does it keep the paper clutter minimized, but it also holds stamps, gift cards, coupons, and pens. I hope that I've been able to spread a little organizational inspiration your way. It's amazing how having just a few "tools" on hand can make such a big difference. Now I can honestly say I love my new kitchen, not only is it beautiful but it is functional and organized too! Visit HobbyLobby.com for these great items:
- 3 Glass Jars with corks (2 jars @ $14.99, 1 was 40% @ $8.99)-$38.97
- Mail Organizer- 40% off-$11.99
- Galvanized Tray-44% off-$35.99
- Basket-$8.99
- Decorative ceramic mason jar-40% off-$2.99
Total: $98.93 And don't forget the 40% coupon!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Hobby Lobby. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Two Sisters Vineyards oak barrel
It was a pleasure visiting the newest winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL), Two Sisters Vineyards, on December 21st - their one month anniversary since opening in November of 2014. Set in a gorgeous space with vineyards planted in 2007 that were formally peach orchards, their first harvest happened in 2010. While speaking with Giuseppe Paolicelli, husband of one of the two sisters, he said it is all about family, food and wine. Looking at their logo you can see seven grapes between the two sisters signifying their children, of which each has two daughters - sisters.
It is all about family, food and wine. - Giuseppe Paolicelli
Two Sisters Vineyards Cabernet Franc and Eleventh Post
The Two Sisters InterVin Gold Medal award-winning Eleventh Post, a red blend comprised of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot pays homage to the post that Paolicelli carved during their first harvest on September 20, 2010, thus its namesake. He said this was a special date for their family from grandchildren to grandparents who all participated in the harvest which would evolve into the first vintage of wines available at the winery today.
Wine Tasting at Two Sisters Vineyards
Wine Consultant Barbara Hamasni remarked that her job is easy because she has beautiful wines to sell. Paolicelli credits this to the knowledge and passion of their vineyard manager and winemaker stating that great wine begins in the vineyard. When visiting the Two Sisters their estate grown red wines, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Eleventh Post are not to be missed. Another "must taste" is their Lush Brut Rosé, a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a dosage of Cabernet Franc, making for a pretty pink dry wine Niagara-style. Bellissimo!


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Another year, another referendum. It seems like every six months we Scots happen to be in a polling station voting on something. As a political geek, there's nothing better than using the democratic privilege our forefathers handed down to us and crossing that X next to an option or candidate. This referendum on June 23 sees the entire United Kingdom go to the booths to decide on its membership of the European Union.
The infamous leave figure Nigel Farage admits that the debate is not being had in Scotland, and to a certain extent the UKIP leader is correct. However, after our own referendum on independence, the people of this country are more politically motivated than ever. Recent polling shows a strong support for the EU in Scotland with one by Channel 4 showing 74% support staying in the European Union.
Personally, I am neutral on the whole subject – and not just because I am a student journalist. I don't think that the regular punter, like myself, knows too much about the European Union, what it does, and all the financial and social aspects to the whole topic. Before last summer, I could only tell you a few choice things about the EU and nothing more. However, after it was a major part of my Public Affairs course in college, and after several months of studying, I can say I'm content enough with what I know now on the subject.
A lot of the politicians on both sides like to play on that, especially those who support leaving and the argument about the European Court of Human Rights, which will not be effected by whatever decision the UK decides on voting day on June 19.
There is also a strong argument about democracy and how undemocratic the EU is. A lot of its bodies are unelected and this is a very strong argument for the leave side. However, at the same time, there are elements of that side of the campaign who ignore democracy arguments closer to home in terms of the House of Lords and the monarchy.
In my opinion, the main argument driving this referendum is immigration. I am a very pro-immigration person and am in complete support of the free movement of people in European Union countries.
As someone who aspires to work abroad in future, the current EU way of immigration among member states would certainly appeal to me in a selfish way. However, we also have to think about the millions of Brits living and working abroad, some of which are retired. I don't think this has been spoken about, what will happen to these people? But I expect this will be raised close to the voting date.
The many campaigns fighting both corners is also something to look at. People I have spoken to thus far say that the campaigns for both sides has been a bit tedious, and I would have to agree with them. It is noticeable that on the leave side, Grassroots Out (GO), led by Farage and includes his UKIP colleagues have seen the success of grassroots campaigns in the Scottish referendum and have taken to replicate that in this debate. However, it is not GO I have noticed out in the streets of Glasgow for the leave side, instead it has been Vote Leave, a multi-party organization. I've yet to see remain campaigners – are they that confident of victory?
What is for sure is that there is a lot of politicking and debates to come in the pretty near future. Once the Scottish elections are out of the way I expect the debate in Scotland will really be sparked. If polls are to be believed then the leave campaigns have a major task on their hands. Scotland's fisheries will be a major talking point and may be a key game changer should a majority of them come out in support for leave. All bar one of Scotland's parliamentary leaders are in support for remaining, so it will be interesting to see some cohesion among politicians who are rivals inside Holyrood.


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I am delighted to welcome Liza Perrat, author of Spirit of Lost Angels
|Photograph by kind permission of Liza Perrat
|Triskele Books
2 May 2012
Forced to leave her village of Lucie-sur-Vionne for domestic work in Paris, Victoire suffers gruesome abuse under the ancien régime. Can she muster the bravery and skill to join the revolutionary force gripping France, and overthrow the corrupt, diabolical aristocracy?
Spirit of Lost Angels traces the journey of a bone angel talisman passed down through generations. The women of L'Auberge des Anges face tragedy and betrayal in a world where their gift can be their curse.
Amidst the tumult of revolutionary France, this is a story of courage, hope and love.
Liza, it's lovely to have you visit jaffareadstoo ~ thank you for spending time with us, and for answering our questions about your love of books and writing.
What inspired you to become an author?
After a childhood spent with my nose in books, I became interested in playing with words at about the age of eleven. I still recall a red-faced primary school teacher trying to explain why one does not write, "He ejaculated with joy," in a composition about a happy man. But, as is the case with most people, "real life" got in the way and I worked as a nurse and midwife for many years, before I took a creative writing course twelve years ago and started to write seriously.
Where did you get the inspiration for Spirit of Lost Angels?
Whilst out walking one day around the French village in which I live, I came across a small stone cross – croix à gros ventre (cross with the big belly) – on the banks of the Garon River. From the very helpful people at the local historical society, I learned this cross commemorates two young children drowned in the river in 1717. Who were they? How did they drown? And where are they buried?
|croix à gros ventre
Photograph courtesy of Liza Perrat
I felt the urge to write about them; to give these lost little ones an identity, a family, a village. The fictitious village of Lucie-sur-Vionne was thus born, and the family farm, L'Auberge des Anges.
Once the novel was finished, I decided Spirit of Lost Angels would be the first in a three-part historical series as I was keen to explore how the different generations of L'Auberge des Anges struggled through upheavals such as the Black Death, the French revolution and WWII.
Do you write stories for yourself, or other people?
Well, I mainly write for myself, in that I can't not write. I don't know if this is a good thing, in that I love making up stories, or a bad thing in that it takes up all my time, but the flea has bitten and infested me, and I'd feel as if my life was empty if I couldn't write. Also, since I gain immeasurable pleasure from reading, I'd like to think readers might enjoy and be entertained by my stories too.
Do you have a special place to do your writing?
I have a desk downstairs, next to the washing machine and freezer and ever-present ironing pile. It's nothing fancy, but the cat gives sleepy comfort from his odd-socks box beside me, and I can close the door on the mayhem of the upstairs household of teenagers, husband and television.
What are you writing next?
I recently completed the second novel in the series, Wolfsangel, which deals with the same family, village and inn, during the Nazi occupation of WWII. It's with my agent who, I hope, is trying to sell it! If she doesn't, I'll publish, as I did with Spirit of Lost Angels, through our authors' collective label: www.triskelebooks.com.
I'm spending this summer researching for the third in the series – Angel of Roses – which is again set in the same village, with the same family, during the 14th century plague years.
What are you reading at the moment?
I'm slowly making my way through a huge pile of research books about the plague and medieval France. For pleasure, I'm reading Karen Maitland's The Gallows Curse.
For readers requiring further information on Spirit of Lost Angels, please refer to my website: www.lizaperrat.com or blog: http://lizaperrat.blogspot.fr/
Thanks very much Jo, for giving me this opportunity to appear on jaffareadstoo!
Liza, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions so thoughtfully, Jaffa and I have enjoyed this interview very much . We wish you continued success in your writing career and very much look forward to reading more in the L'Auberge des Anges series.
Any publishers reading this - do pick up Liza's exceptional novels - they really do deserve to be read by a wider audience.
I recently reviewed of Spirit of Lost Angels for newbooksmag.
My blog review can be found here


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P-38J Lightning – CNC Files For The Laser Cut Miniature Model
{adinserter Internal_left}Here is another model I've designed around the size limitations of Groover's micro laser cutter from discarded DVD drives – 1.5″x1.5″. I wanted this model to be in the same scale as my earlier Supermarine Spitfire model – 1:212 scale after seeing a 1944 photo in Famous Aircraft: The P-38 Lightning (by Gene Gurney) picturing a P-38 (F-5 version on a reconnaissance mission) accompanied by a Spitfire and the caption said: "Two of the fastest aircrafts in the world at the time this photo was taken". I though it would be nice to see them together again, materialized on a much smaller scale 🙂
This small scale does not allow for too many details and so the recognizable shape of the model plays a very important role. I would say that P-38 with its double boom body has probably the most recognizable shape of all WWII fighters and so I decided to make this my next model.
The actual 1:212 scale, by the way, has no special significance other than the fact that Spitfire's wings at that scale can fit into the 1.5″x1.5″ (38mmx38mm) box and therefore cut on Groover's laser cutter. Also, these "postal stamp" sized models create an additional layer of difficulty that makes designing the models even more fun.
P-38 Lightning is a larger plane and would not fit into the box unless the wings could be assembled from two or more pieces. The two boom body design makes it possible to conceal the seams and hold the pieces together, and so I opted for the three-part wing.
One of those days I should come up with a better assembly instructions but for now suffice it to say that this isn't yet too complicated a model and all the pieces should rather easily find their matching counterparts.
You may want to start assembly by sliding the wings' center piece through the slot in the pilot's cabin – it would be too late after the booms are installed. All other pieces come together in no particular order, just whatever makes it easier for you to hold the model while working on it.
Don't forget that craft foam can take a lot of stretching and flexing, which will be needed (lots of stretching!) to attach the pieces. If your cutter is focused properly, all pieces except for the landing gear should come together without any glue. You may need a tiny drop of foam glue (I use Styrofoam glue but anything that dries clear should do the trick) to hold the landing gear – it's too small to hold on its own.
As always, send me pictures of your finished models, I'll post them here!
Oh, I almost forgot: the actual Inkscape SVG and G-Code files are on the CNC Files page


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KGI: Apple Watch to Begin Shipping in March, 12-inch MacBook Air in Q1 2015
According to a new report by Securities analyst Ming Chi Kuo, Apple will reportedly begin shipping the Apple Watch in March and the 12-inch MacBook Air within the first quarter of this year.
In the report, Kuo notes that the company will reveal more details about the Apple Watch before launch, including specific details on battery life. The analyst predicts that Apple will ship 2.8 million watches in the first quarter of 2015.
Apple is scheduled to release the Apple Watch in the United States in March 2015 with a starting price tag of $349. The device will come in three models, including a standard model, sports model, and a luxury 18-karat gold Watch Edition.
Kuo has estimated that the company is aiming for a Q1 2015 launch of the new 12-inch MacBook Air. The analyst's estimates falls in line with several other reports released over the past month. The 12-inch MacBook Air will reported feature a new ultra-thin design, Retina display, Intel's latest mobile Core M processor, and the new reversible USB Type C connector.
The analyst also predicted Apple will ship 61 million iPhones and 10 million iPads during Q1 2015.
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What Happens When an Alternator Belt Is Loose?
A loose alternator belt will affect the alternator's performance and will lead to automotive electrical failures, such as dead or weak batteries, dimmed headlights and engine stalling. Common signs of loose alternator belts include a loud squealing sound, improper voltage and flickering gauge lights, according to Pep Boys.
Since alternators are powered by automotive engines via fan belts connected to crankshafts, a loose belt can cause the alternator to undersupply the car's power requirements and drain the battery until the charge runs out. Loose alternator belts also cause automotive components to work harder in order to compensate for voltage fluctuations. Eventually, the slack leads to belt fraying and premature wear out.


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Heather Tobey
Vice President of Operational Systems & Support
Heather Tobey brings more than 20 years of accounting and systems experience to her role as Vice President of Operational Systems & Support at Campus Life & Style.
Before joining the CLS team, Mrs. Toby was an Accounts Payable Supervisor at American Campus Communities. At CLS, Mrs. Toby leads several teams to include HR/Payroll, in-house Utility Billing Services, Accounts Payable, and the in-house Support System. She also manages the transition process for all for new assets and dispositions undertaken by CLS by acting as liaison between all relevant parties.


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In life you will always encounter those people who say, "I can't believe it's only Wednesday." But here at Zealous Good we like to say, "Wow, it's already Wednesday!" Today we bring you a mini mid-week celebration. We've rounded up our top stories from the first half of the week to bring you a digestible version of our favorite charity, donor, donation, volunteering and social media related news.
Monday: Welcome aboard, Imagine Englewood If! On Monday the nonprofit that strengthens and empowers the greater Englewood community through teaching local youth healthy living, lead awareness and positive communication skills, became Zealous Good's newest member!
And a little something was written about us and fellow crowdfunding sites in Crain's Chicago Business…
Behind the scenes: Matches were made and new relationships formed. Generous donor, Anne, selected Project Education Plus to donate her Sony Handycam to, while St. Vincent De Paul Center will receive a donation of women's clothes from donor Susan.
Tuesday: #CharityTuesday lived up to its name. New ZG member, Caring Connections for Seniors, recently joined our members list and is already reaping the benefits. On our Facebook wall the nonprofit said this: "(we) already have connected to a donor of a computer that we will refurbish and pass along to one of our low-income senior participants so they can stay connected with the community through being connected to the internet. "
Hurray! LinkedIn gave us another reason to keep up with the volunteering. The business-related social networking site confirmed '1 out of 5 hiring managers (U.S.) made hiring decisions based on volunteer work experience.'
Tuesday also marked the one-week countdown until we present our Technori Pitch! Next Tuesday you can see Zealous Good along with startups Lovendar, ZipFit, Kula, StageBloc, and OurLabel attempt to woo the crowd in 5 minutes or less! Thankfully, there's no gong. I asked.
Behind the scenes: Zealous Good member La Casa Norte was matched with awesome donor Nissa who will donate children's and maternity clothing to the nonprofit that serves youth and families confronting homelessness.
Want to get in on the behind the scenes action? If you're looking to make a donation, think about what items you no longer use and then visit our site. If you're a Chicago charity, consider what items you need and check us out. We make donating easy and meaningful! What could be better?


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GAS CONDITIONING & PROCESSING (Gas Dehydration)
- Water in Natural Gas
- Dehydration
- Glycol
- Basic Process
- Absorption
- Distillation
- Process flow and Components
- Inlet Separator
- Contactor Column
- Heat Exchanger
- Flash Vessel
- Filters
- Reboiler
- Surge Tank
- How to care for Glycol
In this session we will discuss about the need for dehydration then discuss the basic principles of absorption, distillation and other process involved in the glycol dehydration system.
- Water in Natural Gas
Produced natural gas contains water vapor. The gas is usually saturated under reservoir conditions of temperature and pressure. As it flows up to the plant some of this water vapor my condense as "free water". The remainder will remain as water vapor. The process of removing water vapor from a gas stream is called "gas dehydration" .
The amount of water vapor contained in a gas stream can be expressed in terms of concentration or in terms of "water dew point" of the gas. The water dew point is the temperature at which water will condense from the gas stream as it is cooled. The higher the concentration of water vapor in a given stream the higher the dew point. Thus gas dehydration is also called dew point depression; the lowering of the dew point of a gas by lowering the concentration of water vapor in the gas.
Natural gas causes three major problems in transmission lines: corrosion, hydrate formation and slug formation. Corrosion causes pitting and damage in pipelines. Hydrate deposit on pipeline interiors and restrict the flow of gas especially in the valves and fittings. Hydrates are loosely linked , crystal-like compounds of hydrocarbon and water resembling dirty ice. Hence to prevent hydrate formation during the cooling process ( refrigeration process ) the gas should be dehydrated before it. Slugs damage equipment and cause pressure drop in the transmitting lines.
Natural gas when produced is usually saturated with water vapour at that pressure and temperature. As long as water in vapour form pose no problems, but as soon as it condenses and forms free water the above problems may start.
The following graph illustrates the amount of water that natural gas carries at different pressure and temperature.
Water content of Natural gas
- Dehydration
The process of removing water from a substance is called dehydration. Gas can be dehydrated by cooling and separating the condensed liquids, by using specially designed low temperature separation process, by using solid desiccants, or by using liquid desiccant. Cooling the gas and removing the free water with a separator is the simplest method of dehydration. However, this method is limited by the hydrate formation temperature unless some other hydrate preventive method has been taken. Although there are several methods for removing water from gas, the most commonly used dehydration method utilizes a liquid desiccant known as glycol
- Glycol
Liquid desiccants which are commonly used in the conventional dehydration unit are diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, and tetra ethylene glycol. Ethylene glycol has been used in some applications, but its vapor pressure is too high for use in conventional dehydration units without excessive vapor losses. The more commonly used glycols for dehydration are diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, and tetra ethylene glycol. Diethylene glycol is the cheaper of the three glycols; however it has a higher vapor pressure and cannot be regenerated to as high a purity as the other glycols. It is more commonly used for injection systems, and is only sometimes used for limited dew point depression in conventional dehydration units. In most facilities DEG is being used.
Chemical name. Formula. B.P Thermal decomposition.
Ethylene Glycol OHCH2CH2OH 197.6C 165C
Di Ethylene Glycol O 246C 165C
Tri Ethylene Glycol | 278C 206C
The one change which can have the greatest effect on dew point depression is the glycol concentration, normally stated as a percent of purity. The higher the purity of the glycol the drier it is possible to get the gas, other conditions being equal.
Another factor that influences the water vapor content of a natural gas is pressure. The higher the pressure the less water vapor a gas can contain. In most instances the operating pressure of a dehydration unit is fixed due to pipeline delivery requirements, however if a unit is designed for a given pressure and is then operated at a considerably lower pressure the unit may not be able to deliver the designed dew point depression without making other operating adjustments. At lower than design pressures the contact tower may have too small a diameter to handle the design flow rate of natural gas.Another method of increasing the glycol purity is by lowering the pressure on the still with a vacuum pump.
Much like a sponge, glycol is used to absorb water from natural gas. By mixing together the wet gas and glycol, water is absorbed by the glycol, thereby removing it from the natural gas.
In distillation, water is separated and removed from glycol by heating (boiling ). Glycol does not begin to boil until approximately 245C. Water boils at 100C. Distillation of water from glycol involves heating the glycol-water mixture to a temperature between 100C and 245C, allowing water to separate as vapor.
- Basic Process
There are two basic purposes of a glycol dehydration unit. The primary purpose is to dehydrate natural gas. The other purpose is to remove water from wet glycol so that it can be used over and over again in the dehydration process.
The process, while it may seem somewhat complicated, is actually quite simple. The wet gas that is, natural gas with water in it has water removed from it in a dehydration process. Glycol literally soaks up the water, leaving dry gas. The wet glycol then goes through a process of distillation where the water is removed by boiling. The lean glycol is then sent back to function again in the dehydration of gas. In this manner, glycol is recycled.
A typical glycol dehydration system sketch is shown below. It consists of the following components: inlet scrubber, contactor column, heat exchangers, flash tank, filters, re boiler, and surge tank
Inlet Separator
Before entering a glycol contactor the gas should go through a separator to remove any free liquid . This could be either a horizontal or vertical separator or a filter- separator. On large units with high condensate rate or gas coolers before the dehydration system a filter-separator is often used to decrease the possibility of contaminating the glycol. On small units the separator is usually included as part of the contactor in the bottom section as shown in the previous overview .In the case shown , the gas leaves the separator section flows up through a chimney tray into the contactor section
Contactor Column
In this vertical pressure vessel, water is removed from gas. Inside the contactor column there are several trays . Most common trays are bubble cap trays . Valve trays are also in use. In smaller units packing are used in place of trays. The purpose of this arrangement is to make the gas in thorough contact with glycol. The most efficient one is bubble cap trays.
Each tray has a number of evenly arranged openings, covered with bubble caps. After passing through the separator the wet gas enters the contactor through an inlet near the bottom. The gas, traveling upward in the contactor column, is forced through the openings below the caps and bubbles through the glycol.
During the bubbling process, the gas gives up water vapor to the glycol. As gas passes upward through each succeeding tray it becomes dry.
Before leaving the contactor, the dry gas passes through a mist pad to remove any glycol that may be in vapor form. As the glycol particles collect and become heavier in the mist extractor, they drop back into the top tray and rejoin the glycol stream.
Dry glycol enters the contactor tower at an inlet near the top and flows across the top tray,
then downward and across other trays.
A level of glycol is maintained on a tray by means of a dam known as weir. This level is above the slots in the bubble caps so the gas is forced to bubble through the glycol.
The glycol flows over the weir through an opening known as downcomer and into the tray below. Maintaining the level of glycol on the next tray above the bottom of the down comer prevents gas from bypassing the bubble cap tray.
As the glycol spills downward through each succeeding tray, it becomes saturated with the water it has absorbed from the gas and collects in the bottom of the contactor. The rich glycol from the contactor then passes to the regeneration system.
In the regeneration system the glycol passes through a reflex column at the top of the re-boiler still and enters to the first heat exchanger. Top of the still column temperature to be maintained so that water vapor should not condense out and at the same time glycol vapor should condense out. This can be done by adjusting the reflex by-pass valve.
Then the rich glycol enters the first heat exchanger and get heated up with the hot lean glycol. Glycol should be sufficiently warm in order to flash out all the dissolved hydrocarbon and the lighter liquid hydrocarbons in the flash vessel.
From the heat exchanger the glycol enters the flash vessel. The purpose of this vessel is to remove the gas and condensate hydrocarbons that were picked up by the glycol on its path through the contactor.
Heat from the heat exchanger helps to separate hydrocarbons from the wet glycol. The hydrocarbon condensate is separated from the glycol and any remaining gas vapors leave from the top.
The glycol leaving the flash tank is normally filtered through a sock type filter to remove 5 microns and larger solids. A differential pressure indicator is installed to measure the pressure drop across the filter. When the pressure drop increases the filter element to be replaced. Manufacture's recommends to be followed regarding pressure drop requirement before replacing filters. Sock type filters consists of a quick opening closure and a number of filter elements. The filter elements are replaced when they become clogged and dirty.
The charcoal filter is similar to sock filter with charcoal instead of sock elements. For small glycol units the charcoal filter is normally full flow, where as for larger units a small side stream of 25 to 30% of total glycol is filtered. The charcoal filter removes hydrocarbons . A differential pressure indicator is installed to measure the pressure drop across the bed . When pressure drop reaches to the alarm point the charcoal needs to be replaced.
This one is the second heat exchanger in the system. In this exchanger , rich glycol is getting heated up before reaching the re-boiler. Hence the heat requirement in the re-boiler to boil off the water will be reduced.
Re boiler and Still Column
From the heat exchanger the glycol flows to the re boiler. Here the glycol is heated to vaporize the water before entering the still column ("stripper") on the re boiler. The still column removes the water vapor from the glycol.
Inside the still column is a section, known as distillation column is filled with ceramic, stainless steel or carbon packing known as saddles or raschig rings. The glycol spreads out uniformly over the packing and drips down through the lower portion of the packed column. The water vapor rises to the top of the column.
From the packed column the wet glycol drops downward into the bottom of the re boiler. A source of heat circulated through a tube in the lower section of the re boiler maintains the temperature of the glycol solution at approximately 165 C (in the case of DEG) which is just below the boiling and decomposition point of Diethylene Glycol. Many installations use a gas fired heater. The temperature of the glycol in the re boiler is critical and must be controlled within the range.
The remaining water boils out of the glycol solution and moves upward through the still column as vapor. Some hot glycol vapors also are mixed with the water vapor. As this mixture passes upward through the still column, it comes in contact with a cooler part of the column and the glycol vapors are condensed and drop back down into the re-boiler. The water leaves the top of the still column as vapor.
The glycol level in the re boiler is maintained above the heating tube by the location of the overflow tube. The dried, purified glycol spills into the overflow tube and flows into the surge tank.
Surge Tank
The surge tank is a holding tank which stores hot regenerated glycol from the re boiler before it is sent to the contactor with the pump.There are chances of heavier hydrocarbon liquid accumulation and form a layer at the top of the glycol. Skim lines are provided to skim off the these hydrocarbon liquids from the surge tank.


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This Week In Books is a weekly update on what you've been reading hosted by Lipsyy Lost & Found . A similar meme is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words.
∧ Then ∧ The Silent Wife, Kerry Fisher
Would you risk everything for the man you loved? Even if you knew he'd done something terrible?
A heart wrenching and gripping tale. I was hooked from the very first page.' Write Escape
Lara's life looks perfect on the surface. Gorgeous doting husband Massimo, sweet little son Sandro and the perfect home. Lara knows something about Massimo. Something she can't tell anyone else or everything Massimo has worked so hard for will be destroyed: his job, their reputation, their son. This secret is keeping Lara a prisoner in her marriage.
Maggie is married to Massimo's brother Nico and lives with him and her troubled stepdaughter. She knows all of Nico's darkest secrets – or so she thinks. The one day she discovers a letter in the attic which reveals a shocking secret about Nico's first wife Caitlin. Will Maggie set the record straight or keep silent to protect those she loves?
For a family held together by lies, the truth will come at a devastating price.
A heart-wrenching, emotionally gripping read for fans of Amanda Prowse, Liane Moriarty and Diane Chamberlain.
It's good to be reminded all families have issues… Even if the Farinelli take it to the extreme!
≈ Now ≈ The Devil You Know, Terry Tyler
Every serial killer is someone's friend, spouse, lover or child….
Young women are being murdered in the Lincolnshire town of Lyndford, where five people fear someone close to them might be the monster the police are searching for.
One of them is right.
Juliet sees an expert's profile of the average serial killer and realises that her abusive husband, Paul, ticks all the boxes.
Maisie thinks her mum's new boyfriend seems too good to be true. Is she the only person who can see through Gary's friendly, sensitive façade?
Tamsin is besotted with her office crush, Jake. Then love turns to suspicion…
Steve is used to his childhood friend, Dan, being a loud mouthed Lothario with little respect for the truth. But is a new influence in his life leading him down a more sinister path?
Dorothy's beloved son, Orlando, is keeping a secret from her—a chilling discovery forces her to confront her worst fears.
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW is a character-driven psychological drama that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Suspecting everyone is something I love to do, maybe a little bit too much… I hear you say paranoid. Yep. But when your favorite genre is psychological thrillers, you can't help it!
∨ Next ∨ I Found You, Lisa Jewell
Everyone has secrets. What if you can't remember yours?
Lily has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night, she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one.
Alice finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement, she invites him into her home.
But who is he, and how can she trust a man who has lost his memory?
Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can't remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's brilliant new novel.
My very first Lisa Jewell!
Have you read any of those books? What is on your list this week?
Do share in the comments
Happy reading!


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In honor of yesterday's blog about "tomorrow's laundry," I thought I might show you today's laundry.
I don't do my laundry at the laundromat. I keep it all at home. In my home studio. In my photosphere. Yeah.
So here I am, setting my hair, doing my laundry in my little feathered mules (cuz every girl has to have those), listening to KCRW and loading this fabulous washer and dryer from Redd Columbia that includes accessories and poses. (I LOVE the stuff at RC Cluster. Go when you need a day of laughter.)
I put on these dainties from Annyka Bekkers because they are so sexy and so versatile all at once. Wear the bra underneath a low cut top for a sexy peekaboo or traipse around the house in the set (as I do, clearly). They are great textures—no ghosting in the pieces and well fit to the avatar mesh. Lorac Farella's subtler Honesty skin from the Altonia line is sexy and fresh.
These mules from Melanie Zhao are for every girl in SL who has too many shoes but still needs more. I mean, how often are you going to wear feathered shoes but in the privacy of your sim? I just don't see them going over well at the Velvet or Franks. But they are perfect with a box of chocolates (or a basket of laundry).
"Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem.Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash."
~ Jerry Seinfeld
Hair: Angry Housewife rollers in hair by Leetah Moxie for Curl Up N Dye
Skin: Pulse Skin – Altonia-Honesty by Lorac Farella for Pulse Skins
Bra and panties: *blowpop* Yvette set – Nude by Annyka Bekkers for *blowpop*
Shoes: ~*ZHAO*~ "MOSCOU" by Melanie Zhao for Zhao Shoes
Washer and dryer and all accoutrements: -RC- Clustyclean Stackable Washing Machines (black) by Redd Columbia for RC Cluster


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*MeOws..... oF YeSterDaY*
Books I have completed reading since January 2021:
1. The Enchanted - Rene Denfield
Friends and Enemies
Akatsuki: Nightmares & Dreamscapes
-beats in my head-
Boredome's Arch-Enemy
Chika-Chin's Anime Mania!
empty white space
In My World
Keiichi's Hornet
My Blah blah Bulogu
My Little World
Sdovelly~ c'est la vie
Serene's Silent Secrets
Shuffle and Repear
Threadless Tees
Tolanic's Travel Blog
Saturday, January 3, 2009
I'm creating a directory on environmental-friendly products from all countries. It's actually for my own purpose but I decided to put it on my blog to share with you all. If you have or know any and would like to share with me, please leave me a message so I put up here too.
I'm not a particular person of checking out whether these companies are producing 100% green products or even have any personal standards that the companies should adhere. So my environmental-friendly term is very liberal, mind you.
cosa verde
I love this shop's layout. It's very simple and easy to browse just like etsy.com. But what is good about this online shop is the owners will categorise their products as in cruelty-free, organic, recyclable, etc. So start browsing!
I personally like this website because it's very informative about the materials they used to produce shirts. They supply bamboo, hemp and cotton shirts. They do international shipping and the total price can be obtained when you check out. This company is from the US and prices are in USD.
Edun' Live
All I know this shop sells in EURO!! So yes, the products are expensive and they are produced in Africa, so it seems. They sell organic cotton shirts for male, female and kids. I think I did send them an enquiry about international shipping but no reply.
I think this shop is in the US since shipping is free for the US if purchase above 100. I'm attracted to the products because they have prints on organic shirts! Catered to female and male in USD.
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Jeeves—my man, you know—is really a most extraordinary chap. So capable. Honestly, I shouldn't know what to do without him. On broader lines he's like those chappies who sit peering sadly over the marble battlements at the Pennsylvania Station in the place marked "Inquiries." You know the Johnnies I mean. You go up to them and say: "When's the next train for Melonsquashville, Tennessee?" and they reply, without stopping to think, "Two-forty-three, track ten, change at San Francisco." And they're right every time. Well, Jeeves gives you just the same impression of omniscience.
As an instance of what I mean, I remember meeting Monty Byng in Bond Street one morning, looking the last word in a grey check suit, and I felt I should never be happy till I had one like it. I dug the address of the tailors out of him, and had them working on the thing inside the hour.
"Jeeves," I said that evening. "I'm getting a check suit like that one of Mr. Byng's."
"Injudicious, sir," he said firmly. "It will not become you."
"What absolute rot! It's the soundest thing I've struck for years."
"Unsuitable for you, sir."
Well, the long and the short of it was that the confounded thing came home, and I put it on, and when I caught sight of myself in the glass I nearly swooned. Jeeves was perfectly right. I looked a cross between a music-hall comedian and a cheap bookie. Yet Monty had looked fine in absolutely the same stuff. These things are just Life's mysteries, and that's all there is to it.
But it isn't only that Jeeves's judgment about clothes is infallible, though, of course, that's really the main thing. The man knows everything. There was the matter of that tip on the "Lincolnshire." I forget now how I got it, but it had the aspect of being the real, red-hot tabasco.
"Jeeves," I said, for I'm fond of the man, and like to do him a good turn when I can, "if you want to make a bit of money have something on Wonderchild for the 'Lincolnshire.'"
He shook his head.
"I'd rather not, sir."
"But it's the straight goods. I'm going to put my shirt on him."
"I do not recommend it, sir. The animal is not intended to win. Second place is what the stable is after."
Perfect piffle, I thought, of course. How the deuce could Jeeves know anything about it? Still, you know what happened. Wonderchild led till he was breathing on the wire, and then Banana Fritter came along and nosed him out. I went straight home and rang for Jeeves.
"After this," I said, "not another step for me without your advice. From now on consider yourself the brains of the establishment."
"Very good, sir. I shall endeavour to give satisfaction."
And he has, by Jove! I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use, don't you know; but give me five minutes to talk the thing over with Jeeves, and I'm game to advise any one about anything. And that's why, when Bruce Corcoran came to me with his troubles, my first act was to ring the bell and put it up to the lad with the bulging forehead.
"Leave it to Jeeves," I said.
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WELLSEE USB Power Adapter WS-IC500 500W
Brand: WELLSEE Dimension: 165*88*48mm Name: High frequency inverter Weight: 1010g Model: WS-IC500 Packing: 20pcs/carton
1. The inverters are manufactured by imported components with an advanced circuit design and 98% conversion efficiency. The strict management system of production and quality with modern assembly lines ensures the product quality.
2. The products (USB Power Adapter) have complete specifications, which are aimed at different international standards, there are a total number of models available for selecting.
3. The internal protective circuits prevent electrical pulses or voltage fluctuations effectively, which can withstand the large impact power of the electrical appliances, such as compressors, televisions, monitors etc. with a safe start. The power switch can cut off the internal power supply completely, which protects the storage battery from damages.
4. The self-protection design makes it possible that it will stop working automatically when the voltage is lower than 10V, which guarantees that the storage batteries have enough power to start the automobile.
5. The USB Power Adapter will stop working automatically when overheating or overloading, and start again automatically when the condition returns to normal.
6. It works without noise, which can be used without maintenance for years by normal operation.
7. It has a diversity of input and output ways: 12V input, 24V input, cigar lighter input; 220V AC output, 110V AC output etc., which can meet the demand of both domestic and international users for mobile alternating current.
8.The USB Power Adapter WS-IC500 500W adopts an aluminum alloy casing with a beautiful shape and the technique of a high pressure plasma oxidation surface with high hardness and oxidation resistance.
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|How Do You Delete Your Adsense Account? (Approved or Not Approved)
While some people struggle to find this option it's actually pretty easy. All you do is log into your Adsense account, select "Settings" then select "Account Information and the option to close/cancel an Adsense account is in there (see image below).
|How to cancel your AdSense account
If there is any money in there (even if it is below the payment threshold) you should receive it (just as long as it's over the Cancellation threshold which is anything above £10, (€10), ($10). Anything below this will be lost forever if you close the account and is not receivable under any circumstances.
While there are many reasons people would want to do this I suggest that you leave it open in case you change your mind or want to try and get approval for a future YouTube channel or Website. Leaving your account open will save you a load of time setting up a new one.
If you need any help with this or have any questions, do let me know in the comments below.


text: Physiological responses to hypoglycemia hyperinsulinemia or hyperglycemia add a crucial adrenocortical component that is initiated by hypothalamic control of the anterior pituitary and adrenal cortex. ideal candidate for coordinating CRH STA-9090 synthesis and release. These results establish the first clear structural and functional associations linking neurons STA-9090 in known nutrient-sensing regions with intracellular mechanisms in hypothalamic CRH neuroendocrine neurons that initiate the adrenocortical response to various glycemia-related challenges. INTRODUCTION Pancreatic and sympathoadrenal activities are vital reactive responses to hypoglycemia (Cryer 1997 These short-term hypoglycemic counterregulatory components are accompanied by a crucial adaptive adrenoglucocorticoid response that ensures longer-term metabolic modifications (Watts and Donovan 2010 Glucocorticoid responses are also sensitive to diabetic hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia emphasizing their involvement in diabetes-associated processes (Davis et al. 1994 Fruehwald-Schultes et al. 2001 Chan et al. 2005 b). Glycemia-related activation of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) and consequent glucocorticoid release relies on signals from hormone- and nutrient-sensing neurons in the hypothalamus and hindbrain. CRH neuroendocrine neurons CD221 receive numerous regulatory signals that travel along any of several distinct afferent pathways (Ulrich-Lai and Herman 2009 STA-9090 including a major set of catecholaminergic STA-9090 inputs from hindbrain regions implicated in glucosensing (Sawchenko and Swanson 1981 Ritter et al. 2003 Watts and Donovan 2010 CRH neurons release CRH and/or arginine vasopressin (AVP) into the pituitary portal circulation to trigger adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and ultimately glucocorticoid secretion in response to these afferent signals. Despite much investigation how central neural pathways appropriately engage intracellular transduction mechanisms in CRH neurons to initiate the glucocorticoid response to glycemia-related challenges remains unknown. Nor is it clear if the same pathways and transduction mechanisms are engaged when glucocorticoid activation occurs during other forms of stress. Regulated CRH and AVP release from neuroendocrine terminals requires that depolarization and spike frequency are appropriately coupled to the receptors activated by the afferent pathways encoding the challenges. Additionally afferent-driven signal transduction must also activate biosynthetic mechanisms-particularly those involving CREB-to maintain adequate levels of CRH and AVP in neuroendocrine terminals for sustained ACTH release (Watts 2005 How these synthetic and release mechanisms couple to neural inputs and to each other in an appropriate stimulus intensity-dependent (i.e. graded) manner is usually a pivotal a part of CRH neuronal function. Clarifying transduction and coupling processes at the cellular and systems level is essential if we are to understand how glycemia-related challenges are decoded by the neuroendocrine STA-9090 hypothalamus. Phosphorylated forms of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinases (ERK1/2) increase rapidly in CRH neurons following various systemic challenges after drug withdrawal and after central delivery of neurotransmitters growth factors and receptor agonists (Daniels et al. 2003 Khan and Watts 2004 Valjent et al. 2004 Nadjar et al. 2005 Choi et al. 2006 Khan et al. 2007 N·?ez et al. 2008 Singru et al. 2008 Blume et al. 2009 Manfredsson et al. 2009 We now hypothesize that MEK which controls phospho(p)-ERK1/2 is usually a required component of the signaling pathway that links the afferent signals encoding glycemia-related challenges with CRH transcriptional and release responses. Furthermore we suggest that these MAP kinase cascade elements are turned on in an suitable and intensity-dependent way by glycemic and various other issues. We also check the need of ascending catecholaminergic projections to activate these signaling procedures during two trusted glycemic issues (intravenous STA-9090 insulin and 2-deoxy-d-glucose; 2-DG) and consult whether norepinephrine-driven CREB phosphorylation and neuronal firing prices are each MEK-dependent. These hypotheses are tested by us in three convergent pieces of and experiments. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES Pets Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (315 g bodyweight at medical procedures) from Harlan (Placentia CA USA) had been housed in climate-controlled circumstances (20-22°C; 12h light-12h dark; lighting on 06.00h) with unrestricted water and food access. Regional Institute Pet Treatment and Make use of.


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Base Name: Fort Bragg, NC
Base City: Fayetteville, NC
Base Operator Phone Number: 910-907-4636 or (910)396-0011
Family Readiness Center/Fleet & Family Services:
- Address: Soldier Support Center, 3rd floor. 4-2843 Normandy Drive, Fort Bragg, NC
- Phone Number: (910)396-8682
- Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/acs/
Cost of Living:
- BAH: Starting at $867 for E-1 without dependents or $1071 with dependents
- Housing Office
o Amount of on base houses available: na
o Phone Number: 910-495-0878
o Address: 426 Souter Place, P.O. Box 73539, Fort Bragg, NC 28307
o Website: http://bragg.corviasmilitaryliving.com
o Off-base/privatized housing
- AHRN: http://www.ahrn.com/fortbragg.php
- Lodging: Landmark Inn
o Address: 1208 Glider Street, Fort Bragg, NC 28307-5000
o Phone Number: 910.495.1215
o Website: http://www.landmarkinnftbragg.com/
- Moon Hall: (910) 396.7700, ext 0
- Normandy House: (910) 396.7700, ext 4198
- Child Development Center (Main)
o Address: Soldier Support Center, 4th Floor, Bldg 4-2843 Normandy Drive, Fort Bragg, NC 28310
o Phone Number: (910) 396-4313
o Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/cyss/child-development-centers/
Military Certified Providers off-base? yes, more info: (910)396-3415
- Fort Bragg Schools District Info:
o Address: PO Box 70089, Fort Bragg, NC 28307-0089
o Phone: 910-907-0200
o Website: http://www.dodea.edu/Americas/NC-FortBragg/
- Elementary: Too many to list, refer to district site for more info
- Middle: Shughart Middle School
§ Address: 4800 Camel Road, Cameron, NC 28326
§ Phone Number: (910)907-0211
§ Website: http://www.am.dodea.edu/bragg/shughart_ms/index.htm
o Albritton Middle School
§ Address: Normandy Drive, Bldg 4-3331, Fort Bragg, NC 28307
§ Phone Number: (910) 907-0201
§ Website: http://www.am.dodea.edu/bragg/albritton/
- High School: E.E. Smith High School
o Address: 1800 Seabrook Road, Fayetteville, NC 28301
o Phone Number: 910.483.0153
o Website: http://eeshs.ccs.k12.nc.us
Medical Services:
- Tricare region (West, Central, North, South): South
- Address: Womack Army Medical Center, 2817 Reilly Rd, Fort Bragg
- Phone Number: (910) 907-9262
o Apt Line: 910-907-APPT
o Info: (910) 907-9262
o Tricare: 1-888-610-7420
- Website: http://www.wamc.amedd.army.mil/Pages/default.aspx
- Hospital on base (or clinics only): Hospital
Things to do:
- Water Park/Parks: Tucker Indoor Pool
o Address: Bldg. C-5838, Tullidge Way and Bastogne
o Phone: (910) 908-3198
o Find more pool info at Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/aquatics/
- Gym/Fitness Center: Black Jack Fitness Center
§ Address: Bldg. M-4226, Blackjack & Goldberg
§ Phone: (910) 432-7922
§ Find more gym info at Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/gyms/
- Base Vet Clinic:
o Address: 27606 Reilly Rd, Fort Bragg, NC 28310
o Phone: +1 910-396-9120
o Website: http://phc.amedd.army.mil/organization/Pages/VtfDetails.aspx?VtfID=43&loc=NC
- Outdoor Rec:
o Address: Bldg. 5-1401 Knox Street (Corner of Knox St and Gruber Rd), Ft. Bragg, NC 28307
o Phone: (910) 396-7060 or (910) 396-7531
o Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/equipment-checkout/
- RV/Camping Facilities and/or storage rental: Available Contact ODR
- On-base bowling alley: Airborne Lanes
§ Address: Bldg. C-5339, Bastogne & Ardennes Sts.
§ Phone: (910) 432-4614,
§ Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/bowling/
o Dragon Lanes
§ Address: Bldg. 4-2374, off Reilly Rd. next to the Mini Mall
§ Phone: (910) 907-BOWL
§ Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/bowling/
- Movies: off base only
- Library: Throckmorton Library
o Address: IMBG-MWR-L Building 1-3346, Randolph St
Fort Bragg, NC 28310-5000
o Phone: (910) 396-BOOK (2665)
o Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/library/
- Golf Course: Ryder Golf Course
§ Address: Bldg. 1-5625 Normandy Dr.
§ Phone: (910) 907-GOLF (4653)
§ Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/golf/
o Stryker Golf Course
§ Address: Bldg. K-1219 Bragg Blvd. (between Knox Street & Gruber Road)
§ Phone: (910) 396-3980
§ Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/golf/
- Hobby Shop: Arts & Crafts Center (Pope AAF)
o Address: 794 Armistead St., Pope AAF, NC 28308
o Phone: (910) 394-4192
o Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/arts-and-crafts/
- Auto shop: East Bragg Auto Skills Center
§ Address: Bldg. F-4334, B St.*
§ Phone: (910) 396-8665
o Rec Plex Auto Skills Center
§ Address: 794 Armistead St., Pope AAF, NC 28303
§ Phone: (910) 394-2293
§ Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/auto-skills-centers/
- Local Attractions:
o ATHLETE'S CHOICE BATTING CENTER, 212 Rankin Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301, 910-487-4487,http://athleteschoicebatting.com
o FUN FUN FUN laser tag, 4670 Cumberland Road,
Hope Mills, NC 28348, tel:910-487-8585
o FASCINATE-U CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, 116 Green Street,
Fayetteville, NC 28301, 910-829-9171
For more visit: http://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/things-to-do/family-fun
- ITT office information: Information, Tickets & Tours
o Address: Bldg 4-2171 Reilly St. (inside the AAFES Mini Mall)
o Phone Number: (910) 396-TRIP/TOUR
o Website: http://www.fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/leisure-travel-services/
How can you find your boyfriend that is stationed at Ft bragg i want to know if he is really stationed there thanks.
Mikaela C. says: Sidenote: I grew up in Ft. Bragg and we live here now (countdown til PCS!!) It's horrible here. There's nothing to do here and there are very few good areas. On post is trying to change but it's still really outdated.
Karla S. asks: We will be moving to Fort Bragg at the end of June. I'm looking for advice on apartments which areas are good and bad. thanks for the help.
Kayla T. says: Cumberland towers is awful!
Rachel J. says: Kings Cross is wonderful!
Jes R. says: I live at Sone Gate Apts and love them :) Depends on your price range. I recommend going gated community and to stay out of traffic live in spring lake or a little farther out. Living by the mall or past it he wont even come home for lunch prob but living in spring lake my soldier can sometimes come home for lunch:)
Christine E. says: STAY away from Caimbridge Arms! My husband's friend's daughter was murdered there a month ago and when my husband lived there a few years ago his house was robbed and ransacked while he was deployed and people stole and used his checks and credit cards. Please stay away from there. We lived in Stone Ridge apartments which was gated two years ago very new (so new they weren't even on the maps) and they were clean beautiful and allowed pets.
Tree H. says: Definitely gated! Crime is rampant there. Our stuff was stolen from our house and our cars were broken into 2 times. Crazy place. Stay away from post...spring lake or anywhere else that's further out or gated.
Dun F. says: There is some pretty nice places off Cliffdale and Morganton Road. Spring Lake has a lot of crime but every place is what you make it.
Tracie T. says: I am not sure what your price range is but check out Anderson Creek Club.... It is 12 miles from ba
Emily M. asks: Does anyone recommend any good places to file taxes in the Ft. Bragg area?
Katherine L. says: Online at Turbo Taxes. They are great. They walk you through it and then even have a live professional you can chat with to help you...plus you get your refund within 2 weeks.
Rebecca S. says: www.taxsla
Melissa S. says: Military One Source has a li
Rosalyn R. says: On post it's free.
Diamond R. says: Liberty Tax on Yadkin Road.
Jill E. says: H&R Block online for free.
Tanya R. says: I just did mine on post and without an appt it took a couple hrs! But was WELL worth it! They told me it would had cost about $350 to do them somewhere else! And they have 2 ppl check to original persons work so you know your stuff should be filed right! I got a NICE Refund coming and they said that it should be here by the 3rd! so its pretty quick too! :))
Jenny P. says: You can also walk into an h&r block office til mid feb and all 1040ez are free. There are 3 offices on post. One at south post one at the mini mall and one on north post.
If you are coming to Ft. Bragg...check out Anderson Creek Club. It is a fabulous gated community just 12 miles from ba
Jessica M. asks: Looking for information about Fort Bragg. Moving to the area with 3 special needs children and trying to find info on the school system respite care providers and ABA tutors if anyone has info. I know that is kind specific but I hope someone here has some info. Thanks!
Mikaela C says: Public school systems are pretty much across the board horrible here. I have heard good things about 1 or 2 schools but that's it. There are a few good charter schools and several excellent private schools (religious and non-religious). There is also a strong homeschooling presence if you're open to that idea as well.
Kelly W. says: Best elementary school in the area is Eastover Central Elementary. My kids went there and it was great. While we were there I was told that it was the #1 school in the state. Good luck!
Melea S. says: I put my 2 children in the DODEA school here on ba
Kat asks: Hello! We are due for a new duty station and looking at Italy Korea or Beaufort SC. I am looking for info about housing school and job as a nurse in the hospital. Thanks!
Christine B. says: Finding a job in Korea js like finding a needle in a haystack. I have degrees and over a decade of experience making near six figures and cannot get a job here partly because of a SOFA visa only enables me to work on ba
Alison W. says: I lived on laurel bay housing at Beaufort airstation for almost 5 yrs if you have any questions about anything there I can tell you. Its a beautiful place I miss it dearly. Your not far hilton head island and bluffton area. There are plenty of jobs there no experience I found a job making $26 a hour as a dispatcher. Great restraunts good schools easy access to savannh hilton head and Charleston housing is easy to get I got a house the same day I filed out the paper work and there nice houses. Its all in all a great place to live.
First duty station 24 years ago...and......HAVE.NOT.BEEN.BACK....enough said.
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A crowd of 200 people poured into Howard County Community College on Tuesday, Nov. 19, for the Maryland/Israel Development Center's Showcase of Innovation, a program celebrating Israeli companies with offices in Maryland and local companies doing business in and with the Jewish state.
The cocktail hour and round-robin dialogues made for an interesting evening, as high-level executives and professionals networked and discussed high-tech, bio-tech and opportunities for growth.
But the event, which ran from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m., was highlighted by a keynote address from Thomas Feldhausen, director of international operations for Lockheed Martin International.
"The reality is that today you have to be global. We are connected as one global society," said Feldhausen. "We realized that if we want to continue to grow internationally, if we want partnership and commitment from foreign governments and businesses around the world, we cannot do it from Maryland. We have to work and live with them day in and day out."
Feldhausen then spoke about the short list of countries that Lockheed Martin, a company that employs 116,000 people worldwide, considered for such a partnership. Israel was at the top of that list. Earlier this month, the defense giant announced plans to open a major subsidiary in Israel that will employ hundreds of people, while simultaneously looking to purchase Israeli companies and integrate itself into the Israeli economy. Feldhausen said he is confident his company is making a good decision.
According to Feldhausen, Israel and Lockheed Martin have a relationship that dates back more than 40 years, to when Lockheed Martin introduced the general dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon to Israel.
"That relationship has continued through the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, with a variety of weapons defense systems, information technology and significant partnerships with Israeli industry," said Feldhausen, noting than in an average year the company does $3.4 billion worth of business with Israel. He said 25 percent of the content of the F-16 is manufactured in Israel, including 100 percent of the wings.
Feldhausen said Lockheed Martin also does business in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Japan. He said staffing in Israel will grow as business grows, but the company expects at some point to employ hundreds of people on the ground in the Jewish state.
"We recognize Israel has been a great partner, and we want to be a great partner with Israel; I think this is key to our growth," said Feldhausen. "We have had a four-decades-long relationship with Israel. We see another four decades."
Other companies that were present at the event included 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc., which develops and commercializes technologies and products to detect early-stage cancer and for personalize cancer therapies, Advanced Defense Technologies, a contract manufacturer of wire harnesses and mechanical assemblies, and Altenera Technology Inc., an early-stage company with the mission to rethink wind- energy-generation technology, among others.
The Maryland/Israel Development Center, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and supported by the Maryland and Montgomery County departments of Business and Economic Development, promotes trade and investment between Maryland and Israel to help create jobs in both economies. To learn more about MIDC, visit marylandisrael.org.


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DOT: Roads clearing, but stay at home
Snow and ice covered Cleveland County on Thursday as Winter Storm Pax moved north along the East Coast.
The NC Department of Transportation deposited 180 tons of salt on roadways, operated at least 23 trucks and had 53 employees working on clearing the roadways, according to Jordan-Ashley Baker, a spokesperson for the NCDOT.
Across the state, 3,068 employees were working on winter weather response. The state used 22,000 tons of salt and sand as of Thursday morning.
Baker said Cleveland County is in division 12 of the NCDOT, which includes Gaston, Cleveland, Alexander, Iredell and Lincoln counties.
"Across the division, there was a total of 8-10 inches of snow," she said.
Thursday morning, another one to three inches was expected to cover the ground.
Road crews were working Thursday on clearing interstates and primary routes for Cleveland County. Baker said that includes I-85, U.S. 74 and all other N.C. or U.S. routes.
Overnight Wednesday, workers cleared those routes but are retouching them after Thursday morning's snowfall.
"They're working again today on interstates and primary routes, hoping to move on to secondary paved and gravel roads," she said Thursday. "Generally there haven't been a lot of issues throughout the division. Things have gone pretty much as expected."
Since temperatures aren't expected to warm up much Friday, Baker said road workers would be doing more clearing of major, then secondary roadways on Friday.
"We're anticipating that it's not going to warm up much. So we're going to have crews continue to work overnight as needed so we can get those roads clear as soon as possible," she said.
Either way, travel is still not encouraged.
"We ask that people stay off the roads if at all possible. Even if crews continue to clear the roads," she said.
Reach Molly Phipps at 704-669-3339, email at email@example.com and follow on Twitter @MollyAPhipps.


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Sturgis Buffalo Chip The Backdrop For Two TV Shows
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip will be featured in a variety of television shows due to air in the coming months. Two notable shows among them being Travel Channel's Top Gear (the U.S. version), which airs Oct. 22, and CMT's Orange County Choppers, hitting in mid November.
Top Gear will wrap up its fourth season on History Channel later this month with an episode filmed at the Buffalo Chip. During this finale, hosts Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood each start their cross-country journeys on a scooter and must pass a series of challenges in order to upgrade to more Sturgis Rally appropriate rides. Once in Sturgis, they must transport Sturgis Buffalo Chip headlining act, Sweet Cyanide, to the Legendary Wolfman Jack stage. Knowing this, the hosts with the least impressive bikes make a last ditch effort to transform their transportation into something that will fit in at the Sturgis campground. Tune in to History Oct. 22 at 9 p.m. ET to see who wins.
The upcoming series premier of CMT's "Orange County Choppers" also features footage from the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. In the episode, OCC's fearless leader, Paul Teutul Sr., and his team have only two and a half weeks to design and build a chopper to be presented to a wounded combat veteran on the Buffalo Chip's Wolfman Jack Stage. Tune in to CMT on Nov. 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT to see the touching moment when the Buffalo Chip and Orange County Choppers honor this Purple Heart recipient in front of a sea of die-hard motorcycle fans during the Sturgis Rally.
Watch for more footage from the Sturgis campground's 32nd annual Motorcycle and Music Festival in upcoming episodes of Discovery Channel's "Cops and Bikers Project," Velocity TV's "Café Racer TV Show" and Travel Channel's "Trip Flip" and "Food Paradise." More details will be announced as air dates approach.


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Mac Attack Derby benefits Flaming Gorge fishery
You want more Kokanee and bigger lake trout. You gotta harvest more small lake trout.
Green River – Hone your Mac fishing skills and see how you stack up against other anglers during the new Mac Attack Fishing Derby; targeting lake trout less than 25 inches. Prizes will be awarded for the most pounds of lake trout entered during the two day derby on April 27-28. The Mac Attack is open to both boat and shore anglers. Lake trout forage close to shore during the spring which will make shore anglers competitive in this derby.
Fisheries managers have been tracking a growing population of small lake trout, those less than 25 inches, for a while now. While all these small lake trout are providing excellent fishing and great table fare, is it possible that this is a problem?
The answer is yes, according to Robert Keith, Regional Fisheries Supervisor for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. "Our trend netting data documents the increasing abundance of small lake trout and a study completed in 2016 shows their growth rates have slowed dramatically since the 1990s. In 1992, an eight-year-old lake trout was 31 inches and over 10 pounds. In 2016, an eight-year-old lake trout was only 22 inches and about 3 pounds."
It is also known that smaller lake trout, when they have the opportunity, eat other valued species in the Gorge such as Kokanee salmon and trout. Reducing the number of small lake trout in the reservoir will increase the number of Kokanee and trout that are available for anglers and allow the remaining lake trout to grow faster.
And that's where anglers can make a difference. "Angler harvest can be an effective tool for managing fisheries", says John Walrath, Regional Fisheries Biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. "The Mac Attack Derby will help reduce the population of small lake trout and provide a platform for educating the public on this growing concern."
Thus, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department joined forces with the Flaming Gorge Chamber of Commerce and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to create the Mac Attack – to be held on April 27-28, 2019.
"We are excited about using the Mac Attack Derby as a vehicle to increase public awareness on how anglers can help Flaming Gorge fishery by harvesting small lake trout", says Walrath.
Teams of two can compete for cash prizes by entering up to 12 lake trout (less than 25 inches) per angler per day. Winners will be those teams entering the most weight. All teams that check in fish, but do not place in the most weight category, will be entered into a drawing for a cash participation prize.


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Extreme Environmental Heat Stress in Costa Rica
comunicación de congreso
González Álvarez, Cecilia
Aragón Vargas, Luis Fernando
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Five years of meteorological records were manually tabulated and analyzed for the estimation of the maximum WBGT (an environmental heat stress index) values that could be expected at different times of the day in three regions of Costa Rica. The results were presented at an international conference in the U.S.A. in 1989. The original paper presented at the conference is included, together with improved graphs reproduced from the undergraduate thesis by Mario Fco. Calderón Navarro and Cecilia González Álvarez. This information should help with the planning of long distance running and triathlon events in Costa Rica. Comparison with recent five-year records is encouraged; current, on-site WBGT readings should always be used at endurance events.
Ponencia -- Universidad de Costa Rica. Escuela de Educación Física y Deportes, 1989. Presentado en la edición 32 de ICHPER Anniversary World Congress celebrada en State Universutary, Frostburg, Meryland, USA, 16-21 de julio 1989.
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Ive been offline all day. Can someone repost the Trump administration's denunciation of Lukashenko's stolen election & violent crackdown on democratic protestors in #Belarus?
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) August 10, 2020
Big, big test for EU and US in the coming weeks after Lukashenko claims victory in a heavily tainted election and sets about beating protesters and locking up opponents.
Carrot and stick doesn't work if he just eats the carrots and uses the sticks against his own people.
— Henry Foy (@HenryJFoy) August 9, 2020
From the video we understand:
1) No votes count. They just write needed numbers in protocols
2) Commission members are just extras
3) Police groups will safely bring commission members home if protest sparks
3) Lukashenka will receive around 67% officially
— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 8, 2020
Belarus election results: Dictator getting more than 100% of the vote. https://t.co/X5ZCQbBR4A
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) August 9, 2020
Reports of pro-democracy protests across Belarus tonight and extraordinary scenes in Minsk in particular. It seems that, this time, the people of Belarus aren't willing to settle for a rigged election. pic.twitter.com/73X90NQwWe
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) August 9, 2020
Some of the handiwork of Lukashenko's riot police tonight. https://t.co/uNFCU8lFen
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 9, 2020
Things are getting serious in Belarus. Protests against Lukashenko's apparent rigging of the election across the country. Riot police using tear gas and stun grenades. A police wagon just drove into a crowd of protesters in Minsk. video from indispensable @tutby pic.twitter.com/1wR330QIq7
— max seddon (@maxseddon) August 9, 2020
ICYMI: #Belarus is in the midst of nation-scale internet disruption affecting fixed-line and cellular operators; chart shows progressive disconnection of various online platforms, with public DNS services first to go from midnight, then social media 📉
📰 https://t.co/JcBhvhgVcR pic.twitter.com/DfPOM87yOK
— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) August 9, 2020
#Belarus. Repressions did follow. People are being randomly detained right now in the Minsk city centre. One day before the election. pic.twitter.com/PoymBF9EKZ
— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) August 8, 2020
A reminder that among the more than 1,300 people detained in Belarus on bogus charges during presidential campaigning in recent weeks is @me_vitali, a former campaign staffer for @BernieSanders and @BarackObama. https://t.co/ShjunRw9wR
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 9, 2020


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Could Robert Marshall be free soon?
TOMS RIVER – Robert O. Marshall, who was convicted of arranging the contract murder of his wife in 1984 and who successfully fought to overturn his death sentence two decades later, is eligible for parole for the first time this year.
The public has until Wednesday to comment to the state Parole Board, in writing, on Marshall's appeal for release. A hearing could take place as early as August, with Marshall eligible for release up until March of next year, if the board were to approve.
"Robert O. Marshall is eligible for parole on Dec. 19, 2014," said David Thomas, executive director of the state Parole Board. "The state Parole Board is in the preliminary stages for a parole hearing for later this year."
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato said this week that Marshall should remain behind bars.
"Parole would not be appropriate for Mr. Marshall at this time," said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office.
Marshall, 74, who is now incarcerated at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, declined to be interviewed for this story.
Marshall, a once prominent and respected Toms River insurance broker, was convicted in 1986 of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to murder his wife, Maria Marshall, who also was the mother of their three sons.
Marshall, drowning in debt and in love with another woman, had sought to collect a $1.5 million life insurance policy that would pay out on the death of his wife.
Returning home from a night out at Harrah's casino in Atlantic City on Sept. 7, 1984, the Marshalls stopped at the Oyster Creek picnic area on the wooded median of the Garden State Parkway in Lacey. Robert Marshall had pretended there was a problem with the right rear tire on their 1980 Cadillac Eldorado, so the Louisiana hit men he had hired, who were trailing behind in another car, could carry out the execution.
RELATED:Inside the 30-year quest to close the Marshall case
To make the crime look like a plausible robbery, Robert Marshall had himself struck on the head and knocked unconscious as he was ostensibly inspecting the rear wheel. After the trigger man shot and killed Maria Marshall, he slashed the tire so investigators could be led to believe that the couple's vehicle had been sabotaged in Atlantic City. The cover story told to investigators and ultimately a jury, was that robbers had followed the Marshalls from Harrah's, waiting to strike at some point after the damaged tire forced the couple to pull over somewhere.
County's most notorious murder
The murder was the subject of the bestselling 1989 book, "Blind Faith" by author Joe McGinniss, which in 1990 was adapted into a four-hour NBC made-for-TV movie of the same name, starring Robert Urich and Joanna Kerns, which was aired over two nights.
In April, the man who fired the .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol that killed Maria Marshall in what became Ocean County's most notorious murder case, confessed his guilt almost 30 years after the crime.
Larry N. Thompson, 71, incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola for his part in an unrelated armored-car robbery and the attempted murder of a Shreveport police officer, had concluded he had nothing to lose when he told Louisiana and New Jersey law enforcement officials that he was the shooter. In 1986, a jury in Mays Landing found him not guilty of Maria Marshall's murder. The double-jeopardy clause of the U.S. Constitution prevents criminal defendants acquitted of crimes from being retried for the same crimes, even if new evidence comes to light or a confession is made.
Thompson spoke matter-of-factly about his guilt and agreed to be recorded doing so, to James A. Churchill, retired from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. In the mid-1980s, Churchill was the lieutenant in charge of the agency's Major Crime Unit and supervised the Marshall murder case.
However, Churchill said that Thompson was unable to implicate Marshall because a middle man was involved in the murder-for-hire scheme and the two had never spoken. Marshall has maintained his innocence and in 2002 even published a memoir from behind bars entitled, "Tunnel Vision: Trial and Error."
RELATED: Marshall triggerman indicted in 1979 slaying in La.
Marshall and Thompson had never met until they were seated in a court room together during their trial for the killing. All of the arrangements made in the murder plot went through another defendant, Billy Wayne McKinnon, 70, who accompanied Thompson to the scene of the crime.
McKinnon, 70, who agreed to testify against his co-conspirators, including Marshall, served one year in state prison and returned home to Greenwood, Louisiana.
Another co-conspirator Robert Cumber, 76, who was convicted of having a role in organizing the conspiracy and connecting the defendants, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he refused a plea agreement with prosecutors. In January 2006, just before leaving office, Gov. Richard J. Codey commuted Cumber's sentence and Cumber has since returned home to Shreveport, Louisiana.
That leaves Marshall the only figure still behind bars for the crime of his wife's murder.
As late as December 2012, Marshall has unsuccessfully sought to have his sentence reduced, citing a number of health issues. Those ailments as listed in court documents include diabetes, hypertension, dementia, hemorrhoids, athlete's foot and a post-nasal drip.
But Marshall has never confessed to his wife's murder. He's come close. In a cryptic statement Marshall made before a packed courtroom on Aug. 18, 2006, just before he was given a life sentence with the possibility of parole in eight years, Marshall said he was at fault for events that led to Maria Marshall's demise.
At the time, the Prosecutor's Office had determined that it made no sense to continue fighting the seemingly never-ending appeals process that kept Marshall from his death sentence.
"I made a terrible mistake," Marshall told the court then, reading from prepared notes. He had caused a lot of suffering for his family and had begun cheating on his wife about 14 months before her murder, he said.
"I take full responsibility for my actions which led to her death. ... I can't change the past," Marshall said, but added that he wanted to change the future. He wanted to spend time with his family and be a contributing member of society, he said.
But it was not clear whether Marshall was confessing to anything new. In his jailhouse memoir, Marshall wrote that he had indeed hired McKinnon — but only in the capacity of a private detective — to investigate whether Maria Marshall had hired her own private detective to uncover her husband's secret romance. Marshall contends that McKinnon was unscrupulous and decided to rob the couple because he was after thousands of dollars they were bringing home after their night of gambling in Atlantic City.
Churchill said this week that perhaps one of the most powerful voices who the state Parole Board may be expected to hear will be those of Marshall's sons, Roby, Chris and John.
The two elder sons, Roby and Chris, have come to terms with their father's guilt, while the youngest son, John, who was 13 at the time of his mother's murder, does not believe his father is responsible for the murder and previously has argued for leniency on his behalf, Churchill said.
"Our victim-witness people have kept in touch with one or two of the boys," Churchill said. "And they were also notified that they could voice their opinion by writing a letter" about their father's parole eligibility.
Roby Marshall married the actress Tracey Gold, who portrayed Carol Seaver on ABC's 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains," the same series in which Kerns played her mother. Roby Marshall, who was a consultant on the set of the "Blind Faith" movie, was introduced to Gold through Kerns.
Chris Marshall, the middle son, had moved out New Jersey and was working at a college in the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania area, doing alumni fundraising, Churchill said. He did not know what the youngest son was up to these days.
As for his own thoughts about whether Robert Marshall should be paroled, Churchill said that is a determination for other people to make, not him.
"I have my own personal feelings, but it really doesn't matter what I think," Churchill said.
Once on death row, now parole debated
Marshall originally was sentenced to death in 1986, but after years of appeal, he was taken off death row in 2006 after the courts said the wife killer was entitled to a new penalty hearing because of ineffective legal representation at trial. A new penalty trial would determine if he would be sentenced to death again or life in prison.
As Ocean County prosecutor a decade ago, Toms River Mayor Thomas F. Kelaher made the decision not to retry the death-penalty phase.
Twenty years after the murder, some of the witnesses had died of natural causes. Memories were unreliable. The state Attorney General's Office had a staffer assigned to the decades-old case full-time, Kelaher remembered.
The cost to the taxpayers to retry the case would have been staggering and the political mood was such that the death penalty as a method of justice in New Jersey was itself about to be put to rest, he said. No one had been executed in New Jersey since 1963 and the death penalty was finally abolished in 2007.
Kelaher believes that given the nature and scale of Marshall's crimes, he is unlikely to be released this year. The idea that Marshall would spend the rest of his life in prison was the bargain the state had thought it made in sparing his life.
Thinking back on the Marshall case, Kelaher recalled the strangeness of weighing whether to argue for an end to Marshall's life. Kelaher once had known Marshall and admired his family, even if he thought Marshall himself always seemed to be stuck in salesman mode.
The Kelahers and the Marshalls used to attend 9 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church together in the 1980s and were part of the same social circles. Their children were about the same age. The Marshalls were fixtures at the Toms River Country Club and volunteered for the United Way of Ocean County.
"We knew the family very well," Kelaher said. "At Mass at St. Joseph's, the husband and wife would be there with their three boys. They were all finely dressed; the boys had button-down shirts and I used to say to my kids, 'Look at those Marshall boys, look how fine the family looks. … Whereas, you look like the kids who the cat dragged in.' I still hear about that."
Want the Parole Board to hear your opinion?
The New Jersey State Parole Board does not accept emails. Correspondence may be sent by letter through the U.S. Postal Service to: NJ State Parole Board, P.O. Box 86, Trenton, NJ 08625


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Monday, September 03, 2007
Breakfast is always best then.
Awesome title. Great cover. "Eh" book. People seem to compare it to Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, but I think that it's closer to an older title that has alternating boy/girl voices: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. Although, now that I really think about it, Scrambled Eggs at Midnight is probably the dot connecting those two books.
Calliope's moved A LOT. Eliot wishes more than anything that he could get away from the Religious Fat Camp his father runs in North Carolina. When Calliope's nomad mother follows a Renaissance Faire circuit (Delores is a wench. Really.) to Eliot's town, Cal may just have found the place she can call home. If only she can convince Delores.
So, why am I just lukewarm about the title? Nothing terribly specific. It's not that I didn't like it, but Brad Barkley & Heather Helper's joint project just didn't read terribly fresh. Bad parents, bad religion, teens who know better, one wise adult. The Renaissance faire stuff was unusual and interesting, and I believed the characters, but somehow I just didn't connect to them. I didn't care. Maybe because the broad strokes of the ending were a forgone conclusion, and the elements that weren't, were rather unlikely.
There are some very cute moments in it that are tempered with our teens relationships with their "good" parents (as literally opposed to the "bad" parents each have). Cal's feelings toward her father are especially well done, and Eliot's mother is actually a fascinating character. She's torn between her role and her desires, and there was great insight there. It's a light, amusing romantic read, and the alternating voices will make it an easier sell since you'll be able to tailor the book talk to the sex of your audience.
But hey, I'm not the only one who has an opinion on this one:
Literate Mama
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This one I skipped but I did love their latest Dream Factory. Check it out - I think you will be pleased.
I read Scrambled Eggs at Midnight liked it but probably wouldn't highly recommend it. It was okay, but Nick and Norah's was way more awesome and has more street cred. in my opinion. I'd recommend Scrambled Eggs at Midnight to someone who's more conservative or religious.
- Jackie Parker said...
I don't know if I'd give it to conservative or religious people. Religion was not portrayed favorably at all. That was one of the other problems I had with the book. The father was such a stereotypical pseudo-religious hypocrite.
Hmm...you're right the dad figure wasn't portrayed positively and was somewhat misdirected. I had forgotten about that.
You guys need to read more carefully, I think. The dad is an interesting mix...he loves his wife, loves his son, but is caught up in business. Nick and Nora has "cred" because it has a bunch of four-letter words? Give me a break. Plus Eggs is funny, funny (their new one, Dream Factory, even more so...I laughed out loud).
- Jackie Parker said...
I really wish that people wouldn't hide behind "Anonymous." I wonder if I can change that...
Anyway, Anonymous, stand up for your opinion by at least giving us a name by which to address you. I might disagree with you, but that doesn't mean I, or anyone who reads this blog, will think less of you. I LIKE debate. 'Specially bookish debate.
I believe that the father is a poor representation of religion because he was using it as a business gimmick. He didn't treat his family well, and made very poor choices. Gayle and I were conversing in regards to whether the book was a good recommendation to conservative or religious audiences.
As for 'street cred' in Nick & Norah's. Yeah, I'd say you'd have to have some swearing to qualify for street cred. Oh, and Nick & Norah was better written. That helps too.
I'm guessing that you have some issues with four-lettered language. That's fine, but one must realize that some people DO talk like that. The beauty of novels is that, while fictional and through whatever filter of setting, they reflect REAL life. In real life teens swear. Some of them a lot. But not all of them. Which is why you find some teen novels with swearing, and others without.
As for the humor level in Eggs; it was amusing, at best. But that's just my opinion. As is everything else on this blog. Feel free to disagree with me anytime, but at least give me a name.
Thanks for reading,