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iPadpalooza Day 1
I'm in Austin, Texas, attending and presenting at iPadpalooza. Some of my buddies in my PLN have asked to virtually attend the conference with me. In an attempt to fulfill their request I'm going to try to summarize the vast amount of information I took in today. At the end of the day I'm excited because I picked up several things that were new to me. As I try to align my thoughts, I hope this can make some sense to you. :)
Some nuggets from his keynote:
In the 6 hours following the Keynote, I attended 5 sessions.
I didn't even stop for lunch because I didn't want to miss
a moment of learning. :)
My Sessions for Today:
Frenemies: How to Make Apple and Google Get Along with Jeremy MacDonald
Twitter: @MrMacnology
Presentation: www.bit.ly/frenemiesTX
New to Me: Revision history in Google Drive. Neat feature. If you're using Google Drive and sharing a document with your students you can track who has made edits and revert a document to a former version.
iPLC: Planting the Seed Through Staff Development with Errin Jennings
Twitter: @errinjennings
Back Channeling: http://todaysmeet.com/iPLC
My Takeaway: I was reminded how fun it is to collaborate with other educators who are excited about what they do. I also grew my PLN with lots of good peeps to follow on Twitter.
Look What I Made! with Nicolle Davis
Twitter: @TeacherNicolle
Presentation: http://goo.gl/9IYJA
New to Me: Guided Access!!!! Learned how to use a built in feature of the iPad to keep students wandering away from a particular app. Here's a step by step tutorial explaining the feature.
Apps & Web 2.0 Tools for Tech Ninjas! with Todd Nesloney and Stacey Huffine
Twitter: @TechNinjaTodd & @TechNinjaStacey
Website: www.the3techninjas.org
Handout: http://bit.ly/14T5D5x
New to me: www.remind101.com allows you to communicate with parents without them ever knowing your cell number or them having to give you theirs. Completely free! Suggested tip: sign up as a "parent" for your own class so you get your own texts too.
I'll end this post with the new, free apps I learned about today:
Clicking on an icon will take you to the iTunes page for that app.
I have two remarkable daughters. My girls came to live with me at the ages of 11 and 8, and I was given the amazing privilege of adopting them. For their own right to privacy I have chosen to give them pseudonyms for my blog posts. My oldest is now 17 and she is Percy because she has an amazing spirit of perseverance and because she'd be quick to tell you that Percy is the main character from her favorite series of books. My youngest is 13 and she is Miss B because she is one of the bravest people I know.
This week I've been watching a miracle unfold. Percy has a learning disability. She has had amazing odds to overcome. When Percy came to live with me she could only read about 50 of the 100 most common sight words. Reading was extremely difficult for her. In addition to being dyslexic, she also had difficulty blending sounds together. Reading is something we've worked on since day one. The school provided services to help, I enrolled her in additional tutoring, I would read aloud to her, and I encouraged her to daily read. Although she made some progress, at age 15 she was still reading between a 1st and 2nd grade level.
My hope and dream for Percy has always been to give her the tools she needs to be the independent adult she longs to be. Like most kids she wants to go to college, be able to be on her own, and most importantly (like any teenager) have her own car. As she traveled through her 9th grade year I was unsure if all her dreams could become a reality. My goal for Percy was to reach at least a 5th grade reading level because I knew she could be independent at that level. (Many publications are written at approximately the 6th grade level). In 9th grade and age 15 she was a long way from that goal.
That Christmas, while listening to a Grammar Girl Podcast, I discovered the website Audible.com. They provide audiobooks at economical prices. I downloaded a book through a special offer and thought, "Hey, this is neat." Percy's class at the time was reading the novel Holes and she was struggling to keep up. I began to wonder if the books from Audible could help Percy. I downloaded Holes to an MP3 player and gave it to Percy with one rule. She had to follow along in the book as she listened.
Being 15 and reading at a 2nd grade level is a drag for many reasons. One of those reasons is that there is no reading material at your interest level (I'm excluding academic materials available to teachers in this statement). Your peers are busy consuming and raving about titles such as Twilight and your Stuck withJunie B. Jones. ( I have nothing against Junie, but if I was 15, she wouldn't be on the top of my reading list).
With the magic of a credit card sized listening device and 15 dollars a month my daughter's literary world began to expand. I was very careful at first to direct her book choices. I would recommend books I had already read so we could discuss them and because I knew they met her other interests. I wanted it to be a positive experience from the very beginning. The first book she read for pure enjoyment was Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Not only did she read it once, but she read it over and over and over (I lost count after 5 times). She couldn't get enough of the story, and I knew the repetition of hearing the word, seeing the word was invaluable.
We have one of those fancy pants TVs that has the viewing guide built in. In the past I never had to worry about statements like, "Mom can we please watch __________! Please, pretty please!" because Percy was unable to read the guide. Within six months of using the audiobooks I noticed things changing. I began to get more and more frequent requests to watch specific shows because she could now read the guide.
Another example of marked improvement came from watching the show Heroes. Several of the characters were not english speakers, so their dialogue was always displayed as subtitles. Even as Percy's reading improved, she still asked me to read them to her because they would scroll on the screen so quickly. One night I was preoccupied, as mothers sometimes get, all of a sudden I realized my daughter was reading aloud. I looked up and saw that she was reading the subtitles on the screen. She didn't miss a single word or make one mistake. In my heart I started to do a happy dance. It seems so little, but that night we won a major battle in the war to become a proficient reader.
Two years have gone by since I put that first MP3 player in her hand. She has read at least 39 books and has accumulated 497 AR points. (For you none teacher types, AR is a school reading program that monitors comprehension and provides incentive to keep reading). I know the MP3 player alone hasn't made all the difference, she has had some amazing teachers along the way too, but it has played a pivotal role.
Now, back to our miracle in the making. A few weeks ago I took Percy to a large bookstore for some Mom/Daughter time. We picked out a couple of books to be her next reads. The plan was to download the accompanying audiobooks when we got home. After shopping we went out to eat and perused our purchases. Percy picked up Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. I thought she was just going to thumb through it with anticipation, but the next thing I knew she had turned to chapter 1 and had begun to read it on her own. I asked her a couple of questions to monitor her understanding, and she asked me the name of a couple of characters. Then she was on her way. She has set out to read the whole book on her own. She is already halfway through chapter 4. She has complained a few times that the reading is slower when she doesn't have anyone to listen to, but she is determined to achieve this new goal.
I was inspired to share this story after of blog post from my friend Kevin Honeycutt. In his post he was talking about the power of reading aloud to students and giving them them the opportunity to read aloud to others. Audiobooks have had an amazing impact on my daughter's life, and I know that she will one day be able to read to her own children because of them.
Reflections from the First Day of School
This week I began my thirteenth year of teaching. Wow, just that statement makes me stop and pause. I know it's cliché, but it seems like only yesterday I was walking into my first classroom.
This past Thursday was the first day of school for our students. Over the last few weeks, as I prepared for a new school year, I assumed on the first day of school I would be standing at my classroom door greeting each student. Unfortunately the state of Arkansas had other ideas--I was called for jury duty. Due to the nature of the case no one was being excused. I diligently sat in court Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday hoping against hope that I would finally be excused. Wednesday, as I was leaving court, the reality began to sink in. For the first time in my career I would not be at my door on that first day to meet my students. I began to cry.
Those of you who teach, know how important it is to start the year off on the right foot. I knew that first day was a day with my students I could never get back. After moping for a little while, it was time to stop mourning about something I couldn't change. I had a new goal. How could I make sure my students had the best possible day even if I wasn't with them?
How do you even go about leaving substitute lesson plans for the first day of school? I began to brainstorm about the possible activities I could have the students do with a substitute. I even asked my friends on Plurk for help.
Our school is in an unique position this year. Due to consolidation, we have students from three different schools coming together for the first time. I, like many of our students, am also new to our building. Because of all this change I'd come to the conclusion that it was important to help the students build relationships with each other, and I wanted to get to know each of them. But how could I accomplish any of those goals with a substitute?
Have you ever had one of those "Ah-Ha" moments? I did on Wednesday. If I couldn't be there to talk to them, I was at least going to give them the opportunity to talk to me. I asked the substitute to have each student write me a letter. In that letter they could share anything they thought I needed to know about them.
Thursday evening I returned to school after finally being released from jury duty. The students had already gone home from their first day of school, but sitting on my desk, waiting for me, was a pile of hand written letters. I sat down and began to read. Over the next hour or so I made my way through 80 plus letters. As I read I became stunned by the insights I was already gaining about students I had yet to meet. I wondered to myself, "Why have I never given this assignment before?" and quickly realized it would be a new annual assignment for the years to come. There were many letters that chronicled the events of their summer, but there were just as many letters that told me bits and pieces of who they were and how they think.
There was the 6th grader who had the guts to tell his English teacher, "Sorry, I really don't like writing." Another student made me giggle when he said, "The nicer you are to me, the nicer I will be to you.
Other letters broke my heart. A 5th grader wrote, "I am not that smart." And a 6th grade boy, after telling me his aspirations to be a professional skateboarder and how he had repaired a broken laptop without any help, ended his letter by saying, "I'm not real interesting." I began to wonder how I'm going to inspire these young men. How am I going to help them see themselves for who they really are?
A girl from my 6th grade class said, "I'm sure you are amazing. This is kinda scary since the other school is here. I know it will be an interesting adventure. We always have to be prepared in life and ready for change. As you can see I am a free spirited person." Another young lady told me, "Literature is my favorite subject. I would love to be an author. I write and draw all the time. I am articulate and smart."
Then there was the 6th grader who in one breath said, "I am a little smart" and in next said, "I can be creative in lots of ways." As she expressed her thoughts through the rest of her letter, I could see that she was more than a "little smart," she was very bright. I knew I had to take on the mission of helping her realize how very gifted she is.
Many students shared excitement about the start of a new school year and their love a learning like one 5th grader who said, "I'm excited to be in your class. I think I will have a good time."
As I read the last letter a thought began to form in my mind. The vast majority of the letters were written by students excited to be at school, who voiced a love of learning. I began to wonder, what is it that we do as educators that extinguish that passion? How do we keep from quenching their excitement? How can we, instead, encourage them to continue to grow? What can I do to help them learn to love learning?
This summer I was inspired to try some bold and innovative new ideas in my classroom. Although inspired I have also had some trepidation about actually implementing those ideas. Mostly I have been plagued by the fear of failing miserably. After reading my students letters, however, I choose to set aside my fears. They deserve a teacher who is determined to do whatever it takes to foster their love of learning, and I want to be the kind of teacher they deserve.
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Reflections from Podstock
I thought I'd use my first blog to write about the conference that inspired me to start blogging in the first place. Last weekend (I can't believe it's only been a week) I attended a conference in Wichita, Kansas called Podstock.
I guess though, before I can talk about Podstock, I have to explain how a girl from Arkansas ended up in Kansas. It all started about a month ago when I attended a teacher workshop taught by a new friend of mine, David. He introduced us to a new social network (okay it's not really new, just new to me) called Plurk. I have to be honest. I tried it out for a couple of days and thought, "This isn't for me." My initial thought was, "This is like Twitter on crack." I didn't know what to do with all the conversation taking place on my computer screen between people I really didn't know.
About two weeks ago I attended another workshop called "The Wired Learner," presented by another new friend, Kevin Honeycutt. I was in the room all of about 10 minutes, and I knew this was not going to be your run of the mill workshop. This guy was different. Even without ever meeting my students, I knew he understood them and that technology was usually their medium of choice. I got on facebook and encouraged other fellow teachers to come hear this guy.
I'm pretty tech savvy; its not uncommon for other teachers to come to me and ask for help. Most tech workshops I attend are discussing technology and websites I'm already familiar with. But Kevin's workshop was different. Almost everything that came out of his mouth that day was something new to me. A couple of times I had to stop him and ask what in the world he was talking about. This was a phenomenon that had rarely happened to me in the past when talking about educational technology.
He also talked about that weird website, Plurk. I decided to give it one more try. This time I jumped in with both feet. I just pretended I already knew everyone. When they said, "Hi." I said, "Hi" back. Before long I was entering into great discussions with other teachers from all across the country. I was being infused with fresh new ideas for my classroom, and I liked it!
One common topic of conversation that week on Plurk was an up coming conference called Podstock. As I understand it, Podstock is the brain child of Kevin. It seemed like everyone on Plurk was either attending Podstock or totally bummed because they couldn't attend. Their excitement was contagious. That contagious excitement reminded me that one of the best things I like about teaching is getting to learn new things, and by golly, I wanted to wrap my brain around some new ideas. Now you have to understand, I'm a single mom, and doing things on the spur of the moment is not always logistically or financially realistic.
If you read my blog very often, after my first attempt, you'll learn that my faith is very important to me. In my heart I knew for my own personal growth and inspiration as a teacher that it was important for me to go to this conference. In the next couple of days after Kevin's workshop, I watched God put all the pieces in place, so I could attend. God provided places for my two children and our two goofy dogs to stay, and in the world of finances I decided that this conference was more important than the Ipad I had been planning to buy.
Early, on July 15th, I began my journey to Podstock. As I drove I took pictures along the way. Six hours of the nine hour drive was on a road I drive quite frequently to my parents house. This time, however, it looked different to me as I looked for pictures to share with my new friends on Plurk.
As I drove into Wichita that evening I called one of my new Plurk buddies and made arrangements to meet her at the hotel. In the hotel lobby it was like a family reunion as Jan and I bumped into fellow Plurkers and Podstock attendees. I was meeting face to face people I had been visiting online with the last couple of weeks. The friendship and camaraderie was instantaneous.
The next two days that followed were a whirl wind of sessions, good discussion, and lots of laughs. There were so many new things I learned. New tools for my classroom. New ideas to experiment with and figure out how they might work in my room. Although those are invaluable and I could fill the next 50 blogs sharing each new tool I learned, Podstock, for me, was more than that. It was the sense of community I felt by being with likeminded educators who truly want to prepare our students for the future they will live in. Teachers who believe so deeply in what they're doing they are willing to sacrifice their time and personal finances to make it happen. When I was trying to explain to my mom why this conference was different, I told her that these teachers have a mutual desire to inspire their students and fellow colleagues.
I'm a processor, a chewer. I have to think on things for awhile to fully assimilate them. On my way home from Podstock I finally had time to sit and process, but I was driving. I wouldn't recommend driving and typing at the same time. They have those laws about texting and driving for a reason. But then I remembered I had a stupid, undeletable app on my Iphone called voice memos. An app I thought I'd never use. I was so afraid I'd lose my thoughts if I didn't get them recorded that I did something I thought I'd never do. I started talking to myself--out loud. Even though I hate the sound of my recorded voice, I have listened to that recording several times in the last days really trying to process, to really think about the kind of teacher I want to be.
Technology is a tool to help me be successful, but I have to start with who I am as a teacher and my core values. As a teacher, there are so many things I want to share with my students beyond the content material. I want to inspire them. I want them to find their passion and peruse it. I want to instill in them a sense of integrity.
I want my students to dream big dreams and think big thoughts. And I have to find a way to dream big dreams and think big thoughts because if I don't, my students won't. I learned so much about technology at Podstock, but its more than technology. I could have all the best technology in the world, but if my core values, what I believe as a teacher, aren't solid all the technology in the world won't matter.
Thanks Kevin, for inspiring this teacher to dream big dreams. I can't wait to see the results.
Sharon Keil
Just a place to share my thoughts about education, technology, and whatever else pops into my head.
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Ted Loos over at Epicurious has boldly gone where every blogger with dreams of Klout wishes that they could go: he's trying to invent a holiday. #SexySteakNight is on November 18th (this Friday) and here's the plan:
Find some people you like--if they are sexy, all the better--and go out to a big steak dinner with them. It's that easy.
Its beauty is its simplicity. I'd argue for including it as the build-up to next month's Festivus holidays, but that concept might be copyrighted by NBC, so I won't. Check out the elaborate theological and cultural history underlying #SexySteakNight over at Epicurious, and prepare to feast.
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BOSTON, Mass. – The University of Saint Joseph softball team retained first place in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference as the Blue Jays split a conference doubleheader against Suffolk Saturday at Memorial Park.
USJ won the opener 3-1 before Suffolk earned a split with a 6-5 second-game victory. USJ is 23-7 overall and 13-3 in the GNAC. Suffolk is also 23-7 and its 12-4 GNAC record is tied for second with Johnson & Wales, just a game behind USJ.
In the opener, Patti Sciglimpaglia (Norwalk, Conn.) won her 14th game of the season and also hit her sixth homer of the season, which tied a single-season school record.
Rachel Dube (Southington, Conn.) had an RBI-single to score Sarah Ercoli (Plainville, Conn.) from second in the first inning to stake USJ to a 1-0 lead. Ercoli led off the third with a bunt single and came in on Sciglimpaglia's two-run homer. Her sixth of the season tied Ashley Gall who hit six in 2013.
Dube and Morgan Skoly each had two hits for USJ. Sciglimpaglia allowed three hits, two walks, an unearned run and struck out nine.
Patti Sciglimpaglia had three hits, two RBI and scored twice in the second game while Mary Sciglimpaglia (Norwalk, Conn.) and Kara Klimaszewski (Naugatuck, Conn.) had two hits apiece. The Rams ultimately won the game when Jill Pulek (Cheshire, Conn.) singled home Karina Miranda (Springfield, Mass.) from second in the bottom of the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie. USJ had leads of 1-0, 3-1 and 4-2, but needed an RBI-double from Patti Sciglimpaglia in the top of the seventh to pull USJ even at 5-5.
USJ hosts Norwich Sunday April 24 in a GNAC doubleheader beginning at noon.


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Question: Just wondering. Did William Katt star in anything before The Greatest American Hero
Answer: His big break in the pre-Hero years was as doomed prom king Tommy in 1976's Carrie, Kyle. His first true starring role was as the young Sundance Kid, playing opposite Tom Berenger's Butch Cassidy, in 1979's Butch and Sundance: The Early Days. I'm betting, however, that you missed that one since most people did.
Like it or not, Katt, the son of actors Bill Williams and Barbara Hale (Perry Mason) is best remembered for his work on the ABC series, which ran from March 1981 to February 1983. And to hear him talk at the time, he didn't like the idea of that and quite rightly feared it would happen.
"Well, here I am in my spandex," Katt said during a set visit by a TV Guide reporter in 1982. "Believe it or not, I used to be a serious actor."
The thing was, it's not like Katt ever pretended to love donning the costume found by his schoolteacher character, Ralph Hinkley (known as Hanley for a brief period after John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan). As show creator Stephen Cannell recalled, his distaste was apparent from the moment he first saw himself in it. "Bill came up here and put on the suit and stood in front of that mirror over there for a long time," he said. "Then he made a kind of gurgling sound. I asked what was the matter. He said, 'My god, I look like a fool.'" Cannell briefly feared his show was over before it ever started, but Katt's professional side took over: "Bill sat down and thought a bit and finally he told me, 'I can use this. I can make it work.'"
Luckily for the star, it's difficult to laugh at anyone who's laughing at himself. And from the beginning, the idea was to spoof the comic-book genre. "For starters, the superhero genre is malarkey," Cannell said. "Flying through the air, stopping bullets, lifting cars, nonsense. I wanted a nice-looking Everyman, not some guy with eight miles of jaw, and my Everyman, Ralph Hinkley, is saddled with this ridiculous suit. And to make it more fun, I took away the instructions for the suit."
That he did. And as a result, Ralph Hinkley's signature move was to flail through the air before smashing into the nearest obstacle. The only people happy about that, of course, were those who kept their paychecks coming in producing replacement outfits there were at least 10 on hand at any given time and Katt's stunt double, Dennis Madalone, who never wanted for work so long as Hinkley stunk at taking to the air. ("I am the only one on this show who doesn't hate the suit," Madalone said.)
As I said, though, it's not like Katt's griping was unfounded, since most people's memories of him do indeed wobble aloft in a dopey outfit. His colleagues certainly understood his feelings. "He's a serious young man, and as an actor he feels uneasy being known as a guy who flies around in a red suit and crashes into trees," said costar Robert Culp (I Spy), who played over-the-top FBI agent Bill Maxwell. Cannell, for his part, knew what it meant to be thrust into the limelight. "Put yourself in his place," he said. "He's 32, he's had an acting career where he's been successful but certainly not recognized. Now all of a sudden he's in a show where he gets a lot of recognition. He's a little leery of it; he's not the kind of a guy to run out and says, 'Hey, look at me, I'm a star!'"
Not at all. When pressed, he agreed his show was successful and the public liked him, but he couldn't rid himself of his reservations. As he put it: "I'm still more into human drama than this sort of thing."


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Making a Will is about planning for the future and it is the only way you can be sure your wishes are carried out and your loved ones are provided for, when you are gone.
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I'm sorry to say that the news is not good. My wife is experiencing further metastases, suggesting (albeit not proving) that her initial chemotherapy did little or nothing to stop her disease. She's not giving up and she is in generally good health, but a whole new round of treatments is around the corner.
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Ep115 – Predictions for 2017
It's Not Rocket Surgery Episode 115 on Sunday Jan 22nd – a hint of Nostradamus as the guys put their credibility on the line and make predictions about 2017, and find some time to discuss the latest in science, tech, and geek news.
Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request.
- 3pts for correct prediction that nobody agrees with
- 2pts for correct prediction that one other agrees with
- 1pt for correct that both agree with, if the prediction isn't modified, or different prediction made.
- 2pts if only you disagree with prediction and it is incorrect
- 1pt if both disagree with prediction and it is incorrect
- 1pt if both agree and it is correct
The Predictions:
Tiny Tech
Wal [at 9m55s] Someone will demonstrate a plastic eating virus or nanobyte actually turning landfill in to use for material (through a reputable source). Tony – agree / Vlado – agree
Wal [at 11m34s]:
- Someone will announce and have actually worked out and be able to demonstrate how to regenerate damaged or destroyed nerve tissue.
- Tony – disagree / Vlado – agree
Vlado [at 12m45s]
- Someone will announce, via a reputable source, a cure for one of the big 4 cancers (lunch, brain, breast, leukaemia) in people – with 90% success rate.</li?
- Tony – disagree / Wal – disagree
Tony [at 16m23s]
- Scientist are going to discover a new particle this year that will mess with the standard model
- Wal – agree / Vlado – disagree
Tech Trends
Tony [at 19m31s] There will be a major hack into the American presidency and there will be a major drop like Wikileaks on Donald Trump Vlado – agree / Wal – agree Upgrade – Now one will care Vlado – agree / Wal – agree Upgrade – his tax returns will be leaked Vlado – agree / Wal – agree
Wal [at 21m32s]
- A group will disrupt a major event, or shutdown a major city, with a cyber-attack, which will combine use flash-mob tactics and common handheld computer tech.
- Vlado – disagree / Tony – agree
Vlado [at 24m11s]
- A major automotive manufacture will release a commercially available fully AI capable vehicle, and there will be somewhere in the world that will allow it to be driven.
- Wal – disagree / Tony – disagree
Tony [at 26m30s]
- Commercially available (on Amazon), in-ear device that will translate languages in real-time, that actually works.
- Wal – disagree / Vlado – agree
Movies, Film & TV
Tony [at 31m23s]
- Logan will be the highest earning X-Men movie of all-time (on condition that Deadpool is not considered an X-men movie)
- Vlado – agree / Wal – disagree
Wal [at 35m48s]
- We will lose two actors that played James Bond, including Woody Allen
- Vlado – agree / Tony – disagree
Vlado [38m00s]
- First 2 weeks of Stars Wars 8 will outsell first 2 weeks of Star Wars 7 (US Box Office)
- Wal – disagree / Tony – agree
Vlado [at 42m24s] Someone will announce, via reputable sources, that they've discovered and can prove the existence (a visual confirmation) of a 9th planet Tony – Agree / Wal – Agree Wal [at 44m25s] Trump will slash spending for space activities and give it over to private industry Tony – Agree / Vlado – Agree
Wal [at 45m33s]
- One of the worlds private space agencies will announce plans (with a date within the next 5 years) to create in orbit some form of construction facility, from raw material.
- VLado – disagree/ Tony – disagree
Tony [at 48m45s]
- Something will be presented that shows the nature of dark-matter, which can't immediately be knocked down.
- Vlado – agree / Wal – disagree
Vlado [at 52m55s]
- A reputable space agency will announce that they understand the mechanism causing the anomalous irregular dimming of Tabby's Star
- Wal – agree / Tony – disagree
Wild Card
Vlado [at 59m30s]
Trump will not be president or be in the process of being impeached Wal – agree / Tony – agree
- Trump will no longer be on this Earth, going the way of one or two of the Bonds
- Wal – agree / Tony – disagree
Tony [at 1h01m18s]
- Emma Morano, the oldest woman on earth at the begining of 2017, will still be alive at the end of the year
- Wal – disagree / Vlado – agree
Wal [at 1h04m46s]
- None of the three leaders at the start of the year, Trump, May and Turnbull, will be there at the end of the year
- Tony – agree / Vlado – disagree
Laser pointer on the moon travelling faster than the speed of light.
Songs Played:
Pump Up The Jam – Technotronic
The Boxer – Mumford and Sons
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave
Two Outta Three Ain't Bad – Meat Loaf


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Linking Everything Together
IFTTT Needs To Find You From The Internet
IFTTT needs to know your IP address because it needs to talk back to your Home Assistant. Unfortunately for most people your Internet IP changes all the time.e.g. Here in Australia most people will get a different IP address when they re-connect to their ISP.
To work around this problem, you need to subscribe to a dynamic hostname service. With a dynamic host name setup, your hostname remains the same regardless what your Internet IP address is.
DuckDNS is a service that came up while I was researching this subject. Have not tried this service myself but will do so eventually. Setting up a dynamic hostname is beyond the scope of this article, there are already a lot of resources on the Internet on how to get this working.
IFTTT Firewall Permissions
Your Internet router's firewall will typically stop IFTTT from talking to your IP directly. Therefore you need allow this permission on your router.
In computer speak - this means forwarding port 8123 into your home assistant computer's IP. Every router does this differently, look for anything that says NAT, Port Forwarding or Virtual Host. Here's an example of mine (called Port Forwarding):
Both these sections are beyond the scope of this article. However feel free to comment below if you want me to help you out on these.
Check your dynamic hostname and firewall rule is working by using an online port checker tool. Enter your personal hostname and port 8123 in the field and click the Check button.
If all goes well you should see the text 'Port 8123 is open'. If you have gone this far, well done!
Now let's start creating some IFTTT statements!
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Comment from: Radek Visitor
Hi - i'm trying to get token by MiToolkit but still i have error "There seems to be an error with the backup, it is way to small" ;(
That would suggest the backup failed. Somethings you can check:
- Did you turn on ADB debugging? When MiToolkit is backing up your phone, there should be a prompt on your phone asking you to enter a password. If you don't see this screen, that means ADB debugging wasn't set or permissions not given
- Do you have Java (JRE) installed?
Comment from: Radek Visitor
Yes i have ADB debugging On and Java (JRE) installed ;/ phone asked me about permission and password for backup after he opened Mi app but i still got error "way too small". It looks like backup was made but didnt transfer do computer. Is it possible to find it by android file manager app??
If your device is rooted yes, you can just download the database and use sqlite3 to retrieve the token. The Internet already have instructions on how to do that.
When you start your MiHome app do you see youself logged in to the XiaoMi cloud, and also see your Robot Vaacuum in the list?
Do you have another Android device you can from?
Comment from: Marcin Visitor
can you help me with this
2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.util.yaml] while scanning a simple key in "C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant\secrets.yaml", line 6, column 1 could not find expected ':' in "C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant\secrets.yaml", line 7, column 1 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [http]: string value is None for dictionary value @ data['http']['api_password']. Got None. (See C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant\configuration.yaml, line 26). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/http/ 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for http: Invalid config. 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to setup dependencies of websocket_api. Setup failed for dependencies: http 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for websocket_api: 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components] Testing configuration at C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.util.yaml] while scanning a simple key in "C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant\secrets.yaml", line 6, column 1 could not find expected ':' in "C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant\secrets.yaml", line 7, column 1 2017-11-27 21:32:26 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up introduction 2017-11-27 21:32:26 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up recorder 2017-11-27 21:32:26 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [http]: string value is None for dictionary value @ data['http']['api_password']. Got None. (See C:\Users\marci\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant\configuration.yaml, line 26). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/http/
Hi, it appears you have a mistake in your secrets.yaml file. Check out the home assistant document here
Comment from: Benoit N. Visitor
Congrats ! Great Tuto ! Next step is to bypass Home Server It will be so cool.
Comment from: Marcin Visitor
I was following the instructions : Use this file to store secrets like usernames and passwords. Learn more at https://home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/secrets/ http_password: Password vacuum: platform:xiaomi_miio host:192.168.0.107 token:634secret523756token656f70 name:MiMi
Comment from: Mike Visitor
Waste of time
Comment from: R Visitor
Thanks for sharing the setup.
I was able to setup everything, except one.
When i ask my Google home to Start the vacuum. It just responds "Starting the cleaner", but it just does not start.
When i go to Applet activities in IFTTT website, it says "Applet Skipped".
However I am able to control the vacuum directly from Home Assistant. Just the integration from IFTTT to Home Assistant is broken i guess.
Can you please guide?
Looks like you're router/firewall isn't setup properly yet for the Webhook to connect back to your Home Assistant. So the good news is you're halfway there.
I touched on this in page 9 of the tutorial with an example. Refer to your router manual and see how to setup a NAT/PortForwarding rule to map the webhook request back to your HomeAssistant in your LAN.
If you have problems just tell me the model number of your router and I'd see if I can guide you through it.
Comment from: ghizmo82 Visitor
I solved the problem, everything worked, goggle home mini responded to my command but did not operate the vacuum, I followed the guide word by word …. I solved eliminating in the "make a web request" the words written under the box "body "and now work fine.Thanks a lot.
Comment from: Bluerider Visitor
Hi ghizmo82,
How did you configured google home mini to work with this?
From the guide I understood that you need to have a dedicated google home server.
Best regards
You'd need to run a computer inside your network for IFTTT. Something small like a Raspberry Pi can do it. Have a HOWTO on how to get Home Assistant up and running on a Pi here.
Comment from: Yaro Visitor
I tried with Sony Z5 compact, newest Version of MiHome and MiToolkit Version 1.6 Usb debugging on phone MiToolktin connects to the phone, backup witout password can be creted, But afterwords in the Text field Only one line is displayed: rockrobo.vacuum.v1 - Mi Robot Vacuum - 192.xxxxxxx there is no line with the token, I tried also MiToolkit Version 1.5 with the same result.
Any help?
Comment from: Maike Visitor
Same issue here. Rooted phone, tried via Mi Toolkit and got no token line. Tried via SQLite, ran query "select token from devicerecord where localIP is 'XXX.XXX.X.XXX'" and got nothing, also tried the device record but I can't find anything related to the token.
Apologies for the late reply.
Recent versions of MiHome no longer store the token in the APP. You'd need to install a early version of MiHome to get the token now. For details refer to this link.
So far extracting the token from MiHome still works best - I can't even use 'miio –discover' to get the Vacuum token now.
Comment from: Kien Visitor
thanks for writing this tutorial. I was able to get most of the commands to work except set_fan_speed. How do i set this from the webhooks?
The REST API is now set_fan_speed, e.g.:
And the payload, is { "entity_id" : "your_vac_entity", "speed": "100" }
Speed can be a number from 0 to 100. Or high, medium, low.
Have amended the table with the new call.
Comment from: NewRaiden Visitor
Hi, everithing woks really fine but I still can't get fan_speed_control to work. Can you please help me?
Here is how I did set Webhooks in IFTTT:
URL: https://*********.duckdns.org:8123/api/services/VACUUM/SET_FAN_SPEED?api_password=**********
Method: POST
Content Type (optional): Application/json
Body (optional): { "entity_id" : "vacuum.xiaomi_vacuum_cleaner", "speed": "30" }
Is there anithing wrong?
Can you try and use this payload and see what happens? (Assuming you got the name right)
{ "entity_id" : "xiaomi_vacuum_cleaner", "speed": "30" }
I followed all the steps, ports have been forwarded and showing as open, I can see the robot of the assistant software and I can stop/start it from there but when I try to use voice control my Google home will respond but the vacuum itself does not respond Have checked all passwords and codes and they are all correct any ideas ??
simon wrote:
I followed all the steps, ports have been forwarded and showing as open, I can see the robot of the assistant software and I can stop/start it from there but when I try to use voice control my Google home will respond but the vacuum itself does not respond Have checked all passwords and codes and they are all correct any ideas ??That suggests the 'that' part of IFTTT (Page 11) is not working. Check:
- Confirm you can connect to Home Assistant from the Internet. Try and connect to your home assistant from your work computer, your 4G mobile, etc (any computer that's not part of your network).
- Check your URL, are you using HTTP or HTTPS?
Use an app like Postman and manually call the webhook with the JSON payload. did that work? What response did you get?
stupid question but how do i connect to it from outside my network do i just type in my ddns address ?
not sure what im doing wrong but im not able to ping my ddns address, the port 8123 is open when i check but when i try to ping it if drops all packets. have also tried using the DLINK ddns service and it too fails to respond to a ping. have tried turning off the firewall on the modem, adding the pie to the dmz but it still fails. using a DLINK DSL-2890AL
ok i checked over every thing and found a typo corrected the typo and its working thanks heaps
Simon wrote:
ok i checked over every thing and found a typo corrected the typo and its working thanks heapsSorry for the late reply. Glad you have it sorted. You already have the API password setup if you followed this tutorial. Also make sure you have enabled SSL (See my LetsEncrypt tutorial) to encrypt your sessions, and also protect your API password from the public eye.
Does this also work with the new version of the vacuum, I ordered the new model for my office and would be handy to have voice control of that too.
Hi Simon,
can't answer that as I don't own the newer model. I assume it will still work but my answer is really a guess.
So i got the new model vacuum about 15min ago and can confirm this still works with the new model, now i can vac and mop my house using my voice.
Thanks for finding out the new model (Roborock) still works .
Im trying to run everything, but on the step where homeassistant should see the device, I get stuck home assistant does not recognise the device? I've managed to get the token from my phone using an older version of the android app, so im fine there. The IP address is also easy to get. the xiaomi_mii shouldnt be changed and the name does not matter right? Any suggestions? maybe run ahead to check if the ports are open?
Roborock and homeassistant are in the same network, i've got no clue what's going wrong
thanks for anyone who could help
Hi Casper,
Click on the "circled i" button in developer tools (left hand side). It should show you a log of errors, an entry can probably tell you why it's not working.
The xiaomi_miio library in HASS has been unstable of late and there are a few releases that broke the Vac robot. I'm on 0.66 right now and it's working. If you havn't yet perhaps also upgrade your HASS to this version and see how it goes? (Obviously look at the logs first before doing this).
I've figured out what is going wrong in my setup. On top of page 5 the manual tells you to add the vacuum to secrets.yaml while it should be added to configuration.yaml I think. I've googled around a bit, changed this and now I'm one step further. Vacuum is now recognised but still unavailable :/
Any suggestions for that? I did update to the latest version of home assistant. I own the second edition (roborock s50), maybe that changes something in the set-up?
Couldn't edit anymore.
This is the info from the log, it keeps repeating this error every minute:
Got exception while fetching the state: No response from the device 12:16 components/vacuum/xiaomi_miio.py (WARNING) Got error when receiving: timed out 12:16 components/vacuum/xiaomi_miio.py (ERROR) Update of vacuum.the_kraken is taking over 10 seconds 12:16 core.py (WARNING)
Hi Casper,
The secrets file is a place to put all your passwords. So your vac configuration is in configuration.yaml, but the token is stored in secrets.yaml.
I'd send you a email and we'd work from there privately.
I have the same issue like R and Simon.
I can control my robot from Home Assistant. Google Assistant responds to my command but nothing happens to the robot. I can access HA from external. I'm using HTTP. Using Postman, I get Access Error: 401 – Unauthorized. Authentication Error: Access Denied! Authorization required. I can login to HA from both internal and external using the same password that is defined in secrets.yaml.
Can you please assist?
Hi PJ,
Did you add the api_password at the end of your URL, where XXXXX is your API password?
Hi Kith,
Yes, this is my url, http://xxxxxxx.ddns.net/api/services/VACUUM/TURN_ON?api_password=xxxxxxx
Hmm, that's a weird one. From your browser, try the following URL:
Change xxx where necessary, do you get anything or a invalid response?
From IE, I get "Can't reach this page." If I change to http, I get a Windows Security pop up box for username and password.
"The server xxx.ddns.net is asking for your username and password. The server reports that it is from GENETEC."
From Postman, "no respond' when I use https and unauthorized when I use http.
From IE, I get "Can't reach this page." If I change to http, I get a Windows Security pop up box for username and password.Ah, of course . I'm using port 80 for my setup, but the default is 8123 for almost everybody else.
"The server xxx.ddns.net is asking for your username and password. The server reports that it is from GENETEC."
From Postman, "no respond' when I use https and unauthorized when I use http.
Seems you already mapped port 80 to some video camera system in your network. Add a new NAT for 8123 and forward it to your internal HASS port (8123 by default). Once done, try it again, you should hit the right server, and then it will all work.
Port 8123 has already been opened. I can access home assistant externally by xxx.ddns.net:8123.
"http://xxxxx.ddns.net:8123/api/services?api_password=xxxx" gives me a full page of all texts.
"…., "example": "vacuum.xiaomi_vacuum_cleaner"}}}, "locate": {"description": "Locate the vacuum cleaner robot.", "fields": {"entity_id": {"description": "Name of the botvac entity.", "example": "vacuum.xiaomi_vacuum_cleaner"}}}, "return_to_base": {"description": "Tell the vacuum cleaner to return to its dock.", "fields": {"entity_id": {"description": "Name of the botvac entity.", "example": "vacuum.xiaomi_vacuum_cleaner"}}}, "send_command": {"description": "Send a raw command to the vacuum cleaner.", "fields": {"command": {"description": …"
"http://xxxxx.ddns.net:8123/api/services/vacuum/turn_on?api_password=xxxxx" returns 405: Method Not Allowed.
In my router and under NAT Virtual Server, I have set all external port start, external port end, internal port start and internal port end with 8123. Server IP address is of the computer running HA.
Looks like need to investigate futher, I'd take it up with you via email.
Will also create a 'Home Automation' section in the forums. Folks with the harder problems can create an account and post in the forums instead (https://www.snakeoil-os.net/forums/Forum-Home-Automation), as it'd be easier to communicate.
Comment from: Mattia Visitor
Yes because the link is IFTTT and no Http, you try a say the phrase on your Assistant or maybe you don't have a IP public. Sorry for my English…
Comment from: jucas_pt Visitor
How did you resolve the issue with the :
"returns 405: Method Not Allowed. "
Comment from: Ovaltine Visitor
I tried this and it wouldn't show the vacuum in the HomeAssistant page. I soon learned that the vacuum settings need to go in the configuration.yaml, not the secrets file!
Comment from: fabio Visitor
hi, i always do a zone cleanup;, even if a do a full full house cleaning, otherwise the map is always gone so i have rooms configured for kitchen/living but after some vacumm cleans, the zone is shifted up , like 2-3 meters, then i need to a clean vacuum again to make coordnates right again, … its not the issue that the map is rotated, just everything , all zones are shifted on the X as
any ideas? i am still on stock firmware, best to update to 001412
This sounds like a firmware bug. Best way is to update to the latest firmware and see if it still have this problem.
Comment from: FilipeOS Visitor
Hi there,
Can you please change the instructions to use Join/Tasker on android and not raspberry?
I can confirm that I had to downgrade the MiHome app to 5.0.19 to get the token AND choose mainland China, not Europe etc…
Best regards
Hi FilipeOS,
Join/Tasker certainly looks interesting! I'd try and see if I can get some time to give that a go..
Comment from: FilipeOS Visitor
Thank you so much because I've setup the Roborock to Europe and now I can't go back to China since it's forcing me to change Region… I can't do anything unless go to Europe again… I tried almost everything…
Join/Tasker allow you to do the same thing you did but without servers, I just don't have that experience…
api_password deprecated in 0.90. This tutorial updated with new information on how to integrate IFTTT with Home Assistant using the new access methods.
Comment from: Gaetano Visitor
Finally this guide is updated! Everything works perfectly but I really don't understand how to set the fan speed. Can someone help?
I tried in body section:
{ "action": "call_service", "service": "vacuum.set_fan_speed", "entity_id": "vacuum.xiaomi_vacuum_cleaner", "fan_speed": "quiet"}
It does not work.
The API isn't fantastically clear, and it keeps changing. Try and use a number between 0 to 100 for fan_speed.. See if that works.


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"Bomb Threat Procedures. ... The primary goal of the bomb threat procedure is to minimize injury to people, damage to the facility, and avoid disrupting normal schedules. The purpose of this policy is to establish procedures for handling bomb threats and actual bomb emergencies." (https://my.limestone.edu/main-campus/campus-security/)
Is it just me or does everyone seem like a bomb ready to go off? Tense, irritable, defensive, angry - you get the idea. It's almost funny sometimes - I see people driving down the road with no one around them just honking their horn repeatedly. Who are they honking at? God? Their imaginary friend? Maybe it's cathartic to just honk your horn with abandon! But I digress…
Everyone seems to be just barely hanging on and all it takes is that one thing to push them over the edge. That one thing can be anything. It can be that we are running late and we take it out on everyone else in traffic. It can be that we are frustrated at our job and we choose to take it out on the cashier at the grocery store. Or maybe we just had a fight with our spouse and we decide to explode all over whoever happens to be closest to us - our kids, the dog, any target will do.
What if we trained ourselves to understand what makes the bomb inside someone go off and we sought to dismantle their internal bomb instead of engaging in combat with them? When someone blows up all over us - what if they received kindness? What if we stopped and looked them in the eye and saw God's image in them? Wouldn't that be different? What if we saw ourselves in those moments and thought about how we would want to be treated?
Maybe we should all wear t-shirts that let everyone know what's going on in our lives - wouldn't that be handy? It sure would help me out if I had some kind of context for someone else's behavior. Shirts that say things like "My husband just left me" or "I just lost my job" or "I can't get through the day unless I drink". That would make things so much easier! Ammiright? But - alas - that isn't how it works.
SInce the t-shirt idea won't work - how about we just love each other and believe the best of one another? Reading that bomb threat procedure at the top of the page makes me think that we can dismantle an emotional bomb. Their goal is to "minimize injury to people". That's an admirable goal! Shouldn't that be our goal? And if someone else's explosion ruins my day or angers me - then I need to take a good look inside of me. No one can destroy my peace unless I allow them to (I allow them to a lot -pretty much every time I drive - and that isn't everyone else's fault. It's mine.)
"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility COUNT OTHERS MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN YOURSELVES (even the ones that explode all over you). Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." (Philippians 2:1-4)
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When she placed this for-rent ad in the Hartford Tunes Press in December 1990, Beverly Schnell never imagined she would wind up in court with almost $8,000 in legal bills and fines.
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In October, the state agency's Equal Rights Division determined that Schnell had discriminated on a sexual and religious basis by using the terms "Christian" and "handyman."
Schnell, a divorced woman who lives in a historic Hartford home, was looking for someone to rent the second floor and assist with remodeling. In return, she would give the person a break on rent, cook and do laundry once a week, according to the Milwaukee Journal.
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The Fair Housing Council was not trying to intimidate Schnell, Charlton said. The organization says it was just offering her an option.
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Had the for-rent ad been placed in a church bulletin or on a grocery store bulletin board rather than a newspaper, Schnell would still be in trouble.
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Schreyer wants Kia's range to have a small, nimble sports car that has the same spirit and looks as the Mazda MX-5. But before all that, Kia is prioritizing the launch of the Procee'd, which is internally referred to as HPV. It's likely to be given the GT badge though.
Powering this model is a 200bhp version of Hyundai-Kia's T-GDi turbocharged 1.6-litre petrol engine. It will be available with a choice of six-speed manual or dual-clutch automatic transmissions. Lee said that Schreyer has designed the hot hatch with a different look so that it stands out from the other models in the three-door Procee'd lineup.
Dynamic, futuristic, and powerful, the concept car for the Kia GT shows the new design direction of the company. A first for Kia, this sports sedan with four doors and real-wheel drive setup combines muscular and classy proportions with elegant and luxurious cockpit with four seats.
Even if the Kia GT concept was first initiated in November 2010, the dream of building a superior rear-wheel drive saloon had settled in the cognizance of Kia designers in Europe. The Chief Design Officer of Kia, Peter Schreyer, described the concept as a way to explore the thrills of modern design since the use of a rear-drive layout results to proportions that are unique and different from a front-wheel drive vehicle. The car's distinct layout shall effectively attract not only Korean clientele but also the American and European markets.
Kia's Design Chief for Europe, Gregory Guillaume, adds that the developers and designers of the concept took its inspiration from the iconic GT cars in the 1970s. Those elegant and sophisticated vehicles are popular for their ability to drive passengers from Paris to Southern France effortlessly at high speeds. Thus, the team, at the start of the project, has since wanted to build a graceful but confident car.
The car's focus on pace and dynamism is highlighted by its aeronautical motif, especially by its propeller-style carbon-fiber and alloy wheels, jet-themed cameras for rear vision, the aerodynamic rear diffuser, the low-lying front air intake, and the winglets that arc in from the flanks and drift into the headlamps.


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Property prices in Limerick have risen 5,000 euro in the last year.
Figures from MyHome.ie show the average asking price for a home in the county is now €160,000.
Live 95FM's Alan Morrissey reports...
MyHome.ie's Property Report for the first three months of 2018 shows house prices in Limerick are 2.3% higher than at the same stage last year.
In the last 3 months alone, that figure has risen €2,000 and property prices in County Limerick haven't been higher in 5 years.
Prices in Limerick city are also up €5,000 year-on-year following a rise of 3.3% in the opening quarter, which left the average asking price at €155,000.
The latest increase is driven by a significant increase in the asking price of 3-bed semi-detached homes in the county.
A rise of 10.7% in the opening quarter of this year saw prices jump from €162,500 to €179,950.
Prices for a 3-bed semi in Limerick are now at their highest level in seven and a half years.
There was also a significant increase in the asking price for 4-bed semi-detached houses in the county.
They jumped 9% in the first quarter of this year from €195,000 to €212,500... a 5 and a half year high.
Meanwhile, the number of properties for sale in Co Limerick on MyHome.ie has fallen by 4.3% in the last 12 months.


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I pressure washed the car and the engine compartment down, working to remove more dirt from the chassis.
With that washed down, the car was parked back into the garage and left to dry.
I ended up having to buy a couple of tools. An inch-and-a-quarter socket to remove the nut from the bottom of the Pitman arm and a puller to remove the arm itself.
That allowed me to remove the rather sizeable nut holding the Pitman arm on.
Which then allowed me to pull the Pitman arm off the cross shaft.
With the arm removed, the cross-shaft could then be removed and checked for condition.
The ball race was a little slack but otherwise good, the plain bearings that carry the shaft are worn, and in need of replacement but for now I'm going to repack the box and come back to the problem.
I took the ball race apart to clean it up in gasoline. There's a mix of the wrong type of grades of grease in the steering box and a lot of it had congealed badly.
Reassembled, tightened up a little then peened the nut. Most of the slack in the ball race is now gone.
Then to stop it from deteriorating, I gave the steering box lid a coat of paint.
I bought a tube of corn head grease, a polyurea blend grease that will sag down once it's been pushed out of the way, ideal for this application. It's also designed to only become fluid where it's worked. Around seals it stays very solid and doesn't leak out so badly.
I then started cleaning up the chassis leg on the driver's side. The brakes needed looking at because pressing down on the pedal would sometimes cause it to jam, and it would always make a bad noise.
The fillet plate had been installed incorrectly, was bent and fouling the brake pedal.
I hammered it flat again, rubbed the rust down and applied rust converter.
I painted the panel up, and fixed it in place correctly.
The original sound deadening was added back to the fillet.
The clutch pedal blanking plate was fitted, after having been found sitting in a crook of the chassis, which looked like it had been there years. Then the top sections were added. Looking better and the pedal moved smoothly past it.
Then, I took it all apart again to remove the brake pedal. The clevis pin was missing it's R clip, and wouldn't come out to be serviced. I ended up having to hammer it out. Repainted everything up after that.
The grease point was a large glob of dirt, and upon removal, showed that it had not been greased in a long time.
That was all cleaned, the operation of the nipple was checked, and everything reassembled.
I bought a new R clip for the clevis.
Finally, I finished cleaning the area and started to add some paint to the chassis.


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The Wellspring family of companies was founded in 1984, and remains committed to delivering premium products with superior service. Over the last century, we have grown from a modest drilling and transport concern to become Atlantic Canada's premiere employer. We currently provide more than 315,000 jobs worldwide, in sectors including:
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Our employees are dedicated to continual growth and improvement through safe, efficient, and ethical practices in the pursuit of the best product, the best customer experience, and the best shareholder returns. In their striving for excellence, they are guided by our three core values: Conservation, Innovation, and Community. It is on these pillars that Wellspring has been able to rise to the forefront of Canadian commerce.
We aim to lead the world in our bedrock sectors of Drilling, Logistics, and Resource Exploration. We are committed to creating long-term, sustainable growth in order to enhance shareholder value, and to providing the utmost in service, satisfaction, and quality to our customers. Wellspring is the source for values, vision, and performance. We demand excellence, and we deliver the impossible.
Originally owned and operated by Bertram Wells of River Rock, New Brunswick, Wells Drilling and Boring Ltd. (which would later be restructured into the Wellspring Corporation) began as a local business but soon grew into a regional enterprise with offices in three counties along the Saint John River Valley. Its expansion and eventual investment in the Eastern Pipeline Project helped to usher in the Atlantic energy boom and the second Maritime Golden Age.
Bertram Wells lived on the cutting edge of business and technology; he believed wholeheartedly in embracing new methods, materials, and markets. It was his entrepreneurial spark that brought the Wellspring Corporation to life, and his commitment to innovation that helped it outgrow its competitors by more than three-hundred percent over the first five years. We maintain this spirit through our core values, as well as through our Innovator Grants, Consumer-Science Scholarships, and nearly a quarter million other funding programs around the globe.
Wells Drilling and Boring Ltd. became the Wellspring Corporation during the winter of 2001, with an initial public offering in the first fiscal quarter of the year following. Bertram Wells served as Chairman and CEO, with his son Junior at his right hand as Chief Operating Officer. This leadership structure oversaw twenty years of unprecedented growth before Bertram's retirement, whereupon his son inherited his chair on the board.
The changing of the guard brought a new commitment to the well-being of the environments in which we live and work. Junior made clear his intentions to shrink Wellspring's carbon footprint, maximize its investments in clean and renewable energy, and reassess the company's operational ethics. His establishment of the Ocean Reclamation Action Plan (ORCA) has allowed for the expedited development of prototypes such as the Gyrefighter drone; the Wellspring fleet alone is responsible for the collection and reconstitution of 690 million tons of ocean plastic, and the reclamation of more than 10 million square kilometres of open water.
Today, the Wellspring Corporation and its subsidiaries are run by a board of directors vetted and appointed by Junior before his own retirement. In similar fashion to his father, Junior relinquished control following twenty-years of exemplary leadership, transferring power to an administrative team made up of controlling shareholders, executives acquired through mergers, and two artificial intelligences (the former of which have been serving as board members for forty-three consecutive years). Since then, we have redoubled our efforts to be a world leader in research and development, as well in environmental improvement.
The guiding principles of Wellspring's founding fathers have been codified into the first two of our core values: Conservation, and Innovation. The third, Community, has risen organically from the contribution of, and our relationship with, all of the employees who have devoted their minds, their bodies, and their time to making the company a success. The enrichment of the individuals and communities around us is not only our responsibility, but a key component of our corporate vision. Our community efforts include, but are certainly not limited to, Educational Initiatives, Volunteer Programs, and the Student Apprenticeship, Internship, and Leadership (SAIL) Program, which annually enrolls more than 15 thousand underprivileged youths.
The Wellspring Corporation recognizes our responsibility as corporate citizens to promote ethical operations, social justice, and environmental protection. Our Code of Ethics reflects these responsibilities, along with our core values, and our belief that honesty and integrity lay the groundwork for a positive work environment, all of which serve to improve corporate culture, and maximize returns for stakeholders.


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Centro Italiano Aiuti all`Infanzia
CIAI, the Italian Association for Aid to Children, is a no profit organization founded in 1968. Since then, CIAI has dedicated itself to promoting the acknowledgement of all children as human beings and to defend their basic rights to live, to be healthy, to have a family , an education, to play and to be innocent everywhere in the world.
Comitato Collaborazione Medica
Cartina Etiopia CCM has been in Ethiopia since 1982. At present it is working in the capital Addis Ababa, in the Oromia region and in the Somali province.
Comunitá Volontari per il Mondo
In Etiopia il progetto di prevenzione di AIDS/HIV va avanti da 10 anni, nella regione Amhara (progetto Prevenzione e cura AIDS in Amhara) e nella regione del Bunishangul-Gumuz ( progetto Prevenzione e cura AIDS nella reagione del Bunishangul-Gumuz). Nella Regione Amhara, le stime parlano di 900.000 persone sieropositive. Tra il 2001 e i primi sei mesi del 2005 sono state formate un totale di 20.776 persone. Per un totale di beneficiari di 10.500.000 persone. Nella regione del Benishangul-Gumuz l'intervento vede un ampio coinvolgimento della popolazione Gumuz. L'AIDS minaccia di cancellare questa societŕ la sua cultura e tradizione.
Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale is a an independent and lay Non Governmental Organization (NGO) that fights against any kind of poverty to make the world a better place.
Founded in Milan in 1965 by Vincenzo Barbieri (Italian "father" of international volunteering), COOPI is an organization legally recognized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and it acts to assist populations struck by emergency and to favour their civil, economic and social development.
Doctors with Africa
Doctors with Africa Cuamm's presence in Ethiopia dates back to 1986. Its most important focus was first on the construction, and today the management, of the hospital of Wolisso in the Oromia region.
International Committee for the Development of Peoples
Founded in Rome in 1983, today CISP (The International Committee for the Development of Peoples) is active in over 30 countries worldwide in Africa, South America, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The head office is located in Rome, with regional offices throughout Italy and worldwide. In the last 24 years we have carried out over 600 projects in 38 different countries, reaching millions of people.
International Volunteer Service for Development
VIS works in Ethiopia in different regions of the Country: from the main town Addis Abeba to Zway and Dilla in the south, to Adwa and Makallč in the north, to Gambela, on the border with Sudan.The main activities developed with the Salesians are focused on children: primary and secondary schools and reception centres give accommodation to thousands of children coming from the poorest parts of the town.
Lay Volunteers International Association
LVIA is an Italian organisation dealing with solidarity and international cooperation. We've been working since 1966 with the aim of fighting social inequality, food insecurity and poverty and of operating concretely for peace and human development.
Save the Children Italia
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How is The Branch Ministries governed?
Currently the ministry is governed by the President, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Board of Directors. They provide direction and oversite for its operations.
What services are offered through The Branch Ministries?
We offer bible study, or life classes, to women of all ages, ethnicities and denominations. Our life-changing classes are based on the principles of freedom found in the Word of God. Supplemental books are also used to explore various topics.
Is The Branch Ministries affiliated with a particular denomination?
We are a non-denominational, non-profit organization. The ministries' governance and board are comprised of member of the community that ar from various Christian churches.
What does The Branch Ministries believe about spiritual warfare?
We acknowledge that spiritual warfare is real and evident in the world today. The ministry also acknowledges to the highest level, the power found in the name of Jesus. We believe the Word of God has the power to tear down strongholds and bring every enemy to its knee.
Where does The Branch Ministries get its funding?
We are a non-profit organization so all our monies come through charitable donations and partnerships with people of the community. Community support is vital to our mission. We also believe in giving back in support of our community so we tithe 10% of our income to other organizations on a regular basis.


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Philly's Purling Hiss have been making records for half-a-dozen years, and they make very fine grunge recordings. The band is essentially guitarist/singer/songwriter Mark Polizze and whomever else he feels like dragging along for the ride. I have been particularly taken with the band's last two full-lengthers on the Drag City label, 2013's Water On Mars and last year's Weirdon. The group sound like an amalgamam/mash-up/tribute to 'the grunge years' on the former, with perhaps a slightly less 'heavy' approach taken on the latter, it bringing to mind a musical stew tipping the hat to the early '90s lo-fi scene (and what a scene it was, at least for a brief flash in time). I stand here under the impression that Polizze is a good decade younger than myself, which of course puts all this musical shenanigans into a slightly different context. After all, I was there, man... and do I need to revisit it?
During the Grunge Years - let's loosely frame them as 1988 - 1993 - I was underwhelmed by much of its musical output, feeling that a lot of the gunk the Sub Pop label, or even Amphetamine Reptile, spewed out sounded like B-grade post-HC heavy metal which had smoked too many bongs to various SST bands. Actually, that sounds quite appealing, and indeed, amongst the gunk there was still much to like, and excuse me while I get all nostalgic about a music scene which didn't thrill me a whole lot the first time around... OK, where was I? Nowhere, that's where.
Water On Mars is an excellent slab of grunge-rock - of that I have no doubt. Yes, grunge-rock. It sounds like Bleach-era Nirvana meets Mudhoney's first few 7"s with a bit of Taang!-era Lemonheads chucked on top. Throw in some U-Men 'tard-rock, even some Tad, fer chrissakes, a dollop of SST Dinosaur jamz and mix. Low-brow slob-rock with the tunes to match: loosen up your guard and soak it up, coz it really is a lot of fun. Upon hearing me blasting this one, my ever-judgmental brother screwed his face up and uttered, 'What the hell is this? Grunge rules, man'. Indeed it does.
Last year's Weirdon is equally as fine. It was in fact one of my favourite slabs of contemporary rock during that annus horribilis. Polizze and co. retained the wall of guitar fuzz, but without the grungoid heaviosity, meaning for me this one possesses a slightly En Zed flavour, with other portions bringing to mind the songsmithery and scattershot approach to composition favoured by primo Guided By Voices before they got boring (or awful), or maybe the Grifters' recordings for the Shangri-La label. Actually, just about everything Purling Hiss does sounds scattershot, like a beautiful accident. Their pre-Drag City career involves tapes and vinyl on an assortment of imprints, some of the output bordering on no-fi, but it's pulled together by the ability to throw in surprising hooks which worm their way to the surface at unexpected moments. Polizze hit strings with wunderkind/indie pin-up boy Kurt Vile back in the day or somesuch (there's a connection there which doesn't interest me enough to Google it), and it kinda baffles me that Purling Hiss don't enjoy a wider fan base, considering Vile's unit-shifting abilities in recent years (and I don't say this to besmirch Vile's good name: I think he makes fine records), but whatever. Whisper it to your buddies: Purling Hiss make great music.


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There're a lot of all-singing, all-dancing coffee devices on the marketplace nowadays this can be difficult to find out which is best for you. And but many will provide you a suitable mug from coffee, the kind you pick can well determine whether you begin your days from currently on in an average state of mind or shooting on all cyndrical tubes.
Because let's skin this, immediate coffee commonly simply does not suffice. So ditch the low-cost container and (if you've the cash and the area) obtain an excellent coffee maker that'll offer up a variety of mixes, tastes and showcases at your cost factor, and which can well end up being the most-used device in your cooking area.
To obtain one of the most from your coffee maker, you'll should determine which type of coffee you and your household consume one of the most, in addition to what your leading top priorities are when this concerns a high levels of caffeine strike, in buy to make certain you'll get one of the most value.
In your home, that could imply a constant crema or just the truth your pre-programmed coffee can prepare to opt for the button from a switch. What regarding bean to mug or totally guidebook? A virtually limitless selection from shells and pills could be extra your point, or picking that ideal roast prepared to work fresh that following early morning.
1. Nespresso Vertuo Plus
Aiming to include a vessel maker to your life? The Nespresso Vertuo And also is practical and user friendly, developing great-tasting coffees from all kinds and dimensions. If grinding beans and sourcing single-origin coffee aren't your jam, shells are most likely a much better healthy.
Consider this as the pill coffee maker 2. 0 : Nespresso's Vertuo recyclable shells had an integrated barcode, which the maker checks out in buy to customize its mixing strategy, with the vessel rotating approximately 7000 times a min to produce some impressively abundant crema.
2. Sage by Heston Blumenthal : The Oracle Touch
If you are prepared to invest huge on an all-star maker, you could desire to think about the (deep breath) Sage by Heston Blumenthal : The Oracle Touch.
From automated microfoam and coffee grinding to ideal coffee dosages and specialist tamping, this maker does virtually every little thing, and for its cost, this should. Yet if you've constantly fantasized on your own as a potential barista, or such as the concept from elevating your latte-art video game, you'll be hard-pressed to locate a defect.
3. Melitta Caffeo CI Bean to Cup
What do we've below, a bean-to-cup maker with marginal difficulty and excellent preference? In short, of course! The Melitta Caffeo could be fifty percent the cost from the Sage's Oracle Touch, yet we discovered adjustable setups provide you the most effective from both globes and cafe-worthy developments whenever.
The Melitta is totally automated yet developed to enable a lot of personalization. It'll take you under 5 mins to program in a couple of various coffee choices, and once that's sorted, this maker is extremely simple to usage also initial point in the early morning. Making use of a basic coffee chamber system, it's feasible to button in between 2 sorts of beans. This additionally masters the preference risks, generating abundant and fragrant coffee, and a superb crema.
4. Wacaco Nanopresso
The Wacaco Nanopresso is a pocket-sized maker with the capability to mixture hand-pumped coffee. So whether you're not absorbed by a blimp-sized residential coffee maker or just on the move a lot that residence suggests greater than one area, the Nanopresso is a remarkably worthwhile challenger. There's no battery or billing : it's all done by developing approximately 18 bars from stress via hand-pumping, and completion outcome is similar to what you'd be offered in a coffee shop.
Lighter, smaller sized, simpler to pump but two times as effective as its Minipresso precursor, the Nanopresso has an integrated coffee mug and light-weight situation that's moulded flawlessly to residence the tool.
5. Gaggia Grandmother Deluxe
After weeks from attempting out the Sage, Nespresso Vertuo and Melitta, Gaggia's Grandmother Luxurious has a challenging act to adhere to. No, this doesn't produce impressive microfoam on its own or bear in mind your call and selected latte toughness at the flick from a switch. Yet when we'd obtained to understand its old-fashioned methods (such as priming the maker and the do not have from touchscreens to depend on), this seemed like locating a comfy happy medium for coffee and proprietor.
Some aspects do really feel a little bit more affordable compared to we gotten out of a Gaggia : the maker is plastic-bodied with a steel front, and you'll locate the coffee filter owner is additionally plastic.


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TLC Ivory Coast delivers personalised ship's agency solutions for all types of commercial vessels (tankers, bulkers, liners) as well as offshore oil & gas project vessels (seismic vessels, drilling rigs, supply vessels, offshore work barges, HLVs, MPVs, Pipe-laying vessels).
Full agency covers all cargo requirements and documentation, inward and outward clearance, ordering of pilot, tugs, stevedores and other services for and on behalf of the owner/charterer, with the disbursement account being sent to the appointing party. As the shipping agent, TLC Ivory Coast ensures that port visits are as brief as possible to maximise the vessel turnaround.
TLC Ivory Coast can also act as Protective agent to protect the Ship owner's or cargo owner's interests, by monitoring and reviewing services granted by the nominated agent, overseeing all the port activities and screening the Final Disbursement Account.
Should you require husbandry service, TLC Ivory Coast is at your service and will find the best solutions for your vessel and the crew.
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