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In this huge solar panel repairs and servicing guide for Perth, we've put together everything you need to know about solar repairs. Have you noticed any of the following with your solar panels?
Or you may have other questions, for example:
We've compiled a large list of answers to all your questions below:
The solar inverter is the most important part of your solar panel system. Solar inverters do lose efficiency over time. An accredited solar installer can check your inverters and often will find issues that are causing your system to lose efficiency. It could be that the inverters were not correctly installed or a connection has come loose.
Your system can be returned to close to full capacity once you get the inverters fixed. In some cases the inverters may be too badly damaged and then you'll need to get them replaced.
The costs of repairs and maintenance for inverters can be broken into two components: the cost of inspection and/or cost of replacement. At least once a year you should get your solar inverters checked.
It's difficult to give an exact price as the price depends on whether you're within the Perth metro, whether your system is covered by warranty and whether the replacement inverter is onsite. But assuming you're located in Perth, covered by warranty and you have new or refurbished inverters on hand the cost is between $90 – $175 inclusive of GST. The bulk of the cost for delivering this service is the travel cost of getting to your house and back. If you unfortunately have damaged solar inverters and no warranty, we can recommend suitable replacements.
The most efficient solar panels are known as "Tier 1" Solar panels. Make sure you do comprehensive research though! There are some companies that advertise their panels are Only trust the manufacturers with a proven track record as they make the highest quality and most efficient solar systems.
In short yes, solar panels do lose efficiency as they age. As with most things, time is the enemy! However, if you have quality solar panels, like we install, the loss in efficiency is only 20% in 25 years.
The efficiency of a solar panel is calculated by measuring how much sunlight is captured and converted into electricity by the solar cell. The nameplates of the solar panels being installed will tell you their efficiency.
Technically a solar panel can be repaired. But in reality the cost of repairing a solar panel and the effort involved usually results in replacing the panel being a better option. Check to see if the panel is still under warranty. If it is, call us as we can help you start the claim process with the manufacturer.
There are many things that impact the efficiency of solar cells. Solar cell efficiency can be impacted by the angle the panels are installed compared with the azimuth of the sun. The age of the solar cell, the material the solar cell is made of and the cleanliness of the panels are all factors that affect the efficiency of solar cells.
When you're looking into solar systems and deciding on the best return for your investment, make sure you consider the cost of repairs and maintenance.
The benefit of high quality solar panels is that they are extremely durable and require little maintenance.
We recommend you make sure that your solar system is not losing efficiency as in running at maximum capacity by engaging an accredited solar installer at least once per year.
With high quality solar panels the maintenance costs are usually limited to the yearly check ups by a accredited solar installer. In Perth, the typical cost for an inspection by an accredited solar installer is between $150 and $300 including GST. This will cover a check up of the rooftop mounting, panels, cables, connections, inverters and DC isolator switches. You should get your system inspected at least once a year. There's an additional cost if your solar inverters need to be replaced. There's the cost of the new inverters and the cost to install them.
If you have good quality solar panels then you won't need a lot of maintenance. There are quality solar panels that have been designed to suit Perth's harsh environment. Make sure you get them installed by an accredited Perth installer. You should get the system checked and have the panel cleaned at least once a year. That way you'll ensure the solar system is performing at maximum capacity and has no signs of faults. On the other hand, cheap solar panel systems may need o be inspected more than once a year.
Quality solar panels are remarkably durable. Cheap solar panel are not. Quality solar panels are designed with materials that can withstand Perth's climate, including hail and hot and cold temperatures. High quality panels have incredible warranties despite the panels being exposed on a rooftop to the sun's powerful UV rays.
There are a variety of reasons that cause a solar panel to degrade over time. These include dust and debris, the weather including strong winds and hail and low quality panels manufactured using cheap materials that are not durable. For 365 days a year and approximately 8-10 hours per day, solar panels are exposed to the extremes of Perth's weather – make sure you get proven high quality solar panels with the best warranties.
Solar panels should last for between 15-20 years once you get a new solar system installed. Having said that, there are some cases where it may be necessary to replace your panels due to laws and regulations changing. For example you solar panels become faulty or damaged or you want to upgrade or change the layout of your system. We may offer to pay you for the old panels that are needing to be replaced assuming they are in good condition.
The manufacturer's provide warranties of various lengths depending on the quality of the solar panels – well maintained solar systems and panels should lat the full length of the manufacturer's warranty. The highest quality solar panels should last 15-20 years as they are extremely durable.
Low quality, cheap solar panels that have been manufactured with cheap, recycled materials are the most likely cause for a solar panel to go bad. However, any solar panel can have unknown issues when they are unboxed. If quality solar panels go bad they will be covered by the most watertight warranties available… but it's very rare that a quality panel goes bad.
If solar panels are recycled properly, the disparate materials will be separated and recovered with minimal damage and loss of material. Some companies have developed a system to recover over 95% of a panel's materials.
You may have chosen a 3KW or 5KW solar system when you first invested in solar. For whatever reason, your energy requirements have increased and you now want to upgrade your system or add additional solar PV panels.
But upgrading or adding panels is not as easy as you would think. There are actually a few factors to consider and if you want everything setup correctly you'll need the input of a qualified solar installer.
If you get the wrong advise and buy additional panels that can't be used with your current system you're going to waste a lot of money.
Adding a second solar panel system requires a high attention to detail. To install a secondary solar system on your property you'll need to meet a number of conditions. Speak to one of our qualified representatives to understand your options.
Investing in solar panels is a $3,000 - $8,500 investment and therefore it makes sense to pick a solar system that has a great warranty. The best solar systems have warranties of 25 years!
Your solar panels or inverters could be damaged during installation. To protect yourself against this risk make sure your solar installers are fully insured.
Check with your insurer whether solar panels are covered by home and contents insurance.
The best solar panel warranty at the moment is from the LG-Neon series. Their warranty is a 25 year performance warranty and a 25 year parts and labour warranty.
You should always check with your insurer, but in most cases solar panels are covered by home insurance. Make sure you call your insurance provider and confirm they're covered. We can assist with both insurance work and insurance claims.
It's not hard to find a solar panel repairs and maintenance company in Perth. But you should really do some extra due diligence because your solar system is worth thousands of dollars.
You want to find a company that provides a high level of service at a great price - so shop around.
Solar panels that are low quality or poorly installed will break down a lot quicker than quality systems that were professionally installed. There were a lot of systems being installed about 7 years ago, during the In some cases we are finding that the companies that made inverters 5-8 years ago are no longer in business and the inverters are failing.
Repairing broken solar panel glass is not a cost effective exercise in our option. It's better to get a new solar panel if there has been enough force to crack or break the glass.
Lightening can damage solar panels. Lightening is a huge electrical charge containing thousands of volts of energy. This amount of energy directly hitting a specific area will cause damage. However, statistically it is very rare and highly unlikely that a lightning strike will hit a solar panel mounted on a rooftop in Perth.
Quality solar panels are manufactured to be strong enough to withstand hail the size of golf balls. If you live in an area that is prone to hail then controlled testing will give you peace of mind. However, if there is ever a hail stone the size of a football then even the strongest panel may be damaged.
If your solar panels are dirty, they will lose some efficiency.
This could result in hundreds or thousands of dollars in lost electricity.
So keeping your solar panels clean is worthwhile.
You should clean your solar panels at least once every year.
Engage an accredited installer to clean your solar panels if you want it done well and safely. They should use chemical free solutions and equipment that is least likely to damaged the solar panels. But most importantly they will isolate the system correctly to ensure their is no exposure to electricity.
If the solar panels become dirty and this "covers" the solar cell then the ability of your solar panels to produce their maximum rated power output will be drastically diminished.
We recommend cleaning your panels every year. This advise could change depending on your location and environment. You may need to clean your solar panels more frequently than once per year if you live in a dusty area.
You can clean your solar panels using a pressure washer at it's lowest setting. But you could damage your solar panels if you try and clean them using a pressure washer at it's highest setting.
Call today and speak to an Accredited Solar Installer
(08) 7078 7620
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Enjoyable Padel Tour in Toulouse for East Glos squash members
Last month, 22 members from the East Glos squash section celebrated the end of the 2017/18 winter season by spending a weekend in Toulouse. And what a weekend it was.
Ben Heuzé takes up the story.
The weekend was centred around a new racket sport for many of us, Padel Tennis.
We kicked off with a familiarisation session on the Friday night taking part in what the Toulouse Padel Club calls the Happy Hour Padel, where any doubles team can turn up and try to be the king of the court. This was an excellent way to get introduced to the game.
Saturday was supposed to be the big day featuring a typical "crunch" where England would take on France. Unfortunately, one too many drinks on a jolly Friday night in the south of France jeopardised England's hopes, and it didn't take long for the French to celebrate their win.
Despite the loss, the atmosphere was great amongst the East Glos visitors as we enjoyed the views over the ten Padel courts from the clubhouse. This is undoubtedly something the members who went on the trip would love to see at East Glos.
After the cold beer by the hotel pool was gone, it was already time to head to Toulouse town centre for the night out. And as expected, Toulouse delivered. It was a memorable night with great food, beautiful places and a lot of fun.
The next morning, there was a last challenge for the new Padel players, as a King of the Court format contest was organised amongst the Cheltonians to finish a very sporty weekend on a high.
I would like to take this opportunity to give a special thanks to all the participants who made this weekend such a good one. Maybe the next time we all play Padel again, it will be at East Glos?
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Ever wonder where those bullets go after the first shot? Check these charts out that show the 1st bullet (green) and following bullets.
Accuracy Plots for guns:
Didn't know that the angle at which you shoot a vehicle matters, but it does... hitting a tank at a 90 degrees is the best... less damage at acute angles. Now I know. I used to aim at the near opposite side of the tank thinking they may get a damage angle from a direction that wasn't in my direction. Now I'll just concentrate at getting 90 degrees to it's side or back.


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In the Old Testament, the first-born were all marked by disgrace, by curses and by death. Cain, the first-born of Adam, brought an offering to Jehovah, and it was rejected. Cain got angry, since the offering of his brother Abel was accepted. When they were on the field, Cain killed him, and became accursed of Jehovah and a wanderer (Gen.4:1-5; 4:8-14).
The first-born of Abraham was Ishmael, son of Hagar, the Egyptian woman, who was born fourteen years before Isaac. As Sarai was barren, she gave her Egyptian servant to Abraham, saying: "I shall obtain children through her" (Gen.16:2). Hagar conceived and Sarai, jealous, sent her away. The angel of Jehovah found her in the desert, determined that the child's name be Ishmael, which translated means, "Whom God listens", and told her to return to the house. Hagar obeyed and was submitted to the dislike of Sarai for fourteen years (Gen.16:5-11).
The angel of Jehovah revealed to Hagar that Ishmael, that is, the Arabs, would be adversaries of the Jews, that is, Isaac (Gen.16:12). After the fourteen years, when Isaac was born, Sarah (for this is her new name, Gen.17:15), demanded that Hagar, the Egyptian, and her son Ishmael, were banished from the home. Abraham did not like it and went to ask of Jehovah, who told him: "Whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her" (Gen.21:1-12). Ishmael did not inherit the blessing of Abraham, and he is outside the promise—a dismissed first-born.
The third first-born was Esau, son of Isaac, was rejected from the womb, for he was Jacob's twin brother, but was the first to be born. "For though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose according to His choice might stand, not because of works, but because of Him who calls" (Rom.9:11; Gen.25:24-26). The truth is that he was rejected before he could practice any evil, which he did later.
The fourth first-born dismissed was named Reuben, the son of Jacob and Leah (Gen.29:32; Ex.6:14). Rachel, Jacob's beloved, was barren, and as Leah was on her fourth child, Rachel, desperate to become a mother, gave her servant Bilah to Jacob. She bore two sons to Jacob: Dan and Naphtali (Gen.29:32; 30:1-8). Reuben seduced Bilah and practiced incest (Gen.35:22). For this reason his birthright went to the sons of Joseph. "Now the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph)" (1 Chr.5:1; Gen.41:51-52).
The fifth first-born to fall in disgrace in the eyes of Jehovah was Manasseh, son of Joseph; Ephraim his younger brother received the birthright, and became the bearer of the blessing of Abraham (Gen.48:14-20).
The sixth first-born to loose the blessing of Jehovah was Gerson, son of Moses and Zipporah. The very name GERSON means, "banishing." We may say that Gerson was banished from the house of Moses, but since Moses was always good, gentle and righteous, the evil was in Gerson (Num.12:3). We read in the book of Exodus that Jehovah wished to kill Gerson, which was still a baby. "Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that Jehovah met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet" (Ex.4:24-25). Joshua was Moses' successor, and not Gerson. Joshua received the spirit that was upon Moses, and took his place in leading the people into the Promised Land. "So Jehovah said to Moses, 'Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him" (Num.27:18).
Let us see what happened to Aaron's first-born, the high priest: "These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar" (Num.3:2). "Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective fire-pans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which He had no commanded them. And fire came out from the presence of Jehovah and consumed them, and they died before Jehovah" (Lev.10:1-2).
David was the beloved of Jehovah. His first-born was called Amnon (1 Chr.3:1). David committed adultery with Bathsheba and ordered the death of her husband Uriah, the Hittite. Jehovah, in order to punish David, promised to bring curses upon his house. Under this curse, the first son of Bathsheba died. Amnon, David's first-born, commits incest with his sister Tamar, Absalom's sister. Absalom, in order to avenge Tamar, prepares a banquet, and the first-born of David was murdered there. The royal lineage was interrupted and the strength of David dried up (Deut.1:15-17). The disgraces and curses did not stop coming over the house of David.
It is easy to observe that Jehovah had the objective of killing and destroying the first-born in Egypt, when the Exodus took place: The tenth plague was the death of all the first-born of Egypt, both men and animals (Ex.12:29).
Closing in great style, Jehovah killed his own first-born. He sent Moses to tell Pharaoh: "Thus says Jehovah, 'Israel is My son, My first-born'" (Ex.4:22). When this child who was the strength of Jehovah would sin, instead of receiving instruction and help, he was sold as slave to the idolater and corrupt nations. "Thou dost sell Thy people cheaply, and hast not profited by their sale" (Ps.44:12). This was the complaint of the psalmist about the destruction of Israel: "And Jehovah rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. When He had torn Israel from the house of David" (2 Kings 17:20-21).
The true God, the Father of Jesus Christ, the God who is love and wants to save everyone, seeing such disgrace upon the first-born, in order to show that he was different from the god of the Old Testament, built the church of the first-born, that is, Jesus, the first-born of the dead (Col.1:18) and makes us the first-born with him by the identification in sufferings, afflictions, persecutions, martyrdom, crucifixion. "Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires" (Gal.5:24).
"But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the sprits of righteous men made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel" (Heb.12:22-24).
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Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer
"It is absolutely possible in patients with prostate cancer to cure it."
Even though prostate cancer is common—1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime—most men do not die from it. That's because prostate cancer grows very slowly and prostate cancer treatments are better than ever.
"Almost always [prostate cancer] treatments are very effective if the cancer is confined to the prostate," says William K. Oh, MD, chief of hematology and medical oncology at Mount Sinai Health System.
The prostate is a gland that makes fluid that's part of semen. It's below the bladder and forms a ring around the urethra (where urine comes out). Prostate cancer happens when normal cells in the prostate gland become abnormal and then grow out of control.
If the cancer is confined within the primary organ, which in this case is the prostate, it's considered localized prostate cancer. If the cancer has spread (metastasized) beyond the prostate, this is called advanced, or metastatic, prostate cancer. Localized prostate cancer and advanced prostate cancer are treated differently.
Treating Localized Prostate Cancer
If a patient has localized prostate cancer, he and his doctor may discuss these three options:
Surgery for prostate cancer can be done in different ways. The most common approach is to remove the entire prostate gland and some surrounding tissue.
"Nowadays most of the surgeries are done using a robot-assisted approach," says Dr. Oh. During a robot-assisted approach, a surgeon sits at a control panel in the operating room and moves robotic arms to operate. With robot-assisted surgery, "patients are in the hospital for shorter periods of time with less pain and less bleeding," says Dr. Oh.
Radiation kills cancer cells. Radiation can be given from a machine that moves around your body, or a doctor might target the radiation directly into the prostate gland.
Active surveillance
Because prostate cancer grows so slowly, some patients don't need to be treated right away. "For some prostate cancers, you can monitor it," says Dr. Oh.
Men who choose this method will likely have routine tests, such as a prostate-specific antigen test, to check if the cancer is growing more quickly. If that's the case, the patient can then discuss treatment options with their doctor.
Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer
"If you present with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer, sometimes that means that the cancer has already escaped the prostate before you were diagnosed," says Dr. Oh. "Unfortunately in this setting, the treatments are not curative. In other words, removing the prostate or radiating the prostate will not be enough to get rid of the cancer."
Still, there are many treatments available that can control the cancer—sometimes for many, many years.
Hormonal therapy
Male hormones in the body help the prostate cancer grow. Hormone therapies help reduce the number of these hormones, which in turn can shrink the cancer.
Chemotherapy is a term for medicines that kill rapidly dividing cells, which include cancer cells. Patients with advanced prostate cancer might get chemotherapy if hormone therapy stops working. Chemotherapy and hormone therapy may also be given at the same time.
Choosing the Right Prostate Cancer Treatment
Before deciding on a treatment, it's important for patients to know all their options and work with their doctor to determine the right treatment for them. "I think the most important thing for any man dealing with prostate cancer is to balance the pros and cons of treatment—the effects of treatment versus the effects of cancer," says Dr. Oh.
The right treatment will depend on:
- Whether the cancer is localized or advanced
- Age of the patient
- Other health problems the patient may have
- And how the patient feels about their treatment options.
"In most situations, the goal, as with all cancers, is to cure the cancer, to eradicate it," says Dr. Oh. "It is absolutely possible in patients with [localized] prostate cancer to cure it."
Prostate Cancer (The Basics). UpToDate. (Assessed on September 12, 2019 at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/prostate-cancer-the-basics#H457221549)
Treating Prostate Cancer. American Cancer Society. (Assessed on September 12, 2019 at https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/treating.html)
Surgery for Prostate Cancer. American Cancer Society. (Assessed on September 12, 2019 at https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/treating/surgery.html)


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Doc and Hilda Francis Family Scholarship
To be eligible for the Doc and Hilda Francis Family Scholarship, the applicant must be a Russia High School (Russia, Ohio) senior. Selection will be based upon financial need, academic ability, demonstrated community and school service and recommendations. The scholarship is renewable for up to three years.For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website.
Award Amount: $3,750
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Biltmore LakeWestern North Carolina
In the heart of one of America's best college towns, serene Biltmore Lake is the centerpiece of this idyllic master planned community. Away from the hustle bustle of the city, the Asheville mountain homes for sale here spread across more than 1,000 acres featuring a mix of architectural mountain styles. Rolling hills expose long range mountain views of Mount Pisgah and tranquil views of Biltmore Lake. The elevation of Biltmore Lake is 2,097 feet and is rare to find in North Carolina mountain communities. The network trail system has 4.2 miles of walking and biking trails weave throughout the lake community leading to parks, fishing piers and viewing areas. Sidewalks and streetlights compliment the walking experience in and around the rustic mountain homes. These are wonderful attributes and reasons why this is one the best places to live in Asheville NC.
The clubhouse overlooking Biltmore Lake is adjacent to two hard tennis courts, a basketball court and a beautiful children's playground. A fishing dock and kayak/canoe boathouse is lakeside at the Biltmore Lake Clubhouse. The lake is stocked with bass for a day of catch and release fishing. Buyers searching for homes close to Asheville University won't want to miss seeing this lake community.
- 62 Acre Private Lake
- Lakefront Clubhouse
- Fishing Pier/Kayak Storage
- Community Parks
- Children's Playground
- Tennis Courts
- Ball Courts
- 4.2 Miles of Dedicated Walking Trails
Biltmore Lake's location is near one of the Blue Ridge Parkway entrances making it one of the best places to live in Asheville NC. Only 15 minutes from downtown, families desiring to be close to good schools like Asheville University, name brand shopping and the Asheville Regional Airport will appreciate its location. Enka High School, Enka Middle School, Hominy Valley Elementary and Asheville-Buncombe Technical College surround Biltmore Lake's outer edges. Carolina Day School is Asheville's most popular private school near the neighborhood. At the entrance to Biltmore Lake, The Village at Biltmore Lake features retail shops, restaurants and modern day conveniences. Just 4 miles away, Mission Hospital in Asheville is rated a five star hospital. There's everything one would need within a 15 minute drive of the Asheville mountain homes for sale.
Residents can quickly connect through the Community Intranet, a virtual information center. Social clubs include ladies nights out, tennis leagues, progressive dinners and fund raising activities. The Biltmore Lake Association won 2011 Community of the Year award because of the quality of life and community involvement at Biltmore Lake, one of the best North Carolina mountain communities. Biltmore Lake homes in the Cedar Rock gated neighborhood are designed featuring low maintenance labeled 'Lock and Go'.
Folks have the choice of living in an upscale gated section or in the traditional neighborhoods. 600 homes are built to date of the 900 planned. Biltmore Lake homes for sale include the new neighborhood of Wilderness Cove. Cottage homes featuring Rustic Mountain Architecture are green built homes priced from the low $300k's. The Cedar Rock neighborhood offers new homes options from the low $500k's within a gated neighborhood with the benefit of having outdoor maintenance provided for true 'lock and go' convenience.
Biltmore Farms makes home building easy offering turn key construction on new homes. Biltmore Lake approved builders include Bluestone Construction, Palladium Builders, Preish Construction, Sundog Places, Tyner Construction, Dillard-Jones Builders, Wright Family Custom Homes and Matthews Custom Built Homes.
Our real estate score for Biltmore Lake in Asheville North Carolina is 87.
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George Vanderbilt built The Biltmore Estate in the early 1900's which is America's largest private home in Western North Carolina. The tradition continued as Biltmore Farms continued building master planned communities for more than 100 years. Biltmore Forest, Biltmore Park and The Ramble are additional communities built by Biltmore Farms.
No negative news is found on the internet about Biltmore Lake or Biltmore Farms. Biltmore Lake was recently named the top selling North Carolina lake community with 39 closings totaling over $16 million in sales.


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College football: Hounds hope to end 2018 on high note
November 7, 2018
Eastern New Mexico's football team is looking to go out with a crackle as the regular season ends at home Saturday against Western Oregon.
The Greyhounds are 4-6 after last weekend's 34-17 loss at Angelo State. They faced a brutal early schedu...
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This weekend is going to be all about the mothers around the globe. You must be familiar with Mother's Day which is on Sunday, May 12 this year, but did you know that there's another special day for dog mothers this weekend?
Saturday, May 11 is National Dog Mom Day, petitioned and coined by Dig, a personal dating app for people with dogs. Dig founded the holiday in 2018 to celebrate and thank dog moms for dedicating their love and support to their dogs each day.
They submitted a petition at Change.org to make it a holiday in the US via NationalDayCalendar.com. The petition got a huge response from dog moms.
"The creation of this separate day will emphasize the respect for all moms and their right to showcase the love of their kids – fur or not," Dig said on their website.
Since last year, National Dog Mom Day is being celebrated on the second Saturday of May, just before the International Mother's day.
Who are dog moms?
A survey conducted by rover.com polled 1,000 female adult dog owners.
- 3 out of 4 female pet parents consider themselves "dog moms."
- 45% of dog moms have referred to their dog as a "fur baby" or "fur kid," and 40% just call the dog their "baby."
- 40% of female dog owners say they own dog-mom apparel, and 17% say they don't own any but want some.
- Nearly half of the female dog owners celebrate their dog's birthday (or other milestones), bring their dog with them on errands and shared an announcement on social media when they got their dog.
- 40% have stayed up at night to comfort a crying puppy.
- 24% have missed work to be home with a sick dog.
- 50% of dog moms gush about their dog when meeting other people.
- 62% said they take dozens of photos of their dog.
So, are you a dog mom too?
Let us know in the comments how you are going to celebrate this day with your fur baby.


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During the course of my working career I have accumulated some 22 years' experience in the electronic media, mainly in television/video production. For the past 12 years I have operated as a freelancer specialising in scriptwriting, copywriting, text editing and technical translation (German to English).
Brief overview of past and current fields of experience:
1990-2002– scriptwriter/director in SA Government Communication Service video production unit – responsible for various documentary, educational and public information projects. These included nature conservation and environmental themes, school science and biology programmes and official coverage of the inauguration of President Mandela in 1994. As a scriptwriter/director and location cameraman, I spent four consecutive summers in Antarctica documenting the construction of South Africa's SANAE IV base at Vesleskarvet. This entailed spending up to five months each year at sea and on the continent. My involvement with this project allowed me to fulfil a childhood ambition to travel to Antarctica, while also acquiring first-hand knowledge and understanding of the challenges involved in polar logistics, construction and exploration.
From 2002 – present (freelance) -
· Corporate
Working as a free-lance writer, I have developed scripts and copy for projects commissioned by Grinaker-LTA (construction), Sasol (petro-chemical), ESKOM (power utility) and Gautrain (high-speed rail link) amongst others. These have included major construction and industrial projects such as the Mozambique Gas Pipeline (Sasol), MOZAL Phase 2 and Hillside Aluminium Phase 2(BHP-Billiton). In most cases, the package includeda general orientation programme and specific modules covering industrial relations, health and safety, environmental protection and local content.
The Gautrain project was somewhat different in as much as I was responsible for creating narratives and background information for a website aimed primarily at children. This entailed explaining engineering, environmental and commercial concepts (including matters such as environmental impact, the functioning of a tunnel boring machine and private-public partnerships) in a manner accessible to school children while still being factually and technically correct. This posed an interesting challenge and the website won an International Union of Public Transport award in 2007 for encouraging young people to use public transport.
· Broadcast
Since 2001 I have been responsible for scripting (studio links, location links and voice-over) Eastern Mosaic - a magazine programme currently broadcast in South Africa on SABC2 and elsewhere on the continent. I have also generated copy for Eastern Mosaic's website and marketing material (electronic & print).
Between 2003 and 2007 I was involved in scripting four series of Africa Within – a lifestyle show broadcast by the SABC's Africa Channel
· Copywriting / editing
In terms of copywriting and editing, Spoor & Fisher has been a long-term corporate client is. This intellectual property law firm has representation in Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA – and my work mainly entails drafting marketing material and explanatory copy in plain English for a business/R&D readership.
· Translation
My first serious involvement in the field of German-English translation resulted from Funkwerk Security Communications GmbH for assistance. Based on the results of this case, I have gone on to translate some 50 marketing and technical documents/presentations over the past two-and-a-half years. My approach to translation is based not only on technical accuracy but also on rendering the meaning as intended by the original author in terms of style, idiom and register. As a scriptwriter/copywriter, I consider it essential to have a sound understanding of the subject at hand and am accustomed to begin each job with research in order to familiarise myself with the concepts, terminology and (if required) technical jargon involved. I apply the same principle to translation.
SAFREA is a Registered Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 114-297).


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Director: Robin Lefevre
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A problem shared is a problem halved, as the old mantra would have it, and in that vein Tom Kempinski's 1980 play puts the therapeutic relationship firmly in the spotlight, as a world-class musician (Belinda Lang) seeks treatment from a Teutonic psychiatrist (Oliver Cotton).
And so society's fascination with the contentious world of talking treatments is indulged once again, but whilst this dramatic peek behind the curtain of the mental health profession may have startled audiences four decades ago, the therapist's couch – now a ready staple of TV and film – is no longer such a source of mystery.
Dramatically speaking, both players in Robin Lefevre's production of this two-hander are largely confined to chairs for the duration, Lang in a motorised wheelchair and Cotton rarely moving from the desk at which he sits. Whilst truer to the static nature of a normal therapy session, this stasis is rather stultifying for an audience, and lends dramatic moments of greater movement around the stage a clumsily purposeful feel.
Lang captures something of her character's childlike bursts of energy, her mood swings and exaggerated expression and vocal tone explicitly conveying her resistance to the therapeutic process. It is not hard to discern her desperate efforts to defend herself (and her history) from the psychiatric inquisition. But it is in moments of stillness and quietness that Lang most effectively conveys internal shifts of emotion, without ever quite expressing the depth of feeling with which she engages.
Cotton has the relatively thankless role of Stage Psychiatrist – we, like his patient, learn little of his character beyond his dramatic function as engineer of change. And although his outburst in the latter half of the play seems to get the credit for motivating his patient's great emotional shift, it feels dangerously like the kind of loss of control his character would have avoided.
At times the text feels little more than an exercise exploring some crude ideas about mental health and its treatment. A stronger, and perhaps more prescient, playing of the text could have put an emphasis on the way this woman plays second-fiddle to successive men in her life (father, husband, psychiatrist), and is variously gaslighted by them; ultimately, her world is dangerously destabilised by the intervention of a male doctor/authority figure, whose keen insistence on medication leads his patient to question and undermine the very strengths and coping strategies that have allowed her to thrive since childhood.
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Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition
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Let's review a little bit of what Napoleon was up to going into the war of the Third Coalition, which really does establish Napoleon as the dominant figure in Europe. So in 1799, he takes power. First with two other consuls, but then he declares himself First Consul. So he takes power. He becomes First-- let me put that in capital letters-- First Consul. Then in 1802, actually before I get to 1802. Let me say what he did in 1800. Remember when he took power, we were still in the war of the Second Coalition. We talked about that a little bit. France had lost ground, they had lost a lot of what they had gained in the First Coalition in Italy. The Austrians had taken it back. So Napoleon decides to take charge, cross the Alps. This is a picture of Napoleon crossing the Alps. Leading the troops into the Alps to take back what he felt needed to be taken back from Austria. And then we learned in the last video that that essentially is what ended the First Coalition. So in 1800 he takes back or leaves to take back Italy. And when we talk about Italy, we're really talking about the Kingdom of Italy, which was northern Italy. We're not talking about the Kingdom of Naples, which was southern Italy. Or the Papal States. Actually let me show you that. If we go all the way down here. You'll see when people talk about the Kingdom of Italy in this period of time, they're really talking about this region up here, which is really northern Italy. The Papal States are right here. And you had your Kingdom of Naples down there. Compared to modern Europe, the two countries that we associate with Europe today that really didn't exist in a unified form in the early 1800s were Italy and Germany. They were really just broken up into a bunch of kingdoms. And as I mentioned before, Germany at this point, that confederation of kingdoms was kind of referred to as the Holy Roman Empire where the King of Austria had the title of Holy Roman Emperor. But he didn't control the Holy Roman Empire in a very centralized fashion. It was actually controlled by a bunch of smaller kings. But anyway, let's go back to Napoleon. So that's him crossing the Alps in 1800. That ends when he takes it back. He defeats Austria. That is essentially the end of the Second Coalition. We learned that in the last video. 1801. You had your Treaty of Luneville. End of Second Coalition. They don't have a treaty with Great Britain until the next year, really just out of attrition. But that doesn't matter, it was a very short-lived treaty. And then in 1802, before we start talking about the Third Coalition, Napoleon gets the Constitution of the Year X passed. And why do you say year 10? Remember, they had this whole revolutionary calendar going. So in the revolutionary calendar this was the 10th year of the Revolution. But what's really relevant from Napoleon's point of view is article one. It says, the French people name and the senate proclaims Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul for life. So, if you want to view this is kind of legally giving Napoleon almost a king-like status, it writes it in words that he will rule France for the rest of his life. Then we get to 1803. And actually, before I get to 1803, remember what's happening at the same time here. You had your Revolution in Haiti, which, if you remember from those videos, Haiti was the most profitable slave colony in the world. Once the slaves revolted, got their freedom, all of a sudden not as profitable to France as it was before. And remember, the whole French Revolution started off because France was broke. So Napoleon tries to reinstate slavery. That essentially backfires on him. Dessalines catches wind of it, him and the other revolutionaries. So they essentially start antagonizing Leclerc even more. Leclerc and the French occupiers get ravaged by yellow fever. And Dessalines is a very aggressive general. So he starts losing Haiti. You have Rochambeau, if you remember from those videos, he's this hugely brutal figure who takes over after Leclerc. But we have this revolution in Haiti. And you can kind of say they're starting to lose Haiti. And at the same time, and this is 1802, and as we're entering into 1803, Napoleon begins to realize that Great Britain controls the seas. Great Britain dominant navy. And because they're losing Haiti, which is really their main profit center, and Great Britain is dominant, Napoleon essentially gives up on North America. So outside of Haiti, which was this major profit center for the French Empire, they also had the territory of Louisiana, which is essentially the middle 1/3 of what we now consider to be the United States. And Napoleon figures out, gee, Great Britain has a dominant navy. I'm giving up on Haiti. I'm probably going to lose it anyway to Dessalines. Let me just give up on the entire continent. If I don't sell Louisiana, either Great Britain or the United States will probably be in a good position to take it from me. So he decides to sell Louisiana. So just as someone, or as an American, and especially an American who was born in Louisiana, it's fascinating the chain of events that led up to this. Because when you learn it from an American history point of view, you just say hey Thomas Jefferson, he was able to get Louisiana for $15 million. Why would someone sell, all of a sudden, this huge amount of territory? And the reason is because Napoleon figured he was going to lose it no matter what. Great Britain had this dominant navy. And at the same time, he had nothing else to protect in the area. The other major valuable asset there was Haiti. So a combination of Great Britain having this navy and of the slave revolt in Haiti ends up within the United States being able to acquire what's now the middle 1/3 of the continent. You can kind of wonder, if they never did that, would they have ever a gone on to capture the entire west coast? So these small little things in history. And I wouldn't necessarily call these little things, but they lead to very tremendous changes in our modern world. Anyway, enough about that. So he sells Louisiana. Great Britain has a dominant navy. At first, Napoleon was amassing troops up here, he was thinking about an invasion of Great Britain. But more and more it dawns on him that Great Britain has a dominant navy. Great Britain, I think, starts to feel a little self-confident. And they don't like all of the gains that Napoleon has gotten in the last two wars. So, Great Britain declares war in 1803, in May 1803. Or I could say United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the same thing. U.K. declares war. And you could view this as the beginning of the war of the Third Coalition. But it's not a coalition yet. It's just the United Kingdom. Or it's just Great Britain. And it really gets heated in 1805. Everyone else jumps in. And now we're talking about a real coalition. Now Great Britain is joined by Austria and Russia. And Austria, all the time in every one of these coalitions, they lose territory to France and especially Napoleon. They just want to get revenge. United Kingdom kind of senses that they control the water, they want to get revenge. Russia doesn't like this upstart Napoleon. And so they all jump in. And so there's two interesting angles of the War of the Third Coalition. Let me write this right here. This is the Third Coalition. And there were other people who jumped in, but these were the major powers. So this right here is the Third Coalition. So the first thing that happens, or really the two almost happen simultaneously. In October of 1805, the French navy gets destroyed by the British in the Battle of Trafalgar. This is Trafalgar, it's actually written here. And they get destroyed by Napoleon's good old friend, Admiral Horatio Nelson. So this guy was definitely a thorn in Napoleon's side. He destroyed Napoleon's ships in the Battle of the Nile that stranded their troops in Egypt. And now he comes and essentially destroys the French navy at the Battle of Trafalgar. And this is an image of it. And I guess the only redeeming fact of this battle for Napoleon was that near the end of the battle, Horatio Nelson actually gets stricken by a bullet and he dies at Trafalgar. So the Royal Navy, the British navy was already dominant, destroying the French navy, which was the only navy that could in some way compete on any level. Destroying them at Trafalgar really established British domination of the seas. This is actually an image of the Battle of Trafalgar. This is the battle right there. A bunch of ships just shooting at each other, you can't really make out what's happening. And just to connect that to modern day Great Britain, or the modern day London, this right here is an image of Trafalgar Square. It is named after the Battle of Trafalgar, which established Britain is dominant in the seas. That is Trafalgar Square in London. And if you go there, you will see Nelson's column. This is Nelson's column right there, named after Horatio Nelson. And at the very top of it, there's a little figure, or it's probably pretty large, but little relative to the column, of Horatio Nelson himself. So that was a bit of an aside, but this occurred during the war of the Third Coalition. So Napoleon's navy is destroyed. But he doesn't give up. He's just like, OK, oh well, I can't do much beyond Europe, but in Europe I can still do a lot of damage. So what he does is he takes his troops. He had given up on actually attacking Britain by sea. He realized that he could never realistically do that. Let me show you the troop movements that were going on at this time. So he had troops here that he had given up on actually attacking Great Britain. And what he does is he meets the Austrians. So the Austrians are amassing their troops here. They actually thought that there was a possibility that the main campaign would go in Italy. So they actually focused most of their troops there, that we'll see as a major mistake. But they have troops in what is now southern Germany near the Black Forest. And then they also amassed some troops near Italy. And then the Russians were coming up behind. They weren't able to meet. And we're dealing with the fall, this is now September, October of 1805. And the Russians were back here trying to bring their troops to assist the Austrians in meeting Napoleon. And all of these, it's always unclear on how much of it was tactical genius versus pure luck. Because they didn't have satellites, they didn't know where the other troops were. They didn't necessarily know exactly what's happening on a minute-by-minute basis, like armies do today. But what happened, and it's one of the pivotal battles in European history, is that Napoleon meets the Austrians at Ulm. Let me draw it on this map right here. So on this map they just do a very general-- This is Napoleon meeting the Austrians right here at Ulm. There's actually a whole campaign of Ulm, several battles. But it was a decisive victory at Ulm. And the crux of that victory was that Napoleon was able to fool the Austrians. So this is a zoomed-in version of what was going on here. This is France. This is the Black Forest. This is Austria right there. Blue is Napoleon troops, red are the Austrian troops. And you saw, Austria had amassed most of their troops on the Italian front. So here in Black Forest, you have your Austrian troops. What Napoleon did is he had General Marat make it look like the main force of the French were coming straight from the West. And they did that by having cavalry essentially giving the appearance of a major force coming in from here. So the Austrians were thinking, OK, this is the direction that we're going to face our main antagonism from. But at the same time, the bulk of the Napoleon's army-- remember he doesn't see exactly how many people are here, they just made it look like this is the bulk of the army. But the bulk of the army actually did what they call a wheeling manoeuvre, where they went around the Austrian army. And they were able to do it much faster and in a much more nimble way than anyone would have predicted. Because they essentially didn't have to carry as many supplies. They were doing this during the harvest season. And this was by design. If you capture enemy territory during the harvest season, and these are things that you usually don't think about when you learn about military battles. But you've got troops, you've got to feed the troops. If they can't capture food from the land, then you've got to carry supplies with you. And supplies are heavy it slows down your army. But if you do the attack during the harvest season, you don't have to carry food. You can just take it from the farmers that you pass by. They're harvesting food as you pass by, you just take it, you can be fast and nimble. And he essentially went around the army and was able to attack the Austrians from this direction. And then essentially destroy them. And this is why I hinted in the last video that Napoleon starts to view himself as invincible. And this was before the Russians could come to actually reinforce the Austrians. So they did it-- by being able to do it so quickly, they were able to just only tackle the Austrians. So it was a decisive victory at Ulm. Let me go to the painting right there. This is a painting of the surrender at Ulm. And then the combined Russian and Austrian forces, they essentially regrouped, but they re-met Napoleon's forces after Ulm. In another several weeks, at Austerlitz. And once again, Napoleon just routed them. And there's always a debate. Some of it might have been tactical genius, some of it might have been pure luck. But after routing them at Austerlitz-- so this is Austerlitz-- and taking so much I guess both in terms of casualties and prisoners from the enemy without incurring so much themselves, this really was the high point in terms of a battle for Napoleon. Austerlitz is what really convinced Napoleon that he is truly, truly a military genius. And that's not saying that he's not. But it was such a rout that he started to imagine that he's on some level invincible. And so the outcome, this essentially ends the war of the Third Coalition. And with that ending, Austria had to give its territory that it had gotten in Italy. So Austria had to cede the territory that it had in Italy, some of the territory that it had in Bavaria. And from, I guess just a general point of view, this was historically significant. Because until this point in time, this whole area was called the Holy Roman Empire, with the King of Austria calling himself the Holy Roman Emperor. Even though he didn't have direct control over all of these Germanic regions. Let me go back up here. This is in 1805, or we can even say we're entering 1806, but in late 1805, with the end of the Third Coalition, now the Austrian King no longer calls himself the Holy Roman Emperor. He gives up the title. And this region right here is no longer called the Holy Roman Empire. It is called the Confederation of the Rhine. And it's essentially under the protection of Napoleon. And this is the first time-- we're starting to get to a point, Germany won't be unified for another 60 or 70 years. But we're starting to get to the point that the German nation is escaping from the bounds of being the Holy Roman Empire. And so it's getting in that direction. So the Holy Roman Empire is gone. France gets significant territory from Austria, once again. Russia on some level is just humbled a little bit. And then we end in 1806, or at the end of 1805, with France dominant. And while all of that was happening, it was really in 1804 when France was only at war with Great Britain. The whole alliance hadn't formed yet. It 1804, in December-- and this is relevant that it's a peek into his ego. So this is the year before Austerlitz. In 1804, Napoleon declares himself, or he crowns himself Emperor. And this is a picture of him as Emperor. And after this point, instead of being called Napoleon Bonaparte, he is called Napoleon I. And the idea of crowning yourself Emperor, you might say, what's the point? You already were Consul for life, you have power for your whole life. But other than you get this neat title emperor, which probably feeds your ego quite well, but beyond that, this essentially establishes a dynasty. It now says, I'm not just a First Consul, I am the emperor. I'm Napoleon I. And it implies that his descendants will continue to reign over the French Empire. So on some level, he kind of destroys the notion of a republic. So we're ending the Third Coalition with France is dominant in Europe. It has gotten all of this territory mainly from Austria. The Holy Roman Empire no longer exists. It's now the Confederation of the Rhine. Napoleon, after Austerlitz, thinks that he is invincible. And he also is now Emperor. So all of his visions of grandeur are coming true.


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Coronelli's Suite of Double-Sheet Continents in his Most Important Atlas.
Coronelli's work "is more than a collection of maps… it is a compendium of geographical, cosmographical, and scientific information… on contemporary Italian science and geography" -- The World Encompassed
First volume. 46 double-page engraved maps and plates, 20 full-page or vignette maps and plates. Half-title; full-page engraved device with the imprint of the Argonauti dated "1691"; engraved title; engraved "gli Argonauti" plate; engraved portrait of Morosini; engraved dedication to the same (with text continuing in letterpress on verso); letterpress text.
Folio, 19x14 inches, early full vellum, spine in seven compartments separated by raised bands, lettering piece in the second.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) is one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and is known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a xylographer (a wood block engraver) at a young age. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. These globes were five feet in diameter. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King's huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons.
The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli's work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.


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Hilton to Launch Eforea Spa at Hilton Baku in Azerbaijan
Hotel & Resort October 06, 2011
Hilton Hotels & Resorts brings eforea: spa at Hilton, its global spa concept, to Europe this month with an opening at Hilton Baku, the brand's first hotel in Azerbaijan. The spa is situated on the 23rd floor of the new hotel, providing spa guests with views over the Caspian Sea and surrounding Baku cityscape.
Eforea: spa at Hilton debuted in October 2010 as the first global spa concept by Hilton Hotels & Resorts, the flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide. Today, 93 eforea: spa at Hilton locations are in development with spas currently open in the United States, Australia, China, New Zealand and Thailand.
Eforea: spa at Hilton Baku will feature treatments that use Kerstin Florian and Li'tya products as well as the line of Australian-made spa and grooming products specifically for men, VitaMan. Peter Thomas Roth products will complete the eforea offering with products and signature treatments that are an extension of the new in-room bath amenity collection rolling out at Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties around the world by year end.
The 1,500-square-meter spa at Hilton Baku offers eight oversized treatment rooms each with a private shower and dressing room. Changing areas, transition lounges for relaxation, full body hydro massage beds within the Jacuzzi and traditional hammam are a part of the eforea experience at Hilton Baku. The presidential spa suite features a private steam room and sauna, two treatment beds, a day bed and the most exquisite views of Baku. All areas of the spa were designed to maximize the signature views, including sunrise panoramas from the extensive fitness center and yoga room. The amenities also include an 18-meter lap swimming pool. For more information, visit www.hilton.com/eforea.
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Square Enix has announced the collectors edition for the upcoming Final Fantasy Type-0.
The Collectors edition is currently available to preorder and will launch alongside the standard release of the game for Playstation 4 & Xbox One during March 2015 for $99 / €89.99. The Collectors edition is set to include:
- Golden SteelBook Case: Featuring illustrations by world-renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano, this premium case holds both the game and soundtrack CD.
- Composer's Selections Soundtrack: Includes 15 tracks hand-picked by the game's composer, Takeharu Ishimoto.
- Final Fantasy Type-0 Manga: A complete 200 page manga comic establishing the world and characters of the game.
- 80-Page Art Book: Dive into the war-torn land of Orience through its illustrations and art renders.
- Ace's Cards: Five life-size replicas of the iconic cards held by Class Zero's Ace.
- Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae Demo: Every copy of the Collector's Edition includes a code for the Final Fantasy XV playable demo. Be among the first to play the game with your order of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD


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Day 36
Marquee Conspiracy
Some days it seems like there's an elaborate conspiracy to get me to come down off the wagon. It's like all of the restaurants and convenience store delis got together and decided to tempt me all at the same time. Like my abstinence from high calorie foods is driving their business into the ground. I can just imagine all of them getting together for an emergency meeting: (insert dream sequence harp music here) The meeting is just getting started when the leader of the conspiracy—The Blue Bell Delivery guy says "All right people, let's keep it together, he's on day 36 now, and we all know that if he gets to Day 100, some of us are going to start going under"... "But what do we do?" Screams a nervous restaurant manager "He seems so determined! Just the other day he was offered a toasted 800 calorie sub for free and he turned it down!!" (Crowd Gasp)... The King from BK then chimes in with "We've got to work together, we need to know his exact driving route, then we'll put all of the high calorie foods he loves on our marquees." Then Bill Braum stands up and ask "Do you think it will work?" Ronald McDonald tries to make a serious face to say "It may be the only chance we have to break him, now get out there kids and start putting up those signs, and if you can show him pictures, that's even better." Hey, it's a dream sequence, and dreams get crazy! They were really giving it their best shot today. In just a few mile stretch, I drove past several different signs all just begging me to come in and forget about this little journey. The first sign read "half price ice cream and drinks 2-4pm"...No Sean, keep it together...Then-- "two corn dogs 4 a dollar" ...nice try!---then "Try a Banana Pudding Shake" Stop it!...the next sign was "Try our new oven baked sandwiches" It didn't work last Thursday, and it's not working today! ...then it was "Large Frozen Yogurt Waffle Cone $1.79"...Then a big banner with the most delicious picture of a big, gigantic, king sized Mushroom and Swiss burger, with the invite-- "Try a Mushroom and Swiss Steakhouse Burger." No King! Leave me be! Before I could get to the safety of my garage I drove by a banner picture of a foot-long chili cheese coney...It was the size of my van! Have mercy! I can't help it, I'm a sign reader! I've always been a sign reader... I wonder what their strategy will be tomorrow? Whatever it is I know I'll survive, cause I'm determined my friend. They would have to come out into traffic and stuff the food in my mouth by force at the stoplight, and if that happens, well...we'd have to reach some kind of low calorie peace accord with these nuts. I'm done now. That was fun.
Irene asked me for a favor tonight and I was happy to do it for her. She wanted me to gas up her car while she got ready for work. Only one problem...her car is little. I'm not little. I've driven her little red Grand-Am GT before and it's not fun, and I really don't think it's safe to steer a car with your belly. But, it had been a while since I stuffed myself into her matchbox car, so I thought I'd give it a try. After all, She does so much for me how could I possibly say no? Well, I'm happy to report that I fit a little better! Noticeably better! I still looked like a circus act behind the wheel, but at least my belly wasn't touching it! I can't believe what a difference losing 30 plus pounds has made for me. I'm so excited about losing more, I mean really, if 30 plus pounds does all this, then what will 150 do? Or 250? I don't understand what has kept me from doing something so fun! This is really fun! And every day gets a little easier. It's just an automatic thing at this point. Oh, by the way...I gassed up her car at 2.19 a gallon. I never thought we would see it that low again.
We've discovered something at the YMCA. When we first started going, we'd get into the court together and take turns hitting the bouncy blue ball. Then it hit us! Not the ball, an idea! As much as we enjoy playing "run after the ball" together, we could get a much more intense workout going solo! So that's what we did tonight. Courtney in one court and me in another. When you're the only one to keep the ball moving, it gets really big and sweaty in there fast! A tremendous workout. After a solid 20 minutes I thought i would try one of the bicycles, and NO. I'm not quite ready for the bicycles, or should I say the seats aren't quite ready for me! I'll get there! Then I tried some kind of strange contraption that looks like it could really give me an amazing workout someday...just not today. So I went back into the racquetball court and worked some more until I was zapped.
Day 36 is history and 37 is waiting! Tomorrow evening I'll be faced with free wine and hors devours at a big promotion the radio station is hosting. I don't care for wine but I do love cheese! And crackers...and those little sandwiches...and cookies...and I think I'll save my calories for after that event. Irene is on a liquid diet tomorrow, as she prepares for a very invasive medical procedure on Wednesday, so maybe I'll join her as we gorge on Jello, popsicles, and broth! I'm headed for bed...Good night and...
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Man forever delves in his obsession of creating 'bridges' to interact and communicate for selfish needs. The latest milestone he successfully invented is fondly termed New Media. This mainly comprised of the hailed Internet, Cellular Phone, Video Conferencing, Satellite TV, Satellite Radio and other awe worthy communication technology. The quintessential difference between Traditional Mass Media and New Media is the question of content control. Speaking of tradition, the lay man had been used to only receiving information disseminated by mass media and its gatekeepers. Yes, he was skeptical and made his own opinions irrespective of media bombardment but he lacked a voice.
New Media is just that. It's his voice. It's a gargantuan platform for him to scream as loud as he can. The sheer beauty of being able to put one's opinions, thoughts, beliefs and view out there for the world to see made New Media an instant hit. Virtual Diaries called Blogs to rant away, single line blabs called microblogs, forum and communities to meet global netizens of the same wavelength, instant message and reply facilities on the go…what more could one ask for. It's safe to say, new media takes individual's right freedom of speech and expression to newer dizzy heights beyond the curb of nations and their chalk drawn boundaries.
It's a long information superhighway with no stop signs, no signals or anyone to stop you. Is that necessarily good? Do anti-social elements allow for a clean positive use of such a phenomenon? Will control crazy governments of the world allow for such ruthless freedom?
The freedom of this revolutionary technology reaches far and wide even into the hands of anti-social elements. Rouges, terrorists (the trendy tag), scamsters et al ruthlessly use new media to concretise their plans. The 26/11 terrorists used satellite telecommunication to communicate with each other while taking Mumbai hostage. Religious extremists and propagandist continue to use the internet to for disseminating hateful and instigating messages.
Governments such as in China and Pakistan have imposed severe restrictions on their citizens over the internet. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority in Feb 2008 ordered the banning of Pakistani access to the popular video hosting site YouTube.com though access was eventually restored. In 2010, Britain passed a strict cyber law against piracy and websites hosting peer-to-peer sharing as well. Currently concerns regarding a growing tendency of governments around the world attempting to selectively restrict access to the user-generated new media content are on the rise. Censorship is catching on in many countries and pressure for websites and service providers to practise self censoring is soaring.
But man has always found a way around obstacles. Owing to the ban on political blogs in China, campaigns like Adopt a Chinese Blogger cropped up where a non-Chinese would get in touch with a blogging enthusiast Chinese by mutual consent, thus allowing the Chinese blogger to write via a mediator non-China IP.
This is merely one of thousands of examples depicting how no mountain is high enough to gag man and his innate need to communicate. New media has effectively given power back to the people.


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For the fourth year in a row, Democratic lawmakers have accused federal agencies of failing to meet their small business contracting obligations.
The government earned an overall grade of 'D' in an annual small business contracting report card, released June 25 by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y. Last year, agencies garnered a 'C' overall.
The government awarded 22.62 percent of prime contract dollars to small businesses in fiscal 2002, down slightly from 22.8 percent in 2001, according to information from the Federal Procurement Data System. The governmentwide goal is 23 percent. Velázquez's report also noted that agencies failed to meet a variety of other goals-such as awarding 5 percent of prime contract dollars to women-owned businesses. In fiscal 2002, the total reached 2.9 percent.
Flanked by several small business owners at a press conference, Velázquez placed the blame squarely on President Bush. "What this scorecard makes clear is that the Bush procurement policies are a complete and utter failure," she said. "Once again the administration is unwilling to attack the problem head on, which is a badly broken procurement system."
Not so, said an Office of Management and Budget official. He said the administration now requires agencies to submit quarterly reports on their efforts to limit contract bundling, the practice of combining unrelated requirements into one large contract. Additionally, the Small Business Administration is close to finalizing a rule that will require greater justification for the practice.
Small business advocates complain that bundling often creates packages that are too large for small firms to go after. As a result, the firms are losing out on millions of dollars, Velázquez contended.
But the available data from the federal government on the size and scope of contract bundling is limited.
Velázquez wants to give the Small Business Administration power to review bundled contracts and break them apart if the requirements can be handled by small firms. She did not specify if that should be done once a contract reaches certain dollar thresholds, or whether it should apply to specific types of contracts. The SBA proposal suggests that reviews take place for contracts exceeding $7 million at Defense; $5 million at NASA, the Energy Department and the General Services Administration; and $2 million for all other agencies.
Rather than break up contracts without any specific reason, agencies should strive to set aside projects in areas where small businesses are most viable, said Steve Kelman, a professor at Harvard University and head of procurement policy during the Clinton administration.
"Let's spend our efforts looking for those areas where small businesses are genuinely competitive," Kelman said during an interview last week. He added that the anti-bundling movement often overlooks the benefits agencies receive, including lower costs.


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When You're Away Where Does Your Pooch Play?
>> Friday, December 12, 2008
When I lived in Minnesota I worked some really strange hours. Some days I would leave the house at 9 am and not return until 4 am the next day. And when Doug & I began dating I couldn't bring my dog along for the weekend to visit. Luckily there was an amazing dog boarding and sitting service very close to my house. They treated Toby like royalty, he got to socialize with other dogs and they would even bathe him. He loved it there (probably more than he loved it at home).
I just saw that a Camp Bow Wow will be opening not too far away from where we live. It's doggy day camp with human and canine playmates, "cabins" with bedding and "campfire" treats if your dog spends the night and lots of fun. You can even keep watch on your furry friend with "camper cam" online.
Sounds like fun, huh? If there's not a Camp Bow Wow near you why not Start Pet Sitting Business for yourself? It's a chance to be the "top dog", so to speak, enjoy your job and take your pooch to work. Hmmm, if there wasn't already one opening so close I might consider it…


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Rumarin Wanted to Model
So I let him. This is for you guys. Nexus can't have all the fun, and dayum this boy. Nexus don't deserve him. lol He's modeling one version of the Wandering Sellsword. The other version has a duster, but that's Valerion's bit. You'll see. Anyway, before I fall asleep on the keyboard…
Goodnight you awesome peoples.
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He's adorable, and that shirt! Nice! 🙂
Thanks and thanks! He and Adriel are due for a new set. I miss them :'(
Ah Rumarin. I love that goober lol
I love this take on Rumarin, too. He's such a doof. What a pity I can't run with him and Hjoromir together, that would be a treat.
Hjoromir, oh my goodness…I've never had a character willing to get past a few phrases. You can imagine Rei's reaction to him lol
I'm debating releasing my Erevan (who one day will make it here when I actually play again) and Rumarin replacers. It's not the same as making a follower out of a PC for other people or publishing my PC's presets, but it's still in that realm of being personal. I dunno!
Oh, I can.
Marcus adores him. They're like brothers. Where one brother never stops talking and gets to carry all of the stuff. Hilariously, if you get the kid going on one of his stories and Inigo is about, and he accidentally nicks Inigo… lol. I'm sure I have pictures somewhere.
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Jesus told us to wait for his return and be ready. We've been waiting a long time, but are we really ready?
We share our thoughts about the end times and why the idea of Jesus' return sparks fear more than hope for most of us. If Jesus really was coming back by Friday would we celebrate or panic?


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- Announcement: I got published in 365 Tomorrows, check that out HERE.
A lot of times, I write these random scenes, usually hoping that they'll grow into a full story. Sometimes they just don't. Since I have no hope in ever getting those published, I'll just post them here. This one, like a lot of them, is just a simple conversation between two people. I might come back to the idea at some point, I think there's some comedic/surreal potential here.
I was waiting in line at a pharmacy.
"So, what are you in for?" The guy behind me asked.
"What, is this a prison or something?"
"Well a prison is a correctional facility, right? People come here for fixin' too."
"So a disease is equivalent to, what, a misdemeanor?"
"Eh, more like a felony, right? You ain't comin' in for cold meds, you know?"
"Great, so I'm like a felon?"
"Well, you'd prefer never having to be here at all right?"
"Yeah, sure, like a felon. Right."
"You feel me?"
"Whatever dude. I'm just here to get a flu vaccine."
"Ah main, that's like the embezzlement of medication. So uncool."
"Dude, if I had cancer, Wouldn't I be at an actual hospital?"
"Of course, those are like the maximum security ones. I wasn't expecting much. Burglary would've been fine."
"I think you lost me, here."
"Ah, you'll come around to my way of thinking."
"Alright, so what are you 'in for', eh?"
"I've got an addiction to narcs, y'know?"
"They can probably hear you."
"I have plausible deniability. I think."
"You're kinda scary, man."
"What, you got something against medicine abuse?"
"Uh, yeah, kind of."
"Well, that's too bad for you."
"But like, what's the equivalent to a felony for you? A repeat offender, sure, but you… actually like prison?"
"Eh, the food's good."
"Oh, I am so lost in this metaphor."
"That's the sign that the metaphor is really solidly constructed, really."
The people in front of my had all gone, It was finally my time to go up.
"Well, good luck with your meds, dude."
"You too, white-collar."


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Hiking is an activity that can easily be enjoyed by just about anyone due to the variety of terrain available. If you're a beginner, you can find more mellow, short hikes that are not too steep or technical. If you're a hiking veteran, you can find the steepest, gnarliest hikes leading you to the middle … Read more ›
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Camping is a simple hobby loved by families, weekend-warriors, outdoor enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies. I mean, who doesn't love sleeping out under the peaceful, starry, night sky staring at the star constellations? The possibilities are endless and you can camp nearly wherever and whenever you wish, even in the winter. That's right, camping isn't just … Read more ›
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pinterest, unfortunately I do not know what blog or website it was pinned from, because it does not seem to lead back to the original site.
Welcome to Lines, Dots, and Doodles. This is the place for students, parents, and teachers to find out what has been going on in my art class. I have included pictures of my student's artwork and basic explanations of the projects. I hope when you leave this blog, you feel inspired to create. Feel free to browse this blog and borrow any of my art lessons.
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