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Female Kurdish militia leader widely reported as killed by Syrian rebels turns up alive
A female Syrian militia leader widely reported 10 days ago as killed by anti-government rebels has turned up alive and apparently well, according to a video posted on the Internet Sunday.
Nujin Derik was captured by rebels fighting to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad late last month when rebels entered Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo and clashed with the militia she led – evidence of the complexities of Syria's ethnic fault lines. Her death, supposedly at the hands of the rebels, was widely circulated by news agencies after it was reported Nov. 2 by the PYD Kurdish militia and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based organization that tracks Syria's casualties.
But on Saturday she was welcomed with tears and celebratory gunfire in the Kurdish town of Afrin, north of Aleppo. While she provided no details of her two weeks in rebel hands or how she came to be released, she offered support for the rebel cause in the video, which was posted on YouTube and also broadcast by a Kurdish-language satellite television channel.
"I bless your struggle, I'm happy for you," she said. "I thank the resistance and I like them and I will do whatever they want."
Dirik, whose Kurdish had a pronounced Turkish accent, also made reference to Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of a larger Kurdish armed group, the Kurdish Worker's Party, or PKK, which has fought a decades-long guerrilla war in Turkey. Ocalan has been in a Turkish prison since 1999. The United States, the European Union and Turkey have labeled the PKK a terrorist group.
"I hope that by our movement we will gain the freedom of our leader," she said.
Syrian Kurds and their alliance with the PKK are a wild card in Syria's civil war, which is portrayed primarily as a conflict between the Assad government and anti-Assad rebels, who are backed by Turkey.
Syrian Kurds have long sought autonomy from the Assad regime – a number of the group's leaders were hunted by the Syrian government – but they have been slow to embrace the rebels, the vast majority of whom are Arab Sunni Muslims who either oppose Kurdish autonomy or for whom it is not a priority.
The tensions are complicated by the PYD's ties to the PKK and by the PYD's recent accommodation with the Assad government, which turned control of much of Syria's Kurdish areas over to the PYD in July after rebels launched offensives in Aleppo and Damascus, Syria's capital. To add to the complexity, the rebels also have Kurdish allies, notably the Kurdish National Council, which was formed last year as a counterweight to the PYD and is trying to negotiate between the rebels and the PYD to avoid further violence.
Fighting between the rebels and the PYD broke out in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, two weeks ago. The PYD said the clashes began when rebels fired on a demonstration against their presence in two neighborhoods dominated by hundreds of thousands of Kurds. Kurdish supporters of the rebels claim the PYD manufactured the claims because of pressure from the Syrian government.
Whatever the truth, many Syrian Kurds are suspicious of the Arab rebels and their close ties to the Turkish government.
Kurdish opposition to the rebels is important strategically. The two neighborhoods in question, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh, are all that stand between the rebel-held rural areas north of the city and contested neighborhoods in the city's center and south. Capturing them would provide a push to the rebel offensive in Aleppo, which has bogged down after its initial gains in July.
The rebels also have met resistance in Aleppo from Armenians and Christians who've formed local militias supported by the government.
A PYD decision to allow the rebels to occupy Aleppo's Kurdish neighborhoods could be a major victory for the rebels.
"For a long time, the (rebels) delayed the battle in Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud because they realize what kind of tension there could be," said Abdo, a pro-rebel Kurdish activist from Aleppo who declined to give his last name. "Many Kurds are neutral, not supporting any side. If the Kurds join, it could speed up the fighting."
The leader of one Kurdish group fighting with the rebels said Sunday that the PYD has been given an ultimatum.
"They can fight with us against the regime or fight against us. They recognize we have good fighters, and they will be under siege if they try to fight us," said Piwar Mustafa, a defected Syrian army officer and a leader of the Salahedeen al Ayoubi rebel battalion. Mustafa is from Anadan, north of Aleppo, and his battalion fights in Aleppo and the surrounding rural areas.
"We will go to Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud, but we are planning to go with Kurdish battalions," Mustafa said.


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Roma Termini
Even beyond these figures, Roma Termini has come to play a primary role in the urban, regional, national and international transport system. Taking as its starting point the consideration that stations are privileged places of passage, fundamentally important resources for cities in constant expansion and evolution, the Grandi Stazioni project was developed to transform Italy's 13 most important stations into comfortable, secure and assessible places with the dual role of multi-modal transport hubs and city piazzas rich in commercial services and opportunities.
The renovation of Termini station has confirmed the validity of this idea, thanks to investments totalling some 119 million euros and the works speedily carried out on the occasion of the 2000 Jubilee.
HistoryDesigned by Salvatore Bianchi, built amongst the fields and vinyards of the Esquiline hill in 1867, at its inauguration it was described by Pope Pius IX as "the railway station of the capital city of Italy ". Although at the time it seemed too large for the needs of the capital of the Papal State (with just over 180 thousand inhabitants), just fifteen years later it had already proved to be inadequate for the needs of its ever-increasing railway traffic.
In the immediate post-war years the problem cropped up again and the State Railways' Works Department proposed that the entire station complex should be altered. In 1925, architect Angiolo Mazzoni was asked to study a new project for the enlargement of the original building by Salvatore Bianchi. The initial studies foresaw an underground station consisting of two terminus stations (one on the north and one on the south) whose lines, passing underground through the city, would meet up at Termini, viewed however as a central transit station, and also located underground.
Before drawing up a final project able to win the approval of both the Duce and Minister Benni, Mazzoni examined various other solutions to try to find an integrated way of combining the old structures with the new. Instructions he could not ignore, which despite his best efforts would later cost him the strongest criticism, foresaw the creation of forms of classical inspiration, vast solemn expanses with arches, vaulting and a huge entrance hall conceived not as a filter between the station and the city but instead as an "imposing entrance to a temple".
A curious feature of the "Mazzonian" project was the way it sought to represent the Italian nation through the use of marble: various precious marbles typical of Italy were selected to cover the walls and floors.
Mazzoni's departure for Colombia and the start of the second world war halted the construction works at Termini. When the war came to an end, the wings of the new station were almost completed but the front part of building still remained to be built. In the changed political climate, it seemed appropriate to re-examine the design from the economic, functional and architectural points of view, and in 1947 a national competition was launched whose winners (the Montuori Vitellozzi group) were assigned the task of completing Mazzoni's work.
The remains of the Agger Servianus, adequately valorized by the "Dinosaur", symbolically represent the continuity existing between the ancient and the modern arts of building.
When the works were completed, Termini station had acquired its present-day form. It was inaugurated on 20th December 1950 by Italy's current President, Luigi Einaudi.
New station servicesThe quality standard of the station's traveller services has been much enhanced by the modernisation of the ticketing offices, the strengthening of the information structures, the introduction of automatic ticketing machines, the new left-luggage office and continuously supervised toilet facilities.
The thousands of mosaic tesserae covering the "Dinosaur" roof of the Ticketing Hall now twinkle brightly after the painstaking restoration works; and beneath the flowing lines of the Entrance Hall, the modern design of the big new station bookshop catches the eye.
Architecture, culture and contemporary artThe original architecture of Roma Termini, a mixture of styles fluctuating between the Thirties and the Fifties, has been integrated by works in a modern key signed by Grandi Stazioni's staff in collaboration with prominent designers such as Atelier Mendini, Michele De Lucchi, Pierluigi Cerri, Vignelli Associates and Piero Castiglioni.
The Mazzonian Wing on via Giolitti has been valorized by converting it into a multifunctional center offering services of public utility and opportunities for shopping, special events, food and refreshments, wellbeing and culture.
The splendid spaces available at Roma Termini are often chosen as locations for concerts, meetings, exhibitions, and for literary and social events. On 23rd December 2006, in an official ceremony, Termini Station was dedicated to Pope John Paul II.
SecuritySecurity in the station has been strengthened by the use of Police Forces supported by an integrated system of detectors and closed-circuit TV cameras, connected to a Control Room operating 24 hours per day. In addition, a special programme coordinated by the national police force has also been activated.
Grandi Stazioni, in collaboration with the State Railways' Security work-team, the company's own Protection function and the National Police units present in the station, has successfully tested a scheme comprising both passive and active security measures.

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Bessemer City coach Danny McDowell spent most of the game trying to coax Highland Tech out of a stubborn 1-3-1 zone defense.
GASTONIA � Bessemer City coach Danny McDowell spent most of the game trying to coax Highland Tech out of a stubborn 1-3-1 zone defense.
But in the end, during the game�s critical minutes, it was McDowell�s decision to switch to a zone himself that put the Yellow Jackets over the top in a 56-48 road victory in Southern Piedmont 1/2A Conference play Thursday night.
The strategy was designed to slow down the Rams� Kameron Harper, who torched BC for 24 points through the first three quarters, mostly by dribble drives into the lane. And the defensive plan worked down the stretch as Harper was held to three field goal attempts and five points in the final eight minutes.
�He was killing us,� McDowell said, �so we had to go zone to slow him down. That was a big factor. Once we got him slowed down, we were able to play our game.�
Highland Tech trailed by only one, 44-43, in the opening minute of the fourth quarter, but BC went on a 9-0 run that culminated in a drive and dish by guard Tyrece Meeks with 2:32 left.
With BC in its delay offense, Meeks drove into the lane, drew the defense to him, and flipped to Ronnie Webber for a layup to make the score 53-43, Bessemer City.
The Rams never got closer than five points after that.
Michael Meeks led BC with 18 points, including five in the fourth quarter to fuel the decisive run.
The Yellow Jackets moved to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the SPC.
�We only have two seniors on the team, and you can the see the maturity growing in the other guys game by game. They work hard every day in practice,� McDowell said.
Girls: Bessemer City 45, Highland Tech 42 � The Lady Yellow Jackets overcame an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull out their first conference win.
Trailing 42-34, BC scored the final 11 points of the game, taking the lead for good on a basket by Madison Carter with 26 seconds left. Carter broke for the basket on an inbounds play under BC�s basket, and Kelsey Miller hit her for a layup, making it 43-42.
BC�s full court pressure forced Highland Tech into turnovers on four straight possessions in the final 27 seconds, the last coming with 4 seconds left.
Anjala Brewton led the Lady Yellow Jackets with 14 points, nine of them coming from 3-point range. Carter added 11 for BC (3-3, 1-1).
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- Shenouda III (Gayyid) of Alexandria appears to be a copy of: http://st-takla.org/Pope-1.html —[[User:ASDamick|—Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!)]] 14:30, 7 Jul 2005 (EDT)
It doesn't belong to St Takla's Church site (which is also a Coptic Orthodox Church in the city of Alexandria under our Pope's full rule). Our Coptic Church releases and updates English/Arabic/French/German biographies of our Pope like this one on different occasions (e.g., HH Silver Jubilee in 1996) and these are free to use/distribute, and already in use, abridged or in full, in many sites, not just the site of St Takla Haymanot's Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, e.g.,: http://icopts.com/new_site/content/view/70/230/ http://icopts.com/new_site/content/view/71/230/
I also wanted to add (under Ecumenical Relations): Report About Relations With the Russian Orthodox Church (http://www.coptic.net/public/news/2001-04-06.txt)
P.S. Coptic literally means Egyptian/of Egypt.
- Issue resolved. See article Talk page. —[[User:ASDamick|—Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!)]] 14:39, 7 Jul 2005 (EDT)
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- Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria is a copy of http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/patriarch.htm
The text and image are copyrighted on the source site, though not explicitly on the source page. However, there is no copyright information attached to the orthodoxwiki page or the image, so this at least needs to be resolved. [[User:Magda|—magda (talk)]] 12:44, 6 Sep 2005 (EDT)
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With a full time job and a wedding to save up for it's not often these days that I get to have a really extravagant night out. However, the fiance and I decided that this year we would once again return to the Magdalene May Ball and indulge in some nostalgia.
I chose a black MaxMara Pianoforte ball gown that has been hanging in my wardrobe for the last 10 years! The last time I wore this I was 16! It was a special gift from my mama to wear for my first ever ball at school and having carefully preserved it for a decade I decided that this would be the perfect time to revive it. The dress itself is pretty simple as it is made up of layers of black material. The netting underskirt really gives it the vavavoom, however it can feel a little overwhelming so I tied the belt in a kimono style (tying it around twice with a bow at the front) to add some definition to my waist.
For my hair I used my trusty Babyliss rollers. I decided on a half up, half down style to ensure my hair stayed in place all night and secured it at the back with a beautiful silver feather comb the fiance got me for Christmas. When it came to makeup I reverted to form with a silver and black smokey eye topped with false lashes.


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text: Loyola launches Bright Minds, Bold Hearts campaign to raise $100 million December 8, 2013 | By Rita Buettner Campaign chair Ken Boehl, his wife Kathy, Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J., and Pat and John Cochran pose for a photo during the campaign kick-off celebration Dec. 7. During the event the Cochrans announced they would make a $5 million gift to Loyola. When alumni, parents, and friends of Loyola University Maryland gathered Dec. 7 to celebrate the launch of the University's comprehensive campaign, they may not have realized they were in for an evening of surprises. They were introduced to the campaign name, Bright Minds. Bold Hearts: The Campaign for Loyola University Maryland, and learned that more than $43 million of the $100 million campaign goal had been raised as of that day. They had a chance to explore the campaign priorities firsthand through a hands-on, interactive culinary experience. But the biggest surprise of the evening came in a $5 million gift from Loyola trustee John Cochran, '73, and his wife, Patricia, to support scholarship funding for students from the Baltimore area, and to fund Loyola's Alumni House, which opens officially Jan. 13, 2014. "It has always been about scholarships for Pat and me. We want to create the opportunity that I had for other young people," said Cochran, whose daughter, Kate, graduated from Loyola in 2000. "And, as a Loyola graduate, I can also appreciate the value of having an Alumni House, especially at an institution where the alumni have such deep, lasting affection for their alma mater." Though Loyola President Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., had known in advance of the Cochrans' gift, he was among those surprised by the announcement that the Alumni House will be named in his honor. "I'm stunned," Fr. Linnane said after John Cochran announced that the gift would name the building "The Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., Alumni House." Fr. Linnane has served as president of Loyola since 2005. "I hardly know how to thank Pat and John Cochran for this tremendous—and completely unexpected—honor they are bestowing on me personally," said Fr. Linnane. "The Cochrans have demonstrated their outstanding commitment to and deep generosity for Loyola over the years, and this magnificent five million dollar gift will make an extraordinary difference for our current and future students. Growing scholarship funding is critical to Loyola's success, and I extend my deepest gratitude to them on behalf of the University." Bright Minds, Bold Hearts is designed to affirm the University's commitment to Jesuit values, better prepare students for today's complex challenges, and strengthen Loyola's impact and national prominence. "As we come together to launch a comprehensive campaign that will shape Loyola's history for generations to come, we are here not just to talk about Loyola, think about Loyola, and imagine all that Loyola can be in the future, but to embark together on a journey of exploration and celebration," Fr. Linnane told the group gathered in the University's Reitz Arena. "What we offer here in our classrooms, in our residence halls, all around campus, is not merely knowledge or career preparation. Our students aren't checking off a box to say they have collected a degree. Not at all. In fact, Loyola is a humanizing force." The campaign will support the key initiatives in Loyola's strategic plan: Messina, Sellinger School of Business and Management, Athletics, Loyola College, Clinical Centers, School of Education, Global Studies, Mission and Ministry, York Road Initiative, and the Annual Fund. The funds raised will grow Loyola's endowment, scholarship funds, and faculty positions, and grow Messina, Loyola's living learning program for first-year students which launched for one-third of the class this fall. All first-year students will be enrolled in the program beginning in fall 2015. "We have such a talented group of students learning from outstanding faculty, achieving so much academically, while also realizing the great need to give back, to serve something greater than themselves," said Ken Boehl, '76, MBA '81, campaign chair. "With this campaign, we are looking ahead to Loyola's future—a bright one, certainly, and a bold one, but one that will take us to even greater places than we can foresee this evening."


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Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty (Nose Reshaping)
Non-surgical rhinoplasty, commonly referred to as a non-surgical nose job, can enhance the appearance of the nose, correcting dips, troughs and bumps by injecting very small volumes of dermal filler.
It is a non-invasive treatment, also used to correct asymmetry and to enhance the shape of the nose, often following nose surgery.
Reasons for choosing to have non-surgical rhinoplastyClick to collapse
Non-surgical rhinoplasty—like most non-surgical procedures—is growing in popularity globally, and with both sexes, because of its convenience and affordability. Compared with surgery, non-surgical rhinoplasty is quick, easy, and cost effective. There is little pain and down-time involved, which makes the treatment even more attractive.
The non-surgical option also lacks the serious side effects, risks and complications that are possible with surgery. Non-surgical nose jobs allow for a change of heart, as effects are temporary. There are permanent dermal filler treatments for those who want a long-lasting result.
You are a good candidate and can benefit from a non-surgical nose job if
- You want to improve the symmetry of your nose.
- Your nose requires smoothing to get rid of contour irregularities.
- You need to fill out surrounding tissue to diminish the appearance of a bump.
- There are dents, depressions or grooves on your nose that you wish to improve.
- The tip of your nose droops, requiring elevation.
- You want to raise and better define a flat bridge.
- You want to diminish the appearance of a rounded nose tip, a procedure popular among African Americans and Asians.
- You have a crooked, scooped-out or "saddle nose" and want to improve your profile by straightening or correcting.
Your practitioner may also recommend non-surgical rhinoplasty if minor corrections are necessary to improve the results of previous nose surgery. Minor to moderate changes only are possible. Surgical rhinoplasty is required to reduce the size of a large nose or to completely reshape a nose.
Things to consider once you've decided to have non-surgical rhinoplastyClick to expand
Which filler is best for you?
A variety of dermal fillers may be used for non-surgical nose jobs. Each has its own distinct characteristics, as well as distinct potential risks and complications.
In deciding what is best for you, your practitioner will consider
- Your treatment needs.
- Whether you want a permanent or temporary result, and if temporary, how long you want the effects to last.
- Any known allergies or hypersensitivities to ingredients in fillers.
Your practitioner will be able to advise on the most appropriate filler for your individual needs, and to provide the best outcome and cost effectiveness.
What to expectClick to expand
The injection of dermal fillers into the nose is performed under local anaesthetic and can be completed in less than 30 minutes. Some people can be treated with a single session, but most cases require two or three treatments for best results.
Depending on the type of filler used and the extent of correction required, your practitioner may recommend a follow-up visit two or three weeks after the initial treatment. It is at this stage that any touch-up injections would be performed.
Your doctor will probably apply a numbing cream to your nose before the injections. If you feel nervous, the doctor may give you an oral sedative.
The dermal filler will be injected into a number of locations in small droplets using a fine needle. Injection sites and quantity of filler will depend upon the type and extent of correction needed. You will be able to go home immediately after the treatment.
Expect to have some bruising immediately following treatment or a few hours later. Your nose may feel tender for three to five days.
You can expect the results of your non-surgical rhinoplasty to last from 6 to 18 months. The length of time varies largely upon the type of dermal filler used.
Before and after treatmentClick to expand
There are things that you can do leading up to any kind of treatment that will improve the experience.
As well as following general steps to speed up the healing process, there are important things you must do after your non-surgical rhinoplasty to ensure its success. The precautions you need to take depend on the type of dermal filler that will be used in your treatment.
Here is a general list of after-care guidelines:
- Avoid any pressure on your nose for at least five days. Sleep on your back or in a reclining chair.
- Avoid chemical peels, sun exposure and laser treatments for at least a week following treatment as these procedures carry the potential for inflammation and scarring if undertaken too soon. You should refrain from tanning treatments during this period.
Each dermal filler is different and has specific post-treatment requirements, therefore any generalised post-treatment list has its limitations. Discuss with your practitioner the specific after-care applicable to the dermal filler used in your treatment. Follow your practitioner's instructions closely, to ensure good results and a speedy recovery.
Possible risks and complicationsClick to expand
As with any cosmetic procedure, there are risks involved in non-surgical rhinoplasty and you should be fully aware of these before you elect to have the treatment. The best way to reduce risk is to locate a fully-qualified practitioner with formal training in injectables, who has performed the treatment many times.
Specific complications that may occur after a non-surgical rhinoplasty include:
- Redness, which will disappear after a couple of days.
- Swelling and bruising, which will slowly subside, enabling you to see the results of the enhancement.
- Tenderness in the nose.
- Infection.
- Nasal skin damage.
- A lumpy or asymmetrical appearance or unsatisfactory outcome.
Silicone injections have been known to involve the additional risks of migration—where the injected silicone moves to another part of your face—and may increase the risk of the formulation of granulomas.
Depending upon the dermal filler used, itching, hypersensitivity and allergic reactions are also possible. Discuss with your practitioner what the potential reactions are for the filler that will be injected into your nose. Keep your practitioner's contact numbers with you and seek advice in case of any adverse reactions. Make sure your practitioner knows about any allergies before the filler is chosen.
These problems are sometimes associated with inexperienced or unqualified injectors, or the injection of large quantities at one time.
Experience and training are especially important with injectable treatments. As well as helping to avoid unnecessary risks and complications, the skill of the injector is a necessary component for a successful outcome.
Just as you would discuss potential benefits before a procedure, it is always advisable to ask your practitioner to address the potential risks as they apply to you. The doctor can also advise you how to avoid or minimise some types of risk.
Rough costs involvedClick to expand
The cost of a non-surgical rhinoplasty depends upon a number of factors, including the type of filler used, the number of treatment sessions needed, and the volume of filler injected in each session. Your costs will also vary depending on the practitioner you select.
Your practitioner will help you estimate potential costs of treatment at the initial consultation, after considering the extent of correction and choosing the dermal filler that is best suited for you.
You should expect the costs to be higher if you are having combined treatments at the same time.
This information is correct as of 2019.
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Very easiest way to make nose reshape without any facial exercises just try to use noseright tool which is help you to get smaller nose naturally
I have a bump on the bridge of my nose (broken and didn't set properly) from reading about the fillers it seems to match the rest of the nose to the fault, is there another option for me as I don't want a high bridge but I also don't want the bump
I wanna ask u that ..non-surgery or surgery is better for nose…actually I wanna do non surgery but many ppls warned me that fillers are not good ..after filler u may face many problems like puss and swelling blackish and bluish colour around that area .and I want permanent filler .help me..ur feedback is awaited ..:-)
Ive had artefil in my nose and now my left nostril has closed and green puss is coming out of tip. What do i do?
Hi I just wanted to know if non-surgical rhinoplasty is permanent and if yes is there any danger? Thank you!!
itomorrow i had non surgical rhinoplasty,now am having bruises on my nose…
i have no pain,but my skin is so black,n blueish both…
please tell me what to do,and how to get rid from it as soon as possible.
Hello Cathy,
Does these fillers affect breathing? and what if i was not satisfied with the result, what can i do ? or i have to wait until it vanish.
thank you
Hi Raya,
Thanks for your question. No, these fillers will not affect your ability to breathe. The effect of these dermal fillers is generally not reversible, but it is also not permanent. Depending on the specific dermal filler used, the effect may last a few months to a year or longer. If you are concerned about not liking its effect on your nose shape, you might wish to consider one of the shorter-duration formulations.
Hi i have a bent nose was wondering how much it might cost for an upliftment ….
Hi Sohil,
Thanks for your question! The costs of rhinoplasty surgery is usually between $8000 and $15000 (AUD), while non-surgical nose reshaping is less expensive. These costs vary considerably from doctor to doctor, and the costs of non-surgical treatments depend on the type and volume of filler injected. We advise you to consult with a local practitioner; you will receive an estimate of the potential costs during the initial consultation session.
I'm quite unhappy with the hump on my nose, but I don't feel ready for surgery at the moment. I woner how much that would be and how long it'd last?


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*See note, Vol. II, page 219.
Mr. Harrison, chairman of the special committee on the subject of forfeited, waste and unappropriated lands, submitted the following report:
28. All private rights and interests in lands within this State, derived from the laws of Virginia prior to the time this Constitution goes into operation, shall remain valid and secure under the laws of this State, and shall be determined by the laws then existing in the State of Virginia.
29. No entry by warrant on lands in this State shall be made after this Constitution goes into operation; and in all cases where an entry has been made before that time, and then or thereafter, so perfected as to entitle the locator to a grant, the legislature shall make provision by law for issuing the same.
30. The legislature shall make provision for the sale of all lands in this State, forfeited to the State of Virginia for the non-payment of taxes charged thereon for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and prior thereto, or for the failure of the owners thereof to have the same entered and charged on the land books of the proper county, with taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, or prior thereto, under the laws of Virginia, as well as of all waste and unappropriated lands, by proceedings to be had in the circuit court of the county where such lands may lie.
31. All lands within the bounds of this State returned delinquent for non-payment of taxes to the State of Virginia, or forfeited for the failure of the owners to have the same entered on the books of the commissioner of the revenue, since the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- one, shall, as soon as this Constitution goes into operation, be released and exonerated from forfeiture and from the delinquent taxes charged thereon; provided, however, that this section shall not apply in the case of forfeiture of any tract containing more than one thousand acres, and in cases of delinquency to any tract where the amount of taxes, exclusive of damages, shall exceed twenty dollars.
32. And all such lands as have been vested in the State of Virginia as mentioned in the preceding section either by forfeiture or purchase at the sheriffs' sales for delinquent taxes, but which shall not be released from such forfeiture, by the proviso thereto, may be redeemed by the former owners by payment to the State of West Virginia of the amount of taxes and damages due thereon within five years after this Constitution goes into operation, and the residue of such lands so vested, and not redeemed, or which shall not be released by this Constitution from such forfeiture or delinquency shall be treated as forfeited lands. Provided, however, that the former owners shall be entitled to the excess of the proceeds of such lands over the taxes and damages due thereon, and the costs of their claim to the same be filed in the Circuit Court within two years from the sale of the land.
On motion of Mr. Van Winkle this report was taken up for consideration, section by section.
The several sections were then read and adopted.
And, on motion of Mr. Van Winkle, said report was taken up on its second reading; and the question recurring upon the adoption of the whole report, it was put and decided in the affirmative; after which it was referred to the Committee on Revision and Engrossment.
On motion of Mr. Dille the Convention adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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So, I had a bit of an epiphany the other day.
I had to go to the doctor's to have him take a look at my hand which, truth be told, has been hurting me for months now, but as the mother of a toddler I am no longer allowed to indulge in luxuries such as timely medical attention or peeing in complete privacy. Anyway, I headed off to the doctor's…no, wait. I'm skipping a step. To make a long story short, our family doctor has his olive grove bordering on our olive grove above Capodacqua, so he spends lots of time talking This Year's Harvest with my father-in-law Ugo when they run into each other out there (often, it seems, since my doctor appears to visit patients a total of two hours a day). Unfortunately, whenever I stop by Dr. Bensi's office with some minor complaint or prescription to renew, he invariably settles himself down for a nice satisfying chat about fertilizer and pruning techniques. This used to be a bit of a problem, since I have something to confess. We all have our dirty little secrets and this is mine: I don't really know all that much about the daily workings of our farm, Brigolante, my home for the past ten years. I often have guests at our agriturismo ask me things like how many pigs we have in the barn, and I look them straight in the eye and respond: four females, two males, and 14 piglets. I'm lying. I don't have the faintest idea of how many animals are in the barn, what is planted in the north field and the running market price of barley. In fact, the last time I was in the barn was Christmas eve 1997, which began with an emergency 1 a.m. porcine birth, and faded out to a touching scene of me, attired in a cocktail dress and black pumps holding a slop bucket in each hand filled with squirmy, slippery newborn piglets while my husband, in suit and tie, whacked at the glowing new mother with a broomstick to get her to lie down and nurse, both of us cursing our neighbors Peppe and Gentile with all our linguistic creativity for having invited my in-laws over for a late game of cards.
Back to the doctor story. For about the first eight years I lived here, I would no sooner step into Dr. Bensi's office before he would whip off his glasses, lean back in his chair, and bark, "Is Ugo spraying his trees this year?" and I would stare at my shoes in shame and mumble something under my breath about how I really wasn't sure and the rest of our interview would be terse and stilted and I was starting to worry that I was receiving substandard medical care because of this whole olive thing. However, being the kind of gal that takes a bull by the horns (after almost a decade of mortification) I now arm myself with knowledge before my doctor visits. Or, I always mean to, but seem to forget until 3 minutes before I'm supposed to leave for the appointment, which results in much frantic driving in my 4×4 from field to field searching for my father-in-law in blind panic, until I come upon wherever he is tilling, and pick my way across clumps of freshly plowed dirt in heels and a clean skirt until I'm within shouting distance and screaming over the noise of the tractor, "How's the olive harvest this year?" which, what with the engine roar and Ugo's encroaching deafness, inevitably leads to a vaudeville-esque routine of him yelling back, "No, thanks, I don't want a beer!" and me replying, "No, the OLIVE HARVEST THIS YEAR!" and him looking at me quizzically, "Yeah, the sky sure is clear" until I finally mime for him to shut off the damn tractor and repeat myself, at which point he really looks disconcerted, because, as I have already established, I'm not exactly in the habit of talking crops with Ugo. Then his face clears and with a look of comprehension he yells (my father-in-law yells even when there is no farm equipment to compete with), "Tell the Doc there isn't a damn thing to pick this year!" and I take off at a lumbering sprint back towards the idling car.
So, the other day I marched confidently into my doctor's office and deployed a preemptive strike before the good Doc even got out "Buon Giorno". "Doc," I said, "Ugo says there isn't a damn thing to pick this year" at which point Dr. Bensi yanked off his glasses, tossed them on the desk, and leaned back in his seat with the air of a man vindicated. This segued into a 15 minute conversation with me doing lots of nodding sagely and um-hmming and desperately trying to convey the image of someone who has the least opinion of whether or not this year will be worse than the harvest of '83, if plowing or leaving meadow is wiser with this kind of heat, and if old Mario's team of pickers skim off the top. Having successfully navigated these rocky waters, we were able to move on to talk of my hand. (Any of you still with me here will remember that this is how the whole thing started.) While the doctor was printing out the forms for an x-ray and specialist visit (which you then have to take to the hospital and wait in line to book an appointment, then come back for the appointment, then come back for the results of the appointment, then go back to your family doctor for follow-up, because Italy is many things, my friends, but user friendly ain't one of them) I made some crack about starting with the minor ailments of advanced age and Dr. Bensi immediately replied, "No, you're only 32." I automatically opened my mouth to correct him because, Lord knows, I'm only 31, before I realized with a bit of a shock that, in fact, I am 32.
Now, I'm not one of those people who really cares all that much about aging…no existential crisis or leaving my husband or anything for my 30th birthday (though there has been a noticeable proliferation of face creams in the bathroom over the past couple of years, because if it's a battle against time I'll go down fighting). As the great James Taylor said: The secret to life is enjoying the passing of time. Of course, his brain was completely fried on acid and we all know how he screwed things up with Carly, so as a mentor he's a dubious choice at best. Anyway, I am usually one of those people who takes successive birthdays with aplomb. But I suddenly had that recurring vision of myself sitting across the desk from a balding man in a white coat staring gravely at a leaflet for hair replacement in Sydney, then his hands intoning, "Ma'am, I'm sorry but you only have 55 years left to live" except all of the sudden he was intoning 54 and I felt a year had been shaved off my life. It was clearly time to regroup, reflect, reevaluate my priorities.
As soon as I left the doctor's I immediately ate a big Magnum Double Caramel ice cream bar, because with only 54 years left why bother dieting? Then, I resolved to catch up with my son's baby book. I am one of those masochistic freaks of nature allegedly keeping a baby book. I say allegedly because I haven't actually touched the thing for six months, which doesn't seem like much time until you consider that he's only two, so that's roughly a quarter of his life left undocumented. Anyway, I feel it's important to have something to page through sixteen years from now during the drive over to the police station with my husband, who has been dragged out of bed along with me by a 2 a.m. call from headquarters requesting that we come collect our son who has been picked up for drag racing/underage drinking/smoking reefer behind the school. It will remind me what a beautiful miracle he is and keep me from throttling him on sight when we get there.
But what this feeling of evanescent mortality really got me reflecting upon was the difference in how age/aging are perceived in Italy as compared to the States, and how the US is fundamentally much more of a youth oriented culture. This is actually a theme I have occasion to contemplate every three months when my college alumnus magazine arrives in the mail. There are good and bad things about having attended a top university (besides, of course, just another prestigious bumper sticker for your parents to add to their collection. My father claims that he keeps so many in clear view as an explanation to the world in general as to why at his advanced age he still can't afford anything better than a beat up '91 Mazda minivan with cracked windshield and left rear fender held on by duct tape): the good thing is that you meet all these highly intelligent, motivated overachievers. The bad thing is that you meet all these intelligent, motivated overachievers, so as I peruse the alumna news section of the magazine I get to say to myself, "Why look, there's Mary Jo! What's she up to these days? Oh, Supreme Court justice, mother of six, Olympic archer. And here's Billy Bob…hmmm Nobel prize winner last year, adopted 12 Brazilian street children, recently sold an investment property for six million" by which time I am turning the bathroom upside down searching for a razor blades and lamenting loudly to my husband about how I am a worthless piece of dog doo wasting my life away. Just for kicks, I'm tempted to write in, "Rebecca, who busted her a** to graduate with honors in Political Science/International Relations, now lives on a farm in the middle of nowhere, where she spends her days crashing her computer and fishing legos out of the toilet and lists among her hobbies stain removal and butchering of the Italian Language." That'd make 'em green.
What I'm getting at is that many of my contemporaries are quite far down the path of career and family and financial stability in the States, and this is accepted as just and good. Consider, however, that in Italy the average age of a college graduate is 27.8 years, after having studied for an average of 7, according to the August 7 issue of Panorama magazine. This means that in the US a graduate enters the labor market at least five years before her Italian counterpart (though, to clarify, many Italian degrees are the equivalent of US graduate degrees, such as law and medicine). Once out, Italian graduates face an incredibly stiff labor market…roughly half of all unemployed Italians are under 25; 1 in 3 people under 25 are unemployed according to Paul Ginsborg. There are numerous complicated reasons behind the lengthy stays at universities and youth unemployment, but the point I'm trying to make here is that most of our thirty something friends and acquaintances here in Umbria are only just finishing school and beginning their first jobs, not working on second homes and retirement packages. It's a little bit of a chicken and egg question, but this later start into career seems to have affected expectations for young people in general. In the US, by thirty you are expected to have your act together, or at least go into massive credit card debt to cultivate this image. There is no such pressure here in Umbria. Thirty is considered just about right here for kids to start moving out of the family home, getting married, starting a career. There is no sense of failure, or even showing up late to the game, to be pulling in your first paycheck at 31, and the youngest small business owners I know are…me and my superhusband, who founded his own company last year at the age of 34 after waiting for four years. The wisdom was for him to start up something in his name at 35, since clients don't really trust anyone too young. He stuck it out until 34, and then decided to roll his dice. (I'm not counting here the numerous friends we have who have entered into their historic family-run business, which is by far the most common model in Umbria.) This later blooming is accepted on a political level as well. A law passed in 2000 offered cheap government financing for "young entrepreneurs." The first version of the law defined a young entrepreneur as up to 25 years of age, the next version up to 30…to make a long story short, the definition for "young entrepreneur" is now until 40. 40?!? I know American kids who have retired at 40 (okay, I don't actually know any, but stories circulate).
On the flip side, Italians seem much more comfortable with growing old. There is so much pussyfooting around the word "old" in the US. No one is old anymore. They're older, or elderly. In Italy, old people are just old and make no bones about it. At a certain point, middle age women who routinely dye their hair a strange shade of copper, dress in tight jeans and stilettos overnight morph into bowed little old ladies wearing Queen Mother shoes, who garden in wool tweed skirts and take bus trips to places like San Giovanni Rotondo or Lourdes. It happened to my mother-in-law (okay, she's never worn jeans, but you get my meaning). My grandmother in Chicago at almost 80 still dresses in velour track pants, blindingly white tennies, power walks the mall each morning, and would probably be offended to hear herself referred to as elderly. Her big source of pride is that they still ask for ID for the Tuesday retiree discount at Dominick's Supermarket.
So I've come to the conclusion that your life as an adult is brief here in Umbria, Italy. You don't grow up until after 40, and suddenly by sixty you're primary concern is playing bocce and ballroom dancing. I'm happy to find that I am still in the flower of my youth here, quite precocious on a professional level, really. And, in moments of alumnus rag self-doubt, I comfort myself with the thought that thirty years from now Mary Jo, Billy Bob, and their kin will be dead of stress related cardiac disorders while I will be here in the Bel Paese, dressed in a support stockings and kerchief boarding a coach for La Verna.
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Michelle | Bleeding Espresso |
OK first of all, you were blogging in 2003 — kudos! Second, I have to say I rather enjoy still being "young" at 34…and I also still like flipping through my alumni mags (online) and trying to imagine my former classmates' daily lives. This activity often reinforces my belief that I'm exactly where I should be 😉 So glad you shared this one from the archives.
Anna Mangus |
Yet again, Italians, by my estimation, have got it right when it comes to slow and steady wins the race. Can't get enough of these stories!
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Although it would have to be a saucer of milk instead o' beer.
P.S. FF2, I wrote my status long before this thread.
I don't really know anyone . No ONE ....
My obvious choice was ReleasetheAnimal, but since I've achieved that milestone...
My goal is to one day go to a home game, and motivate all you dooshes to go and have Hampur Tailgate.
Your bro posts here?
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Depends on the kind of beer.
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Raoul, PK, and jetswin.
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Would be fun to meet most of you to have a drink and watch a game or, better yet, the aforementioned hampur tailgate
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The decade-long conflict may be old news at home, but in one
Marine platoon, it starts new every day
Wall Street Journal April 9, 2011
On March 17, St. Patrick's Day, a dozen Marines, coated in mud, were sloshing through poppy fields in southern Afghanistan. Walking point for the patrol, Lance Cpl. Cody "Yaz" Yazzie swept a small metal detector back and forth. Twelve grunts from the Third Platoon followed carefully in his footsteps.
Back in the U.S., the news was dominated by events in Libya, the start of March Madness in college basketball and the latest court appearance of Lindsay Lohan. The fighting season in Afghanistan had begun, too, but in the U.S., the decade-old war is now largely ignored.
It can't be ignored here in the farm fields of Sangin district, where the Taliban have buried thousands of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). One wire is attached to a flashlight battery and another to a plastic jug of explosives, and each is glued to a thin board. When one board is pressed against the other, the wires make contact, sparking an explosion.
Over the past six months, two members of the Third Platoon of Kilo Company, Fifth Marine Regiment, have been killed, two have lost limbs and eight have suffered shrapnel or bullet wounds. A quarter of the original platoon is now gone.
I had embedded with the platoon once before, in January, so the routine was familiar. A point man on a patrol detects one or more IEDs, and then a Taliban gang in civilian clothes usually opens fire. Marine snipers and machine-gunners shoot back, while a squad maneuvers around the flank, forcing the enemy to retreat.
Nighttime brings an interlude. The Taliban stay snug indoors, safe from night-vision devices. Third Platoon lives in cave-like rooms inside an abandoned compound. In the evening, the young men, all in their early 20s, act their raucous age, playing loud music and laughing hilariously at absurd jokes.
When I rejoined the platoon in mid-March, the rhythm hadn't changed. We were only an hour into the patrol when Yaz detected a wire buried in the soil. He snipped it and marked the location of the explosives for disposal by engineers. The patrol proceeded north, passing pulverized compounds and a few groups of men who stared with flat hostility. The Marines ignored them. With no police or language capabilities, the platoon knew who was an enemy only when he opened fire.
On the roof of a small, square house, a large white Taliban flag was flying. "That's the classic Italian salute," Lt. Vic Garcia, the platoon commander, said. "There's probably an IED hidden inside."
Now on his third combat tour, Lt. Garcia has infused his platoon with an aggressive instinct, but he's not foolhardy. "We're looking for a fight," he said. "But we think before we move. There's no way we'll search an empty house."
Over the radio came a report of a dozen motorcyclists converging to our front. We watched as several families ran from the fields into their compounds. About 700 yards away, two motorcyclists puttered to a stop and sat watching us.
"We got a dicker [watcher]," Sgt. Joseph Myers said. "He's crawling in the ditch to our left."
The rules of engagement forbid shooting a man for crawling forward to take a closer look or for talking on a hand-held radio, but such actions usually tip off an attack. For several minutes, the Marines watched the Taliban watching them. No shots were fired, so Yaz slowly led the patrol to the west.
The motorcyclists paralleled our movement, keeping their distance. It reminded me of an old Western movie, with the Comanches riding along the skyline, staying out of range of the cavalry's rifles. In this case, the Taliban knew they were safe as long as they didn't display weapons. Eventually we headed back to base, and the motorcyclists drove off in the opposite direction.
Since September, the Third Platoon has shot somewhere between 125 and 208 Taliban—as many as one enemy killed per patrol. That rate may not seem high, but the cumulative effect has been crushing. Marine tactics, like Ohio State football, have the subtle inevitability of a steamroller.
"We got a radio intercept yesterday," Lt. Garcia said. "Some Talib leaders in Pakistan were chewing out the local fighters for quitting. The locals yelled back, 'Marines run toward our bullets.'"
When we arrived at the Marine base a few miles away, Capt. Nick Johnson, the commander of Kilo Company, was waiting. He had watched the patrol's movement via video streamed from a tethered blimp overhead. I said it reminded me of the blimp at the Super Bowl.
"That's a different world," replied Capt. Johnson, who is on his third combat tour. "In the States, a bad day for a guy on his way to the office is a flat tire. A bad day out here is a double amputee. The public pays attention to Charlie Sheen. No one's heard of Sgt. Abate."
Sgt. Matthew Abate is the Third Platoon's hero. When a patrol hit a minefield in late October, Sgt. Abate had left his safe position and run to apply tourniquets and carry out the screaming, grievously wounded men. He was killed in action five weeks later, but only the platoon remembers his name.
When the U.S. military withdrawal begins this summer, the generals will declare success. But no one knows what will happen after that. Half of the Third Platoon believes the Afghan government will succeed, and half believes the country will remain a mess, with continued tribal fighting. Either way, airpower will prevent the Taliban from seizing Kabul.
The members of the platoon do not care about bringing freedom and development to Afghanistan. They are here because they believe they're defending America. They have volunteered to serve, and most of them will leave the military after four years, with no pension or benefits. They endure the mud, heat, stench, blood, fatigue and terror of lost limbs and lost lives. There is hard bark on these young men.
What bothers them is that the valor of grunts like Sgt. Abate goes without much public recognition. Hollywood's recent war movies tend to feature psychotics instead of heroes. Only one Medal of Honor has been awarded to a living infantryman in 10 years, and the paperwork for a second one has languished for 18 months.
The grunts chose their profession, and they draw satisfaction from their Spartan existence. Almost every member of the Third Platoon said he wanted to be right where he was, living in a cave on the most dangerous battlefield in Afghanistan. It has been a long war, and the American public has understandably lost interest, but these soldiers have not lost their devotion to the mission or their country.
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Analyst firm Gartner has identified the technology industry's usual suspects as key drivers underpinning a worldwide application development (AD) software market projected to reach more than US$9 billion in 2012.
An increase of 1.8 percent over 2011's market size, Gartner says that evolving software delivery models, new development methodologies, emerging mobile application development, and open source software will drive IT spending.
Stating the Obvious or Valuable Insight?
According to Gartner's "Market Trends: Application Development (AD) Software, Worldwide, 2012-2016" report, cloud is changing the way applications are designed, tested, and deployed, resulting in a significant shift in development priorities.
"The trend is compelling enough to force traditional AD vendors to 'cloud-enable' their existing offerings and position them as a service to be delivered through the cloud," said Asheesh Raina, principal research analyst at Gartner.
More insightful perhaps are predictions that mobile application development projects targeting smartphones and tablets will outnumber native PC projects by a ratio of 4:1 by 2015.
Also driving the development shift, Gartner expects open source software to continue to broaden its presence and create pressure on market leaders during the next three to five years, especially as open source becomes a key element of the software quality landscape beyond the developer level. It predicts that at least 70 percent of new enterprise Java applications will be deployed on an open source Java application server by the end of 2017.
"Open source software tools will continue to erode revenue for some AD categories in design, testing, and web development," said Mr. Raina. "This is being driven primarily by the success of Eclipse and NetBeans, as well as by overall revitalization of the market by new small software providers looking for technical and market-disruptive approaches for offering products. Limited budgets and economic conditions compelling enough to focus on cost reduction also fuel the use of open-source software in various development projects."


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The sophisticated power monitoring and control system at Sprint World Headquarters Campus allows facility engineers to override automatic load-trip orders and permit load shedding or peak shaving as necessary.
Characterized as the most extensive building project in the history of the Midwest, there is absolutely nothing small about the Sprint World Headquarters facility currently under construction in Overland Park, Kan. Picture for a moment 4 million total sq ft of office space built on 200 acres, 22 four- and five-story buildings that will house 14,500 employees, and 16 employee parking garages. As you can imagine, the electrical work is no exception to the grandeur of this city within a city. But how do you ensure power reliability in such a colossal campus? Automatic power transfer switches and generator paralleling-control switchgear play a key role in the normal and emergency electric power scheme.
Two entirely separate campus-wide communication systems will monitor and control the on-site generators and emergency power system -- one hard-wired to programmable logic controllers (PLCs); the other software-based and supplied by the power switching and controls manufacturer. Together, these units will deliver detailed knowledge of the status of all power transfer settings in all buildings to Sprint plant engineers. The monitoring and control system will also provide instant data on generator operating conditions, allow operators to override automatic load-trip orders, and permit load shedding or peak shaving. To appreciate the complexity of this system, let's review some electrical details of this mega-project.
The 22 brick office buildings give the look and feel of a college campus. Sixty percent of the area will feature green space, including a seven-acre lake and two outdoor athletic fields. Developers broke ground in 1997, and completion is on schedule for 2002. Seven prime electrical contractors are under contract for various aspects of the job, but a single construction manager (Kansas City-based J.E. Dunn Construction Co) is responsible for the entire project.
Sprint adopted a bulk-buy approach to materials purchasing, applying it to everything from bricks, switchgear, and lighting fixtures to elevators and automatic transfer switches. This involves contracting for price and quantity now for future and just-in-time delivery. Since almost every common feature in the Sprint buildings will be identical, these contractor methods are expected to ensure consistency of materials and cost savings.
Power supply. Two 161kV transmission lines coming into a substation supply power to the campus. These lines originate from separate generating stations and feed two 30 MVA transformers where the voltage is stepped down to 12.47kV. On the low-voltage side of the substation, a 15kV bus tie breaker (in the normally open position) connects two separate 15kV buses. The high-voltage bus comes with a bus tie breaker so either circuit can supply power to both transformers.
The power is distributed throughout the campus at 12.47kV with two feeders (each fed from a separate low-voltage bus) serving separate pad-mounted transformers at each building, which we'll refer to as transformer "A" and "B." Inside a building, the A transformer feeds a 480V A main, and the B transformer feeds a 480V B main. The two mains also connect with a normally open, automated tie switch. Each transformer has a switch in the primary compartment that permits plant personnel to take the circuit off-line for maintenance.
Emergency power network. A 4160V emergency power network runs underground through manholes throughout the campus. Two 1500kW diesel generators situated in a Central Plant, known as Building 19, supply this power. The emergency network breaks up into two individual 4160V circuits that feed nine emergency power centers, which in turn feed 54 automatic power transfer switches (ATS). Emergency power centers consist of a 5kV switch, a 4160/480V transformer, and a distribution panelboard at 480V that feeds the ATS. In all the buildings, each ATS has a normal 480V power source from the building and a separate 480V source from the emergency power centers fed from Building 19.
Communication circuits monitor ATS and generators. Two separate communications circuits monitor and control the emergency power system. The first is a dedicated hard-wired network that extends through an underground duct bank from each ATS to a PLC in the generator paralleling gear in Building 19. It allows each ATS to signal loss of power to Building 19 and requests the generator engines to start. Typically, the emergency source is available within 6 sec to 7 sec.
Some of the automatic transfer switches provide emergency power to other than life safety loads. Typically, one ATS in each building is specifically designated for life safety. No one can switch it off for any reason. The others are on standby. The PLCs in the paralleling gear in Building 19 can shed the standby load andtell the transfer switches to go from an emergency position to an off position.
The second independent communications network is via an RS-485 local area network (LAN), which connects all of the automatic transfer switches on the campus to a central desktop computer located in Building 19. The twisted-pair copper datacom cable is also installed in underground raceways. The design team chose this topology because of the flexibility it provides in the layout of the network. Installers can configure the system as a loop, daisy chain, or star configuration.
Through power monitoring software provided by the power switching and controls manufacturer, operators can monitor the position of all power transfer switches, be they on normal power, in maintenance position, or switched over to emergency power. They can also establish and set priorities for load shedding. The software records when the transfer switches were last exercised and provides an ongoing maintenance record.
This monitoring system not only oversees the transfer switches, it also monitors the generators, providing access to information such as emergency failure mode, load demand, bus optimization, shutdown indications, and circuit breaker status. Normal, pre-alarm, and shutdown conditions appear in white, yellow, and red color codes on the computer screen. An icon will also flash in a pre-alarm or emergency situation.
Engineers receive further monitoring through a metering package that provides a full complement of analog and digital metering points for each engine generator, as well as for the total system. They can access the engine and ATS information remotely as well.
Progress. As of May 2000, nine buildings are complete and connected to the emergency power system. Eight of the 16 planned garages are also finished and on the system. Approximately 6000 employees have moved into the campus, with others joining them as buildings reach completion.
The staff plans to install a third 1500kW diesel generator in the third quarter 2000 to provide additional capacity for a third emergency 4160V circuit being added to supply buildings on the south end of the site. The third generator will bring the installed capacity to 4.5MW. If necessary, there's space in Building 19 for a fourth generator.
Given the complexity of this mega-project, the number of people forecasted to work on campus, and the many auxiliary facilities, it's easy to see why continuity of power and an unbeatable emergency power system are essential.


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Because everyone has a green velvet sofa lying around.....
12 comments:
- Amanda @ Serenity Now said...
It is perfect!!! Your sister is smart. I spent many a night in a rocking chair thingie with my feet propped up rocking a fussy baby. Love the green!!! :)
I'm hosting Decorating Dilemmas on Wed. It goes live tomorrow night. You should link this up as a Solution! I love it. :)
- February 8, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- Party Box Design said...
- February 8, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Pine Tree Home said...
perfect place for a nap with little one
- February 8, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Simply Stafford said...
Oh my word, I love it! I have a green velvet rocking chair that was my grandmothers in my sons nursery. I actually designed his room around it and my entire family thought I was nuts-o for wanting the green chair! Love it!!
- February 8, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Marigene said...
Perfect, you all will fit on it!
- February 9, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Dreams of Perfection said...
Isn't it always the best when you take something from one room to another & it just "works"?! This looks so good!
- February 9, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Shannon said...
I love it!! So cozy!
- February 9, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Katie said...
Would have never thought of adding a couch in a baby room -- great idea! And while I would probably pass on the couch in a store, it looks absolutely amazing in that room!!
- February 11, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Ashley @ Decorating Obsessed said...
Love it!
I am passing along the Happy 101 Award to you, you can check it out at:
- February 11, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Down Pillow said...
Nice Sofa, Everything put together very well and it's looking very interesting to me. The color of sofa is very cool green is my favorite color.
- February 11, 2010 at 11:22 PM
- Megan Mitchell said...
i just found your blog today and have managed to click through every single post. Thank you for posting so many great ideas.
I LOVE this green couch so much. I have a similar green corner couch stuffed in a back room in my mom's house in GA. Sadly it was too large to move to Los Angeles with me. I dream of a day when i have a large enough apartment to put it in.
- August 31, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Howard M. Wright said...
These furniture are really nice. But the white recliner in really amazing. This look like best rated recliners. I wanna buy it ASAP.
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I'm trying to learn a little about Grothendieck duality. One version of the theorem states that if $f: X \to Y$ is a proper morphism of schemes, then the induced functor on derived categories $f_*: D^+(\mathrm{QCoh}(X)) \to D^+(\mathrm{QCoh}(Y))$ has a right adjoint $f^!$ (and under nice hypotheses, these will preserve the subcategories with coherent cohomology). The existence of an adjoint can be proved via adjoint functor arguments, even without assuming $f$ proper; this was done, e.g., by Neeman. (The point is that a triangulated functor between nice triangulated categories (or, stable $\infty$-categories) which preserves coproducts is a left adjoint.)
However, in trying to identify $f^{!}$, we might want to be able to localize on $X$ and $Y$, and thus deal with the non-proper case. My understanding is that the upper-shriek functor $f^{!}$ there is not supposed to be the right adjoint to $f_{\ast}$: for example, for an open immersion it should be the upper-star $f^*$.
In the topological version, one can define a $f_{!}$ functor for sheaves (push-forward with compact support) and $f^!$ is the right adjoint to $f_{!}$. Is there any "functorial" way to interpret $f^{!}$ when $f$ is not proper?


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Now US Wants Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement With European Union To Include Turkey: Who's Next?
from the interesting-geography dept
Last week we wrote about the important news that Mexico is asking to join what began as a bilateral trade agreement between the US and Europe, with the suggestion that Canada might follow suit. Now, via @FFII, we learn that even before Mexico's announcement, the US has been encouraging other countries to join:
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday US Secretary of State John Kerry wanted Turkey to be included in Transatlantic Free-Trade Area (TAFTA).
As with Mexico's application, it would seem that the European Union doesn't get any choice in the matter. But what's really interesting here is that it confirms the impression that the US is keen to build out TAFTA to include many more countries, including some far from the Atlantic that originally defined it. The big question is now: who's next on the list?
Davutoglu said they would follow closely the process of Turkey's inclusion in TAFTA.
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Jessica Biel headed to a special spa before wedding
Actress JESSICA BIEL jetted to an Austrian spa with a friend in order to relax before marrying JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE.
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A Florida mom has been charged with aggravated child abuse for allegedly using a box cutter to stab two teens who she says were bullying her sons.
"I will defend them. I don't want them to fight," Nora Silva told ABC News' Orlando affiliate WFTV.
The incident began when Silva's 14-year-old and 17-year-old sons got off of the bus on Tuesday afternoon. Surveillance footage from a neighbor's house shows a group of more than a dozen boys surrounding one of Silva's sons and pushing him to the ground.
Silva, 33, and her mother Esther Silva, 63, got into the scuffle, according to police reports.
"I jumped in the middle…and I grabbed him and told him, 'You are not going to hit my grandson,'" Esther Silva told WFTV. She said that she was the one who used the box cutter, but authorities tell a slightly different story.
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With Google's launch of its first Chrome OS-powered "Chromebooks", IT monitoring software provider Opsview has warned that such devices are going to create a new set of IT monitoring challenges which will ultimately include developer-related issues.
The launch of Chromebooks highlights the growing trend towards more applications and services being delivered from the cloud. With many of these new services being hosted for application testing purposes in the public cloud, developers have been attracted by the opportunity to sandbox in an off-premise environment now that cloud-driven virtual machine instances can be spun up and initiated in literally seconds.
"Today we can see some compelling business arguments for cloud-based devices such as the Google Chromebook. In the future, we could see developers using them as a means to access development services in the cloud; however, I would suggest that it is a young and unproven strategy," said James Peel, product manager at Opsview.
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Fingers: Torn A2 PulleyI was pulling on a big sloper with my feet way under me when I felt a crunch and heard a pop in my middle finger between my knuckle in my hand and the first joint in my finger. It immediately hurt (but not a ton) and later there was swelling. I took ibuprofen and iced it.
I was pulling on a big sloper with my feet way under me when I felt a crunch and heard a pop in my middle finger between my knuckle in my hand and the first joint in my finger. It immediately hurt (but not a ton) and later there was swelling. I took ibuprofen and iced it. Before bed I taped it to keep the swelling down. Today the pain is not as localized, but is an overall ache in my hand. The same thing happened several months ago. What gives?
Tracy Wilson | Carbondale, CO
It's cool to be special, and snapping an A2 pulley in an open-hand position rather than a crimp is special indeed. The hold must have been reasonably angled such that you were flexing the metacarpophalangeal joints (the ones at the base of your fingers, just inside your palm). The popping noise, pain and swelling pattern probably means the full monty: ruptured.
Clearly you have been on the rough seas for a wee while. Tearing a second pulley (or the same one) in such a short time is not so much a wake-up call as it is a torpedo barreling through your porthole — something is amiss.
Generating sufficient force in this position to rupture a healthy pulley is unlikely. Which places you in one of two scenarios. Option 1: You have been marauding through the Land of Overtraining and the incumbent warlord has sliced you up. He is toying with you. Get the fuck out of there! Option 2: You are a mutant languishing in the Age of Stupid, with the voracious bite of a T-rex but the brains of an anemone. In other words, you are biting off more than you can chew. Jump the evolutionary queue and start a training program.
Stretch out your joints so as to allow even loading of the pulleys. When a finger joint is tight and accessory motions like shearing are reduced, the pulley can be unevenly loaded along its length, precipitating a tear from the end of more load. There is a stretching video on my web page (drjuliansaunders.com). There is also an article on taping that will help you manage your return to climbing. The month it will take to repair this pulley is less of a concern than the months it will take to properly strengthen all of them.
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My name is James R. Saradpon, the youngest son of Rolando Fallorina Saradpon. I was looking online for anything I could find about my Dad and his military history. I came across this website and noticed his name on the list of names that served on this ship. With great regret my Dad passed away Dec. 2, 1996 in Memphis, TN at the VA hospital. I would love to know if there is any information or pictures of my Dad that you or other members could share. I was 18 when he passed away and my Dad was a very quiet man about his history. Thank you and God Bless you for your service.
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