text:
WASHINGTON — A week after a deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis, President Bush on Thursday dismissed raising the federal gasoline tax to repair bridges at least until Congress changes how it spends highway money.
"The way it seems to have worked is that each member on that (Transportation) committee gets to set his or her own priorities first," Bush said. "That"s not the right way to prioritize the people"s money. Before we raise taxes, which could affect economic growth, I would strongly urge the Congress to examine how they set priorities."
About $24 billion, or 8 percent of the last $286 billion highway bill, was devoted to highway and bridge projects singled out by lawmakers. The balance is distributed through grants to states, which decide how it will be spent. Federal money accounts for about 45 percent of all infrastructure spending.
The Democratic chairman of the House Transportation Committee proposed a 5-cent increase in the 18.3 cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax to establish a new trust fund for repairing or replacing structurally deficient highway bridges.
More than 70,000 of the nation"s bridges are rated structurally deficient, including the bridge that collapsed over the Mississippi River on Aug. 1. The American Society of Civil Engineers says repairing them all would require spending at least $9.4 billion a year for 20 years. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., says his tax-increase proposal would raise about $25 billion over three years.
On terrorism, Bush said he is confident in the ability of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on militants at the Afghan border and cooperate with the U.S.
He said he expected Musharraf to take "swift action if there is actionable intelligence inside his country." Bush refused to address whether the U.S. troops would go into Pakistan without permission from leaders there.
"We spend a lot of time with the leadership in Pakistan talking about what we will do with actionable intelligence," Bush said. "Am I confident they (terrorists) will be brought to justice? My answer is, "Yes I am.""
Musharraf, a key ally in Washington"s fight against terrorism, is under growing U.S. pressure. But the Pakistani leader is under considerable pressure at home too.
At home, Bush ruled out any bailout of homeowners hit with foreclosures in the form of direct assistance. But he said "enormous empathy" is in order for such people and indicated he was open to some federal help for people to refinance and keep their homes.
"The word bailout — I"m not exactly sure what you mean. If you mean direct grants to homeowners, the answer would be no," the president said.
The delinquency rate on home loans was almost 5 percent in the first three months of the year.
On the controversy of former NFL player Pat Tillman"s friendly fire death while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Bush said "the best way to honor that commitment of his is to find the truth."
The president described Iran as "a destabilizing influence in the Middle East."
Noting that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was in Iran Thursday, Bush said he hoped his message would be the same as the United States" — that Tehran should halt the export of sophisticated explosive devices into Iraq or "there will be consequences."
He did not say what those consequences would be.
Bush got angry over a question about whether embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should be held accountable. Members of Congress from both parties have called Gonzales" credibility and leadership of the Justice Department into question after congressional testimony on a number of issues.
"Why would I hold somebody accountable who"s done nothing wrong?" the president said, then turning the issue back on the Democratic-led Congress.
"Matter of fact, I would hope Congress would become more prone to deliver pieces of legislation that matter rather than being the investigative body," he added.
The August news conference has become a tradition for Bush, a move designed to clear the decks and have the last word before heading away from Washington for vacation and travel.
Bush opened by announcing that he had signed legislation to promote math and science skills and develop the technology needed to compete in the global economy. The measure calls for spending $33.6 billion over the next three years for science, technology, engineering and mathematics research and education programs across four federal agencies.
The midmorning session was Bush"s first full news conference since July 12 when he inaugurated the newly refurbished White House briefing room. Since then, he has had brief question-and-answer sessions with Britain"s new prime minister, Gordon Brown, and Afghanistan"s president, Hamid Karzai.
With Congress already out of town, Bush was leaving Washington right after the question-and-answer session for a three-night stay at his father"s oceanfront compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he is attending the wedding of a friend. On Saturday, Bush also will meet over lunch at his parents" home with France"s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy. The French leader is vacationing at an estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., about 50 miles away.
The president is to return to the White House on Sunday and then head out the next day to spend most of the rest of the month at his Texas ranch and traveling.
Among Bush"s scheduled outings from his ranch is a meeting with the leaders of Mexico and Canada Aug. 20-21 in Ottawa.


text:
Justin Bieber Attacked in Toronto Nightclub
Yikes! Justin Bieber was the target of a brutally overeager partier in a Toronto nightclub. The 'Believe' singer was attacked by a stranger in the wee hours of this morning (Aug. 31).
TMZ nabbed photos of the incident.
Bieber left his cozy VIP area to mix and mingle with the commoners, which turned out to be a mistake. A random partier decided it would be cool to attempt to tackle the boy wonder and grab onto the shirt on his back.
Security rushed in and Bieber defended himself with a "flurry of kicks." Guards threw the jerk out of the club and police were never called -- though really, we wouldn't blame the Biebs for wanting this creep prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. What he did was beyond not cool.
Understandably, Bieber and his crew left shortly after. Considering the scumbag tried grabbing onto Biebs' shirt, it's no wonder he wanders around topless all the time!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Support Groups
Date: June 11, 2012
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Show map
The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center
675 Almanor Avenue
2nd floor, Pacific Room
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Contact: Gloria Goldstein
Phone: 4087342800
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
RSVP: Click here to RSVP
Support Groups--Getting by with a little help from friends. This is a free patient seminar series. All are welcome. Please RSVP via this page or Gloria at 408.734.2800.
Go Back | Send this page to a friend


text:
Department of Bioengineering Faculty Papers
Browse by
Recent Submissions
Internalization of novel non-viral vector TAT-streptavidin into human cells (2007)Background: The cell-penetrating peptide derived from the Human immunodeficiency virus-1 transactivator protein Tat possesses the capacity to promote the effective uptake of various cargo molecules across the plasma membrane ...
Biomaterials Approaches to Combating Oral Biofilms and Dental Disease (2006)Background: Possibilities for biomaterials to impact the dental caries epidemic are reviewed with emphasis placed on novel delivery biomaterials and new therapeutic targets.
Biotech and Biomaterials Research to Reduce the Caries Epidemic (2006)The goal of this workshop is to develop a consensus within the biomaterials/bioengineering community for a research agenda focused on creating technologies that will address the current dental caries pandemic. The workshop ...


text:
I've just loaded 18.104.22.168 on an old test box, and I'm seeing these errors in the dmesg log:
This box has never had trouble with AGP before, in the 10 years that I've owned it. It's an SMP-compiled kernel on a UP 1 GHz Pentium 3 PC.
KMS does initialise after this error, presumably because the module gives up on AGPx4.
[drm] Loading R200 Microcode [drm] radeon: ring at 0x00000000F8000000 [drm:r100_ring_test] *ERROR* radeon: ring test failed (sracth(0x15E4)=0xCAFEDEAD) [drm:r100_cp_init] *ERROR* radeon: cp isn't working (-22). radeon 0000:01:00.0: failled initializing CP (-22). radeon 0000:01:00.0: Disabling GPU acceleration [drm:r100_cp_fini] *ERROR* Wait for CP idle timeout, shutting down CP. Failed to wait GUI idle while programming pipes. Bad things might happen. [drm] radeon: cp finalized radeon 0000:01:00.0: (r100_asic_reset:2088) RBBM_STATUS=0x80010140 radeon 0000:01:00.0: (r100_asic_reset:2109) RBBM_STATUS=0x80010140 radeon 0000:01:00.0: (r100_asic_reset:2117) RBBM_STATUS=0x00000140 radeon 0000:01:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x2b00003, writing 0x2b00007) radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU reset succeed [drm] radeon: cp finalized [TTM] Finalizing pool allocator. [TTM] Zone kernel: Used memory at exit: 0 kiB. [drm] radeon: ttm finalized [drm] Forcing AGP to PCI mode
KMS does initialise after this error, presumably because the module gives up on AGPx4.


text:
Unicorn Earbuds
For a more magical listening experience
- Tiny unicorns to adorn your earholes
- Fabric-covered cord for added durability
- A ThinkGeek creation and exclusive!
You put rims on your ride to enhance its look. You put condiments on your food to enhance its flavor. So it makes sense that if you put a mythical creature on your earbuds, that would enhance your listening experience.
Meet ThinkGeek's Unicorn Earbuds, which are guaranteed to make your musical journey even more magical. Tiny unicorns rear up on the outside of these earbuds, making your overall auditory experience 78% more awesome. Think of them like glitter for your ears, only they don't get on everything and refuse to be vacuumed up making people 2 weeks later ask you where you've been. And if people try to interrupt you while you're in the flow and grooving to your headphones, you can tell them to talk to the unicorn.
Product Specifications
- Unicorn Earbuds
- A ThinkGeek creation and exclusive!
- Inline mute switch and indicator LED
- Fabric-covered cord for added durability
- Rearing unicorns are 1" tall x 3/4" nose to tail
- Flange-design, silicone ear tips
- 3.5mm input plug (standard audio)
- Dimensions: 4 ft. long


text:
+ More
Founded in 1996, Bover is a modern lighting company based in Barcelona, Spain, with a U.S. subsidiary in Atlanta. Drawing upon Spanish culture, creativity and innovation, their designs have clean, smooth forms and are assembled by hand from locally-sourced materials. From the elegant and dramatic Siam Collection to outdoor offerings like the
Fora Outdoor Wall Sconce with its casual, open-weave shade, their European lighting collection is graceful and timeless.- Less


text:
Find Your Perfect Home.
Sheridan Real Estate
Sheridan is located in Michigan. Sheridan, Michigan has a population of 652. Sheridan is less family-centric than the surrounding county with 23.46% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 28.13%.
The median household income in Sheridan, Michigan is $44,464. The median household income for the surrounding county is $40,739 compared to the national median of $53,482. The median age of people living in Sheridan is 45.2 years.
Sheridan Weather
The average high temperature in July is 83.2 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 13.2 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 35.1 inches per year, with inches of snow per year.
View Homes for Sale in Sheridan
Sheridan Map
Real Estate Near Sheridan
Nearby Cities
Nearby Cities Homes for Sale
Sheridan Zip Codes


text:
Sourdough experiments and a bit of confusion
For the last few days I have been preparing two different sourdough breads, one is the basic recipe in Nancy Silverton's Breads from La Brea Bakery and the other one is my own concoction using the old dough technique from a piece of sourdough that a friend gave to me. It dates from 1993 and has a very disctinct, delicious aroma. Many of her friends tell her that her bread smells like "pain d'épice" which is a spice cake. I'll explain what I did and then I have some questions to ask you all.
Nancy Silverton's sourdough bread
For this bread I followed the recipe. Then split the dough in half, left one to rise a few hours then baked. The other half, I rose for an hour and then placed in the fridge as directed in the recipe.
Sourdough from Laurence's "old dough"
For this bread, the original bit of "old dough" (pure sourdough - no yeast) was about the size of a small orange. It was taken from the dough, then left to rise a little bit. It was put in a glass bowl and left in the fridge a few days. I then took it out and fed it a small bowl of flour with some water so that it became a pretty thick paste. This was left out and covered overnight. The next morning it was nice and bubbly.
In a bowl I added 600 ml of cold water (I'm worried about the rising temps here even if it just one or two degrees °C). I stirred and then added 1kg of flour (500g T110 and 500G T80). I let it knead in my mixer a few minutes and then did a 20 or so minute autolyse. Added the salt (4 tsp) and then let it knead until it was nice and soft and supple (window paned and all). It rose about 3,5 hrs. Then punched down, split in two parts, mise en couche, formed and rose again for an hour. One of the doughs was risen again about 2 hrs (can't remember) and the other one was put in the fridge with the other half of the Nancy Silverton dough.
NB I still don't have any bannetons, so I do a basic natural rise on a sheet.
My AIM here as to see what the big fuss is about leaving the dough to develop those wonderful aromas, etc ovenight in the fridge. I have done that technique a few times now and haven't enjoyed the results at all. THIS time I really concentrated and watched to make sure there were no problems, over fermenting, etc.
Now, here are my questions:
1. I see in my books that in America, the goal is a very even, proportional bread shape with a relatively thin but crunchy crust and no "bursting". I see it in pictures too. So, does that mean that over there you don't like bursted, jagged crusts and non-uniform bread? Because people here think American bread looks pretty standard and boring. Now, is this a cultural thing do you think? Because if I understand well, the way my bread explodes and has jagged edges and super crunchy crusts... that is a BAD thing. But we love it over here. I am very interested in the cultural differences.
2. The bread that stayed in the fridge had a pretty strong sour taste. Is that the developed flavor everyone is talking about? I didn't find that crumb as nice as the bread baked the evening before which has lots of irregular holes and a nice, elastic crumb. The times I've left the bread over night, the crumb isn't as nice. I'm not quite sure what I'm missing. I'd love to know your opinions. Here's a picture:
It stayed in the oven a few minutes too long.
3. I read somewhere that the varieties of flour grown over there are different than over here. It's not only what is done with the grains during milling, etc. Can that change everything SO drastically concerning taste and texture? I find it amazing and I would just love to do a huge taste test and compare.
4. Am I missing something? Doing something wrong?
I guess the reality is that I'll probably never know. I really would like to pierce the secret of the slowing of the fermentation in cold. Why is that so wonderful? I haven't had any great results. But yesterday when my friend came by just as the bread was cooling from the oven, she thought she'd died and gone to heaven after tasting the bread. So, I am more prone to thinking "to heck with the over night fridge thing".
Any comments or ideas are most welcome! The discussion is open.


text:
Bad Azz Kids Of The Week: Lil Girls Cursin Some People Out & Talkin About Whoopin Azz & Getting Louis V! "We Rock Real Gucci & Louis V With Baby Phat Shirts On"
Kids Are Wild These Days. submitted by Keke
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Timothy Jay Hill and Crystal Karen Moore, both of Cynthiana, will unite on July 16, 2011 at a private ceremony at the couple's home.
Hill is the son of J.R. and Jane Hill of Cynthiana.
Moore is the daughter of Jay and Brenda Howard of Dry Ridge and the late Gale Moore of Berry.
A reception will be held downstairs at the Cynthiana Elks Lodge at 8 p.m. All family and friends are welcome.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the The Cynthiana Democrat, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Longtime local naturalist, educator and open space advocate Don Miller will lead an exploration of the wildlife and wild landscapes of the Brodhead Creek and its tributaries along one of the Paradise Creek headwater on the "Where the Brodhead Begins" hike.
Longtime local naturalist, educator and open space advocate Don Miller will lead an exploration of the wildlife and wild landscapes of the Brodhead Creek and its tributaries along one of the Paradise Creek headwater on the "Where the Brodhead Begins" hike.
On Sunday, July 7, from 1 to 4:30 p.m., explore the Brodhead at the escarpment as it begins a journey to the Delaware.
Participants should be prepared to be outdoors for an extended period of time on level to moderate terrain both on and off trail.
Cost is $5 for nonmembers and $3 for members of the Monroe County Environmental Education Center. Preregistration required. Donations will be accepted to Pocono Heritage Land Trust's Preserve Stewardship Fund and the Brodhead Watershed Association's Stream Watch Projects.
Call 570-629-3061 or visitmcconservation.org.
The Pocono Garden Club will present its annual flower show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Stroudsburg Junior High School at 1198 Chipperfield Drive, Stroudsburg.
The theme is "In Harmony With Nature." There will be a plant sale, Chinese and silent auctions.
Floral contest entries must be submitted from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, July 12. All entries will be judged.
There is no admission fee, but donations are accepted at the door. For information, contact flower show co-chairs Elaine Stys at 570-992-8966 or Carol Thomas 570-629-8505.
The Milford Garden Club's secret garden tour, featuring eight gardens, is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13.
The featured gardens are in Milford or a short drive from there. Gardens locations are "secret" until the day of the tour.
This self-guided tour is held rain or shine. Pre-event tickets are available for $15 at JillDeal, 101 W. Harford St., Milford, or by mailing a check to the Milford Garden Club, P.O. Box 764, Milford, PA 18337, by July 6.
On the day of the tour, tickets are $20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Milford Community House and Library, at the traffic light in Milford, or at Remembrance Place on the corner of West Ann Street and Elderberry Alley. Children under 12 are admitted free.
For information, call Karen at 570-296-6345 or Kathy at 570-296-3833.
Monroe County Conservation District will host a wildflower program from 10 a.m. to noon today.
Environmental Educator Jenifer Rituper will walk you through the Newcomb's Guide to Wildflowers system then walk you through the fields and forests of Kettle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary to identify the blooming wildflowers using Newcomb's.
Bring your own book or borrow one at the center. Although this is not a children's program, children over 12 may participate.
Prepare to be walking outside in the direct sun. Cost is $5 for nonmembers and $3 for center members, Reservations not needed.
The center is at 8050 Running Valley Road, Bartonsville. Call 570-629-3061
Barrett Paradise Friendly Library will host its annual book sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at the Price Family Garage, Route 390, Mountainhome.
A wide selection of recent donations, hardcover and softcover, will be available, along with many children's books. Call 570-595-7171.
"Yes I Can" is an introductory workshop providing today's recommendations on how to safely can seasonal garden produce and specialty items.
This workshop is for beginning canners who want to learn how to use a pressure canner with up-to-date procedures. The cost for the workshop is $20 per person or $30 for two adults from the same household (one packet of information).
Dates and locations include:
Monday, July 15, 3 to 5 p.m., Pike County Area Agency on Aging, 150 Pike County Blvd., Hawley Tuesday, July 16, 1 to 3 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m., at Monroe Extension, 724 Phillips St., Suite 201, Stroudsburg Wednesday, July 24, 1 to 3 p.m., at Wayne Extension, 648 Park St., Suite E, Honesdale
Register online at extension.psu.edu/home-food-preservation or contact Penn State Extension, 724 Phillips St., Ste 201, Stroudsburg, PA, call 570-421-6430 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for assistance.


text:
Ask an Expert: Starting a startup on a shoestring
Q: Hey Steve, I would like to start a business but I don't have a lot of money. Also, my credit is not great. Would you know of any other ways I could start given my situation? -- Donald
A: I do, and to explain how, let me start by sharing one of my favorite 'business on a shoestring' stories ever with you:
Arnold Goldstein had a vision: He wanted to open up a business, too. And his problem was the same too - he had little money to do so. Undeterred, Goldstein went ahead with his plans to create a wholesale discount warehouse open to the public (this was before stores like Costco). Goldstein decided that he would call the place "Discount City."
He eventually did open that store, and a dozen more -- using, as he put it in his great book Starting on a Shoestring, "$120,000 of unpaid-for merchandise that was heaped on $20,000 in fully mortgaged fixtures sitting on retail space with three month's deferred rent." Additionally, Goldstein writes that the first store "came to life owing everybody for everything". "Best of all, it was started on a shoestring with only $2,600 of my own cash."
Say what? Goldstein started a business with over $100,000 of inventory using only $2,600 of his own money. Wow.
This creative entrepreneur created his business on a shoestring using something called "supplier financing." When people first learn of this, they are usually doubtful: Would a distributor or wholesaler really lend you cash, or extend you credit, or even stock your shelves on consignment?
As Goldstein says, "Suppliers can be a generous bunch." Why? Because they want your business. They know if they help you, they likely get a customer for life.
Here is how to get your supplier financing:
1. Find the right supplier: A large, nationwide supplier will likely not help you; they don't need to. But a hungry, smaller, regional supplier or wholesaler may be open to this idea. Look for someone who really wants your business.
2. Get creative: Let's say that, like the great Arnold Goldstein, you want to create a business that will buy $100,000 of product from a supplier over the course of a year. You would be a valuable customer to that supplier, would you not? In that case, the right supplier might just give you your first shipment on consignment -- once you sell it, then you pay them back, and if you don't, they take back the product.
Here's another example from Goldstein's book: Peter started his business, an interior design shop, using similar methods: "I started the business, but had no inventory – or the money or credit to buy it." But what Pete did have were brains and guts. He did his research and discovered that there were thousands of distributors in his industry. "That gave me 4,000 chances to succeed." Before long, he got almost $100,000 worth of product in the store.
Again, the secret here is to have the chutzpah, vision, and endurance (it probably will not be quick or easy) to go out and find suppliers who need you as much as you need them. As Goldstein's book proves, they are out there.
3. Get the right deal: You cannot ask for a lot of inventory, or a huge loan, or a long-term loan. You must have a plan for how you will sell the inventory, and/or a solid strategy for how the loan will be used, and how and when it will be repaid. Finally, have some skin in the game. If you are donating equipment or material, say so. If you are tapping credit cards, so be it.
Your commitment helps your cause.
Today's tip: Speaking of good books, a few new ones have crossed my desk recently and one I really liked a lot that you might want to check out is, Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play by Marc Ostrofsky.
One problem we all encounter these days is information overload. This book promises (and delivers) to help deal with, and overcome that. As Publisher's Weekly says about the book, "Equally relevant for the tech-savvy individual who wants cutting-edge insights or the beginner who just wants to turn on his or her first mobile device, Ostrofsky's guide demystifies and simplifies all things tech." Steve says check it out.
Steve Strauss is a lawyer specializing in small business and entrepreneurship. His column appears Mondays. E-mail Steve at: email@example.com. An archive of his columns is here. His website is TheSelfEmployed.


text:
Merrimack Station, a power plant in Bow, N.H., owned and operated by Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), burns 4,000 tons of coal a day, as it generates enough power to satisfy the energy needs of one-third of New Hampshire's population. The fly ash produced during the combustion of coal contains a trace amount of mercury that is emitted into the atmosphere. The plant's operators sought to reduce these emissions to improve the environment and public health, and to meet strict air-quality legislation recently passed in New Hampshire.
PSNH executives chose to install a wet, limestone-based flue-gas-desulphurization (FGD) system to limit mercury and sulfur dioxide emissions.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CBI) built the primary processing system for the FGD system. It included six carbon-steel tanks located side-by-side. The tanks range from 24 ft to 56 ft in diameter.
Once constructed, the interior of the tanks required a special coating to ensure protection against constant exposure to abrasive and corrosive conditions.
CBI hired G.C. Zarnas, a national industrial and commercial painting contractor based in Bethlehem, Pa., to blast all six tanks and apply a Ceilcoate fiber-glass inlay coating to the metal. Bob Mudri, northeast superintendent with G.C. Zarnas, oversaw the project.
"The major threat to the integrity of the coating was the possibility of formation of rust bloom — corrosion that occurs immediately on steel surfaces between the blasting phase and application of the paint during moist conditions," Mudri said.
For the formation of rust to be prevented, and the coating to be applied and cured properly, the temperature of the metal had to be maintained at a minimum of 50°F, and humidity levels inside of the tank had to be less than 50 percent.
Adding to the challenge was that the project was scheduled to begin during winter in northern New Hampshire, where temperatures can reach as low as -15°F.
"I needed a system that allowed us to blast the entire tank without having to apply the coating the same day," Mudri said. "The process of blasting and coating in sections is costly because of the labor and time involved, and leaves overlaps in the coating that can become failure points over time."
Mudri contacted Jeff Cox, lead industrial technician for the northern United States region for Polygon, to design a system to control moisture and temperature during the blasting and coating process.
Cox analyzed the project's parameters and recommended a combination of dehumidification and heat to maintain ideal blasting and coating conditions.
Polygon technicians delivered a 4500-cfm desiccant dehumidifier and two inline electric heaters from the company's Plaistow, N.H., office and configured the equipment near the tanks. Polygon personnel used ductwork to connect the climate-control equipment to the tanks via manways at the base of each structure.
Once operational, the equipment provided a dew-point differential of 17°F and steel-surface temperatures of 50°F. This allowed G.C. Zarnas to blast an entire tank before coating it.
"The larger tanks took up to a week to sandblast," Cox said. "After sandblasting, the tank was cleaned and then the coating was applied."
"Without the proper climate, we would have had to put a coat of paint or primer on each day after finishing to prevent rust," Mudri said. "It would have taken much longer — possibly twice as long — because we would have to sandblast, clean, and then paint."
Mudri said work continued even with temperatures dropping significantly during the harsh New England winter.
"It was a brutal winter with temperatures below zero at times," Mudri said. "Even so, conditions inside the tank were always at the necessary standard and the project was completed as planned."
Information and photograph courtesy of Polygon.
Circle 101


text:
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organised the eleventh information exchange meeting on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation (P&T) in San Francisco, USA on 1-4 November 2010. The meeting was hosted by the Idaho National Laboratory, and co-sponsored by the European Commission (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Partitioning and transmutation (P&T) is one of the key technologies for reducing the radiotoxicity and volume of radioactive waste produced. Recent developments indicate the need for embedding P&T strategies into advanced fuel cycles considering both waste management and economic issues.
In order to give experts a forum to present and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the P&T field, the OECD/NEA has been organising biennial information exchange meetings on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation since 1990. The previous meetings were held in Mito (Japan) in 1990, at ANL (USA) in 1992, in Cadarache (France) in 1994, in Mito (Japan) in 1996, in Mol (Belgium) in 1998, in Madrid (Spain) in 2000, in Jeju (Korea) in 2002, in Las Vegas (United States) in 2004, in Nimes (France) in 2006 and in Mito (Japan) in 2008.
The 11th information exchange meeting covered scientific and strategic/policy developments in the field of P&T, including:
These topics include multi-scale modelling, experiments and instrumentation, novel theories and benchmarks.
Opening and plenary session: National programme on P&T [Chairs: Th. Dujardin (NEA), K. McCarthy (INL, United States)]
Welcome address from INL, K. McCarthy (INL, United States)
Welcome address from NEA, Th. Dujardin (NEA)
Overview of NEA activities in actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation, Th. Dujardin (NEA)
The IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on "Analytical and experimental benchmark analyses of accelerator driven systems", A. Stanculescu (IAEA)
EURATOM research and training programme for partitioning and transmutation, P. D'Hondt (SCK•CEN, Belgium)
United States program on partitioning and transmutation, C."Buzz" Savage (DOE, United States)
Future nuclear systems: fuel cycle options and guidelines for research, D. Warin (CEA, France)
Minor actinide bearing fuel study activities in Japan for homogeneous TRU recycling fast reactor system, T. Mizuno (JAEA, Japan)
Perspectives of pyroprocesses for long-term spent fuel management in Korea, J-G Kim (KAERI, Korea)
Session I: Fuel cycle strategies and transition scenarios [Chairs: T. Mizuno (JAEA, Japan), B. Dixon (INL, United States)]
International comparison for transition scenario codes involving COSI, DESAE, EVOLCODE, FAMILY and VISION, L. Boucher (CEA, France)
Industrial research for transmutation scenarios in EDF, N. Camarcat, C. Garzenne (EDF, France)
Requirements-driven comprehensive approach to fuel cycle back-end optimization, B. Petrovic (Georgia Tech., United States)
World transition towards sustainable nuclear fuel cycle, V. Romanello (KIT, Germany)
Overview on homogeneous and heterogeneous transmutation in the French new SFR: reactor and fuel cycle impact, F. Varaine (CEA, France)
Current status and future plan of research and development on partitioning and transmutation technology in Japan, H. Oigawa (JAEA, Japan)
Session II: Waste forms and geological disposal [Chairs: M. Nutt (INL, United States), I-S Hwang (SNU, Korea)]
Fuel cycle potential waste for disposition, R. Jones (SRNL, United States)
Applying insights from repository safety assessments, P. Swift (SNL, United States)
Relationship between geologic disposal characteristics and advanced nuclear fuel cycles with partitioning and transmutation. R. Wigeland (INL, United States)
The environmental impacts of Korean advanced nuclear fuel cycle KIEP-21 and disposal concepts, J-H Yoon (UC. Berkeley, United States)
Session III: Transmutation fuels and targets [Chairs: K. Minato (JAEA, Japan), K. Pasamehmetoglu (INL, United States)]
Minor-actinides transmutation in an accelerator driven system prototype: results from fuel developments within the European program EUROTRANS, F. Delage (CEA, France)
Development of minor actinide transmutation by CRIEPI, H. Ohta (CRIEPI, Japan)
Development program on minor actinides bearing blanket at CEA, J-M Bonnerot (CEA, France)
Fuels for the US DOE deep burn program, G. Bell (ORNL, United States)
Progress for the cea alfa project: ATALANTE laboratory for actinide bearing fuels, V. Royet (CEA, France)
Behavior of zirconium on passivated U-Zr based fuel alloys, R. Mariani (U. Las Vegas, United States)
Session IV: Pyro and aqueous processes [Chairs: D. Warin, (CEA, France), J. Uhlír (NRI, Czech Republic)]
ACSEPT – Progresses in advanced partitioning and challenges for the future, S. Bourg (CEA, France)
Development of separation technology of transuranium elements and fission products by using new extractants and adsorbents performed at JAEA, Y. Morita (JAEA, Japan)
Recent progress in advanced actinide recycling processes, D. Warin (CEA, France)
One-cycle SANEX process development studies and lab-scale demonstrations, A. Wilden (FZJ, Germany)
Development of a novel GANEX process, E. Aneheim (U. Chalmers, Sweden)
Advanced head end for the treatment of used LWR fuel, G. D. DelCul (ORNL, United States)
Current progress in R&D on pyrochemical partitioning technology in the Czech republic, J. Uhlír (NRI, Czech Republic)
Pyropartitioning experiment to recover TRUs from high level liquid waste, K. Uozumi (CRIEPI, Japan)
Session V: Transmutation physics and materials [Chair: E. Gonzalez (CIEMAT, Spain), C. Fazio (KIT, Germany)]
Pb alloys coolant chemistry and structural materials performance: a review, C. Fazio (KIT, Germany)
Critical analysis of the effective delayed-neutron fraction calculation routes by deterministic and Monte Carlo codes, M. Carta (ENEA, Italy)
Experimental validation of reactivity monitoring techniques for power ADS systems to incinerate radioactive wastes, E. M. González-Romero (CIEMAT, Spain)
Reaction cross sections, fission yields and prompt-neutron emission from actinide targets, F.-J. Hambsch (JRC-IRMM, Belgium)
Investigation of nuclear data accuracy for the accelerator-driven system with minor actinide fuel, K. Nishihara (JAEA, Japan)
Session VI: Transmutation system: design, performance and safety [Chair: P. D'Hondt (SCK•CEN, Belgium), A. Stanculescu (IAEA)]
Progress review of accelerator-driven system in Kyoto university critical assembly, C-H Pyeon (U. Kyoto, Japan)
Technology readiness levels for partitioning and transmutation of minor actinides in Japan, K. Minato (JAEA, Japan)
Advanced fuel cycle scenario study in the European context by using different burner reactor concepts, V. Romanello (KIT, Germany)
MYRRHA, The multi-purpose hybrid research reactor for high-tech applications, H. A ït Abderrahim (SCK•CEN, Belgium)
The deep burn project: 2010 overview and progress, F. Venneri (LOGOS Tech., United States)
Systematic evaluation of uranium utilization in nuclear systems, T. K. Kim (ANL, United States)
Summary session [Chair: K. McCarthy (INL, United States)]
Georges Van Goethem (EC)
Alexander Stanculescu (IAEA)
|Pierre J. D'hondt (SCK•CEN, Belgium)
|Jan Uhlir (NRI, Czech Republic)
|Massimo Salvatores (CEA/INL, France)
|Dominique Warin (CEA, France)
|Concetta Fazio (FZK, Germany)
|Stefano Monti (ENEA, Italy)
Tadashi Inoue (CRIEPI, Japan)
Kazuo Minato (JAEA, Japan)
Il-Soon Hwang (SNU, Korea)
Han-Soo Lee (KAERI, Korea)
Enrique Miguel González (CIEMAT, Spain)
Janne Wallenius (KTH, Sweden)
Manuel A. Pouchon (PSI, Switzerland)
Robin J. Taylor (NNL, UK)
Daniel T. Ingresoll (ORNL, United States)
Kathryn A. McCarthy (INL, United States)
Mark Nutt (ANL, United States)
Marius Stan (LANL, United States)
Kemal O. Pasamehmetoglu (INL, United States)
All correspondence with regard to the meeting should be addressed to the workshop Secretariat:
Dr. Kathryn A. McCarthy
Dr. Yong-Joon Choi
Last reviewed: 8 October 2010


text:
Terms and Conditions
The entire contents of our website and the individual articles and other items published are protected by copyright. The information featured on this website is the copyright of the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) unless otherwise indicated.
Under the Open Government Licence you are encouraged to use and re-use the publicly accessible information on this website free of charge. Re-use includes copying, issuing copies to the public, publishing, broadcasting and translating into other languages and its subsequent use in commercial or non-commercial enterprise.
The HSCIC grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the information subject to the following conditions. This licence does not affect your freedom under fair dealing or fair use or any other copyright or database right exceptions and limitations.
Permission to re-use is subject to the following conditions:
- you must acknowledge the source and our copyright in cases where you supply the information to others; "Copyright © 2016, Re-used with the permission of the Health and Social Care Information Centre. All rights reserved."
- you must reproduce the information accurately, without amendment or alteration;
- you must not use the information in a misleading way;
- you must not use the information for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service;
- ensure that you do not use the information in a way that suggests any official status or that the HSCIC endorses you or your use of the information;
- you should be aware that different terms and conditions may apply to your use of third party information on this website;
- ensure that your use of the information does not breach the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
The licence does not cover the use of:
- the HSCIC logo except where it forms an integral part of a document or data set
- third party rights the HSCIC is not authorised to license.
Where you wish to re-use the information but the proposed re-use would contravene any of the conditions set out above, email email@example.com to determine whether the proposed re-use would be permitted and what, if any, additional conditions may apply. The application should be in writing, identifying the documents to be re-used and the purpose for re-use.
The information is licensed 'as is' and the HSCIC excludes all representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in relation to the information to the maximum extent permitted by law.
The HSCIC is not liable for any errors or omissions in the information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use. The HSCIC does not guarantee the continued supply of the information.
All material accessed or downloaded from the website is obtained at your own risk. It is your responsibility to use appropriate anti-virus software.
About the Open Government Licence
The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) has developed this licence as a tool to enable Information Providers in the public sector to license the use and re-use of their Information under a common open licence. The Controller invites public sector bodies owning their own copyright and database rights to permit the use of their Information under this licence.
The Controller of HMSO has authority to license Information subject to copyright and database right owned by the Crown. The extent of the Controller's offer to license this Information under the terms of this licence is set out in the UK Government Licensing Framework.
This is version 1.0 of the Open Government Licence. The Controller of HMSO may, from time to time, issue new versions of the Open Government Licence. However, you may continue to use Information licensed under this version should you wish to do so.
These terms have been aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which covers copyright, and Open Data Commons Attribution License, which covers database rights and applicable copyrights.
Further context, best practice and guidance can be found in the UK Government Licensing Framework section on The National Archives website.


text:
Team FIN members share buying tactics. For the fifth year in a row, we asked Team FIN members to share their favorite buying strategies of the past season. Some members explored the Internet, while others found their favorite values closer to home. No matter how they did it, these discerning shoppers showed us that there's more than one way to skin a greenback when buying for the farm.
Dealer deal Since the summer of 1999, Scott McPheeters has been suffering through some of the driest and hottest years in Nebraska's history. This spring, a tornado (3 mph short of an F4) blasted flat 80 acres of his corn. He hauled a truckload of debris from the ruined acreage and replanted. Irrigation got his crops growing lush. Then he watched his fields get pulverized in a matter of minutes by a hailstorm 30 miles wide and 300 miles long - one of the worst in Midwest history.
Even after losing about $200,000 in crops in his battle with nature, McPheeters is still upbeat and is buying inputs and supplies for next year.
Recently, the Gothenburg, NE, farmer signed up with a farm supply wholesaler after his Case-IH dealership folded this year (as did the local New Holland dealership).
"As much as we need dealers here in central Nebraska, I always hesitated to do this before; I didn't want my local dealer to go out of business," he says.
To sign up with the supply wholesaler, he paid a one-time down payment of $3,500. So far, he's purchased a water pressure tank and some grain-handling equipment. "I just call the wholesaler with my request. If I want a brand name or a certain model, and they contract with that business, I'll get that. Otherwise, they'll research other products and make suggestions," he says.
All the equipment or parts the wholesaler offers show discounts of 20 to 40%. "During off-season maintenance, when I can wait for delivery, it's worth the savings I'll incur on parts," McPheeters says. Shipping costs depend on the company that is supplying the part; sometimes there is no added cost.
"Anything I can get from this wholesaler, I will, if it doesn't require warranty and if it's not time sensitive," he says. Because he had to sign up as a farmer/dealer, he also can encourage his neighbors to buy through him; but he doesn't have to resell anything. "The more you buy, the faster you recoup the down payment," he explains.
"There's lots of terrible stories around about sending money to a company like this and then have them go bankrupt," he says. "But, I've lost more money than this before I had my breakfast - on numerous occasions."
Cheaper seed, better placement The Appleby brothers, Jack and Gary, of Atwood, IL, saw a need to buy and plant seed more accurately.
"We buy seed from about five different companies," Jack says. "When we got done with harvest this year, we compared yields and found some of the less-expensive seed from our local, small seed companies yielded just as good as the seed from the `billion-dollar' companies."
Jack says they can save an easy $5,000 just from buying from another company - without sacrificing yield.
"I guess it's kind of a misconception that bigger companies have the better seed," he adds. "With this extra money, we can make another planter payment."
The Applebys also have been scrutinizing their machines. They bought a used Kinze 2600-series corn planter with an interplant system to plant beans. They'd been using a 20-ft. no-till drill on most of their beans and also had two planters to plant corn and some of the beans in 30-in. rows.
"We'll have just one planter for both corn and beans," Jack says. "I think we'll get better seeding control. With the drill, seed just kind of dribbled out and we didn't have the control we wanted." He figures they'll save a couple thousand dollars a year just in seed bean control. "And I'm usually conservative in my numbers."
Get with the program If you're thinking of taking out a loan to buy new equipment, you might want to check with your state soil conservation service about possible reduced interest rate programs for conservation-oriented equipment. That's what Pandora, OH, row crop farmer Daryl Bridenbaugh plans to do in the coming months as he looks to replace his old skid-steer loader and chisel plow. "The Ohio program gives you a 5% discount on any loan taken out for manure handling or soil conservation-oriented equipment," Bridenbaugh says. "It's a nice bonus if you are planning to buy the equipment anyway."
Though Bridenbaugh prides himself in making his old equipment last as long as possible, he admits that sometimes an upgrade can pay off with fewer repair bills and better efficiency. "My fuel bill went down and my engine repair bills went to zero when I bought my Cummins-powered Dodge truck a few years ago," he says.
Surfing for dollars Charles Myers had been prowling the tractor lots near his Lyons, NE, farm for several months, but he still hadn't found the tractor he wanted ae a 1990 John Deere 4955 with low hours. "I found the model I wanted, but it had high hours and wasn't in the greatest condition," Myers says. "Finally I got on the Internet and found what I wanted on John Deere's www.machinefinder.com." The Web site led Myers to the Hogan Walker dealership in Dwight, IL, where there was a JD 4955 with low hours. "It was exactly what I wanted, had complete dealer service records and was $8,000 less than the high-hours tractor I had been looking at locally," Myers says. He figures the savings were well worth a day's drive and $900 in freight to get the tractor home.
A dollar saved Saving money is second nature to Bob Wietharn. Although none of his buying tactics is particularly new, the Clay Center, KS, hog and grain producer gets maximum mileage out of all the old ones. Wietharn's motto is "Buy early, with cash, in quantity, where the deals are." He purchases all his fertilizer, seed and chemicals out of season in the fall. He buys machinery parts that he knows he's likely to need on a stock order over the winter months. And he buys fertilizer and other large-volume product by the truckload.
"It doesn't bother me to not buy locally," Wietharn says. "With today's tight margins, you have to save every dollar possible. And I'll buy direct from the manufacturer as much as possible. There seems to be too many middlemen these days." Wietharn has his eye on the Internet for good deals, too, but so far he hasn't found a cyber price he's liked.
Go for service When buying herbicides, Steve Webb says he's leaning more toward service and less toward product performance.
"If I know the dealer will take care of me on performance issues, I may be inclined to go with a product that isn't necessarily the best performer," the Needham, IN, farmer says. "I'm not buying product, I'm buying weed control. I think service is worth paying for."
Trust in community As an oilseed grower and board member on his local cooperative, Tom Henry of Westhope, ND, places a premium on the value of supporting the local community. And he says that support usually comes back to him in service and product returnability. "What we plant and when we plant depends a lot on the weather, so we're not always sure how much of any particular input we'll need. It's crucial that we have someone local who can take back or exchange seed at a moment's notice. I'd rather pay 5 to 10% more than use a supplier 60 miles away who won't take my returns."
Henry feels the same way about purchasing farm inputs over the Internet. "I'm not technology phobic by any means," he says. "If I need something that's not available locally, like computer equipment, I have no qualms about online buying. But if what I need is available locally, I'd prefer to buy from someone I know."


text:
Mint embellished party dress
Price - RM 100
Posted by Rose Cottage at 4:55 PM
1.Purchases are based on FIRST PAY FIRST GET BASIS. In cases of multiple demand, item will be sold to buyer who can make payment first/faster. Reservation is 24 hours only.
2. Payment thru CIMB /Maybank/Paypal .
3. Items sold are strictly NOT REFUNDABLE and EXCHANGEABLE.
4.Pos Laju
West Malaysia - RM8.00, East Malaysia - RM6.00
Pos express - RM4
We do not do COD
Free poslaju for purchase above rm100
6. To place your order, kindly email us at email@example.com
Order Form MUST contain details as stated below.
Contact #:
Postage Option: Poslaju / Pos Express (please select one)
Item Code/Name :
7. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these conditions at any point of time


text:
Find Your Perfect Home.
Onsted Real Estate
Onsted is located in Michigan. Onsted, Michigan has a population of 904. Onsted is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 30.32% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 27.86%.
The median household income in Onsted, Michigan is $38,958. The median household income for the surrounding county is $48,118 compared to the national median of $53,482. The median age of people living in Onsted is 40.5 years.
Onsted Weather
The average high temperature in July is 83.3 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 15.7 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 35.3 inches per year, with inches of snow per year.
Onsted Map
Real Estate Near Onsted
Nearby Cities
Nearby Cities Homes for Sale
Onsted Zip Codes


text:
How to Use the Images Photo 1
Photo 1
Questions for Photos 4-7
1. How would you describe the design on the pottery in Photo 4? What is unique about the Salado pottery? Refer to Reading 1, if necessary.
2. What purpose might vessels in Photo 5 have served?
3. How do you think the shirt in Photo 6 and sandals in Photo 7 were made? Refer to Reading 1, if necessary.
* The images on this screen have a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of Photo 4, Photo 5, Photo 6, and Photo 7, but be aware that each file will take as much as 35 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


text:
You see the following error code when you try to start an Xbox One game:
The game could not successfully start, which may be due to the way the game is stored on your console.
To resolve this problem, try the following solutions.
Solution 1: Try to start the game again
Solution 2: Restart your Xbox One console
Note If the console appears to be frozen, press and hold the Xbox button on the console for 10 seconds, until the console turns off. After the console shuts down, touch the Xbox button on the console again to restart. Try to start the game again.
Solution 3: Reinstall the game
Reinstalling the game will overwrite the game that's stored on your console. Whether you installed from a disc or from the Microsoft Store, you'll have to uninstall the previous installation first. To uninstall a game:
You can then reinstall the game by inserting the disc or by downloading it again from the Microsoft Store. To download the game again, search for the game in Microsoft Store, select the game, and then select Install.
Note Installing from a disc does not apply to the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, which doesn't include an optical disc drive.
Thanks for your feedback!
Provide feedback for this topic
Would you like to contact Support regarding the "Error 800706F4 occurs when starting an Xbox One game" issue you were reading about or a different issue?


text:
Mary Rose 1511
One of Henry VIII's 'great ships', Mary Rose was named after the king's favourite sister Mary and the Tudor emblem the Rose. Typical of the larger sailing ships of the fleet with high castles at the bow and stern, she was one of the first ships with gun ports cut out along the side of the hull for the firing of heavy guns.
Mary Rose had a long career and was frequently in battle against the French. On 10 August 1512 she was part of an English force that attacked the French fleet at Brest. Mary Rose crippled the enemy flagship, bringing down her mast and causing 300 casualties. This was possibly the first battle in the Channel when ships fired their heavy guns through gun ports.
The sinking of the Mary Rose is the event for which the ship is best known. On 19 July 1545 Mary Rose was part of an English fleet that sailed out of Portsmouth to engage the French. She fired a broadside at the enemy and was turning to fire the other broadside when water flooded into her open gun ports and the ship suddenly capsized in full view of Henry VIII watching from the shore. It is not certain what caused Mary Rose to capsize; she was overloaded with extra soldiers and may have been caught by a gust of wind, which made the ship heel over.
The wreck of the Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1968 and before her recovery divers carried out much preparation work. On 11 October 1982 the hull was lifted off the seabed and placed on a cradle before being raised by a giant floating crane. It was then towed back into Portsmouth harbour from where the ship had left on her last fateful journey 437 years before. Today the Mary Rose is preserved in No.3 dock in Portsmouth.
Further reading: Non-RN Mary Rose HMS Website
|Period in service:
|1511 - 1545
|700 tons
|38.5m / 126.3ft
|4.6m / 15.09ft
|20 heavy guns 60 light guns


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
As a teenager in Pennsylvania, I delivered The Morning Call and The Evening Chronicle to customers in a suburb of Allentown. On rainy days, I'd try to make sure the paper stayed dry inside the screen door. Now, I get The State and the New York Times delivered to my driveway in plastic bags, though the Times delivery is erratic. I can, of course, also read the Times on my iPhone, iPad and desktop computer.
As disseminators of news, we still deliver. True, some choose to call us "content providers," as though news were an anachronistic four-letter word.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the The Lancaster News, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Disturbing Questions about Waco which Must Be Answered
© 1995 Carol Moore
Index of Links to Full Text of Each Chapter
1. Why the BATF and the FBI Massacred the Branch Davidians
2. The BATF's Flawed Investigation
3. The BATF's Ruthless Raid Plan
4. The BATF Initiated Violent Raid
5. The BATF Actions Led to Ten Deaths
6. The BATF and Treasury Department Coverups
7. FBI Imposed Militaristic Siege
9. FBI Tricked Attorney General Into Approving Gas and Tank Assault
10. FBI's April 19th Gas and Tank Attack
11. FBI Tank Attacks Led to Fire and Death
12. The FBI-Justice Department-White House Coverup
13. Congressional Hearings Continued the Coverup
The Davidian Massacre was published as a mass market paperback by Gun Owners Foundation and Legacy Communications in October, 1995. Copyright 1995 Carol Moore ISBN 1-880692-22-8 Not for redistribution on the internet or other media without explicit permission.
To see many of the photographs and graphics in the book, plus various others, click here.
This electronic version does not contain some stylistic changes made by the editor; other grammatical and punctuation changes have been made. Corrections, additions, comments and updates will be made in the near future and clearly identified by italics and other notations. Some links to other pages also will be included.
For book ordering information click here.
For five years of updates on Waco, as well as information about Committee for Waco Justice activities, click here.
The Davidian Massacre – Book Index.


text:
- Search
- LegalWeek Home
- Law.com
- Publications
- Law.com
- The American Lawyer
- National Law Journal
- Corporate Counsel
- New York Law Journal
- The Legal Intelligencer
- The Recorder
- Daily Business Review
- Browse All Publications ➝
- Law Topics
- Career Development
- Deals and Transactions
- General Counsel and In-House Counsel
- Law Firm Management
- Legal Technology
- Litigation
- Browse All ➝
- International
- Surveys & Rankings
- Law Firms
- DLA Piper
- Clifford Chance
- Allen & Overy
- Linklaters
- Hogan Lovells
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Browse All ➝
- Legal Ladder
- Lean Adviser
- Events
- British Legal Awards
- International Private Client Forum
- Strategic Technology Forum USA
- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Forum
- Legal Week Connect
Browse All➝
- Jobs
- All Sections
- About Us
- Contact Us
- All Sections
- Advertise
- Customer Care
- Terms of Service
- Modern Slavery Statement
- Privacy Policy
- Follow LegalWeek
Copyright © 2019 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Lovells to vote on proposed LLP switch
Legal Week Reports
Thank you for sharing!
Lovells is set to vote in the spring on a planned conversion to a UK limited liability partnership (LLP) pending the findings of a report to be submitted at its partnership conference in November.
Trending Stories
Recommended Stories
Hogan Lovells Launches Mandatory Anti-Bullying and Harassment Training In UK
The firm is the latest to ramp up its efforts to manage behaviour expectations.
Bird & Bird Sets Up Shop In Berlin With Office 'Work Space'
It is the firm's first new office space it has opened in Germany since 2011.
Lloyds Advisers Gear Up for Fight As Process to Cut Panel Begins
The review process is underway.
Think Lean Daily Message
"Law firms are rightly afraid of having their bills challenged or, worse still, being sued by clients. They also have numerous safety related..."
More from ALM
High-End Commercial/Competition Disputes - London - 4-6PQE
City of London, London (Greater), United Kingdom
Our client is a dynamic specialist international high-end dispute resolution law firm, renowned in the market for taking on big well-known c...Apply Now ›
Banking Litigation Solicitor - Dorset
United Kingdom
JOB TITLE: Banking Litigation Solicitor PQE REQUIRED: NQ-4 years PQE LOCATION:...Apply Now ›
Residential Conveyancer - Coventry
United Kingdom
JOB TITLE: Residential Conveyancer PQE REQUIRED: 1 year+ experience LOCATI...Apply Now ›
From Data to Decisions
Dynamically explore and compare data on law firms, companies, individual lawyers, and industry trends.
Exclusive Depth and Reach.
Legal Compass includes access to our exclusive industry reports, combining the unmatched expertise of our analyst team with ALM's deep bench of proprietary information to provide insights that can't be found anywhere else.
Big Pictures and Fine Details
Legal Compass delivers you the full scope of information, from the rankings of the Am Law 200 and NLJ 500 to intricate details and comparisons of firms' financials, staffing, clients, news and events.
Corporate Counsel Forum Africa 2019
September 05, 2019
Illovo, Johannesburg
Unites leading general counsel to discuss, debate and deliver vital insights into the changing dynamic of the African legal market
African Legal Awards 2019
September 06, 2019
Recognising exceptional achievement from within Africa s legal community while the legal sector is going through rapid change.
Corporate Counsel Forum Europe 2019
September 12, 2019 - September 13, 2019
Bagshot, Surrey
Two-day conference providing a platform for legal department heads to deconstruct and redefine the role of general counsel.
Pay Equity: Current Trends and How to Mitigate Compliance Risk
Sponsored by: Littler |
Webcast date: Thursday, July 18, 2019 | Join this webcast to learn about the complexities associated with pay equity and how your organization can address them.
Webcast: New Research Reveals How CFOs View Legal Cost and Risk Management
Sponsored by: Burford Capital |
Webcast Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | Law firms: use this exclusive information to better engage with clients and win business. | In-house lawyers: understand how to better work with financial colleagues to manage legal cost and risk, and get insight that will improve day-to-day job performance.
Tips, Best Practices and Hot Button Issues of Commercial Mediation & Arbitration
Sponsored by: NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) |
Webcast Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 | **EARN CLE FOR THIS EVENT** | Join this webcast, and earn 1.0 CLE credit (General Skills)*, where Jim Wrynn from NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) will address the latest developments and hot button issues in commercial mediation and arbitration.
Legal Week Newsletters & Alerts
Sign Up Today and Never Miss Another Story.
As part of your subscription, you can sign up for an unlimited number of a wide range of complimentary newsletters and alerts. Get the timely legal news and critical analysis you cannot afford to miss. Tailored just for you. In your inbox. Every day.
Law Topics
Copyright © 2019 American Lawyer Media International, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Farts are funny, which is why there have been two stories sent to my inbox in the last 24 hours, both of which didn't have to do a very thorough job of explaining what they were about.
Our first foray into the world of enterprising gas-themed journalism comes courtesy of WaPo's "Nationals Journal" feature, which gleaned this little butt nugget from Nats' GM Jim Bowden's afternoon tea chat.
Mike Rizzo and Dana Brown, I've said it before, are the two best scouting directors in the game....I went with them for two weeks, Mike Rizzo and I, and you're up on an airplane to Nashville, Tenn., and all of a sudden you're in Ontario, you're in Texas, you're in SC, then you're in Florida, and that's all you do every day. And people fart on the airplane and it's horrible, and I had to call time-out on one because the stench was so bad that I just couldn't take it. The stewardess was spraying Lysol up and down and it was embarrassing. I said, look, go to the bathroom. There's no need for this! ... Have more respect for the person next to you! Stop farting!
"Stop farting!" might be the perfect new rallying cry for Manny Acta to adopt in an attempt to wake up the Nationals' dormant bats.
Second? Well, courtesy of Home Run Derby, we have Cleveland Indians pitcher, C.C. Sabathia, doing what only comes natural. You don't have to be Marlee Matlin to understand what he's saying.
C.C. Sabathia Farts In the Dugout [Home Run Derby]
Afternoon tea chat with Jim Bowden [WaPo]


text:
What is PDF? PDF stands for Portable Document Format and is a way of distributing documents over networks while ensuring they always print the same. To view PDF files, you need either the Foxit Reader or Adobe Reader
This page was reviewed or revised on Friday, May 6, 2016 3:43 PM


text:
(Lycee Overture)
Nagi Kodachi / 小太刀 凪 LO-0878-X SSP
|original title
|小太刀 凪
|card game
|Lycee Overture
|August 1.0
|original version
|オーガスト 1.0
|card number
Shipping Way
Standard Shipping:FREE
Japan Post Air
Standard Shipping:FREE
Priority Shipping: Japan Post ePacket ($10)
Orders over $80: Japan Post ePacket FREE
Free Shipping Worldwide
Standard Shipping (Japan Post Air, No insurance and tracking): FREE
Standard Shipping (Japan Post Air, No insurance and tracking): FREE
Priority Shipping Japan Post ePacket, Insurance and tracking included:$10
Orders over $80, Priority Shipping is for FREE.
Customers' Feedback
- by M.S Male / Chile June 7, 2019
- I can count on this site to find rare cards that other stores have sold and never restocked
- by S.A Male / Canada June 7, 2019
- Everything was perfect. Amazing cards. Thank you for the excellent service. Couldn't be happier. Can't wait to order again!
If there are tcg products that you want but you can't find in this website, other websites, or local stores around yourself, please let us know from our forum.
We're in Japan and we will try to see if we can find it and ship it for you.


text:
User should be aware that character '\' is not allowed as part of lock name. The reason why backslash is not allowed is because we are using CreateMutex call as described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682411(VS.85).aspx. As per this article third parameter cannot have '\' character which is the lock name.
This means below code will not work.
$ret_val = wincache_lock("C:\WINDOWS\Temp/cache");
echo $ret_val . '
';
$ret_val = wincache_unlock("C:\WINDOWS\Temp/cache");
echo $ret_val . '
';


text:
With the centenary of World War One in 2014 it seems appropriate to re-examine the influences that shaped the greatest outpouring of public works of art in the form of war memorials in our history. Although memorials were often allegorical, sanitising the brutality and carnage in favour of ideals of sacrifice, honour and duty, I have tried to select those scenes that depict the reality of war. There is hardly a town or village that has not erected a permanent memorial to the fallen. We may pass them so frequently that we give them little thought. Yet these memorials from the simple cross, to the ornate sculptures carry an enduring message of suffering.
Ashton Gardens in the town of St Anne's on Sea, Lancashire, UK
Unveiled 12th October 1924
Sculptor Walter Marsden ( Military Cross )1882 – 1969
Son of a blacksmith from Church near Accrington, Lancashire
Marsden is said to have wanted to capture the constant nervous strain of trench warfare, and the ever present feeling of danger that produced so much mental agony.
"The Contorted Soldier"


text:
Earlier this year when I finalized my August-September race schedule, I knew that I was flirting with the chance of injury. Therefore my first goal going into PCTR's Headlands Hundred on August 8-9, just a week after Vineman, was not to hurt myself, so that I can finish not this 100 mile trail race, but the other two runs of the same distance in the following six weeks. I knew that optimizing my fitness for any one race was out of the question. My goal became just to get through them.
Although staying relatively near the start of the race offers an obvious advantage, the downside is the usual late night rambunctiousness of my kids and their cousins, and the cramped sleeping arrangments. But, again, going up there is not all about me and my silly race.
I do have to blow a few minutes calling and texting my wife and my brother to see if they can find the gaiter, and if so, bring it down to the start, maybe on the way back from my nephew's tennis match in the city.
1st loop--can't believe how fast I'm running
2nd loop--okay I slow down a bit
Eventually on the long descent to Rodeo Valley (mile 33.5), he accelerates way ahead.
Sunday morning view near Rodeo Valley, photo by volunteer JoLynn McCabe
Arriving at the pile of drop bags, I'm relieved to see my missing gaiter that my brother had delivered (although he didn't quite put it in the box, so it was laying to the side). No more sand/grit/rocks in my left shoe. The nonblinded, nonrandomized experiment show that gaiters work (although since the number of subjects n=1, the confidence interval is pretty wide). This pair was race swag, so extra thanks, Dirty Girl Gaiters!
Heading out of Muir Beach (mile 58) to the highest point on the course, I catch sight of a runner attacking the uphills. It takes until the ascent up Marincello Trail after Tennessee Valley (mile 62) to catch up with him. Shan Riggs, who holds the PCTR San Francisco One Day course record (for which I'm signed up this October). We talk for most of the stretch until I lose him (once again, as I lost Dan Fish 30-something miles earlier) on the sustained downhill to Rodeo Valley.
Volunteers at Conzelman (mile 70) include Steve Holman, recent Marathon des Sables finisher who has had to pull out of the Grand Slam with a stress fracture and still in his foot brace) In addition to the usual spread, he offers me a slice of pizza. I hesitate. I'm mildly lactose intolerant, which means I can eat 1-2 slices and not feel much discomfort, but if I eat more than 4-5 slices (which I do occasionally, especially if it's free), will sometime get gassy and mild runs. But nothing severe and no belly pain. It's not like it ever makes me vomit. Still, I have never tried pizza during a race. But it looks and smells so good...much yummier than yet another packaged gel, dry quarter of PB&J or cold potato. We decide on about 1/3 of a slice, vegetarian. I head down the hill. The pizza actually settles well, and my stomach seems to appreciate the feeling of real, warm food. So at the time I think this was a good move.
Crossing the bridge after the sandy beach close to the start/finish aid station, I catch up with Dan Fish (Dan #1) and his pacer, who probably passed me while I was on the toilet; we come in together tied for 4th place.
Then in the chair with blanket since it's getting a little chilly. I try to sleep a few minutes, get some fluids down, but it's all slow going. Finally, Jon cajoles me to get up, and we leave the station over 23 minutes after arriving.
part of Rodeo Valley station crew, later that morning; head volunteer Ted at right
part of Tennessee Valley station crew, later that morning: John Fors, Carol (who really took care of me earlier, Theresa & Kevin (sorry don't know last names)
We continue pounding it down the hill, chasing a secondary goal of 23:45. For the hell of it.
customized finisher's coaster
Other blogged reports
Rick Gaston
Shan Riggs
Nathan Yanko (winner, new course record holder)


text:
Step back in time at this friendly township museum showcasing the rich, colourful history of the Rockhampton district 1850 - 1950.
A 'must-see' destination for all visitors to the Region. Visitors will enjoy over 10 hectares of bushland - incorporating a charming township and timber cutters camp with original and recreated homesteads, buildings and businesses, together with great examples of vintage machinery and a range of friendly farm animals.
Owned and managed by Rockhampton Regional Council, with the support of Village Volunteers.
Why not time your visit to coincide with the bi-monthly markets - the biggest in the Region. See the web site for details.
|Cost AUD
|Valid From
|Indicative Prices
|$15.00 - $15.00
|Adult price. Concession and family discount available. Markets (every two months) entry AUD2 per person.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


text:
Hanna Finkel
Hanna didn't have a choice, when her father first put her on a plastic pair of skis at the age of 3. Then she went the way of a classic alpine ski racer until the age of 18. Thanks to the racing experiences and alpine racing competitions, Hanna has a pretty smooth but at the same time sportive and radical skiing style. Her skiing skills made her an ISIA-skiing instructor and to a writer and journalist for a German speaking Freeride Onlinemagazine. Since then the 25-years-old German started venturing on high alpine skitouring and freeride trips mainly in the Suisse Alps, the Dolomites, Austria, France and the Bavarian Alps – because that is where she grew up and learned how to ski from her parents, both skiing instructors.
Hanna's passion belongs in the mountains. Apart from skiing, she is an avid rock and alpine climber as well as a mountain biker. Being out in nature, experiencing new and wonderful mountainous places but always making sure that having fun is at the core of all she does is what it is all about for her.
Hanna looks forward to her new team: "I'm pretty excited to get to know some of the other Arc'teryx athletes and go skiing together. I'm also looking forward to all kinds of Arc'teryx winter events and of course, not forgetting the nice clothing collection and the technical equipment! I'm excited to be testing and wearing these products for both for work and play."


text:
America was ready for this jelly, but as it turned out the lights in the Superdome weren't, not entirely. Super Bowl XLVII looked like like it was going to be forgettable and short on drama. The first-half ads were lackluster. (Click here to read time.com's reviews of every big-game ad; I covered the first quarter.) The game was looking like a blowout.
And then, as if ignited by the flame jets set up for Beyoncé's halftime show, the night got spectacular, weird and interesting. As it turned out, the combination of meticulously planned entertainment and live-TV unpredictability can still make America's one last communal night unexpected and thrilling.
With the Ravens trouncing the 49ers going into the half, it was up to Beyoncé to slap the home audience awake, with the best halftime show in years. Granted, that's an extremely low bar, but Beyoncé somersaulted over it backwards with an army of CGI clones, propelled by a gusher of fire and trailed by a guitar shooting sparks. The singer was just coming off a National Anthem performance at the inauguration marred by controversy over whether she lipsynched, but it's hard to imagine anyone watching this performance–commanding and sassy, with a boost from her reunited Destiny's Child mates–and paying much mind to what she was doing with her lips.
After the fire came the darkness. Shortly after the third quarter started, power went out to most of the Superdome, serving as a reset button for the lopsided game and a giant pause button for CBS's coverage. Left to fill a half hour of players warming up on field, the network's commentators seemed lost, vamping over shots from the sidelines while offering little in the way of information about what was, after all, a major news event going on live amid the presence of millions' of dollars' worth of media.
All in all, it proved the value of watching the game with a second screen, as Twitter proved to be a much better lights-out companion than the CBS crew, as millions of viewers cracked open extra beers, cracked their knuckles and cracked wise. The irony of this happening at the site of Katrina was not lost: "This time," snarked writer Neal Pollack, "it's the rich people trapped in the Superdome." Oreo, meanwhile, rushed out a timely blackout ad, funnier, more effective and undoubtedly millions cheaper than its actual game commercial.
After the juice was restored, either because of the break in momentum or coincidentally the game became, well, a game, as the 49ers pushed Baltimore improbably to hold on for a last-seconds victory. Meanwhile, the second half also featured the most striking ad of the night: a two-minute piece for Dodge Ram trucks set to Paul Harvey's 1970s testament, "So God Made a Farmer."
The accompanying photos were gorgeous, but the star was the late Harvey and his words, spare, expertly paced and paused, and almost Johnny Cash-like in their raw evocation of Americana. Yes, it was not wholly original. (A reader on Twitter pointed me to YouTube, where you can find several earlier montages set to the Harvey speech.) Yes, it was sentimental and retro, as Harvey always was. And yes, the small family farmer that Harvey celebrated was, even when he gave the talk, becoming almost as rare as the unicorn in the Pepsi Next commercial. But the talk and the ad–which after all, aims to sell trucks to a whole lot of non-farmers–are more about capturing a feeling, a set of ideals, an attachment to something authentic, even or especially if it's vanishing. It worked on me, anyway, and I drive a Scion:
Overall, the night was an example of what the Super Bowl still can be: the last big TV conclave that entertains men and women, young and old, sports fan and non-sports-fan, with immense servings of spectacle, surprise and generously ladled cheese. It's an all-day, bloated affair, and yet it was still able to turn on a dime and snatch excitement from the yawning jaws of boredom. Even the celebration brought a shocker, if of a familiar kind: winning quarterback Joe Flacco brought potential FCC trouble on CBS by declaring live and unbleeped on TV that the night was "fucking awesome!"
More so for him than the rest of us, maybe. But for a TV viewer, the sentiment was hard to argue with.


text:
Argument mapping
Argument mapping is a set of techniques and notations for representing the structure of arguments. The idea is similar to that of diagramming sentences.
Mapping an argument allows one to see which arguments have been presented to support or disprove an assertion. There are also techniques for highlighting poorly-supported assertions, unsound arguments, hidden premises, and so forth.
An argument diagram is typically represented as a tree of assertions: at the root of the tree is the main issue under discussion, e.g., "God exists" or "the death penalty should be abolished". Underneath that are boxes representing arguments for or against the main assertion, connected to it with different types of lines or arrows to indicate whether they support the main contention or not. These arguments, in turn, can have other arguments for or against them.
Bookkeeping rules[edit]
According to argument mapping rules, each contention should be supported not by a single premise, but by two or more co-premises, so that the co-premises and the contention together form a syllogism. For instance:
- Contention: government subsidies of tobacco farmers should cease.
- Premise: tobacco subsidies cause harm to the public.
This example violates the rule that there should be at least two co-premises for each contention. Furthermore, "Tobacco subsidies cause harm to the public, therefore the government should cease subsidising tobacco farmers" is not a proper syllogism. We can fix this by adding a second co-premise, as follows:
- Contention: government subsidies of tobacco farmers should cease.
- Premise: tobacco subsidies cause harm to the public.
- Premise: the government should minimize harm to the public.
Another rule is that, much as in double-entry bookkeeping, every significant term or phrase should appear in two places, either in the contention or in the premises. This helps ensure that important terms are not lost, and do not appear out of nowhere. For example, consider:
- Contention: Socrates is mortal.
- Premise: Socrates is a man.
We already know that this example is flawed because there should be at least two premises. To figure out what the missing co-premise should be, we note that the terms "man" and "mortal" only appear once: one in the contention, and one in the premise. We can add a second co-premise that includes these terms:
- Contention: Socrates is mortal.
- Premise: Socrates is a man.
- Premise: all men are mortal.


text:
Download Gone Girl HDDownload Gone Girl High Quality with duration 145 Min and released on 2014-10-03 and MPAA rating is 382.
- Original Title : Gone Girl
- Movie title in your country : Gone Girl
- Year of movie : 2014
- Genres of movie : Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
- Status of movie : Released
- Release date of movie : 2014-10-03
- Companies of movie : Pacific Standard, New Regency Pictures,
- Countries of movie : United States of America,
- Language of movie : English,
- Durationof movie : 145 Min
- Average vote of movie : 8.4
- Translation of movie : EN,RU,ES,FR,IT,CS,SK,DE,EL,PT,TR,NL,ZH,HU,HE,SV,
- Cast of movie :
- Ben Affleck ( Nick Dunne )
- Rosamund Pike ( Amy Dunne )
- Tyler Perry ( Tanner Bolt )
- Neil Patrick Harris ( Desi Collins )
- Missi Pyle ( Ellen Abbott )
- Patrick Fugit ( Detective Jim Gulpin )
- Kim Dickens ( Detective Rhonda Boney )
- Casey Wilson ( Noelle Hawthorne )
- Kathleen Rose Perkins ( Shawna Kelly )
- Emily Ratajkowski ( Andie Hardy )
- Scoot McNairy ( Tommy )
- Boyd Holbrook ( Jeff )
- Lola Kirke ( )
- Carrie Coon ( Margo Dunne )
Gone Girl Synopsis:
Play Streaming Gone Girl With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent. Download Gone Girl Online Streaming
Gone Girl Watch Movie free movie streaming full movie in HD without downloading, Watch Movie Gone Girl Full online movie streaming free and fun Gone Girl Free Movie Stream only here Today, we can see that hundreds thousands of people looking for free Gone Girl and watch it on their sweat house with internet connection. Be happy, you can reach hundreds of thousands of satisfied members who became tired of waiting for DVDs in the mail, and now you can watch for free Gone Girl Film, get some free new movie online free watch and download new movie new releases and the hottest classics on our site. It is fast. It is easy. And best of all, it is free to try
... Download Gone Girl Full Movie 1080p ...
Director : David Fincher, Novel : Gillian Flynn, Screenplay : Gillian Flynn, Producer : Reese Witherspoon, Producer : Leslie Dixon, Producer : Bruna Papandrea, Director of Photography : Jeff Cronenweth, Editor : Kirk Baxter, Casting : Laray Mayfield, Original Music Composer : Trent Reznor, Original Music Composer : Atticus Ross, Production Design : Donald Graham Burt, Costume Design : Trish Summerville,
Yes, now you can Watch Movie Gone Girl Full Movie Streaming and get the link to Gone Girl In HD
Gone Girl


text:
- Additional Information
Look LK251130
- Sizing Guide
Model Size: Small
- Returns
We totally get that not every purchase will be exactly right. This is why we want to make it easy for you to return. ALL USA RETURNS ARE FREE.
If you are not happy simply email us at to request a return label. Once you receive the label, just print it out and put your item into the return packaging that is included in your shipment. Please review our return policy for more information.
- Reviews


text:
Highest-rated regular-season Ravens games [Pictures]
Here are the 10 highest-rated regular-season Ravens games since 2010 when Local People Meters were first used to measure football viewing in Baltimore. Station managers say the People Meters so changed the landscape of audience ratings that numbers gathered with them can't be accurately compared to those that came before. Ratings for playoffs and Super Bowls have generally been higher. The highest-rated regular season game is only the fifth highest-rated when post-season competition is included.
By David Zurawik
Copyright © 2019, The Baltimore Sun, a Baltimore Sun Media Group publication | Place an Ad


text:
Read more about our custom gym equipment and see pictures in our online gallery.
Our professionally refurbished steppers set the industry standard, which competitors can only try to emulate. This process is done to the manufacturer's specifications and is conducted exclusively in-house, allowing for complete control over quality. Our certified refurbished gym equipment are truly in a class of their own.
Central to the overall user experience, the console overlays and touch-screens on our refurbished steppers and stair climbers are always examined and replaced to the exact manufacturer's specifications. The end result is a fitness product that looks just as good as it performs, and is guaranteed to last.
At GFI, we understand the importance of appearance. Thus, a precondition of our remanufacturing process is the replacement of all decals and emblems on our refurbished steppers. In doing this, our team of refinishers is able to transform a lightly used machine into a sparkling replication of its original self.
Unlike much of our competition—companies that employ shoddy cost-cutting measures when replacing old belts and climb assemblies—here at Global Fitness all of the drive-related parts and belts on our refurbished steppers and stair climbers receive only the most modern and premium components on the market today.
Our in-house and very elaborate electronics lab assists our technicians as they test and analyze each and every electronic component to ensure it is sound. Non-performing elements are either repaired or replaced through this process to guarantee every refurbished stepper we sell is electronically perfect.
The function and performance of our refurbished steppers and stair climbers is predicated on a sound, worry-free drive system. Therefore, every mechanical part on our machines, from the alternators to the batteries, is expertly diagnosed and repaired/replaced to ensure the long life of every product we sell.
The attractive, showy exterior of our refurbished steppers is made possible by our expert team of refinishers who collectively operate our on-site powder coating and silica sandblasting facility. Here, every frame and metal part on our fitness machines undergoes this process to ensure a first-rate final product.
Motor shrouds and other plastic parts are designed to protect vital drive components and preserve the life of the fitness machine. Consequently, all of these protective features on our refurbished steppers and stair climbers, unless in pristine condition, are immediately replaced with new modern plastics.
Our Refurbished Machines carry a 1 Year comprehensive parts & labor warranty.


text:
Nice work! Enjoy the show!
Link Copied!
The Oregon shooter was 'filled with hate'
Opening Sequence
Under pressure, Hong Kong suspends extradition bill
Retail Apocalypse? Not so fast...
Target hit by nationwide payment outage
Biden, Sanders to face off in Miami debates
Iran renews nuclear deal threat amid U.S. tensions
Ed Sheeran and Heinz team up for 'Tomato Edchup'
David Ortiz shooting suspects to remain jailed until trial
Canadian airline to turn seaplanes to e-planes
World in Pictures
Closing Sequence


text:
L.A. Marzulli
Fetal body parts used for researchInvestigateDaily – Fetal body parts used for reseach
We asked O'Brien whether she felt modern scientists were stepping into a dark pedigree.
"Do you see a correlation between the boundaries of science and experimentation on humans in this area, and the dreams of Nazi Josef Mengele and others back in World War 2 and the kind of experiments they were conducting?"
Mengele had taken particular interest in dissecting live infants for medical experiments.
"You see no correlation?"
There was a pause as O'Brien drew in her breath. "What you're trying to get me to say is that research on human fetal tissue is morally and ethically wrong, and I'm not going to say that. Because obviously I'm working on the tissue. I think the information to be gained is extremely valuable and it's not something taken in lightly. I don't think the information I use can be interpreted and used for eugenics. The reason that we have ethics committees is so we don't have a scientific free for all."
Australian paper says Euthanizing Babies should be Allowed as Abortion
It may be hard for us to understand how we got to the place where headlines like the ones I linked to above have become the "norm." We are so far down the rabbit hole that we may never find our way out again. These articles are an example of how we now disregard human life. The doctor who is referenced above obviously believes in what she is doing, however, Joseph Mengele believed in what he was doing too. You will also take note of the link above that mentions: Euthanizing - killing – babies should be allowed as abortion. The mere fact that the Australians are considering this makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. This is who we have become. Why? Because the world view of most people has shifted from a Judeo/Christian one to one of Darwinism. Darwinism sets the stage for eugenics, fetal research and the killing of babies up to one year old. Darwinism tells us that there is no God, no right or wrong, no moral absolutes, no ethics, only pitiless evolution and natural selection. Over the weekend I presented: Messengers of Deception and I quote Darwin. As Ben Stein proclaims in his must watch movie, Expelled, a strong case can be made that the Holocaust was a direct result of Darwinism. Darwin even tells us that: the dark races at some point will be overcome by the more evolved ones. I'm sure glad the Rev. Martin Luther King didn't adhere to that pile of rubbish, nevertheless this was why we sterilized African-Americans in the 30′s and 40′s. A case can also be made that Planned Parenthood targets minorities, as the ratio of abortions in the African-American community is disproportionately higher than in the Anglo community.
Darwinism is embraced by our scientific community and any other paradigm is silenced or as Stein would put it, Expelled from academia. This is the doorway that all must pass through and those who reject it may find it impossible to advance their career. Stein points out in his movie that even the mention of God, or Intelligent design, can result in a professor or teacher loosing their job. This is nothing more than intellectual fascism and it is rife in our institutions of learning.
In closing today's post: The above articles are a modern-day Frankenstinian nightmare and in my opinion straight fro the Nazi playbook. It is hard for me to believe that we are even discussing this let alone proceeding with the harvesting of human body parts from aborted babies. At some point in the future there will be an accounting. The blood of the innocent, like Abel's blood that was spilled by his brother Cain, cries out from the ground. When the Rider on the White Horse returns, He will stop the madness that is going on in these so-called halls of learning.


text:
Fell into the canal, you told me.
Fell into the canal, you told me.
I was clearly looking smart enough to be asked to throw you out.
Doin' the Lambeth Warp New: DISSENSUS - THE NOVEL - PM me your email address and I'll add you
Doin' the Lambeth Warp New: DISSENSUS - THE NOVEL - PM me your email address and I'll add you
Oliver has a very foggy recollection of this important event
It would have been quite serious if he fell into the canal. Would have got more than his feet wet.
That's what you told me, pal! I didn't actually witness the water incident. I was probably still in the pub enjoying my cocktail, having not been ejected for being covered in paint.
Your memory has been eroded by alcohol abuse. Sad.
Yeah... problem is, I dont drink.
But Ill go with it if thats the consensus. Is the Friday night OK for people?
I am intrigued by Sufi's 'room' though.
that's ok
Cold feet.
Had a very unpleasant experience here. Went with a group of friends, all bought drinks, however after my boyfriend and I had put our empties on the bar we were aggressively confronted and physically shoved by the landlord who demanded we buy drinks or leave. After defending us and showing their half full drinks our friends and we were all turned out. It seemed we were picked on for being a gay couple as it was when we were standing together at the bar that the barman confronted us. In summary a very unpleasant experience of physically aggressive and homophobic publican- do not go here.This evening was the final straw. I went in to buy a pint and use the toilet, however because I had been sitting on Regents Canal (which my flat backs onto and the pub overlooks) enjoying the live music from a travelling band & having a drink with my fiancé & our dog I was told, in no uncertain terms, that we dont need your type.
I tried to reason that I was not just coming in to use to facilities, instead I was hoping to buy a drink (& also was a local who comes to the pub a lot), however I was again refused service. Not only could I not use the toilet, I was barred from purchasing anything from the bar.
I wish I could say this was an isolated incident, however neither I nor anyone I have spoken to has had a pleasant experience in the pub.I was illegally refused tap water too (see https://www.gov.uk/alcohol-licensing , providing free tap water on request is a mandatory licensing condition since 2010) , and dared to report them to the licensing authority. And that is exactly what I will be doing, I am usually easy going but there are some things I won't stand for: I have never been either refused tap water in a pub before, nor treated so rudely and ignorently by a publican - who first pretended not to hear my request, then lied about the law, then moaned about the cost of mains water and all manner of excuses for not meeting her legal responsibilities as a licensee - and this treatment completely overshadowed the positive aspects of the establishment (traditional décor, nice cider, nice surroundings), as well as convincing me not to buy the second drink I may well have bought.Yes, the pub has character and live music sometimes but service is abysmal. If you'd like to be in a cash-only, homophobic, unhygienic and sing-along 1950s atmosphere, you will feel at home. I love old east end music but it's just not worth it.
Internet reviews are not always a trustworthy source of intelligence.
They've been plagued with passive aggressive, entitled middle class provincials slumming it for a few years in London before they can afford a mortgage in Surrey. These people should be made to feel unwelcome. It's how you preserve the character of your establishment. It's true they kicked me and my brother out once in 2004 but we were very very very drunk. Otherwise they've always been perfect.
They don't have a problem with anyone who's not acting like a Dick. Craner would go in there with his Michael Heseltine hair, blazer, bootcut jeans and insist on drinking wine and they treated him just like anybody else cos he behaved himself.


text:
Party Rental in the Greater Philadelphia Area
Welcome to Parties and More. We are a full service party rental supply company located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. We have been serving the party rental needs of the Delaware Valley for over 50 years and continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Our knowledgeable and friendly staff will assist you in planning your next event.
We offer a vast selection of rental items including:
- Tents & Canopies
- Table Linens
- Tables & Chairs
- Cooking & Beverage Equipment
- Silverware & China
- Glassware
- Carnival & Concession Equipment
- And Much More!