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Healthy Paradise Meal Prep Service
MealPro is a healthy Paradise meal delivery company that specializes in natural and tasty meals delivered to your door.
Meals Made with Science Backed Nutrition
All your healthy meals are high in fiber for digestive health and have lots of low glycemic vegetables. Your meats are 90% lean or greater, so you get more protein per calorie. These meals are specifically designed by nutritionists .
Tasty Food Cooked by Expert Chefs
Expert chefs prepare your tasty Paradise meals daily with natural ingredients and use cooking techniques that optimize nutrient retention. The chefs use marinades to keep your meats tender while also adding seasonings for a tasty flavor profile.
Customizable Meals: Extra Protein
Customize your meals by adding or removing ingredients and quantities. You can do extra protein, extra veg, and many more options. You can adjust every meal to have the macro nutritional content you need for your nutrition goals.
Filling & Well Portioned Meals
Our portion sizes on the menu page are listed in cooked food weight and we give significantly more than regular eateries. Also, your MealPro meals are rich in slow-digesting fiber that prevent cravings and keep you feeling full for longer.
Who Is This Paradise Food Service For?
Your tasty food prep recipes in Paradise are made by expert nutritionists and are cooked by expert chefs. The combination of nutritional science and artisan culinary techniques makes MealPro one of the best meal delivery services . This diet type is perfect for you if:
You want to save time with healthy meals that make life easier.
You are a clean eater dedicated to wholesome foods - or want to be.
You want to get back in shape and need a food prep plan that supports you.
You have a demanding schedule and you have no time to shop, cook and portion your meals.
You don't settle for a standard meal - you expect the portion sizes and nutrition in your meal to be adjusted to you.
You refuse to eat bland diet food at high prices. You expect your food to taste delicious, be affordable, and be healthy for you.
Why Use MealPro's Food Delivery Service?
Every meal has many customization options. Simply use the customization check boxes to add proteins, remove ingredients or change portion sizes. Customize your food to be made with extra protein, no carbs, extra veggies... and more custom options. Every custom meal is made specially for you based how you customize your meal on the menu page.
Stay on track! Enjoy carefully portioned and calorie counted meals. All your meals pass over a scale so every ingredient is portioned properly according to the a-la-carte menu specifications or according to your own custom modifications. This makes your nutrition on point .
Your meals are made in a state of the arts facility that uses modern steamer ovens that adjust moisture levels and sense food temperature to ensure you get the best possible meal each time!
Convenient DELIVERY In Paradise
Save time! Eating healthy has never been so convenient. You choose if you would like to have your healthy meals delivered to your home or work. Your healthy meals arrive in a corrugated box with a special thermal liner to make sure your meals are in optimal condition.
Forget cooking! Your meals are served portioned and cooked in meal prep containers that are vacuum sealed to be leak-proof and portable. Simply place your meal in the microwave or transfer to a skillet. No prep or cleaning required. Enjoy your quick and easy healthy meal!
Eat healthy and earn rewards MealPro points that you can redeem for meals or merchandise. Rewards points are like a huge discount for meals. You can redeem your points inside of your customer account (you will be emailed account login instructions after your first purchase) - so you can manage your rewards.
Enjoy fresh ingredients as close to their natural state as possible. MealPro's Paradise meal prep service is dedicated to wholesome ingredients without artificial preservatives. Your vegetables are sourced fresh and enter our kitchen within no more than 5 days of being picked. Take a look at our ingredient guidelines here:
Simply The Best Paradise Meals Delivered
Our Paradise meal prep company is where nutrition and taste collide. Our nutritionists combine ingredients to be macro nutrient dense and then expert chefs work in marinades, spices, cooking styles and seasonal flavors. At MealPro, we call the combination of nutrition and flavors "MealPro +". Beautifully designed, this healthy meal delivery service blends 21st century technology, expert nutritionist advice and traditional artisan culinary techniques to give you the best healthy food prep delivery service .
Increase calories for rigorous physical activity:
Customize your food with more carbs. This gives you a higher calorie intake and more energy. While high in calories these meals are very clean and are made with all natural ingredients like brown rice, fresh potatoes or other quality complex carbs. Get the energy you need to fuel your active day.
Low calories for weight loss or core toning:
Customize your food to be very low carb with little calories. The high protein content will still keep you feeling full for most of the day - so you won't be reaching for that snack only because it's there. Also, the vegetables in your meals are low on the glycemic index to optimize for core portioning.
Increase your nutrition intake with extra veggies:
Veggies are high in vitamins, fiber and are great for digestive health. MealPro's cooking techniques and preservation of vitamin rich skin. Also, from the time that vegetables are picked from the ground, to the time the vegetables are placed in your meals not more than 5 days go by - great for nutrient retention.
The Most Affordable Meals in Paradise
MealPro is an affordable food prep delivery service. Your meals are wholesale priced and you can earn rewards points that you can redeem for meals and merchandise. Great value!
By selling only on the web, we save on retail shops and we allocate more towards fresh and natural ingredients. This makes MealPro a very high quality and affordable meal prep service.
MealPro meals also provide you with more value by having the most generous portion sizes. Feel full and unlike other meal companies we list all portion sizes in cooked food weight. We give you more bang for your buck!
Have you tried ordering a filling meal at a high quality restaurant in Paradise? MealPro is a great high quality food prep option.
Reviews of this healthy Paradise Meal Company
Good price and nutrient value
"Best prices and nutritional value. Every time I look down at my meal there's great nutritional value. I'm always happy about taking a bite. Great food delivery company."- Jaime, Account Manager
Easy food delivery!
"I don't even have to think. It's at my door and next thing you know I'm eating healthy and I feel great. Since I've been on this meal delivery service I feel great in my own skin."- Cory, Insurance
Super convenient and tasty
"I love not having to go to the grocery store. Also, I like the flexibility of having my healthy food to go. The meals taste fresh and are delicious."- Alex, Law Enforcement


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Hire Someone to Hang My TV Friendswood | (281) 609-0527
Hire Someone to Hang my TV Friendswood?
Not only is Audio Video Pros one of the leading TV Mounting/Hanging Companies in the Friendswood area, but if you've yet to decide on which type or size of TV you'd like to purchase we can definitely help figure out which brand & size best fits your needs.
Some of the most popular TV Brands We Hang in Friendswood include:
- Sony
- Panasonic
- Sharp
- Pioneer
- Epson
- Samsung
- Sanyo
Just to name a few.
If you've already purchased your TV and are ready for it to be Hung in Friendswood, we're here to help!
Regardless of where you want to Hang your TV in your Friendswood home or business, we've
done it all:
- Outdoor TV Hanging
- Poolside TV Hanging
- Outdoor Kitchen TV Hanging
- Pool Room TV Hanging
Requirements To Hang Your TV in Friendswood:
- Television
- Where you would like it mounted
- Brackets
- Wire Concealment
How Much Does It Cost to Hang a TV in Friendswood?
Prices vary depending on:
- Whether you already have the brackets or if you need better ones
- How much wiring is needed to be concealed
- How Big Your TV is
- If you've already purchased TV
These are the major answers needed for us to determine a price for you.
You can either purchase these items from us (if available), or if you already purchased them,
then we can simply come by and you can Hire Us to Hang Your TV in Friendswood at your convenience.
Quotes are ALWAYS free, so simply give us a call and we'll figure it out together!

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The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Wednesday night in Chicago.
During the third period, Blackhawks' forward Brandon Bollig and Jets' defenseman Adam Pardy went after a loose puck in the corner. Bollig laid a violent, but perfectly clean, hit on Pardy which sent the Jets' player through the glass.
While the glass was out of the paneling, one Chicago fan saw an opportunity and seized it. The probably-more-than-a-little-intoxicated fan reached down and ripped Pardy's helmet right off of his head, and decided to try on the Bauer bucket for a few seconds before returning it back to its rightful owner.
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In need of an electrician for your home or business? Look no further! We can connect you with the best local electricians in Sandycreek, PA. Simply give us a call at 844-903-1536 and one of our electrician experts will be able to assist you. Don't be fooled by the other guys, call Sandycreek's number #1 electrician.
Sandycreek Residential Electrical Issues
Our licensed electricians in Sandycreek, PA cover a wide range of electrical issues and needs of your current home. Below is a list of common electrical requests from many of our customers. Even if what you are needing fixed is not listed below, give us a call at 844-903-1536 for custom quotes and quick service. Electrical problems can lead to more detrimental issues, including fires or harm to your family. We highly suggest you call as soon as an electrical problem is detected and we can help protect your family and home ASAP.
Common household issues we fix:
· Ceiling Fan Installation
· Outlet, Light Switch and Fixtures Install and Replacement
· Rewiring
· Electrical Troubleshooting
· Breaker Box / Electrical Panel Installation
· Lighting
Commercial Electrical Services
We understand how important it is to keep your business up and running. That's why we only connect you with the best electricians in Sandycreek, PA who will work quickly and professionally to get your business up and running as quickly as possible. Don't let your business get stuck in the dark and give us a call today. No job is too big or too small.
Ceiling Fan Installation
If you're trying to cut down on your cooling cost, a ceiling fan is a great option. Ceiling fans provide that extra cool breeze while continuously circulating the air. Our electricians can replace or install the ceiling fan of your choice. For those wanting to spice up that bare ceiling with a fan; an opening is carved out, supports are added, power and switch lines are fished into the opening, and the gorgeous new fan is installed. Cut down on your cooling cost, add a cool breeze to your home, and spice up that bare ceiling by calling us today!
New outlet installation
Many older homes in Sandycreek lack enough outlets to keep up with today's power hungry devices. A licensed electrician can easily install more outlets almost anywhere in your home.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley has tried to distance itself from the controversial U.S. surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden, but there is a long history of close cooperation between technology companies and the intelligence community.
Former U.S. officials and intelligence sources say the collaboration between the tech industry and spy agencies is both broader and deeper than most people realize, dating back to the formative years of Silicon Valley itself.
As U.S. intelligence agencies accelerate efforts to acquire new technology and fund research on cybersecurity, they have invested in start-up companies, encouraged firms to put more military and intelligence veterans on company boards, and nurtured a broad network of personal relationships with top technology executives.
And they are using those connections to carry out specific espionage missions, current and former officials say, even as they work with the tech industry to avoid overt cooperation that might raise the hackles of foreign customers.
Joel Harding, an intelligence officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1990s who went on to work at big defense contractors Computer Sciences Corp and SAIC, said spy agencies have at times persuaded companies to alter their hardware and software products to enable monitoring of foreign targets.
In one instance several years ago, an intelligence agency paid a tech company supervisor $50,000 to install tampered computer chips in machines bound for a customer in a foreign country so that they could be used for espionage, Harding said, declining to provide specifics. "They looked exactly the same, but they changed the chips," he said.
A current U.S. intelligence operative, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the government often works through third parties, in part to shield the big tech companies from fallout if the operations are discovered.
He cited a case more than a decade ago in which the government secretly created a computer reselling company to sell laptops to Asian governments. The reseller bought laptops from a company called Tadpole Computer, which made machines based on Sun Microsystems processors. The reseller added secret software that allowed intelligence analysts to access the machines remotely.
Tadpole was later bought by defense contractor General Dynamics Corp in 2005. General Dynamics declined to comment. Sun's new owner, Oracle Corp, did not respond to an inquiry.
Despite these secret collaborations, former intelligence officials and company executives say the great fear of overseas customers — that widely used U.S. technology products contain a "back door" accessible only to the National Security Agency or Central Intelligence Agency - is exaggerated. They said computers and communications overseas are captured by other means, including third parties such as the laptop reseller and special software developed by the agencies.
Defense contractors offer the government the means to break in to the products of virtually every major software vendor, according to a product catalogue reviewed by Reuters that was described as typical for the industry. [ID:nL2N0DQ35M] The NSA did not respond to a request for comment.
More massive cooperation is rare because big tech companies sell to many countries and have too much business at stake in markets like China to risk installing a back door that could be discovered, said one intelligence veteran who had worked for Microsoft Corp.
"Microsoft is technically a U.S. company, but it's an international conglomerate with tons of subsidiaries," he said. "It's a major part of Microsoft strategy to sell to China." A spokeswoman for the company declined to comment.
Silicon Valley's relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies is under scrutiny after Snowden, a former contractor for the NSA, last month exposed a top secret Internet monitoring program known as Prism that relied on customer data supplied by major technology companies.
Google Inc, Microsoft, Facebook Inc and others scrambled to assure their customers that they only handed over data for specific intelligence investigations involving foreign targets, and they denied giving the NSA access to wholesale client data.
But last weekend, the European Union demanded that Washington explain its surveillance programs and some European politicians said there were grounds to break off trade talks. Others urged citizens to stop relying on U.S. providers.
The close and symbiotic relationship between U.S. tech companies and government defense and intelligence agencies is frequently underplayed in the mythology of Silicon Valley. Defense contracts were its lifeblood through much of the 1950s and 1960s. Frederick Terman, who led Allied radio-jamming efforts in World War II, came to Stanford University with grant money and counted the founders of Hewlett-Packard Co among his students.
Varian Associates and other startups, many with ties to Stanford, got their start in the 1950s with military contracts for microwave and vacuum-tube technologies that were used in aerospace projects. In the 1960s, government space and defense programs, especially the Minuteman missile effort, were the biggest customers for the Valley's expensive integrated circuit computer chips. Database software maker Oracle Corp's first customer was the CIA.
"The birth of Silicon Valley was solving defense problems," said Anup Ghosh, whose cybersecurity firm Invincea Inc was launched in 2009 with funding from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
DARPA, which initially funded what became the Internet out of a desire for a communications network that would survive a nuclear attack, has intensified its work on Internet security in recent years and recently launched a "fast-track" program to get smaller amounts of money to startups more quickly.
Federal cybersecurity spending is expected to reach $11.9 billion next year, up from $8.6 billion in 2010, according to budget analysts at Deltek.
The relationship between the Valley and the government has had its bumps. A low point came in the mid-1990s, when then-President Bill Clinton pressed the industry to include in its products a device called the Clipper Chip, which had an NSA-designed back door to allow for law enforcement eavesdropping if authorities obtained a warrant.
Civil liberties groups and such technology leaders as Microsoft and Apple Inc objected, in part because the code could be broken and presented a security risk, and eventually the administration backed down.
Stung by that setback, Washington tried harder to learn the Valley's language. Its most visible initiative was the creation of In-Q-Tel, a venture capital fund intended to finance companies whose products were of interest to the CIA and other agencies.
In-Q-Tel's portfolio now includes security companies such as FireEye and data analysis firms like Palantir Technologies, which counts the CIA as a major customer. In-Q-Tel often makes modest investments in exchange for companies adding specific features to their products, former employees said. In-Q-Tel declined to comment.
Government agencies often demand the right to review the software code of their technology vendors, said former McAfee Chief Technology Officer Stuart McClure. That could allow them to spot vulnerabilities that they can use to penetrate the software when it is installed at other locations.
In other cases, officials and executives said, companies give the government advance notice of software vulnerabilities, even before they have warned their own customers - information that could be used for defense, offense or both.
"The vulnerabilities that are discovered as well as the potential risks to the infrastructure are now shared at levels that have never had sharing before," said Dave DeWalt, chief executive of FireEye and chairman of closely held security firm Mandiant. DeWalt was previously CEO of No. 2 security software vendor McAfee, which he said gave early threat warnings to intelligence agencies.
Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for current McAfee owner Intel Corp, said the organization works with governments around the world but declined to discuss specifics.
In a more formal effort at coordinated defense, NSA Director Keith Alexander is leading a regular gathering called the Enduring Security Framework, in which CEOs are given temporary security clearances.
One outcome of those meetings: a cross-industry effort to improve the security of the boot-up process on personal computers, say several people familiar with the project.
"It's a seriously dangerous game they all play," former Pentagon intelligence officer Harding said of the tech companies. "They want to help their government, but if it comes out, it's a serious problem. They are teetering and tottering, and if they teeter too far, they are going to lose."
Reporting by Joseph Menn; Editing by Jonathan Weber, Tiffany Wu and Tim Dobbyn
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POPLARVILLE - Pearl River Community College has received a $1.6 million federal grant to continue the Student Support Services program for another five years.The program provides tutoring and other academic support to students based on a number of criteria, including ACT scores, previous grade point average, GED completion or resuming school after five or more years. Participants must also be low-income, first-generation college students or disabled.The annual funding is contingent on meeting performance goals, including increased rates of retention, GPA, graduation and/or transfer, said Dr. Robert Escudero, program director."This is very good news for us and the students we serve," he said. "We are very excited about the opportunity to provide quality academic support services this year to eligible PRCC students, and, hopefully, for five more years."Limited peer tutoring is available now. Full support services should be available in October after an educational counselor is hired and the educational specialist/tutorial lab supervisor returns from medical leave, he said."This is not too unusual, even without staff vacancies and unexpected staff leave," Escudero said. "Each year at this time we have to recruit new tutors, interview them, check references, and provide training."The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education.For more information, contact Escudero at 601 403-1285 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
PRCC receives Student Support Services funding
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The Lighthouse Luxury Mohair Blanket
Sold out.
Hinterveld is internationally renowned for their manufacture of natural fibre mohair blankets. The lighthouse is part of their "Beautiful Story" range. His bold colours of blue, white and mink gives that fresh feeling of a glorious sea breeze. Mohair, known for its ability to hold colour is the perfect fibre to bring this blanket to life! A wonderful treat for yourself and a present that will last a lifetime.
72% Mohair; 20% Wool; 8% Nylon
Sizes: Throw: 130cmx180cm; King: 220cmx240cm
Delivery: Please note that delivery of Hinterveld blankets will be slightly longer than usual between 7-10 days.....and totally worth the wait :)
Care Instructions:
- Luke warm wash and rinse by hand only
- Flat Dry
- Dry Cleanable.
Can I have my purchase delivered as a gift to someone else's home?
Absolutely. Blankets are FABULOUS gifts! Just use your friend's details and address as the shipping address and your details for everything else (eg use your email address so that you receive the order confirmation email and use your information for the billing address. Be sure to make sure the details are all correct!)
How long will delivery take?
4-7 working days.
In order to bring you the most cost effective delivery, we make use of both a courier service and the post office.
Areas delivered to via Courier - Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Bloemfontein. Delivery takes up to 4 working days.
Areas delivered to via the Post Office - Northern Cape, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KZN. Delivery takes up to 7 working days.
All PO Box addresses will be delivered to via the post office.
If you have not received your delivery within 2 weeks and have not been notified of any kind of delay, then please let us know.
If the product is not in stock at the moment of ordering, please add 3 weeks to your delivery time. (You will know if a product is not in stock as it will be clear on the product page)
How much does delivery cost?
Delivery within Western will be calculated at checkout as this depends on the quantity and weight of the product you ordering,
Delivery in the rest of South Africa iwill be calculated at checkout
Do you deliver internationally?
We do. We'll deliver anywhere in the world :) The costs will be shown during the checkout. We have searched for the most affordable option and all international deliveries will go through the post office and should be with you within 14-21 working days.
Are the items shown on your website, all in stock?
Most products will be in stock. If for any reason a product is not in stock, we will indicate how long it will take before it is in stock.
Can I return my purchase and how?
We want you to be absolutely in love with your purchase! You can return your product within 30 days of purchase. We will even reimburse up to R70 of your postage fee for getting it back to us.
Please make sure the product is unused, free of any damage and in its original, undamaged packaging.
Please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange a return.
Please read our returns policy in detail here
How can I pay for my purchase?
You can pay for your purchase securely on our website using any credit or cheque card.
Pay via bank or post office
When paying via bank deposit, post office or EFT, please make sure you use your order number as your reference and we will dispatch your product as soon as we have received payment confirmation. Please send payment confirmation to email@example.com
Our banking details are
Bank: Standard Bank
Branch: 019205
Account Name: Blankets and Weaves
Account Type: Cheque
Account Number: 220733201
Please use your order number as your reference
Please email proof of payment to email@example.com
What is 3D Secure?
3D secure is a process that all online stores will take you through when paying using a credit or cheque card. It is designed to help protect you. Upon inserting your card details, you will be directed to a page where you will be required to type in a short code that you will receive via sms.


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There was a spate of Windows Phone scaremongering over the weekend, after speculation that the platform would be discontinued in mid-2014. This came about after it was noticed that Microsoft had published Windows Phone's support life cycle, just as the company does with almost all its other software.
Per Microsoft: Windows Phone 7.8 is supported until September 9, 2014; Windows Phone 8 until July 8, 2014.
Technically, this means that there is a chance Microsoft will indeed abandon its smartphone platform and stop producing smartphone software in less than 18 months.
However, this is unlikely. As Microsoft emphasized on Twitter today, one of the rationales for moving Windows Phone onto the same NT core that desktop Windows uses is easier upgrading. A significant new version—a Windows Phone 8.5 or Windows Phone 9, say—would reset the support period and extend the window out another 18 months. Support periods aren't tied to operating system families; they're tied to specific versions. Each release of a new version creates a new support window.
In this way, Windows Phone will work much like Windows does. Windows XP's support ends in April 2014. That doesn't, however, mean that Microsoft is discontinuing Windows. It means Windows XP has been superseded. Its successors—Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8—are all supported beyond April 2014.


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Authorities help return runaway cows
The Associated Press
Five cows that went on the lam are back home in upstate New York thanks to a quick-thinking emergency dispatcher and a Facebook post.
State police last week said the cows were spotted Saturday wandering along State Route 2 in Grafton, New York, about 20 miles northeast of Albany.
They said troopers corralled the "feisty" creatures into a yard until a Rensselaer County dispatcher figured out where they belonged.
The dispatcher saw a Facebook post from the family of a farmer asking if anyone had seen their missing cattle.
Authorities contacted the farmer, and the cows were returned safely.


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Olive Blue, is 100% mill dyed wool fabric that I have gently washed making it ready to use in your next project.
Fat quarters measure approx 16" x 28", fat eighths approx 14" x 16".
Lovely shades of blue and olive drab woven in a tiny texture, give this wool such a perfect blend of color. A primitive, muted blue green, perfect for backgrounds, outlining, beauty lines, borders, animals, hills, trees and geometrics.
This color plays so well with other colors, I especially love it with reds and golds.
A must have for your stash, perfect for rug hooking, applique, penny rugs, quilts, sewing projects and craft projects such as pincushions, make-dos, hats, doll clothes, etc.
Please keep in mind that monitors and screens can vary the color, so please refer to the above description when considering this piece. Photos were taken in bright studio lighting, the wool may appear more subdued in your home.
Place an order for $35.00 or more from my shop and receive Free Shipping!
Thank you for visiting and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Designs In Wool accepts payment through Etsy Shop Payments using your preferred credit card or PayPal. Etsy keeps your payment information secure. My shop does not receive your credit card information.
Payment is due at time of purchase.
If there is a Coupon Event, you must apply the COUPON CODE in the "apply coupon" box at Checkout to receive the discount. Use the name specified in my newsletter or shop info box.
Payment by check or money order can also be accepted. Please contact me if you would like to pay with a check. Your order will NOT be shipped until your check or money order has cleared my bank.
Processing is the amount of time I need to prepare your order for shipping. As this time varies, see individual items,
Wool and Supplies are usually shipped within 1-3 business days.
Hand drawn patterns can take 3-5 business days to get ready to ship. Kits may take as long as 7-10 business days to prepare. If it should take longer than that, I will contact you immediately.
Shipment is made using USPS 1st Class or Priority Mail depending on the weight, size and destination of your package.
If you would like to upgrade, please email me before purchase and I can give you a shipping upgrade quote.
USPS First Class is for packages up to 16 oz. in weight. It usually takes 4-7 days.
USPS Priority Mail for packages weighing 1 lb and over. Packages usually arrive in 2-3 days.
I will make every effort to ship your items at the most reasonable price. If you purchase multiple items and the shipping is $2.00 or more than the actual shipping, I will refund the difference back to your account.
Please contact me about shipping outside of the United States.
Shipping will be USPS First Class International up to 4 lbs and USPS International Priority Mail for heavier packages. Insurance is an additional cost.
International buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. Buyer assumes all risk of non shipment. Shipping times vary by destination and may take 3-6 weeks for delivery.
Designs In Wool is not responsible for delayed, lost or damaged packages.
Just contact me within: 5 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 14 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Designs In Wool wishes all customers to be 100% satisfied with their purchases.
If you are not happy, please email me immediately.
If you need to cancel an order, please contact me within the first day as I usually ship wool and supplies the next day (sometimes the same day).
With my permission, you will be able to return items that are still in original state and packaging within ONE week of receiving the package. Once it is returned to my studio, and it is in original condition, I will refund your purchase to your account. You are responsible for all shipping costs.
Special Orders, Wool Kits and Patterns that are Special Ordered and Wool that has been cut for rug hooking are not refundable. Digital Download Patterns are not refundable.
All designs, photographs and content are copyright materials and may not be reproduced or transferred in any manner without express permission from Mary Johnson. All designs and patterns purchased are for personal use only and may not be transferred, copied or given to others. Thank you for respecting the property and business of the artist.
© 2001-2020 Mary Johnson/Designs In Wool
Please feel free to contact me about special orders by clicking on the "request a custom order" button. I have a lot of inventory that is not listed.
If you are looking for a specific color or texture, I will be happy to check my inventory. If you are able to send a photo, that is a great help to me in understanding what you are looking for.
Special Orders are non returnable. Wool Kits and Wool Packs that have been cut in strips for rug hooking are not refundable.
Designs and patterns that have been customized and/or personalized cannot be returned.
Cotton Monks Cloth is 100% cotton woven with two warp threads and two weft threads has 12 x 13 holes per inch. It is great for hooking with all cuts of wool, from fine to primitive cuts. It is less expensive than primitive linen.
Primitive linen is 100% linen, the most durable backing fabric. It is more expensive than other backing fabrics. The evenly spaced weave of 12 x 12 threads per inch makes it great for all primitive cuts, #7 and wider.
Beginners usually have an easier time hooking with linen.
Both are fine and long lasting choices for the backing to support and make your hooked rug durable. I use both types, but usually choose linen for larger projects.
Yes, if the difference is $3.00 or more. Etsy calculations, especially on orders with multiple items, can add up to more than the actual shipping. I will let you know when your order is ready to ship if you will be receiving a shipping refund.
All designs, photographs and content are copyright materials and may not be reproduced or transferred in any manner without express permission from Mary Johnson. All designs and patterns purchased are for personal one time use only. The purchased item may be given as a gift to another person, but may not be reproduced, transferred, redrawn or copied to give to others. Thank you for respecting the property and business of the artist.
© 2001-2022 Mary Johnson/Designs In Wool
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Love this wool and the color
Aug 9, 2022
Great shade of blue... Looking forward to using. Thank you!
Jun 10, 2022
My go to shop for wool, great quality and ships quickly.
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Beautiful wool!! Thanks.
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The Endowment Effect in Chimpanzees – Abstract
Posted by The Situationist Staff on May 14, 2008
Sarah F. Brosnan, Owen D. Jones, Susan P. Lambeth, Mary Catherine Mareno, Amanda S. Richardson, and Steven Schapiro, posted their article, "Endowment Effects in Chimpanzees" 17 Current Biology, 1704-1707 (October 9, 2007) on SSRN. Here's the abstract.
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Human behavior is not always consistent with standard rational choice predictions. The much-investigated variety of apparent deviations from rational choice predictions provides a promising arena for the merger of economics and biology. Although little is known about the extent to which other species also exhibit these seemingly irrational patterns of human decision-making and choice behavior, similarities across species would suggest a common evolutionary root to the phenomena.
The present study investigated whether chimpanzees exhibit an endowment effect, a seemingly paradoxical behavior in which humans tend to value a good they have just come to possess more than they would have only a moment before. We show the first evidence that chimpanzees do exhibit an endowment effect, favoring items they just received more than items they prefer that could be acquired through exchange. Moreover, we demonstrate that – as predicted – the effect is far stronger for food than for less evolutionarily salient objects, perhaps due to historically greater risks associated with keeping a valuable item versus attempting to exchange it for another. These findings suggest that the larger set of seeming deviations from rational choice predictions may be common to humans and chimpanzees, and that the evaluation of these through a lens of evolutionary relevance may yield further insights in both humans and other species.
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At Reid Hoffman's recommendation, I pitched John Lilly on June 8, 2011 at Greylock on a new identity management startup, OneID. We met for 45 minutes.
I had previously talked to John when he was President of Mozilla.org, but that was only a brief conversation.
John was fully engaged, understood the pitch and the significance, and quickly jumped to the key issue: adoption. I agree. He saw it immediately.
He's also the only VC I've pitched that knew what federated identity is (and other buzzwords that only people deep in my space would know). So he understands the technology.
He said he'd get back to me on Monday and he did. They turned us down and he explained why.
Despite the turn down, he's kept in touch and has been helpful in identifying some top technical talent and to making introductions at some large companies I wanted to contact but wouldn't otherwise be able to meet with.
All in all, I couldn't have been happier. Of the people I've pitched, he's been by far the most helpful.PRIVATE: Members Only
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Posted by Anonymous on 2012-05-26
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Posted by Anonymous on 2008-09-01
Possibly the worst pitching experience. After weeks of meetings and diligence the sponsor partner brings us in for a Monday meeting and one of the main Greylock partners sleeps through it. Oh well...PRIVATE: Members Only
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Posted by Anonymous on 2008-03-08
I've heard this a few times that Bill Helman has all the power and that both Bills (Bill Kaiser is the other) need to be on Board if you want your deal done. I friend of mine was spend a consider about of time with another partner only to have deal nixed at end. Have other had similar experience"PRIVATE: Members Only
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Posted by Anonymous on 2008-03-01
Greylock is by far the best group of venture professionals that I have had the privledge of interacting with. They are extremely well connected and do not hesitate to use their connections to help out.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2008-01-01
I pitched Charles Chi a few years ago for our Series A, and it was a very good experience as he immediately concluded that it wasn't a good fit and very politely told us why. We didn't waste anyone's time futher.
I stay in touch with Charles from time to time and always find that he is friendly and direct. Its so unusual that I thought I should write up my experience here.PRIVATE: Members Only
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Posted by Anonymous on 2007-11-28
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Posted by Deans on 2007-09-25
Greylock funded one of the first companies that I worked for & I met David Strohm through that association. I kept in touch with him through the years and have always been impressed. He's confident, but not arrogant & he's a real pleasure to deal with.PRIVATE: Members Only (183 Characters)
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Posted by Anonymous on 2007-09-21
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Posted by Anonymouos on 2007-09-13
I have heard from folks who have worked with him that he has an ego the size of a football stadium, but that "you know where you stand". I know a few LP's and apparently he's never had the kind of grand slam many of his contemporaries have which might explain the ego issues.
The general word on the street is that the west coast is really dominating the firm and the few deals being done out of the Boston office are late stage deals.PRIVATE: Members Only
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Posted by RuralRoute6 on 2007-08-19
Principals and Associates offered very little if any insights and were unable to grasp simple online advertising concepts. Of all the pitches, they offered the least strategic insights and questions. Good people but just going through the motions of "looking at every deal". Mistake was to assume they would bring in Partners.PRIVATE: Members Only
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Fund: Greylock Partners
Posted by beyondfunded on 2007-08-17
I must second all other comments. I met with Bill Kaiser, Eve Phillips and a few associates and while they all were very polite, they were also very arrogant and very aggressive. Also, you could feel the internal tension (my conversation with them always had people from different offices cutting each other off and not agreeing with each other).PRIVATE: Members Only
Never Again
Fund: Greylock Partners
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-08-12
Twice is enough, and the same things keep happening there after the people change. They'll change their minds and blame the other partners, they'll make decisions they don't really like then look for someone else to blame. They tolerate bad management for too long and then - wham! - they change everything. All ego, no help, no partnership. It's just not worth it.PRIVATE: Members Only (409 Characters)


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SEVARE, Mali – The boy sits with his knees tucked under his chest on the concrete floor of the police station here, his adolescent face a tableau of fear. He's still garbed in the knee-length tunic he was ordered to wear by the Islamic extremist who recruited him.
It's these same clothes, styled after those worn by the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century, which gave him away when he tried to flee earlier this week. They have now become his prison garb.
Adama Drabo is 16, and his recruitment into the ranks of a group designated as a terrorist organization, followed by his violent interrogation at the hands of the Malian army, underscores the obstacles faced by France as it tries to wash its former West African colony clean of the al-Qaida-linked fighters occupying it.
"In terms of the rules of engagement, you have to think to yourself, what will you do if a child comes up to you wearing an explosive vest? What do you do if a 12-year-old is manning a checkpoint?" says Rudolph Atallah, former director of counterterrorism for Africa at the Pentagon during the Bush administration. "It's a very difficult situation."
France, which now has around 2,400 troops on the ground, plunged headfirst into the conflict in Mali two weeks ago, after the Islamist groups that have controlled the nation's northern half since last year began an aggressive push southward. The French soldiers are equipped with night vision goggles, anti-tank mines and laser-guided bombs. However, their enemy includes the hundreds of children, some as young as 11, who have been conscripted into the rebel army.
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"We have observed a pattern of recruitment of child soldiers from villages that for many years have practiced a very strict form of Islam, referred to as Wahabism," says Corinne Dufka, senior researcher for West Africa at Human Rights Watch. "We estimate that hundreds of children have been recruited."
The groups allied with al-Qaida started recruiting children soon after they seized control of northern Mali last April. Rebel leaders quoted verses from the Quran which they claim describe children as the purest apprentices. Since then witnesses have described seeing children staffing checkpoints, riding in patrol vehicles, carrying out searches of cars stopped at roadblocks, as well as preparing tea and cooking food for the fighters in the towns controlled by the insurgents, says Dufka.
The United Nations children's agency said late last year that it had been able to corroborate at least 175 reported cases of child soldiers in northern Mali, bought from their impoverished parents for between $1,000 and $1,200 per child. Malian human rights officials put the total number of children recruited by the Islamists considerably higher at 1,000 — and that was before the French intervention.
Adama, who is now being held at the Sevare gendarmerie, was hired as a cook two weeks ago by Islamist fighters in Douentza, a city controlled by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad, or MUJAO. Its members have been linked to the recent terrorist attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria, which ended in the death of at least 37 hostages, according to the Algerian government.
The teenager claims he didn't know he was working for a terrorist group, even though the insurgents who ate the macaroni he cooked carried guns, wore beards and dressed in the unfamiliar Gulf-style clothes they gave him. He says he joined them only for the money they promised they would pay at the end of each month. The police holding him say he was promised around $200 a month, several times the average monthly salary here.
Adama explains that his friends in Niono said they knew people in Sevare who would give them work. So they took a Peugeot 207 taxi to reach the town.
"It was there in the town that we met some people and they hired us to cook for them," he says. "They said that at the end of each month we would get paid. … And so we started cooking for them."
He says that even though some of the fighters in their entourage went to fight in the Niono area, he was unaware of their battle plans. The men spoke Arabic and Tamashek, a Tuareg language, which he did not understand.
One day, when he went to the corner store, the shop owner told him a war was on, he says.
"I told my friend, 'Even if the month isn't over yet, we need to get out of here.' We walked to the next village, where we found an old man there, and we asked him if he could please give us some water? The old man said he couldn't give us any water, because we're rebels. We said, 'We're not rebels. Give us some water.' It was then that a man on a motorcycle came by. The motorcyclist said that we are wearing the clothes of the Islamic fighters."
The boys tried to run.
The friend got away. Adama was handed over to the Malian military, which in recent days has been accused of executing dozens of suspected Islamists, including a group of six men who arrived in Sevare without identity cards. Adama may have been saved by the international outcry that followed the reported executions this week, says Atallah, putting immense diplomatic pressure on Mali's ill-trained and often incompetent army to respect human rights conventions.
"I was frightened," says Adama. "They said they were going to kill me. … They said this several times."
During the interrogation, especially on the first day, the soldiers threatened to execute Adama if he did not tell the truth, he says. They hit him, he says, and slapped him across his face. It was only on Friday, according to Adama, that the soldiers told him they would not kill him.
"For four days, they kept me in jail with two big people," he says. "I feel somewhat reassured now, but not totally reassured. Because I am still not free."
Child soldiers have been part of the fabric of African conflicts for decades now. In Liberia's civil war more than 10 years ago, drugged 12- and 13-year-olds were famously photographed toting automatic weapons and teddy bears. However, the standoff this time is between a Western army bound by the Geneva Convention and Western values on human rights, and an enemy that includes hundreds of children. One of the most active groups in northern Mali is al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, the terror network's affiliate in Africa, which originated in Algeria. In 2008, the group released a video showing a cheerful 15-year-old in Algeria who was suffering from a terminal illness, Atallah says. The Islamists convinced the boy that the best thing he could do with what remained of his life was to die for Allah, according to Atallah, who saw the recording.
"The video shows him smiling," he says. "They taught him how to drive a van. And then they filmed the van as it left, just before he detonated himself. I wouldn't put it past them to do this again."
Associated Press writer Krista Larson contributed from Mopti, Mali.


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McCartney said the decision by athletic director Mike Bohn, Chancellor Phil DiStefano and President Bruce Benson lacked integrity and was based, at least in part, on Embree being black.
"To short circuit a five-year contract before two full years is an indictment of true integrity," McCartney said in the letter he read on ESPN radio 102.3 FM. The show was hosted by former CU quarterback and athletic department employee Charles Johnson and Nate Kreckman.
McCartney, who led the Buffs to the 1990 national title, encouraged supporters to make their feelings known to school officials.
In the letter, McCartney compared the early years of his tenure to what Embree went through in trying to rebuild the program and said he was fortunate to have leaders at the university who stood behind him at the time. When asked why he believes current CU leaders failed to stand behind Embree, he said it is because he is black.
"I think men of color have a more difficult road to tread," he said. "I think that many people don't realize it.
"I heard the chancellor say it doesn't matter what color Jon Embree is. To me, that offends every person of color out there. It's as if to suggest that everything is done on a fair scale. It's not done on a fair scale. Men of color don't have the same priveleges or same opportunities and they are under greater pressure when they step in. For some reason our culture has dialed up something that causes us to have less confidence in people of color. I'm telling you, this guy can match wits with any white guy out there. This Embree guy is the real deal. He was doing it the right way."
CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said McCartney was misrepresenting the chancellor. Hilliard said DiStefano never said it doesn't matter what color Embree is.
"The chancellor said we didn't hire Jon Embree because he's African-American and we didn't fire him because he's African-American," Hilliard said.
McCartney joined a long list of people who have criticized the firing from a racial angle. Numerous national pundits, analysts and columnists criticized CU, including some on ESPN. The executive director of the Black Coaches Assocation also said he was "disappointed" with the decision.In 2010, McCartney offered to come back and coach the Buffs for several years despite being in his early 70s and "take the bullet" for what he described at the time as a massive rebuilding project from the Dan Hawkins tenure.
McCartney offered to groom a head coach to take over the program after several years when he has re-established recruiting and remade the roster. The school decided not to take him up on the offer and hired Embree instead.
"I could look at the roster and I could look at the schedule and I said uh-oh," McCartney said. "There is no way out of this thing but through. I went an interviewed and said, "I'll take it over for a couple years, I'll get it back and hand it over to the right guy."
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A snagged landing cable on a hot air balloon sparked a fire, explosion and crash Tuesday that killed 19 foreign tourists near Egypt's ancient Nile River city of Luxor.
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It crashed in a sugar cane field outside al-Dhabaa village just west of Luxor, 320 miles south of Cairo.
The official and the investigator spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Mohammed Youssef, a pilot of another nearby balloon, told the London Guardian that the pilot and a British passenger jumped to safety when the fire erupted. That affected the balance of the balloon, sending more heat into its "envelope" and causing it to climb rapidly, he said.
"People were jumping out of the balloon from about the height of a seven-story building," Cherry Tohamy, an Egyptian who was in another balloon, told the BBC. Ambulances arrived 15 minutes later, she said.
British travel agency Thomas Cook UK said in a statement that three of its tour customers died in the Luxor accident and one customer remains in stable condition in an Egyptian hospital.
"This is a very tragic incident, but also very rare," the company said. "Thousands of people travel to Luxor each year with balloon rides being a popular way to see the sights."
Egypt's tourism industry has been hit hard by the 2011 uprising against Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak and the ensuing political turmoil. From January through November 2012, 10.5 million tourists brought about $9.37 billion to Egypt, and the country's tourism minister said he expected the year's total tourist numbers to reach 11.5 million. In 2010, by contrast, 14.7 million tourists brought in an estimated $12 billion in revenue.
Tourism accounts for about 11% of Egypt's gross domestic product, and took a further hit in late January when thugs looted Cairo's historic Semiramis InterContinental Hotel - an event chronicled on the hotel's Twitter feed. Elhamy El-Zayat, the head of Egypt's Federation of Tourism Chambers, told Ahram Online earlier this year that occupancy rates have reached a record-low rate of 15% in Cairo, 50% on the Red Sea coast and less than 5% in Luxor and Aswan.
The downturn has continued despite the fact that, as noted in a Feb. 6 U.S. State Department travel alert, "the security situation in most tourist centers, including Luxor, Aswan and Red Sea resorts such as Sharm el-Sheik, continues to be calm."
Luxor, also known as Thebes, is the northern anchor of commercial Nile cruises that extend 125 miles south to Aswan. Luxor, one of the country's key visitor sites, was hit with tragedy in 1997 when a terrorist strike at the Hatshepsut's Temple killed 62 people, including 58 tourists.
Sunrise balloon trips over the Karnak and Luxor temples and nearby Valley of the Kings, home to the tomb of King Tutenkhamun, are popular with visitors but have prompted safety concerns before.
In April 2009, 16 people were hurt when a balloon crashed after hitting a cellphone transmission tower near the banks of the Nile. After the accident, balloon flights over the Valley of the Kings were suspended for six months while safety measures were tightened up, reports the Guardian. At least four other non-fatal crashes that year involved tourists, including three on one day, and there were also crashes in 2007 and 2008, the Guardian added.
In a statement following a hot air balloon accident last year in New Zealand that killed 11, Carl Holden, an air safety expert said, "People have been flying hot air balloons safely, since 1783 to be exact, long before the Wright Brothers' first successful powered flight in 1903. Every year there are thousands of hot air balloon flights around the world."
The Federal Aviation Administration regulates the use of hot air balloons in the USA. According to a preliminary search of the National Transportation Safety Board's aviation accident database, there have been 67 fatal incidents across America involving hot air balloons since 1964.
Contributing: Donna Leinwand Leger; the Associated Press


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That's for sure-))) Restaurant it is!ReplyDelete
I love the angles!ReplyDelete
Good to see the return of your B&W Wednesdays! Fun picture - thanks!ReplyDelete
haha; love that Western (is it Swiss?) precision! in Lebanon it would have been 5 minutes for all of them and each one is king of something.ReplyDelete
belle photo, bisousReplyDelete
I love that!ReplyDelete
wow, lovely picture as always, RosaReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Love the mood. :)ReplyDelete
Love the photos!!! speaks volumes!ReplyDelete
I am so hungry right now I would head to Lenkersee:)ReplyDelete
look beautiful!!ReplyDelete
I guess you knew where to head to! :)I personally believe road/direction signs are strongly linked to place as much as the architecture. Fascinating image.ReplyDelete
Quelle belle photo!!! Le paysage est superbe!ReplyDelete
They do indeed.ReplyDelete
and where we go on Tuesday ;-)ReplyDelete
liebe Grüsse
Love the composition!ReplyDelete
Wonderful pic!ReplyDelete
Have a lovely day,dear Rosa!
What a fun shot Rosa.ReplyDelete
Love the composition Rosa!ReplyDelete
Le signe ne dit pas a combien d'heures de marche :)ReplyDelete
Simplicity in motion...ReplyDelete
I love a road that leads to a restaurant... :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:04 PM, November 07, 2013
beautiful clicks...love how all roads lead to restaurant...our ways for sure :-)ReplyDelete
Look at that snow filled moutain in the back… Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Hehe what a funny sign (or collection of signs)! :DReplyDelete
What a lovely signage! I love photographing street signs, too ;)ReplyDelete
I always love that your pictures have mountains. Do you live very close to for example here, or you drive to this kind of open nature place? I wish to live in such a beautiful place.... I'm jealous. :) Love your click!ReplyDelete
it's only fitting that the restaurant sign be the largest of all. :)ReplyDelete
I wish I could be with you when you take pictures. You are such an inspiration. Beautiful.ReplyDelete
nice shot.. i am thinking of which way to goReplyDelete
Such a lovely photos Rosa! We miss the Swiss and Austrian mountains, specially in the fall.ReplyDelete
Hope you have a lovely November.
Love the sign! Kind of whimsical and full of charm. You're so good!ReplyDelete
I like your ideas and I admire your eye for details.ReplyDelete
Love the sign and the backdrop. So serene.ReplyDelete
Beautiful bokeh!ReplyDelete
Gosh Rosa, you really know how to capture the mood in each photo. I especially like the pic with the wet leaves hitting the benchReplyDelete


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Toyota announces global recall of 1.29M cars for faulty air bags, sticky front window wipers
TOKYO – Toyota is recalling over one million cars around the world for faulty air bags and defective windshield wipers.
The move comes just days after Toyota regained its spot as the world's No. 1 automaker from U.S. rival General Motors Co., with global vehicle sales that climbed to a record 9.748 million vehicles. The company is now recalling 907,000 cars, mostly Corollas, due to air bags that can improperly inflate when the vehicle's electronic signals damage a chip in the part that controls the air bags. It also is recalling 385,000 Lexus IS luxury cars with wipers that can get stuck if there is heavy snowfall.
Initially, the Japanese automaker had said there were no accidents related to either problem, but Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Naoto Fuse said Wednesday that two crashes were reported in the U.S. related to the air bag problem. Toyota had not been able to confirm them and Fuse said it is unclear whether anyone was injured in the two crashes. Toyota has confirmed 18 cases in the U.S. of abrasion-type injuries from the air bag problem, he said. In total, the automaker has received 46 reports of problems involving the air bags from North America, and one from Japan, and 25 reports of problems related to the windshield wipers.
As part of the air bag recall, Toyota is recalling some 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix cars in the U.S., about 141,000 vehicles in Canada and thousands of similar vehicles in Japan and Mexico that were manufactured between December 2001 and May 2004. The part will be corrected to be able to block damaging signals, said Fuse.
The problem wipers affect three kinds of Lexus IS models, manufactured from May 2005 to October 2011, including 270,000 vehicles in the U.S. and nearly 17,000 vehicles in Canada. The recall also affects the Lexus IS sold in Europe, the Middle East and China, Toyota said.
Toyota's reputation for top quality has been undermined in the past few years by massive recalls for a spate of problems, including bad brakes, gas pedals and floor mats, mostly in the U.S. Executives have repeatedly promised to beef up quality controls and be quicker with recalls to repair Toyota's image. Toyota has announced some recalls in recent months, but they have been relatively minor, such as floor mats, and generally affect vehicles manufactured before its latest efforts to regain sterling quality.
Last month, Toyota agreed to pay more than $1 billion in the U.S. to settle lawsuits where vehicle owners said the value of their cars and SUVs plummeted after the company recalled millions of vehicles because of sudden-acceleration issues. Executives say they are not admitting fault. But they acknowledge the company is eager to put the recall crisis behind it.
Toyota's production was hit by the quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan in 2011, where key suppliers were located, but it has since recovered, seeing sales grow not only in the U.S. but also in Asia.
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Output Impedance: A Show and Tell
Hanging out at the recent Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I listened in on a conversation that S+V writer Mike Trei was having with an audio manufacturer who's getting into the headphone biz. (You'd recognize his name, but I can't remember if I was supposed to keep it a secret so I'll keep his identity safely anonymous.) The manufacturer was frustrated that headphone amplifiers are made with a wide range of output impedances, and asking Mike what output impedance he should optimize his headphones for.
Sounds trivial, inconsequential and overly technical, right? Well, yeah, it's technical. But it's not trivial. For headphone listeners, output impedance can have a colossal effect on sound quality.
I'll give you a lot more to back up that statement than the usual "I listened to it and I think it's better" justification audio reviewers so often present. I'm going to give you clear technical proof.
An introduction to impedance
We need to start this discourse with a discussion about what impedance is and why it matters.
Impedance is resistance to the flow of AC electrical signals. Unlike simple resistance, which is the same no matter what the frequency of the signal, impedance usually varies with frequency. A speaker, for example, might have an impedance of 20 ohms at 50 Hz, 3 ohms at 200 Hz, and 8 ohms at 10 kHz.
The output of a source device, preamp, or amplifier has a certain amount of impedance of its own. It's referred to, not surprisingly, as output impedance. Amplifier output impedance works like a flow restrictor built into a backyard faucet. The flow restrictor limits flow of water to a certain degree, just as the output impedance of an amplifier limits its power somewhat. The device on the end of the line - a nozzle in the case of the hose, or a speaker in the case of an audio system - has a much larger effect on the flow.
That's the way it is with home audio amplifiers, at least. Almost all amps designed for home audio have an output impedance of 0.5 ohms or less. With a typical 8-ohm speaker, that means the amplifier's output impedance is only about 6% of the total impedance of the circuit. Thus, its effects are small.
Headphone amps are totally different. They range from as little as 0.5 ohms to more than 100 ohms. The output impedance of the amplifier is often higher than the impedance of the headphones
Why do some headphone amps have such high impedance? Two reasons. First, people tend to connect and disconnect headphones often and with the amplifier running, which creates a greater possibility for accidental short circuits. The extra impedance means there's always enough load to prevent a total short that might fry the headphone amp. Second, headphones vary a lot in sensitivity - i.e., some play loud with a given signal level, some don't - and the extra impedance evens out level changes and reduces the possibility of blasting your ears out if you switch from a low-sensitivity headphone to a high-sensitivity model.
So what's the problem?
Armchair audio engineers might now be thinking, "So what's the problem? If the impedance is high, just turn the amp up." But the problem caused by having headphone amps with so many different output impedances isn't the output level. It's in how the amplifier's impedance interacts with the headphones themselves to produce filtering effects and attenuate certain frequency ranges.
To go further, we need just a bit of filter theory. The simplest types of electrical filters employ a resistor and either a capacitor or an inductor. (To explain those terms on a very basic level, a capacitor attenuates low frequencies and an inductor attenuates high frequencies.) The combination of the resistor with the capacitor (to form an RC circuit) or inductor (in an RL circuit) creates a circuit that reduces the signal level above or below a certain frequency. A resistor combined with both a capacitor and an inductor will attenuate the signal only in a certain band of frequencies. Changing the resistor value (expressed in ohms) will change the frequency at which the filter operates.
Every speaker or headphone has capacitance, inductance and resistance. Thus, in a way speakers and headphones are filters, but that's no problem because the engineer can compensate for these effects in the design. But when you connect your speaker or headphone to an amp - thus adding extra impedance to the circuit - you're effectively changing the resistor value of the filter, causing it to operate in ways the engineer never intended. This can create unwanted peaks and dips in an otherwise flat frequency response.
If you're adding the 0.3 ohms output impedance of a home amplifier to the circuit, its effects are negligible. But if you're adding the 100 ohms impedance of a headphone amp, the effect can be quite large, as we'll see next.


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Hope at the End of Life
On my first day as a chaplain at Calvary Hospital, a palliative care facility in the Bronx — a place where every patient was near death — I was overwhelmed. In the other hospitals I had worked in, I had sat by the bedsides of patients who were frightened, lost, conflicted, and alone — whose lives were rife with hardship, and who often had few resources to help them make their way. But there had been — almost always — a future to reference: the possibility that addictions could be overcome, that illness might recede or be cured, that physical pain might be relieved, and certainly that a time would come — in a few days or weeks — when the patient would go home and resume his life. Almost always, hope was an assumption for me and for the patient. No matter how much suffering, hope was implicit in the fact of being alive.
I was confounded on that first day of working about what hope could be for a person who was terminally ill and who would never leave the hospital. How might I, as a chaplain, offer hope? It was not enough to say that hope for a terminally ill person would be found in the belief that there would be a heavenly reward (what happened if you didn't have that belief?). Or that hope could be the possibility of a comfortable dying process: just the right drugs delivered by caring attendants. I needed to know what hope is when someone is dying. I needed to grapple with this question so that my work with patients could be authentic, rather than formulaic; so that my work could be based on what I was really seeing and experiencing, rather than on what was meant to mollify my objections to what life can bring or to pacify my fears. These questions wove their way through my life at the hospital over the following months.
The physical pain that our patients experienced was terrible. The suffering of their loneliness might even have been worse, as they found themselves drifting in a grey space where they struggled to locate their selves, their lives. Even many of those patients who had religious narratives to bring them comfort and orient them, and whose pain medication regimens seemed to be effective, were often steeped in the murky waters of hopelessness. I had the sense that it wasn't just about dying, or about pain, but about what this period of their life was like — a kind of non-life for many. Not only had they been taken away from their daily routines, their skills, their pleasures, but it was as if they were also dehumanized, no longer able to feel part of the world, no longer able to contribute.
The understanding of what hope could mean at the end of life — of how I might bring hope to the death bed — developed over time as I intimately accompanied patients in their last days and weeks. I began to see that hope is the experience of not being set aside, like a decommissioned train engine sitting on rusty tracks at the far end of the train yard. It's the experience that no matter what the circumstance we continue to belong to something greater than ourselves — to god, to the family of creation, to the textured tapestry of existence. And belonging gives us meaning in the sense that we are part of that which makes up the fabric of life. Our very substance is woven into it, a thread among many. The opposite of hope, then, is not hopelessness, in the usual sense of despair, but meaninglessness, adriftness, disconnectedness, bereft of the deep companionship of something greater than ourselves.
Perhaps because some of my training was in the study of parents and their children from birth to age three, I sometimes find myself referring to what I learned then — when I looked so closely at newborn babies and their families — as I try to understand what is essential in order for humans to feel worthy and welcome. When an infant does not have a mother who is able to mirror him; when she can't claim him and include him and help him to belong to her and to the world, then that baby often becomes a person who struggles with life-long depression. This need for mirroring and belonging, I think, is not a stage-specific task, but one that we meet throughout our lives when we continue to find other ways of supporting our need to be received and affirmed. At the end of life, many of those means are taken from us. No longer can we manifest our beings by a career or caring for others, by creative acts or intellectual work, by shaping the world.
I learned over the months that to evoke a place where hope might arise, I had to give up any idea of service and to offer instead my willingness to be deeply, authentically present, much the way that a mother does with her infant. I learned that when we stay with a dying person, and we mirror them, not just with words, but with our beings, they experience their essence more vividly. When we sit with them in their darkness, because it's our darkness too, the darkness experienced by all people, they feel in their hearts that they are not alone, not bereft. When, through our careful probing and our deep listening, we support them in giving voice to whatever it is that is within them, they, too, hear how important their words, their thoughts, their experiences, and their feelings are; how essential it is for all of us that they speak their truth. By our presence, we offer the reality that they are not abandoned, no matter how dire their situation is. They continue to be in the stream of life and to be part of the human story. The tapestry of all living beings still needs that they play their part, so that we can experience the wholeness of that something which is greater than ourselves. And maybe that's what hope is, something as elemental, as rooted in the body of the spirit as that.