"Good thing downloads NOT trackable!" was one twitter response to my post imagining a skirmish in the imminent scholarly publishing copyright war.
Sooner or later, such illusions of privacy will fail spectacularly, and people will get hurt.
I had been in no hurry to see what the Sci-Hub furor was about. After writing frequently about piracy in the ebook industry, I figured that Sci-Hub would be just another copyright-flouting, adware-infested Russian website. When I finally took a look, I saw that Sci-Hub is a surprisingly sophisticated website that does a good job of facilitating evasion of research article paywalls. It styles itself as "the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers" and aspires to the righteous liberation of knowledge. David Rosenthal has written a rather comprehensive overview of the controversy surrounding it.
I also observed how easy it would be to track all the downloads being made via Sci-Hub. Today's internet is an environment where someone is tracking everything, and in the case of Sci-Hub, everything is being tracked.
My follow-up article was going to describe all the places that could track downloads via Sci-Hub, and how easy it would be to obtain a list of individuals who had downloaded or uploaded a Sci-Hub article – in violation of the laws currently governing copyright. But Sci-Hub is not doing things in the usual way of pirate websites. They're actually working to improve user privacy. Around the time of my last post, they implemented HTTPS (SSLLabs grade: B) on their website. So instead of inducing users to announce their downloading activity to fellow WiFi users and every ISP on the planet, which is what Sci-Hub was doing in February, today Sci-Hub only registers download activity with Yandex Metrics, the Russian equivalent of Google Analytics.
As long as you trust a Russian internet company to NEVER monetize data about you by selling it to people with more money than good sense, you're not being betrayed by Sci-Hub. Unless the data SOMEHOW falls into the wrong hands.
There are more ways to track Sci-Hub downloads. Many of the downloads facilitated by Sci-Hub are fulfilled by LibGen.io a.k.a. "Library Genesis". LibGen is doing things in the usual way of pirate websites. The LibGen site does NOT support encryption, and it makes money by running advertising served by Google. As a result, Google gets informed of every LibGen download, and if a user has ever registered with Google, then Google knows exactly who they are, what they've downloaded and when they downloaded it. So to get a big list of downloaders, you'd just need to get Google to fork it over.
History suggests that copyright owners will eventually try to sue or otherwise monetize downloaders, and will be successful. In today's ad-network-created Total Information Awareness environment, it might even be a viable business model.
The best solution for a user wanting to download articles privately is to use the Tor Browser and Sci-Hub's onion address, http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion. Onion addresses provide encryption all the way to the destination, and since SciHub uses LibGen's onion address for linking, neither connection can be snooped by the network. Google and Yandex still get informed of all download activity, but the Tor browser hides the user's identity from them. ...Unless the user slips up and reveal their identity to another web site while using Tor.
Since .onion addresses don't use the DNS system (they won't work outside the Tor network), they won't be affected by legal attacks on the .io registrar. If you use the Sci-Hub.io address in the Tor Browser, your downloads from LibGen.io can be monitored (and perhaps tampered with) by inquisitive exit nodes, so be sure to use the .onion address for privacy and security. I would also recommend using "medium-high" security mode (Onion > Privacy and Security Settings).
It might also be a good idea to use the Tor Browser if you want read research articles in private, even in journals you've paid for; medical journals seem to be the worst of the bunch with respect to privacy.
This isn't going to be fun for anyone.
An Acquisitions Librarian at Prestige University.
STM Corp Sales Rep: It's so nice to see you! We have some exciting news about your Big Deal renewal contract!
Sales Rep: I'm sorry to hear that. In fact, we also have some disturbing data to show you.
Librarian: We've been studying our usage data, and STM Corp's journals aren't seeing the usage we'd expected.
Sales Rep: Funny you should mention that, because STM Corp's Big Deal service has implemented a new "Total Information Awareness (TIA)" system that will answer all your usage questions. The TIA system monitors usage of our articles however they are acquired, and pinpoints the users, whoever and where ever they are. Our customers have been wanting this information for years, and now we can provide it.
Librarian: Now that's interesting. We've been discussing whether that sort of data could improve our services, but as librarians we need to respect the privacy of our users.
Sales Rep: Of course! And as publishers, we need to protect our services from unauthorized access and piracy.
Librarian: ... and our license agreements oblige us to respond to those concerns.
Sales Rep: I'm so glad you understand! But the TIA has exposed some disturbing information about journal usage on your campus.
Librarian: Yes, usage is dropping, That's what we wanted to discuss with you.
Sales Rep: Actually, total usage is increasing. It's just licensed usage that's dropping. Illicit usage is going through the roof!
Librarian: What do you mean?
Sales Rep: Have you heard of a website called Sci-Hub?
Librarian: [starting to worry] We would never condone that! Using articles from Sci-Hub is likely copyright infringement in our jurisdiction. And uploading articles would be a violation of our campus policies!
Sales Rep: Exactly! Which is why we wanted you to see this data.
Librarian: [scanning several pages] But.. but this is a list of hundreds of our students and faculty, including some of our most prominent scientists!
Librarian: Where did this list come from?
Sales Rep: As I said before, STM Corp's "Total Information Awareness" system monitors usage of our articles and pinpoints the users. You said before you had some bad news for us?
Librarian: Umm... we need to make some cutbacks.
Sales Rep: [smug] Well, then you'll be happy to know that we're limiting your big deal price to just a 19% increase over last time.
Librarian: [non-gendered expression of profound despair] ... and our Dean who's been using Sci-Hub?
Sales Rep: Sci-Hub? never heard of it.
Librarian: [resigned] OK, send us the invoice.


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We'll be the first to admit that in the grand scheme of things, a drop of water isn't a lot of water. But the water that leaks from a drippy faucet can add up over time. The average drop of water is a mere 0.25 of a milliliter. In other words, it would take more than 15,000 drops added together to come up with a gallon of water.
But before you dismiss your leaking faucet as some other day's problem, consider this. If your faucet drips once every five seconds, that's twelve drops per minute. It's also 720 drops every hour, and 17,280 drops per day. Which adds up to 6,307,200 drops per year. In the bigger picture, that's more than 400 gallons of water that goes through your meter and right down your drain. If your faucet drips faster than that or you have multiple drippy faucets, you're losing even more water.
To be fair, a "drop" of water isn't uniform, so the precise amount of water your leaky faucet is releasing will vary. The US Geological Survey offers a drip calculator to estimate the cost of a broken faucet. Their calculator is also based on assumptions about the size of a drop of water, and the rate of the leak.
In the United States today, leaky plumbing accounts for about one-sixth of our water consumption. You read that correctly; one out of every six ounces of treated water goes down the drain, never having been used. While water is a "renewable" resource – every trip it makes through your meter costs money! A lost drop here or there isn't enough to impact your water bill, but 400+ gallons per year certainly is.
There is no way to overstate the importance of clean water. As our population grows and our infrastructure ages, it becomes more expensive to treat and deliver healthy, safe and clean drinking water. By repairing or replacing dripping faucets, you can not only reduce your water consumption (and your water bill), but also ease the burden of treating and delivering clean water in our area.
If you have a lot of dripping faucets in your home, you may be experiencing an over-pressure issue. The municipal water supply operates at a certain pressure to ensure that everyone always gets all of the water they need. That pressure is generally too high for residential plumbing. Over time, this high-pressure condition can deteriorate the water valves in your system. As the valves deteriorate, leaks develop. It is possible to reduce the pressure inside your home by adding a special regulator to your pipes. The regulator will throttle back the municipal water pressure to better match the capabilities of your plumbing fixtures. Over time, this can reduce the wear on your plumbing fixtures and delay or eliminate the development of leaks.
If you'd like help with fixing a leaking faucet or reducing the water pressure in your home, please give us a call at Boston Standard Company at (617) 288-2911. We'll be happy to set up an appointment.
Like just about everything else, there's a right way and a wrong way to thaw frozen pipes. Here are a few tips to keep your pipes from freezing in the first place. We also have some advice for thawing a pipe that's already frozen.
The best way to deal with frozen pipes is to avoid them altogether. Heating your home can be expensive, and it's tempting to "dial down" at night and when you're not around. When the air temperature is super-cold (below freezing), your pipes can be at risk.
Pipes break when the water inside them freezes. Most plumbing is rigid, so the pipes are full of standing water when the taps are closed. This is good because a pipe that's full of water doesn't have any air. Air in the system could allow bacteria to thrive, and it could also change the water pressure.
Unfortunately, water expands when it freezes. In an open container, the freezing water has "head space" – room to expand. In a water pipe, there is no room for expansion. An ice blockage forms somewhere in your pipe and begins to exert enormous pressure – as high as 2,000 PSI – on the unfrozen water between the blockage and the tap. Traditional plumbing does not have enough material strength to hold back this unrelenting pressure. As the blockage grows, the pressure increases. Because the pipe is rigid, it cannot expand enough, and it will deform and split somewhere to relieve the pressure.
The first thing you can do to avoid frozen pipes is to keep your pipes warm! Insulate them to prevent cold air intrusions from affecting your pipes. Open sink cabinet and vanity doors to allow warmer air to circulate around your pipes. Open heat registers in the basement (if your pipes are below-grade) to let more warm air circulate around them.
Don't turn the heat down when it's super-cold outside. Yes, your utility bill will go up, but a higher heating bill beats flooding, water damage and mold.
If a pipe freezes and it's accessible, open the tap immediately to drain any water from the pipe. This may relieve some of the pressure, but you're not out of the woods yet. Start warming the pipe from the tap and work your way toward the blockage. A good safe heat source is an incandescent light bulb. A hair dryer may also help loosen up a frozen pipe. Be especially careful if you use "heat tape." Used incorrectly, it can cause a fire!
DO NOT USE AN OPEN FLAME TO THAW A FROZEN PIPE! That includes welding and soldering torches, cigarette lighters, charcoal lighters, tiki torches, candles or anything else fiery. Open flames caused 30% of house fires in 2017. It's just not a good idea!
You may not initially know that a pipe has frozen, but lack of water should set off alarm bells! If you get no water from a tap, or a water appliance stops working, If you open a tap and get just a trickle of water – your pipe is in the process of freezing. Act fast to relieve the pressure and correct the problem.
On the other hand, you may know your pipe has frozen because it has already split and there's water everywhere! In this case, turn off the water to that segment of pipe and begin the process of thawing. Start drying out anything that's gotten wet. You may have to remove drywall, plaster, carpeting or flooring. You won't be able to turn the water back on until the pipe is repaired, but at least you can limit the water damage.
Maybe you were able to get your pipe thawed out before it split. That's a lucky break, but your pipe is probably still damaged. The pressure can weaken and deform your pipe – and maybe not in the place(s) you'd expect. Remember, 2,000 PSI is about 20 times the pressure your pipes are designed to handle.
Don't forget to check any PEX hoses that supply water to toilets, sinks and appliances. These can freeze too! PEX resists freezing, but the fittings can get damaged. If you find a frozen PEX hose, take comfort in the fact that they're cheap to replace.
If you've experienced a frozen pipe, or need help repairing freeze-damaged plumbing, contact us at Boston Standard Company at (617) 288-2911. We'll be happy to help!
Something interesting is happening in Washington, D.C., this week. April 12-18, 2015 has been designated Water Week. During Water Week, water and wastewater professionals from around the US gather to develop, consider and advocate for national policies that support safe, clean water for everyone in ways that also protect the environment.
Something interesting is also happening in northwestern Massachusetts. That area, which includes places like Adams and North Adams, Greenfield, Winchendon and Ashburnham was declared "abnormally dry" last week (April 7). That's interesting because just one week earlier (March 31), only Adams and North Adams were considered to be "abnormally dry." Two weeks ago, only North Adams was considered "abnormally dry" and as recently as St. Patrick's Day, no portion of Massachusetts was experiencing any drought conditions. "Abnormally dry" is the mildest drought classification.
The abnormally dry conditions aren't reserved for northwestern Massachusetts. Worcester – barely an hour's drive from Boston – is the first major city in the state to have been declared "abnormally dry" this year. Drought conditions, which have grabbed the headlines in California in the past two weeks, can affect us locally, too. Prolonged drought conditions increase both the likelihood of wildfires, and the magnify the damage they can do.
Conserving treated water is one of the single most effective things we can do to improve our environment. The good news is that water conservation can be done very locally. Preserving and supporting our water table starts with making sure rainwater runoff can be returned to the ground effectively. That can be hard to do in population-dense cities like Boston, where much of the land surface is paved.
If you own property in Boston, you can start by building a rain garden – a place that can safely return rainwater runoff from your roof to the ground. Rain gardens can be decorative as well as functional, and can support a wide range of perennial and annual plants that don't mind getting soggy. You can also install an underground cistern to capture and store rainwater runoff for use on your lawns and gardens. Cisterns can also be used to filter rainwater and return it slowly to the local water table.
If you don't want to go that far, you can also store rainwater runoff from your roof in rain barrels, which you can use to water lawns and gardens during drier weather. When you capture and use rainwater, you can reduce your own water consumption, save money on your water bill, and more importantly, save treated water for those uses that actually require clean, drinkable water.
As always, check your water fixtures regularly for signs of leaking, and repair or replace faucets, hoses, connectors and pipes that don't pass muster. If you would like more information about water collection, or capturing and reusing rainwater for lawn or garden maintenance, please contact us at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating at (617) 288-2911. We can also help you abate problems caused by overly damp or overly dry conditions inside of your home.
Fix A Leak Week: Is Your Home Under Water?
This week is designated as "Fix a Leak Week" and is a good reminder to check your household fixtures for plumbing leaks. With this winter having been a hard one, a really good place to start your inspection is, of course, your outside spigots and lawn irrigation lines. If you didn't remember to close and drain your hose connections, you could be looking at cracked or broken valves and water lines. Any major leak of this type is one you'll want to fix immediately, because as the weather warms, you'll run an increased risk of mold growth in indoor areas, and loss of performance and other damage in outdoor systems.
According to the EPA, water leaks in the average American household can waste more than 10,000 gallons of water each year. Nationally, the agency estimates that leaks consume more than a trillion gallons of water annually. That's enough water to serve 11 million households. If you think this number sounds high, keep in mind that 10 percent of homes that have water leaks waste more than 90 gallons each day.
Sometimes it can be tough to confirm that you have a water leak. Dripping faucets and leaking connections are easy to see, but other fixtures like your toilets, showers and appliances may hide evidence of their sneaky water consumption. Use your water meter during a short period – say 2 hours – of "water inactivity" in your home to help you determine whether or not your fixtures are secretly consuming water.
You can test toilets for leaks by putting some food coloring in the toilet tank. If the colored water in the tank shows up in the bowl within 15 minutes, your toilet is leaking water. Most often, leaks from the toilet come from a failed or failing flapper valve. Alternately, the tank can fill too much when the toilet is flushed. If you dye your tank water and no colored water shows up in the tank within the test period, flush the toilet to clear out the colored water.
If your toilet doesn't pass the colored water test, change the flapper valve at the bottom of the tank. This is very easy to do, and it's a simple, cheap repair. If your toilet tank overfills, you can adjust the refill shut-off point by adjusting the refill valve. Usually, the optimal fill point is marked on the overflow tube in the tank. Try to adjust the refill to shut off at or near this point.
Dripping showers, faucets and connections are also signs of water leaks. Sometimes, simply tightening the connections around these fixtures can eliminate drips, but be careful not to overtighten the connections. Mineralization and debris from the water system can foul valves, making them difficult to close completely. Sometimes, just taking the valve apart and cleaning it or using Teflon tape around the connections can restore proper, drip-free operation.
If that doesn't eliminate the drip in your faucet, you may need to replace a washer or ceramic disk. In some sealed faucets, these may not be replaceable. In this case, you'll replace the entire faucet instead.
Outdoor irrigation systems can be a source of significant water waste. Even a very small leak or crack in an irrigation system hose can waste more than 6,000 gallons of water per month. It pays to inspect your outdoor watering system (or have a professional inspect it) every year before you begin outdoor watering.
If you have a major break in your water line or you know that you have a leak but just can't find it, please contact us at Boston Standard Plumbing and Heating for immediate repair services. We offer true 24/7 emergency assistance for all of your plumbing, heating and cooling needs. Call us at (617) 288-2911 anytime. Don't forget to like Boston Standard Plumbing on Facebook, and enjoy a leak-free summer!
If you own a home, chances are pretty good that you have at least one outdoor faucet. With outdoor faucets, it's exceptionally important to remember to detach your garden hoses at the end of the season, close the inside shut-off valve(s) and drain the faucet fixture before it freezes.
Water expands when it freezes, and nothing changes that. How much does frozen water expand? Ice takes up nearly 10% more space than the same amount of liquid water does. Unfortunately, in the case of a water pipe, the pipe is already full when water is in a liquid state, so there's no room for expansion if the temperature drops low enough for the water to freeze. Once the water in the pipe freezes, something's got to give, and it's usually the pipe itself, the valves, the joints or maybe even all three.
An outdoor water faucet is especially vulnerable to the cold, so it's extremely important to prep your water faucets for the winter. The heat from your home that is transmitted through the pipes most likely won't be enough to protect your outdoor faucet. Here's what you can do to help prevent a watery disaster from striking in the middle of winter!
From the inside of your home or building, close the shut-off valve that controls the flow of water to the outdoor faucet(s). If the valve isn't set back from the outer wall of your home, an accidental freeze can damage your shut-off valve, making it impossible to stop the flow of water. If your shut-offs are very close to the outer wall of your home, consider moving them back farther into your home to better protect them from freezing.
Leaving a frozen, water-filled hose attached to the outdoor faucet is asking for trouble! Disconnect your garden hoses, drain them and hang them up for the winter. Your hoses will last longer, be better protected from the elements, and will be less likely to leak at the connectors. They'll also be less likely to develop splits that will leak when the hose is pressurized.
Finally, open the faucet and let any residual water drain out of the pipe. Draining the outside faucet is critical, because standing water between the inside shut-off valve and the outdoor faucet can freeze and break both the fixture and shut-off valve. Creating an air space within the short segment of pipe gives any residual water room to expand if it freezes.
As an added measure of safety, insulate your pipes. Pipe insulation is inexpensive and can help protect your plumbing and valves from extreme temperature variations. Seal any open spaces, gaps or foundations cracks that can allow cold air to circulate around your pipes. Close all basement windows and foundation vents in the winter to prevent cold outside air from reducing the ambient temperature in unheated crawl spaces and basements.
If you have a frost-damaged outdoor fixture, or need new shut-off valves installed for your outdoor faucets, please give us a call at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating at (617) 288-2911. We can replace broken and leaking fixtures, move shut-off valves and help winterize outdoor plumbing.
Last week, thanks to some unfortunate work by a contractor, some City residents were treated to an unusual site: a city main shooting water four stories into the air. Construction is certainly nothing new in Boston. Water main breaks are also common, but they're usually a little more ordinary! So much so, in fact, that residents may not be aware of water main breaks that occur in their neighborhoods during the day or in the overnight hours.
The first sign of trouble from a broken water main is the appearance of sludge, silt, rust and debris in a home's water lines. When this happens, homeowners are often unsure what to do, especially when they can't find outward signs of plumbing damage in their homes.
The easiest way to flush a home's plumbing lines is to open a large tap while all other taps remain closed. The bathtub(s) in a home are ideal for this task. Open the cold water valve in the bathtub. Listen for hissing and spitting, a sign that air remains in the line. Run the water until it is clear, and no additional air bubbles are released.
The bathtub's tap provides the ideal solution for water main-induced problems. The tub faucet is much larger than those that serve the sinks, so it can discharge debris particles in the water line without getting clogged. Debris clogs in lines with smaller faucets can cause problems that require expensive repairs. Debris can clog water lines to other fixtures like toilets and sinks, as well as to appliances, boilers and water heaters.
Occasionally, a piece of debris is the system is large enough to close off a water supply pipe completely. If you have no water at all, contact the Water and Sewer Commission to see whether they've shut off the water to your home as part of the repair process. If they believe the water is on, you may need to contact a plumber to help you locate and remove the blockage.
It's also important to note that the City won't pay to repair damage to a homeowner's plumbing system, even if the damage occurred as a direct result of the water main break. Homeowners must repair damage and replace appliances themselves, and often, homeowner's insurance won't cover "clean water" damage unless you have a special policy rider. Check your current policy for this type of coverage now, and take action if your policy won't pay for water main break damage.
One of the best ways to keep foreign debris out of your home's plumbing system is to install a water main filtration system. This addition will help reduce sediment, sand and rust that comes from the municipal water supply. By keeping these contaminants out of your home's plumbing, you can improve the water quality in your home and reduce the incidence of damage caused by these free-floating hazards.
If you would like more information about a water main filtration system for your home, please contact us at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating at (617) 288-2911. We'd be happy to recommend and install a whole-house filtration system that will help keep your home's water fresh and your plumbing and appliances safe from accidental damage.
You may not realize that you have a plumbing leak until you receive an unusually high water bill. When you think of plumbing leaks, you think of the unexpected flood that deposits a lot of water on your floor or damages your walls. In reality, a lot of plumbing leaks aren't actually detected by the homeowner. Sometimes, you can determine whether a leak is present, but finding the damage might require more detective work!
Finding a plumbing leak. Plumbing leaks can be stealthy. One good way to determine whether you have a leak is to turn off all of the supply-side water valves in your home. You should have a supply-side shutoff valve at each water-using fixture. It's good to test these valves once in awhile anyway, so this exercise may help you kill two birds with one stone. Once all of the fixture valves have been closed, check the water meter. If the meter is still running, you may have a leak. During this test, if you find a shut-off valve that is stuck or broken, replace it.
If you do find that your system is still drawing water, you'll need test each segment of the system to find out which one is affected. This can be time-consuming, but it's the best way to locate the source of a leak.
The municipality needs to pump water at a high pressure to ensure that water is delivered correctly and safely to homes and businesses. Often, however, the pressure in the municipal supply is about three to four times higher than what residential systems are designed to operate at! Residential plumbing components aren't designed to take high pressure for long periods of time, and will wear out early and often! Once a component begins to fail, a leak is the natural result.
You can buy an inexpensive in-line water pressure gauge at your local hardware store that can measure the water pressure at a faucet. If your water pressure is significantly higher than 55 PSI, a regulating valve located near the meter will help ensure that your system maintains a correct and safe water pressure. These regulating valves are adjustable, so if you find that 55 PSI doesn't meet your needs, you can turn the pressure up.
Check your appliances. Don't automatically assume that the valves in your water-using appliances are in good working order. They're under the same pressure that the rest of your system is. Check the valves of your laundry, refrigeration and dishwashing equipment regularly for leaks and deterioration around the seals. Inspect the hoses and replace them every five years. These valves and hoses are inexpensive and are readily available from appliance repair stores.
If you need help with locating a leak in your plumbing, testing your water pressure or installing a regulating valve on your plumbing system, please contact us at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating at (617) 288-2911. We'll be happy to test your system, locate hidden leaks and help you protect your water-using appliances.
The Berkeley Community Garden (BCG) at the corner of East Berkeley and Tremont in Boston's South End provides gardening space during the summer months for seniors and low-income families in the area. In mid-March, the plumbing system for the gardens was vandalized. Thieves stole 21 of 22 watering stations, most likely for their scrap value. The stolen fittings didn't contain much copper, but their loss meant that the garden would not have a working watering system.
The thefts were covered well in the Boston media and we at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating saw an opportunity to help! We reached out to Ann McQueen, who sits on the Board of Directors of the Boston Natural Areas Network, which the Berkeley Community Garden is part of. Ann let us know that the water lines in the garden would need to be replaced to return the garden to operating condition for the spring.
The weekend after we installed the new taps, the thieves returned and removed eight stations from the garden. Because the BCG is such a valuable community resource, we have requested a meeting with the Plumbing Board to seek a variance to use plastic piping in the garden, to make the water lines unattractive to thieves and to preserve the BCG as a great local resource.
We've posted items about copper theft in Boston the past, but copper remains a very attractive target for thieves. As plumbing, heating and cooling professionals, we've seen many copper installations – both commercial and residential – that have been vandalized by scrap metal thieves. It's natural for thieves to target unoccupied homes and buildings looking for copper, but we've also heard reports of thieves stealing the plumbing out of occupied homes!
We'll keep the blog updated on our request to the Plumbing Board, and on the state of repairs at the Boston Community Garden.
If you need help getting your outdoor plumbing ready for the summer, please give us a call at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating at (617) 288-2911, and we'll be happy to help you get your own garden in order! Visit us online, and like Boston Standard Plumbing on Facebook!
World Plumbing Day – March 11 – is just about a month away, and although it may seem like an odd celebration, it offers us an opportunity to think about something we don't usually spend a lot of time on: clean water and sanitation. In Boston, plumbing is something we take for granted. Every house has it; every commercial building has it. But there are a lot of places in the world where clean water and sanitation aren't readily available.
More than 3 million people each year die as the result of preventable diseases and conditions related to inferior water quality and poor sanitation. The majority of deaths occur in children under five years of age. By itself, that's a lot to think about – especially when you consider that you can go to just about any tap that's connected to a municipal water supply, and get safe, clean, drinkable water from it 24/7/365, year after year in this country.
Despite our access to clean water and sanitation, water-borne illnesses can still affect us. Relatively recent outbreaks of the SARS virus and Legionnaires' Disease come to mind as proof that improper plumbing and air-handling can serve as a breeding ground for major threats to public health.
Plumbing is a trade, but it's one that evolves over time. In some cases, modern plumbing codes are responses to changes in the way people live, the applications of new technologies and materials, and our impact on the areas in which we live. In other cases, plumbing codes are the products of the knowledge and experience plumbers gain when they handle both clean and dirty water. In still other cases, our plumbing reflects what we've learned about diseases, and how they spread in urban areas.
So, as World Plumbing Day approaches, spend some time thinking about the role of clean water and sanitation, and how much of a difference it makes in the lives of the 7 billion people we share our planet with.
If you have any questions or concerns about your plumbing, heating or cooling systems, contact us at Boston Standard Plumbing & Heating at (617) 288-2911 anytime. We're always available to help! Friend Boston Standard Plumbing on Facebook and don't forget to celebrate World Plumbing Day on March 11.


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I will tell you that Laurie was my first ever reading. I've always been intrigued by doing such but did not pursue for one reason or another. I attended the Arden Fair last year with my wonderful sister whom has always open my eyes and heart to deeper experiences and understandings. It was near the end of the fair and she suggested a reading. She experienced readings many times before. We walked into the room where there were several folks who were providing such services. My sister said take your time walk near each one and see who resonates with you. Well I looked over at Laurie several times and just knew she was the one. She had the loving, warm, and sincere way about her. Felt like sitting down and talking to a friend!! Upon, telling her this was my first time she offered to do a reading with both me and my sister. What a wonderful suggestion and what a wonderful experience to share with my sister! The reading truly moved me like nothing words can even describe. It could not have been more in tune with what I needed to hear at that time in my life and gave me reassurance of my current path forward as being the one I was meant to be upon. She even introduced me to my guardian angel who I now call upon often when I need support and guidance or just to join we when I'm having a wonderful day. Oh and a funny thing when Laurie told me his name she said that he knew it wasn't a favorite of mine. Oh my and that was so very true! Though now I've come to appreciate and love the name! I hope to get another opportunity to do more readings with her. Even my daughter is intrigued and wants to try the experience! Laurie is truly a gifted and lovely person!
Laurie's ability to provide insights and messages has helped clarify and confirm the life path I am on. She delivered not only answers to questions I specifically had about my life, but also passed along some extra messages from my pets that I didn't even expect! Everything made perfect sense. Thanks Laurie!
My mom's sudden passing let my whole family feeling empty and full of questions. My faith helped me be able to let go and move forward but even though I knew I could talk to my Mom I really wanted her to answer me. I would look for signs and often felt her presence in the flickering of lights or the flight of a butterfly but there was a longing that kept me from being able to truly let go and move on. In comes Laurie. She was able to help contact my mom and get the closure I needed. She also was validation for me that I was feeling her presence and now when I long for her hug I just ask and soon I feel her arms wrapped around me. Thank you, Laurie for sharing your gift with me.
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I met Laurie a few years ago in a Spirituality class we were taking together. I instantly recognized her talents and gifts in Spirituality. Her talents were used to help my pets first on my dog and later my horse. The communication and message I received were amazing. Even down to the dietary change needed because the yogurt the vet suggested was upsetting her stomach. We changed the food by adding rice and we had a change in her stool samples. As for my horse, the messages were very clear and concise. I needed to get on board with changes that were going on in my life. Recent job changes brought less time and more distractions. He told me I was 'prickly' when I came to visit him (distractions) and not focused on him. (After all it is all about him – LOL.) I highly recommended Laurie to friends who used her gifts and were amazed at the messages received and heard! Laurie is very gifted and everything she shared with came into fruition. Including Lots of Abundance! If I were you, I would move quickly to get on her calendar.


Remember how I was agonizing about whether or not to drum in the Halloween Parade this year? Well, I found a post I made on Echo in 1997, before drumming in the parade for the second time.
I remember that first time so well. I'd only been drumming for a couple of months and I wasn't very good. I kept my head down the entire time, staring furiously at my drum, as if that would make me drum any better. I basically missed the whole thing. I could have been anywhere. This year was the total opposite. I walked down 6th Avenue with my head up, taking in my surroundings while drumming away, la-dee-da. It was my 15th year!
A left-over sign on 6th Avenue, telling people if you march in this parade you might be on tv, because NY1 is filming the whole thing.
This was the first picture I took on Halloween. The wig caught my attention.


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By Martha Freeman
Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery
"Mystery lovers will be satisfied by the plot and adults will love the curriculum and social awareness tie-ins." —School Library Journal
Eleven-year-old Luis is left looking for answers after a city-wide blackout leads him to an electrifying mystery in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from Martha Freeman.
Luis Cardenal is toasting a Pop-Tart when a power outage strikes Hampton, New Jersey. Elevators and gas pumps fail right away; soon cell phones die and grocery shelves empty. Cold and in the dark, people begin to get desperate.
Luis likes to know how things work, and the blackout gets him wondering: Where does the city's electricity come from? What would cause it to shut down?
No one seems to have answers, and rumors are flying. Then a slip of the tongue gives Luis and his ex-best friend Maura a clue. Brushed off by the busy police, the two sixth graders determine they are on their own. To get to the bottom of the mystery, they know they need to brave the abandoned houses of Luis's poor neighborhood and find the homeless teen legend known as Computer Genius. What they don't know is that someone suspects they know too much, someone who wants to keep Hampton in the dark.
In this highly charged mystery, two can-do sleuths embark on a high-tech urban adventure to answer an age-old question: Who turned out the lights?
Zap! CHAPTER ONE
Luis hit the button again, hit it hard. Still, the bulb stayed unlit. This close to throwing the whole thing across the room, he stopped himself. If the noise woke his mom, she'd be mad. She was back on nights.
What Luis did instead was grab his phone and call the only other person he knew who had entered the science fair—Maura Brown.
"Did you follow the directions?" she asked.
"Yeah, I did. There's gremlins in the wires or something."
Luis Cardenal was eleven and in sixth grade. He was average height. His shoulders were beginning to broaden, but he still looked more skinny than strong. Luis had a mane of black hair and eyes that were almost as dark. His mom said he'd be a good-looking kid—guapísimo—if only he'd get a haircut and maybe smile once in a while.
When his mom said that, Luis pulled his lips back from those teeth and made what Maura called his fierce face. This was a joke between them but not entirely a joke. Luis wasn't really angry the way he looked. More like he was determined, and the smile his mom wished for did not fit with determined.
Maura was Luis's best friend. Ex–best friend. Ex-best but still friend. Her hair was red-blond and thick. She had pale skin with freckles, and her eyes were blue. Her nose was so small that Luis had asked her once how she even breathed out of it.
She had socked him in reply, and he'd never asked again.
Now she said, "There are no gremlins."
"Maybe not in your science fair project," Luis said.
"It's a science fair project?" Maura said. "How lame is that—a lightbulb?"
"A lightbulb that won't light," Luis clarified. "So what's yours that's so great?"
"It's a replica of the first kidney dialysis machine," Maura said. "This Dutch doctor invented it right before the Nazi invasion. I mean, mine's going to be smaller and you can't hook it to a live body, or anything, but it turns out to be not that hard to build. You get plastic wrap and orange juice cans—"
Luis stopped listening. The Nazi part had sounded interesting, but he didn't know what a di-whatzit machine was, and he sure as heck wasn't going to ask. Maura had a lot to say about her project, so while not listening he fiddled with the faulty circuit that lay in front of him on the floor of his blue bedroom—dark blue for Blue Lu.
It had taken a lot of talking, but finally last spring Luis had convinced his parents to let him claim the big bedroom that used to belong to his older brother, Reynaldo. Then he had hung up some posters scrounged from here and there—LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry. On his desk was a chessboard set up for a game. Reynaldo had promised Luis he would teach him to play; Luis was still waiting. The carpet on which he sat now was brown and threadbare, flattened by the soles of countless shoes.
There was a one-hundred-dollar prize if you won the science fair. It was definitely worth a try. To get what he needed for the project, Luis had braved the basement. Most of it was junk down there, but if you were determined, you could find almost anything—in this case electrical wire from the cord of a busted lamp, a nine-volt battery, a switch, and a bulb from an old flashlight. Luis had followed directions looked up online to create a circuit—battery connected to wire connected to switch connected to bulb, then back to wire and battery.
Maybe the battery was dead? But it looked brand-new.
Now Maura was talking about kidneys. Luis had heard somewhere that you could test a battery with your tongue. It sounded weird, but—"Ow!"
"Luis! Are you okay?" Maura's voice came from the floor.
"Thorry," Luis said, his tongue not working right, then, "Thorry," again when he had picked the phone up. "Don't evuh wick a battewy, Mauwa. It huwts—and it tastes tewwibuh."
"Why would I do anything that dumb?" Maura asked.
"No reason." The terrible taste was still there, but his tongue was recovering.
"Do you want me to come over and take a look at your project? Is that why you called?" Maura asked.
"You sound like a mom on TV, Maura: 'Don't make me come down there!'?" said Luis.
There was a pause. Was she insulted?
Anyway, the fact was he did want Maura to come over. Who else was going to help him? Reynaldo would have, but he'd be at work at the garage. He worked all the time. Luis's parents were working, too, and anyway what did they know about science fair projects? They had gone to school in a Nicaraguan village. According to them, the school had dirt floors and one beat-up science book the whole class had to share.
"Forget it," he told Maura. "I'll figure it out, or I won't. You're right. It's a stupid project anyway."
"I've got my bike," Maura said. "I'll be there soon."
Helen Richardson
Martha Freeman worked as a reporter and teacher before becoming a full-time writer of books for young readers, including the Edgar Award–nominated Zap!, Born Curious, The Secret Cookie Club series, Who Stole Halloween?, and Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question, which School Library Journal called "accessible and exciting" in a starred review. She also collaborated with NASA astronaut Mark Kelly on the Astrotwins books. Martha lives in Colorado. Learn more at MarthaFreeman.com.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (May 7, 2019)
Lexile ® 660L
Lexile ® 591 - 690
Children's Fiction > Science Fiction > General
Children's Fiction > Technology
Children's Fiction > Mysteries & Detective Stories
S&S Metadata (MOM)
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
Book Cover Image (jpg): Zap!
Author Photo (jpg): Martha Freeman
More books from this author: Martha Freeman

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Q: Return results that don't match in join SQL Server Refer to this http://sqlfiddle.com/#!18/8fe2a/13
I have tables
CREATE TABLE Figure(
MonthNumber varchar(10),
Code varchar(10),
Figure int
);

INSERT INTO Figure (MonthNumber, Code, Figure)
VALUES ('5', 'S', '25'),
('5','G', '30');

CREATE TABLE Other(
MonthNumber varchar(10),
Code varchar(10),
Figure int
);

INSERT INTO Other (MonthNumber, Code, Figure)
VALUES ('5', 'S', '25'),
('5','G', '30'),
('4','K', '40'),
('3','D', '20'),
('2','J', '25');

Query:
SELECT * FROM
Figure f1
RIGHT JOIN
Other O
ON F1.[Code] = O.[Code]
OR
o.[MonthNumber] = MONTH(GETDATE())-1
WHERE f1.[MonthNumber] = MONTH(GETDATE())

Result:
| MonthNumber | Code | Figure | MonthNumber | Code | Figure |
|-------------|------|--------|-------------|------|--------|
|           5 |    S |     25 |           5 |    S |     25 |
|           5 |    S |     25 |           4 |    K |     40 |
|           5 |    G |     30 |           5 |    G |     30 |
|           5 |    G |     30 |           4 |    K |     40 |

However, i am looking for this month's results but to also include the people that may have had a figure for the previous months but not for this month.
Desired result:
| MonthNumber | Code | Figure |
|-------------|------|--------|
|           5 |    S |     25 |
|           5 |    G |     25 |
|           5 |    K |      0 |
|           5 |    D |      0 |
|           5 |    J |      0 |

I cant really work out what i need on the join. Any help would be appreciated.

A: You appear to want logic like this:
SELECT MONTH(GETDATE()) as MonthNumber,
       MONTH(GETDATE()) as Code,
       f.Figure
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT code FROM Other) c LEFT JOIN
     Other o
     ON c.Code = o.Code LEFT JOIN
     Figure f
     ON f.[Code] = c.[Code] AND
        f.[MonthNumber] = MONTH(GETDATE())
ORDER BY figure desc;

Here is the SQL Fiddle.  I didn't bother putting in the COALESCE() for the Figure.  NULL seems like a suitable return value.

A: Try This
SELECT
    O.*
FROM
    Figure f1
RIGHT JOIN
    Other O
ON
    F1.[Code] = O.[Code]
AND
    (
        f1.[MonthNumber] = MONTH(GETDATE())
    OR
        (
            o.[MonthNumber] = MONTH(GETDATE())-1
        AND
            f1.[MonthNumber] != MONTH(GETDATE())
        )
    )

Demo

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!18/8fe2a/44

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Writing in The Guardian, the Labour leader held out an olive branch to Lib Dems who are uneasy about their party's coalition with Conservatives, saying he wants "to co-operate with them in Parliament and outside it" to fight against the direction in which the Government is taking Britain.
Speaking to the Fabian Society later, he will insist he does not intend to "gloat" over the "tragic mistake" made by the Liberal Democrats under Nick Clegg's leadership.
He will make clear he looks forward to warmer relations with the third party in future, saying that he hopes that Liberal Democrats will eventually come to realise they blundered by agreeing to join a Tory-led Government.
And he will accept that Labour needs to change and "rebuild ourselves as a broad movement of the British mainstream", after 13 yeas in power in which the party "lost our way".
"Forgive me if I decline to join those of you who are gloating at the expense of the Liberal Democrats," Mr Miliband will say.
In his Guardian article, Mr Miliband paid tribute to the influence on Labour of Liberal thinkers like William Beveridge and John Maynard Keynes.
And he said: "Many Lib Dems already see Labour as the main progressive hope in British politics. But there are others who have decided to stay and fight for the soul of their party.


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The Valley View Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of  miles on the turf held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting.

History

The event was named in after the Valley View Ferry which connects auto traffic between the county seats of Richmond in Madison County and Nicholasville in Jessamine County and is  widely regarded as the Kentucky's oldest continually operating business.

The event was inaugurated on 11 October 1991 and was won by the 31-1 longshot La Gueriere in a time of 1:43.49. Two weeks later La Gueriere proved that her win was not a fluke by winning the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes.

From 1994 to 1998 the event was classified as Listed and in 1999 the event was upgraded to Grade III.

The race was split into two divisions in 2009 and 2012.

In 2006 due to inclement weather the event was move to the synthetic track and in 2015 also the event was moved off the turf to the dirt track.

Records
Speed record:
 1:41.51  - Spinning Round  (1992)

Margins:
7 lengths – Mingling Glances   (1997)

Most wins by an owner
 3 - Augustin Stable  (2010, 2012, 2022)

Most wins by a jockey
 3 - Joe Bravo (1997, 2018, 2019)
 3 - Pat Day (2000, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer
 4 - H. Graham Motion (2015, 2016, 2018, 2022)

Winners

Legend:

Notes:

§ Ran as an entry

See also
 List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

Graded stakes races in the United States
Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
Recurring sporting events established in 1991
Keeneland horse races
1991 establishments in Kentucky
Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies

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Q: Divisibility of a summation Let $n , l, k, p$ be positive integers, and $1\leq p\leq n$. Let $B(n, l, k, p)$ be the cardinality of the following set
\begin{eqnarray}
\{(a_1, a_2, \cdots, a_n)\in\mathbb{Z}^{\oplus n}|\ \ 0\leq a_i\leq l-1\text{ for }1\leq i\leq n, a_1+\cdots+a_n=lk-p\}.
\end{eqnarray}
Show that

*

*$\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^n B(n, l, k, p)=l^{n-1}$, and

*$l\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{2n}((-1)^{k+p}B(2n+1, l, k, p)-(-1)^{k+n}B(2n+1, l, k, n))$ is divisible by $2^{n+1}$, for $1\leq p\leq n$.

I think maybe it is useful to think of the $n$-tuples $(a_1, \cdots, a_n)$ as an $l$-ary number.

A: For the first question, use the simple fact that for any partial sequence $(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{n-1}, ?)$ there is a unique way to fill in the blank such that the sum is congruent to $-p$ mod $l$.  There are $l^{n-1}$ such partial sequences.


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TUSCALOOSA - Shirley Vintson Lunceford, age 76, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., passed away in her home surrounded by her family on April 10, 2018. Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2018, at Heritage Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Neil Hodo presiding. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Heritage Chapel Funeral Home & Cremations, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. She was preceded in death by her parents, William "Fid" Vintson and Annie Loyal Vintson. Survivors include her daughters, Sonja Herron (Ray), Lynn Arnwine (Neal) and Valerie Akins Butler (Bobby); grandchildren, Jarrod and Justin Hunt (Jennifer), Will, Bobby, Matt and Anna Arnwine and Austen and Ashten Akins; great-grandchildren, Jaiden and Jack Hunt, Charleigh and Laurel Arnwine, Camden Hughes and Peyton Hunt; sisters, Judy Stewart (Dennis) and Martha Jane Tyner (David) and extended family, Cassidy, Jade and Houston Lunceford and Jeff Hunt. She was a true beauty capable of lighting up any room she entered. She had an adventurous spirit and enjoyed her life to the fullest. Her grandchildren were her greatest joy. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Our family is thankful for the love and prayers during this sorrowful time. Now she is in the arms of Jesus, free of sickness and rejoicing in glory. Special thanks to Kim Fanning, Anna Fondren, Dr. David and hospice nurse, Ashley Lauderdale. Condolences may be offered at www.heritagechapeltuscaloosa.com.
Grandchildren, Jarrod and Justin Hunt (Jennifer), Will, Bobby, Matt and Anna Arnwine and Austen and Ashten Akins; great-grandchildren, Jaiden and Jack Hunt, Charleigh and Laurel Arnwine, Camden Hughes and Peyton Hunt; sisters, Judy Stewart (Dennis) and Martha Jane Tyner (David) and extended family, Cassidy, Jade and Houston Lunceford and Jeff Hunt.
Rest in peace my friend. We had so many good times together. You certainly did live life to the fullest and lit up the room when you walked in. I have so many wonderful memories from our friendship. May God bless your family and comfort them. Fly high my friend. I will always love you!


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Bioengineered muscle fibers help regrow damaged tissue
by Victoria Corless | Feb 22, 2021
A new tissue regeneration strategy that employs direct cell reprogramming in combination with a new hybrid scaffold shows promise in proof-of-concept study.
Skeletal muscle under microscope. Image credit: Shutterstock
Researchers from the Center for Nanomedicine within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Yonsei University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have demonstrated the ability to successfully regrow muscle tissue in mouse models from transplanted cells.
Skeletal muscles do have the ability to regrow on their own, but large volume muscle loss, which can occur following serious injury or treatments such as tumor removal, requires interventional support. These generally include surgical grafts followed by physiotherapy, and while patients can experience some degree of recovery, these surgical procedures often lead to reduced muscle function and some patients even experience complete graft failure.
"These procedures require a secondary surgical site, which can result in donor site morbidity, and may fail to provide effective reconstruction or functional re‐innervation of the injured muscle tissue," wrote the authors. "These shortcomings often result in chronic functional deficits, which may lead to long‐term disability, weakness, or compromised quality of life."
To improve long-term recovery, research in recent years has explored inducing natural regeneration of skeletal muscle through transplanted stem cells. While researchers are hopeful that this is a path forward in regenerative medicine, limitations have hindered the translation of this treatment into a clinical setting.
For one, growing enough cells at the site of injury — where millions to billions of mature cells may be needed to provide therapeutic benefits — is still challenging, on top of ensuring that the transplanted cells properly differentiate into muscle tissues with desirable structures. This is generally achieved using synthetic or natural scaffolds that are used to control the cells' microenvironment and promote growth. However, there are still issues related to how well these can support new tissue development and how well they can integrate within host tissue without being rejected.
In their study published in Advanced Materials, the collaborative team overcame these challenges by implementing a new tissue regeneration strategy that employs direct cell reprogramming in combination with a new hybrid scaffold made from a porous material and a decellularized muscle extracellular matrix hydrogel.
Direct cell reprogramming is key to creating the new tissue, and is an attractive approach for creating new tissue where there is a shortage of proliferating cells for repair. This strategy allows scientists to "re-engineer" cells that are already abundant in the body, changing their function in order to provide enough new cells to restore normal tissue in a damaged area. There is also the added benefit that a patient's own cells can be used, increasing safety and rate of success.
In the current paper, fibroblasts — cells commonly found in connective tissues and involved in natural wound healing — were converted into a type of progenitor cell called induced myogenic progenitor cells (iMPCs). Progenitor cells can be thought of as descendents of stem cells, which when exposed to specific biomarkers, such as transcription factors, can differentiate to create specialized cells, such as new muscle cells.
The resultant bioengineered muscle fiber constructs showed stiffness similar to that of muscle tissues and exhibited enhanced muscle differentiation and elongated muscle alignment in vitro. Implantation of bioengineered muscle constructs in mouse models not only promoted muscle regeneration with increased innervation and angiogenesis but also facilitated the functional recovery of damaged muscles.
"The hybrid muscle construct might have guided the responses of exogenously added reprogrammed muscle cells and infiltrating host cell populations to enhance functional muscle regeneration by orchestrating differentiation, paracrine effect, and constructive tissue remodelling," wrote the team.
"Further studies are required to elucidate the mechanisms of muscle regeneration by our hybrid constructs and to empower the clinical translation of cell-instructive delivery platforms," concluded the study's lead, Professor Cho Seung-Woo.
Reference: Yoonhee Jin, et al., Functional Skeletal Muscle Regeneration with Thermally Drawn Porous Fibers and Reprogrammed Muscle Progenitors for Volumetric Muscle Injury, Advanced Materials (2021). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007946
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The encyclical letter Lumen Fidei is the great monument of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI and brought to completion by Pope Francis. It is a capstone of the year, but at the same time a milestone of a long road, a road we have only begun to travel: the road of the New Evangelization." –from the Foreword by Scott Hahn
On June 29, 2013 Pope Francis issued his first papal letter reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all.
"The light of Faith: this is how the Church's tradition speaks of the great gift brought by Jesus," Pope Francis writes. "In John's Gospel, Christ says of himself: 'I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.'" Here is an illuminating work inviting all to lead a more spiritual and faith-based, a reminder that with faith comes service, and with service to others and to God comes heaven on earth.
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The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
June 16, 2013 April 20, 2017 / Kizzia
A brief history because I needed to get it straight in my head.
My need to detail this particular regiment's history is, in a small way, down to Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle choosing the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers as Dr John H. Watson's regiment but it is mostly due to BBC Sherlock's John Watson claiming he was also a Captain in the 5th when I know, from my repeated attempts to understand the workings and history of the British Army, that the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers no longer exist.
The Regiment today
Currently they are described on the British Army website thus:
The Fusiliers are a two-battalion Infantry regiment. The 1st Battalion is equipped with the WARRIOR Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle and skilled in the complex demands of fast-moving armoured warfare, while the 2nd Battalion is a Light Role battalion with the ability to deploy quickly and adapt to any operational scenario.
Where ever the Fusiliers have deployed to they have proved capable of meeting every challenge with courage, determination and a will to win.
The Territorial Army Fusiliers (5th Battalion) serve with their regular comrades on operations and on exercise, fitting seamlessly into the tough demands of modern soldiering.
The Regimental Creed
I am a Fusilier, trained and ready to deploy.
I will defend my country's freedoms with respect and integrity.
I will always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I will place the mission and the team first.
I will never accept defeat nor let down my mates or my Regiment
I will always be one of England's finest, a Fusilier.
Their motto is "Honi soit qui mal y pense" which can be translated directly as "Evil be to him who evil thinks" but is usually translated, within the Fusiliers as "Shame to he who thinks evil of it" or "Shame on him who thinks this evil".
Their current cap badge looks like this:
(The above has been taken directly from the British Army website here and no copyright infringement in intended)
At the date of writing this history, 1st Battalion are currently preparing for deployment to Afghanistan in the second half of 2013 and 2nd Battalion are preparing for operations where they will be based in Cyprus. 2nd Battalion have already been involved in the Afghanistan conflict in a variety of rolls, with many of the soldiers and officers being attached to other regimental companies and units serving on the front line (thanks to the specific skill sets their training provides).
The First Fusiliers epitomise the modern British soldier, drawing on regimental traditions dating back to 1674, whilst training and operating to the highest professional standards using modern technology to deliver maximum effect whatever the mission. The Battalion is based at Mooltan Barracks, in Wiltshire.
The Fusiliers use the Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV), a formidable tracked vehicle, equally capable of providing the backbone for peace support operations or operating in high intensity warfare, moving at speeds of up to 50 kph across country to deliver overwhelming fire power from the Warriors 30mm cannon and chain machine gun, even before the infantry soldiers carried by the vehicle enter the battle.
The 700 officers and soldiers of the First Fusiliers are commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel and grouped into five companies each commanded by a Major. There are three Warrior companies, a manoeuvre support company (reconnaissance, snipers, anti-tank missiles and mortars) and a Headquarters Company (equipment support, logistics, communications, intelligence, training support, administration, catering, and welfare).
The First Fusiliers can deliver a huge amount of capability backed by experience, training, professionalism, judgement and firepower as a modern armoured, digitised Battlegroup. Its command and control systems are trained, exercised and tested using modern state-of-the-art computer simulation systems and rigorous field exercises. However it would be wrong to imagine that the First Fusiliers work alone.
This description has been taken from the British Army website here and no copyright infringement is intended.
The Second Fusiliers are a superb, operationally hardened Light Role Infantry Battalion. The Regiment has served in every major campaign dating back to 1674, which includes the most recent deployments to Afghanistan.
Life in the Second Battalion is always varied and interesting, whether you are a mortar man, anti-tank missile operator, signaller, reconnaissance platoon soldier or machine gunner – you will be at the cutting edge of technology and fighting power.
The 600 members of the Second Fusiliers are grouped into five companies. There are three Rifle companies, a manoeuvre support company (reconnaissance, snipers, anti-tank missiles, heavy machine guns, grenade machine-guns and mortars) and a Headquarters Company (equipment support, logistics, communications, intelligence, training support, administration, catering and welfare).
The Second Fusiliers can deliver a huge amount of capability backed by experience, training, professionalism, judgement and firepower as a modern Light Role, digitised Battle Group. They have experts in jungle and arctic warfare, the battalion is trained, exercised and tested using state-of-the-art computer simulation systems and carries out rigorous field exercises. As a part of 7 Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats) it forms an important part of the Brigade's fighting power which include tanks, artillery, engineers, medical and logistical support.
Again, this description has been taken directly from the British Army website here and no copyright infringement is intended.
The History of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Regiment as it is today came into being in 1968, merging together the four regiments which made up the Fusilier Brigade Rgts; the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt), the Lancashire Fusiliers, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
I'm going to give timelines for each of the regiments in turn, from their creation up to the date they came under the Fusilier Brigade Rgts.
It should be noted that the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers did not take the Scottish Irish or Welsh Fusilier regiments – they were merged into their respective 'large' regiments; the Royal Scots Fusiliers were merged into the Royal Regiment of Scotland; the Royal Welsh Fusiliers into the Royal Welsh; the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in to the Royal Irish Regiment.
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt)
First raised in 1685 by Lord Dartmouth from Tower of London Guards, they were initially titled The Ordinance Regiment but soon became known as the Royal Regiment of Fuziliers.
Between 1655 and 1747 the regiment was known by seven different Colonels names and, in 1703, 1718/19 and 1756/57 served as Marines (the Royal Marines were not officially formed until 1755 but can trace their origins back to 1664 and have ties to many Fusilier regiments).
In 1747 they were ranked at 7th Regiment of Foot as well as being known as Royal English Fuziliers
In 1751 they were re-designated 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) – comprised of 1st & 2ndBattalions.
In May 1881 they were renamed 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) but that was short lived.
In July 1881 they became Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt), still with 1st and 2nd Battalions.
In 1948 the 2nd Battalion was disbanded.
In 1958 they became part of the Fusilier Brigade Rgts.
First raised in 1688 by Sir Robert Peyton as independent companies. Taken into the English service as a Regiment of Foot in 1689.
Between 1689 and 1751 the regiment was known by nine different Colonel's names and in 1701 served as Marines.
In 1751 they adopted 20th Regiment of Foot, which they had been ranked as since 1747.
In 1782 they were re-designated 20th (East Devonshires) Regiment of Foot – comprised of 1st and 2ndBattalions.
In 1881 they were renamed 20th Foot (East Devonshire).
In 1898 they became known as The Lancashire Fusiliers.
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
First raised in 1674 by Sir Walter Vane for service in Holland and known as Sir Walter Vane's Regiment of Foot.
In 1688 they were transferred to English service.
Between 1688 and 1747 they were known by 12 different Colonel's names and in 1701 served as Marines.
In 1751 they adopted the name 6th Regiment of Foot, which they had been ranked as since 1747.
In 1782 they were renamed Regiment of Foot (1stWarwickshire).
In 1832 they became 6th (Royal First Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot – comprised of 1st and 2nd Battalion.
In 1881 they were renamed 6th Foot (Royal Warwickshire).
In 1898 they became the Royal Warwickshire Regt.
In 1963 they became Fusiliers when they became part of the Fusiler Brigade Rgts.
First raised, for service in Holland, in 1674 as Viscount Clare's Regt of Foot. Also known as the Irish Regiment and a Lt Col Anselmne's Regt of Foot.
Between 1688 and 1747 they were know by 9 different Colonel's names.
In 1751 they adopted the name 5th Regiment of Foot which they had been ranked as since 1747.
In 1782 they were renamed 5th (The Northumberland) Regiment of Foot.
In 1836 they were renamed 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot – comprised of 1st and 2nd Battalions.
In 1881 they were renamed 5th Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)
From 1904 they were simply known at the Northumberland Fusiliers.
In 1935 they were renamed Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (the 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1948).
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers hold a special place in my heart because of this:
A cap badge of the design which was worn between 1904 and 1935. This is now mine, having been given it as a Valentine's Day present a few years ago.
Since they stopped making them in metal at the start of WWI (as they needed the metal for other things, like bullets and guns) and they didn't ever manufacture that design in metal again, it is safe to assume, on the balance of probability, that this badge was worn by someone who served in the Regiment at the start of WWI and probably saw action in the trenches on the Western Front.
It is special to me because it sparked thoughts of who wore it and what it has seen and could tell me, if only it could talk, which were central to my creation a believable main character for the WWI novel I am working on.
All the information above has been gathered from the following sources:
The British Army Website: http://www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx
Amalgamations in the British Army 1660-2008. Ancestry & Cap Badges by Goff Lumley
The Oxford History of the British Army – Chandler & Beckett
No copyright infringement is intended.
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Where on earth has almost a year gone. We've both been away and busier than ever. But thought we'd start getting back in touch with everyone by passing along something fun to get your day going. Hot off the wire!
The French use it to seduce, the English for comfort. Mexicans revel in its healing properties, and the Aztecs thought it more precious than gold. Just in time for Easter, trust the Kiwis to successfully combine chocolate and wine – a decadent marriage of quality and taste.
Apparently developed under a shroud of secrecy using only the finest Ghana cocoa beans, it took eight gooey months of testing before the essence of chocolate from cocoa beans could be extracted at the right acidity to successfully infuse with the pinot grapes.
Once poured, the difference between the colour of Pinot Chocolate and Pinot Noir is subtle. The wine retains the walnut plum of the red grape but, when held up to the light, you can see just a hint of russet. Consistency is a little more viscous but it appears to hang nicely on the glass with the weight adding an air of decadence.
Kim Crawford Wines has timed the release for Easter and is working on a limited edition, Easter-egg style foil wrapped packaging for the first 1,000 bottles. The remainder will look much like the rest of Kim Crawford wines, except for the quirky new foil lid.
Kim Crawford Wines indicates there are plans to add to the Vino Chocolat range with seasonal flavours: Sauvignon Blanc Chocolat with a distinctive winter white colour, Suisse Chardonnay for a clever balance of sweet and buttery notes, and an indulgent Merlot Lait Chocolat.
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This hamper has a lovely selection of florist choice Christmas items with a bottle of Australian wine. Gift wrapped with Christmas decorations. Product may vary to photo. Up grade to DELUXE larger hamper with wine.


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Moorespeed Returns To Road America For IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup
01.08.2019: Drivers Riley Dickinson and Rob Ferriol Hope to Keep Moorespeed's Track Winning Streak Alive Following Road America Sweeps in 2017 and 2018 Moorespeed and team drivers Riley Dickinson and Rob Fe
Drivers Riley Dickinson and Rob Ferriol Hope to Keep Moorespeed's Track Winning Streak Alive Following Road America Sweeps in 2017 and 2018
Moorespeed and team drivers Riley Dickinson and Rob Ferriol head to Road America this weekend for Rounds Nine and 10 of the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, August 2 – 4.
While not a homecoming for the Texas-based team, Road America's four-mile track is where the Moorespeed team got its start. Most importantly, it is the track where the team has seen it's greatest success in recent years. Moorespeed has swept the doubleheader each of the past two seasons, with Corey Fergus behind the wheel in 2017 and Zacharie Robichon in 2018.
Dickinson and Ferriol will have a chance to continue that winning streak beginning Friday with practice at 8:55 a.m. CDT and again at 1:30 p.m. CDT. With no time to rest, qualifying comes later that day at 5:40 p.m. CDT to set the grid for Saturday's 11:30 a.m. CDT 45-minute race. Sunday's 45-minute race begins at 9:40 a.m. CDT. Both races can be viewed live on IMSA.tv.
"Road America is a special place for us, as its where it all started over 30 years ago," Moorespeed President David Moore said. "The last two years is just the latest example of the success we've had. We want to keep that streak going for sure. It never comes easy though, and everyone knows it can bite back if you are not on your game. Without a doubt, all our friends in the paddock will be giving it their all too as we are not alone claiming this to be one of our favorite tracks, but we are confident we will be competitive in both Gold and Platinum this event."
Moorespeed and its drivers spent two days last week at the Elkhart Lake track testing. The test was an opportunity for Ferriol to get reacquainted with the track and for 17-year-old Dickinson to turn his first laps on the circuit. Dickinson will pilot the No. 53 Moorespeed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in Platinum Cup, where he currently sits fourth in the driver's championship point battle.
"Early into testing last week, I quickly began to fall in love with the track," Dickinson said. "It has a wide variety of corners speed wise as well as having three major straightaways that all flow together very nicely. From the experience that I was able to gain during the test last week, there are several places to pass, which is going to make for some exciting racing and be entertaining for fans to watch."
Ferriol will drive the No. 5 Moorespeed/GridRival Porsche 911 GT3 in the Gold Cup class, where he is third in the championship hunt.
"Road America is all about commitment, and when you get it right, it's one of the most gratifying circuits on the IMSA schedule," Ferriol said. "It's big, fast, and surrounded by these awesome tunnels of trees and topography. Testing this week reminded me just how much I love this track, but also how much its characteristics can change throughout the day.
I think we learned a lot and are headed into next weekend with our best foot forward, ready to make another charge for the podium. I flirted with my first IMSA win at Road America last year, but lost the position on a late race restart. We'll see if we can't make it stick this time!"
Saturday and Sunday's 45-minute races can be watched live on IMSA.tv. Pre-race coverage will begin at 12:20 p.m. EDT on Saturday, and 10:30 a.m. EDT on Sunday morning. A one-hour show from Road America will be broadcast on NBC Sports Network at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, August 15.
Reece White- photos Moorespeed
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YARMOUTH – Sixteen years ago today—Yarmouth Police Department Patrol Officer Bradford M. Erickson was killed in the line of duty while directing traffic at a road-improvement project in Barnstable.
Patrol Officer Erickson had served with the Yarmouth Police Department for 28 years and was survived by his wife and two daughters.
Yarmouth Police Headquarters was built in 2001 and the road leading into the facility is named Brad Erickson Way in his memory. A special plaque and seat is posted in our Headquarters Lobby and our Roll Call briefing room in Brad's honor.
I fight for those who can't.


Homepage\Uncategorised\News & Events\Pinewood News\Pinewood Student Wins First Place!
We are so thrilled to share this impressive accomplishment: On March 31, our Grade 10 student, Eleni Primeraki came in FIRST PLACE at the Pan-Hellenic Swimming Games, for her stellar participation in the 200 meter race. This coming May, Eleni will also represent her school and Greece at the 17th Gymnasiade - world student Games!
The 17th Gymnasiade, an Olympics for youngsters, will be held in Casablanca, Morocco, just A few months prior to the Youth Olympics 2018. Each year, this World Student Championship welcomes over 10,000 participants for tournaments of 3 - 7 days.
We wish her the very best of success!


UNA Pizza was looking for a way to get a high volume of sales in a short amount of time and like many Canadian merchants, wanted to use Canada 150 to help them do it. With limited resources and our e-gift card platform, they were able to generate big sales, fast.
On July 1st 2017, for one day only, customers that purchased a $150 e-gift card would receive a second $150 e-gift card free, with no limit to how many cards could be purchased and no expiry date.
Leading up to the big day, UNA Pizza created visually appealing content to be used for their campaign including images for their social media posts and a website popup window. They teased their audience with a promise of a big flash sale leading up to Canada Day and created events for followers to join.
On July 1st at 12:01 AM, UNA Pizza launched their campaign and watched as the sales began to roll in. Their announcement was liked and shared across social networks as word spread of their big deal.
UNA Pizza's Canada 150 promo shows the power of a good BOGO and offers and some great lessons for other businesses.
Offering big deals for a limited time can produce big results.
Online purchases promoted on social media can be executed with minimal resources.
Businesses can leverage sales events with the tools they already have; e-gift cards and social media.
This is one example of a successful 'Buy One Get One' campaign but there are lots of other BOGOs business could offer. Businesses could offer different promotional amounts and use AnyCard Promo Cards as the Bonus ex. 'Buy a $100 e-Gift Card & Get a $50 Bonus'. Promo Cards are great bonuses because they are just like e-gift cards but can have set expiry dates, prompting customers to visit you on-site sooner and limiting your liability.
Want help setting up your own BOGO? Contact us, we're happy to help!