I've never seen any kind of race that didn't have an audience cheering on the participants. Have you?
Just as in any kind of race, ours has taken complete dedication, long hours of hard training, and eyes fixed on crossing the FINISH line.
Who's our cheering, supportive audience? YOU. People in 62 different countries are now watching my family build our log home in South Texas (odd place for a log home, huh?).
In races, it always seems like the racers speed up towards the very end, giving it all their final gusto. They can see that finish line in the near distance, and are bound and DETERMINED to be the first to cross it.
Back in July (2014) we sold our house, and had to officially move out the rest of our belongings. We had a garage and an attic at that house. This log house doesn't have either one. Oops.
We also had a storage unit where we've been storing his (ENORMOUS SUPPLY of) tools, the girls' bedroom things, and more, for the past 2 years.
The average person buys or builds a house, and simply transfers all of their belongings into it. In our case, we've had to do the actual building…including closets, bathrooms, storage areas, etc, in which to put all of our boxed things.
The "problem" with that is that you have to first make the time to build the closets and places for storage, before you can unpack anything. My previous posts, like "Light", "Strength", and "Water" show pictures of our journey before and after lights, storage areas, etc.
Here are just a few pictures of the utter chaos we've had to deal with while in construction limbo. I've had a serious complex for months now; I can only imagine what neighbors must think (and it was SOOOO much worse than this). I can't wait until there's a perfect organized place for every single object, and have a tidy yard and home, once and for all.
Believe me…this is just a small sample of the things we've had laying around waiting on a barn to be built, closets to be finished, laundry room to be completed (with shelves for storage), and any other place you would naturally "put things away" in. God bless my hard working husband.
Packing up our other house, fixing things there, working on waterfowl taxidermy customers' birds, working at the fire station, my grandmother's funeral in a different state, schooling my girls, my mother's 2 surgeries (back and knee replacement) in 2 months, going on vacation, and other deterrents that I can't even remember right now, have all added up in the past several months, preventing us from finishing any faster…until now….
I'll start the updates with the building of our barn. Steve built and welded the whole thing (with help from our girls, our neighbor Jacob, and one of his Waterfowl Taxidermy customers).
After we're all done with the house, he's going to build a loft floor in here, and we'll better organize everything. For right now…our things are under a cover, AND out of my house and yard, and that's all I care about.
I couldn't cut the cedar shingles to fit along the diagonal edges of the roofline (though we all 3 tried and tried with every kind of saw we could grasp). So, Steve happily said he'd finish off the gable edges.
Next up on our COMPLETED chore list…finishing the wraparound porches! The girls rolled up their sleeves and got to work with Steve. Reiley brought the wood to them, while Reese helped nail in joist hangers, and Steve nailed down the rest of it. Done!
Now that the porches are complete, and connected on every corner, Reese has been riding her scooter around and around and around (and around and around…SHEESH!) the house on it. From inside the house, it sounds like a motorcycle engine or a train (joy), as her wheels drive over every seam where boards come together. Hopefully she'll forget that she has a train whistle in her toy box.
Next up was our closet. (I'm tellin' ya…the jobs are getting KNOCKED OUT!!) We moved into the log house in March (2014)? I just now received shelves and rods in my closet…mmm….7 months later? It certainly didn't kill me to have my clothes on the ground, and my husband couldn't have worked harder all this time. But, man…it sure is niiiiizzze to have organization and elevated clothes. Ahhhh.
The bathroom…though it's not completed, yet. He still has to hang the sconces and put a shelf under our counter. I have to varnishing the counter, stain the moldings and paint the doors, buy a mirror, and fill our storage shelves. Just a couple days worth of work. But, this gives you an idea.
When we're done with the Master bathroom, it'll be the same concept as the kids' bathroom. We did a Walnut slab counter in there, too (like in our bathroom), and a shelf under it for towel storage. We'll do the same thing in ours. I'll stain the vertical log in our bathroom just like I did in their bathroom, as well.
Of course, after he finished the closet, I was able to clean out our bedroom. It's not done either, but it's darn near close to it! I know there are women out there who want the giganto-enormo bedroom that could literally fit 2-3 king size beds plus dresser, sitting area, etc. We actually had that 2 houses ago. Never again. NO thank you. I much prefer small and cozy…and am only in it before going to sleep, anyway.
That's not ALL!! Wanna see what Steve's doing right now? As I type? If you go back and read the "stacking logs" posts, you'll see our friend Jeremiah… Steve's right hand man… helping Steve stack those logs, and peeling away. He left right after the logs were done. Now, we're peeling logs again! Jeremiah came back! It's time to do the PORCH ROOF.
Steve took the girls to piano lessons one night…which is usually a job that I do. On the way there…(in SOUTH TEXAS, mind you)…he passed a man's house who was cutting down PINE trees in his yard! (We have Oaks and Cedars here.) Steve pulled over and asked the man what he planned on doing with the Pines. The guy was going to burn them. Steve offered him $300 for all of them. DONE!
Gee….where have I seen this activity before??
There's going to be a separate gable roof over the front door, with attached shed roof coming off of it on both sides, wrapping around the house. All green metal like our roof. There will also be railing all the way around, and a wide front staircase.
Of course, none of those V shaped 2×4's will stay there. They're only helping support the log posts until he connects them all permanently.
For now, we have a little further to run til our race is over and we cross that line.
Keep coming back to see more updated pictures like the finished kitchen, finished porch, finished master bedroom and bathroom…and more!
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Well Mark, what an enormous blessing to read this today :). Thank you so much for taking the time to share with me. You made me get teary 🙂 My family lived in a travel trailer when we built our first house. My 8 year old slept on the couch. So, I can relate to that journey too :))). Memories. When you're in the thick of it, it's rough and you pray to finish sooner. But once its done…you miss it and they will be some of your very fondest memories. My kids were 3 and 8 with first build. Then 14 and 9 with b&b and log build. Now in their rooms…they have 0 regret over the cramped conditions and hard labor. In fact, they can laugh about it all today and we're all closer because of it. Persevere, Mark. It's all worth it. WELL worth it. The Lord held our hands and guided every single day.
Rosalie, I'm so sorry….I read this back in November but wasn't in a place to write back…abd then totally forgot to respond. Contact Steve next time your mom is in town and we'll be happy to give y'all the tour :).
Gretchen, it is absolutely gorgeous! But, truthfully Michael and I got tired just looking at all that work you guys have done. I have to say what a worker Steve is, frankly, the work is progressing quite fast, Michael was surprised he already got the barn up.so quickly. But, it was exhausting just looking at all the work that you guys have been doing. Believe me, we both know, we built a house together way back when. My mom is coming out next week, she has been following your blog and wants to come look. I hope you will be around.
Your house is beautiful!!! Gosh, I miss you so much!!! I can't wait to see y'all again…sooner than later I hope! Love you!
this reminds me of a scripture in 2 Timothy 4:7, I have fought the good fight, I haave finished the race, I have kept the faith. To God be all the glory!!!!!!
Congratulations! Love your build and your optimistic and proactive attitude towards the entire process! It's amazing how much a dedicated and coordinated team (your lovely family & friends) can achieve in a short period of time. Wish you & your loved ones all the best! God bless you!
Love the way the post is written you have a nice way with words. Follow back. PlZ.


Sales of products in the United States that support the endocannabinoid system have skyrocketed in recent years. Although there are many good retail products that provide safe and natural plant-based cannabinoids (aka phytocannabinoids) derived from hemp and other plants, the demand for these products has created a risk that dangerous substances and even illegal drugs will fall into the hands of consumers.
Synthetic cannabinoids have been around for a long time.
Some have been developed as pharmaceuticals and have been closely studied for their safety and efficacy. These include Dronabinol (synthetic THC, sold as Marinol®), Nabilone (sold as Cesamet® and used for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting), and Rimonabant (formerly sold as Accomplia® and used for weight loss, which was taken off the market for safety concerns).
Illegal and recreational synthetic cannabinoids have also been around for a while, mostly being sold to those wanting to get "high" – for example, the potent synthetic cannabinoid K2 (which can be any one of a number of chemicals, including HU-210, HU-211, JWH-018, and JWH-073).
Typically, these synthetic cannabinoids bind much more strongly to the same receptor as THC does, but can induce very serious complications, including psychosis, paranoia, rapid heart rate, seizure, and kidney damage.
Underscoring the danger of compounds like this, more than 100 individuals overdosed on K2 on a single day in a Connecticut city.
Although individuals seeking the health benefit of supporting the endocannabinoid system are not usually at risk for this kind of overdose, the rapid rise in demand for products claiming to be hemp and/or cannabidiol (CBD) has brought with it many products that aren't what they appear to be – some of which can be dangerous.
The most common concern is products that have undeclared THC levels because they are derived from marijuana, not industrial hemp.
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Doing up your home interiors can be the most pleasing of tasks provided you are careful about the amount of money you spend. Every homeowner prides in presenting his tastes in color, themes and accents through the interior decoration he chooses for his home. Lock systems that are designed for residential purposes can contribute a great deal in completing the interiors of your home. Did you know that with the wide range of designer alarm and locking systems available in the market, you could easily add style to your home interiors without having to spend a fortune?
Here is a list of the different types of locks available in the market of home security solutions. Broadly, most types of locks used in residential buildings are opened by keys. Keyless locking systems are used mostly in garages and other external parts of the house. Here are the main types of keyed locks that you could use in your home.
Privacy Locks: The traditional and most easily used form of locks are the privacy locks. These are used on all types of doors that are both in the interior or the exterior of the house. These are key-controlled and involve an internal lock that has a small opening on the exterior for the key to enter.
Single Cylinder Deadbolts: These are commonly found in main doorways and all accessory openings to the house. Usually, in most models a thumb turn lock is used in the interior with a keyhole on the exterior side of the door. These are durable and you get to choose from a wide range of makes.
Double Cylinder Deadbolts: These are similar in their functioning to single cylinder locks, except for the fact that the keyhole opens on both sides of the door. Therefore, the door can be opened using a key from both sides. These are also used in exterior doors and are known for strength and durability.
Handle Sets: Each handle set has a latch and a single or double cylindered deadbolt built into it. When the handle is used normally, it only latches and does not lock. However, when you need to lock the door, you can do so using the key for the set. Most homeowners have found a great variety in designs available with these handle sets. Doors secured by decorative models of such handle sets are increasingly used to add finesses to the house interiors.
When looking to purchase locks, NY area homeowners must use different models to improve their home interiors.


The other day I was ironing my daughter's school uniforms when I noticed the iron was leaving behind a white residue on her freshly-laundered clothes. Since I've had the iron for years and never bothered to clean it, I knew that was my first step toward avoiding future stains. So of course I hopped online searching for an iron-cleaning tutorial and found this one. So, the next time your iron needs cleaning, don't forget to come back here and learn the best way to do it.


After our most recent Supercars event in Townsville, we head back to Queensland this weekend for the Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint. It's an important one for me because Coates Hire is one of my long time personal sponsors. They've been behind me since 2011, so I want to put on a good show for their staff and customers who come out to the races.
Awesome day at CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown!


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Pointe-Noire ("Crna točka" na hrvatskom) grad je u Republici Kongu na obali Atlantskog oceana. Glavno je gospodarsko središte zemlje, s jednom od najrazvijenijih naftnih industrija u centralnoj Africi. Također je poznat po ribarstvu.

Prema popisu iz 2007. godine, Pointe-Noire je imao 711.128 stanovnika, čime je bio drugi grad prema brojnosti u državi.

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About 2 years ago I was asked to serve on a board of a new charter school. At the time it was just an idea. A small group of parents, a teacher, an architect, a lawyer and me. We were headed by a fearless RDI mom who wanted to see her boys in a place where they were valued, challenged and actively learning through the remainder of their high school careers. Personally, I wanted to make a difference in the lives of the families I am dedicated to serving. I felt like through Pathways I can impact relationships within families in a positive way. But at some point, a bigger community of teachers and peers comes into play in guiding the development of every person. I was not satisfied with the stories I was hearing from parents and teachers about how things were going at school. Not so many positive relationships were being forged. Teachers talked about being restrained in what and how they could guide their students. Many parents I know felt they needed to pull their child from the public schools and either pay for private school or homeschool their children. While both of these options are good for some, they are not realistic for all. And so the idea of a free, public school where students are accepted, valued and challenged really was something I wanted to support.
Honestly, I did not know what to expect, but I believe that is how life is. You don't know what to expect along the way, but you have a goal and you work hard to make it happen. Believe me, the work was hard. And the unexpected Dragons we met on the journey were not always kind. Every person I know who was a part of this journey was working outside of their comfort zone, stretched and stressed in way I could not have imagined. I've never seen a group of volunteers try so hard, sacrifice so much time and give so much. The paperwork, the fundraising, the certificates of occupancy, the staffing, the endless meetings and getting by on almost nothing sometimes made it feel like an impossible dream. But in August, 2014 the doors to Dynamic Community Charter School opened. In a building scrubbed and painted by parents, grandparents, therapists and students. With a Principal who worked many months for free. Staffed by brave, and in my opinion, under-paid teachers and aides who were up for the challenge. Serviced by hopeful parents who had years of difficult experience with other schools giving us their most precious children.
Most importantly, DCCS opened its doors to the students. Those brave kids whose bodies and brains are different than average. Whose experience has been difficult. Who might need to learn in a way other schools cannot teach. They need more time to process. They learn by doing. They express themselves in unique ways. But different is not less. In fact, different only adds to our collective knowledge. It makes this world a richer place. These students have a place where their uniqueness is understood and valued. Friendships are forming. Individual needs are being respected. The beginnings of self-regulation in small groups is occurring. And the community of teachers, families, and students will get through the hard work to come. Together.


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Cuba has a reputation for primitive agricultural practices. But being isolated from the latest farming methods and chemicals for the last 60-odd years has an upside. Its bees are as green as they come. By Jeremy Torr.
Cuba's bees dine on an extraordinary range of unadulterated flowers and nectar. Courtesy Wikipedia.
Havana, Cuba, 21 October 2018. When Fidel Castro and his men marched into Havana in January 1959, they started the Revolution that established communism as the defining label for the Caribbean island ever since.
The downside (although tourists may disagree) is ancient vehicles still pressed into service on the nation's streets even today, crumbling colonial facades in most towns, and a continuing lack of business access to international markets.
The upside is that the island's agricultural practices have kept clear of pesticides, weedkillers, fertilisers and other modern agricultural chemicals that are hitting the headlines across the rest of the Americas. Today, workers in the US are suing herbicide makers, children in Brazil are suffering crippling side effects from sprayed organochlorine pesticides. And just as seriously, bees are dying by the million across North America, with the finger pointing principally at modern agricultural methods and chemicals.
In Cuba, by contrast, almost 90% of all honey production is what we would call organic. Its bees are not suffering anywhere near as much colony collapse, its wildflowers are pure and nectar-rich, and its beekeepers are most often small family operations who guard their buzzing swarms with care and love.
Because of this, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO), reports that organic honey has become Cuba's fourth most valuable agricultural export. It brings in more foreign currency then even sugar and coffee, said Theodor Friedrich, UN FAO representative for Cuba.
Cuban honey is achieving its own niche in Europe. Courtesy Periodico.
The typical Cuban beekeeper has a few dozen hives; anybody with more than 25 hives has to register with the local apiarists cooperative and deliver their honey to the Cuban State, although they can keep enough for home consumption.
The beekeepers call their swarms "chicas" or girls which feed off a cornucopia of wild blossoms including milkweed, morning glory, palm, mango and avocado, sunflowers, lilies, bougainvilleas and the jaboncillo bejuco, or Indian vine.
The quality of Cuban honey is such that this year, the production was slated to break the 10,000 tonnes export barrier for the first time. With around 2,800 beekeepers throughout the country and about 180,000 beehives, numbers were climbing at around 7,000 hives a year to keep up with demand.
European buyers including big names from Germany, Holland, Spain and Switzerland will soak up the majority of the golden syrup, which sells for up to $14,000/tonne for certified organic and $4,500/tonne for standard grade – which is still rated better than the best from many other countries. Admittedly, the beekeepers themselves don't see too much of that – the state buys every drop at a rate of some $5-600/tonne.
Nonetheless, the attraction of beekeeping – and of that pure untainted honey – keeps increasing. At one Cuban honey processing and bottling plant, at Sancti Spiritus in the central highlands of Cuba, the equipment has been upgraded to process an impressive 54 tonnes a day, said Bruno García, director of the plant. "With modernization, we have raised the purity and the safety of the process," he said.
But even when a golden future has been forecast, nature sometimes steps in – and it did in Cuba recently. In 2016, an 18-month drought hit the island, cutting swathes through the island's bountiful wildflower crop and reducing the amount of nectar for the bees.
Sweet news for Cuban apiarists.


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Marc Márquez Dominates At Brno To Win 50th MotoGP Race
Andrea Dovizioso and Jack Miller round out podium in Czech Republic.
By Kevin Cameron
Damp track, slick tires: Sunday's MotoGP race at Brno was delayed 40 minutes by rain. "I was really concentrated from the beginning because there were some wet patches still in turn 1," Marc Márquez (93) said. Jack Miller (43) and Johann Zarco (5) also qualified on the front row.Dorna
Based on practice and the race, Brno was just another Marc Márquez performance of the kind we've learned to expect this year. Now that Honda has corrected the less-than-stellar acceleration and top speed of the 2018-and-previous RC213Vs and Márquez can "ride in a new way," he has won races by pushing from start to finish rather than, as before, by superior tire conservation followed by a last-laps push. The result was foreseeable: The usual voices proclaiming that "MotoGP has become predictable," which is polite-speak for "Márquez cruised to yet another win so I was not entertained."
But this time, Márquez revealed another side of himself. This was a difficult weekend for everyone as during the two dry Friday practices it was clear that tires were dropping significantly in performance after just a few laps. Márquez noted, "The rear tire drops a lot so for that reason the pace is quite difficult to understand because when you put [in] new tires you improve by nearly 2 seconds. Then, when the tire drops, you lose 1–1.5 seconds per lap."
When it rained Saturday—"Saturday was a write-off," Jack Miller said—but dry weather was predicted for Sunday, riders knew their only further information about tire choice would come down to Sunday morning warm-up.
Add to that Márquez's perfectly timed appearance in wet-drying-wet Qualifying 2 on slicks, followed about 20 seconds later by Miller. Somehow finding a dry line where he needed it, Márquez blitzed the field by 2.5 seconds! In dry conditions, normally by qualifying the field has equilibrated at lap times that put 10–15 riders in the first second. This time, in wet FP3, it was three riders, and in Q2, Márquez's time made him the only rider in the first second. Demoralizing. Why did he do it? Because he could, even if his crew was angry at the unnecessary risk.
Márquez described the Czech GP as a "strange race weekend." By half race distance, he had a half-second gap on Andrea Dovizioso. Soon after, he received a "warning" from his tires, hard front and soft rear Michelins. "It was the time I started to push more and open the gap."Dorna
"It's an attitude he has," Andrea Dovizioso noted. "He has this fire inside him, and the desire to always show that he's the strongest."
Yet that confidence is not an impenetrable armor. Márquez tried a new setup that didn't work, wasting time Honda didn't have. "In the Warm-Up, the feeling was not the best so we decided to change it," he said. "It's the first time in my career that I get on the track with a completely new bike when it comes to setup."
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At this point, Márquez was still thinking in terms of Ducati strength. Dovizioso had topped Warm-Up while Márquez had been sixth-quickest. Despite having wisely ridden the 20-minute session with a rear tire with five laps on it, the reigning world champion had no solid information as to which tire choice—soft, medium, or hard—would drop least and latest.
With so many unknowns it was surely hard to be calm. Dovizioso commented, "Marc seems to be the madman of the group, and the mechanics try to control him because otherwise he gets wild, as he's done in the past."
Former Brno winner Dovizioso (04) leads Álex Rins (42) and Miller (43). "I wanted to stay until the end with Marc," the Italian admitted, "but the way he is riding this year is different, and we struggle a little bit about that." Ducati and Suzuki unveiled new aerodynamic packages at Brno.Dorna
Márquez described his state of mind: "After the Warm-Up, my goal was to make the top five and lose as few points as possible." That doesn't sound like a man confident of winning. "I was calm because my technicians calmed me down, as if they knew I would be fine, and this gives you extra confidence.
"My strategy was very clear: I had chosen the soft rear tire because I thought I could immediately stretch it. And I wanted to break away from Andrea."
But it wasn't possible. In the race, Dovizioso stayed right with Márquez. "Marc was so fast and he had the softer-option tire," Dovizioso said, "so I knew I had to try to stay with him. I was on the limit and couldn't go faster in any area. In the middle of the race, when he tried to push, he braked later and that was the key to the gap."
Márquez had commented earlier that the coming of enhanced engine performance this year opened new riding options to him, namely the start-to-finish Big Push. In this case, when he decided to try to break Dovizioso's grip, he reverted to the very strong, late braking that earlier engines forced him to adopt. Márquez could then make a gap. "In the end, [my tire] started to drop, but he dropped earlier than me."
Maverick Viñales (12) was quick—third, fifth, second, and second—in the four practice sessions and qualified ninth. Yet in the race, he was 15th after one lap and finished 10th. Valentino Rossi and Fabio Quartararo, sixth and seventh, were the top-placing Yamahas.Dorna
This has been a Márquez advantage from his first races in MotoGP. The lap times showed that his tire dropped later than those of his rivals, allowing him to maintain pace for as many as six laps longer than the others. At the end, Márquez won by 2.4 seconds.
Miller finished third after some struggle to pass Álex Rins. "I had been watching him the whole race," the Pramac Ducati rider explained, "and noticed he was spinning quite a bit more. Then it got worse and worse." Rins said, "I had a lot of problems spinning on the right side of the tire. I was using the curb to get traction."
Even so, the Suzuki's outstanding turning ability remained, as Miller said, "I know he can always make it turn really good in those long corners like turn 1." Miller tried another kind of corner and was able to get clear.
Miller celebrated his second podium finish of the season with a stoppie in pit lane. "It was nice to fight at the end," he said, referring to his battle with Rins in the closing laps of the race. "He was really struggling, especially up Horsepower Hill. That's when I decided to pass him."Dorna
Cal Crutchlow, fifth, took time to get past Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi, saying that he burned down his tire in the attempt. By again being Yamaha's top finisher in sixth, Rossi confounded those who are whining that the old master has overstayed his welcome.
It rained just before the grid was called and the race was declared wet. Then, in usual Brno fashion, the track dried rapidly, such that the whole field rolled out on slicks. Because turn 1 remained wet, to start immediately seemed a recipe for a pileup. Rossi went straight to Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, arguing for a delay to allow further drying. Management agreed and the race was held for 40 minutes.
Pol Espargaró (44) qualified fifth and, using medium front and soft rear tires, raced as high as fifth. "We had some wheelspin as the tire dropped—mostly on the straights—and we lost some positions." He finished 11th, 18 seconds behind winner Márquez. Teammate Zarco was 14th.Dorna
Luckless Maverick Viñales on the second factory Yamaha found himself starting ninth on a part of the track lacking in grip and lost six positions on the first lap. Then he toiled his way back to finish 10th. He and Rossi noted that the M1 is very sensitive to any change in conditions; with a shift in temperature or other small variations, grip disappears—poof.
Márquez once again tested with a chassis at least partly sheathed in carbon fiber, raising the question of why? Two more part-sheathed chassis appeared in the Monday test session, with two levels of applied carbon near the steering head. As in Germany, Márquez rode the non-carbon chassis in the race, saying he knew its responses better.
Head and shoulders above the others: Márquez left the Czech Republic for round 11 of the championship at the Red Bull Ring in Austria with a 63-point lead over Dovizioso. Danilo Petrucci remains third overall, followed by Rins, Viñales, and Rossi.Dorna
Rossi also noted, in the past, engines that were easier to ride were generally slower (i.e., Yamahas!), but that is no longer true. Honda and Ducati are now able to make real power without its interfering with control. Remember Dani Pedrosa in the first half of 2010, looking as though his Honda was an electric bar bull?
In this business, to simply keep trying is no guarantor of success. What is needed is a high rate of improvement, and if a given manufacturer can't afford or is unwilling to maintain that rate, it will fall behind farther the longer it keeps up its effort.

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BLENDED AIR WING DESIGN
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Let us discuss about a revolutionary new aircraft design which has been an aerospace dream for the last 70 years.
I talking about the Blended Wing Body, where the entire body of the structure ensures provides the lift instead of just the wings in a typical commercial aircraft. The best aircraft which has implemented this design the stealth bomber B2 – spirit of USAF. While this technology has so far been only for military applications. The commercial viability of this design is bring researched by every major aerospace company as it provides serious advantages to the companies as in 27% reduction in fuel burn and a 15% decrease in the takeoff weight for similar size modern commercial airplane.
You may wonder on why this hasn't been implemented earlier when the idea behind has been researched since the 1960's. The biggest problem facing this plane is the stability factor because the center point of weight and lift is never aligned which causes the nose of the plane to pitch down this is counteracted by the tail of the plane. This is causes significant difficulties in controlling the plane which can't be done manually.
But with the advent of fly-by wire technology the minor corrections that have to be performed is handled by the computer. Now with multiple redundancy these planes can be made as safe as possible. This enables company to save a lot of money and increase in the number of people travelling per plane. All of this would lead to better savings for the end traveler. Also with the huge volume available for fuel renewable energy like hydrogen could also be a possibility in the future.
Now where can this technology be used in, it can be used in commercial airlines to transport a large number of people with a lower fuel burn rate per rate, it can enable higher volumes of cargo to be transported per flight. Thereby, reducing the cost of cargo transport.


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Ontario Launches Comprehensive Social Assistance Review
Archived News Release
The Hon. Frances Lankin, P.C., Dr. Munir Sheikh To Lead Commission
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Ontario is launching the largest review of social assistance programs in over 20 years.
The review will examine social assistance and its relationship with other federal, provincial and municipal income security programs to gain a better understanding of how these programs, working together, can provide better outcomes for people. The review is the first step in developing a concrete action plan that will make social assistance:
more effective at getting people into jobs by connecting them with the right education and training opportunities, while providing security for those who cannot work
easier to understand
work better with other federal, provincial and municipal income security programs, such as Employment Insurance, and
financially sustainable.
Ontario has appointed The Honourable Frances Lankin, P.C., United Way Toronto's past President and CEO, and Dr. Munir Sheikh, Canada's former Chief Statistician, as commissioners. The review will begin January 2011 and finish in June 2012.
Going forward, the Special Diet Allowance will also be revised to make it compliant with the recent Order of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and more accountable to taxpayers. The program, along with other existing social assistance benefits, will be considered within the context of the Social Assistance Review.
Today's announcement is an important part of the Open Ontario plan to break the cycle of poverty.
More than 830,000 Ontarians currently receive social assistance benefits through either Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program.
In June 2010, the Social Assistance Review Advisory Council provided recommendations on the scope of the review.
Ontario's Social Assistance Review
Changes to the Special Diet Allowance
Ontario's social assistance review is part of the government's Poverty Reduction Strategy.
"This review is about making the system work better for everyone - clients and taxpayers. Our ultimate goal is to empower low-income Ontarians, including social assistance recipients, to break out of the cycle of poverty."
Madeleine Meilleur
Minister of Community and Social Services
"This review demonstrates Ontario's continued commitment to reducing barriers and increasing opportunities for low-income individuals. Our Poverty Reduction Strategy is giving people the ability to find a pathway out of poverty. I look forward to hearing the commission's recommendations."
Laurel Broten
Minister of Children and Youth Services
"In a rapidly changing economy, people need the right supports to get through difficult times. The social assistance system we have now is not doing the job we want. The broad scope of this review will get us where we need to go to really extend opportunity to everyone."
Gail Nyberg
Executive Director of the Daily Bread Food Bank and former Chair of the Social Assistance Review Advisory Council
Trell Huether
Media.MCYS@ontario.ca
Kristen Tedesco
Community and Social Services, and Immigration
Kristen.Tedesco@ontario.ca
Christine Wood
Minister's Office
Christine.wood@ontario.ca
Government Health and Wellness Home and Community Jobs and Employment People with Disabilities
This document was published on November 30, 2010 and is provided for archival and research purposes.


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AT&T donated $2.7 million to 193 anti-LGBTQ politicians
by Trish Tobin
AT&T can rainbow-stripe its logo for Pride Month, wave the rainbow flag and claim it supports the LGBTQ community, but none of those things can make up for the fact that AT&T is directly funding politicians who are fighting equality and LGBTQ rights.
According to new reporting by Judd Legum at Popular Information, AT&T donated a total of $2.755 million to 193 anti-LGBTQ politicians in 2017 and 2018.
While AT&T has long touted its inclusive employee policies and support of LGBTQ causes, its donations to right-wing bigots tell another story.
Here's just a sample of the politicians AT&T contributed to during the last election cycle:
$36,850 to now-Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who supports Donald Trump's ban on trans people in the military, regularly votes against protections for LGBTQ people and opposes marriage equality.
$19,752 to Sen. Ted Cruz, a famously anti-LGBTQ politician who co-sponsored a bill that would sanction discrimination by businesses against LGBTQ people and urged states to ignore the Supreme Court's ruling affirming marriage equality.
$14,985 to Rep. Karen Handel, a vocal opponent of LGTBQ adoption, who once said: "I think that for a child to be in a household … with a situation where the parents are not married, as in being one man and one woman, is not the best household for a child."
$12,500 to Rep. Doug Collins, who opposes the Equality Act (legislation that CREDO actively supports) and believes it would promote "radical gender ideology" and "prioritizes the rights of biological men over the rights of biological women."
AT&T's two-faced stance on LGBTQ rights is disappointing, but it's not surprising: AT&T regularly courted extreme politicians to benefit its bottom line. The company donated $2 million to Trump's inauguration to curry favor. It hired Trump's fixer Michael Cohen to help influence the repeal of net neutrality regulations. It lobbied and donated to Republican politicians to ensure the passage of Trump's Tax Scam, netting it billions while the company continued to lay off workers.
Here at CREDO, we don't support anti-LGBTQ politicians – and we never will.
As America's only progressive mobile company, we donate to organizations fighting for LGBTQ rights like the Transgender Law Center and the National LGBTQ Task Force. And we mobilize our millions of members to take action to protect marriage equality and fight for transgender rights. In all, CREDO members have helped us contribute more than $12.7 million to progressive groups fighting for civil rights and have taken millions of actions to stand up for LGBTQ rights.
And unlike AT&T and other major carriers, we don't slap a Pride flag on our logo in June – because we don't need to. We stand with the LGBTQ community all year long.
If you'd like to learn more about how you can help fund progressive organizations and activism through your mobile company, click here to find out how you can make the switch and join CREDO Mobile.
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It is common for CYA to lower the PH. You should raise it back up soon. It isn't good for the pool equipment/liner for the PH to be below 7.0.
It is not common for CYA to make the pool cloudy.
if i can't find the soda wash, can I use baking soda and borax together to lower ph and alk?
1. aerate: run waterfalls or some kind of water that drops into the water to create bubbles. This will aerate your pool, raise your PH over time (check every 12 hours), and not really change anything else.
2. Add 20 mule team borax. This will definately raise your PH, add a little borax (good for preventing algae), and increase your TA by just a little bit.
If you post specific test values from a reliable test kit, like Taylor K 2006, you can get some additional help.
The saturation index tells you how the water will react with plaster surfaces (plaster is also present with pebble, tile, stone, etc). If you have a plaster surface you have a problem. If you have a vinyl liner it doesn't mater if it is negative but can still be a problem if it is too high positive.


Jon Blevins co-hosts and gives an update from inside Exodus 90. Taylor's take on the matter has become quite public so we let someone who's in the middle of doing it report on how it's going. Tune in to find out!
Joel Stepanek first came on the show as guest co-host on episode 33 and now rejoins to share about humility. His new book "Chasing Humility" is coming out just in time for Lent! It revolves around the Litany of Humility, which Jon and Taylor are terrible at. Joel gives insight into how many of us misunderstand humility. It was a fun and eye-opening convo.
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A perfect combination of activities and great sightseeing.
We made this tour from two magic ingredients that Romania abounds in – unparalleled natural beauty and superb historic or cultural sites.
You will mountain bike through remote wild mountains in the morning and visit a UNESCO World Heritage castle in the afternoon.
If you ad on top of this, some Romanian delicious home made food, you will get the cpmlete Romanian experience.
We will collect you from Bucharest, airport or hotel.
Drive through Prahova Valley across the Carpathian Mountains to Transylvania.
Check in at our lodge in Bran – Bucegi National Park, and if time allows we will do a short hike in the afternoon. We will spend 5 nights at this lodge so you don't have to pack and unpack every day.
The trail starts from Bran at 1100 Meters altitude through the scenic Strunga saddle at 1900 meters altitude.
At the top the trail becomes gentle, following the former border line between Transylvania and Wallachia. This was the dividing line between 2 great empires only 150 years ago. The Turkish or Ottoman empire and the Austro-Hungarian empire disputed this border countless times over more than 600 years. The last battle that these jagged peaks witnessed was the World War 1. The German tranches are still perfectly visible on the side of the mountain.
An easy and scenic descent follows all the way to Pestera Hotel in the middle of wilderness.
We will leave our comfortable hotel behind and plunge into the Ialomitza Cave.
A tiny Monastery Church was built at the cave entrance. The first hermits lived in the cave somewhere in the mid 1700. The cave had some previous inhabitants a few millions of years ago. Cave Bear skeletons were found in the cave.
Today we will mountain bike through the southern part of the Piatra Craiului park. We start wit a long descent from the highest village called Fundata through the Cheia Valley down to a "caldera" where 4 gorges meet.
From this point we will head up on the most spectacular of them – Dambovicioara gorges. We continue uphill on a steep road for about 3 km then rolling hills and superb scenery all the way back to the starting point.
The castle appears for the first time in a 1269 document, as a residence for Saxon nobility. In 1430, the noble family sold the castle to the peasant community of Calnic, who reinforced the noble residence to be refuge for the villagers against attackers .
Sighisoara city tour in the morning. Visit the Clock Tower, the symbolic tower of Sighisoara. Then the creepy prison and torture chamber. Climb the 176 covered stairs to get to the Hill Church erected in the 14th century using an older church and a defensive tower.
Transylvania is the area with greatest density of medieval forts, counting over 80 fortifications in a relatively small area. Most of them are fortified churches – built by the villagers around their churches to protect them from the invaders.
40 Minutes west from Sighisoara we get to one of the best of these fortified churches at Biertan – a UNESCO World Heritage site. Biertan was the Evangelical Episcopal See for 300 years (1572 – 1867). The church holds an impressive door of the vestry, built in 1515, and awarded for medieval engineering at the Paris World Exhibition.
Another interesting piece of medieval traditions from Transylvania is the "Matrimonial Prison". The couples who wanted to divorce were imprisoned in a small room inside the fortress in an attempt to sort out their problems before being allowed to divorce. Apparently the "medieval marital counselling worked " as just one couple divorced throughout over 250 years as long as this tradition was carried.
Bicycle trip to Fagaras – one of the best preserved castles in Transylvania.
The ride starts with a short uphill of about 2 kilometres. Then 40 kilometres through the peaceful villages at the feet of The Fagaras Mountains (Transylvanian Alps) No major uphill today. Around lunch time we arrive in the town of Fagaras.
After lunch it's time to explore the impenetrable Fagaras castle. The Turks attacked this castle for 9 months but were not able to take the castle. After 9 months they came up with a trick and announced that they want sign a peace treaty with the transylvanian prince Stefan Mailat . So Turk delegates were allowed to enter the castle, bringing with them a lot of booze, allegedly to congratulate the victorious Transylvanian Prince. The Turks managed to get the prince and his guards drunk and captured them. Prince Mailat died 10 years later in a Turkish prison.
Discover the traditional Romanian architecture at the outdoor Village Museum in Bucharest. Complete, real households were bought here from all over Romania and reassembled into a magnificent village museum.
Visiting Romania is an incredibly interesting and rewarding experience. We had a fantastic time on our "Transylvanian Adventure" tour last September. This tour is a great way to get an inside look at Romanian country life. We would never have found the beautiful region around Bran if we had traveled on our own.
I wanted to write an account of my trip, just because I had the time of my life and I would love to see other people experiencing this adventure! The adventure staff is absolutely amazing. Really friendly and accommodating and perfectly able to handle difficult situations that arise out in the wilderness.
We went kayaking, horseback riding, biking, sight seeing, and hiking. Everything was very challenging, but definitely manageable. I never thought I would be able to climb a gigantic mountain, but I did! I felt very encouraged by our guide and the other people I met on the trip.
This I really can recommend to everyone who love nature!
It was a real suprise to find so good arranged week in Romanian mountains which I had in beginning of June. Dan is really a quide who love his country and his work.
To all those planning a visit to Romania I can high recommend Adventure Transylvania as your travel agent, guide & trip planner. Last summer 2007 my family and I (two kids aged 10 and 12) booked a week with Adventure Transylvania.


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Once he graduated from high school, Andy enrolled at the College of DuPage and studied in the HVAC program. Receiving hands-on training with two different local HVAC contractors, Andy was well equipped to purchase the service end of one contractor in 2003 – creating Honiotes Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. Just as his father and grandfather provided quality service, Andy has followed in their footsteps of giving expert solutions to his customers for more than 41 years.
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His product was the highest quality. In 1927 the business moved to the Troy Road farm with a vegetable stand across the front of the farm house. Johns four oldest sons served our country in WWII. Upon returning, they decided (along with two younger brothers) to expand the vegetable stand into a small grocery store to fill the needs of Joliet's westward expansion. The Honiotes Bros. Food Mart was known for high quality meats, vegetables and customer service. This store expanded into the largest family owned grocery store in Will County. Andy learned his work ethic at the store beginning his working career at the age of 13 under the watchful eyes of his father and five uncles. After high school, Andy attended College of DuPage, entering into the HVAC program. In 1976 he began working for a large local HVAC contractor. This was the best "hands on�? training a 21 year old man could get. In 1986 he began work for another Joliet HVAC contractor and bought the service end of the business in 2003 upon their retirement creating Honiotes Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. In 2012 Andy started Joliet Heating & Air Conditioning. Andy has always has a gift for troubleshooting HVAC related problems. Just as his father and grandfather provided quality service, Andy has followed in their foot steps giving expert and quality service to his customers for over 41 years.
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Improving Patient Care by Removing Barriers to Drug Accessibility
Podcast, Videos
In the latest episode of Impetus Digital's Fireside Chat, I sat down with Alan Birch, Founder & President of Drug Access Canada. We discussed all things drug access and reimbursement, including the hurdles faced by patients and drug access navigators and whether digital technologies can be used to overcome these challenges.
Below is a preview of our conversation:
Q: Tell us about what Drug Access Canada is, the focus of your company, and why you decided to move this Canada-wide?
A: We are about a year old. It's quite new. It's been in the works for several years, though. So, when I was part of ODANO, as president for about five years, one of the things that I helped create was the ODANO website. It's odano.ca and it has a lot of information on reimbursement in oncology for Ontario. It's patient-focused information because we got a lot of questions from patients like "How do I get this covered?", "I bought this for my parent, can I get my money back?". Not even in oncology, we got a lot of questions from the public for people who had diabetes and all sorts of different disorders, and there was just no one out there really to help them. The focus sort of just sprang from that.
There was this need beyond oncology and there was a need beyond Ontario, so I started meeting with drug access navigators in the other provinces. When I went to the Atlantic provinces and BC, meeting with the navigators there, who had been in their role for maybe 3, 4, or 5 years at most, their struggles were a lot like what we had dealt with in Ontario 10 years ago. They were kind of starting from scratch and there's a lot less of them.
I knew that they were struggling in a way that, at least in Ontario, with nearly 100 members, we could reach out to other centers and ask for support. If you're in a province with only four navigators, your pool is a lot smaller to find help. It really came from trying to make sure that, if we're so well-connected in Ontario with drug access in oncology, there are all these other spaces where people are not as connected and don't really know what to do. They are kind of siloed. A lot of the hospitals have just one navigator, so they don't really have anyone to turn to for help. How can we make sure that they are connected, that they do have resources, and they are brought to the forefront?
It's all these challenges that we've dealt with in Ontario over the last 10 years. But how can we just use the skill sets that we've gained here and all of the knowledge from all of the dozens of members in Ontario to help the navigators in Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, so that they can all be brought up to the same level and be as well-resourced as we are in Ontario? That's why we created Drug Access Canada. We want to bring everyone up to a good level where everyone is as aware of all the different programs that are out there.
I think one of the worst fears of mine would be if there was a patient who needed a particular medication in oncology and the physician maybe didn't know that there was a program for a new therapy that's being provided compassionately from a drug manufacturer and says "You can't get that. We're going to put you on to the standard of care treatment and because we know that that one's funded and that's what you're going to get." But there actually was something else and just no one told them. Maybe the center doesn't have a navigator, something like that. That is what we really want to avoid. If there is a new therapy out there that's superior to the standard treatment. We want to make sure that you're able to get that, especially if it's being provided for free from the manufacturer.
How can we make sure that the hundreds of hospitals across this country are all brought up to the same level as downtown Toronto? We just want to make sure that if you're a rural part of northern Quebec, you're just as aware of the newest treatment options as someone in downtown Toronto…
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APP tournament opens first day in Punta Gorda
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In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 photo, Del Teter competes in a game of pickleball at Sun City West senior community in Surprise, Ariz. A hybrid of tennis, badminton and table tennis, pickleball is played on a court a quarter the size of a tennis court, with hard rackets and a variety of whiffle ball. Created on the whim of a U.S. Congressman, pickleball has become a big hit in senior communities around the country, and is gaining steam with younger players and at schools, too. (AP Photo/Matt York)
By: John Barron
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLA. — The first day of the APP pickleball tournament is underway.
It's very well known here in the state of Florida.
And one of the fastest growing sports in America.
And Wednesday's APP tournament marks the first of many to come.
And it's even bringing in some big names, top 10 ranked Andrei Daescu.
"It means a lot to me. I know how hard it was to make that transition from tennis to pickleball," said Daescu. "There's quite a few tennis pros who are trying to make that transition. It's very exciting that I get to compete again. Pickleball gave me that chance to do it. I'm very thankful for it."
And Many players, like Jeff Grover, started playing once they retired.
And for the past 4 years, he's worked hard and fallen in love with the game.
"It's a steep learning curve," said Grover. "Everyone that plays, they get pretty good very fast and I think that's one of the attractions of the games."
As tournaments continue to make their way back to southwest Florida, residents like Maggie Camuti from Naples, are proud of the quick response they've seen in welcoming these events back home since hurricane Ian.
"If you just look out at the facility, fema and everybody just did an outstanding job to get ready for the tournament," said Camuti. "And APP was amazing at making that all happen."
Hopefully a sign of things to come.


Following their 9th-place finish at the Bol d'Or, Motobox Kremer Racing are honing their preparation for the 24 Heures Motos. Geoffroy Dehaye, Jan Viehmann and Gregory Ortiz are to ride the Yamaha R1 at Le Mans, which will mark the German team's 20th anniversary.
Buoyed by their Top10 finish at last September's Bol d'Or, the opening race of the 2018-2019 season of the FIM EWC, Motobox Kremer Racing are going full steam ahead with preparations for the 24 Heures Motos, the 2nd round to be held at Le Mans on 20 and 21 April.
The German team – stalwarts of the FIM EWC – are honing the preparation of their Yamaha R1, with a focus on optimizing pit stop readiness so as to speed up tyre changes or replace parts faster in case of a crash.
Motobox Kremer Racing have raced the full season of the FIM EWC since 2005, but started out in Endurance at the 1999 24 Heures Motos. The team will celebrate 20 years of existence at Le Mans on 20 and 21 April.


A trekking mecca that boasts the snow-mantled peaks of Annapurna and Everest, Nepal, its passes and trails, earthy cityscapes and national parks, is best explored with a qualified personal tour guide from tourHQ.
In a strip of land between China and India lies the exotic nation of Nepal. Its' unique geographical location is perhaps the country's most interesting draw, holding a piece of the Himalayas, tiger-trodden rainforest, and colorful markets of Kathmandu. Nepal has recently emerged as a go-to destination for backpackers and adventure-seeking travellers, with mountainous treks, monastery visits, and side-by-side rhino sightings drawing them in with every step.
In a country where Hindu mantras echo through mountain's deep gorges, and daring bungee jumpers end their treks shopping Nepal's handcrafted goods, the nation delivers equal treatments of culture and excitement. As any Nepal local guide knows, the worst stressor for visitors lies not in the traditional travelling concerns. The native's welcoming nature is nationally prevalent, and finding groups to safely meander the country's frontier with exist in every form imaginable. No, the worst fear of those touring Nepal is the sad reality they will inevitably miss much of its' most intriguing attractions. There is simply not enough time to see, explore, and experience all of Nepal, making a return trip mandatory.
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The main objective of this article is to deal with the IELTS reading method. Reading test is one of the major parts of IELTS. This part is tougher than other part because of time limit. Very short time will be given for the reading test to perform their exam sheet.


NEW DELHI: Having excelled as a strong player in the health insurance sector on the business front, Apollo Munich Health Insurance took another leap to contribute in empowering women from economically and socially weaker sections of the society by launching its flagship initiative ROSHINI, and including them in its purpose of Making India Health Confident.
Under this initiative, Apollo Munich along with Apollo Medskills Limited plans to impart free paramedic education to around 10,000 underprivileged women across semi-urban regions.
The program, with a special focus on women and girl child, aims to empower them with not just equal opportunities to be skilled and financially independent but also help address one of the biggest concerns of healthcare sector in India i.e. shortage of well-trained paramedics.
Traditionally, in a patriarchal society like India, women's contribution is often undermined. Additionally, gender inequalities in many critical spheres such as education, health, employment and income are forming injustice to women as they lower their well-being, and curtail economic growth and its associated benefits.
Therefore, our program Roshini will be a guiding lightfor the "women of tomorrow" that helps them bring a change in the society. It will further enable them to emerge as drivers of the social and economic well-being of their families.


The annual Patriotic Evening, held at Liberty and Wallace Brooks Park every July 3, was successful for yet another year with crowds gathering on land and in boats for the food and firework spectacular.
The vendors set up their areas, the stage, as well as a small fun zone of bouncy house rides for kids at 5 p.m. With all different foods from kettle corn to funnel cakes, snow cones, and to so much more barbeque the smell wafted around drawing in early crowds as well.
The event is well patrolled with officers to enforce the few strict rules such as no bringing of alcohol, personal fireworks, pets, and coolers to prevent any incidents.
Music played from the stage all night until the fireworks display from current trends off the radio to live music performed by the T.J. Brown Band. Music played from what children today love and to the classical Independence Day tunes.
As crowds began to gather at both parks space diminished and instead of grass, blankets and lawn chairs covered the ground. Boats crowded in Lake Henderson as well, with a few of them lighting off their own fireworks as early celebration.
Lines formed at food stands for the appetizing smells and filling foods quickly and came to the point of almost becoming an hour long wait.
"We made the bad decision of waiting until just before the fireworks for food, but for the homemade kettle corn, it was worth it," Reese Coleman said.
Prices helped as well and even with lines at the vendors who donated money for nonprofit organizations. Since the parks are also located near Downtown Inverness, pubs and eateries were also available for those who wished to walk a bit for food.
When dark finally fell, everyone settled in for the amazing fireworks display. All different colors lit up the night from peonies to chrysanthemums, beehives and willows, and crosettes and pearls; the display was enthralling to all who came.
Every year they save multiple fireworks for a grand finale, only this year was a tad different. Instead of giving a pause for one finale they gave two one with the smaller, louder fireworks and then one a few minutes later for the bigger, more astonishing ones.
"It was nice to not work a vendor this year and just enjoy the park and fireworks. It gives disconnect from distractions and time to just enjoying time with family and friends," Brandon Dolan said.
While parking and traffic afterwards can be hectic and timely, the experience each year is just as remarkable as the fireworks themselves.


Most rays are now used as inlays with other fish to create an artificial group display. These displays sell for several thousand dollars. This stingray is all natural, with only 2% repair, where the matrix has been repaired. Very nice preservation of several of the tail barbs, and the long stinging spine running parallel to tail vertebrate. The lack of graspers (used to mate with the female) show that this specimen is a female stingray.
This large stingray is approximately 8 inches wide and 17 inches long on a matrix measuring approximately 23 1/2 inches by 14 inches.
PRICES OF STINGRAYS HAVE RISEN EXPONENTIALLY. I SAW THE SAME SPECIES STINGRAY AT TUCSON IN 2015 (TWICE THE DIAMETER IN SIZE) ASKING PRICE $38,000.
This museum-quality stingray is 17 inches long, and it's disc is approximately 8 inches wide. Outstanding framed display piece.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN!!.
SORRY THIS ITEM IS SOLD.


I'm dealing with a disaster of microscopic dimensions, being among the 200,000 households in the Northeast still lacking electricity, heat and flushing toilets three days after an astonishing dump of snow (with several more days to go, supposedly).
But I'm able to get online long enough to reflect on the message sent to the Pacific Northwest from the great earthquake in the southern hemisphere.
That message is a clear "get ready."
The Pacific " ring of fire" doesn't stop at the equator. While my print story and post on quake threats last week focused on the seismic peril facing millions of poor people living in fast-growing cities in quake zones, there are plenty of prosperous places that have not adequately responded to their exposure to enormous, and inevitable, earthquake risk.
A prime case in point is Oregon. After the destruction of hundreds of poorly built schools in China's Sichuan province, I wrote repeatedly here and in print about similar vulnerability identified by engineers and seismologistsin that state, despite the clear record of devastating quakes and tsunamis generated by the Cascadia fault beneath the sea bed off the Northwest coast.
"The release of pressure between two overlapping tectonic plates along the subduction zone regularly generates massive 9.0 magnitude earthquakes –- including five over the last 1,400 years. The last 'Big One' was 309 years ago. We are in a geologic time when we can expect another 'Big One,' either in our lives or those of our children. Prudence dictates that we overcome our human tendencies to ignore this inevitability."
The good news is that the state has recognized the problem and has found some money to move forward with a plan to retrofit public schools and other important public buildings (thanks to Yumei Wang from the state's geohazards group for the alert on this).
The bad news, of course, is that the seismic clock is ticking.
Lamb born with a human face?
Erhan Elibol, a vet, performed Cesarean section on the animal to take the calf out, but was horrified to see that the features of the calf's snout bore a striking resemblance to a human face.
"I've seen mutations with cows and sheep before. I've seen a one-eyed calf, a two-headed calf, a five-legged calf. But when I saw this youngster I could not believe my eyes. His mother could not deliver him so I had to help the animal," the 29-year-old veterinary said.
The lamb's head had human features on – the eyes, the nose and the mouth – only the ears were those of a sheep.
Veterinaries said that the rare mutation most likely occurred as a result of improper mutation since the fodder for the lamb's mother was abundant with vitamin A, CNNTurk.com reports.
Scumbag Style » Hahahaha, Yuck.
oh my gosh.. oh my GOSH, MAN!!!!!!!
Why is this the first I've heard of this site? Are you ashamed Eric?
It's like when Pinocchio turned into a donkey.
Brandon, I'm so embarrassed. From this point forward I will never make another move without first alerting you.
FYI… later tonight I might eat some cheese and drink some wine.
Eric, I've never seen your website before. Really slick.
"…a result of an improper mutation."
Yes, because a "proper" mutation just would have given the goat a third eye.
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package com.intellij.concurrency;

import com.intellij.util.concurrency.AppExecutorUtil;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public abstract class JobScheduler {
  /**
   * Returns application-wide instance of {@link ScheduledExecutorService} which is:
   *

   *
Unbounded. I.e. multiple {@link ScheduledExecutorService#schedule}(command, 0, TimeUnit.SECONDS) will lead to multiple executions of the {@code command} in parallel.

   *
Backed by the application thread pool. I.e. every scheduled task will be executed in IDEA own thread pool. See {@link com.intellij.openapi.application.Application#executeOnPooledThread(Runnable)}

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Non-shutdownable singleton. Any attempts to call {@link ExecutorService#shutdown()}, {@link ExecutorService#shutdownNow()} will be severely punished.

   *
{@link ScheduledExecutorService#scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)} is disallowed because it's bad for hibernation.
   *     Use {@link ScheduledExecutorService#scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)} instead.

   *

   * If you need to execute only one task (when it's ready) at a time, you can use {@link AppExecutorUtil#createBoundedScheduledExecutorService(String, int)}.
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    return AppExecutorUtil.getAppScheduledExecutorService();
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Review: THE PENELOPIAD
by Lynn on November 23, 2018
An expanded review of the CIUT FRIDAY MORNING, 89.5 fm review of Friday, Nov. 23.
At Hart House Theatre, Toronto, Ont.
Written by Margaret Atwood
Directed by Michelle Langille
Set by Holly Meyer-Dymny
Costumes by Cat Haywood
Lighting by Steph Raposo
Sound by Andy Trithardt
Music director, Jonathan Corkal
Cast: Rose-Ingrid Benjamin
Amanda Cordner
Shannon Dickens
Brianna Diodati
Julia Hussey
Nyiri Karakas
Jeanne-Arlette Marie Parson
Shanoa Philips
Ellie Posades
Neta J Rose
Hannah-Rae Sabyan
Kyra Weichert
Arielle Zamora
A terrific production, beautifully directed.
The Story. Bless Margaret Atwood for giving Penelope a voice to tell her story.
Her husband Odysseus leaves to fight the Trojan War—for 10 years. Then as he sets out for home, he has more trouble: bad winds, a Cyclops, sirens, seductive women that keep him with them for another 10 years. All the while Penelope, his patient, loyal, loving wife tries to cope with the attitudes of Odysseus' parents who think Penelope is useless as does Odysseus' nurse.
She has to cope with these attitudes, her son Telemachus' bad temper, bad manners and lousy character, and she has to fend off many suitors who want her to pick her new husband. She stalls them by saying she has to make her father-in-law's shroud. She makes it by day and with the help of 12 of her maids tears out the work at night. The maids are loyal against all odds.
The Production. The production is fabulous. Truly. The cast is composed of budding young actors with Penelope played by the wondrous Amanda Cordner, who is a professional Actor's Equity actor. Cordner as Penelope is regal, biting, fiery, commanding, guilt-ridden and wily.
The story is told in flashbacks. Penelope addresses the audience from the underworld where she is with her 12 maids. For all their loyalty the maids were killed when Odysseus came home because he was told they were disloyal (not true).
The mean rumors of Telemachus and one of the servants convinced Odysseus to dispatch the maids by hanging them, while Penelope slept. She knows of their loyalty and what they endured to protect her and had she known what Odysseus planned she could have stopped it. But the maids are dead and now in the underworld they won't look at her and again, she is alone. Moments are relived to see how Penelope coped and to explain her story to us.
The surprise for me is the director, Michelle Langille. I've seen her work as an actor, but here she does a terrific job of staging 12 maids and the others in the cast. She has a sense of economy in her direction and the ability to create vivid images.
The 12 maids carefully make the huge nooses that will be used to hang them. The maids suggest being hanged by holding the noose beside their heads then they tilt the head to the side. But then there is a sound effect of rope holding something heavy as it 'swings' in the air and the rope groans with the weight of what it is carrying.
Comment. I love that Margaret Atwood tells the story from Penelope's brave, loyal point of view—along with her servants—but it still is a man's world here. She's not given credit for keeping the suitors at bay nor is Odysseus' long absence questioned. He's a man and he's entitled in that society. Women, wives are meant to serve and wait silently. Atwood gives us the gulp factor—that no matter how much Penelope valued her maids misinformation resulted in their deaths and she is suffering as a result of it.
And at the end of the story, she's still loyal to Odysseus even though she knows his ways and he'd be off when a new adventure presented itself. Atwood conjures a world where a woman's life is not her own, where she has to live within the dictates of the men in her life. Atwood does it with humour, seriousness and a sense of the world of ancient Greece and our own modern world.
Produced by Hart House Theatre
Opened: Nov. 9, 2018.
Closes: Nov. 24, 2018.
www.harthousetheatre.ca


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Q: Blas GEMV launch failed: m=3, n=2 [Op:MatMul] When I run the following code, I get the error:
E tensorflow/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_blas.cc:654] failed to run cuBLAS routine cublasSgemv_v2: CUBLAS_STATUS_EXECUTION_FAILED
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "modelAndLayer.py", line 16, in <module>
y_pred=model(X)
File "/home/cxsbg/anaconda3/envs/dl36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/_impl/keras/engine/base_layer.py", line 314, in __call__
output = super(Layer, self).__call__(inputs, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/cxsbg/anaconda3/envs/dl36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/layers/base.py", line 717, in __call__
outputs = self.call(inputs, *args, **kwargs)
File "modelAndLayer.py", line 10, in call
output=self.dense(input)
File "/home/cxsbg/anaconda3/envs/dl36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/_impl/keras/engine/base_layer.py", line 314, in __call__
output = super(Layer, self).__call__(inputs, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/cxsbg/anaconda3/envs/dl36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/layers/base.py", line 717, in __call__
outputs = self.call(inputs, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/cxsbg/anaconda3/envs/dl36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/layers/core.py", line 163, in call
outputs = gen_math_ops.mat_mul(inputs, self.kernel)
File "/home/cxsbg/anaconda3/envs/dl36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tensorflow/python/ops/gen_math_ops.py", line 4305, in mat_mul
_six.raise_from(_core._status_to_exception(e.code, message), None)
File "<string>", line 3, in raise_from
tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.InternalError: Blas GEMV launch failed:  m=3, n=2 [Op:MatMul]

My gpu is RTX2080 and the driver is v410. The cuda is v9.0, the cudnn is v7. The tensorflow-gpu is v1.8 (I tired on both v1.8 and v1.12). The python is v3.6 (I tried on both v3.6 and v2.7). The system is Ubuntu 16.04  (I also tired on win10).
The problem always occurs on tensorflow-gpu, but it works on tensorflow cpu.
Code is here (a simple linear model):
import tensorflow as tf
tf.enable_eager_execution()
X=tf.constant([[1.,2.,3,],[4.,5.,6.]])
Y=tf.constant([[10.],[20.]])
class Linear(tf.keras.Model):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.dense=tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=1,kernel_initializer=tf.zeros_initializer(),bias_initializer=tf.zeros_initializer())
    def call(self,input):
        output=self.dense(input)
        return output
model=Linear()
optimizer=tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate=1e-3)
for i in range(1000):
    with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
        y_pred=model(X)
        loss=tf.reduce_mean(tf.square(y_pred-Y))
    grads=tape.gradient(loss,model.variables)
    optimizer.apply_gradients(zip(grads,model.variables))
print(model.variables)

A: I think the error is caused by the tf.enable_eager_execution() as I test it many times. Thanks to the author which-version-of-cuda-can-work-with-rtx-2080. When I use cuda9.2, the error is fixed.

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Q: Display distances between a point and a line in a plot using R I want to display distances between a point (colored in Blue) and a line (colored in Black) in a same plot mentioned below. I am using below mentioned statements. I have computed a vector having distance in Meters but dont know how to link distance values with the given plot.
 plot(type ="l",longitude, Latitude, xlab="longitude",ylab="latitude")
 points(LONG_P, LAT_P, col = "blue", pch = 20);
 title(main = "Distance between a Line and a Point")

Distance values vector
[1]  0.000000 49.251046 47.041850  5.004535  5.605959  4.444761  4.444761
[8]  4.444761  4.463635  4.463635  4.463635 47.770314 47.759970 46.596684
[15] 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684
[22] 47.041850  5.605959  4.444761  4.463635  4.463635 47.759970 46.596684
[29] 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684
[36] 46.596684  5.605959  4.463635 47.759970 46.596684 46.596684 46.596684
[43] 46.596684  9.144524  4.463635 46.596684 46.596684  9.144524  9.144524


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The 2003–04 NBA season was the 58th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Celtics acquired Raef LaFrentz, a teammate of Paul Pierce from the University of Kansas, from the Dallas Mavericks. The Celtics roster move continued in December when Tony Battie and Eric Williams were both traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ricky Davis. In February, Mike James was traded to the Detroit Pistons for Lindsey Hunter and Chucky Atkins in a three-team trade involving the Atlanta Hawks. However, Hunter was waived after the trade and later re-signed with the Pistons. The team also released Vin Baker, who signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

Celtics head coach Jim O'Brien resigned after a 22–24 start to the season. He was replaced by John Carroll for the remainder of the season. However, the Celtics would lose 12 of their first 13 games under Carroll. When General Manager Danny Ainge stated that the Celtics would be better off missing the playoffs, the statement seemed to motivate the team as they posted a 9–5 record in March. The Celtics, despite finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division with a low 36–46 record, qualified for the playoffs as the number 8 seed first NBA team to reach the playoffs with below .500 record since the 1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers which was also swept by the Utah Jazz that postseason and the last team to finished 36–46 record with below .500 record to reach the playoffs until the New Orleans Pelicans reached their mark in the 2021–22 season. They were swept in four games by the Indiana Pacers in the opening round. Pierce was selected for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game. Following the season, Carroll was fired as coach and replaced by Doc Rivers, who also fired by the Orlando Magic after 1–10 start.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| April 17
| @ Indiana
| L 88–104
| Paul Pierce (20)
| Paul Pierce (10)
| three players tied (4)
| Conseco Fieldhouse16,605
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| April 20
| @ Indiana
| L 90–103
| Paul Pierce (27)
| Mark Blount (10)
| Chucky Atkins (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse17,347
| 0–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| April 23
| Indiana
| L 85–108
| Ricky Davis (16)
| Mark Blount (8)
| Ricky Davis (7)
| FleetCenter17,680
| 0–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 4
| April 25
| Indiana
| L 75–90
| Paul Pierce (27)
| Mark Blount (13)
| Walter McCarty (5)
| FleetCenter16,389
| 0–4
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Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

References

See also
2003–04 NBA season

Boston Celtics seasons
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
Celtics
Celtics