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Crooked Crosses
…Targeting Dominionism In Politics…Wading Through the Dogma…Laying Bare the Truth
Dominionist Colleges & Universities
The Good News Club
Wagner Leadership Institute
Dominionist Politicians
Alan West
Allen Lee Keyes
Gary Bauer
James Lankford
John Ashcroft
Newt Gengrich
Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX)
Ret. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin
Dominionist Pulp Fiction Masters
Frank Gaffney, Jr.
Charisma Magazine
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Dominionists Behind the Scenes
Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation
Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Maclellan Foundation
The Bolthouse Foundation
The Bradley Foundation
The John M. Olin Foundation
The Richard Melon Scaife Foundation
Alan E. Sears
Colin A. Hanna
Gary De Mar
Guy Randall Adams
Howard & Roberta Ahmanson
Morton Blackwell
Os Hillman
Peter LaBarbera
Phillip Anschulz
Alliance Defense Fund
America Asleep kNOw More
AMERICAN MAJORITY
American Vision
Americans For Truth
Apostolic Council for Educational Accountability
Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders
Christian Zionists Organizations
Eagle Vision Apostolic Team (EVAT)
Family Policy Network
GENERATION OPPORTUNITY
Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network (HAPN)
International Association of Healing Rooms
International Coalition of Apostles (ICA)
International Healing Foundation
Life Out Reach International
Market Apostles
International Coalition of Workplace Ministries
Mass Resistance
National Association For Research & Therapy of Homosexuality
National Council on Bible Curriculum in Publuc Schools
National Governmental Prayer Alliance
Tansformation Organizations
THE MADISON PROJECT
United States Prayer Reformation Network
Institue On Religion & Democracy
The Discovery Institute
Fundamentalist Policy Makers
Glossary of Christian & Dominionist Terms
Ministries of Hate
Christian International
Cross Ministry
Front Line Ministries
Global Harvest Ministries
International House of Prayer (IHOP)
International Society of Deliverance Ministers
Kingdom Warriors Ministry
Living Stones Ministries
New Covenant Ministries
Repent America
Steven Bennett Ministries
The Moody Church
Truth In Action Ministries
State Policy Makers
The 7 Mountains Mandate
Top Dominionist Pulpit Masters
Becky Fischer
Bill Hamon
Bishop Alfred Owens
Bishop Wellington Boone
C. Peter Wagner
Charles D. "Chuck" Pierce
Daniel Scalf
James Robison
Jason "Molotov" Mitchell
Michael L. Brown
Michael Marcavage
Mike Bickle
Morris Gullett
Pastor John Weaver
Rev. James Meeks
Rev. Keith Butler
Reverend T.J. Graham
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Tag Archives: Larry Pratt
LARRY PRATT – THE SLEAZE OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
God and guns
Keep us strong
That's what this country
Was founded on
Well we might as well give up and run
If we let them take our God and guns
(Lynyrd Skynyrd)
"Sleaze" is a very derogatory term, I know, and when used as a noun, it cuts right to the quick. That's what I intended because the man of which I speak, in my opinion, is a despicable human being without an ounce of moral fiber, and zero redeeming qualities. He is nothing more than a racist, homophobic, bigoted extremist who poses great danger to the American way of life.
Larry Pratt is the 71 year-old executive director of Gun Owners of America (GOA). He is also president of English First, an organization which lobbies for English to be the only and official language of the United States; U.S. Border Control, an anti-immigration group; and Committee to Protect the Family. He has served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council and is a member of the Council For National Policy – both founded by Dominionist Paul Weyrich.
Gun Owners of America currently boasts of over 300,000 members and claims to be "the only no compromise gun-lobby in Washington." The organization has been characterized as "eight lanes to the right of the NRA," and I do believe that is an accurate description.
It is widely believed that Larry Pratt is the individual who brought the concept of citizen militias to the radical right. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center:
"In 1990, Pratt wrote a book, Armed People Victorious, based on his study of "citizen defense patrols" used in Guatemala and the Philippines against Communist rebels — patrols that came to be known as death squads for their murderous brutality.
"Picturing these groups in rosy terms, Pratt advocated similar militias in the United States — an idea that finally caught on when he was invited for a meeting of 160 extremists, including many famous white supremacists, in 1992.
It was at that meeting, hosted in Colorado by white supremacist minister Pete Peters, that the contours of the militia movement were laid out."
For those unfamiliar with Pastor Pete Peters, he was a Christian Identity minister who ran the LaPorte Church of Christ in LaPorte, Colorado. In his convoluted Biblical interpretations he taught that the ten lost tribes of Israel were really Europeans and that contemporary Jews are Satanic imposters. According to Peters, Jews are spiritually degraded and pose a grave threat to civilization, and that blacks and other people of color are inferior to whites, that homosexuals should be executed and that northern European whites and their American descendants are the "chosen people" of scriptural prophecy.
The outreach arm of Peters' "church" is known as Scriptures For America Worldwide, where they feature the Pistol and Rifle Prayers:
PISTOL PRAYER
Lord Jesus we pray, With Thy Authority we say,
DC Sorcery cease, Satanic strongholds release,
Baals be broken and bound, With all idols be cast down,
Stop the spells, Send the spell-casters into Hell,
Jesus cause it to be, And thank You for the victory!
RIFLE PRAYER
"A Mighty Weapon"
Lord Jesus in Thy name we pray,
With authority granted us this day.
All Baals of Babylon be torn down
We raze their temples to the ground.
Lay low their sacred groves, tear down all their strongholds
Let Satan's Asherah cease. We dethrone, behead, defeat.
All ungodly powers, crushed beneath our feet
Their source of power, their symbols fall
At His words we speak by the King of all.
Their sorcery at our command will cease
Our Lord Jesus Christ has such decreed.
Victory in Jesus' name, the power of DC has waned
Satanic strongholds release, the Remnant we set you free
The servants of God we set you free.
Idols, sorcery, spells they cast, We break your hold,
we break your back Your symbols in the streets you've laid
Will be your tomb for thus we pray.
In Jesus' name we come, the Remnant shouts as one
Hear us our God we cry, let evil fail and die.
Let evil fail, let evil die.
Let no evil spell nor serpents bite,
Even touch Your remnant as we fight.
Cast down to Sheol, cast down to hell
All those that would charm and cast evil spells
Jerusalem be restored, we'll walk on streets of gold
We bow on bended knee, before our Lord the King
Bow before Jesus Christ The King of Kings,
Bow before Jesus Christ The King of Kings.
He reigns, the King of Kings!
The theology of the Christian Identity Movement is explained thusly by the Anti-Defamation League:
The most extreme expression of Identity anti-Semitism is the so-called "two-seed" (or "seedliner") theory, developed by Swift, his associates and his disciples in the 1960s. According to the two-seed theory, the seduction of Eve by the Serpent in Eden was sexual, Cain was the product of their liaison and Cain, in turn, was the father of the Jewish people; all Jews, therefore, are children of the devil, literally demonic. The other seedline in the two-seed scheme traces from Adam and Eve's other son, Abel, through the lost tribes to today's white European-derived believers.
"One-seed" Identity adherents do not believe that Jews are physically descended from Satan, though in other respects they are no less anti-Semitic than the two-seedliners.
Many adherents, especially seedliners, also believe in pre-Adamic races. That is, they contend that Adam and Eve were not the first people created by God, but were the first created in God's image. Other previous creations, not endowed with the divine likeness, were the forerunners of all the nonwhite peoples of the Earth, the "mud peoples," who had no soul. Adam and Eve, and their Israelite descendants, were the first whites, a fact "proven" by the suggestion that the very name "Adam" means "to show blood," or blush, which they claim is only possible for whites.
Pete Peters died a couple of years ago. After the arrests and convictions of many of their leaders as well as those of the neo-Nazi Movement, Christian Identity has been in decline with only a smattering of adherents left around the country. Those who were left, generally, either joined a militia, or the Tea Party. Several jumped into the political arena either by running for office or supporting various candidates on both the state and national level.
Larry Pratt first flew into my radar when I was researching the Christian Identity Movement back in 1999, when I first learned of his association with Pete Peters and the White Supremacist Movement. In that same year, the tragedy at Columbine High School took place, and Frank Brunni of the New York Times published a small article about Pratt who believes in absolutely no regulations on firearms – no waiting period, no background checks, and no trigger locks. According to Pratt, automatic weapons should be available for hunting, and he claimed that if those restrictions had not been in existence, many of the deaths might have been prevented.
Given the nature of Pratt's politics and religion, I remember thinking that he and others like him were the last people I wanted to see turned loose with a firearm.
Over the course of the last decade, Gun Owners of America has more than doubled its membership. That alone should give cause for alarm. And, while he has always resided on the radical Christian right, Pratt has become much more strident in his message, and much more conspiratorial inclined.
In 2009, Pratt is credited with starting the rumor that Obamacare would create a data base of gun owners for future confiscation. After the claim was soundly debunked by numerous sources, Pratt continues to perpetuate the lie. Even more egregious is that others, such as Senator Rand Paul have chosen to further the theory.
Riding high on his notoriety, Pratt went even further last February when he appeared on the Talk to Solomon Show. Likening the discussion to "a dramatic reading of the Turner Diaries," Huffington Post columnist Ian Reifowitz gives us this account:
"Pratt argued that President Obama is building his own private army and will send his agents "door to door" to "confiscate guns" — all to provoke a "violent confrontation" with gun owners.
"When the other right-wingers on the show went even further, stating that Obama's goal was specifically to provoke a race war, Pratt agreed that Obama "would definitely be capable of something as evil as you were suggesting."
Pratt envisions Obama as Nat Turner, Django Unchained, and a Black Panther all rolled into one."
Indeed, he does. Additionally, he has now adopted the manipulative art of attempting to deflect his own racist views by projecting them upon others – something that all white nationalists engage in. Of course, we all know that white people and Christians face enormous oppression in this country, and this is all a master plan of the government. <sigh>
According to Pratt, who spoke on American Family Radio a couple of days ago, "… the attorney general, as well as the president, are racist, and they look at the world through the prism of race. The president, the first lady and Hillary Rodham Clinton are in fact trying to exploit the issue of race to "divide people" and cause "turmoil" in order to ultimately "bring collapse to the existing order" and "build their own communist society." http://rightwingwatch.org
Pratt also postulates that Eric Holder is considering bringing civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in an effort to "intimidate the rest of the country so that we don't think about defending ourselves against attacks by black mobs on white individuals."
On July 4, 2013, Larry Pratt was the headliner at Freedompalooza, an affair hosted by the band "Poker Face," an anti-immigrant, anti-government, "Patriot" rock group led by extremist Paul Topete. Topete is a rabid anti-Semite and Holocaust denier. From the American Defamation League, we get a glimpse into who Paul Topete really is:
Under the moniker Pokerkid (aka pk), Paul Topete has posted several anti-Semitic comments to the Poker Face Online forum, some of which are included below [spelling and emphasis in original]:
Will somebody please stop this zionazi f–k from continuing to buy up all the media into the one global corp media monster. Its time to break up and sell his organization into a million pieces. And that it never is allowed to come back in any form again.
Very interesting where facts about the White Brotherhood pop up. The elite of the elite satanists are the white brotherhood. Made up of Sabbatean Jews at the top and Rosicrucian goys at the bottom. Anywhere from a 60/40 split to a more realistic 80/20 split with the Sabbateans in the drivers seat.
I am always amazaed at how many roads lead back to one of the largest if not THEE largest scam ever played on humanity… Yes that right… the HOLOHAUX aka holocaust. 1985 and 1988 Ernst Zundel [Holocaust denier] DESTROYED the Myth known as the cult of holohauzianity. In a canadien court of law, Ernst zundel took on the biggest frauds in the SHOAH Industry, and showed them to be the frauds that they were. Names like Raoul Hilberg and Vrba. And several other parasites known to infest this worldly sham. Wake up people, You are being played for fools for you LACK KNOWLEDGE.
An example of what their "music" is all about can be summed up in the song "Losing My Mind:"
It's time to hunt bankers, judges, lawyers and officials
Now you know we've got our eyes on you, so you better do things right;
or we'll hang you from the highest trees, while we party thru the night.
Now it's time to repatriate all the slave wagers invading our homeland
Then let's execute traitors who've been setting up the Global plan;
now they're trying to take our guns away, so we have no means to fight…."
The band is extremely popular with white supremacists and militia groups around the country. Early on they were featured on the Hal Turner talk show. Hal Turner was a white nationalist who hosted a radio talk show for years and was a featured speaker at neo-Nazi rallies across the country. He was a close ally of both Sean Hannity and Jared Taylor. Eventually, he was arrested for threatening three federal judges and sentenced to prison.
Gin Owners of America has become very active in political elections, pumping a lot of money and promotion into far-right-wing candidates. Much like the National Rifle Association, they rate current Congressional candidates. Their Political Victory Fund has successfully supported many of those ReBiblicans who currently hold office.
Larry Pratt embodies all of the negative qualities of those we find on the extremist right. He is a Dominionist. He is a racist and a bigot. He seeks power and fame. He is continuously given a platform from which to spew his toxic messages. He wields a lot of power in both the political and religious communities. He is an opportunist who exploits others and their acts of violence.
All of these things combine renders him a very dangerous person to our American society, and our very way of life. Consequently, it behooves all of us to keep our eyes upon Larry Pratt, and Gun Owners of America. A stamp of approval from either should be a red-flag on any candidate supported by them. As Hillary Clinton recently said, "Anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in American elections must not be paying attention." It's rampant – from voting rights legislation, to the far right agenda, to the actual candidates. Everyone must start paying attention.
Posted in Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay, Anti-homosexual, Anti-Muslim, Christian Nationalism, Dominionism, Elections, Patriots, Policy Makers, Pro-Life, Separation of Church and State
Tagged Christian Identity, Dominionism, GOA, gun control, gun lobby, gun owners of america, Larry Pratt, ReBiblican, southern poverty law, white supremacy
A CONGRESSMAN, A COUPLE OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS, AND AN ASSAULT RIFLE – OH MY!
Just An Inside Glimpse At the Mindset of Extremist Right-Wing Politics
Returning Congressman Steve Stockman (R-TX) has some new friends, at least we think they are new. You know, he couldn't have picked a more disreputable group of people to run around with, but then he really isn't the sharpest pencil in the box.
Stockman was born and raised in Michigan, but migrated to Texas – which is a pretty good place for a born-again, Southern Baptist, Christian extremist. I'm sure he fits right in with the Rick Perry crowd. He previously served for a couple of years in the House of Representatives back in 1995-1997. He lost his next bid for the seat in a run-off election.
After his brief stint in Congressman he took a faculty job with the uber-conservative Leaderhip Institute where he was engaged in training young people in right-wing extremism.
Now he's back. Having won a seat in Congress again, Stockman has been plying his trade as an extremist extraordinaire. Upset with Obama after the Sandy Hook school shootings and his belief that the President's number one agenda is to take everyone's guns away, Stockman decided to fight back. On his website he held a drawing for a free Bushmaster AR15 Rifle to be given away on Independence Day.
His campaign website also offers bumper stickers that read, "If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted."
Well, ever the zealot, Steve Stockman has now hooked up with Michael Peroutka's Institute on the Constitution as well as Larry Pratt's Gun Owners of America. Stockman, along with the two groups has filed an Amicus Brief in United States v. Abramski.
The case is one based around Abramski giving false information when purchasing a firearm. According to the complaint:
"When his uncle, Angel Alvarez, expressed a desire for a Glock 19 handgun, Bruce Abramski offered to make the purchase. As a former police officer, Abramski received a professional discount for the gun purchase that his uncle was not eligible for. When making the purchase, Abramski filled out ATF Form 4473, which contained several "yes-or-no" questions. One of the questions asked whether he was the actual purchaser of the firearm. The question also stated, "Warning: You are not the actual buyer if you are acquiring the firearm(s) on behalf of another person. If you are not the actual buyer, the dealer cannot transfer the firearm(s) to you." Abramski answered "yes" to the question, buying the Glock 19 for his uncle. Alvarez mailed Abramski a check for the price of the handgun, and Abramski transferred the weapon to his uncle in Pennsylvania through a licensed firearms dealer."
Abramski pled guilty, but reserved his right to appeal, which is what he is doing. The Amicus Brief, in short, makes the following claim:
"At the heart of the Government's case against Mr. Abramski is a "straw purchase" theory based neither in law nor regulation that it is impermissible for a person to purchase a firearm from an FFL if the transferee is acting as an agent for a third party, who furnished the funds for the purchase, even if both parties are eligible under state and federal law to possess a firearm."
The rub isn't that Abramski is appealing, or that Stockman and others filed the brief. The problem with all of this is that a United States Congressman has teamed up with individuals and organizations known to be White Supremacists.
Michael Peroutka is a high-ranking board member in the League of the South. For a description of the LOS, we turn to the Southern Poverty Law Center which has this to say:
"The League of the South is a neo-Confederate group that advocates for a second Southern secession and a society dominated by "European Americans." The league believes the "godly" nation it wants to form should be run by an "Anglo-Celtic" (read: white) elite that would establish a Christian theocratic state and politically dominate blacks and other minorities. Originally founded by a group that included many Southern university professors, the group lost its Ph.D.s as it became more explicitly racist. The league denounces the federal government and northern and coastal states as part of "the Empire," a materialist and anti-religious society."
From the LOS website:
"We also encourage individuals and families to personally secede from the corrupt and corrupting influence of post-Christian culture in America. We call this 'abjuring the realm,' and it's a real and dramatic first step all of us can take by simply withdrawing our support of and allegiance to a regime that has imperiled our future. … Once our Southern culture is re-established, then the political issues will begin to take care of themselves. Good leaders flow naturally out of a healthy culture; however, power-hungry, self-seeking politicians are all we can expect from the debased cultural climate we have today."
Peroutka's Institute On The Constitution claims that its mission is to "help individuals across America to understand and appreciate their own history and heritage by reacquainting them with the worldview and vision of our Founding Fathers. Michael Peroutka's "worldvision" is that of a dominionist Christian. According to Peroutka, the Separation of Church and State "refers to the fact that the jurisdiction and functions of these two God-ordained institutions are separate and distinct from each other. What it doesn't mean that either of these institutions is independent from God and His law."
It's interesting to note that in the 2008 Presidential elections Perouka was being considered for Ron Paul's Vice Presidential pick.
Larry Pratt and Gun Owner's of America ranks right up there with Peroutka and his cult. In many ways, Pratt is even more of a threat. The Southern Poverty Law Center tells us:
"Larry Pratt, a gun rights absolutist whose Gun Owners of America (GOA) has been described as "eight lanes to the right" of the National Rifle Association, may well be the person who brought the concept of citizen militias to the radical right.
"Pratt, whose GOA has grown since its 1975 founding to some 150,000 members today, hit the headlines in a big way when his associations with Peters and other professional racists were revealed, convincing arch-conservative Pat Buchanan to eject him as a national co-chair of Buchanan's 1996 presidential campaign.
"The same year, it emerged that Pratt was a contributing editor to a periodical of the anti-Semitic United Sovereigns of America, and that his GOA had donated money to a white supremacist attorney's group.
"Pratt is today close to the extremist Constitution Party and its radical theology."
The "radical theology" that they have ascribed to the Constitution Party is, decidedly, Dominionist. Interestingly, Pratt has served as a board member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), as well as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He comes to us straight out of the Dominionist, and secretive, Council for National Policy.
On another side note, Pratt is a close ally of Ron Paul and supported him in his bid for President. According to Ron Paul Gun Owner's of America is "The only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington."
Gun Owner's of America currently has over 300,00 members.
Steve Stockman is the sterotypical ReBiblican politician. His campaign endorsements read like a who's who of the extremist right, including: Tim & Beverley LaHaye; Richard Viguerie; Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association (Another hate group); Michael Farris, Founder of the Home School Legal Defense Fund and Patrick Henry College; Ted Nugent; and Pastor Chuck Baldwin.
This is who Texans in the 36th Congressional District elected to represent them. There are over 200 others who grace our House of Representatives with their radical, extremist presence. In truth, it should scare the hell out of any sane, rational American. We can only hope that the next election will change the encroaching Christian Nationalist ideology that continues to erode our liberties and our very way of life.
Posted in Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay, Anti-homosexual, Anti-Muslim, Christian Nationalism, Dominionism, Education, Elections, Funders, Patriots, Policy Makers, Pro-Life, Pulpit Masters, Separation of Church and State
Tagged 2nd amendment, assault weapons, Dominionism, gun control, gun owners of america, gun rights, hate groups, Institute on the Constitution, Larry Pratt, League of the South, michael peroutka, Ron Paul, steve stockman
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Anything from farms to small businesses to large corporations - capture the wealth to finance the work of Kingdom expansion
If you control the children you will control the world - incorporate the Bible, Prayer, and Biblical values into every aspect of education. No Separation of Church and State
Obtain a moral foundation for children in the future - no fatherless children no divorce, no same-sex marriage, no pornography
Put into place righteous Christain leaders that will recognize the nation as Christian and eliminate the separation of church and state and the liberal agenda
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Give the Church great influence over all spheres of society and reach "the lost" both nationally and internationally and expand the Kingdom
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Brighten Up Your Yard With This Useful Information.
This could be a great time to get started. The insights here can help you get going and answer a lot of questions you may have. Read on for ideas to get your creative juices going and reach your goals for your garden.
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Before you plant anything in your garden, have the soil checked. Have a soil report done. It is cost effective and you can make necessary adjustments, based on the report, to your soil so it is correctly enriched to encourage plant growth. A lot of extension offices will offer this service and it is worth it so you know what your soil needs.
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Hobbies can be a great way to make good use of free time. Is there a hobby that you love to spend time on? If you have not found one yet, you may find this article of use. Consider this helpful advice about finding out what hobbies you can enjoy.
A great hobby is to read. Reading can be fun because it takes you to another place. You can read just about anywhere, as long as you are in a quiet spot. Enjoy fact, fiction, biography, mystery and more with the power of reading.
Making music is a lot of fun. There are many instruments to choose from, and you just have to decide which you'd like to learn. The next step is to take lessons from someone, or learn on your own with books and videos. Ease your way into your hobby and give it attention when you have spare time.
If you would like to make a hobby profitable, consider doing something that not many others do. Are you experienced in certain things? Consider an activity that you like doing that is essential for everyone to do, yet others may not enjoy it. This makes for a great beginning.
One hobby that's addictive is to get out to garage sales and estate sales. There are lots of unique things at these sales. There are many valuables buried in the mess. You don't know what you might unearth, which adds some anticipation to the whole process.
Share your favorite hobby with like-minded individuals. IT allows you to share yourself in ways you may not normally encounter. At times, those random acts involve the hobby you love. Let others view what you follow, make, or collect. Let everyone know what takes up some of your time. You can expand your world and develop new friendships.
Have a couple of different hobbies. Diversity of hobbies keeps things interesting. Try to find hobbies that can be done during different seasons of the year. Many people enjoy water activities during the summer; however, during the winter, they get bored. By finding other hobbies that can be done during the cold winter months, you can have a fun hobby to participate in during every season.
Sewing can be a rewarding hobby. You can use your hobby to make things to improve your home or make new clothes. Sewing is a wonderful hobby for many people.
If you do a lot of traveling, you could start a collection for souvenirs you get at your destinations after you finish your trips. You could collect spoons, local pottery, postcards, wine bottles, etc. It doesn't matter what you have in your collection, as long as you can look at each item and think of fond memories.
You can get a headache from plumbing issues if you do not know how to fix them the right way. Professional plumbers can be costly and you can end up waiting forever for repairs that you can do yourself, if you know how. Keep reading this article to figure out how to take care of issues with your plumbing.
To keep your pipes from getting frozen, always maintain a temperature in the house above freezing and make sure all pipes exposed to outside elements are insulated properly. Your pipes can freeze if temperatures around them fall below freezing. At best, it can take time for them to thaw and for you to be able to have running water. However, your pipes can explode, as well – making a huge plumbing bill.
If you discover a frozen water pipe, turn on a nearby faucet so that thawed ice has a place to go. This will relive some of the pressure, and could prevent cracks from appearing.
Avoid using any tablets that are meant to reduce odor in and around your toilet. Both of these may help to eliminate odors from your toilet, but it can also damage the rubber parts of your toilet, causing it to not function probably, or even to break down completely.
Set up a time when all plumbing work will be completed at one time. Do not call a plumber for minor issues. You can save money by waiting to have everything fixed at the same time. You will also save because plumbers usually charge hourly rates, so hours they can charge you are reduced if there is only one trip made.
Pour baking soda and vinegar down your bathtub drain every month. This will cause the vigorous bubbling you may remember from the "volcano" in a grade school science project, so be sure to close the drain with a stopper. Allow some time to pass, then follow up by pouring down boiling hot water. This should help clear your pipes of accumulated hair and soap scum.
Always clean the lint from your dryer. This will ensure that your dryer operates efficiently and prevents fires. Be sure to check the trap for tears and rips, because this can cause bigger problems as it may mean that lint is escaping into your pipes.
If you have frozen pipes that can be a very costly repair. Fortunately, it is usually relatively easy to prevent your pipes from freezing. Find out if all of your outdoor pipes are properly insulated. In addition, as the weather turns colder, make it a point to drain and detach your hoses. Finally, turn off the faucet located outside. Doing this could help save lots of cash related to plumbing repair bills.
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What pest control method do you use for your home? Make sure you take the advice in this article seriously as you read about your options. You may not be aware of the most effective pest control methods. Keep reading to find out more information.
Keep your rugs well vacuumed to eradicate pests in the home. This will get the bugs and ants in the living room, kitchen and den. You should get rid of the vacuum bag.
If you wish to know whether or not there are termites where you live, try hiring a dog to seek them out, not a person. A human termite inspector can only verify that about a third of your home is safe. Trained dogs can verify your entire home's safety. Methane is in the air and they can smell it.
they are eradicated, but some may still be lurking. Bedbugs can hibernate for up to a year before coming back in full force. So be sure to close any holes in the floors and walls. It can prevent them from hiding there.
When battling mice near your home, try mint. Plant some mint around your home. This will make the mice find another home that has less aversive stimuli. Sprinkle mint leaves around affected areas if you have a mouse problem. Usually, this keeps mice away. But, be sure the mint you use is fresh.
People that struggle with pests and bugs may have some solutions that they aren't even aware of. The staff at your nearby home improvement center are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to pest control. They can tell you which pesticides work best given your situation.
If a tree falls on your property, quickly remove it. All you have to do is chop up the tree and burn it. You can sell it, use it, or give it away. But don't forget to remember the stump as well. Stumps make the termites come around.
Keep mosquitoes away by getting rid of places where they like to stay. Drain any place where water just stands. Mosquitoes can breed in places that have water, like food cans or anything that can hold a little water.
In order to be successful at getting rid of a pest, it is essential that you are knowledgeable about the pest. Know what it eats, its likes and dislikes, its life cycle, etc. Pest knowledge helps you better devise a plan.
Exterior lights can be prime sources of pests. Move the outdoor lights away from your home's entrances. Consider using lights with a orange or yellow glow that bugs do not like as much; this will cut down the number of insects going inside your house.
Home improvement projects can often be a disappointing experience. The wrong workers and bad plans can all spoil the mood. This article discusses some smart tips for making sure that your home improvement projects turn out well. Keep reading for more information.
In many cases, just a small project can make a huge different to a home's value. If you plan to list your home for sale in the near future, it may behoove you to take on a series of small projects beforehand. A good example is a clean coat of interior and exterior paint. For just a few hundred dollars, you can boost your home's value by close to a thousand dollars!
If your roof has any small cracks, you can use some aluminum tape from a three inch wide roll to fix them. Separate its paper backing and place the sticky tape on a clean surface. Your cracks will then be waterproof.
Using texturing techniques add interest to your walls and cover blemishes. Texturing is easy. Put drywall mud on the walls with a trowel and then use a sponge, a brush or any item you can think of to add some texture.
A way you can rid yourself from insects is to caulk holes and cracks. Simply caulk up any cracks that you find. Once the caulk is dry, there will be no bugs getting in nor well tempered air getting out.
If you are going for a serene atmosphere in your home, the color scheme should focus on light colors, including lighter shades of blue, purple, and green. Use linen and cotton fabric instead of heavy patterns and dark brocades. Use scented candles and potpourri to give your home a tranquil, good smelling appeal.
Focus on the front porch if you are thinking about home improvements. When someone comes to your house it will be the first thing they see, giving them an impression of what lays inside. Make a point to put away any clutter and to install some beautiful new features, such as a light fixture or nice door. This is a great way to increase the value of your home.
Actually spend some time reading the bottle before purchasing drain cleaner. Some cleaners are caustic chemicals. In particular, crystallized cleaners stick to the inside of your pipes and wear them down over time. Your drain cleaner should be compatible with the septic tank.
If you are planning a do-it-yourself renovation, make a list of the steps you think are needed to finish the project, and then have an experienced contractor or builder check it for you. Even if you have to pay them a small fee, it will save you a bundle compared to the cost of a mistake.


A very stable and simple FM transmitter circuit is given here. With a matching antenna, this transmitter can attain a range of around 200 meters. I assembled this transmitter few years and got very good results. Let us see how the circuit works.
A condenser microphone (K1) is used to pick the sound to be transmitted. Capacitor C1 is a DC decoupler and the sound signal is coupled to the base of Q1 which wired as a preamplifier.R2 and R3 are the biasing resistors of Q1. Amplified sound signal will be available at the collector of Q1 and it coupled to the emitter of transistor Q2 through the capacitor C4 and 1mH inductor L1. Capacitor C4 decouples the DC component from the preamplifier output. Q2 performs the job of oscillator and modulator. Inductor L2 and variable capacitor C5 forms the tank circuit necessary for creating oscillations. Capacitor C6 is the feedback capacitor. The modulated FM wave will be available at the collector of Q1 and it is transmitted using the antenna A1.
Assembling the circuit on a good PCB will give better results.
I used a 12V battery for powering the circuit. A 9V PP3 battery will also do the job.
A battery eliminator is also fine but it will induce noise.
Antenna A1 can be a 25cm long copper wire.
K1 is a condenser microphone.
C2 should be a Tantalum capacitor.
Variable capacitor C5 can be used to adjust the transmission frequency.
This simplified formula will help you in making inductors, L = (d²n²) / (18d+40l). Where L is the inductance of the coil in uH , d is the coil diameter in inches, l is the coil length in inches and n is the number of turns. Just try to make the inductor your self using this formaula. If you can't, then comment here.I will give you the winding details.
hi jacky, thanks for the circuit, the problem with my case is i want to design a fm transmitter and a reciever in the 50 MHZ band since it is allowed for amateur radio users….can u help me on how to build those both and what r the components that i may require?
can i send audio signal..with out noice through this??and can i have the receiver circuit for this fm transmitter….
i need long range FM transmitter details.
hello, it is good a person who enjoy it.
sir,hw can i make the inductor coils? pls.reply asap..
hi sir, what is the power requirement of 200 meter fm transmitter? please i need it asap.. thanks sir..
can i use a fixed capacitor of 30pf instead of the variable one so that i could get a fixed frequency of 91.9 MHz, which can be atleast heard over a radio. Please reply me as soon as possible. I am in the mid of my project assignment.
i can't understand L 1 and L 2. please answer me about this.
Hi suhail, it is an intresting circuit, most of capacitors can be found in scrap radios like 10band world reciever, coil is 3 to 4 turns #22swg or take it from old fm radio. 1mH coil can get from old tv,vcr,dish reciever..etc.
I am facing problems regarding the making of the inductors 0.1uH & 1mH specified in the circuit. Kindly please specify the details, i.e TURNS, LEGTH, DIAMETER & GUAGE OF WIRE. I have bought 24 AWG wire, is it okay??
And also tell me that what range of frequency you had used in your circuit using the tank circuit comprising 0.1uH inductor & 3-10pF capacitor because I have theoretically calculated using the formula " F = 1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C))" that the range will be approx 159MHz(for 10pF) to 290MHz(for 3pF) which is beyond the range of commercial FM broadcast band i.e 88MHz to 108MHz.
PLEASE REPLY ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO SORT OUT MY PROBLEMS. ITS VERY URGENT.
THANK YOU & GOOD NIGHT.
L2 should be 3 1/2 turns of 18SWG with an id of 8mm. Coil can be spread or compessed to achieve the broadcast band range. L1 can be standard 1mH choke or honey comb wound 250 turns of silk covered 28 gauge wire on a 3mm former. Since this type of winding will be difficult you can buy a standard one and use it. L2 can be easily wound.
add a 10 pf fixed capacitor in parallel with the variable capacitor to bring down the frequency to the required range.
Hi, just assemble the circuit and use any of 22,33,47 pf fixed cap and any guage wire between 28 to 20 swg is fine and strech or press the coil to get desired frequency, use variable cap to fine tune. A coupling cap is good for ANT.
sir can u pls give me a ciruit for generating radio waves using simple circuits like oscillator and amplifiers at low cost. pls tell as soon as possible.
i just want the details of the inductor.
Please tell me that where the transmitted signal can be received either fm radio or another receiver circuit for testing and what will be the receiving frequency. Also tell me how we can make the inductor.
I built this circuit but i could not get any output from the oscillator.
Hey guys . I telling in the basis of i have first in eletronics and working in sony as eletronic expert.this site is cheating u. Ucan do this circiut but wOULD NOT WORK.U CAN DOUBTS. Ucan see the rivews .any get the output of the circiut . Every body's are not working. As u want good working hobby circiuts . U can purchase "HOBBY ELETRONICS" books from shops .its is more better and good. Don't spoil ur money and time.
Hey guys in the internet so many web site providing hobbycirciut i listened and looked these circiut and it is wrong trust me . I telling in the basis of i have first in eletronics and working in sony as eletronic expert.this site is cheating u. Ucan do this circiut but wOULD NOT WORK.U CAN DOUBTS. Ucan see the rivews .any get the output of the circiut . Every body's are not working. As u want good working hobby circiuts . U can purchase "HOBBY ELETRONICS" books from shops .its is more better and good. Don't spoil ur money and time.
Could I have a mini jack input on this?
is any1 dere..plz yr help out.. fr designing dis ckt in orcad i need the values of transistor , diode, antenna and microphne..just lyk u had provided d values for resistance and capacitor..provide dese values too..!!!
hey..dese components of dis transmitter..r so random..wil dese b easily available..!??
Seetharaman sir, I have read all the comments and your respond.before that i bought all the components and made one inductor of 1mh…but…as you replied …to Shine that….L1 should be 1uH (not imH)20 turns of 20SWG (0.9mm dia wire)6mmID covering a length of 20mm…….i tried really hard to built 1 mh's inductor…..what should i do…i'm using this as my lastyear diploma project..my collage's project's sir said to change the project if you are not able to find inductor in a week…and i really want to finish this one….
would you plz help me out.
sir, i cant get a stable frequency also cant get clear sound,it is too much noisy. what can i do?
Hi, what would happen if the input voltage was increased? Would a greater range be achieved? what would the maximum voltage for this circuit be?
we are connecting the circuit in breadboard and using 0.47 micro henry inductor in place of L2.
what all changes we should make in the circuit for obtaining a freq between 88-108 MHz? And how to check the output?
Hi Shashank Solid Tantalum capacitors are close tolerance (+/- 5% or even better)type and of very low internal leakage current, hence most suitable for timer appliocations. As there is no inductance involed most suited for decoupling in high frequency circuits.
Hi Seetharaman. Can we replace tantalum capacitor by any other type?
Why don't you just give the info of the inductors. geez!
hi Seetharaman, can we replace Tantalum capacitor by any other type of capacitor?
Hi Zain I have not tried, it should work whether it is audio or pulse train.
what is frequency of this transmitter???
describe for m how i determine the transmission frequency, and the bandwidth i can use with capacitor C5.
Hey. I got the answer from your circuit. The oscillator circuit with feedback condition did not work.
I've removed c3 parallel with the R5.
gud evening seetharaman,can i use d c5 capacitor as fixed capacitor?and have i know between frequancy range in c5?
hey seetharaman plz help me with my battery charger circuit using scr.
i have left questions on that page.
Hi Shine L2 should be 6 turns of 18SWG (1.2mm dia wire)wire air cored ID of 6mm and winding covering a length of 12mm. L1 should be 1uH (not imH)20 turns of 20SWG (0.9mm dia wire)6mmID covering a length of 20mm.
how the copper wire used as antenna?
as i'm new in electronics i don't know how to make a inductor. please tell me about this. in addition, what will i mean by SWG? and how many turn needed to make those inductor?
Hi Akash the pins which are at 180deg is common that is Vcc and the middle one should get connected to Collector.
i complete this design but i m not getting output at proper frequency wt can i do now?
my variable capacitor has a 3 terminal which terminal i give to vcc ?
Hi Munna the supply voltage 12 volts hence the capacitor w2orking voltage should be greater than that. can 16volt 25volt or even 40volt.
Hi Robert wind L2 with 18SWG super enamelled copper wire with 6mm id and 4 turns, windings spaced at dia of wire. The oscillator center frequency will tune around 100MHz.
Sir please help me the tips and how i can tune it 88 -108 email. Mugabi103@yahoo.com THANK YOU .
I'm not able to make the inductor. I assembled all the parts in PCB accurately but it doesn't work. What can i do. Please help me.
There is no specific volt identified for the capacitors. I don't understand capacitors of which volt i'll use for making a FM transmitter. Please help me.
Sir, I'm not able to make the inductors ………. can please tell me the exact no. of turns and the diameter of the inductors, especially of the 1mH one!
Hi Mike Q1 is the audio amplifier. Q2 is the colpitts oscillator and the oscillator is modulated at the emitter(Q2)with audio and with the passive tank circuit the modulated RF signal is radiated.
Thanks Seetharaman It's a good idea but I've another question. Can you explain me why "Q2 performs the job of oscillator and modulator"? I thought that tank circuit is oscillator but Q1 is amplifire so how transistor can create oscillations?
Hi Atul 3.9, 5.6 PF can be used here.
Hi Mike you can add a 22PF fixed capacitor in parallel with the existing C5.
I'd like to have a tramsmitter with a range about 100MHz so may I use 10-30pF variable capacitor to get lower frequencies?
plz suggest me anthr capacitor instead of 4.7pf feedback capacitor of T2.
Hi Meleja yes with C5 you can set the frequency.
How is the frequency set? Is it set via C5?
Hi Meleja between 150 and 300MHz.
Hi, what frequency does this work at?
How find the length of a copper wire by using its weight and diameter…?
Hi Gustav if it is readily available please use it. no need to test your patience in winding.
please tell me the winding detials.
Can I use inductors bought in a an electronic shop or do I have to make it at home?
how do i calculate the frequency? i constructed it and it worked but i need to know how to calculate the frequency.
i would like to ask is air core inductor a compulsory components? can i use other type of inductor such as coloured-band inductor? i assembled this circuit and i didnt get any output from it. can anyone tell me how to troubleshoot the circuit?
Pls. send me the winding details of the antenna for the 200M FM transmitter.
Please help me to get the details of winding of inductance coil of .1uH and 1mH.
Hi Tyler diode is decoupling audio and rf stage to minimise cross modulation. C8 is the supply decoupling capacitor it can be upto 100nF.
What is the purpose of the diode, and c8 in this circuit diagram. I just finished building it and it works great!
What is the purpose of the diode? Also what is actually doing the modulating here? I just built it and it works great!!!
can you give printed circuit board (pcb) of this circuit? it is very urgent.
can you give this circuit's board design? please.
Hi Saad with the given inductor and variable capacitor it will tune between 160 and 300MHz.
even i hav the same doubts whch these ppl hav., hw 2 find the freq. of tranmitter? tel me much about designin of inductors.,.
ya…. its very interesting.. but at wat frequency i can receive my message..
sir tell me about how many turns required for 1mH & 0.1uH Intductors for 200m fm Transmitteralso about the thickness of wire plssss its very urgent………….plsssss ?????????????????????????????
sir can i make that inductor L3 by my own pls suggest….
What is the frequency range? I assume C5 is used to alter this?
thank you . kheily khob bood.
Could you Plz tell the o/p frequency of the transmitter.
i.e. at which frequency I could be able to get the signal in my FM Receiver.
good one but i want that winding details….. can u please help me…..


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"75 YEARS OF LOVE" - UN Chamber Music Society Concert in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations
24 Oct 2020 - UN DAY - On 24 October 2020, the UN Chamber Music Society (UNCMS) – in partnership with VIRTUA CREATIVE – will launch "75 YEARS OF LOVE," a virtual concert in celebration of the United Nations 75th Anniversary. The programme will be musically representative at the regional level, as World Classical Music and World Pop Music repertoire from all five official regional groups of the United Nations will be featured. Opening remarks will be delivered by Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser on Preparations for Seventy-Fifth United Nations Anniversary; Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; and Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.
The "75 YEARS OF LOVE" project will also celebrate the debut album launch of the UN Chamber Music Society's first world music album recording, in support of UNHCR, and in celebration of the UN's anniversary. All donations received will be directed to support the humanitarian work of the UNHCR, which has provided for seventy-years life-saving assistance and protection to refugees globally. The album is scheduled to be launched by UNHCR in December 2020.
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This year I am transitioning everything from my old walking blog and social media to something far more interesting and diverse. A real variety of topics and travel tales.
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Q: Open gnome-terminal on an network namespace and then run a command I'm using coreemu to to create a virtual network. I can open a terminal on a specific node with
gnome-terminal -e "vcmd -c /tmp/pycore.49330/n1 -- bash"

but I would like to open the terminal there, and then have that terminal run a command. I've played around, trying to get the terminal to open and just "echo test" but nothing I've tried works. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

A: Try
gnome-terminal -e "vcmd -c /tmp/pycore.49330/n1 -- bash -c 'date; read'"

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Mexico Thwarts Movement of US-bound Caravan
This is an update of the story I posted here in September about Africans piling up in southern Mexico and insisting that the Mexican government allow them to move north to the US border.
Looks like so far Mexico is holding firm in its promise to the Trump Administration to get these caravans stopped—-in this case with the Mexican National Guard.
From the LA Times:
(Note that the LA Times isn't loose with the language and isn't calling the migrants 'refugees.')
Mexican authorities stop caravan of migrants attempting to head north
To get the best media photo, well-trained migrants putting babies on the front lines to confront National Guard..
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities on Saturday thwarted the latest caravan of migrants attempting to head north from southern Mexico with the hope of reaching the United States.
Some 2,000 migrants from various nations — including Central American and African countries, Haiti and Cuba — set off on foot in the predawn hours from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula.
It was the first such caravan since early 2019, as Mexico — under pressure from the Trump administration to curb U.S.-bound migration thorough its territory — has cracked down on Central Americans and others seeking to reach the United States.
On Saturday, the northbound caravan met a phalanx of Mexican authorities, including National Guard and federal police units along the highway at a point about 25 miles north of Tapachula. The enforcement presence prompted almost half the caravan members — including many women and children — to surrender to Mexican immigration authorities.
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Thousands of migrants seeking to reach U.S. territory — more than 1,000 miles to the north — have been stuck in Tapachula for months as Mexican officials have been hesitant to hand out visas allowing them to continue north. Most entered Mexico from Guatemala. The migrants stranded in Tapachula are mostly Central Americans but include others from the Caribbean, South America, Africa and Asia.
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Note that it's very difficult to tell the race, and thus the origin, of the migrants, due to the deliberately extremely foreshortened and lateral angle of the photo. If the media ever start publishing pictures of teeming mobs of Africans marching through Central America, it will wake a few more people up to what's really going on.
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'The Farewell's Awkwafina Says Lulu Wang-Directed Dramedy "Enriches" Asian American Narrative – Sundance Studio
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Ever since it received a standing ovation at its world premiere at Sundance, The Farewell has been a buzzy title at the Park City fest as an emotional dramedy based on director/writer Lulu Wang's own story about her grandmother. The filmmaker stopped by the Deadline studio alongside stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, and Diana Lin.
When Wang learned that her grandmother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, her mother called her to let her know that she had three months to live. In China, the doctors don't share this information with the patient, instead, they tell a family member. In this case, her grandmother's sister. In order to get everyone to China to be with her ailing grandmother, they planned a wedding and still kept the diagnosis a secret.
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"I thought it was the most ridiculous thing," Wang told Deadline. "Also, the saddest and funny thing at the same time."
Thus, The Farewell was born.
The film follows headstrong and emotional writer Billi (Awkwafina) as she rebels against her parents' (Ma and Lin) directive to stay in New York and joins the family as they awkwardly attempt to rekindle old bonds, throw together a wedding that only grandma is actually looking forward to, and surreptitiously say their goodbyes.
The Farewell adds to the representation of Asian and Asian Americans in cinema. Awkwafina likes to compare the growth of Asian narratives in film and TV to Pokemon.
"You have the first evolution, then you have the second evolution of stories and then you have this beast that is so different from the original story you were trying to tell," she explains.
Awkwafina, who also played fan favorite Pek Lin in Crazy Rich Asians, plays a different, slightly less comedic role in The Farewell as Billi, which gives a totally different Asian American narrative and shows that Asians aren't just one monolithic culture with one story.
"[The Farewell] enriches what we know about Asians — it adds substance to the characters," she said. "At its core, it's a human story.
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Q: PowerShell: Identify if disk usage is more than 80% I'm trying to get the disk usage from all disks and then send out an email if the disk usage is more than 80% for any of the disks. Using the existing articles, I came up with the below but not able to filter out disks with more than 80% usage. Can some kind soul guide me? TIA
$size = @{label="Size(GB)";expression={[int]($_.Size/1GB)}}

$freeSpace = @{label="FreeSpace(GB)";expression={[int]($_.FreeSpace/1GB)}}

$freeSpacePercent = @{label="FreeSpace(%)";expression={[int]($_.FreeSpace/$_.Size * 100)}}

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk |
Select-Object -Property DeviceID,VolumeName,$size,$freeSpace,$freeSpacePercent

A: Just add a Where-Object{}, something like:
$size             = @{label = "Size(GB)"; expression = {[int]($_.Size/1GB)}}
$freeSpace        = @{label = "FreeSpace(GB)"; expression = {[int]($_.FreeSpace/1GB)}}
$freeSpacePercent = @{label = "FreeSpace(%)"; expression = {[int]($_.FreeSpace/$_.Size * 100)}}

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk |
Select-Object -Property DeviceID,VolumeName,$size,$freeSpace,$freeSpacePercent |
Where-Object{ $_."FreeSpace(%)" -le 20 }

Notice it's less than 20%. Also notice the quotes, because you used special characters in the property name.
Also, you are casting to an [Int] which is going to bankers round very roughly top the whole number. That might be intentional, but whe I do this sort of thing I like to use the `[Math]::Round() function.  You can change your expressions to get that:
$size             = @{label="Size(GB)"; expression = { [Math]::Round( ($_.Size/1GB), 2 ) }}
$freeSpace        = @{label="FreeSpace(GB)"; expression = { [Math]::Round( ($_.FreeSpace/1GB), 2 ) }}
$freeSpacePercent = @{label="FreeSpace(%)"; expression = { [Math]::Round( ($_.FreeSpace/$_.Size * 100), 2 ) }}

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk |
Select-Object -Property DeviceID,VolumeName,$size,$freeSpace,$freeSpacePercent


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Just having a little fun in rehearsal. I haven't played metal for a year and a half and decided to go all out!!
I think im using this for some time now!
PDP FS in Tobacco Burst.
20" Paiste Alpha Full Ride.
And yes there is a broken stick on the cymbal.....i dont play with it there.
bash, bang, slam, whatever, yeah, ima drummer.
ive always wanted to mix acoustic and electric together. I sometimes use that as a floor tom on my left side but wanted to see how it would go as a rack tom. It works out pretty well actually i found.
tell me how the 20002 power ride sounds?
hmmm, would it be good for around 80's metal music?
i play a lot of old school thrash metal and i love it!
alright cool bro, thanks man.
Wow, I love everything about this setup! Comfortable, nice heads, great cymbals and a nice finish. Congrats!


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RCBI Helps Azimuth Retrofit U.S. Navy Vessel
When Azimuth Inc. needed help with work that would travel around the world, the north-central West Virginia engineering firm found assistance just a few miles down the road.
The Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) delivered services for one particular project that made it possible for Azimuth to create carbon fiber panels necessary to update a U.S. Navy vessel with the latest navigation technology. Bringing the vessel, similar to a 1990s-era Coast Guard Guardian Class Cutter, up to current standards wasn't easy in terms of functionality or aesthetics, said Kevin Poe, Azimuth's Export Compliance Officer.
However, Azimuth is confident of the service it receives at RCBI and works regularly with RCBI -- leasing time on CNC equipment and taking advantage of the focused training it delivers, and Azimuth President/CEO Craig Hartzell is quick with his praise.
"RCBI is a great program," Hartzell says, "and I'm not afraid to tell anybody that."
Established in 1989, Azimuth has headquarters in Morgantown with offices in Westover, White Hall and Fairmont. Azimuth also has staff located in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. It employs about 90 individuals in West Virginia who design and build specialty communications and computer systems, particularly for the defense sector.
"Our work with the Robert C. Byrd Institute on the Navy vessel was a real win-win for Azimuth, RCBI and the state of West Virginia," Poe said. "Without the assistance we received from RCBI, this project would have been much more difficult. We were able to do the work more efficiently and also keep jobs right here in West Virginia."
Poe said the Navy needed to install GPS, depth-sounding systems, high-end computing power and other state-of-the-art technology in the fiberglass vessel to prepare it for the next generation of use. In addition to having a limited amount of space and potential weight issues, metal just would not have blended well with the existing materials used to build the ship.
"We decided to look at carbon fiber as an option and found that the panels were not expensive and were potentially a very good fit," Poe said. "We needed to find some way to cut the panels to the proper sizes, and we decided to work with the Robert C. Byrd Institute since we had worked with them in the past."
Azimuth and RCBI staff members combined efforts to build a jig to cut panels on RCBI's specialized Northwood 5-axis High-Speed CNC Router, which allows users to produce complex designs on a single machine without multiple setups. The carbon fiber panels were cut into a variety of unique shapes to fit perfectly into the angle-filled vessel. They were glued into place and covered with mesh, then assembled into the ship.
"The console looked like the Stealth Fighter when it was all put together," Poe said. "The Navy was very impressed and pleased with the result and thought it was truly cutting-edge."
Having access to RCBI's expertise was helpful in even more ways. Although each of the carbon fiber panels were supposed to be the same thickness, the CNC equipment at RCBI pointed out differences that were not visible to the naked eye. Just a few millimeters of variance in panel thickness would have created significant problems over the course of the project, however, and those were avoided by sorting them into groups of exactly the same specifications. Additional support for this project included RCBI staff traveling to the Naval Shipyard to deliver hands-on training and oversight during installation of the vessel's command module.
"If we had not been able to do this project at RCBI Bridgeport," Poe added, "we likely would have had to use a subcontractor in some place like North Carolina or Georgia. Instead of scheduling occasional visits, we were able to be in constant contact and resolve problems quickly, working hand-in-hand with staff at the Robert C. Byrd Institute. We also make it a point to spend as much money in West Virginia as possible and use West Virginia workers whenever we can, and RCBI helped us do that in this case."
The relationship between Azimuth and RCBI continues to benefit both organizations, as well as a joint commercial and military supply chain of manufacturers through the RCBI 21ST Century Manufacturing Network. The joint projects include design and production of "Bombot" units that help protect active duty military personnel from IEDs (improvised explosive devices), CNC production of shoebox-sized computer cases that protect portable computer components for the U.S. Navy, and CNC production of a container for advanced Biometrics technology used by the U.S. military in forward deployed bases.
For more information about Azimuth, visit www.azimuthinc.com or call 304.292.3700.


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Q: When can real-valued random variables $X$ and $Y$ be expressed as $X' + Z$ and $Y' + Z,$ where $Z$ is non-degenerate and independent of $X'$ and $Y'$? ...and, are there any interesting results re how much of the variance/dispersion of $X$ and $Y$ can be loaded onto a shared, independent $Z$ in this way? E.g. relating it to the covariance of $X$ and $Y?$
I'm particularly interested in situations where $X$ and $Y$ are heavy-tailed, but can be expressed as $X' + Z$ and $Y' + Z$ where $Z$ (independent of $X'$ and $Y'$) is heavy-tailed, but $X'$ and $Y'$ aren't (and what properties of $X$ and $Y$ might tell you that you're in such a situation).
I know this is a bit open-ended; happy to be directed to textbooks or other resources that discuss this sort of thing, in lieu of particular results. Thanks!


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Jim Tinsley to leave Stage One
Many clients, suppliers and friends of Stage One will be aware that our Technical Director, Jim Tinsley has been absent from the business for some time due to ill health. It is with some sadness that Jim has now confirmed that he will be leaving the company at the end of the year.
As Technical Director, Jim played a key role in delivering our first Opening Ceremony at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. He was instrumental in developing our Qmotion System and in overseeing construction of many complex engineering projects, most notably, the London 2012 Olympic cauldron. All of this culminated in the delivery of our biggest ever project, the huge production that was the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic ceremonies. His expertise and reputation is enviable and he will be missed.
Jim will formally step down on 31st December this year. Roy Webber, Jamie Forster, Jon Priest, Jim Almond, Mark Davies, Rob Parkin and Wayne Ford will all contribute to filling the gap that Jim leaves. This will allow us to continue to deliver large technical and ceremonies projects.
Jim has been in the business for over 30 years, founding Hangar Services Ltd with Mark Johnson in 1987, before merging with Stage One in 1995. Jim and Mark remain lifelong friends and the whole company joins Mark in wishing Jim better health in the future and thanking him for his friendship, support and hard work over the years.


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Town boss demands an improved performance
By Liam Waite @imliamwaite Reporter
Danny Tickle will be back in the 19-man squad this weekend after missing out against Oldham due to injury	JOHN STORY
Workington Town head coach Chris Thorman has challenged his Town players to up their game when they face Newcastle Thunder in League 1 this weekend.
Thorman was not happy with Town's 26-16 defeat at home to Oldham last weekend and wants to see a different display from his players when they travel to Kingston Park on Sunday (3pm kick-off) looking to get their push for the play-off places back on track.
He said: "I'm expecting a dramatically improved performance from the Oldham game.
"I said last week that for whatever reason I thought we were a bit lethargic and our preparation wasn't as good as it had been.
"Before the game I said 'I think we're going to get beat today' and challenged the players.
"But as poorly as we played, we still put ourselves in a position where we could have beaten a good Oldham side.
"We need to focus on what we need to improve."
Thunder started the season with back-to-back defeats but since then have lost just twice in the league.
They have won their last three games in the division, including an impressive victory against league leaders Whitehaven, and Thorman, who is from Wallsend, believes his hometown side will pose a different threat to the Roughyeds.
"It's going to be another challenge away on an artificial pitch," he added.
"They are probably the form team in the competition at the moment.
"They haven't been blowing teams away but they've been finding a way to win.
"Newcastle like to throw the ball around a bit more than Oldham did.
"They're a slightly different proposition."
Danny Tickle will be back in the squad but faces a fitness test.
"Danny is a significant contributor in our yardage," he said.
"I've known Danny for a long time and he's talking like he's going to play."
Carl Forber will not be fit enough to make the trip but Thorman was hopeful that he could return for next weekend's game at North Wales Crusaders.
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It's hard to miss the single word echoing around the EVE-flavoured interwebs at the moment. Odyssey has just been announced as the 19th EVE expansion due to be released in June 2013. A contingent of devs have been camped out in a booth at games convention PAX East in Boston, MA, led by CCP Unifex who made a short announcement in which I half expected him to sell three steaks and a pound of spuds to the nearest bargain hunter (if you've not been to a London market, that joke was probably lost on you).
Although those who are browsing for EVE material to read will probably already be sick of the column inches to actual information ratio that currently exists in all Odyssey related media, I'm going to briefly add to it by directing you to the three posts I've published over on GameSkinny.
A Brief Analysis of EVE Online's 19th Free Expansion: Odyssey takes a look at the few key details to be found on the official expansion page. Taking what we already knew from CSM minutes and previous devblogs, I have a stab at trying to figure out what exeactly we might expect from Odyssey.
EVE Online: Odyssey Image Analysis – Minigame Speculation is a bit of a flight of fantasy, but I got all excited when I stumbled upon some photos of the presentation and saw some screenshots showing some of the upcoming features. I'd be interested to know what you can make of the images. Minigames? Sub-system targeting? Or just more visual polish on the scanning system?
EVE Online Odyssey Community Response: MOAR INFO PLZ! was to sate my curiosity to see what the community response has been thus far. As expected there has been a wide range of opinions based on scant information, but less fury than I expected. Maybe the usual suspects are just warming up.
Content has been a bit light on Freebooted lately, but I'm currently on high alert for the imminent birth of my first child, so I'm just hanging around the undock whilst the little one plays station games. Normal service will resume… at some point. Maybe.
Wow, you've been busy! Good stuff although I don't feel any closer to the truth, I do feel further speculated… if that is even a thing?


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using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host;
using Microsoft.ServiceBus.Messaging;

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        public static void Run([ServiceBusTrigger("user-registered", "post-secret-code", AccessRights.Manage, Connection = "DefaultBusConnection")]string mySbMsg, TraceWriter log)
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KODEX US Russell 2000(H) ETF seeks to track the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index by investing in Russell 2000 Mini Futures Contract as its major investment asset.
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FTSE Russell 2000 Index
The Russell 2000 Index is a small-cap stock market index for the bottom 2,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, and is widely quoted as a measure of the overall performance of small-cap to mid-cap company shares.
(Such funds mainly investing in derivative products and/or re-investing any dividend payouts often do not distribute dividends.)


Legal research is not commodity work by itself, since it usually means the answer was not easily know or readily available. That aside, my amazement mostly is directed at the statement that the company created a law department, one that was "independent" (from what?), and that the department hired lawyers "trained in purchasing basics." What? First, get good lawyers; second, show them how to manage outside counsel. Then, unbelievably, the nascent law department slashed its law firms ("provider base") from 900 to 9 law firms. I just don't believe that paragraph accurately describes what happened.


Pattern and form surround us—from the branching angles of our blood vessels and the complexity of computer algorithms to inventory scheduling and the four-dimensional geometry of our universe. As the pure expression of pattern and form, mathematics provides the language for science. In the past 100 years, many disciplines have been virtually transformed by the infusion of mathematics, so that alongside the traditional field of mathematical physics, one now finds new disciplines such as mathematical biology, mathematical ecology, mathematical economics, mathematical linguistics and mathematical psychology.
But mathematics is so much more than its applications. As the study of formal structures, mathematics offers a supreme beauty, an abstract forest of pattern and form, at once deep, intricate, logical, and surprising, a forest holding wonders both known and unknown. The search for these wonders is no game, for mathematics bears on eternal truth: Primes—such as 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ...—cannot be written as the product of two smaller integers. How many primes are there? Infinitely many. This is a well-known wonder proved by Euclid. Twin primes—such as 3 and 5, 5 and 7, 11 and 13, 17 and 19, ...—are "consecutive" primes. How many twin primes are there? No one knows. Mathematicians have unleashed their most sophisticated weapons on this problem, but the question remains unanswered. It is an unknown wonder. Will you be the first to find the answer? Whatever the answer, it is an eternal and universal truth: true for all time, in all places, to every intellect.
Our core sophomore sequence provides majors with a firm foundation in two pillars of mathematics (Abstract Algebra and Real Analysis), paving the way for exploration of diverse elective offerings at the junior and senior level. We offer courses in many areas of pure and applied mathematics, elementary and advanced statistics, and computer science. Majors engage in a one-term independent study during their senior year, working on a topic of their choice under the guidance of a faculty member. This transforming experience demonstrates a student's ability to learn mathematics with little supervision and to clearly and cogently express this knowledge both verbally and in writing.
The department offers a number of elementary- and intermediate-level courses designed to meet the needs of students who wish to continue the study of mathematics or to complete required work in another major.
Lawrentians majoring in mathematics and/or computer science prepare themselves for a wide variety of interesting careers, but wherever life takes them, they have one thing in common—the logical and precise, yet intuitive and creative, habit of mind instilled by the serious study of abstract mathematics.
For a full description of Lawrence's computer facilities and for descriptions of the computer science courses visit the Computer Science website.
Completion of a 6-unit independent study project in at least one term of the senior year.
A C average in the major.
In choosing courses beyond the core sequence, students should note that certain advanced courses may be particularly relevant to majors with specific interests or career goals. These lists offer suggestions; students are not expected to take all the courses in a given list.
C average in the minor.
Mathematics or mathematics-computer science majors can seek certification to teach math or computer science at the secondary level. Students can add an endorsement in a second area by completing an appropriate minor. Students who plan to seek teacher certification should review the requirements in the Education section of the catalog and meet with the director of teacher education, preferably before the end of the sophomore year.
Completion of an independent study project that has been approved by both departments.
A major must have an advisor in each department.
The department views tutorials as opportunities to enhance its usual course offerings, not duplicate them. In order to reserve tutorials for this purpose, no tutorials are given for courses routinely offered, and the department does not normally permit a tutorial to be used to satisfy any requirement for the major.
The department offers two calculus sequences: MATH 140, 150, 160 (Calculus I, II, III) and MATH 120, 130 (Applied Calculus I, II). Students intending to major in mathematics, mathematics-computer science, mathematics-economics, physics, or chemistry, or any student intending to take advanced mathematics courses, must complete the Calculus I, II, III sequence. Properly prepared students should enter this calculus sequence their freshman year. Proper preparation means strong high school mathematics, including a pre-calculus or elementary functions course. Strong scores in a standard college preparatory exam offer good evidence, as well. Students who lack this preparation yet need the three-course sequence should consult their advisor and the mathematics department as soon as possible.
The Applied Calculus I, II sequence is designed to introduce students to the mathematics used in the social and life sciences. This sequence demands less technical proficiency than does the Calculus I, II, III sequence. Good performance in high school mathematics through the junior year should be adequate preparation.
Advanced placement in the Calculus I, II, III sequence and up to 12 Lawrence units may be obtained by presenting a score of 4 or 5 on the AB or BC calculus exams administered by the College Board. Consult the department for proper placement.
Advanced placement and six Lawrence units (for CMSC 150) may be obtained by scoring 4 or 5 on the A or AB College Board computer science exam. Consult the department for proper placement.
Six Lawrence units (for MATH 107) may be obtained by scoring 4 or 5 on the College Board statistics exam. Consult the department for proper placement.
Students wishing to combine a liberal arts degree with engineering should consider the 3-2 program in engineering.
The department encourages students to apply to the many Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs funded by the National Science Foundation; in these summer programs, students receive a stipend and participate in research teams at various campuses throughout the country. Students may also be interested in the Budapest Semester in Mathematics or in one of several other off-campus study options. Department faculty members can provide details.
Typically, courses numbered below 400 are offered each year, while courses numbered 400 or higher are offered every other year.
The mathematics department's Senior Experience consists of a 6-unit (typically one-term) independent study project completed in the senior year. The project must demonstrate the capacity to learn mathematics (or statistics) independently or to utilize mathematics or mathematical technique as an innovative or substantive part of a larger project.
Interdisciplinary mathematics-computer science majors must complete their independent study project in two parts: an independent study in the Fall or Winter Term of the senior year (usually 3 units), followed by a presentation of their results in the Winter Term Computer Science Senior Seminar (3 units).
For mathematics and mathematics-computer science majors, the project must be approved and supervised by a faculty member in the mathematics department. For mathematics-economics majors, the project must be approved by a faculty member of each department and supervised by a member of one of the departments. Students should consult with departmental members in the spring before their senior year, in order to plan appropriately for their Senior Experience.


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The Darcys play 2 new songs, plus a classic track, live in the Stiegl Hidden Studio.
The Darcys are set to release their new album Centerfold this week. Now operating as a duo, frontman Jason Couse and drummer Wes Marskell embarked on a mission to do something totally different than they've ever attempted.
Evocative of the "grandiose pop efforts" of the 1980s, the band embarked on a mission to create a style that was "modern, pop-minded and sun-bleached", with an underlying goal of creating a mutually fun experience with their audience.
Watch our session with The Darcys where they perform two new songs, plus the classic and live show staple "Shaking Down The Old Bones", as well as share details about their new musical direction.