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Colorado Olympian Annie Kunz overcame a pandemic training psych-out to set her sights on Tokyo gold
The Wheat Ridge product fought disappointment on the way to finding the right approach to drive her bid for heptathlon glory at the Olympics
by Carol McKinley 4:02 AM MDT on Jul 11, 2021
Annie Kunz reacts after winning the heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, the greatest female athlete you've probably never heard of shocked the track and field world by turning in the fifth-best heptathlon performance of all time at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
But only weeks before that, Colorado's Annie Kunz, 28, sank to an emotional low point that had her questioning her decision to pursue her Olympic dream.
Chaotic months of pandemic-interrupted training had exacted a toll. Her long jump and javelin events weren't clicking. She'd crashed into a hurdle and bruised a heel. She hadn't put up an official score in the heptathlon — a two-day, seven-event medley — since the 2019 World Championships, and had been disqualified from a major event in Austria.
"Two weeks out from the trials, I was stressed out," recalled Kunz, who grew up in the Denver suburbs, in a recent interview with The Colorado Sun. "I was a different Annie. I had put myself in a pressure cooker. I was trying to be too perfect. I mean, five years I had been working for this moment. I wasn't in the right place."
Then, as the deadline of her athletic life closed in, came an epiphany: The route to success meant getting out of her own way, mentally and emotionally — almost literally staying in her lane.
"Those failures woke me up," Kunz said. "I decided to commit to being present, that I'm going to smile and look up at my family and enjoy this experience. It's not ever going to be guaranteed again.
"Having that mentality, I had a peace within myself I've never had before. I was at peace with whatever was going to happen."
Next month, Kunz will carry the world's current leading heptathlon score into the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (the organizing committee is sticking with the intended year).
The path to that performance through the Olympic trials unfolded like a storybook, as she blew through one personal-best performance after another in scorching heat.
She figures she has a global pandemic to thank for it.
The pandemic psych-out
Annie Kunz competes during the heptathlon high jump at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on June 26 in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
March of 2020 became a psychological disaster for Kunz and thousands of other athletes who had meticulously timed months of training and preliminary competition to coincide with the Olympic trials, which were scheduled to happen that June.
Every four years, the top three athletes in each event at the track and field trials earn a spot on the U.S. national team, leaving hundreds of others to stay home and watch. The stakes ratchet the pressure to perform exponentially — but last summer the trials never happened.
The race to Tokyo ground to a halt months before the event's scheduled start, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. The delay had athletes buzzing, both in favor of and against the postponement.
Crested Butte native and former University of Colorado standout Emma Coburn, who won the bronze medal in the 2016 Olympic steeplechase, wrote on Instagram: "We train hard, we put our blood, sweat and tears into this. We dream for this … Our dreams are not canceled, they are just postponed. This is the right thing to do."
Lolo Jones, a front-running American in the women's hurdles, posted on Twitter: "FINALLY The OLYMPICS OFFICIALLY postponed for a year!! No box of Wheaties for me today. #breakfastofchampions."
And, 5,000-meter Olympian Shelby Houlihan tweeted: "It kind of sucks. I was amped up and hungry to perform well at trials, so the news was really hard for me to hear personally. I went to the grocery store and bought some ice cream."
Legendary Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps noted the potentially dire risks of postponement when he told NBC Sports: "I really, really hope we don't see an increase in athlete suicide rates because of this."
Others also expressed concern about competitors' overall well-being.
"When all this stuff hit it was a huge blow to the athletes … I have no doubt in my mind that there were more of them who experienced severe depression, and were struggling with their mental health during COVID," said Taylor Brown, who coaches Kunz and other athletes in mental performance through Enduromind, his Austin, Texas, company.
"Many of them had to contend with a huge question: 'Who am I without sports and what should I do if I'm not doing what is 'me'?"
Relatively unknown and yet to prove herself on the national stage, Kunz was asking herself that very question.
With her childhood dream extinguished indefinitely, she felt lost, staying in bed long after the sun came up before finally dragging herself outside to train for an Olympics that might not even happen.
With her usual Chula Vista Training Center near San Diego shut down, Kunz lacked a large space to practice. She needed an area to throw the shot put and javelin, room to set up a high-jump bar and hurdles. She needed a sand pit for the long jump and a place to run. But California's strict safety mandates closed the public parks near her house.
"The playgrounds had crime scene tape around them," Kunz said. "I was in the alley behind our town house and I set up my hurdles there on the concrete. And then it started raining. I was like 'Are you kidding me?'"
In the first few months of the pandemic, Kunz and her boyfriend, Tyler Mahon, coped by repeating the same sort of mundane activities everyone else fell back on. They watched "Tiger King" twice. They played card games.
"I didn't feel like I had purpose," Kunz said. "I wasn't making money, I didn't have meets. Tyler was at work every day, so I was in the house by myself."
She sat down with Mahon one night and told him she felt like she was showing signs of depression. He told her he was glad she raised the concern. In November, Kunz started seeing Brown as a "mind coach."
Since her training partner, heptathlete Erica Bougard, elected to take time off from working out, Kunz trained alone. She didn't miss a week, and stayed in touch with friends and family through her cellphone.
Kunz's heptathlon coach, Kris Mack, who lived over an hour away during the COVID shutdown, remembers receiving text videos from Kunz at all times of the day asking him to assess her form.
Inspired by Kunz's determination to stay in shape, he drove to meet her with a shot put and a javelin in the back seat of his car.
"We found random cement slabs so she could practice the shot and soccer fields for the javelin," Mack said. "We got kicked off of one of them because of the pointy objects flying through the air."
But Mack, who has "perseverance" tattooed on his shoulder, encouraged his athlete to remain strong as she trained remotely.
"The trials and tribulations of this past year," he said, "have led to this moment."
Ultimately, Kunz found her own silver lining in the global pandemic. The postponement gave her extra time to train both her body and her mind.
"For the first time I was out there with no coach by myself … running hills in front of my house which were super steep," she said. "There was no one to complain to. I was doing it for myself to get better. Being isolated because of COVID made me realize for the first time how badly I really do want this."
Annie Kunz competes during the heptathlon shot put at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kunz's mother, Nancy, recalls letting her youngest child race against other little kids in order to give her something to do while her older siblings competed in Jefferson County track and field meets.
She recalls that first baby race, trailing her tiny daughter with arms out, ready to catch her if she fell.
"Annie turned around to me and said, 'Get out of my lane!'" Nancy laughed. So she moved aside as she watched the little girl churn her legs across the finish line — and then petulantly throw her blue ribbon to the ground.
"I wanted the pink one!" she cried.
10-year-old Annie Kunz found early success on the track. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Kunz)
A track and soccer standout at Wheat Ridge High School, Kunz earned a full ride scholarship to Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, in 2012. It was one of the only schools that promised to allow her to compete in both sports.
By her fifth year in college, Kunz knew she had to dedicate her life to either soccer or track. At 22, she decided to throw it all in as a heptathlete, arguably the most challenging event in women's track and field.
Annette Tannander Bank, a University of Colorado track star who competed in the Olympics for her home country of Sweden, says Kunz has come a long way from her eighth-place finish at the 2016 Olympic Trials.
Tannander Bank helped coach Kunz all through high school.
"The first time I saw Annie, I could see her potential. I told her she could be as good as she wanted to. All she needed was time to perfect her technique and she needed to gain upper body strength," said Tannander Bank, who remembers the first day she got Kunz on a track at the CU Fieldhouse.
"She was too weak to do even one pull-up. Now she does 14 with a metal chain and a weight around her waist."
It's been six years since Kunz made the commitment to relocate to Chula Vista to train full-time at the Elite Athlete Training Center. With no money coming in and no companies lining up to sponsor the soccer-player-turned-Olympic-hopeful, she learned how to apply eyelashes and did the cosmetic work for friends out of her apartment for extra cash.
While most track and field athletes compete in one or two specialties, heptathletes perform seven events over two days: They progress from hurdles to shot put and then high jump, with the 200-meter race closing out the first day. The second day sees the long jump, javelin and, the true backbreaker final event — the 800 meters, or half mile, which is two laps around a track.
Each event earns points for the competitor, and the athlete who compiles the most points once the half mile is complete wins. The winner of the heptathlon, like the winner of the men's decathlon, traditionally assumes the mantle of world's greatest athlete.
Think Caitlyn Jenner, who, as Bruce Jenner, famously won the decathlon in the 1976 Montreal games for the U.S.; and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, arguably the greatest female athlete, who won two golds and a silver in three Olympics for the U.S. before she retired in 1996.
Joyner-Kersee, 59, had her eye on Kunz at the recent Olympic trials as she watched each of the seven events from a box high above the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Despite the fact that Kunz was not considered a guarantee to make the Olympics, Joyner-Kersee's brother, renowned track coach Al Joyner, had a feeling the tall, unheralded Coloradan had something special.
"I saw myself in Annie. I saw it huge in her humble eyes," Joyner told The Sun. "She had the talent. She just hadn't figured out how to turn on the switch."
Though she never talked with Kunz face-to-face, Joyner-Kersee had a conversation with Al about her. "She said that if Annie could score 6,000 points, she would have a chance to make the Olympics," Joyner said. "I told my sister, when Annie decides to finally get serious about track, everyone's in trouble."
Annie Kunz competes during the heptathlon long jump at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on June 27 in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
A bump in the road
Just weeks before the trials, Kunz suffered a painful wake-up call when she was disqualified for foot faults in the long jump during an international meet in Gotzis, Austria, specifically targeted for heptathletes and decathletes.
After a year of no competition, the meet was her last chance to rack up an official heptathlon score before going into the U.S. trials — and she blew it. Her family, who had made the trip, watched her face on the big screen as she looked, shell shocked, at the "DQ" after her name on the leaderboard. Heading into the Olympic trials, the biggest meet of her life, she felt like a ghost.
"I'm not going to lie. It was a long flight home," Kunz recalled.
Joyner recalls that after Kunz returned home, she was so dejected over her non-score, she couldn't look at him.
"When I saw her at the track, she started crying," Joyner said. "She reminds me so much of my sister. She's so nice to everyone, but when she gets on the track, she has the eye of the tiger. I told her 'Annie, keep doing what you're doing.' The switch was there. It just needed to be turned on."
As if answering Joyner's earlier prediction, Kunz showed how serious she was about track at the Olympic trials by breaking Joyner-Kersee's heptathlon shot put record on the way to a final score of 6,703 points: the fifth-best heptathlon of all time.
The shot put wasn't the only record broken that late-June day in Oregon. Temperatures hovering around 108 degrees were so brutal that athletes took cover under tents and splashed water on themselves between races. One heptathlete collapsed, and left the field in a wheelchair. The 800-meter heptathlon run was postponed six hours.
At 9:30 p.m., Kunz and more than a dozen other heptathletes emerged from their heat-induced hibernation and toed the starting line.
The race would decide which three women would go to Japan, and Kunz's point total stood in second place. The row of women shook out their arms and legs in anticipation before the starting gun. And then Kunz ran the half mile of her life, garnering enough points to clinch first place.
One of the first people to congratulate her was Al Joyner.
"He was laughing at me," Kunz recalled. "He was like 'I told you!'"
Breathless from the race and astounded at seeing her name first on the scoreboard, Kunz told the NBC announcer: "I never in a million years thought I could score what I scored tonight. Hard work pays off. It really does."
Annie Kunz and her coach Kris Mack after the heptathlon win. (Provided by Kris Mack)
A quiet competition
Tokyo 2020 figures to be very quiet.
On Thursday, following a fourth coronavirus state of emergency, Olympic organizers announced that for the first time in the history of the Games, there will be no spectators.
"Unfortunately it seems to be the theme of meets during the pandemic, but the safety of the fans and the athletes needs to be a priority," Mack, Kunz's coach, said as he was finishing up a training session. "This experience will not be new, so I think we can still perform at the highest level. Plus, millions of people will still be watching online and on TV."
It's no surprise that the latest Kyodo News poll showed that 86% of people in Japan are worried that the Olympic Games are going to create a coronavirus surge.
The most recent World Health Organization figures show that only 8% of Japanese people have been vaccinated, compared to 45% for the U.S. The Delta variant of the coronavirus accounts for 30% of new cases, and last Wednesday, Tokyo reported 920 new cases in one day, the highest daily count since May.
On the other hand, infections and deaths there due to the virus are down, partly because the Japanese are used to wearing masks. It's a practice that goes all the way back to 1918 when the first wave of the Spanish flu first hit Japan, brought in by a group of Sumo wrestlers who had been visiting Taiwan.
Japan has also stuck with strict regulations and quarantines regarding foreigners entering the country.
Last March, organizers banned athletes' families from entering Japan. So, after traveling to every one of their daughter's meets on faraway tracks from Saudi Arabia to all parts of Europe, Nancy and Terry Kunz won't be waving the American flag in Tokyo.
A young Annie Kunz with her father, Terry Kunz. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Kunz)
"In a year and a half of strange things, the strangest part is that we can't go," Terry Kunz said.
Recently, after new mothers complained openly about the strict regulations, organizers announced that there is one exception to the no-family rule: nursing babies may accompany their mothers. Ten female athletes from the United States, including sprint star Allyson Felix, are moms, but not all of those children are breastfeeding.
Team USA and NBC, which owns broadcast rights, have come up with an alternative for the competitors' family and friends prohibited from the Games. The Universal Orlando Resort has been chosen as a central spot for them to watch the Olympic Games. Each athlete is allowed two people eligible to receive free "airfare, hotel, theme park tickets and evening Olympic viewing parties."
Kunz's family got the email, but they may stay in Colorado to cheer her on from home, where there's a comfortable couch nearby. Some heptathlon events start in the middle of the night, Colorado time, since Tokyo is 15 hours ahead.
Even without family nearby, Kunz has already created ways to stay inspired. At the trials, she scribbled a Bible verse on the inside of her left wrist in honor of an aunt who died in January. A silver drawing of her French bulldog, Auggie, adorns her long jump shoes.
"I told Annie there's a lot of things that can get in your head," said Terry Kunz, who was a CU football standout at fullback and played in the Super Bowl for the Raiders before a career-ending knee injury. "You have to learn how to manage it, and she will. She's been doing this for a while. Annie took it by the horns. The club she's in is a lot smaller than mine."
Brown and Kunz focused on her mental approach after the disastrous experience in Gotzis, aiming for Kunz to be "completely present" for the trials last month in Oregon. The answer, Brown figured, was for his client to back off of the need to win.
"We work to reduce the attachment to expectations," he said. "Rigid expectations bring anxiety. If we perform in the present moment, then the results take care of themselves."
Kunz entered the U.S. Olympic trials under the radar. Because of Gotzis, she had no mark in the heptathlon to show for the year. She had zero interest from potential sponsors, although most of the other heptathletes had shoe contracts or were supported by their colleges.
At 28 years old, Kunz was out of college, at the mercy of the life-altering choice she made to pursue an Olympic dream that seemed out of reach — until Brown advised her to turn her fear of failure into the joy of the accomplishment, no matter what happens.
"Life in general is an incredibly uncertain and uncontrollable thing in many ways," Brown said.
Kunz is now not only the U.S heptathlon champion, she is going into the Olympics with the highest current score in the world. The little kid who ran for a pink ribbon is now going for gold.
"Everyone has had such a hard year," she said. "COVID wasn't easy for anyone. It's such an exciting time to bring people together to celebrate life. I'm excited I get to represent the U.S. and get to be a part of that."
Carol McKinley has known Annie Kunz's parents since college.
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Isabelle Truchon has been expressing herself through art – visual, film and stage – her whole life. Mostly self taught, in 1993, at a difficult personal juncture, the French Canadian native made the conscious decision to become a painter. As her life took a turn, she relocated to Sacramento, California and began producing creative decorative treatments for inside and outside the home. This work was inspired by the Byzantine era, employing gold and rich, jewel toned color and featuring ritual and religious icons. She also founded and directed the premier decorative art school in Sacramento. Though she came to realize teaching took too much of her energy, keeping her away from her own projects.
In 2006 she found herself at another fork in the road. She began formal studies, leading to a BFA, completed in 2012 in the Department of Contemporary Art at Shepherd University, West Virginia.
Isabelle's art rises from deep in her soul. Only occasionally does she accept commissions. Simply stated she tells me "Don't do it unless it's a matter of life and death – it compromises you every time." She will insist, on those rare occasions, that the client grant her total artistic license. Even then, she finds herself distracted; constantly worried the painting won't satisfy.
among her own carefully composed journals is an oversized volume of Susan Rothenberg's horses.
Isabelle is always focused on the road ahead. Her deadlines are self imposed. Strictly disciplined when developing a collection, she posts a chart in her studio. The time line usually extends 3 – 6 months: 2 months spent in preparation, 3 months painting and a month labeling, inventorying, and preparing for exhibit. She is keenly aware of how many paintings she must produce in a given week.
Currently she is in the preproduction phase of a Kiger horse collection. She, her camera and a writer have headed West on a thoughtfully mapped journey beginning in Sebastopol, California and continuing up the coast, turning inland toward the Bureau of Land Management Facility in Burns, Oregon and, finally, to Steen Mountain Ranch in Diamond, Oregon.
She will be in the field and in the streams with the horses she loves; her telephoto lens will bring her close to her subject. She is passionate about these majestic animals. Her own horse, Lola, Isabelle's muse and the subject of many of her over sized canvases, is a Kiger born in captivity.
And when she returns home she will have thousands of images. She knows where she is headed. The timeline has been set.
connections, focused on exhibiting at a prominent gallery – in a major metropolitan center. She aspires to having her work included in a museum collection.
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My wing has mended, my heart is healed, and now it's time for me to fly.
Should you have the opportunity, stand in front of one of her works. Digital images do not do justice to their size, textures and energy.


The Crowley Maritime Tug, Sea Voyager, is a conventional tug built in 1976 by Equitable Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sea Voyager is powered by EMD 20-645-E5 diesel engines generating 7,200 horsepower that drive two fixed pitch propellers mounted in Kort nozzles. This power train can produce up to 240,000 pounds of bollard pull. The tug is nearly 150 feet long, is 40 feet wide and draws 13.9 feet of water. Sea Voyager has a double drum towing winch holding a total of 6,600 feet of tow wire and carries two 300 foot emergency towing hawsers.


Sekai Ichi apples stand out for their size. They are extremely large— the largest specimens can even grow up to two pounds. Their large size is accompanied by a uniformly round shape. The skin has a yellow background overlaid with red stripes and a pinkish-red blush, although some fruits are entirely red if they receive enough sun while growing. The flavor is sweet but mild, with very little tartness, which gives it a sweet aroma as well. The texture is somewhat firm, crisp, and juicy.
Sekai Ichi apples are available in the fall through early winter.
The Sekai Ichi apple is a modern Japanese variety of Malus domestica that is known as one of the most expensive fruits in the world, and one of the largest apples. Sekai Ichi is a cross between the famous Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples. Because they require care to grow to their usual size, Sekai Ichi trees require extra attention during the growing season.
Apples of all varieties are particularly high in both dietary fiber and Vitamin C. The high fiber content is good for the digestive system and makes apples very filling. The Vitamin C and other antioxidants in apples support the immune system, among other health benefits. Apples also contain some potassium. An apple's nutrients are generally found in and directly under the skin, so eating an unpeeled apple is the best way to consume all of its health benefits.
Like many sweet apples, Sekai Ichis are used mainly for fresh eating rather than cooking and baking. Choose firm, unblemished fruits. They will keep for three to four months if properly stored in the refrigerator or other cool, dry location. Pair with other fruits such as blackberries, pears, or citrus, or add a bit of decadence to this expensive apple with honey or caramel.
The name Sekai Ichi means "the best in the world," or "world's number one" in Japanese. These apples typically cost the equivalent of more than $20 each in stores. The growers of Sekai Ichis give their apples extra special care, ranging from hand pollination to washing the fruits in honey, resulting in a higher price.
The first Sekai Ichis were bred in Morioka, Japan, and were introduced to the market in 1974. Today, they are still mainly grown in Japan. Specifically, they are grown in the northern Aomori prefecture, which has been the main apple-growing region in the country since 1875. Aomori prefecture now produces about half of all the apples in Japan, and exports many tons to other parts of the world.
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Albuquerque, NM – December 30, 2014 (PRWEB) Intellicyt was recently named winner of the Best Technology Award at European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group's (ELRIG) 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Flow Cytometry & Imaging meeting held at GlaxoSmithKline, Ware, United Kingdom.
Scientific delegates at the event nominated "the most interesting / innovative technology you have seen at the exhibition", and in turn, voted for the technology which deserved the ELRIG's Best Technology Award.
"This award is a source of great pride at Intellicyt and we are honored that the scientists at ELRIG recognize the capabilities the iQue® Screener provides in immunology, antibody discovery, and drug discovery screening. We are proud to have developed this novel technology that remains unsurpassed in its capabilities for rapid, accurate, and cost effective screening of large numbers cell and bead-based samples in 96-, 384-, and 1536-well microplates," said R. Terry Dunlay, President and CEO.
"In the past we used standard flow cytometers, but the lack of real high-throughput capacity meant that we needed to split up one screening experiment over multiple days, which meant an increase in man hours and prolonged timelines. The iQue Screener is able to generate the same data, but up to 20 times faster. The whole system is very intuitive and simple to use so there is no need to send staff on expensive training courses or have dedicated instrument operators," said Brecht Hoedemaekers, Project Manager, ImmunXperts.
Our patented sampling technology dramatically reduces the time required to analyze a 96-, 384-, or 1536-well microplate, as well as the volume of sample and reagents required, by eliminating the dead volume requirement that plagues traditional flow cytometry systems. The front end sampling technology is coupled to a flow cytometry detection engine to generate high content, multi-parametric data. This, plus our visualization software that analyzes the data on a per-cell, per-well, and per-plate basis to provide the unique assessment tools that lead to insight.


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In Brief: Women's performance in the Kenya elections
Date: Friday, 30 December 2022
Kenya's 2022 General Election witnessed a positive shift in political participation and representation of women. This brief provides an analysis of the results for women candidates at both national and county level.
UN Women Uganda Quarter 3 Newsletter July to September 2022
Date: Monday, 21 November 2022
This quarterly newsletter profiles UN Women Uganda activities and highlights voices of beneficiaries. The Q3 Newsletter covers the period of July to September 2022. Enjoy the read!
Guidelines to support engagement with Traditional and Religious leaders
Date: Tuesday, 8 November 2022
UN Women, through the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Program (SIARP), in collaboration with the AUC and in partnership with the EU Delegation to the AU, launched the "Partnership Guidelines to Support Engagement between the African Union and Traditional and Regional Leaders" with key recommendations to respond to Gender-Based Violence in the continent.
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UGANDA COUNTRY OFFICE STRATEGIC NOTE 2022-2025
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Reviews » 5 Best Propane Heaters of 2022
5 Best Propane Heaters of 2022
| Updated on March 9, 2022
Harsh winters mean cozying up indoors with a great mug of coffee. However, this remains a distant dream unless your home is adequately heated, happily we have the best propane heaters right here.
That's where propane heaters come to the rescue. Compact and affordable, they offer some of the best heating solutions when compared to their bulkier counterparts. Their power-efficiency renders them especially relevant at a time when we're increasingly moving towards sustainability.
As opposed to traditional heaters, these units are smoke-free and unobtrusive. They perform quietly and without you having to constantly monitor the operation. Combined with the high aesthetic appeal of most models, propane heaters offer a convenient heating alternative.
However, with the number of products thronging the market, each with their unique properties, selecting the right one for your needs can be an arduous task. To help you out, we have compiled a list of the 5 best heaters out there, followed by a detailed guide!
Let's get started, shall we?
Vent Free Flame Propane Heater
Mr. Heater Corporation Radiant Propane Heater
Dyna-Glo BF30PMDG
ProCom Ventless Dual Fuel Stove
Mr. Heater F274800 MH18B
Propane Heater Buyers' Guide
An excellent product from a trusted brand, Mr. Heater Corporation, this vent-free propane heater makes for a suitable companion on the wintriest of days. Efficient and powerful, it results in incredible savings on power consumption and delivers a commendable performance on a reasonable budget.
Mr. Heater Corporation Vent Free Flame Propane Heater, 20k BTU, Blue
20,000 BTU per hour use with propane gas heater...
Blue flame burner for even convection heat
Why Did We Like It?
Right off the bat, this heater impressed us with its high functionality that is independent of an external power source. In doing so, it utilizes blue flame technology that warms the air instead of radiating heat as in an infrared heater. The result is evenly heated air that circulates around the room in a gentle manner, thanks to the integrated blower that is sold separately.
Further, the unit is fitted with additional features that ensure high operational efficiency and user comfort. The thermostat allows for automatic temperature control while the low-oxygen shut-off system detects changes in air composition. Both are highly essential in keeping a check on the indoor conditions and thus averting dangers.
Last but not the least, this propane heater can be easily mounted to the wall but also works equally well on the ground. Also, offering an output of 20,000 BTU with a coverage area of up to 500 square feet, it is certainly one to keep an eye out for!
What Could Have Been Better?
The only minor issue is that the units cannot be converted to natural gas from propane gas and vice versa. Therefore, the heater works in conjunction with a furnace and is not designed to be the primary source of heat.
Power-efficient functioning
Additional features for enhanced operational efficiency
Easy to mount on a wall
Cannot be the primary source of heat
Next on the list is another trustworthy unit from the same brand. Keeping in mind all conceivable heating woes, this vent-free heater scores high on functionality and leaves you with little to worry about. It prioritizes user safety and is a good option for those looking for extra power and utility for their homes.
Mr. Heater Vent-Free 10,000 BTU Radiant Propane Heater, Multi
10,000 BTU Liquid Propane heater to heat spaces up...
Radiant heat burner
Similar to its predecessor, this device functions without the help of external power sources and is a radiant heat burner that utilizes propane gas in convection heating. The result is evenly heated air in an area of up to 250 square feet, reaching 10,000 BTU in measure.
In addition to that, this unit also comes with enhanced safety features such as an automatic low oxygen control. It is specifically useful in homes on higher altitudes as it detects the thinning air 4500 feet above sea level and shuts off accordingly.
Lastly, this vent-free heater offers great ease of use and portability. Moreover, the packaging includes the mounting software which saves you an additional expense. With a runtime of 43.18 hours, it offers great value for money and a promise of durability.
It was quite difficult to find any significant downside of this heater. And even though we tried, no discernible issues came to our notice. However, it is not approved for use in California or Canada which restricts its movement in the market.
Requires no external power source
Ease of use and portability
Not approved for use in California and Canada
Dyna-Glo's propane heater is another device worth your time and consideration. Making use of the Blue Flame technology, it makes for a reliable source of heat that works noiselessly and without a hitch. Durable and sturdy, the BF30PMDG is an appliance that is worth every dollar spent and comes in handy on the coldest of nights!
Dyna-Glo BF30PMDG 30,000 BTU Liquid Propane Blue Flame Vent Free Wall...
Liquid Propane Ready (Fuel conversion not...
Blue Flame Technology works by convecting heat to...
Powered by cutting-edge technology, this propane heater convects the air in rooms with surface areas of up to 1000 square feet. Likened to a central heating system, it is liquid propane ready and allows for a power output of 30,000 BTU. Needless to say, there are hardly any questions regarding its capacity to function for long hours.
Moreover, it makes for an ideal indoor heating supplement as it does not rely on electricity and is especially useful in cases of emergency. In addition to that, the operating system is highly power-efficient and heats only occupied spaces. It also comes fitted with features such as a built-in oxygen depleting sensor and a control knob that allows for optimum customization.
Further, this is a unit that places great emphasis on user comfort. Operation is not only safe but also convenient, thanks to the battery-press startup that makes ignition quick and effortless. Lastly, the packaging contains all the necessary hardware for wall-mounting and the product is also upgradeable.
Again, the only issue is that of distribution. The heater does not sell in California or Canada, which not only restricts its market but also leads to extra hassle on part of the user in case he wants to transport it to the desired address himself.
High functioning and powerful heater
Prioritizes safety and user comfort
Ease of operation
Affordable and durable
Not for sale in California or Canada
The next item on our list looks good while doing a fantastic job of heating your home. Equipped with the same state-of-the-art technology as the other units on the list, it makes for a long-lasting propane heater that functions well without giving much cause for concern. What truly sets it apart, though, are its design aesthetics!
ProCom Vent Free Dual Fuel Stove- 25,000 BTU, Model QNSD250T
TECHNOLOGY - 25, 000 BTU Patented DUAL FUEL...
DEPENDABLE - The built-in Thermostat Control...
The salient features of this propane heater from ProCom are easy to delineate. First up, the technology certainly gets a mention as not only is it ideal for heavy-duty heating but also 99.9% power-efficient. To this end, it utilizes liquid propane that heats up to 1,100 square feet of area with ease.
Furthermore, this is a dependable appliance that enhances operational efficiency through a variety of fixtures. One of these is the in-built thermostat control that allows for automatic operation of the heater according to the desired room temperature. This also strengthens the unit's capacity for a greater heat flow as and when required.
Lastly and importantly, ProCom's unit ensures user safety by means of the battery-operated Piezo ignition system that features a built-in oxygen depletion sensor (ODS). This shuts down the device on detecting the least amount of carbon monoxide or diminishing oxygen levels in order to prevent emergencies.
Although hard to criticize, this propane heater is prone to malfunctioning of the control valve. However, this is an issue that could be easily resolved with assistance from the customer support team and is no deal-breaker, especially given the features on offer!
Power-efficient and ideal for large spaces
Adjusts its output according to the desired temperature
Easy start-up with battery-operated ignition
Control valve prone malfunction
Given Mr. Heater's excellence in heaters, it is no surprise the three of its products feature on a list of the best five in the market. A thoroughly powerful heater, it makes full use of sophisticated technology to offer a performance that is high on efficiency and easy on your pockets. Read our review to find out all about it!
Mr. Heater F274800 MH18B, Portable Propane Heater,Red,Regular
4,000- to 18,000-BTU radiant heater for spaces up...
When operating the heater at altitudes over 7,000...
Mr. Heater never fails to offer ample reason to love its products and this heater is no different. Offering 4,000 to 18,000 BTU for spaces up to 450 square feet in area, it is ideal for heating small to medium-sized rooms and works well in indoor as well as outdoor spaces. Also, the operation is nearly 100% efficient and emits no smoke or toxic elements.
In addition to that, the unit has a maximum runtime of 220 hours and switches off over a height of 7000 feet above the sea level on detecting thinning oxygen. To further secure user safety, it shuts down if tipped over by accident or the pilot light goes out. Safe to say, this is an appliance that is unlikely to lead to accidents in the busiest of households.
Last but not the least, Mr. Heater's product is fitted with a number of features to enhance operational efficiency. The control knob allows for variable heat settings depending on the room and outside temperature, and a fan may be purchased separately to optimize the heating further.
The only problem with this product is that it uses up the propane faster when compared to its counterparts in the market. This usually leads to additional expenses on fuel. However, we feel that the advantages far outdo this drawback and the heater is in our best books regardless!
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use
Highly secured against accidents
Customized heat settings for optimum performance
User may incur additional expenses on fuel
It's probably established by now that a propane heater is one of the most cost and power-efficient options for indoor or outdoor heating. Given the variety of specifications and properties, it helps to keep in mind certain points before making a purchase. More importantly, the attributes of the model you choose must meet your individual requirements.
Selecting an electrical appliance is hard work. To ease the process, we have outlined below a number of points that will take you closer to the ideal propane heater for your space.
The first rule is to ensure that your location allows the use of ventless propane heaters as they are not for sale in some areas. For example, California, Connecticut, and Texas have a ban on these units whereas Canada is among the countries that do.
If a model does not include an adapter, it must be purchased separately. However, it is advisable to consult the instruction manual before buying such accessories as they may be incompatible and result in severe defects or accidents.
If your propane heater is for use in a carpeted room, it is necessary to buy or build a base for the appliance. Electrical units emit heat which is the most common cause for electricity-related accidents. Therefore, care must be taken to ensure that the base is of a material that does not conduct heat well, such as granite.
All of the listed products are fitted with an oxygen depletion sensor. This is absolutely non-negotiable in order to ensure safety and guard against carbon monoxide poisoning or plummeting oxygen levels.
It must be also ensured that the devices are cleaned on a yearly basis. They are easy to maintain and only require a can of compressed air to clean the ODS and air intake. However, if one is unsure it is always advisable to hire a professional to get the job done.
In case you're using the propane heater indoors, it does well to install a carbon monoxide monitor and fire alarm alongside it. With electrical appliances, you will want to make safety as foolproof as possible!
Although most models score well on this front, make sure the device operates at an efficiency of 99% or higher to get your money's worth. All heater brands worth their salt keep this in mind, so it's not a feature that's hard to find.
With that, we come to the end of our best propane heaters listicle and guide and we hope it has been illuminating. Your home not only deserves the best but it also must be safeguarded against all possible accidents and dangers.
In order to bring you just another step closer to your ideal propane heater, we have rounded up our favorites among the products in the list. For the budget-conscious buyer, Dyna-Glo makes for a good option as it heats up large spaces and comes at a reasonable price tag. Installation is easy, and it is ideal for rooms with inadequate insulation.
On the other hand, most products from Mr. Heater Corporation are par excellence in their utility and longevity. However, we are partial to the F274800 for its work-capacity and runtime; 220 hours is quite the statistic to topple! Lastly, ProCom's product takes the cake when it comes to design.
We would love to know what you think of our recommendations in the comments below.
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French army kills Mali jihadist linked to journalist murders
13th Jun 2021 Ababiopeter News, Politics Leave a comment
French soldiers have killed a Malian jihadist suspected of being responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of two French journalists in 2013, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Friday.
Parly said French forces in the Sahel region killed "four terrorists" during an operation in northern Mali on June 5, including Bayes Ag Bakabo, the prime suspect in the deaths of RFI radio reporters Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon.
"His neutralisation means the end of a long wait," Parly said, adding that Bakabo was in the village of Aguelhok and was preparing an attack against UN peacekeeping forces when he was killed.
Dupont and Verlon, both in their 50s and veteran journalists for RFI, were seized in the flashpoint northern Malian town of Kidal in November 2013 after interviewing a separatist Tuareg leader.
Their bullet-riddled bodies were found few hours later, with the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group later claiming the killings as revenge for France's decision to intervene against jihadist groups in the country earlier that year.
A French investigation into the murders concluded that Bakabo, also a known drug trafficker, drove the pick-up truck used to kidnap the two journalists.
Parly expressed her "thoughts for the family and loved ones of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon."
The exact circumstances of their deaths have never been revealed, and relatives charge that military secrecy has hampered efforts toward that end.
In November, Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, noted that "the alleged perpetrators have been named but are yet to be arrested and prosecuted."
Callamard pressed the governments of France and Mali "to advance the investigation without further delay so that justice may be served".
On Friday, Parly said the operation "illustrates one of the main priorities of France in the Sahel region: taking down the main heads of terrorist groups that are causing havoc in the region."
The news of Bakabo's death emerged just a day after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a drawdown of French troops in the Sahel region, who number 5,100 in bases across the arid and volatile region on the southern fringe of the Sahara desert.
Macron did not give figures for the drawdown, but he made clear he wanted future French involvement to be limited to counter-terror operations and be part of a multi-nation European force.
"The objective stays the same: France remains committed to the fight against international terrorism, besides Sahelian countries and for the security of Europe and French people," Parly said.
The Sahel is seen by many Western politicians and experts as a major global security risk because of the growing strength of jihadist groups there, as well as its role as a crossroads for arms and people-smuggling.
Journalists covering the insurgency in the Sahel often find themselves targeted by armed groups, either because of their reporting or for their ransom value.
French reporter Olivier Dubois, 46, disappeared in April and is believed to be in the hands of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the biggest jihadist alliance in the Sahel.
The 46-year-old freelancer was in the northern Malian town of Gao, where he had travelled to interview a Qaeda-linked jihadist commander.
Last year, French soldiers serving in the Barkhane force killed the head of AQIM, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in a major breakthrough, while regular air strikes target other senior commanders.
Another senior AQIM figure linked to the murder of the RFI journalists, Amada Ag Hama, was killed in a raid in northern Mali in May 2015.
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Plane crashes into Hudson River, Another 'Miracle on Hudson'
By Megan Anderle | Monday, 28 January 2013 09:42 AM
With temperatures as low as 19 degrees on Sunday, a 43-year-old man and 39-year-old woman whose plane crashed into the Hudson River near New York City are lucky to be alive.
The two New Jersey residents on a sightseeing trip were the sole occupants of a single-engine plane that went down into the icy waters near a marina around 5:30 p.m.
An off-duty police detective and his 12-year-old son were among the first responders who saved them, Yonkers Police Chief Frank Intervallo told The Journal News.
"If we didn't get there quick enough . . . thank God we got there quick enough," Daniel Higgins Sr., the off-duty detective who piloted the boat with his son Daniel Jr., 12, told The Journal News. "It's what we do for a living, and I'm just glad we were in the right place at the right time."
Several Yonkers police officers, the state police, New York Police Department, New York Fire Department and Westchester County police responded to the accident, taking boats from the Hudson River Pilot House to assist the father and son.
The victims yelled for help and were in a state of near shock after being saved. The man, who was believed to be the pilot, was walking after the rescue but the woman was taken moved on a stretcher, according to The Journal News.
The two were treated for hypothermia and listed in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, authorities said. Their identities were not made available.
Police Commissioner Charles Gardner said they "really looked good" given the situation.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen told the Associated Press the plane was flying under visual flight rules and not receiving air traffic control services.
Higgins said he wouldn't have been able to help the two alone.
"My son did a great job," Higgins Sr. told The Journal News. "I couldn't be prouder of him."
The crash occurred about four years after the "Miracle on the Hudson" landing by Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger of a U.S. Airways flight from La Guardia Airport.
With temperatures as low as 19 degrees on Sunday, it's a miracle that a 43-year-old man and 39-year-old woman whose plane crashed into the Hudson River near New York City are alive.
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Category Archives: Bardo Bear
Art, Bardo Bear, Coin Work, Numisgnosis, spacebuddhaa.com
Bardo Bear & The Rustic Chair
BARDO BEAR AT CHEROKEE MARSH
Artflip with 1986 D Lincoln Cent
Bardo Bear emerges into Spacetime as a Manifestation of the Flaming Loving Heart of All Being, a Form expressing the Formless and Boundless Bodhicitta inherent in All. He will also play his part in Space Hoodoo Comix as one of the critical figures in a Gnostic War which cannot be won but transmuted.
This particular token was created for my youngest son after several lovely (if tick-laden) hikes at Madison's Cherokee Marsh where we collected fallen wood, whittled and fashioned walking sticks.
After this, my little guy had a vision. He wanted to build a chair. We'd return to the marsh and gather up more branches, taking them home to cut away the bark with our Swiss Army and Boy Scout pocket knives.
These branches became the material for a CHAIR.
If it were up to ME, I would have dilly-dallied and procrastinated on this project.
Not my son.
HE was hell-bent on making a chair and pursued his vision against any obstacle. As it goes, I'm typing these words while sitting on the very chair he crafted. It's a simple rustic piece but to me, it's MAGIC.
It holds the vision of my son and is marked by the first time he's used a power drill. It was an IDEA in a young man's head which was suddenly manifest before my eyes as a tangible object.
Now he's talking about making a COUCH!
All I can do is accept the vision and let it flow.
In the meantime, I continue working on installments for my book on Numisgnosis which is, as the term I coined (no pun intended) implies, the use of coinage as a vehicle for direct contact and knowing of what we can call the Cosmic Mind in its myriad manifestations.
These manifestations entail Spirit Forms with whom we build relationships (those of a darker bent might say "establish traffick") and Acts of Magic wherein we function as Co-Creators of Reality.
It's not a book which hides behind elaborate esoterica. As the author, I personally feel it can provide a framework wherein one may enter deep initiatory zones. But this may all be put on the mind's back-burner. I'm taking a bit of a Bantockian approach (think "The Trickster's Hat"). Here is a fun, creative adventure. Here are my thoughts on how it might be approached. It will cost very little (and, at the beginning, nothing at all).
Alice didn't need a ticket of admission to head on down the Rabbit's Hole.
But now I'm rambling.
Bardo Bear is what Chogyam Trungpa calls Basic Goodness. He's out at Cherokee Marsh. He's doing Bodhisattva stuff. But "Bodhisattva stuff" doesn't need to dress itself up in such an exotic term.
He's just a Bear on a stroll.
My inspiration for the Numisgnostic Book is the boy who built the chair I'm sitting on.
This is the same boy who decorated a coin flip with Mario Bros. when his Dad began coin collecting.
A Bear.
A Chair.
The Heart Beats
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BARDO BEAR & THE BODHISATTVA BRIGADE
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Who IS Bardo Bear?
I first encountered this Entity (and yes, I regard Bardo Bear as an ENTITY as opposed to a "character") through the medium of the Prosperity Path Virtual Meditation Games, known to frequent players (or, perhaps better put, PRAY-ers) as "Orbs."
Along the path one runs through a carefully constructed Bardoscape, designed to address a variety of human concerns, there is a chamber in which one encounters a lone Teddy Bear. Touching this game-object, a voice is heard, offering one of the simplest and most effective ways to lift another's spirit:
It's sweet and fun and, experiencing this in-game "pick-up" with regularity, an inner flame of basic goodwill and happiness is stirred and stoked. After all, one doesn't typically receive a hug without giving it back at that same time.
As an enthusiast of the Prosperity Path method of gaming (which is really a magical practice), I would end up, like many others, moving from the experience of running my first Orb to collecting the "library." Anyone who does this begins to notice that many of these game-spaces resemble each other. There is a basic map layout which is filled with a lot of the same items, scenery and so forth.
However, as each Orb is designed to address a different dilemma, we find some tweaking of the common design in our sundry runs.
One such variation really stuck out for me.
As I entered the chamber where my plush and cotton-stuffed friend would normally be waiting, I found in his place a rippling pillar of FIRE.
This Flame offered the same hug…and I knew both IT and our Teddy Bear Friend were one and the same.
The name "Bardo Bear" came to me from the get-go. It was how he introduced himself to me. There is "secret" back-story which belongs with E.J. Gold, the gamemaster who spearheaded this series of moving meditations. We will find that Teddy's name, in the Orbs, is actually "Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear" and the origins of his inclusion in the idiosyncratic symbol set encountered in these virtual spaces lies with the designer. Regardless, the image of the cuddly companion who has shared a pillow with thousands of sleeping boys and girls hearkens from the realm of archetypes as much as it makes reference to an object familiar from prevalence in modern culture. B-Bear carries as much weight and meaning as suns and serpents, matrons and mountains.
Teddy is a type of totem, an animal form partaking of anthropomorphic associations. This is very much like the shape-shifting shaman who invokes any number of animal forms to enhance personal power and ability. Our bear also appears in child-guise, embodying uncorrupted innocence and play. It should be no surprise, then, that we find in this form an image of warmth, love, protection and power.
These qualities all connect to their primordial origin which is the Super-Sanity of Spirit.
One of the oldest symbols for the Divine Presence is FIRE. We can find many examples throughout human and religious history-and the symbol persists to this day. From this Ultimate Source of Life & Light radiates the Wisdom wherein we might know our True Nature as temporarily incarnate in flesh and yet abiding in Spirit. This awareness obliterates so many human reactive tendencies based on fear, itself rising rising from ignorance of the unknown coupled with self-preservation instincts hardwired into the temporal body-mind. When Gnosis floods consciousness, fear is dispelled as the True Nature of both Body and Spirit is known, opening the gates to a very childlike approach to the situation of incarnate life. By childlike, we don't mean naive or inexperienced. Rather, there is the ability to sidestep all the encrustations of a so-called "adult world" in which the majority of human beings operate through systems built from ignorance of Spiritual Reality and default to mechanisms fed from fear.
Yes, Teddy Bears are for Children. But "Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not see the Kingdom of God."
Of course, they crucified the guy who said that. After all, he was a huge threat to the established way of doing things. Plenty of people would be put out of business if his message ever caught on. And that prospect was certainly reacted against with FEAR.
There is actually a Fear of Fearlessness.
Two thousand years of "Christianity" doesn't really count as a failed track run for the Way of the Living Christ when that name-swiping religion, with all its socio-political maneuvers and saturation in psychological illness, has essentially hijacked the message, distorting (or flat out ignoring) it through a myriad of convoluted and warring theologies driven by the very tendencies the Man from Nazareth attempted to show a way through.
Thus we have in Bardo Bear a type of revolutionary figure. But there is no organized agenda here. The peaceful power delivered through this fuzzy form is acceptable when kept quaint and quiet, immobile on bedcovers and relegated to an age which will, as a matter of course, be compelled to shove its eternal energies into a photo album of onesie-wearing days gone by.
I began actively working our Buddy through a series of artified coin-flips in which his smiling and playful persona was portrayed around any given US Lincoln cent. But soon, he wanted new ways to manifest, new outfits and roles to play. I drew and painted him as both Guru and Chela, a gun-toting bandito and a fighter from the future wearing Evil Eddie's get-up from Iron Maiden's "Caught Somewhere In Time."
Bardo Bear was becoming more than a theme for me. He was becoming a transmitter, the means through which a particular Bodhisattva was wishing to manifest into Spacetime.
With this Influx from the "Beyond Within," Space Hoodoo HQ has begun the work of establishing the Teddy Temple, a B-Bear Power Zone operating with its own unique "Phuzzy Physics" to empower a variety of Objects intended to carry and extend the influence of this Bodhisattva into Spacetime. This Work utilizes a type of Living Flowchart upon which its Temple Equipment is arranged and this will be further described in a later post.
The basic gist is that an Intelligent Energy Matrix (resembling a Cosmic Fire) infuses a crystaline structure within the Body of our Central Bear. From this Contact Point, replicating lines of force are directed by means of an Invocatory Process into a series of coin flips which are just as important as the coins they carry. The two go hand in hand to make the machine functional and active BUT the art is more than just a color we've chosen to paint the car. The specific design and its elements provide an "anatomy" for the radionic coin to operate in the owner's sphere of experience. It is very similar to manner in which Voudon Veves work. There is a big difference between printing out "Erzulie's Symbol" from any number of websites and actually working with-and through-that structure-or map-as a magical mirror into the Vuduverse where authentic communion may occur.
If this sounds like some half-baked psuedo-science, that's fine. What we are really talking about is a ritual operation wherein raw energies are linked to intelligent form, the result being a type of thumb-drive to get a particular program onto the computer of your consciousness. It's safe, virus free and will result in the opening of other files and programs you may not have even known were available on your machine.
On the simplest level, we are creating the new series of fun-flips from all previous experiments in coinological art and magic as a series of charms which are intended to be extremely affordable, highly effective and available to ALL. From serious situations to stuffing a stocking, B-Bear is preparing to launch his Legion of Love.
In conjunction with this Temple, we will be creating and releasing the BARDO BEAR ADVENTURE TAROT, Consecrated Coins and the first issue of Bardo Bear Comix as well as fully painted canvases, prints and further written material. This all goes "live" ere the Sun slips out of Scorpio. Come Centaur-Time, B-Bear Items and a variety of other projects will be available via the revamped Spacebuddhaa Website. For now, any inquiries may be directed to kylefite@yahoo.com.
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You may have noticed that I am a tartine fan. If it's on bread, I love it. Tartine is simply a slice of grilled bread with a topping and you can find a few of the tartines I have posted here. I mentioned in another post that Holt's Cafe in Toronto has some lovely tartines on their menu made with Poilane breads from Paris and whenever I am in Toronto I go to Holt's for one of their tartines (let's face it, it's the clothes and shoes too). I used to have bread shipped to me from Paris (a little crazy, I know) from the famed Poilane bakery on Rue du Cherche-Midi, but I kind of stopped doing that a while ago. There is a limit.
This tartine is one I make quite regularly if I have the ingredients. It's simple, delicious and fits perfectly into my vegetarian cooking style. I make it with green or brown lentils or with the French du Puy lentils as well. It really lends itself to any of these types of legumes. Brown and green lentils will be softer and creamier, while du Puy tend to hold their shape more and remain a bit chewy.
For the grilled bread use a nice rustic bread from a bakery that makes good country style breads. I slice it, brush with olive oil, grill it and then rub it with a garlic clove. The bread then serve as a base for the simply cooked lentils and roasted cherry tomatoes. Finish the plate with a drizzle of olive oil and a scattering of goat cheese.
Rinse lentils under running water, then place in a bowl, cover with water and let soak for 20 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan, add shallots and cook for a couple of minutes until fragrant.
Add thyme, salt and lentils and stir for a minute.
Add the stock and wine if using and bring to a boil.
Lower heat to a simmer, cook partially covered until lentils are cooked through but not mushy. They should still hold their shape. The liquid should be more or less absorbed when the lentils are cooked through.
When lentils are done transfer to a bowl and add the roasted cherry tomatoes.
Add a handful of chopped flat leaf parsley or cilantro.
To grill the bread: brush the bread slices with olive oil and grill in a panini maker or a skillet. Rub the grilled bread with a clove of garlic if you wish.
To serve: lay a slice of bread on each plate, top with the lentils and grilled tomatoes.
Garnish with chopped parsley and scatter some cheese on top if you wish.
To roast the cherry tomatoes: cut the tomatoes in half and toss with the oil, sugar and salt.
Cover a baking sheet with foil and spread the tomatoes over the sheet in one layer.
Roast in 375℉ oven until tomatoes are crinkled and semi dehydrated.
Roasted cherry tomatoes figure prominently in my winter baking, as it's the only way to coax any flavour out of tomatoes after the frost. But I never thought about paring them with lentils! Thanks for the recipe.


This one caused an intermittent blackout on all HF bands in my shack over the past half year or so. Due to the intermittent nature it was extremely difficult to track down. This morning, it was again destroying all the fun in my shack so I decided to go out with the Sangean radio in another attempt to find the source, and I was lucky today! The source turned out to be an ice-cube machine in the pub next door. A motor actuated microswitch was sparking at a certain point in the ice-making cycle, you can hear the effect of it in this video. You can see the switch and drive motor in this picture. This failing switch also poses a fire hazard so I advised to take the machine off the mains until it has been repaired. I made a dance of joy this morning having finally rooted out this long lasting annoyance!
Just about everything went wrong today but a short QSO with the Galapagos Islands DXpedition today on 10 meters added a new DXCC country to my list and brightened things up a bit. I got a nice 5/9 from Alex HC2RAT/8. Only one more to go for the ton which was my goal for this first year as a licensed ham!
Yes, as of today i'm also on ARRL's Logbook of The World. I received my certificate a week after sending my license to ARRL HQ via regular mail, not bad. I uploaded my entire log and got something like 180 QSL's in return. Ham Radio Deluxe hassle-free upload automation is already in place.
Since this summer, my hobby is at times made impossible because of intermittent 9+30 dB interference on all HF bands. When present, those strong fields are making contacts virtually impossible. Because of the intermittence, it is difficult to locate the source. This morning, I decided to go for a neighborhood walk with a borrowed Sangean portable shortwave AM/SSB receiver (thanks, Boudewijn PD5WO) with headphones. Two, possibly three high level noise sources were identified, a restaurant, 30 meters away using PLC (aka Homeplug) equipment and even further down the street I found fluorescent signage of a snack bar causing enormously strong and constant broadband HF noise. Switching off the FL tubes made background noise drop several S points on 40 meters in my shack. The PLC's are a different story altogether, those devices are a true nightmare for radio hams. In my case, a 30 Mhz wide +30dB rattle is present when data is being transferred between those devices. But I'm glad the search with a simple portable radio was fruitful and hopefully the owners of these PLC flamethrowers will cooperate in finding a workable solution for all parties involved. To be continued.
UPDATE Nov 20: I made a video of the intermittent interference and further investigation has sourced this noise to the Cafe next door. Will update when we located the culprit inside, I need assistance from the owner which I hopefully will get over the next few days. Will update when we found it. The owner of the restaurant with PLC's has agreed to my proposal to replace them with a cat5e cable which I will provide and install for free.
The noise disappears at the 53 seconds mark and reappears 50 seconds later, lasting over 5 minutes.
Had a short QSO with John King ZB2JK working mobile from his car, adding a new DXCC to my list. It was nice working on 10 this afternoon, 14 stations came back on my CQ, including fellow Dutchman Pier Kaspersma TF3PKN from Iceland, also several stations from Brazil, USA, Ukraine, Russia, Aruba and Turkey reported in. Not bad at all for a rainy saturday afternoon.


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Q: miniDIN - style connector with many pins I'm looking for circular connector with size of mini din with so many pins as possible. I'm building embeddable controller for Roomba vacuum cleaner robot, and I want to led as many pins as possible from microcontroller through this connector.

A: The maximum pin number you can have on standard mini din connector is 9.
9 pin mini din connector
However, according to Wikipedia there are mini din connectors with more pins.
Update
HR12-14R-20SDL from Hirose connectors have 20 contacts in a mini din size.

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Build out a complex lead form using a platform.
- Needs to replicate an existing lead form (will provide an example).
- Has conditional logic 1-2 splits in logic. Platform will allow logic splits (turnkey).
- Need someone to draft it up, test it, then show it to me.
- UX needs to be kept in mind also.
Hi there, sir i read your initial requirements and i have some question regarding to your complex lead form project. please send me message so that we could discuss it further.


Hitachi is moving up into Maxtor's market with the DK514, a 5.25 Winchester disk drive storing 382Mb, double the current DK512 170Mb, in the US and the UK. The drive offers three interface options and faster access times and data transfer rates. The three interfaces are ESDI, ESMD, or embedded SCSI and the new drive features average access time of 16mS and a data transfer rate of 1.8Mbytes per second. The DK514 uses a voice coil motor, requires approximately 30W, and is rated at 30,000 hours mean time between failures. Capacity has been doubled by increasing bit density by 50% using oxide-coated media, and adding two platters. The drive uses LSI circuitry on a single printed circuit board. Sample units with the ESDI interface will be available in July 1987; ESMD and embedded SCSI models will be available in the fourth quarter of 1987. The DK514 will be $2,700 per unit in OEM quantities of 100.


Alex Klibisz and Sam Rose are the Founders of StudyDraft. The two were co-workers at Cadre5, a local tech company. For now, Klibisz is focused full-time on the start-up.
How did you come-up with the name? It was inspired by the idea of picking teams to study with – like the NFL/NBA/MLB/etc. drafts. The idea has changed slightly since coming-up with the name, but the name has stuck so far!
When did you first start thinking that your idea might warrant starting a company? We started building our mobile application in July 2015. I don't know that we necessarily consider ourselves a typical company, but our goals aligned well with that of "CodeWorks," so we're seeing where it takes us.
What motivated you to apply for "CodeWorks"? When we learned about it, "CodeWorks" seemed like a great opportunity to learn business and product development skills that we often lack or overlook because we're both programmers.
At this stage, what has been your biggest aha event where your eyes were opened to something that you had not considered? It was a very basic one: conducting effective customer interviews. A couple months ago, we started with a set of features we wanted to implement, and we've spent a while building and refining them. After conducting customer interviews, we were able to figure out that some parts of those features were actually not ideal solutions to our problems after all. So, some pivots will be in order, but without "CodeWorks," we would have had to learn this simple lesson even later on down the road.
What do you hope to achieve/where do you hope your company is when the 12-week accelerator ends? We hope to have a working application for iOS and Android that implements the observations we have made from customer interviews. We want to pilot it at UT before moving on to other universities.


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Not only is she an expert at everything skin, Melanie has great style, a beautiful personality and wise beyond her years. I just love my time at Double Bay Clinic and I always leave beaming with a huge smile from the inside out!