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Prinsepia utilis ist ein kleiner Strauch mit weißen Blüten und rotbraunen bis schwarzbraunen Früchten aus der Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae). Das natürliche Verbreitungsgebiet dieser Dornkirschen-Art liegt in China, Bhutan, Nepal, Indien und Pakistan. Die Früchte können als Obst verwendet werden, das aus den Samen gewonnene Öl dient der Zubereitung von Speisen.

Beschreibung
Prinsepia utilis ist ein 1 bis 5 Meter hoher Strauch mit graugrünen und dicken Ästen und grünen bis graugrünen, gewinkelten, braun behaarten bis beinahe kahlen Zweigen. Die Dornen sind bis zu 3,5 Zentimeter lang, beinahe kahl und häufig belaubt. Die Winterknospen sind purpurrot, eiförmig bis länglich und beinahe kahl. Die Laubblätter haben einen etwa 5 Millimeter langen und kahlen Stiel, Nebenblätter wurden nicht beobachtet. Die Blattspreite ist einfach, 3,5 bis 9 Zentimeter lang und 1,5 bis 3 Zentimeter breit, länglich bis eiförmig-lanzettlich, mit spitzer oder lang zugespitzter Spitze, breit keilförmiger bis gerundeter Basis und fein gesägtem Blattrand.

Die Blütenstände sind 3 bis 6 Zentimeter lange, vielblütige Trauben in den Blattachseln oder an kurzen Zweigen. Die Blütenstandsachse ist braun behaart und bald verkahlend. Die Trag- und Vorblätter sind ebenfalls braun behaart, lanzettlich und verkahlend. Die Blüten haben Durchmesser von etwa 10 Millimetern. Der Blütenstiel ist 4 bis 8 Millimeter lang, braun behaart und bald verkahlend. Der Blütenbecher ist tassenförmig und außen braun behaart. Die Kelchblätter sind rundlich bis breit-eiförmig, außen anfangs braun behaart und am Rand dicht braun behaart. Die Kronblätter sind weiß, breit-eiförmig mit kurz genagelter Basis und an der Spitze ausgebissenem Blattrand. Die Staubblätter sind in zwei oder drei Quirlen angeordnet. Der Fruchtknoten ist kahl, der Griffel kurz. Die Steinfrüchte sind rotbraun bis schwarzbraun, länglich bis verkehrt-eiförmig-länglich und erreichen Durchmesser von etwa 8 Millimetern.

Prinsepia utilis blüht von April bis Mai, die Früchte reifen von August bis September.

Die Chromosomenzahl beträgt 2n = 32.

Verbreitung
Das natürliche Verbreitungsgebiet liegt in China in den Provinzen Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan und im Autonomen Gebiet Tibet, in Bhutan, Nepal, im Norden von Indien und in Pakistan. Prinsepia utilis wächst auf Berghängen, Ödland, Tälern und entlang von Wegen in 1000 bis 2600 Metern Höhe auf sauren bis alkalischen, sandigen bis lehmigen, gut durchlässigen Böden an sonnigen bis halbschattigen Standorten.

Systematik und Forschungsgeschichte
Prinsepia utilis ist eine Art aus der Gattung der Dornkirschen (Prinsepia) in der Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae). Dort wird sie in der Unterfamilie Spiraeoideae der Tribus Osmaronieae zugeordnet. Die Art wurde von John Forbes Royle 1834 erstbeschrieben. Der Gattungsname Prinsepia erinnert an den englischen Archäologen und Kolonialverwalter James Prinsep (1799–1840), der als erster Europäer die Gebote des altindischen Königs Ashoka entzifferte. Das Artepitheton utilis stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet "nützlich".

Verwendung
Die Früchte werden als Obst roh oder gekocht gegessen. Aus den Samen wird Öl gewonnen, das in der Küche verwendet wird.

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Literatur

 Helmut Genaust: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 3., vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (Nachdruck von 1996).

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Rosengewächse
Rosaceae

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Set in New York City circa 1974, brothers Chris and Frank have chosen opposing paths in life. While Frank is a dedicated NYC police officer with a bright future, Chris is an ex-con hood who has just been released from prison after being sent away for murder. Guilt-ridden about their markedly strained relationship, Frank allows Chris to live with him and helps track down a job to appease his probationary requirements. Unfortunately, Chris finds it increasingly difficult to stay straight, as the quick dollar pull of his past life begins to beckon. Slipping deeper and deeper into his old ways, Chris' insatiable desire for money begins to threaten the once promising future of his brother.
A French actor since the early nineties with over fifty credits on his resume, Guillaume Canet made his directorial debut in 2002 with the French crime comedy, Whatever You Say. Canet's second directorial effort, Tell No One was a critical darling, officially putting him on the map as a young filmmaker to keep an eye on. Blood Ties, a remake of the Jacques Maillot's 2008 movie that Guillaume in fact starred in, is Canet's fourth directorial creation, and his first English language film. Fellow filmmaker James Gray lent his expertise, aiding Canet in the rewriting the original script to help better capture the New York City vernacular.
Academy Award nominee Clive Owen and esteemed performer Billy Crudup were cast to play Chris and Frank. Crudup, who is best known for his epic portrayal of fictitious guitar god Russell Hammond in Almost Famous, has curiously had a lesser career than I expected of an actor with his talents. In Blood Ties, Crudup judiciously captures the strain and pressure his character is under, not only from the turbulent bonds of his marred brotherhood, but also an impassioned on-again, off-again relationship with Vanessa, who is currently married to a hood that Frank has recently put away from illegal weapon's possession. Zoe Saldana brings a hopeful tenderness to her portrayal of Vanessa, and offers the film's most passionate outpouring during a particularly heated argument with Frank about their relationship. The film's most accomplished performance comes from Canet's long-time girlfriend and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard, whose lascivious depiction of Monica, a rundown working girl and ex-wife to Owen's Chris, is a gripping and impressively painful portrait that far exceeded her impassive efforts in The Immigrant, her previous film coincidentally directed by James Gray.
Blood Ties is the perfect example of the tumultuous state of affairs the current movie landscape is in. It's fairly obvious that movie executives have no scruples in releasing and promoting absolute garbage entertainment, and that is their right. But it also makes me question how a relatively standard, by no means awful crime drama with a cast lead by Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, and Billy Crudup and also starring Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, James Caan, and Lily Taylor gets practically ignored by its US distributors Roadside and Lionsgate. This film deserved a better chance at finding a wider audience than it eventually got here in the States.


Amazing Fountains in the World which are really Eye-Catching !!
If we say that the Divers Fountain in UAE at Dubai Mall is one among the list of longest fountain in the world then it will not be wrong. This huge waterfall runs through the complete height of the mall covering all the four levels.
The Magic Fountain in spain is located in the Montjuic neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia. This fountain was constructed in the year 1929 below the Palau national on the Montijuic Mountain to commemorate the Barcelona International Exposition 1929.
Floating faucet fountain in Spain is located in Aqualand, Spain. The fountain is held in place by a pipe that runs up to the mouth of the faucet and is covered by the running water.
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Both degrees are from Golden Gate University.
He is certified by the HR Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, with an additional certification in California employment law (SPHR-CA). He serves on the faculty of UC Davis Extension, teaching a variety of HR courses. Steve was on the board of directors for the Sacramento Area HR Association for eight years.


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Why Cavs' Signing Of Jack Cooley Could Affect Tristan Thompson
By Tomer Azarly · 3 min read
Tristan Thompson is about to end his fourth month as a restricted free agent; he and the Cavs have reportedly not even been talking about a contract extension.
Without Thompson, the Cavs officially have 13 players on the roster. Cleveland is expected to choose one of the remaining training camp guys as they have all had time to show the team what they can do. Their most recent addition, however, who has only played in the final two preseason games, could still be a player the Cavs want to sign going into the season. We're talking about Jack Cooley. You must be wondering, who is Jack Cooley?
RELATED: Why Teams Are Trying To Disrupt The Cavs By Messing With Tristan Thompson Contract Talks
Well, Cooley is an NBA D-League standout who averaged 16.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. He averaged 5.1 offensive rebounds to go with 7.7 defensive rebounds. He played all of the 2014-15 season with the Idaho Stampede and made a name for himself as an aggressive rebounding machine. The most intriguing numbers of his clearly are ones that come in the offensive rebounding department. Sure, Cooley earned those numbers in the D-League, but they're hard to ignore nonetheless.
Since the Cavs leading offensive rebounder, Tristan Thompson, is not looking like he'll be ready for opening night, the Cavs may want to look elsewhere a back-up power forward with a knack for rebounding.
Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy tweeted his thoughts about the addition of Cooley and what he thinks will happen with Tristan Thompson.
Bringing in a great offensive rebounder like Jack Cooley certainly seems like the Cavs may be preparing for life without Tristan Thompson.
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) October 17, 2015
RELATED: Is Tristan Thompson Worth More Than A 5-Year, $80 Million
With that said, I do think Tristan Thompson and CLE will reach an agreement at some point this year. Just a matter of time, in my opinion.
Cooley is a great offensive rebounder for his size and averaged 6.0 offensive rebounds per 36 minutes of action, which is a role he could step into whenever called upon. This puts the pressure on Thompson to get a deal done now that he's essentially out of options. In his last game against the Mavericks, Cooley played just 18 minutes, but was able to haul in 15 rebounds (seven of them offensive), proving to be a player Cleveland could use if Thompson decides to sit out the year
Cooley, however, is not expected to make the team, and there are reports that Cleveland will most likely be taking just one player into the season with them in Jared Cunningham to keep their roster total at 14. But, they could also sign both Cooley and Cunningham to non-guaranteed deals, and Cooley would be let go before his contract becomes fully guaranteed so as also to leave a roster spot for Tristan Thompson. Either way, Thompson will have a spot on the team, it's just a matter of him signing a deal and getting back to work.
RELATED: LeBron James Shuts Down Media When Asked About Tristan Thompson
None of this it to say Thompson is easily replaceable and especially not by a D-Leaguer who had one or two good preseason games with the team, but the Cavs seem ready to do whatever it takes to focus on their championship aspirations without leaving any holes in their roster.
The Cavs reportedly pulled their 5-year, $80 million offer from the table last week, and Thompson is now just sitting around waiting for the Cavs to offer him something they will more than likely too low for him. Right now, Thompson looks foolish for not taking the Cavs 5-year, $80 million offer, but that's a thing of the past. He's now got to come together with his agents and the team to agree on a newer and more reasonable contract that both sides can benefit from.
Stay tuned for the latest on Tristan Thompson and his contract situation.
Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, Tristan Thompson

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Q: how to create a YES NO notification for time? I have a formula that shows hours and minutes of how long it took to notify a client. I need to create another cell to say YES if that notification is 4 hours or longer.
I currently have the formula as this:
=IF(OR(AND(MOD(P2,1)>=TIME(4,0,0))),"YES","NO")

Where P2 is hours/minutes of how long it took to notify the client.
This formula works the way I want it to except if it is equal to 4 hours, it is returning NO, instead of YES.
Any help is appreciated!

A: Unless there's something you're not telling us, I see no use for OR, AND, or MOD in your formula. Actually, I can think of no conditions whatsoever under which OR or AND have any purpose in that particular formula - they are multi-conditionals meant to evaluate more than one criteria and return a TRUE/FALSE if any (for OR) or all (AND) conditions are TRUE. However, you only have one conditional so OR and AND will always evaluate just the same as the conditional itself. MOD's purpose here is still a bit confusing. Chances are there's something in those bits and/or in you source data that's corrupting your results.
Myself, I prefer to have Excel give me a simple Boolean TRUE/FALSE instead of "Yes"/"No" since it makes using the cell's value in other formulas a bit easier. For example, if B1 has a Boolean, I can just use =IF(B1,"RUNNING SLOW!","Timely response!") instead of =IF(B1="Yes","RUNNING SLOW!","Timely response!"). It's also simpler to write the initial formula too - consider =A1=B1 vs. =IF(A1=B1,"Yes","No").
As long as your times are formatted as actual times, this should work just fine to return a Boolean TRUE/FALSE (assume time is in A1):
=A1>=TIME(4,0,0)

If you really want that "Yes"/"No" response, throw it in an IF:
=IF(A1>=TIME(4,0,0),"Yes","No")

EDIT: Upon further consideration, I think I may have guessed the involvement of MOD (OR and AND seriously still don't have any place there).
If you're using MOD to strip the date from a date/time value, that might be causing your problem. I'm not exactly sure on how, but I'm expecting it possibly has something to do with leap years/minutes/seconds since Excel stores dates & times based on the time elapsed since 1/1/1900 (ish). There's probably also some rounding errors involved somewhere along the way.
Speculation aside, here's the right way to strip the date portion out for your formula:
=TIME(HOUR(A1),MINUTE(A1),SECOND(A1))>=TIME(4,0,0)

And, if you're still in love with "Yes"/"No":
=IF(TIME(HOUR(A1),MINUTE(A1),SECOND(A1))>=TIME(4,0,0),"Yes","No")

For that matter, we could even simplify further:
=HOUR(A1)>=4

Or...
=IF(HOUR(A1)>=4,"Yes","No")

Note that the possible values for HOUR cap out at 23. But, if you're using an actual date/time format for your source data anyway (and your formula pretty well implies that you are) that won't be an issue.

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Red, smelly, unclean ears usually mean a Shih Tzu ear infection is brewing and with it comes sensitivity, discomfort, and irritability.
If your Shih Tzu has been shaking his head, rubbing or scratching his ears, then he might have an ear problem.
Shih Tzu ear infections are one of the most common reasons that their owners visit their veterinarians each year.
This is not surprising, because most owners hate to see their poor Shih Tzu suffer.
When they have ear problems, their discomfort is hard to ignore.
Shih Tzu dogs are prone to infections due to the way their ears hang down.
Severe cases can result in loss of hearing and balance, or walking in circles.
While rare, some Shih Tzu can shake and scratch so violently they damage their ear flap (pinna). Blood builds up under the skin causing a hematoma to form and giving the ear flap a puffy look.
If your Shih Tzu has a problem with allergies, they may end up with an ear infection.
Shih Tzu can be allergic to many different things.
Anything they come in contact with, inhale or ingest could be an allergen.
Their food, grass, pollens, molds, cleaners and other chemicals are common allergens that affect people and dog.
House dust and house dust mites are one of the most common allergens. But if you are dealing with ear problems don't rule out the possibility that it could be the food you are feeding. Atopic dermatitis and ear infections are major signs that food might be the culprit.
Shih Tzu respond to allergies, though, differently than people.
Shih Tzu with two infected ears may be allergic to something in their environment.
Sometimes the veterinarian can diagnosis the allergy by treating the ear.
To be thorough, the vet will need to treat the allergy and the ear.
The main parasite that enjoys the environment inside the dog's ear is ear mite, Otodectes cynotis.
If you have cats, you are probably aware that they are more frequent in our feline friends, but dogs can be affected too.
If a Shih Tzu becomes hypersensitive to these mites, their scratching, rubbing and shaking can be so intense that they cause trauma to the ear flap. But fleas will cause the dog to scratch and excessive scratching can also cause injury to the ear flap.
Does your Shih Tzu Like to Swim? Some do, and if he comes in contact with bodies of water regularly, he can be prone to infections.
Chlorine in pools can be an irritation. Shih Tzu that swim in lakes or rivers can encounter germs that will thrive in the the warm dark environment of the ear canal.
Even bath water can get into the Shih Tzu's ear creating a warm moist environment for germs to grow. Plain water, however should not be a problem for your Shih Tzu's ears.
If your Shih Tzu loves to run in the woods or roll in the grass, he may pick up something that sticks to the ear causing irritation.
Dogs will scratch and rub and shake and before you know you have trauma, redness, and inflammation.
Plant awns are a typical offender, sticking to your clothing and their ear flaps. So, if you notice them on you, better check the dog.
Ticks can find their way into the ear and cause problem. After a fun day in the woods, it is time to check over your Tzu so you can prevent forest hitchhikers from becoming a problem for your dog.
The Shih Tzu's ear anatomy can play a part in whether or not they will suffer from ear infections. The bacteria and yeast that cause ear infections need a warm, dark, moist location in which to thrive, grown and reproduce.
Since Shih Tzu dogs have thick floppy ears, they are more likely to have problems than their cousins with erect ears. However, Shih Tzu are not unique; any long haired dog whose ears hang low are candidates for ear infections.
Since the Shih Tzu have hair that continually grows inside the ear canal, it is important to remove the hair, and excessive wax build up to prevent infections from occurring. The ear canal is L shaped in Shih Tzu where it starts in a vertical position and then bends as it nears the ear drum.
Humans have a horizontal ear canal. The shape of the Shih Tzu's ear canal is such that it is difficult to puncture the ear drum, but does make it easy for infections to become established.
There are numerous types of bacteria and yeast present in ear infections. Normal healthy ears can live with hundreds of bacteria and not be affected unless something changes.
Allergies, hormonal abnormalities, either deficiencies or excess hormones, moisture, foreign objects—anything can change these microorganisms allowing them to grow and multiply rapidly.
Sometimes the Shih Tzu's natural body defenses are just overwhelmed and cannot compensate. Ear infections are the result.
Diagnosis varies widely depending on your veterinarian's facilities. If you suspect a dog ear infection, it is time to call the vet.
The vet will examine the ear canal with their otoscope. They can determine the extent of the infection,presence of tumors, parasites or foreign objects and the condition of the ear drum. They may also swab the inside of the ear to view under the microscope. A simple smear observed under the microscope can reveal additional information to the vet.
If the veterinarian then fixes and stains this smear, they can determine whether there is yeast or bacteria present. They can identify the type of bacteria and prescribe the correct antibiotic.
Sometimes a culture and sensitivity is ordered. This is more costly and time consuming, and the results may not be back for several days. Shih Tzu that have chronic problems where antibiotics have not be useful are prime candidates for this type of lab work.
Antibiotics, if used, can be in the form of an injection, pills or liquid given by mouth, or a topical cream or drops applied directly in the ear.
If swelling and inflammation are present, the vet may recommend that steroids be given, either orally or by injection. Sometimes they are applied topically. Alternately, the vet may suggest an antihistamine instead of a steroid.
A medication is given to kill the ear mites if they are present.
A slow change of diet will be necessary if a food allergy is suspected. This can be a long, difficult process, and you may need the help of additional professionals to find the food that is causing the allergy.
If an environmental allergy is the problem, eliminating the source can help. This too can be difficult. If your dog has ear infections at certain times of the year, suspect an allergy to something within the environment.
Removing fleas from the environment will be necessary if the dog has a super sensitivity to them.
Veterinarians treat most ear infections with oral medications, injections, ear flushing or cleaning and topical ear medicines.
Surgery is only needed in severe chronic cases.
Treating early and addressing any secondary problems leads to the best outcome.
If your vet tells you to clean out your dog's ears periodically, you will want to use a good quality ear cleaning.
Some ear medications that vets use will preclude you from cleaning the ears but your vet will tell you whether to leave the ears alone or keep them clean. Here is a very simple demonstration that you can use to help clean your dog's ears.
If your Tzu is cooperative, you will be able to do this by yourself. If not, you may need someone to help you hold the dog.
The towel is to prevent your dog from shaking liquid solution over you and him.
Wrap the towel around his head if you suspect this will happen.
Hold the ear flap up between your thumb and index finger.
Using your other hand add the necessary drops.
Find the base of the ear and gently message with your thumb and index fingers.
Wipe any access that did not make it into the ear canal with the tissue.
Your dog will likely shake, and that will also help distribute the medication.
It is never so true as it pertains to dog ear infections. This is one area where owners can save hundreds of dollars in costly veterinary bills.
Keep your Tzu's ear clean and hair free. Remove hairs and use a cotton ball periodically to clean the area of the ear that you can see.
Feed a high quality diet. Food allergies especially to ingredients in low quality diets can be a cause of dog ear infections.
Check your Tzu thoroughly after any romp in the woods, on the beach or if you notice he has had fun rolling in the grass.
Place a small cotton ball into the ear before bathing your dog to keep the ear dry, especially if you soak your dog in a tub of soapy water.
Even though ear infections are very common, they should still be taken seriously. Hearing is one of those senses that dogs rely on the most and a dog who cannot hear is not a happy canine.
If you do suspect an ear infection, call your vet for an appointment. Diagnosis is relatively easy, and the prognosis is excellent if you treat early.
This is usually not a procedure that Shih Tzu dogs love. Most can be taught to tolerate it but some will resist.
Slowly plucking out a few hairs at a time will be less painful to the dog than grabbing large chunks of hair. Use your fingers if you are concerned the dog will move suddenly.
Delicate ear tissue can be pinched easily with hemostats or tweezers if the dog jerks his head suddenly.
In my opinion, black Shih Tzu dogs seem to grow more hair in their ear canals than lighter colored dogs, but all still grow hair continually throughout their lifetime.
Apply an ear powder to the canal first and spread around with your finger or a cotton ball. The ear powder will give you more traction and allows you to easier grab and pull the hair.
Without the powder, you are trying to pull hair that is moistened with wax—a very slippery job.
Some people use corn starch in lieu of commercially available powder. It works reasonably well.
Dog Ear infections are common in many breeds but especially troublesome in those breeds where the ears drop down. Infections are normally associated with another problem, often an allergy to something in the environment or the food the dog eats.
Prevention is the best way to avoid itchy, painful infections and the best way to do this is to keep the ears clean. Removal of a little of the hair that grows inside the ear canal will allow more air to circulate. Using a good ear cleaner about once a week will keep ears clean and fresh.


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We're excited to share some info about a recent songwriting workshop, from October 11th, 2013, in Baltimore at Emmanuel Episcopal Church (EECBaltimore).
These two organizations saw a need in the community to bridge the generation gap in the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ youth often feel isolated from their history and culture, while the elders feel isolated by age and a lack of understanding for the struggles they endured. By encouraging these two communities to tell their stories through song, the songbook project provided a mutually beneficial "knitting together" of the LGBTQ community.
The We Are Family Songbook was created through workshops led by four Decoda musicians, working with ten LGBTQ community members. We had nightly group workshops between October 6th - 10th, with individual sessions happening each day. The culminating performance of the songbook was on National Coming Out Day - October 11th, 2013.
Decoda performed and arranged several short pieces for the event.
We were able to present 6 different pieces, each created by an individual participant, in collaboration with members of Decoda. One of these was Decoda's musical realization or interpretation of visual art by participant Charlotte Bunting Floyd.
Over the course of the entire week, we also collaboratively created one song "Dance Together", which included ideas from all participating members and represented a unified message of advice from and to the LGBTQ community.
This important event at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Baltimore was supported in part Free Fall Baltimore 2013. We would like to thank John Bowen, Director of Music, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church and EECBaltimore for bringing this project to life.
Here's the music for "Dance Together" in case you feel like singing along!


I have a 2.3 sohc lima turbo.
For nothing but fun I twincharged it with an m62 from a Mercedes clk (mag pulley eliminated) then blew into that with a H1c Holset turbo with a large exhaust turbine housing.
My aim was to compound the boost beyond what the back pressure is at the turbo, change up what the normal characteristics are for a turbo only motor.
Using a 44mm external wastegate for the holset turbo.
BOV in between the turbo and charger.
Megasquirt 3 pro engine management.
Spring installed in wastegate, boost builds from turbo and the compounding charger supplies 8.5 psi MAP at approx 4k rpm with around 4-5 psi from turbo..
I was expecting the charger to compound the boost the whole way up the rev range.. Take whatever is presented to its inlet and compress it further..
Some time ago, I attempted using an external gate as a bypass on an Eaton SC in blow through configuration like yours, but wasn't able to get it to function as needed. The problem may have been in the way I'd installed it, but trialling different setups didnt improve the outcome.
I've since changed to a series of staggered opening point factory bypasses* and this has worked perfectly. The pressure can be vented back to the aircleaner, or straight to atmosphere.
But both.... Now, thats something.
Like a lancia delta rally car.
Disable (block) the bypass and see what happens.
I Have a supercharger bypass butterfly valve from a mini Cooper i used on another install. It wouldn't glide onto boost very well when being used as a BOV and vented to atmo, it would flip onto boost very uncontrollably so part throttle driving/cruising was a real pain.
I had to install a throttle body before the charger to get it all to behave..
2 throttle cables, pita of course..
What you mean by staggering opening points.?
Thats a parallel type sysyem. Either one or the other, getting the transition from one to the other isn't easy too.. But its still only turbo only up top.
I'm trying to compound boost beyond exhaust turbine back pressure. Have more pressure at the inlet valve than back pressure at the exhaust valve.. most turbo engines will create way more back pressure than boost..
Run a custom cam thats not turbo profile.
No residual gasses hanging around, less prone to detonation... More ignition timing. Blow straight through with no restriction.
That's was the plan anyways!!
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Yes... I have an idea to try now you mention that.. Thanks!
I have a gut feeling about the bypass is to small.
A supercharger can only make a certain volume flow at a fixed speed and if the turbo doesn't get enough flow into the inducer you the pressure before drops and PR goes up and you have built a "restrictor turbo" and that caps the mass flow.
Bypass valve bleeds all boost at high rev closed throttle.
Could you make a simple drawing of your setup?
Air filter- turbo- W2A intercooler- supercharger- FMIC- throttle body.
Bypass valve just before throttle body dumping back to after air filter.
My bypass is an external wastegate with a weak spring setup like a BOV. But I suspect the compound boost is pushing the wastegate off its seat..
Now I get it, thought you had the supercharger before the turbo... So ignore my post.
I think you are right, the bypass have too weak spring. Like others already said, try block it and see if it helps.
Same for some reason i think the first post gives this impression.
Those superchaegers are of the centrifugal compressor type, the roots wont provide much of any compression, its a fixed volume pump. A screw may compound better.


TORONTO -- Women who become pregnant using fertility treatments -- particularly in-vitro fertilization -- have a slightly higher risk of severe complications around the time of delivery compared to women who conceive naturally, research suggests.
Those complications include post-partum bleeding that may require a blood transfusion, admission to an intensive care unit, infection of the reproductive system, and -- in extremely rare cases -- death.
"We found that 30.8 per 1,000 of the women in our study who received an infertility treatment experienced a severe pregnancy complication," said lead researcher Dr. Natalie Dayan, director of obstetric medicine at McGill University Health Centre.
"When compared with a group of women of approximately the same age and with similar characteristics who gave birth without the use of infertility treatment, 22.2 per 1,000 experienced a severe pregnancy complication.
"But it's important to remember that the absolute number of women who develop these complications remains quite small," she added.
"For the vast majority of women or couples who cannot conceive naturally, this treatment is a very safe and effective method of becoming pregnant and having a child."
Interestingly, the study found that while IVF patients had a higher risk of pregnancy complications, that wasn't the case for women who had less invasive fertility treatments, such as intrauterine insemination or ovulation induction with medication.
"It might vary woman to woman, and I suspect that in some ways that it really does, the way a woman reacts to the treatment."
"If you look at the absolute risk, that would be calculated by subtracting 22.2 from 30.8 per 1,000, which equates to an absolute risk of 8.6 per 1,000," Dunne said from Burnaby, B.C.
"If I'm sitting across from my patient, I'm going to tell her that even when you look at a study like this, there is a less than one per cent absolute increased risk to you of having a serious event after your delivery.
"Do I think it's going to deter the woman sitting across from me in my office from pursuing fertility treatment to achieve her dream of being a mother? Absolutely not."
That's why it's important for health providers to discuss with couples the potential risks associated with assisted reproduction and to try to minimize those risks with a plan tailored to the individual woman, she said.
"IVF and fertility treatments in general help countless couples with infertility problems, and the field has advanced considerably," Dayan said.
"Future studies will be able to further customize treatment for women so we could minimize risk and maximize success."


Well since we're starting 2014, I'd like to look back on the games of 2013 that surprised me, and more importantly what these games do that we're likely to see more of in the future. Of course I'd like to involve TAY readers to share their own thoughts. This can range from the new IP, the obscure indie, the game that changed your perception on a genre, a sequel making an odd shift...and how that game could effect other titles or the industry in the future. Your choices don't even need to be good games, they can be bad, funny, or all of the above.
In the last month or so, while I was coming up with my top 2013 games, I noticed that my list kept rearranging as I played through more of these experiences. When I played more of Don't Starve, I realized two things about rogue-likes and me. I end up playing them in random bursts, and each longer run I last through leaves a more favorable impression. Don't Starve wasn't on my top 10, until just a few weeks ago when I had an amazingly tense session that is still going since I saved. Getting further and progressing revealed more weapons, items, and finally me establishing my own kind of base of operations. The free-form nature of the randomized world, mixed with me putting my own kind of organization into it was an odd sensation, as most games treat us like nomads hopping from one level to the next. The base focus I saw out of this game though, and many this year was on the aspect of survival.
We've all seen the big games this year and last, with the Walking Deads, The Last of Us and Tomb Raider. While they focus more on scripting a survival situation through their fairly non-interactive cutscenes vs. their gameplay, one cannot deny they're still fairly effective, and people want this stuff. Rogue Legacy fits in an interesting place, where it focuses on survival through mechanics like perma-death, but eases the loss through lineage and RPG progression. You carry enough back from your last run to keep justify hurting yourself in the future, not unlike Dark Souls with its chance to regain souls. However, unlike Dark Souls I legitimately had issues early on beating just the first boss.
This was new for me, because I regularly play games at their highest difficulty, and it really frustrated me why I couldn't push past it at first. I think it was the 2d platformer focus that did it. While I grew up with Mario and Sonic, they weren't what got me into games. It was isometric RTSs and RPGs, along with 3d shooters, stealth and immersive sims that got me into games...so my skills for judging game space precisely in 2d wasn't that up to par like a longtime Nintendo fan. After beating that boss though, that wall shattered, and the satisfaction I got from them was pretty immensely strong in the same way imagine Dark Souls is for its fans. We are only seeing more games toy with difficulty, and making it feel more manageable, while at the same time keeping that harsh experience. It makes sense too, considering how being on the edge of your seat before losing a life was part of games so long ago, but now seek to make that experience more meaningful, if not the core of why we play.
What wasn't my favorite experience this year was Sim City…except it kind of was for a while. Yes, Sim City wasn't a surprise for me just of all the DRM/server issues, but because it was a great game experience for a while. See I live in the Silicon Valley, so that first day or so I actually was able to connect to the game and play, even before they removed cheetah speed. Before I played, I watched the livestream from IGN during a rather dull day of work that lasted for around 6 or so hours, and the game looked great. Booting it up myself, I felt the same as I was greeted with the gorgeous almost dollhouse visuals, and absolutely stellar music that completely hit my nostalgia of getting into PC gaming. The interface was clean, messing with curved roads was freeing, it streamlined my absolute least favorite aspect of the previous games with laying down water pipes, and I loved how everything was visualized to make the experience clearer. However, once you start to hit the borders of your city, and have to maintain it…all of that came crashing down.
Bugs started to creep as my town filled up, with pollution and garbage not working correctly, and my sims asking for endless amounts of residential area. I lamented that lack of subway options to maintain traffic, that curved roads used that limited space inefficiently, and that I couldn't mess with disasters since I can't make multiple saves. People may give reviewers crap for rating this game high, but that's because for a portion of time about as long as a AAA action game campaign…this game IS fun. What's worse, is that if they'd just sacrifice some fidelity, and open up that city size, they could reclaim so much ground, more so than putting out that futuristic expansion. It was an experience front-loaded with fun, ending up tricking reviewers (not unlike Total War: Rome 2), and I suspect it won't be the last. It was also another nail in the coffin for games that take single-player experiences, and force online infrastructure on them...clearly a trend gamers want to see dead.
Taking nostalgia the opposite way, I had the pleasure of playing Shadow Warrior this year. It was a remake to a shooter back in the days of when I first loved them: the late 90s. Oh how 90s it was too, forgoing the hyper-serious grit, slow movement, heavy scripting, and reliance on cover with regen health…all things I am starting to dislike in modern shooters. It wasn't just surprising how much I enjoyed all that crap not being there, but how much I liked the older school focus on dodging and generally higher speed, the slightly garish overly saturated art, the over the top weapons with no loadout limitations, and just being built entirely around a keyboard/mouse first vs. a controller.
Within a few short hours, a mix of old and new school design, plus one weapon, provided me the most visceral experience I've had this whole year. Even the story decided to be interesting, all in some attempt I felt just designed to mess with me, and fight for my GOTY. If XCOM and Dishonored hadn't continued with their expanded content, it likely would've been, and that still amazes me. All of these top 3 games have one thing in common though: they're all re-imaginings of old school design, mixed with new sensibilities, and it's a powerful combination. This trend of mixing old school design philosophy and new school innovation isn't some temporary thing...it's arguably what I see defined in the indie market itself, and thankfully looks to only be growing. What I do love about older games is I feel they put more attention on the player, and asked alot of us, rather than just wanting to lock us in for the roller-coaster ride.
A lot of talk in 2013 was surrounding Kickstarter, crowdfunding, Steam early access, and just the concept of playing unfinished games. Out of that process, the audience is able to play games earlier than ever before, and get each new major build up until release. What actually sold me on the concept though wasn't an indie game going through this process, but rather Blizzard. My experience through the beta of Hearthstone surprised me, because while the game is clearly not done, I had more fun with it than many supposed finished and polished products. For the first time too, a collectible card game finally transitioned into an interface that didn't feel clunky and boring for a video game. Card Hunter and Scrolls look to also open up CCGs in video games.
There was solid visual and audio feedback for everything you performed, and a fairly quick pace to play. As someone familiar with Magic the Gathering, I expected a lengthy dull tutorial, but Hearthstone managed to teach its rules under an hour without feeling like a boring info-dump. Then something odd happened, the game managed to fit itself into my daily routine. Normally at work if I'm not free for lunch around the same time as my co-workers, I eat my food while watching netflix on my laptop, but now that time was dedicated to sessions of Hearthstone. I'm not alone in enjoying this game so much, and its lengthy time as an unfinished product seems to have only benefited getting the word out. If anything, these crowdfunding campaigns, Steam Greenlight pages, and just playing unfinished titles is a far more enjoyable and less cynical form of marketing than I feel we regularly get from larger publishers.
The interesting aspect of this whole crowdfunding, or crowdvoting in Greenlight's case, is that we've yet to see alot of it come to fruition yet. Most of the newsworthy titles are due to release next year as complete products, and judging by the success...we'll see if the trend grows or wilts. And you know what? I'm EXCITED to see what happens, more so than these new consoles, Steamboxes, or traditional game releases. I wanna know if a new channel of game distribution can open, because it benefits us all if it succeeds.
So again, what are the games that surprised you, and what things did they do that you expect more of in 2014?


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Living museum comes to AirFest 2010
By 1st Lt. Natassia Cherne | 502nd Air Base Wing OL-A Public Affairs | Sept. 1, 2010
The Pearl Harbor reenactment of Tora Tora Tora fills the sky with smoke behind the F-22 Raptor during AirFest 2008. The explosive aerial history lesson is among the headliners at Lackland AirFest 2010 Nov. 6-7 at the historic Kelly Field Annex flight line. (USAF photo/Robbin Cresswell) (Photo by Robbin Cresswell)
The crowd looks on as Tora Tora Tora reenacts the bombing of Pearl Harbor during AirFest 2008. The explosive aerial history lesson is among the headliners at Lackland AirFest 2010 Nov. 6-7 at the historic Kelly Field Annex flight line. (USAF photo/Penny Lindley) (Photo by Penny Lindley)
Tora Tora Tora fly in formation while practicing for AirFest 2008. The explosive aerial history lesson is among the headliners at Lackland AirFest 2010 Nov. 6-7 at the historic Kelly Field Annex flight line. (USAF photo/Alan Boedeker) (Photo by Alan Boedeker)
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Tora! Tora! Tora!, an explosive aerial history lesson featuring a reenactment of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, will be among the headliners at Lackland AirFest 2010 Nov. 6-7 at the historic Kelly Field Annex flight line.
Performed by the Commemorative Air Force, the group began in 1972 after six replica Japanese aircraft were donated to the CAF. Thirty-eight years later, the pilots and ground crews perform 12 to 16 shows a year, bringing a little bit of history to every aerial performance.
"When I was a boy, my parents took me to an air show in Kansas. I'll never forget the first time I saw a B-17 flying low over the runway with one gear down, and the sound of many Zeros (Japanese fighter planes) attacking overhead. Dec. 7, 1941, is a day that will live in infamy, and I will always have an image of (the Pearl Harbor bombing) because of shows like Tora! Tora! Tora!," said Col. William H. Mott V, 37th Training Wing commander.
The group's motto is "least we forget," a reflection of why volunteers from all over the country give their time to ensure an accurate representation for generations born after World War II.
The group's mission is to tell a story that will forever be a part of our nation's history. A reenactment from Tora! Tora!! Tora! is not a typical history lesson. The show includes eight to 10 aircraft, a bomb squad, and 61 pyrotechnic effects. Every performance is a living museum that promises to be as fresh and exciting as their very first show.
With security being Lackland's No. 1 priority, visitors will be prohibited from bringing concealed weapons, ice chests, backpacks, large bags, alcohol, skates and skateboards. These items must be left in the vehicle. Pets, with the exception of assistance or guide dogs, will not be allowed at the event.
Gates for AirFest 2010 will open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 6-7. For more information, visit http://www.lackland.af.mil/airshow.


In th fall of 2012, while reporting from the Turkish/Syrian border, Peter Theo Curtis—who had been publishing under the name Theo Padnos for security purposes—disappeared. It wasn't until July 2013, when photojournalist Matthew Schier was released from captivity in Syria, that Americans could confirm those same captors were holding Curtis. This weekend Curtis was also released, and we can now present his writing under his real name.
This article was originally published under the name Theo Padnos on May 9, 2011.
I was living in Damascus in early 2009 during the Gaza war. The entire city turned tense, and my neighborhood with it. Store owners along the popular shopping avenues decorated their windows with pictures of blood splattered, scorched Palestinian kids. A popular caricature of Tzipi Livni, who was then the Israeli foreign minister, had her lipstick melting into a drool of blood and her eyes colored to suggest beaming demonic light. Across the exterior of the mosques, citizens hung banners depicting recently killed Palestinian soldiers. Their lips were frozen in beatific smiles as if the souls of the dead were ascending into heaven just as the photographer snapped his shots.
At the height of the war, I went to see a musical in the Dar al Assad House of Culture, the official venue for state sponsored culture in Syria. The show—a benefit for the victims in Gaza titled All of Us Together, Without Hesitation—presented a narrative history of the war on terror from the morning of September 11 to the present. This narrative rewrote history a bit, and skipped lightly over some basic facts, but the best numbers showed the crowd of youthful Syrians what they have always wanted to believe about themselves and about terrorism. For this reason, it was warmly, even tearfully received.
Later, when the script turned to the central theme of the evening, namely massacres, we learned that the morning of September 11, 2001 had delivered a shock to the Arab system as well, and that the terrorist attacks in New York had been the beginning of a long process of awakening. "On the day the world changed, I was dreaming in my bed," went the lyrics to one full-cast, Hair-like number. "I awoke late as usual, and opened my eyes on the newspaper—the day which changed the world!" The truth this cast member awoke to was that a high-tech power had lately established a beachhead next door, and that it was busying itself with murder.
Neither this metaphor nor any other in the show was especially subtle, and so by the end of the evening, I'm pretty sure everyone in the audience understood what the musical wished to say about the real nature of the bloodletting we had been watching day and night on Al Jazeera, and gazing at in the shop windows. The general was Israel. The conflict we were living through, meanwhile, was the result of two morally opposed civilizations living in proximity. On one side of the equation lived a people closely connected to the land. Rimawi put it this way to me later in an interview: "It's like you say [in English], we say [in Arabic]—the salt of the earth. We are in everything in this place. We are in the trees. We are in the earth. We are in the air and in the rain." Islam hadn't united this people, Rimawi stressed in our interview, nor had religion of any kind. Neither, for that matter, did the fanciful boundaries that Gertrude Bell and her friend T.E. Lawrence drew up after the First World War. Rather, in the show, this people-of-the-earth was united by decency. It sang and loved. It lived. The signal characteristic of the enemy, in contrast, was inhumanity. It was a government equipped with high-tech devices, which it used to kill people. Its major function was the production of death.
Because the show was being presented under the patronage of the Syrian president, and because we were watching it in a performance hall to which he had given his name, and because everyone in Syria thinks about Bashar al-Assad all the time no matter what's going on, but especially on patriotic occasions like this, it would have been impossible for the audience not to understand that we were also being cued to remember important facts about the leader of the nation.
The most salient point on that evening was that Bashar al-Assad, like the heroes in the musical, dared to oppose Israel. Egypt didn't. Jordan didn't. Obama certainly didn't. Bashar al-Assad did. The other truth, which the radio stations and government newspapers were echoing (as they've been doing for a decade now), was that Bashar al-Assad had accomplished something governments in Iraq, Lebanon, the Occupied Territories, and Israel could only dream of: He built a peaceful society. He took the raw materials of the place—the Shia, the Alawite, the Protestant, the Orthodox Christian, the Sunni, to say nothing of the flourishing secular class in Syria—and united them under a single government.
Until recent weeks, an aura of gratitude and Assad-worship has hovered over all public gatherings in Damascus. This has been a fundamental aspect of public life in Syria, as indubitable as the mosques and the dust. It would be hard to argue that the love has been fake. In the fall of 2005, a U.N. report implicated high-level officials in the Assad government in the assassination of the Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri. No one in Syria believed a word of the report, and within hours of it being issued, the streets of Damascus filled with cheerful, laughing citizens, many of whom were carrying giant, larger than life pictures of Assad. The squares were seas of bobbing portraits. Even now, Syrians remember those October afternoons as a time of national togetherness and pride.
Perhaps the real secret of the public affection for Assad had to do with the fact that he wasn't his dad. He was a kinder and gentler Assad. At the same time, it might also be true to say that people loved this young man because he was his dad's son. Everyone in Syria knows that growing up in the shadow of Hafez al-Assad would have been an accomplishment in its own right. It was a feat the whole nation could admire.
No one disputes that Hafez had a violent streak. No one disputes that he bombed, then leveled the city of Hama in 1982, causing the deaths of many thousands of people (10,000? 20,000? No one knows, since there's never been a government investigation, nor any hint of a truth-and-reconciliation-style commission). No one disputes that violence in the family took an inward turn thereafter.
In 1983, when Hafez al-Assad was in the hospital with heart troubles, Bashar's uncle, Rifaat, led a mutiny in the nation's military which brought Syria to the brink of civil war. Hafez somehow revived himself. The rogue uncle fled. Eleven years later, Bashar's elder brother, Bassel, managed to kill himself in a high speed car accident. The younger brother, Maher, a shadowy figure who has established himself as head of the much-feared presidential guard, has turned up on YouTube videos photographing freshly massacred corpses with his cell phone. He has a funny air of abstraction about him, like someone indulging a scientific interest in the effect of bombs on human flesh.
Later that year Assad married Asma, a daughter of Syrian immigrants to England. She had grown up as Emma in Acton. She studied French at University College London, then went on to become an investment banker. Over the ensuing decade, she and President Assad cautiously but deliberately set about dispersing the cloud of medievalism which hung over Syria during the thirty year reign of the father.
Among other things, the younger Assad allowed the internet to spread in Syria. He also permitted fancier, newer, non-Iranian cars to be imported into the country (a crowd-pleasing gesture in Syria, if ever there was one). He spoke often—continues to speak—about reform. His signal accomplishment, of course, was not allowing whatever was consuming Iraq, and whatever had provoked wars in Lebanon and Gaza, to spread across the border into Syria. The docteur, as Syrians sometimes call him, and his pretty young wife kept the peace.
The longer the story of this shy Camelot couple lasted, the more people believed. Everyone wanted it to be true. It was true, in a sense, last winter, when James Nachtwey, the fashion photographer, and Joan Juliet Buck, a writer at Vogue, turned up in Syria to profile Asma, the president's wife. After taking note of the first lady's tote bag (silk, Laboutin) and the president's eyes (blue), Buck wrote of a first family busy with microcredit associations, music schools, and the promotion of what Asma called "active citizenship." The household, with its three sons, was "run on wildly democratic principles," wrote Buck. "We all vote on what we want, and where," said Asma. "The chandelier over the dining table is made of cut-up comic books," Buck explained. "They outvoted us three to two on that," said Asma.
Later in the article the French ambassador to Syria, Eric Chevalier, repeated what had, by February 2011, become the conventional wisdom of the international diplomatic community: "[Asma] managed to get people to consider the possibilities of a country that's modernizing itself, that stands for a tolerant secularism in a powder-keg region, with extremists and radicals pushing in from all sides—and the driving force for that rests largely on the shoulders of one couple." Hillary Clinton apparently shared this perspective when she appeared on "Face the Nation" a few weeks after the Vogue article was published. In her view, Assad was a reformer: Recent congressional delegations containing members of both parties, she said, had visited him in Syria and had come away with this impression.
It's all been true in a way—or at least it's been true if you were willing to overlook just a few details. For instance you had to avoid mentioning the name of the president in public under any circumstances, and had to avoid the names of his family members, particularly his little brother. It was a good idea never to mention the name of the city his father leveled, and when you met people from there, it was expected that both of you would pretend to have no knowledge of what had happened in Hama a generation ago. You were not expected to know anything about the circumstances in which Rafik Hariri died, and if you did, you were certainly not supposed to mention that Maher al Assad, Bashar's younger brother, has been linked by cell phone records to the scene of the crime. One thing you were certainly not supposed to wonder about was who was really in charge of the nation. If you supposed that aging generals, friends of the father, along with Maher himself maintained an important kind of control over the government, you were supposed to keep your suppositions to yourself.
Anyone who's lived in Syria for more than a week has probably noticed that almost all young people frequently speak of wanting to leave. "The air is strangling me," is an expression one hears from time to time on people's lips. "Between you and me, I'm disgusted," is another refrain one hears, especially from young women. Of course, these expressions don't make sense at first. It's best that way. When young people in Damascus joke about suicide or leaving for jihad, as they sometimes do, you're supposed to laugh, because they're laughing. Maybe you don't notice how serious they are when they're joking about death. Good.
"Have you ever seen a funeral?" Iyad sang in his solo number in All of Us Together, Without Hesitation. "In Sham [Damascus], we are a funeral. We are a funeral." In Assad's Syria, you weren't supposed to pay these refrains much attention. If you prayed at the mosques, you were supposed to gloss over the bits in the speeches which spoke of death as a welcome release, and of the stultifying conditions for young people (the broken universities, the laughable salaries, the menial work) as a minor thing, like life, that would soon be over.
a voice will say: "we have a ship.
If life in Syria sometimes felt like life among the living dead, with paradise on the lips of the preachers and massacres in the shop windows, you were supposed to do your best to ignore this. All of this was merely a metaphor … for something. It would never be real.
If you believed this, and if you kept your head down, as good citizens in Syria must, you probably would have been okay. If you never broke the rules and never dreamed about breaking them, you might even have been happy. You wouldn't have had much of a future, of course, and you would have been living in a kind of exotic dream world, but you might well have been okay.
It happened that on the day Mubarak resigned, February 11, 2011, Facebook organizers had planned a "Day of Rage" in Syria. That Friday came and went with not a thing stirring in the streets of Damascus. In this exceptional republic, one thing you were definitely not supposed to do was to repeat the slogan which did so much to bring down Mubarak in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia, while causing a god-awful mess in Yemen. Those six words—"the people want to topple the regime" (in Arabic: al shab ureed askat al nizam)—have a rhythm like a soccer chant. But their real power is in their shamelessness. Arabic is a language of beautiful circumlocution. Young people are supposed to show respect toward those of higher status by repeating their elaborate courtesies. "The people want to topple the regime" is a stab in the heart of all of that.
Apparently some mischievous children in the city of Deraa, along the Jordanian border, scrawled this slogan on a wall in mid-March. They were duly arrested. Shortly thereafter, on March 20 and 23, spontaneous protests formed in the streets of the city. The demonstrators were then shot, apparently by snipers. The bleeding corpses and the panicked cries of witnesses soon turned up on YouTube and Al Jazeera.
This violence was so astonishing to the majority in Syria that no one, at first, believed it. What about the kindly First Couple? They would never countenance such a thing and, anyway, the media always lie.
In conversation with friends over the phone in Syria, I heard alternative theories. A band of maniacs had descended on the city? Perhaps Iranians? Freemasons? A rogue police unit, which would be tried and punished, was responsible?
But citizens in other cities in Syria were watching Al Jazeera. They resented seeing their fellow citizens picked off the way dogs in the street are picked off. They resented the cold, impersonal government, focused apparently to the exclusion of everything else on killing. For his part, Assad hid during the first week of the violence, apparently in counsel with … whom? His younger brother? Generals? His wife? Anyway, he didn't say a word.
The chanting spread to Latakia. There, the citizens were likewise shot at and killed by rooftop snipers. Suddenly, there were many more videos on Al Jazeera, and YouTube-Syria channels overflowed. One YouTube video showed a group of youths lying in the road, possibly somewhere near Deraa, as a government tank approached. Given what had been happening in recent days, it seems likely these young people expected to die. As the tank approaches, they call out to god but do not move. In another, more terrifying video, a young man has smeared his torso in blood. He stands in the center of a road with his arms thrown back and his ribcage thrust forward, like someone who has already been shot. He doesn't even bother to summon death. The government troops are coming. He knows what they're there for. In the next instant, the bullets are flying, and the young man drops to the pavement along with a crowd of other, similarly defenseless young men.
A few days after the killings in Latakia came the pro-Assad demonstrations: tens of thousands of people at the Square of the Seven Seas in Damascus, clustered around a burbling fountain. Their chant: "Hey Bashar, hey Bashar, you need not fret; for you, we will fill the squares with blood." After this, other anti-Assad demonstrators appeared in Homs, and still others appeared in Deir al-Zour. Their chant: "To heaven we will go, martyred in the millions" (A Jennah rahiheen, as shoohada bil milayeen).
Now the demonstrations are getting bigger. The funerals following the demonstrations are bigger still. Lately the police have begun killing the funeral goers. Every week, new cities take up the chant: The people want to topple the regime. Every week, the government brings in squadrons to shoot the chanters. Every week, new, more horrible videos are uploaded to YouTube.
Since the beginning of the unrest in Syria, President Assad has made two speeches to the nation, but neither of them has addressed the only issue that matters at the moment: the squadrons of snipers. Do they belong to the president's little brother, as everyone in Syria supposes? It doesn't matter. They now have effective control over the nation. What do they intend do with it? And what have the demonstrators done to deserve such violence? The citizens in Syria are in no position to ask these questions. They thus have no answers.
To Westerners at least, it seems clear that no government can exist for very long if it behaves this way. To kill one's own people, indiscriminately, while bystanders film the crimes on cell phones and others call out to god, is to hasten the end of one's own regime (another chant heard recently in the streets:"Hey Bashar, hey Bashar: We want your head"). The Assad family seems to be committing its own kind of suicide. Does anyone within the president's inner circle realize this? It would seem not.
One of the most bewildering dynamics in the Syrian revolution so far has been the tranquil, workaday, duty-calls attitude with which the snipers seem to be carrying out their work. On Friday afternoons at around 12 p.m., they wait from their rooftop perches for the believers to come streaming out of the mosques. This is usually a time of heightened togetherness in Arab countries, and those in the streets tend to feel close to god and clean. They are awake in a spiritual sense. In Syria, the chanting has begun in these instants.
If we in the West understood why the snipers keep shooting, and why the demonstrators keep chanting, we might not be such helpless, uninformed spectators in this conflict. But we don't understand.
Years of government propaganda and mosque preaching have conditioned Syrians to understand exactly how they are to behave in the face of such a lunatic force. They are to resist, and to sacrifice themselves. Above all, they are to defend the land. If they die, they will die struggling on the path of god, as martyrs.


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ust about twelve months ago, I flipped for a very cool pair of clogs from Rag & Bone. Naturally, I had to blog about it here on ECHID. The Esme was the style name. And although the price was eye-crossingly expensive, I took the leap. I'm so glad I did.
Around that same time, Rag & Bone also made a desert boot version of this shoe available, the Inez. Since my size 11 foot just barely fit into their heelless style, I passed on picking this one up.
But then along comes fall 2016, and what do I see on the world wide web? More wooden goodness from Rag & Bone. They've redesigned their Inez desert boot style with a shearling lining (available through Barneys.com).
And then there's the Nelson (available through Zappos.com among others). Woot!
It's a band, not a person. A trio, in fact. Three sisters from Portland, Oregon. Older sister Natalie Closner along with her younger twin sisters Meegan and Allison. Made their recording debut in 2014. Just released a new album this past August. I was introduced to their music while working on a project at my day job this past week. As I dug through their videos on YouTube, I was delighted to discover that they have a clog fan in their lineup. This song is from their first album Native Dreamer Kin.
It was the sound of their current single "White Flag" that caught my ear. But after watching their performance on Conan just now, I see I need to raise that clog fan count to 2.
I only first mentioned it here on ECHID at the end of last month, but I hemmed and hawed a few milliseconds before I placed my order. Just to long enough to debate whether it was worth the risk of ordering it in hopes that it would fit. If you're new to this blog you need to know that I take a tall size shoe and that with my 11" long feet, I'm right on the border with most shoe makers. Some of them don't even bother with anything over a 10. I can't tell you how many thousands of dollars that has saved me from spending. But to the handful that do venture into size 11 and 12 land, I am eternally grateful.
Kelsi Dagger offers their Farren Vintage bootie in black and in tan up to a size 11. I snapped up a black pair from Nordstrom. (You can find this style currently on sale on Nasty Gal, though size selection is limited.) I ordered them along with another clog boot in a size 11, but unfortunately that style (the Razzoli from Kork-Ease) was less merciful to my toes. It's sitting in my foyer waiting a trip to the mall for a return.
But the Farren? Well, I'm rocking that pair right this minute. I even had a clerk come up to me at Whole Foods to compliment them this morning. Gotta love that!
Oh, dear! I just looked at the Nordstrom website. Their selection of sizes is dwindling. I mentioned that Nasty Gal was carrying it. And via Google I see listings on Macy's and on the Kelsi Dagger website.
f you haven't been reading the news lately, you might not have heard that we had an election here in the United States. A very divisive one, in fact. There was an upset victory. And a lot, a lot, of pollsters and pundits found themselves just plain wrong in their predictions.
Personally, I have very strong opinions about how the election turned out...as do most of my fellow voters...whichever candidate they backed. And while I have a lot that I could say, I don't think this blog is the place to say it.
Several years ago I worked for an FM radio station that presented itself as a relaxation format. In fact, I was actually on the air the morning the jets were flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th. In the days and weeks that followed, there was an onslaught of media coverage on TV, on news radio stations, on the internet. Yes, there were valid and important questions to be answered. But the truth was that the facts were very slow in emerging. In an attempt to inform, media outlets were overwhelming us with their output. And so on my relaxation station, we had a positioning statement we ran on the air during that time period.
"Too much information, not enough answers. Take a break with our music."
We weren't advocating escapism. The point wasn't to put on blinders and ignore what was going on in the world. Quite to the contrary, we felt that it was our duty to give people a refuge when they needed to take a break and replenish themselves. And from the feedback we got from our listeners at that time, we delivered just what they needed.
At this point following the 2016 presidential election, I think myself and a lot of my family, friends, and acquaintances are in the same position. It's all too clear what has taken place. But what we want to know for our own peace of mind is how it will affect our lives, the people we care about, the people who are vulnerable in our society, our country's relationship to the world at large, the future of our way of life, and the future of our planet. We've got information. What we need are answers.
I, unfortunately, have to admit that I have none. Only opinions. And while I'm happy to engage with anyone about those in the right setting, preferably seated comfortably speaking in conversational tones, I feel a need to honor the mission of this blog and keep the conversation here on course. Every Clog Has Its Day is dedicated to those who choose to live their lives in a way that diverges from the accepted norm. My readers are clearly people who march...or even clomp...to the beat of a different drummer. Over the years we've laughed together, cringed together, been astonished together, and even shopped together. So let me get back to business as usual in this corner of the web that is as wide as the world. There's no shortage of places online to wrestle with the political turmoil that America is in at the moment. Whichever candidate you backed, it's clear that there was an equally vehement, comparably sized electorate that voted the other way...which makes finding the common ground necessary to move forward as an effective people even more difficult. These are not going to be easy times. I hope you'll do your part and be engaged in the process of finding a solution. And then I hope you'll wander back to this URL and enjoy this website as a port in the storm, a place to come to and nurture your own independent fashion spirit before heading back out to ponder further the question of "Where do we all go from here?"


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I read an interesting article today relating to the rise of Gluten Intolerance in the West. It seems that, more and more, more people are adopting a gluten free diet, even if they have not been diagnosed with any form of gluten allergy. Granted, the diet can be healthier for you, but at what cost? People need to educate themselved more on the topic prior to jumping on the gluten free bandwagon.
The concensus among leading researchers is that allergic and autoimmune disorders are on the rise worldwide. Most of the rise affects well developed countries a great deal more than undeveloped countries. Why is this you ask? Simple, "hygiene theory". This refers to the fact that most people in developed countries are generally clean people. Hygiene and cleanliness is important to us so we avoid anything dirty or unsanitary. The downside to this is this makes us much more suseptible to to disease and allergies. Our bodies do not get enough "face time" fighting these issues and thus attacks itself rather than the bad substances and can cause permanent damage if allowed to continue.
For this reason, it is really a bad idea for anyone to attempt to self-diagnose themselves and subsequently follow a gluten free diet without consulting a physician. A gluten free diet is not necessarily good for you if you do not have a gluten intolerance or celiac disease. Unfortunately, with all the press, gluten free diets have been getting recently, more and more people seem to think that it is a good idea for them to follow a gluten free diet. Wheat, in general, is difficult for even healthy people to digest. For people that self diagnose themselves and then eliminate it from their diet, it will be very difficult to go back to a regular diet if they find out that they, in fact, are not gluten intolerant. Further, if you are a healthy person and you eliminate gluten from you diet, you run the risk of excessive intake of carbs and micronutrient deficiency. Bottom line is, do not try to self diagnose yourself when it comes to gluten intolerance.
Many researchers agree that allery-type disorders and autoimmune disorders tend to increase at a rate of double every 20 years or so. Most of this is attributed to the hygiene theory, but I suspect some of it should be attributed to the way food is grown and the additives added to try to increase crop production. Regardless of the specific reasons, I believe gluten intolerance is here to stay. I, personally, have been gluten free for 2 years and embrace the increased attention it has been receiving. Hopefully, more food manufacturers will jump on board and produce more and more products that are gluten free. It's really not a fun diet to be on so, if you don't have to live gluten free, then enjoy the finer things in life; like bread.


Have you considered spending a few days on project volunteering at a local orphanage?
It is our privilege to lead summer projects that directly connect with God's profound love for the fatherless and motherless. Students love having a humanitarian aid component to their summer projects. The statistics and stories we gather indicate that a significant number of students go on summer projects primarily because of the orphan care component or that it was what confirmed their desire to join a particular project. Also, some students not previously involved with Cru are drawn to come with us because they desire expressing both Good News and Good Deeds. And, what a tremendous joy it is that several orphans give their lives to Christ each year!
How do I find an orphanage in the city I'm going to?
Check out this list of orphanages around the world that Cru has partnered with in previous years. If your city is not on this list, contact the Christian Alliance for Orphans to see if they know of an orphanage in your city. If they don't know of one, you can also Google "(Your city Name) Orphanage."
Does the orphanage need to be Christian-based?
Although it would be nice if the orphanage is Christian-based, it is not necessary. The main benefit of it being Christian is that your students would have more freedom to have Gospel conversations with the children.
How should I get in contact with the orphanage?
Once you've found an orphanage, it would be best to begin an email correspondence with the director of the orphanage before you go on your project. At the end of this document there are some email templates you can use to initiate with the orphanage.
When and how often should our team go to the orphanage while on project?
Depending on how long you'll be in country, you should plan to go to the orphanage 1-3 times. It is best to plan these visits at strategic times in the project's cycle of momentum. The main caution is that you want to avoid creating a dynamic where serving at the orphanage competes with doing evangelism on campus. Serving at the orphanage should support (not compete with) the primary missional objective of your project, which is to develop a spiritual movement on campus.
Should we invite students we meet on campus to come with us to the orphanage?
Yes. Involving students you meet on campus is a critical component of incorporating orphan care (and other Gospel demonstration activities) into your project. Not involving students increases the likelihood that serving at the orphanage will become an activity that is detached from (and possibly competes with) your project's primary missional objective.
Should we bring supplies/gifts from America to give to the orphanage/orphans?
When you are corresponding with the director of the orphanage prior to your trip, ask them to identify the orphanage's greatest needs and ask them what (if anything) would be helpful to bring from the U.S. (e.g., school supplies, books, toiletries, toys, etc.).
How can we use the orphan care experience to teach students about God's heart for orphans, widows, and outcasts?
Another strategic resource we encourage all teams doing orphan care to invest in is SENT – an interactive devotional & journal created by Cru. Order at the Hope For Orphans website .
What are some evangelistic resources we can share with the children?
Discover God 4 Kids - Spanish version is coming soon.
The Greatest Promise - Multiple languages available.
How can I help my students use this service opportunity as an occasion to initiate Gospel conversations with the students they invite?
How can we debrief the experience and cast vision for adopting a missional lifestyle that integrates proclaiming and demonstrating the Gospel?
See the Live It & Tell It sections in the SENT guidebook for other questions you can use to generate discussion after the orphan care experiences. You also can find multiple articles about debriefing at the Summer Project Debrief on the Wiki. Many of these articles highlight how to incorporate the Word, story-telling, evaluation, celebration and steps to take after the experience.
Christian Alliance For Orphans - Cru is a member of CAFO, most of the book resources below came from this website.
Books about orphans and orphan care – all can be found on Amazon, unless noted.
Orphanology: Awakening Gospel-Centered Adoption and Orphan Care by Tony Merida and Rick Morton.
Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt.
Dangerous Surrender: What Happens When You Say Yes to God by Kay Warren.
Three Names of Me (a children's book) by Mary Cummings.
The Christians Response to the Fatherless (DVD). Find in the FamilyLife.com store.
Adopted by God: From Wayward Sinners to Cherished Children by Robert A. Peterson.
My name is Monica Montoya I work with Cru (Cru) in the United States and this summer (May 10th – June 22nd) I'm bringing a group of Christian college students to Addis Ababa to help establish/build a Christian ministry at the University of Addis Ababa.
As part of our mission trip, we would like to spend a few days serving at an orphanage near the campus. I found out about your orphanage from the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
Could you please tell me about your orphanage, its greatest needs, and whether you'd be open to having us volunteer at your orphanage while we're in Addis Ababa this summer?
My name is Monica Montoya I work with Cru (Cru) in the United States and this summer (May 10th – June 22nd) I'm bringing a group of college students to Bogota to partner with students at the University of Colombia in their efforts to serve the campus and surrounding community.
As part of our program, we would like to spend a few days serving at an orphanage in Bogota.
Could you please tell me about your orphanage, its greatest needs, and whether you'd be open to having us volunteer at your orphanage while we're in Bogota this summer?
My name is Monica Montoya and this summer (May 10th – June 22nd) I'll be in Jinan with a group of U.S. college students participating in a language and cultural immersion program.
As part of our program, we would like to spend a few days serving at an orphanage in Jinan.
Could you please tell me about your orphanage, its greatest needs, and whether you'd be open to having us volunteer at your orphanage while we're in Jinan this summer?


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Ms. Shaheen Mistri's work for children over three decades has mobilized thousands of people to work together for a systemic change in education. She has built the largest network of education change-makers in the country.
Ms. Mistri founded the first Akanksha Centre in 1989. Today, Akanksha Foundation has expanded from serving 15 children in one Centre to almost 9000 children across Mumbai and Pune. In 2008, searching for a way to impact more children, Ms. Shaheen founded Teach For India (TFI), with the audacious vision of providing an excellent education to all children across India by building a movement of leaders committed to ending educational inequity in India. It has introduced various innovative programmes, which pushes its sense of possibility, spreads its learning and provide kids, educators, and entrepreneurs with a platform for dialogue.
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Duroflex Mattresses to expand presence in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Duroflex Mattresses is adding retail presence in Hyderabad as well as expanding capacity at its Hyderabad manufacturing unit.
Sharing the company's plans, Mathew Chandy, managing director, Duroflex, told Telangana Today, "We set up our Hyderabad facility during April 2018 with a capacity of 500 mattresses per day. The unit is catering to both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh markets. Business has doubled in these markets with the establishment of the facility. Hyderabad's consumption is also increasing steadily."
The Rs 500-crore mattress maker, which has six manufacturing facilities including one in Hyderabad plans to invest about Rs 100 crore for expansion, which will include doubling capacity in Hyderabad unit and setting up a unit in west. The company plans to take its total capacity from 6 lakh units per year to about 10 lakh units across its facilities.
Duroflex, the first mattress company to be ISO 9001 certified, makes hybrid mattresses with spring, rubberised coir and foam. "We are also catering to export markets such as the US, Japan, Germany and Korea. Domestic sales still account for 90 per cent of the total sales. Within India, we find southern markets to be significantly contributing to our mattress sales," he added.
When asked about the segment growth, he said, India's Rs 10,000-crore mattress industry is growing at about 10 per cent per annum but only about 35 per cent is in the organised sector.
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On behalf of the Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) and the 2019 Forum Organising Committee, I invite you to join us in South Australia for the 2019 ANCOLD Dam Operators Forum from 27 – 28 March 2019.
The National Wine Centre, Adelaide, SA will host the 2019 Forum. It is a perfect venue on the edge of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens for us to focus on dam operations and the challenges we all face with "doing more with less". We will spend 27th March making new acquaintances and renewing past friendships while visiting Mount Bold dam in the Mount Lofty Ranges before travelling further south to visit the barrages on the Murray River at Goolwa. This will set us up for the Forum on 28th March for sharing our experiences and learning from each other about how we can continue to operate dams safely while our resources and budgets are cut and our dam assets continue to age. Come and share you innovative ideas and successes on how you have used new technology, materials and processes to ensure your dams are able to operate safely.
This Forum is for Operators with a strong practical focus on operation and maintenance so please come and join us in Adelaide in March 2019. We would love you to join us and hear your stories.


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Crystal Palace sign Leicester's Jeffrey Schlupp
Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Leicester City midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp for an undisclosed fee.
After being appointed as the new manager of the Eagles, Sam Allardyce has finally made his first new signing in the form of the Ghanaian playmaker .
#CPFC are delighted to announce the signing of @Jeffrey_Schlupp from @LCFC on a four-and-a-half year deal!#WelcomeSchlupp ?? pic.twitter.com/rcikZzZUA4
Palace have announced that Schlupp has been offered a four-and-a-half year deal at Selhurst Park, and Allardyce seems delighted to complete the transfer of the 24-year-old.
He told the club's official website: "I am delighted we have been able to secure Jeffrey's services, he is a player I have admired for some time and is a talented and athletic player.
"He will bring strength and experience to the defence and will be a major asset for the club having just turned 24 years old."
Schlupp leaves the Foxes after scoring 15 goals from 150 appearances in all competitions.
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After leaving Germany, John Konrad Meidenbauer arrived in New Berlin, Wisconsin in July 1848. He purchased 84 acres of land that included this two-story log house on Lawnsdale Road. The house was constructed of hand-hewn oak logs and built upon a stone cellar that was used to store fruits and vegetables. John Konrad Meidenbauer's nephew, John Michael Meidenbauer purchased the farm in 1882. His 12 children were born in this log house. John Michael Meidenbauer's son, Arthur, purchased the farm in 1943. His marriage produced 4 children, who donated the log house to the New Berlin Historical Society in 1986. The log house was disassembled, and then reconstructed on its present site in 1987.
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