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Kansas High School Basketball - Wheatland-Grinnell tipped by DightonFebruary 21, 2019: Dighton, KS 67839
In Thursday's non-league match, the host Dighton Hornets basketball team scored a tight 38-37 triumph over the Wheatland-Grinnell Thunderhawks.
In their next game, the Hornets meet the Quinter Bulldogs (Quinter, KS) in a non-league match, on Saturday, February 23. Dighton will attempt to better on its 13-9 season record. The Bulldogs enter the match with a 9-12 record after their 45-39 non-league win over Weskan (Weskan, KS).
With the defeat, Wheatland-Grinnell moves to 10-12 on the year.


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Happy New Year! Today’s the first Sunday of the Christian liturgical year. And the first words from the scripture that we hear today, from the prophecy of Jeremiah, are filled with hope.
“The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah. In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David a just shoot.”
When the Jews exiled in Babylon heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, they were certain that it was predicting their liberation by a charismatic, military leader. He would lead them back to Judah. He would restore Jerusalem to its former glory. There would be peace.
This prophecy came true for the Jewish people. However, it wasn’t because of a Jewish uprising. The Persian king Cyrus swept down and conquered the entire Babylonian empire. Shortly thereafter he released the Jewish captives and even helped them rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
The Gospel reading for this new year is also hopeful. However, its message is cloaked in apocalyptic imagery. “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”
This is the announcement of the Parousia, the arrival of the Son of Man, the judgment of the world and the beginning of the messianic time. The Parousia will break into history like a streak of lightening. The world as we have known it, with its rejection of God, its wars, its inhumanity, its injustice, will be judged and purged of all that resists the will of God. How can I say that today’s message is hopeful? It sounds so frightening.
In the Jewish and Christian celebration of the new year, the liturgy opens the door to the Parousia. We stand at the threshold, look at our world through the eyes of the Son of Man, judge it and purify it. Then we look through the eyes of hope to envision a new world.
Each year we repeat this cycle. We end the old world and begin a new one. New week the scriptures introduce John the Baptist into our commemoration of the new year. He is the first light of hope. His cry to us to “prepare the way of the Lord” is meant to motivate us to envision a new world, and to turn around our lives so that we might adapt to that new world.
The world is ever-changing, but not always for the better. It’s very important that the liturgy of the new year marks the beginning of a new and better world. It will be through each one of us that this world will begin to manifest itself. It’s for each one of us to prepare the way of the Lord in preparation for that great day when God will be all in all.
We have one of the most important passages in the New Testament for our reflection today. Jesus is standing in judgment before Pontius Pilate. The religious leaders are demanding his death. Pilate has little respect for the unruly people he’s ruling. He doesn’t know what they have against Jesus other than a trumped-up charge that he wants to be the King of the Jews. He knows that if a strong leader appears, they would support him in a rebellion against Rome. Evidently this man isn’t that charismatic figure and he isn’t going to lead a rebellion against Rome. Mockingly, Pilate asks Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus’ answer comes without any hesitation. “You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate couldn’t comprehend the depth of Jesus’ answer. He spits out a flippant response. “Truth, what is that?”
In a few hours Jesus will be lifted up on the cross, and from that kingly throne he will testify to the truth. He will “draw all things” to himself, and “through him, with him and in him” all of creation will give glory to God, the almighty Father.
The Feast of Christ the King declares the all-encompassing presence of Christ. We
must never forget his prayer at the Last Supper. “That they all may be one, as you Father are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us.”
Today we contemplate our harmony with one another, with all of creation and with God. Reigning from the throne of the cross, Christ the King pours out his love, the Divine Energy eternally drawing all creation into the very heart of God.
For me, my God, all joy and all achievement,
the very purpose of my being and all my love of life
depend on this one basic vision of the union between yourself and the universe…
I have no desire, I have no ability to proclaim anything
except the innumerable prolongations of your incarnate Being in the world of matter.
I can preach only the mystery of your flesh,
you the Soul shining forth through all that surrounds us.
From Mass On The Earth Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ 1923
Throughout the eight years I attended parochial grammar school. I went to the 8 o’clock “school” Mass every Friday and Sunday. This time of the year, the end of November, always stirred up a great deal of anxiety in me. The scripture readings frightened me by painting a terrifying picture of a world in turmoil. The priest added to my fears by inevitably preaching on the Last Judgment. My young mind always had me burning in the eternal fires. Here are a few of the prophecies that scared me.
“At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; it shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since the nations began until that time.” (Book of Daniel)
“Those in Judaea must flee to the mountains, and a person on a housetop must not go down and enter to get anything out of his house, and a person in a field must not return to get his cloak. Woe to the pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days…For those times will have tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of God’s creation until now, nor ever will be.” (Mark)
“After that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.” (Mark)
“Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.” (Luke)
“Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire.” (Malachi)
“But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mark)
Church was frightening enough, but the world situation frightened me even more. When I was in grade school, 1954 to 1960, the United States and Russia were rattling nuclear missiles at each other. Right off our shores, Cuba was working with Russia to mount a nuclear arsenal against us. A nuclear war seemed inevitable. We even had nuclear attack drills in schools. Public basements were designated fallout shelters. Russia “conquered” the U.S. in the race to space with its launch of Sputnik. Mao Zetong’s communism was eating up
China. The Churches were suffering persecution in Eastern Europe and China. I feared that these events were the beginning of the end.
Today, as an adult, I’m no longer frightened by the biblical prophecies. I’ve learned that the Old Testament prophecies were meant to give hope. They were promising a day of reckoning that would come for the nations that threatened the people of Israel. In Jewish tradition this global purification of Israel’s enemies would mark the beginning of a Golden Age for Israel.
The New Testament prophecies reflected, post-facto, the horrific event of the destruction of Jerusalem and the burning of the 2 nd temple in 70 CE. The event was woven into the Gospels using apocalyptic vocabulary. It marked the end of the “old time,” and the beginning of the new post-resurrection time. It offered hope to the Christian community that was suffering persecution.
Today, these same prophecies are meant to give us courage as we navigate the threats and challenges that confront us. We’re in the midst of a pandemic. On one hand, it has compelled us to work together to combat the death and sickness it brought. On the other hand, this plague has shed light on the social inequality we live with that has weakened and hampered our response to this global crisis.
Today, these prophecies are meant to give us hope as we struggle with the present political turmoil that grips our country, and so many countries around the world. Today, even our Church is in crisis. These prophecies promise a new and better world.
This is the time of year when from the darkness, injustice, suffering and violence of our present world we turn to look to a new world to come. A world where we can work together in harmony to conquer our plagues. A world in which our differences enrich us rather that separate us. A world without threat or war. A world where children live without fear.
This is the time of year we’re invited to grasp hands with the author the Book of Revelation and rejoice in his vision: “I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.”
“I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
We begin our reflection this Sunday with a passage from the First Book of Kings. A severe drought had struck the Middle East and many were in peril of starvation. In this account the prophet Elijah was about to enter the city of Zarephath. He was tired and hungry from traveling. He saw a widow gathering sticks and asked her for a cup of water which she readily went off to get for him. But he shouted after her to bring a piece of bread, too. She confessed that she only had a handful of flour and a bit of oil. She had intended to make a small bread cake that she would share with her son. After that there was no more food.
Elijah pressed her to feed him first; she and her son could eat later. He promised her that her jar of flour wouldn’t go empty, and that her jug of oil wouldn’t go dry if she extended this gesture of hospitality. She trusted the prophet and shared her bit of bread with him. Elijah’s promise came true. Her flour and oil lasted until the end of the drought.
Mark’s Gospel mirrors this account in the scene we’ve read today. He tells of an impoverished widow who came to the treasury of the temple to offer a donation. Jesus pointed the widow out as a model of selfless giving and noted that she had given all she had to live on.
We have two powerful images of generosity and trust to think about this week. But we also have two powerful images of spiritual bankruptcy.
Mark introduced the account of the poor widow with a scathing condemnation of the religious leadership. “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets. They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very serious condemnation.” He then ends the account with a disturbing proclamation. “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”
Sometimes the Gospel message brings us peace of mind or hope or a joy in realizing God’s loving relationship with us. Sometimes it makes us uncomfortable. Both are important. Today’s Gospel makes all of us, clerics and laity, quite uncomfortable.
Jesus’ condemnation of the scribes is a warning to religious leaders about the temptations posed by privilege. The scribes basked in their privilege and entitlement. Some of them even used their celebrity status to extort payment from widows for advice they’d give them. They who considered themselves examples of holiness were, in reality, the spiritually bankrupt.
Though we can identify elements of this same dynamic within the ranks of Christian leadership, we must take care not to be complicit by buying into the dynamic. Pope Francis has often condemned this element in the Church by pointing to the presence of clericalism and triumphalism among the clergy. The Church, lay and clerical, needs to take heed. Jesus called for a servant Church. We all need to be on our knees washing each other’s feet.
The poor widow’s model of generosity is a meant to disturb every one of us, rich and poor alike. By offering all the money she had to live on, she was placing herself totally in God’s hands. This was a pure act of righteousness. Some of the wealthy people in the temple with her that day were ostentatiously placing their money into the large golden trumpets used to collect donations for the temple Their donations, too, were representations of their self-giving. But they offered to God only what was unessential to their lives – “their surplus wealth.” Their reward was a caressed ego and the admiration of the adoring crowd.
We conclude this reflection with a phrase that Jesus would often use after a teaching, “Whoever has ears, ought to hear.”

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By Neil Irwin and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 18, 2008
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed government efforts to stimulate the economy yesterday, as congressional leaders and the Bush administration moved closer to agreement on a plan.
President Bush plans to lay out the principles behind his preferred stimulus today, although he will not provide details. The leading ideas in the administration are to give rebates of up to $800 to each taxpayer and introduce tax incentives for business investment, but administration officials said no decision has been made on exactly what to do to try to prevent a recession.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Congress will have a package ready for action by Jan. 28, when Bush delivers his State of the Union address. House Republicans backed away from their demand that Bush's tax cuts be made permanent, which would have been a deal-killer for Democrats. Some tension between the administration and congressional leaders remained, though, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sharply criticized Bush for talking about his stimulus plans prematurely.
While consensus was forming in Washington, yesterday was another painful day on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 306.95 points, or 2.5 percent, as Merrill Lynch reported a huge quarterly loss and a report indicated that U.S. housing starts fell 14.2 percent from November to December.
Bernanke, in testimony to the House Budget Committee, seemed to repudiate those in Congress who seek to use economic stimulus to put in place policies that would affect the economy over the longer term -- permanent tax cuts, for example, or big infrastructure projects. Bernanke explicitly and repeatedly urged Congress not to conflate policy changes that might make sense in the long run with those that would provide immediate help for the economy.
"Fiscal stimulus that comes too late will not help support economic activity in the near term, and it could be actively destabilizing if it comes at a time when growth is already improving," Bernanke said. He added later, "I think in order for this to be effective you need to move very quickly."
Bernanke has been reluctant to take on the role his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, played as the nation's economist-in-chief. Greenspan often told Congress of his economic policy preferences, but Bernanke yesterday repeatedly declined to take positions on what tax and spending levels are appropriate. ("Does Congress spend to much?" asked Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.). "That's not my call," Bernanke said.)
The Fed chairman did state some principles for what kinds of policies would do the most to keep the economy from slowing too drastically in 2008. He called the stimulus packages being considered, $50 billion to $150 billion, "reasonable." And he indicated that money provided to low- and moderate-income Americans is likely to result in more new economic activity than funds that go to people with high incomes.
Congressional leaders appeared to heed the advice about separating long-term economic policy from short-term stimulus. Pelosi emphasized, after a conference call with Bush, that Congress and the administration were working on a proposal that will be "timely, targeted, and temporary," which is consistent with what Bernanke advised in his testimony.
"We'd rather keep this as plain vanilla as we can," Budget Committee Chairman John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.) told reporters.
Republican leaders, meanwhile, indicated that they could go along with a stimulus plan that does not include a permanent extension of Bush's first-term tax cuts, which are to expire in 2011.
"They've drawn a line in the sand on the Bush tax-cut extension, so we've seen a shift," said Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), the Republicans' chief deputy whip. "There's been a realization that we need to get something done, and the expectations are not that high that we will get that done."
A senior House Democratic leadership aide said Pelosi was willing to greet the Republican offer to drop the demand to make Bush's tax cuts permanent with a concession of her own, acceptance of a significant business tax cut to encourage investment.
And House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) vowed to reach an agreement with congressional Republicans and Bush on economic stimulus, snubbing his presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the interest of bipartisanship.
In an interview with washingtonpost.com's PostTalk, Rangel dismissed the stimulus proposals of all of the presidential candidates, suggesting in particular that Clinton could be useful in the debate only if she could influence the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, on which she does not sit, or that committee's ranking Republican, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa. "This is a time where no one can afford to be partisan," Rangel said.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto said: "The headwinds that we're dealing with right now are things that we see over the next coming quarters. So we do want to try to pass something quickly." He added, "I see no obstacle to that. It seems to me that both sides of the aisle and both Houses of Congress want to try to get to an agreement."
Not everyone was getting along, however. During the conference call with Bush, Reid was angry when he heard that Bush was going to go public today with his stimulus proposals, demanding to know why the president was not waiting for a bipartisan plan. Others on the conference call had to calm Reid down, according to congressional sources, and Bush reassured him that he would be announcing only his "principles" for stimulus, not a plan.
"I am disappointed that [Bush] is rejecting a request from leaders of both parties and both chambers to work with us directly to develop a bipartisan package rather than unilaterally detailing his own approach without congressional input," Reid said in a written statement.
On the Republican side, Cantor disparaged Democratic proposals to extend and expand unemployment insurance, temporarily boost the federal share of Medicaid payments, and offer cash to states hit hard by the housing crisis.
"Those are enhancements of the safety net in a very uncertain time," Cantor said. "I'm not saying that's not a worthy goal, but if we are in pursuit of stimulus, this is not what we're looking for."
Staff writers Michael Abramowitz and Paul Kane contributed to this report.

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Contact resistance at the solid-state interfaces has proven a major source of problems in large battery pack designs. In this TMS model, thermal contact resistance at the conduction element channel and cell conduction element interfaces were found to be the largest hindrance, resulting in temperature discontinuities, as shown in Figure 4. However, it was found that contact resistance could be reduced by use of thermal interface material at the solid-solid interfaces, which greatly improved thermal performance.
Because large Li-ion battery packs must operate at high-discharge-rate conditions in EVs and HEVs, heat generation becomes a critical factor to address. Even at high discharge rates and low-flow-velocity conditions, the experimental TMS kept maximum temperature rise within the acceptable industry range of 7 K, yielding excellent thermal performance. The TMS was found to cool the battery pack effectively even at low coolant flow rates.
Using the CFD-based TMS functional model created with STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio, a close agreement between simulations and experimental measurements was achieved, validating the model against experiment with greater than 90 percent accuracy. Representative battery packs constructed using the symmetry of the total pack were successfully simulated, together with the TMS, to compensate for the high computational cost.
Methodologies determined through this research can be implemented in onboard battery management systems to reduce the number of sensors, reduce temperature non-uniformity, and simplify control systems. The ability of this novel compact TMS to work effectively and safely under stringent conditions makes it a suitable candidate for large Li-ion battery packs used in EVs.
This article was written by Suman Basu, Next Generation Research, Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore. For more information on the Siemens PLM Software products used in this application, visit here .


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The pressure that can be generated by a single stage lower centrifugal pump is limited. A multistage design of pump is required to create larger pressures.
What is a multistage pump and how does it work?
Because once an impeller exceeds a certain diameter, the impeller side friction increases, reducing pump efficiency, there are limits to the pressure that can be generated by a single impeller. To generate high pressures while retaining a high level of efficiency, numerous impellers must be added along a single shaft.
Multistage pump working principle
Impellers are positioned in Ring Sections along the shaft in such designs, with each ring section consisting of an impeller on one side, a suction casing on the other, and a discharge casing / diffuser on the other.
The impeller sucks fluid in through the suction casing and discharges it through the discharge casing, which will then enter another ring section periodically until the fluid is discharged through the outlet.
The ring pieces are connected by tie bolts that run the length of the casing. Internal designs for shaft seals and bearings vary depending on duty and application, with shaft seals and bearings on one end of the pump or both.
The flow rate is not affected by adding stages of impellers, but the total head and shaft power increases according to the number of stages. An impeller and a diffuser are included in each stage.
Models can be built vertically or horizontally, depending on whether space-saving designs are required or models that can be kept in place without the motor being removed.
Multistage Submersible Pump
When water must be pumped at high pressure, multistage designs of pumps are employed in submersible designs of pumps known as borehole pumps, either to retrieve water from deep wells or to supply offshore platforms from sea level. Immersion pumps with numerous impellers can also be used to deliver high pressures from deep wells.
Double Suction Pumps
A back-to-back double impeller produces larger flows at pressures nearly double those of a single impeller pump installed on a single shaft in double suction pumps or pipeline pumps.
Why and where are multistage pumps used?
For a variety of purposes, such equipment is used:
When a centrifugal pump with multiple impellers is required for high head discharge but is outside the duty range of a single stage centrifugal pump, which typically has a maximum discharge pressure of 150M vs 1000M from single impeller designs.
A high discharge pressure requirement could be determined by the application, such as providing domestic water to high floors in skyscrapers, which requires a long fluid path with high friction losses, as is common in pressure booster set applications, or a filtration process, such as reverse osmosis, which requires a low viscosity liquid to be pumped through a fine filter.
Where a cost-effective and efficient solution for a clean fluid at high pressure is required, a multistage design can be employed, which is more efficient because the impellers are not only smaller but also at full impeller size, making them efficient even at lower RPM.
Single stage designs are trimmed to duty point, resulting in lower efficiency due to increased clearances between the impeller’s edge and the casing.


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This picture began circulating on Twitter last week and I was so surprised by the similarities to my all time favorite Disney movie!
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I also read today, that Princess Beatrice is selling the crazy bow hat she wore to the wedding on Ebay!! The winning bid right now is $30,000!! She plans to give the proceeds to charity.

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Between Two Countries
Ian McMillan explores what happens when writers have to shift their thoughts and feelings into a second language.
Ian McMillan explores what happens when writers have to shift their thoughts and feelings into a second language. Novelist Patrick McGuinness argues that he can 'feel more than he can say in French, and say more than he can feel in English', Nick Makoha brings us a new poetry commission inspired by leaving Uganda (and three languages behind) when he was only four. We also hear about the 'Polish Sappho' - the groundbreaking poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska who moved to Blackpool during the Second World War, and Heather Dohollau (who was born in Wales , but became an acclaimed poet in French). And our returning guest, the poet Kate Fox skewers that the familiar trope of the book blurb - the writer who 'divides their time' by choice - between two equally glamorous locations.
Poet, novelist and academic Patrick McGuinness explores his experience of moving from Belgium to England as a child, and the way that shifting languages affected his sense of self. He still feels that ‘In English I can say more than I feel, in French I can feel more than I can say’. Patrick also talks about Heather Dohollau who was born in Wales, but only became a poet when she moved to Brittany as an adult and started writing in French; she called it her ‘daughter tongue’. Heather died in 2013, but not before she had been made ‘Officier de la Légion d’Honneur’ by her adopted country. Patrick’s latest novel, ‘Throw Me To The Wolves’, is inspired by his time attending an English boarding school, will be published by Vintage in April.
Poet Nick Makoha was born in Uganda; when he left (at the age of 4), he lost not one but three of his languages. For Nick, poetry is a paradox – a place of exile where he can still belong. He explains how the pictorial quality of Swahili is alive in his poems, even if the vocabulary is no longer with him. Nick reads a brand new poem ‘EBB’, inspired by his interest in airports as liminal places, where even those leading a nomadic lifestyle can feel at home. Nick’s collection ‘Kingdom of Gravity’ is published by Peepal Tree.
Basia Howard celebrates the work of Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewaka – known as the ‘Polish Sappho’. Maria is regarded as a significant, and ground-breaking poet in Poland, for her radical use of everyday language, but the work of her final years (spent in England) is not that well known. Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewaka moved to Blackpool during the Second World War, and according to one of her contemporaries, her poetry acquired ‘an infernal Shakepearean gravity’. Basia reads translations of Maria’s poems that she has made into English, and considers the impact that exile had on her work.
Verb regular Kate Fox considers the way in which her accent allows her to do two things at once – she can discuss lofty ideas whilst still appearing down to earth. In a new commission, Kate considers and skewers the book blurb trope of a writer who ‘divides their time’ between two places. Kate is currently touring her new show ‘Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras’.

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by Chidi Okoye
Today, Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete, who allegedly killed his girlfriend months ago, will know whether he’s guilty or not.
We bring you proceedings from the court, as it happens, from the tweets of @SmithInAfrica, who is in the courtroom.
- At high court in Pretoria. Oscar #Pistorius looking calm in dark suit, white shirt, black tie. Brother Carl in wheelchair after car crash.
- Judge Thokozile Masipa enters with familiar slow walk, bows and sits. Tell #Pistorius he can sit down. Begins reading judgment.
- “The accused shot and killed Steenkamp, the deceased. At the time the shots were fired, the deceased was inside the locked toilet.”
- Masipa says the accused was charged with murder and goes on the detail the three other firearms charges against
- “The accused described the incident as a tragic one that had occurred after he mistakenly believed an intruder or intruders had entered his home and posed an imminent threat to the deceased or to him.”
- Masipa quotes from #Pistorius’s defence statement but notes that there was no explanation of plea on the three other firearms charges.
- “The accused also admitted that the gunshot wounds were inflicted by him.”
- The accused admitted that a shot went off while the firearm was in his possession. Admitted did not have licence.
- The accused said he believed the deceased was an intruder who posed a threat to his life and the deceased. #Pistorius
- Masipa describes state witnesses who said they heard voices, gunshots, screaming. #Pistorius
- “It is common cause that on 14 February 2013, shortly after 3am, screams were heard from the accused’s house.” #Pistorius
- “Three of the shots struck the deceased… The deceased died from multiple gunshot wounds… The accused called for help”
- The accused was very emotional after the incident and tried to resuscitate her.
- “There were a number of issues that arose during the course of the trial. These issues took up court time and rightly so”
- “Whether police contaminated scene, length of extension cord, authenticity of photos. “These issues have paled into insignificance.”
- “There were no eyewitnesses.” But some witnesses did describe “what they heard or thought they heard”.
- “During the course of the trial it became clear that some of the sounds interpreted by witnesses were not gunshots but cricket bat.”
- “It is common cause that only four shots were fired by the accused that morning.” So some sounds must have been cricket bat on door.
- “Burger and Johnson were correctly criticised in my view as unreliable. But unfairly criticised for making almost idential statements
- “I do not think Mr Johnson or Ms Burger were dishonest. “They were, however, genuinely mistaken in what they heard, as the “chronology of events will show.”
- “Voice identification. “None of the witnesses had ever heard the accused cry or scream, let alone when he was anxious.
- “Even Samantha Taylor… had to concede she had never heard him scream when he was facing a life threatening situation.”
- “It makes no sense to say she did not hear the accused scream “Get out!” at the top of his voice. Why did shoot four times, not once?
- “What is not conjecture is that the accused armed himself with a loaded firearm” when he heard a suspected intruder.
- “Untruthful evidence does not always justify the conclusion that the accused if guilty.” Depends on the circumstances of each case.
- The court is not entitled to convict on his explanation unless it is beyond reasonable doubt that is it false. Onus on the state.
- “On count one, the accused is charged with premeditated murder. “The evidence is purely circumstantial.”
- “The chronology set out in the timeline tip the scales in favour of the accused’s version in general.”
- “The state has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. There are not enough facts.”
The court is on 5 minutes recess.
Masipa running through different legal categories of intention, identity and killing.
- “The fact the person behind the door turned out to be the deceased and not an intruder is irrelevant.”
- The accused claim putative private defence.
- “Would a reasonable man in the position of the accused have acted in the same way?”
- “The accused is the only person who can say what his state of mind was at the time he fired the shots that killed the deceased.”
- The accused said he did not intend to kill the deceased but the court is entitled to look at the evidence as a whole.
- There is nothing to suggest Pistorius’ thats belief there was an intruder was “not honestly entertained”.
- There is no dispute that the accused “acted unlawfully” when he fired the shots.
- Pistorius did believe that there was an intruder. He gave this version to witnesses immediately after the killing.
- “The question is did the accused see the possibility of the resultant death… The answer has to be no.”
- To find otherwise would be to say the accused’s reaction was “faked”, he was “play acting” for onlookers at the time
- “The accused cannot be found guilty of murder, dolos eventualis. That, however, is not the end of the matter.”
Pistorius sobs in the dock and is comforted by sister Aimee and lawyer Brian Webber.
The Judge will next consider culpable homicide, she adjourns for lunch break.
Court session resumes.
- “We will now deal with negligence and culpable homicide.”
- “Although the test for negligence is objective, certain subjective factors are applied.”
- Masipa quotes case law but notes: “What was reasonable in 1933 would not be necessarily reasonable today.”
- “Defence cited his disability but “vulnerability is not unique as millions of people in this country can fit into this category”.
- “There are many people in this country without any form of security at all.”
- “All the accused had to do was pick up his cellphone and call security or the police.” He could have run to the balcony and screamed
- There is “no explanation” why he did not call for help before going to the bathroom
- Defence urged this court to consider the peculiar circumstances of the accused when determining if he acted negligently.
- “I agree that the conduct of the accused may be better understood by looking at his background.”
- However, it is an explanation, not an excuse. Many people in this country have been victims of crime and not resorted to firearms.
- “The accused had reasonable time to reflect, to think and to conduct himself reasonably. I am not persuaded that a reasonable person with the accused’s disability would have fired four shots into the small toilet cubicle.”
- A reasonable person would have foreseen that the person in the toilet would be hit and possibly killed
- “He was competent in the use of firearms as he had undergone some training.”
- Would a reasonable person have foreseen that whoever was behind the door might have been struck by a bullet and die? Answer is yes.
- “Did the accused fail to take reasonable steps to guard against the consequences? Yes.”
- “I am of the view that the accused acted too hastily and was negligent.” Court adjourned until tomorrow.
That’s it for today. Judge Thokozile Masipa has adjourned the case until tomorrow.
At high court in Pretoria. Oscar Pistorius enters looking quite upbeat. Lots of people shake his hand. He hugs lawyer Barry Roux and sits.
Judge Thokozile Masipa resumes. Outlines charge relating to Pistorius firing gun through the sunroof of a car. Witnesses Taylor and Fresco.
- Masipa runs through Taylor’s evidence. “The accused took his firearm and shot through the open sunroof of a vehicle.”
- “He denied that the incident happened in the manner described by Taylor.”
- The assessment of the evidence. It was pointed out by counsel for the accused that Taylor and Fresco contradicted each other.
- State counsel disagreed, saying there was no reason why Fresco and Taylor would want to implicate the accused.
- Their versions of where, how and why it happened were so different it was tempting to think they described different incidents.
- Fresco proved to be a “dishonest witness”
- “Mendacity on one aspect of a witness’s evidence does not mean” that all the evidence is tainted, but it does mean exercise caution.
- “Taylor was a former girlfriend of the accused. It is common cause that the relationship did not end amicably” Accused of cheating.
- “Like the evidence of Fresco, the evidence of Taylor needs to be approached with a degree of caution.”
- Evidence has “ring of truth, but in a criminal case that is never the end of the matter”. State must prove beyond reasonable doubt.
- “This court does not have to believe the accused’s version. He bears no onus to prove his innocence.”
- “The state witnesses contradicted each other on crucial aspects.” The evidence falls short of standard required in criminal matter.
- “The state has failed to prove the accused is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.” He must be acquitted.
- In January 2013, while having lunch in a restaurant in Joburg, handled a firearm of one of his friends and a shot was discharged.
- Masipa recounts witness evidence: “The accused was concerned that someone might have been hurt and apologised.”
- “In my view it really does not matter what caused the firearm to discharge.” It will not assist the court in determining negligence.
- “He may not have intentionally pulled the trigger. However, that does not absolve him from the crime of negligence.”
- “The accused’s version was that he was angry with Fresco for having handed him a loaded firearm.” He reprimanded him.
- Kevin Lerina was a “good witness and I detected no bias against the accused”. The court also accepts the evidence of Fresco.
- Pistorius was trained in firearms. “He should not have asked for a firearm in a restaurant full of patrons.”
- The state has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the accused contravened the sections of the Firearms Control Act.
- Masipa on charge of illegal possession of ammunition. The state must prove the accused had “the necessary mental intention”
- If someone had a firearm merely to return it to the owner, it would be an aberration of justice to find them guilty of possession.
- The state made much of the fact the accused’s father refused to make an affidavit. “In my view that does not assist the state.”
- The state has failed to prove the accused had the necessary animus. He therefore cannot be found guilty on this count.
- Masipa returns to murder charge: The state’s evidence was “circumstantial”. The accused’s version “could reasonably possibly be true”.
- Masipa returns to murder charge: The state’s evidence was “circumstantial”. The accused’s version “could reasonably possibly be true”.
- Phone records support Pistorius’s version. He acted promptly, called security, prayed to God, tried to resuscitate deceased.
- “It cannot be said the accused did not entertain a genuine belief there was an intruder in the toilet who posed a threat to him.”
- “It cannot be said that he foresaw that the deceased or anyone else would be killed when he fired shots at the toilet door.”
- “The accused acted negligently when he fired shots into the toilet door, knowing there was someone behind the toilet door.”
- “A reasonable person would have foreseen the possibility that the person behind the door might have been killed by the shots.”
Masipa on summary of charge of firing through car sunroof: “The state failed to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.”
Masipa on charge of firing gun in restaurant: The accused showed disregard for patrons of the restaurant.
- Charge of unlawful possession of ammunition. “The state failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt all the elements of the charge.”
- “Mr Pistorius, please stand up.”
- “The unanimous decision of this court is the following.”
- Masipa on murder charge: “The accused is found not guilty and discharged. Instead he is found guilty of culpable homicide.”
Pistorius stands ramrod straight, hands in front of him, staring at judge. Family watch tensely from front row.
- Not guilty of firing through sunroof. Guilty of restaurant incident. Not guilty of illegal possession of ammunition.
- “You may take a seat, Mr Pistorius.”
- “I need to address the issue of the indemnity of Mr Fresco.”
- Masipa speaks to lawyer about Fresco indemnity: “Both Mr Nel and Mr Roux have already addressed me on the issue.”
- Masipa on Fresco: “The question is whether or not he should be discharged from the prosecution in respect of count three.”
- Defence argued Fresco’s evidence was “contradictory and improbable, if not impossible”. Gave false evidence in relation to sunroof.
- This court was mindful that “his evidence ought to be approached with caution… He was dishonest in the sunroof incident.”
- “No one in infallible, not even lawyers.”
- Fresco “is discharged from prosecution”.
Pistorius leans forward, rubs his eyes and drinks from a water bottle. He is hugged by uncle then rests his forehead against that of sister Aimee. Sombre expressions, not celebratory.
Steenkamp’s close friend Gina Myers breaks down in tears.
Reeva’s mother June Steenkamp shaking head and hugging and comforting another family member who is visibly upset.
- Roux begins to discuss bail, quoting the law. “I think, with respect, it’s premature to consider sentence in the current case.”
- There is no reason not to allow him out on bail. We need consultations, experts in relation to a possible sentence.
- Nel: I’ve consulted with Roux about putting facts before the court. “I do disagree with Mr Roux.” This is a serious case.
- Nel: The accused was under the impression he might be acquitted. Now he knows has been convicted of a serious offence.
- Nel: The accused sold three properties while he was on bail. “The accused sold his house. He does not have a house.”
- Nel: While out on bail, the accused was involved in an incident at a nightclub “in the early morning hours” and removed.
- Nel: The family indicated to the media in a press release “his escalating sense of alienation… self-harming behaviour”.
- Nel: A professor indicated he may be a suicide risk. The court should consider all these factors.
- “The accused was convicted in the high court of negligently killing the deceased.” Bail is not in the interests of justice.
- Roux: I’m not saying culpable homicide is not serious but “he was out on bail on a far more serious charge”
- Roux: “All the factors referred to in the bail application are still valid” except the disposal of properties.
Masipa asks where is the accused staying? Roux reads out Arnold Pistorius’s home address to the world.
Court session resumes…
- Masipa: “After the conviction, the defence has made an application for bail to be extended. That application has been opposed.”
- The state says Pistorius has been convicted of a serious offence, does not own property and was involved in a nightclub incident.
- The state says the family made a statement to the press “admitting that the accused was self-harming”
- The defence conceded the accused had been found guilty of a serious offence but said denying bail was not in interests of justice.
- The onus is on the state to persuade this court that it is not in the interests of justice to extend bail. “I am not so persuaded.”
- If state had any reason to suspect there was anything untoward regarding property sales, the state would have investigated long ago.
- “I have used my discretion in favour of the accused. I grant the application to extend the bail of the accused.”
Roux proposes 13 October for sentencing. Nel agrees.
Masipa asks Roux to talk to Pistorius’s uncle to ensure no further incidents before sentencing.
Court proceedings for today comes to an end. Sentence will be heard on October 13.

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Unmasked is an album by the American band Kiss released in 1980.
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Work I did: 2015 edition
January 4, 2016
2015 was a strange year for me professionally. I’m hoping to write more about that in a couple of weeks, because there are some implications for what’s going to be happening in the next year or so. More about that later. Remind me if I forget.
The important thing, though, is I’m still writing a ton of stuff that I feel good about, and it’s still getting published. So here’s what was published in 2015:
Kitty Saves the World. Yeah, that was a big deal. Still proud of it. And it’s been nominated for an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding. I feel like this is recognition for the whole series, and it makes me very happy.
“Bannerless,” The End Has Come, ed. John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey, May 2015. (reprinted at Wired.com) This story’s been picked up for two Year’s Best SF anthologies, one edited by Gardner Dozois and one edited by Neil Clarke.
“Always Spring in Prague,” Wild Cards: Aces Abroad (reissue), Tor Books.
“El Hidalgo de la Noche,” e-book publication.
“The Girl Who Loved Shonen Knife,” Hanzai Japan, Haikasoru Books.
“Crazy Rhythm,” Lightspeed Magazine, July 2015.
“Sealskin,” Operation Arcana, ed. John Joseph Adams, April 2015.
“Sun, Stone, Spear,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, March 2015.
“Goodness and Kindness,” The Doll Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow, March 2015.
So yeah, a pretty good year. One novel and eight short pieces, which is consistent for me. And by my count I already have something like four or five stories lined up for next year, plus the collection. Onward and upward!

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The Department of Chemical Engineering teaches established and contemporary scientific and engineering principles, so our graduates are prepared to find professional solutions in petroleum, biotechnology, and environmental process and manufacturing industries, along with consulting companies and with governmental agencies.
Our research projects have a total value of $1.5 million, and we support Energy Institute research activities, housing the institute's main instrumentation laboratories so students and faculty can explore general and renewable energy solutions. Our department has eight research-active faculty members and one professor of practice.
Our department currently has over 240 students, and our enrollment has more than doubled in the last six years. About 40 percent of our chemical engineering students are female, and the number of African American students in our department has doubled over the last six years. Our students have come to study at UL Lafayette from at least 10 different states.
We offer an Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering, a dual degree program in chemistry and chemical engineering, and the option of specializing in environmental applications, bioprocessing, or materials. Our graduate programs include a Master of Science in chemical engineering and a doctorate in systems engineering with an available concentration in chemical engineering.

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08-25-2006, 10:59 PM
Now, with a muzzle break added, detachable mag city!
08-26-2006, 3:13 AM
Damn you and all your new toys:p, now I have to get off my azz and finish my own ptr.
08-26-2006, 7:13 AM
Looks to my un-trained eye that the web of your hand can be above the imaginary line from the top of the trigger and still allow your finger to operate the trigger. I do think that the grip doesn't protrude conspicuously though.
(d) "pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon" means a grip that allows for a pistol style grasp in which the web of the trigger hand (between the thumb and index finger) can be placed below the top of the exposed portion of the trigger while firing.
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Not yet, I need to mod the tang where the holes are. It needs to be cut down in order for the buttstock to completely slide on.
Make sure you see my other baby:
tell me more about it when you get it done and how it shoots. i got one.:)
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Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting.
On December 11, 2019 Ben was diagnosed with end stage pancreatic cancer. The cancer had spread and we have opted to treat him only with palliative care at this stage to make sure he is comfortable and without pain. Weinstein Hospice was called in to give us support and resources, and they are doing just that. Methadone and oxycodone are keeping the pain at bay, and we are also grateful for Miralax and Senakot which are necessary components when taking pain killers.
Ben is mostly his jolly humorous self, and while he is not completely resigned to his situation, he sure is loving all the attention! And best of all the medical team has told him he can eat anything at all he wants to eat especially "pleasure foods". Ice cream for breakfast and pecan pie keep him really happy.
He loves company and phone calls, however he does tire easily so we ask for short visits between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm so that he can nap and make his visits to the potty as necessary. Both are important, and we notice he will do neither of these when he has visitors or calls.
His phone number is 678-915-1542, and while he may not remember who you are, he will love to hear your voice and talk about old times. We have noticed dementia and short term memory loss to be increasing drastically. And not too worry if he sounds stoned...he is!

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Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Schlesinger celebrated her 44th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos with boyfriend Thom Evans and friends reported the Daily Mail.
'Nicole was all smiles while she snapped a picture with a birthday cake as the celebrations continued on their holiday.
'Elsewhere, Nicole looked on cloud nine as she celebrated her 44th birthday with her boyfriend on Wednesday. The singer grinned from ear to ear as she and Thom, 37, put on a cosy display in the swanky venue. '
The Singer songwriter and TV celebrity is not stranger to Mykonos. She was spotted on the island last year wining and dining on Mykonos with her beau Thom Evans.
Scherzinger joins a growing list of celebrities who have chosen Greece for their summer holidays following the easing of restrictions and borders since 2020 in many countries with the exception of Australia.
Tom Hanks, Robbie Williams, Jeff Bezos, Rita Wilson, Golden Hawn and Kurt Russell are just a handful of the many big names visiting Greece.

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The promised review of the EU Budget in 2008 offers an opportunity to bring CAP financing into line with logic, justice and the rest of EU policy. Currently, the CAP is unique amongst European policies in being both mandatory and requiring 100 per cent financing by the EU While this made good sense at the policy's inception, it is now an obsolete anachronism. A sensible and defensible agenda for financial reform, which is all that is on the reform agenda at present, is to make the EU budget responsible for only a fraction (say 25 per cent) of the costs of the current CAP, instead of the present 100 per cent. This would bring CAP financing into line with other EU policies, and make member states separately responsible for the balance for their own farmers, as they so wish, up to the CAP budgetary ceiling already agreed. Any resulting competition between member states in the extent and means by which they continue (or not) to support farmers through direct payments would be controlled through EU Competition and single market policies. Such competition would also provide a good opportunity for experiments with policy development, to the advantage of all, since different policies are required for the different stages of development and different local conditions now evident within the EU. © The Agricultural Ecomomics Society and the European Association of Agricultural Economists 2006.
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Print publication date: 01/04/2006
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Sidney appears to be a purebred Manx (tailless) cat. He's about 5-7 years old, a rescued stray, neutered with all his shots and in excellent health. He needs a special home, as he has feline leukemia.
Sidney loves to play, behaves wonderfully with small children, and is good with other cats. He's sweet-natured, gentle and non-destructive, and is the best snuggler in the house. Cats with feline leukemia can live healthy, happy lives for months or even years from the time they are diagnosed. ( I personally know a FeLV cat that lived 19 years with it.) We know that whoever gives this great guy a chance for a wonderful life - no matter how shortened it might be - will receive their kindness back from Sidney tenfold.
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If you'd like to meet Sidney or learn more about him, call his foster mom Jennifer at 231-7205 or email@example.com. To learn more about Feline Leukemia, go to www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/felv.html.
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Chillin’ on the Gulf Coast music fest coming to Centennial Plaza in September
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Excitement is building as Centennial Plaza in Gulfport is gearing up for its grand opening scheduled Aug. 5.
Riding that momentum will be a huge three-day music festival in September that organizers hope will compete with the likes of Jazz Fest and Hangout Fest.
Greg Everhart is a man with the plan.
His group, Sunshine Tour and Travel, will be taking over Centennial Plaza Sept. 20-22 for Chillin’ on the Gulf Coast. The event will fill the plaza with food, an arts & crafts festival and music from more than 40 bands performing jazz, R&B, country and classic rock.
“We’re opening the resort to the public,” Everhart said. “You can come in, shop the vendors in the arts and crafts festival. You can go around the resort, check it out, go to any of the restaurants, the bars, and then, if you purchase a ticket, you can come and listen to the music all day.”
Individual and three-day tickets will be available for the music festival as well as packages that include hotel stays on site.
He said it’s close to a sell-out thanks to a surprise.
“More than half of the rooms that have been booked have been booked by locals,” Everhart said. “People that live in Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs. They’re doing a little staycation and staying here because they want to see this resort.”
He believes this festival will grow every year - mostly because of the venue.
“Centennial Plaza has been discussed ever since Katrina,” he said. “It’s been debated what was going to happen with it, and once this resort came in and we took a look at the plans, it was just we wanted to have this festival here and celebrate the reopening of this place.”
There will be an opening event Sept. 19 called Wine Bourbon and Blues in the chapel on site. A ribbon-cutting is scheduled for Aug. 1, with the grand opening happening on Aug. 5. To learn more about the music festival, check the event’s Facebook page.
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The report found that Warner acted alone and set off the bomb to end his own life and also found that stressors included “deteriorating interpersonal relationships.”
AT&T customers lost service — phones, internet or video — across large parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. There were 911 centers in the region that couldn’t take calls; others didn’t receive crucial data associated with callers, such as their locations.
“I believe the officers did everything they could legally. Maybe they could have followed up more,” Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said.
Officers were called to Pamela Perry’s home in Nashville on Aug. 21, 2019, after getting a report from her attorney that she was making suicidal threats while sitting on her front porch with firearms, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Tuesday in an emailed statement.
While investigators tried to piece together a possible motive for the attack, a neighbor recalled a recent conversation with Warner that seemed ominous only in hindsight.
“These answers won’t come quickly and will still require a lot of our team’s efforts,” FBI Special Agent Doug Korneski said “Though we may be able to answer some these questions as our investigation continues, none of those answers will be enough by those affected by this event.”
Federal authorities identified on Sunday the man they say is responsible for the Christmas Day bombing and said that he died in the explosion. No one else is believed to have been involved, authorities said.
Sheriff’s officials said the truck had been playing the audio when it was parked at a convenience store around 10:30 a.m. The driver left the parking lot but has been detained by law enforcement.
Warner reportedly gave his house away to a Los Angeles woman, Michelle Louise Swing, in November.
Investigators believe they have a possible person of interest.
The Christmas morning bomb in Nashville is impacting parts of Alabama.
Telephone and internet service was disrupted in north Alabama when an RV exploded in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning.


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So, this is the last craft post for 2019. I wish I had a cute story as to why I am late with it but the truth is I had to work Saturday and I spend Sunday doing a fair amount of stitching that I started after I made a somewhat pointed comment about Joe Biden at The Root and well my inbox blew up. 2020 looks like it’s going to be lovely /s
Maybe if I’m still doing this next year I’ll have a slideshow with all my finished projects or highlights of stuff I’m working on. But since I’ve been doing this for what less than 3 months I’ll refrain.
No finishes this week but progress is made.
I have been thinking about some other projects as I am always scheming on new stuff to make. Apparently, not doing a lot of social media has been stunting my consumerism muscle. I only found out about this by clicking on a recommended video on YouTube. Did you know that there’s a thing called a book sleeve and people pay close to 20 dollars (and more) for these things? They can literally be made with a minimum of fabric and some stabilizer (which admittedly I don’t currently have but can substitute fusible fleece if so inclined) I feel like I want a book sleeve but needless to say I will not be paying 20 bucks for such an item.
After seeing the blue color on my q-snap after finishing up the Gryffindor crest I’m paranoid about leaving my current cross stitch project in its project bag because the same fabric I used for the grime guards for the 11 x 11 q-snap is the same fabric used for the lining of the project bag I’m using. Apparently I absolutely must use hottest water from the tap when preshrinking any fabric I buy because washing it isn’t enough to get the dyes released enough not to rub off on the q-snap. (I preshrink using water in a bucket that I agitate then put in the dryer because I will not pay $2.70 to wash a couple of yards of fabric. That’s crazy!) Lesson learned. Anyway, I don’t have any plans per se, mostly vague ideas and possible purchases towards them. I need to finish the hat, finish the scarf and probably properly block the gloves. Other than that my crafting plan is to work on the current cross stitch and whatever piques my fancy during the year.
So what’s your crafting plan for 2020? (if you have one)


Friday and Saturday look good for local travel, the Capital Weather Gang says, but we may encounter rain or snow showers late Saturday and early Sunday. The weather should be clear for the Super Bowl parties Sunday afternoon and evening.
Metrorail has another big weekend of maintenance delays. But drivers also will find many disruptions, particularly on the Capital Beltway in Virginia and on D.C. streets. These are some highlights.
Metro weekend delays
The transit maintenance program will have its biggest impact on the Orange and Blue lines, while crews work in the Rosslyn tunnel under the Potomac River. But Red Line service also will be disrupted by several repair projects.
The work begins at 10 p.m. Friday and continues through the trains system’s midnight closing Sunday.
Orange and Blue lines: Free shuttle buses will replace Orange Line trains between Court House and Foggy Bottom and Blue Line trains between Pentagon and Foggy Bottom. The Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations will be closed.
Orange Line trains are scheduled to operate every 20 minutes between Vienna and Court House and between Foggy Bottom and New Carrollton.
Blue Line trains will operate between Franconia-Springfield and Mount Vernon Square via the Yellow Line bridge, and between Foggy Bottom and Largo Town Center.
Riders using the shuttle buses should add 20 minutes to half an hour to their usual travel times.
These are the scheduled times for the last through trains Friday night before the work disrupts the lines.
Blue Line eastbound: The train leaves Franconia-Springfield at 9:12 p.m., arriving at Foggy Bottom at 9:43 p.m., and Largo Town Center at 10:16 p.m. Blue Line westbound: The train leaves Largo Town Center at 9:11 p.m., arriving at Pentagon at 9:52 p.m., and Franconia-Springfield at 10:15 p.m.
Orange Line eastbound: The train leaves Vienna at 9:28 p.m., arriving at Foggy Bottom 9:53 p.m., and New Carrollton at 10:25 p.m. Orange Line westbound: The train leaves New Carrollton at 9:18 p.m., arriving at Court House at 9:55 p.m., and Vienna at 10:15 p.m.
The work schedule alters the departure time for the last trains each night.
The last eastbound Blue Line Train from Franconia-Springfield will depart at 2:07 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. (That’s 22 minutes earlier than normal for the Friday night and Saturday night service). The last westbound Blue Line train from Largo will arrive at Foggy Bottom 2:54 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, leave Pentagon at 3:40 a.m., and arrive at Franconia-Springfield at 4:03 a.m.
The last eastbound Orange Line train from Vienna will depart at 2:10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. (That’s 15 minutes earlier than normal for the Friday night and Saturday night service.) The last westbound Orange Line train from New Carrollton will arrive at Foggy Bottom 3:10 a.m., leave Court House at 3:35 a.m. and arrive at Vienna at 3:55 a.m.
During regular Sunday service, the last eastbound Blue Line train from Franconia-Springfield will depart at 11:07 p.m., 22 minutes earlier than normal. The last westbound Blue Line train from Largo will arrive at Foggy Bottom 11:54 p.m., leave Pentagon at 12:40 a.m. and arrive at Franconia-Springfield at 1:03 a.m.
The last eastbound Orange Line train from Vienna will depart at 11:10 p.m., 15 minutes earlier than normal. The last westbound Orange Line train from New Carrollton will arrive at Foggy Bottom at 12:10 a.m., leave Court House at 12:35 a.m., and arrive at Vienna at 12:55 a.m.
Red Line: Trains will share tracks around work zones between Van Ness and Friendship Heights and between New York Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue.
Trains will leave the ends of the line at Shady Grove and Glenmont every 15 minutes throughout the weekend. But between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, extra trains operate between Van Ness and New York Avenue every 15 minutes. That means trains should arrive at downtown platforms every seven or eight minutes.
Riders traveling through the work zones should add 10 to 15 minutes to their regular travel times.
Beltway lane closings
The Virginia Department of Transportation plans to close all lanes of the Capital Beltway’s inner loop just before Exit 47 (Route 7) overnight Friday. During those hours, workers will set a 250-ton steel bridge girder, part of the high-occupancy toll (495 Express Lanes) project. At 9:30 p.m., crews will close one inner loop lane just before Route 7. By 11 p.m., all lanes will be closed.
Drivers will be detoured to Exit 47B (Route 7 east), then they will cross over a temporary access ramp and get back onto the Beltway. Watch for police directing traffic.
Beltway drivers who want to reach westbound Route 7 also will be directed to use Exit 47B, follow the detour, then turn left onto westbound Route 7.
The left lane in each direction on Route 7 also will be closed, and there will be temporary traffic stoppages of up to half an hour for all lanes after 11 p.m.
All lanes will be reopened by 7 a.m. Saturday. The delays during this work are likely to be extensive, and drivers should consider alternative routes.
Drivers complain about congestion in and around the newly reconfigured exit from the Capital Beltway’s inner loop to westbound Interstate 66, a work zone for the high-occupancy toll (495 Express Lanes) project.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has been monitoring the area since the left exit was closed, VDOT spokeswoman Jamie Breme said. To address the delays along I-66 West at the interchange, crews will open a third lane at the Beltway. This change should occur this coming weekend, she said.
To do this, crews will modify Exit 49 from the outer loop to I-66 west, reducing the two-lane ramp to one lane. That will create room for the third through lane on I-66 in this area.
From 9:30 p.m. Friday till 7 a.m. Saturday, workers will close one lane on I-66 west and one ramp lane from the inner loop to I-66 west. The work includes installing lane markings and ramp modifications, placing concrete barriers and adding new signs.
By 7 a.m. Saturday, the new lane and ramp configurations will be open to traffic. But the interchange still will be in a temporary traffic pattern. Ultimately, there will be three through lanes and one HOV lane for westbound I-66. The work is scheduled to be completed by this summer.
Maryland bridge inspection
The Maryland State Highway Administration has scheduled another routine inspection of a highway bridge for Sunday. Watch for double lane closings on southbound Route 29 at Route 175 in Howard County from 4:30 to 11:30 a.m.
New York Avenue bridge
Drivers will be down to single lanes this weekend on New York Avenue between Penn Street and Florida Avenue in Northeast Washington. Westbound traffic will be detoured overnights.
The restrictions accommodate reconstruction work on the New York Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks north of Union Station. (The track restrictions on one segment of the Red Line listed above are also designed to make room for this work.)
From 10 p.m. to 6 am. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, a single lane will be open for eastbound traffic. Westbound traffic will be detoured at Penn Street to Sixth Street and Florida Avenue and then back onto westbound New York Avenue.
From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, drivers in both directions on the avenue between Penn Street and Florida Avenue will have single lanes open.
Consider the alternatives of Rhode Island Avenue or H Street NE to avoid delays.
Drivers also will encounter single lanes and traffic stoppages this weekend on Canal Road between Foxhall Road and Arizona Avenue in Northwest Washington.
Flaggers will alternate lanes and stop traffic for five-minute intervals between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday and between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday to allow workers to resurface the roadway.
Super Bowl Sunday
Kurt Gregory Erickson, president of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, issued some good advice for those who want to safely celebrate at Super Bowl parties this Sunday, and protect other travelers:
Designate a driver beforehand, or use alternative transportation like cabs or Metro.
If you’re hosting the party, don’t serve anyone who appears to be impaired; serve food, which can slow the body’s absorption of alcohol; offer non-alcoholic drinks as an option; don’t serve minors; designate a bartender rather than allowing guests to mix their own drinks; get the keys away from a guest who appears impaired.
Road rebuilding by Howard Theatre
The District Department of Transportation is reconstructing the streets around the Howard Theatre in Shaw, a project that coincides with the restoration of the historic building.
The road work includes T Street between Seventh Street and Florida Avenue and Wiltberger Street between T and S streets. Work also will be done in the alley just west of Wiltberger Street between T and S streets and in the alley between Florida Avenue and T Street. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
T Street will remain closed between Seventh Street and Florida Avenue, and through traffic will be detoured. The theater is scheduled to reopen in April.
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