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The Board of Education’s next board meeting, a study session, will be this coming Thursday, Jan. 26, starting at 5 pm. If you can’t attend in person at the Ed Center, we encourage you to tune in via livestream. There will be some very important conversations regarding the superintendent search, budget recommendations, and suggested direction for moving 6th graders to middle schools district-wide.
Before we jump into the agenda for the upcoming BOE meeting, we would first like to emphasize the importance of participating in the budget process. Please start with this brief video, which provides an overview of the budget crisis. Note that we are funded $985 less per student than Amendment 23 requires and $2,200 less PER STUDENT than the national average! Our teachers make, on average, 10% less than surrounding school districts, and they make, on average, 17% less than similarly educated individuals nationally, requiring many to work 2nd and 3rd jobs to make ends meet.
Bottom line: we need competitive compensation to attract and retain the best and brightest teachers and staff for our children. Please be sure to complete the budget survey by Feb. 10.
In addition, the district will host four telephone town halls where you can learn more and make your voice heard: Feb. 1 and Feb. 7 at 6 pm and 7 pm on both nights. The number to call is 855-312-2107. Please plan to participate.
If the budget tool and the tele-town halls aren’t for you, you are encouraged to email the board at email@example.com to share your concerns. They are going to be making some tough decisions with the budget. Make sure to let them know your thoughts.
First up on the agenda for the evening is the legislative update. It isn’t good news. The Gallagher Amendment will reduce the Residential Assessment Rate almost 1.5 percent, which will in turn reduce school district property tax collections by approximately $135M! To address this shortfall, the Governor has proposed legislation to reduce the Senior Homestead Exemption by half, which would save the state $68M. He has also proposed legislation to raise the tax on recreational marijuana from 8.0-12.0 percent, which would raise $42M.
We don’t see how either of these “band-aids,” which will hurt seniors and make the discussion even more confusing regarding pot money and schools, will help our funding crisis. We need real solutions.
Also in the legislative update, we’ll hear about some interesting proposed legislation, including these bills: a bill to require an additional $42M for Full-day Kindergarten, a house bill to let districts decide whether to administer certain state tests, a house bill to allow concealed carry in public schools, a senate bill to provide handgun safety training for school employees, a house bill to prohibit corporal punishment (just in case you thought that wasn’t allowed already!), a house bill to address teacher shortages in CO, a senate bill that requires districts to equalize mill levy override payments with charter schools (Jeffco already does this), and many others. Check them out! As a refresher, here are the board’s legislative priorities.
Next up is an update on the superintendent search. If you missed our last post about the board’s decision to move ahead with a national superintendent search, please read it and understand the expectations our BOE has for Jeffco’s superintendent. Note that the search needs to begin no later than January to take full advantage of a national candidate pool. Looks like attachments providing more info are coming soon, but as of the release of this post, attachments had not yet been provided.
Following the superintendent search update, we’ll hear from staff with an update on the Jeffco 2020 strategic plan. The presentation highlights that 20 percent of Jeffco schools are implementing Performance Based Learning (PBL) and Assessments (PBA) that allow for collaborative partnerships with the community and businesses and measure students’ abilities by allowing students to problem-solve in real-world context as opposed to traditional testing.
Slide 12 shares the results from the 2015-16 employee survey (with 5,666 employees participating!) of Jeffco 2020 questions by school level and shows that while teachers highly rate the job Jeffco does at increasing student performance in content mastery, the results are clear across school levels that “self-direction and personal responsibility” is rated the lowest by employees. Just above that is civic and global engagement.
Parents — we can really help out here. Self-direction, engagement, and personal responsibility are skills that must be taught and reinforced at home as well in order for our kiddos to be successful at school.
Next, we will hear an update on employee negotiations. JCEA negotiations began on Jan. 19 and will be streamed. Here’s the negotiations schedule. You can watch the livestream here. At this time, there is no recording from the Jan. 19 negotiations meeting, but we’re assuming that will be available soon.
Note the concern on slide 6 that as a result of Jeffco not passing our mill levy override while other surrounding districts did, we are even further away from the mark in providing competitive compensation to Jeffco employees, which puts us in danger of losing and/or not attracting the best and brightest teachers and staff. While the BOE had asked staff to find $25M to be allocated for teacher compensation, we’re seeing on slide 10 in this presentation that the ask is for a commitment to find a minimum of $12M to keep us level — but “level” does not make Jeffco competitive in the marketplace.
Next, cabinet will present their recommendations for the budget. Staff will address the impact of the reduced property valuations on our budget (the Gallagher Amendment). A few items of note from the presentation are:
- a projected 242 student decrease across the district
- $6M retirement/turnover savings – possibly as much as $9M
- Cabinet has prioritized a four-phased system of reductions and fee changes to provide $20.4M towards the BOE’s $25M goal for compensation increases (the worksheet detailing the recommended reductions will be available on BoardDocs by Jan. 27)
- the General Fund ended the year with $24M more than anticipated, a portion of which can be used to supplement urgent facility needs and provide a contingency for unforeseen state budget shortfalls
- a public hearing on the proposed budget will be held in April and the budget will be adopted in May
- next steps include implementation of Phase I reductions and preparation for implementation of the next phases set to begin on March 16, 2017. That means budget cuts will affect this school year.
The next item (2.06) addresses recommendations from facilities staff in light of the failed 2016 bond effort and the budget crisis. There are no attachments, and thus no details available at this time on BoardDocs to give us insight into what staff recommendations may be.
However, we know items for consideration include closing schools and boundary adjustments. It does seem from the wording, “the approach presented will involve recommendations for moving sixth grade, implementing limited capital improvements to middle schools…” that we can expect to see staff make recommendations to move forward with plans to transition to K-5 elementary schools and 6-8 middle schools across the district, at least to some degree. This should be an interesting conversation you don’t want to miss if you have elementary-aged children.
Finally, the BOE will review board/staff linkage (B/SL) policies per the annual work plan.
As you can see, this upcoming meeting is one you don’t want to miss. We’ll post after the meeting to let you know what happened if you’re busy with after-school activities and more.


"A 'pit' is the plutonium core of a nuclear weapon. Until 1989, the Rocky Flats Plant (CO) mass-produced pits. Since then, the United States has made at most 11 pits per year (ppy). U.S. policy is to maintain existing nuclear weapons. To do this, the Department of Defense states that it needs the Department of Energy (DOE), which maintains U.S. nuclear weapons, to produce 50-80 ppy by 2030. While some argue that few if any new pits are needed, at least for decades, this report focuses on options to reach 80 ppy. Pit production involves precisely forming plutonium--a hazardous, radioactive, physically quirky metal. Production requires supporting tasks, such as analytical chemistry (AC), which monitors the chemical composition of plutonium in each pit. With Rocky Flats closed, DOE established a small-scale pit manufacturing capability at PF-4, a building at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). DOE also proposed higher-capacity facilities; none came to fruition. In 2005, Congress rejected the Modern Pit Facility, viewing as excessive the capacity range DOE studied, 125-450 ppy. In 2012, the Administration 'deferred' construction of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility (CMRRNF) on grounds of availability of interim alternatives and affordability."
CRS Report for Congress, R43406
Federation of American Scientists: http://www.fas.org/


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Bukayo Saka has been rewarded for an outstanding breakthrough season by earning a new squad number reflecting his position as a first team regular.
The teenager made his first team debut under Unai Emery last season but has made significant strides under the interim management of Freddie Ljungberg, before Mikel Arteta took up the reigns and utilised the versatile academy graduate in a number of different positions.
Saka has featured at full-back and as a wing-back but is nominally a winger and reportedly wanted assurances over his future role under Arteta before he ended months of speculation by signing a new long-term contract earlier this month.
And, indicative of his standing, the 18-year-old will wear the No.7 shirt next season, inheriting the jersey from Henrikh Mkhitaryan whose move to Roma will become a permanent deal at the end of the season.
Arteta is a huge admirer of the academy graduate’s and was delighted when the player, who has registered 13 assists in all competitions this season, finally signed a new deal.
He said: ‘Bukayo is a talented and intelligent young player.
‘He has impressed me with his work ethic and attitude to learn and adapt, and it has paid off in his performances. ‘I am excited to continue working with him to develop him further, and for him to help us achieve our goals.’
While Saka’s club future is clear, his international prospects are still undecided with Nigeria reportedly pushing for his services.
Saka has already represented England at youth level and could earn a call-up to Gareth Southgate’s senior squad next month.
But the Super Eagles, according to the Daily Mail, have not given up hope of tempting Saka to be part of their future plans and have success in the past, recruiting the likes of Alex Iwobi and Victor Moses who were eligible to play for England.
For more stories like this, check our sport page.

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So this happened today:
Per our tipster, Norton performed the sub-par squeeze-in around the same time the rest of her colleagues were crowding into the House chamber to hear the joint address by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
At around the 40-second mark, an oblivious U.S. Capitol Police officer appears to zoom by on a motorcycle, right past the textbook parking offense.
Once the aide seen assisting Norton from outside the slow-moving vehicle finishes waving her into clearly disastrous position, Norton emerges from the car, clicks her remote locking device (better safe than sorry) and starts to walk away.
Then, all of the sudden, she doubles back.
Has her conscience gotten the best of her? Is she going to slide a quickly composed apology onto the now-stuck truck’s windshield? Or perhaps a business card?
Norton simply retrieves some forgotten item from inside the car and then heads on her merry way.
Our spy estimates the entire head-scratching episode lasted about half an hour, including the painful insertion process and her 20-minute jaunt into Cannon.
Once done with her business, the tipster said Norton backed out of the space and rolled out onto the unsuspecting District streets.
“She hit the car next to her and did not leave a note, though I couldn’t see any damage,” was our spy’s takeaway from the mid-day drama.
Rep. Norton (D-DC) is a non-voting member of Congress … which is probably a good thing, if that video is any indication. We’ve got enough actual voting members of Congress who don’t give a rat’s a** about the damage they do to the country on any given day. We certainly don’t need another one!
My latest at IJ Review discusses how the national NAACP has stepped in to investigate the Winston-Salem, NC branch after allegations and complaints surfaced of vote tampering, paper ballots (supposedly against the rules), and campaign literature being illegally distributed at a January election of executive board members.
Because there had been so much dissension last fall among the Winston group over the nominating process, the state NAACP – of which Moral Monday “leader” and vocal voter ID opponent Rev. William “Bill” Barber heads – was called in to “oversee” that January election … and failed. As a result, the situation has escalated to the national office.
In short, a city-based NC NAACP election for president was voided by the national NAACP after complaints alleging improper vote tampering and illegal campaigning at the January 10 election – which was overseen by the state NAACP, which happens to be a vocal opponent of the type of voting laws that aim to prevent future instances of vote fraud in government elections.
Can’t make it up …
Via the Independent Tribune:
CONCORD, N.C. — Authorities have arrested two men and are looking for a third in an alleged robbery conspiracy at a Concord Taco Bell.
At about 6:29 a.m. Sunday, Concord police responded to an armed robbery call at the Taco Bell at 2281 Spider Drive.
Two suspects stole $1,300 cash from the restaurant, according to a police report and information provided by CPD. One suspect was wearing a navy blue sweat suit, an Obama mask and had a handgun. The second suspect was wearing camouflage clothing, a black ski mask and carried a rifle.
During the investigation, police determined that Darrius De’quane Mack-Weaks, a Taco Bell employee, allegedly conspired with his cousin and a friend to rob the restaurant, according to CPD.
A Twitter follower quipped:
— Joseph Ryan (@jmotivator) February 4, 2015
President Obama – if he’s not robbing us one way, he’s robbing us some other way …
And it was a beautiful thing. Via NBC News:
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, walked back comments she reportedly made about the dilution of the Jewish community.
The DNC is now walking back those comments, releasing this statement from Wasserman Schultz saying she does “not oppose intermarriage.”
“At an annual Jewish community event in my congressional district, I spoke about my personal connection to Judaism and in a larger context about the loss of Jewish identity and the importance of connecting younger generations to the institutions and values that make up our community. I do not oppose intermarriage; in fact, members of my family, including my husband, are a product of it,” the Florida Demorat said in a statement.
The conservative Daily Caller recently reported that Wasserman Schultz criticized Jewish intermarriages at an event last month in Florida.
From that DC piece:
The Florida congresswoman’s eye-opening comments came at a breakfast event held earlier this month at a south Florida branch of the Jewish Federation.
Previously unpublished audio of the event was obtained by The Shark Tank, a Florida-based political blog.
“We have the problem of assimilation. We have the problem of intermarriage,” Wasserman Schultz said after mentioning her husband, who she seemingly met through the Jewish Federation.
“We have the problem that too many generations of Jews don’t realize the importance of our institutions strengthening our community — particularly with the rise of antisemitism and global intolerance, which obviously we saw in horrific technicolor in just the last week in Paris.”
Wellll, she’s right about the rise of anti-Semitism and global intolerance towards Jewish people, but unfortunately she’ll never admit that her side of the aisle is the one that routinely perpetuates dangerous myths about Islamofascism and who the true aggressors really are in the global war on terror.
But her remarks on “the problem of intermarriage”? Wow – can you imagine if a Republican in her position had said anything remotely similar to that??
My latest at IJ Review is about how a new group of so-called “centrist” elected Democrats in the North Carolina state house have formed in an effort to show North Carolinians that not only are there still some pro-business Dems left in NC, but also that not the entire party has gone off the deep end. Their hope is to try and turn the party around to where they are winning elections again and are no longer alienating moderates and conservatives that used to be well within their ranks but who are becoming increasingly dissatisfied at some of the positions state and national Democrats have taken. Judging by how the “progressive” Moral Monday movement has taken hold (see photo above), I’d say their concerns about the direction of their party are well-founded.
I’ve talked about this for the last couple of years in how the “modern” version of the state Democrat party here has quickly turned into a state version of the national party, which hasn’t sat well with some long-time state Dems who see “their side” as veering too far off to the left. Will be interesting to see how this works out – and IF it will work, as “centrists” who have formed coalitions within various state and national arms of the Democrat party across the country in recent years haven’t had too much success.
Grab the popcorn ….
Philadelphia, Pa. (CBS DC/AP) – Vice President Joe Biden told Democrats Friday that the past six years have been “really, really hard” for the country and the Democratic Party.
Speaking at the House Democratic Caucus retreat in Philadelphia Friday morning, Biden stressed that “really tough decisions” have faced both Democrats and the country as a whole.
“To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country,” said Biden.
“And they’ve been really tough for our party. Just ask [former DCCC chair] Steve [Israel],” continued Biden. “They’ve been really tough for our party. But together – and together — we made some really, really tough decisions — decisions that weren’t at all popular, hard to explain.”
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Let’s predict which 2016 presidential contender will use this line first? If you think it’d be Hillary, you’d be wrong … remember, she and Joey B. worked together for the first few years of President Obama’s presidency. Now consider the possibilities if they BOTH run for president. Will other candidates on “their side” use the quote against either of them? Imagine the sparks that will fly … #popcorn
Via MyFox8 in NC: Randleman road rage woman charged
Watch the video, filmed by the harassed woman on a cell phone that was mounted to the dash of her car. She had a child with her. The idiot woman in the other vehicle who got caught on camera has made national headlines. It’s embarrassing, stupid, pointless, solves nothing, and can get people hurt – or killed.
And for what?
Look, I’ve been at my wits end on the road here before behind someone acting like they’re taking a leisurely Saturday afternoon tour, or beside someone who revs their engine at the red light like “it’s on.” Or someone riding my bumper like I’m sitting still. It’s annoying. Infuriating. Frustrating. All of the above.
But just take a deep breath and be the better person. Let it go and get home safely. If YOU don’t feel safe, call 911 and try to maintain a safe distance.
OK? That is all.
This morning I find myself in the very rare position of being able to say I’m proud of our First Lady. Why? Read on:
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women live.
Joining President Barack Obama for a condolence visit after the death of the King Abdullah, Mrs. Obama stepped off of Air Force One wearing long pants and a long, brightly colored jacket — but no headscarf.
Under the kingdom’s strict dress code for women, Saudi females are required to wear a headscarf and loose, black robes in public. Most women in Saudi Arabia cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab. But covering one’s head is not required for foreigners, and some Western women choose to forego the headscarf while in Saudi Arabia.
As a delegation of dozens of Saudi officials — all men — greeted the Obamas in Riyadh, some shook hands with Mrs. Obama. Others avoided a handshake but acknowledged the first lady with a nod as they passed by.
The Washington Post reports that Mrs. Obama’s actions caused an uproar among Saudi women on social media:
Barack Obama was in Riyadh on Tuesday to pay his respects to the late Saudi King Abdullah. His visit, for which he cut short a much-hyped trip to India, underscores how important the U.S.-Saudi relationship remains to the American leadership. On social media, however, much of the attention has focused on something else: His wife’s attire.
More than 1,500 tweets using the hashtag #?????_??????_???? (roughly, #Michelle_Obama_immodesty) were sent Tuesday, many of which criticized the first lady. Some users pointed out that on a recent trip to Indonesia, Michelle had worn a headscarf. Why not in Saudi Arabia?
The response wasn’t entirely negative — Ahram Online notes that some Twitter users said Michelle shouldn’t be criticized too much, it being a short, impromptu trip and all. Saudi state television did show images of Michelle and her uncovered head, despite some claims that they had digitally obscured her (a widely circulated video with the first lady entirely blurred seems to have been an amateur production).
The headscarf thing wasn’t the only issue some Saudis took with the First Lady’s attire, as Josh Rogin with Bloomberg View notes:
The alleged blurring wasn’t the only controversy. Some Arab media outlets criticized Michelle Obama for wearing a blue dress, rather than a black one.
Politico points out other First Ladies (and former First Ladies) have been known to throw aside the headscarf as well:
In 2011, when then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Abdullah in New York, she did not cover her face or hair. Nor did then-first lady Laura Bush during a 2006 visit with Abdullah in Saudi Arabia.
American women: Rebels, with a clue. Sometimes.
The Daily Beast’s Tim Mak has an unintentionally hilarious piece on the state of La Clinton’s “pre-campaign” hires and how the current “all-white, all-male” cast has Democrat strategists hitting the panic button:
Hillary Clinton’s pre-presidential campaign has made some high-profile hires recently—but all of them, so far, are white males. And Democrats have noticed.
Does Hillary Clinton need binders full of women?
Some Democrats, particularly women and people of color, think so.
In interviews with The Daily Beast, nearly a dozen Democrats, said they were worried Clinton’s hires for the top echelons of her pre-campaign haven’t taken gender and racial diversity into account.
Their concern started after early leaks about heavy hitters recruited for the likely 2016 presidential candidate’s proto-campaign all had two distinct things in common: they were white and male.
“Democrats need a leader that can bring together races and nationalities, especially now and especially to win. That starts at the top of the campaign, and Hillary Clinton will need to demonstrate that level of commitment to set the right tone and strategy going forward” said Aimee Allison, senior VP at PowerPAC+, a group founded by major Democratic donor Steve Phillips to build the “political power of the multiracial majority.”
The situation is altogether more jarring, several Democrats interviewed said, when one considers 2008 Hillary’s campaign manager was Patti Solis Doyle, the first Hispanic woman to manage a presidential campaign.
One operative quipped that the top levels of the campaign are in danger of looking like “white dudefest 2016.”
And it gets even better. Read on:
The Democrats who spoke to The Daily Beast didn’t want to be named for a variety of reasons: some were trying to land campaign positions in the 2016 election cycle, or their bosses are expected to support Hillary, or they feared retribution and wanted to speak freely.
The frustrations over racial and gender diversity are especially acute among those staffers who worked on the most recent Obama campaign. Many of them found that women and minority staffers were not elevated to the very top rungs of the campaign structure—nor did they receive nearly enough credit for its eventual success.
One post-campaign retrospective from Rolling Stone drew particular ire—it pointed out ten of the Obama campaign’s ‘real heroes,’ nine of whom were men.
The question of diversity Clinton could face was handled improperly by Obama in the last election cycle, said a strategist who worked on the president’s reelection campaign.
“On these historic campaigns, where you’re trying to change the very image of what the word ‘president’ evokes, what you think of when you think of the word ‘president,’ the leadership was pretty male, pretty white,” she said.
Not exactly a surprise when you consider the White House won’t even practice what it preaches when it comes to one of their pet issues: “equal pay.” As always, it’s “do as I say and not as I do” with Democrats – no matter the issue, really.
And related to “Hillary 2016″ talk, Mike Allen at Politico has a good read on her (predicted) future political plans, and talked to numerous Democrats “close to the Clintons” who say she will officially launch her second campaign for President in April and that massive preparation is underway in advance of the expected announcement. The article also says Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), long speculated to be running and who could have quite possibly been Hillary’s toughest competition in the primaries, “is making no behind-the-scenes preparations” – so apparently Warren was serious when she said she had no plans to run.
As they say, stay tuned, because there’s never a dull moment when it comes to the Clinton political machine … nor the media’s love/hate relationship with Bill and Hill.


|Publication number||US5228428 A|
|Application number||US 07/981,841|
|Publication date||Jul 20, 1993|
|Filing date||Nov 25, 1992|
|Priority date||Nov 25, 1992|
|Publication number||07981841, 981841, US 5228428 A, US 5228428A, US-A-5228428, US5228428 A, US5228428A|
|Original Assignee||Jang Sun Sing|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (14), Classifications (5), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a grease tray, and more particularly to a grease tray for use in a range hood.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a portion of the cooking fume is blown out in a direction tangential to the blade face of an air impeller 11 at such time when a fume exhauster 10 is running. For this reason, a grease tray 14 of a plastic material is mounted between an air inlet 121 of an air guiding box 12 and an air suction port 131 of a bottom plate 13. Now referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the grease tray 14 of the prior art is shown to comprise a centrally located air hole 141 having an outer circumference provided with an annular groove 142. A grease tube 143 is disposed at an appropriate location in the outer wall forming the annular groove 142.
The way in which the cooking fume exhauster 10 is set up, as described above, is in fact a time-honored practice in the industry. However, such mechanical set-up of the prior art has a major shortcoming, which is explicitly expounded hereinafter.
As soon as a motor 15 of the fume exhauster 10 is started, the cooking fume is guided into the air guiding box 12 by a suction effect of the air impeller 11 at work. The fume is then guided by a centrifugal effect to move along a direction tangential to the blade face of the air impeller 11 to reach an inner wall 122 of the air guiding box 12, wherefrom the fume moves on in a direction indicated by a small arrow 17 to arrive at a bottom wall 123 of the air guiding box 12. The grease vapor carried in the fume is then collected in the annular groove 142 of the grease tray 14. The grease so collected is finally kept in a grease container via the grease tube 143. However, in the course of exhausting the cooking fume, as described above, it is often found that the grease vapor flows from the bottom wall 123 of the air guiding box 12 in several directions, as indicated by arrows 18, in a manner that the grease vapor flows through the annular groove 142 of the grease tray 14 to reach the air suction port 131 of the bottom plate 13. As a result, the grease often drips from the air suction port 131 into the kitchen utensils sitting on the range. Needless to say, a housewife is annoyed by such incident of the grease dripping.
The primary objective of the present invention to provide a grease tray with means capable of preventing the collected grease from dripping out of the bottom wall of the air guiding box of the range hoods.
According to the present invention, a grease tray comprises a main member and an auxiliary member. The main member has a disk ring provided mainly with a first upright ring portion and a shoulder portion having thereon a second upright ring portion with a tenon located on the inner circumference thereof. The disk ring is further provided with a grease outlet. The auxiliary member has a planar ring provided with an inner wall, an outer wall, and a high wall portion located between the inner wall and the outer wall so as to form an outer slot and a middle slot. The outer slot has a grease draining hole while the middle slot has at least one through hole. The outer wall of the auxiliary member is provided with a mortise corresponding in location to the tenon of the main member. The main member and the auxiliary member are put together by means of the tenon and the mortise, in a manner that the bottom of the outer wall is located on the shoulder portion.
The present invention may best be understood through the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional analytical perspective of a conventional range hood;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a range hood in combination as shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the conventional grease tray in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4--4 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main member 20 according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view showing a main member in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7--7 in FIG. 5;
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an auxiliary member 30 according to the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a top plan view showing an auxiliary member in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line 10--10 in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the present invention at work state;
FIG. 12 is a top plan view of another preferred embodiment of a main member according to the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along line 13--13 in FIG. 12;
FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along line 14--14 in FIG. 12;
FIG. 15 is a top plan view of another preferred embodiment of an auxiliary member according to the present invention;
FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along line 16--16 in FIG. 15; and
FIG. 17 is a schematic view of another preferred embodiment at work state according to the present invention.
Referring to FIGS. 5-11, a grease tray of the present invention is shown to be composed of a main member 20 and an auxiliary member 30.
The main member 20 has a disk ring 21, which is kept on a horizontal level. The disk ring 21 is provided on the upper surface thereof with three spaced support pillars 211, each of which has a blind hole 212 located at the top surface thereof. The disk ring 21 is further provided on the outer edge thereof with a first upright ring portion 22 extending upwards. The first upright ring portion 22 is provided on the top edge thereof with a shoulder portion 23 extending outwards. The shoulder portion 23 has a second upright ring portion 24 located on the outer edge thereof in a manner that the second upright ring portion 24 extends upwards. The second upright ring portion 24 has an arresting portion 241 extending outwards from the top edge of the second upright ring portion 24. In addition, the second upright ring portion 24 is provided with a tenon 242 located at an appropriate position on the inner circumference of the second upright ring portion 24. The disk ring 21 is provided on the inner edge thereof with a third upright ring portion 25 extending upwards and with a lower planar ring portion 26 extending inwards and having a recessed and arcuate inner ring portion 27 extending upwards from the inner edge of the lower planar ring portion 26. Located on the top edge of the inner ring portion 27 is an upper planar ring portion 27 extending inwards. The disk ring 21 is further provided with a grease outlet 243 under which there is a grease draining tube 29.
The auxiliary member 30 has a planar ring 31 provided respectively on the inner and the outer edges thereof with an inner wall 32 extending upwards and with an outer wall 33 extending upwards. Located between the inner and the outer walls 32 and 33 is a high wall portion 34 for forming an outer slot 35 and a middle slot 36. The outer slot 35 is provided in the bottom wall thereof with a grease draining hole 351 while the middle slot 36 is provided on the bottom wall thereof with a plurality of holes 361 that are spaced appropriately. The outer wall 33 is provided with a mortise 331 corresponding in location to the grease draining hole 351. The planar ring 31 further has three insertion rods 37 extending downwards from the bottom of the planar ring 31. Each of the three insertion rods 37 has an outer diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of the blind hole 212 of the main member 20.
In combination, the tenon 242 of the main member 20 is fitted into the mortise 331 of the auxiliary member 30, with each of the three insertion rods 37 fitted into the blind hole 212 of each of the three support pillars 211. As a result, the auxiliary member 30 is securely located. The bottom of the outer wall 33 of the auxiliary member 30 is placed on the shoulder portion 23 of the main member 20 so that the grease draining hole 351 of the auxiliary member 30 is corresponding in location to the grease outlet 243 of the main member 20.
As shown in FIG. 11, the high wall portion 34 and the inner wall 32 of the auxiliary member 30 serve as dual shields, with the high wall portion 34 obstructing the grease splashed by the air current in a direction indicated by an arrow 50. The obstructed grease is forced to flow in a direction indicated by an arrow 60 into the outer slot 35 and then into the top of the disk ring 21 of the main member 20 via the grease draining hole 351 of the auxiliary member 30. Some of the grease is collected in the middle slot 36 of the auxiliary member 30 and is then guided to flow into the top of the disk ring 21 of the main member 20 via the holes 361 of the middle slot 36. The main member 20 is further provided with an inner slot 100 for collecting a less amount of the grease. All the collected grease is then drained into a grease collecting cup 70 via the grease draining tube 29. As a result, the grease is prevented from being splashed into the kitchen utensils sitting on the range via an air inlet 281 of the main member 20.
A second preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 12-17. In the second preferred embodiment, the grease outlet 243 of the main member 20 is arranged under the tenon 242 of the second upright portion 24. The grease outlet 243 is in communication with the grease draining tube 29 dispossed horizontally. The outer slot 35 of the auxiliary member 30 is devoid of the grease draining hole 351. As a result, the grease collected in the auxiliary member 30 is guided to flow to the grease draining tube 29 via the mortise 331. The grease is finally guided via a duct 70 to a grease collecting cup 80 located at the rear section of the housing interior of the range hood. In addition, the grease draining tube 29 comprises therein a horizontally arranged partition wall 291 located at the mid-point of the tube 29 and made integrally with the tube 29. The partition wall 291 prevents the grease, which flows out of the mortise 331, from dripping back into the top of the disk ring 21 of the main member 20.
While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiments but on the contrary, is intended to cover various moditications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which scope is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures.
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PotentialGSDowner...kudo's to you for recognizing a despairaging situation for this poor dog and perhaps taking on the responsibility to give him a new lease on life.
I think with the right protocol (radical to some, normal to others), this issue can be turned around.
Keep in mind that allergies are a symptom of the immune system. The best way to boost and assist the dog to naturally recover would be to feed RAW with an antioxidant boost of some pureed green leafy veg...some digestive enzymes, probiotics raw organic coconut oil and fish oil.
Carmen - who posted, has a line that will cover noted along with added herbals that detox the kidney and liver as well as reduce inflammatory conditions and support and compliment a raw diet - and I suppose, a good quality kibble (secondary), but focus needs to be on bringing the dog back into balance - the gut, bacteria and yeast are prevelant and sugars have to be removed - that is in the form of carbs...there is NO kibble that is carb free.
The choice is ultimately up to you if you can or want to take on that resposibility - but it WILL do the dog better and for all - his health and your wallet in the long run.
The people must have had him in and out of the vets a ton - so it likely the dog has been over-vaccinated, this is a contributing factor in immune response to foreign invaders syndrome - "allergies".
An herbal detox, raw food, good suppl. exercise in the sunshine and a caring compasionate family...this dog will be happier then a pig in poop.

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The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) has launched a campaign to spread awareness about women’s rights related to issues of child marriage, birth registration, inheritance, and domestic violence. This was announced on Friday.
It said that under the campaign the commission was putting up advertisements with information about women’s rights on the back of rickshaws.
It said the ads also included information about the PCSW’s toll-free helpline.
Women could call the helpline to seek assistance on matters like workplace harassment, gender-based discrimination, property disputes, domestic violence and information on hostels, day-care centres and other facilities for working women. This helpline is part of the PCSW’s efforts to raise awareness on women’s rights.
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Guernsey Post wants WWI material for stamp collection
Guernsey Post has launched an appeal to find World War I memorabilia for a five-year "Great War" stamp series.
The first issue in the series will be available from October 2013 and it will run until 2018.
Dawn Gallienne, head of the philatelic bureau, said it hoped people would come forward with find letters, trench art, medals and photographs.
She said it had items for use on the stamps, but hoped what came forward would help tell personal stories.
Ms Gallienne said: "These might be letters which were sent home during the war, trench art, military photographs of family members or friends who fought in the war or even material like ration books, decorations and medals.
"It would be wonderful to be able to unearth other materials which can be incorporated into our commemorative stamp issues."
She said information had been found about the formation and actions of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry and of Guernsey women decorated for their war work.
"Records also show that a Guernsey Prisoner of War received a personal letter from King George V," she added.

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Janja Juvan is the main organizer for the Poskočni Muzikanti Australian tour which has kicked off in Queensland. They will also be performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Janja speaks about the tour itself and how it came to be that the band will not be performing at any Slovenian club in Victoria.
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Storytelling Workshop at the Little Theatre at 2:00pm – Cancelled
Using elements from the signature dynamic performance style in Sunrise at Midnight, participants will explore storytelling through physicality, voice, rhythm, and character archetypes from Algerian street performance such as the witch, the wise woman and the ogre. Presented by Dreamland Arts.
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Filipino Women - Facts & Myths
Is it true that Filipino women make the best wives in the world. Here are some of the statements you hear or read about Filipino women so you can better distinguish the myths from the facts.
?Filipino women are very well educated?
FACT: College education has always been of a great importance for the Filipinas. Pride in accomplishment at school is instilled in Filipinas since their early childhood and the statistics shows that female college enrollment even exceeds that of the male.
?Filipino women are religious?
FACT: Being the only Christian nation in the Far East (the Philippines is 83% Roman Catholic), it is common amongst Philippine families to raise their children in the church. Your perspective Filipina bride would most likely dream of a church wedding and it is likely that her family even forbid her to get married without one.
?All Filipinas are submissive and obedient?
MYTH: Generally Filipino women would never engage in a loud quarrel but their patient, non-confrontational and understanding nature should not be mistaken for submissive. All their life Filipinas have been taught to act like a real Lady ? to be refined in both tastes and manners and always speak politely, with a gentle tone of voice. Arguing, along with public criticism, is just not acceptable and even if you are off your rocker your Filipina will not confront you just to save you from embarrassment.
?Filipina?s only purpose in life is to serve and fulfill their husband?s wildest dreams ?
MYTH: As already mentioned, in reality most Filipinas have advanced degrees of education and professional lives. It could hardly be presumed that they live only to fulfill some man's wild desires. And yet, nobody can deny the warmth, loyalty and faithfulness of Filipina wives. Since there is no divorce laws in the Philippines, Filipinas have always paid high regard for the sanctity of marriage and make every endeavour to preserve the love in their family.
?Money is always secondary to the stability of a loving marriage?
FACT: Living in a society that finds divorce unacceptable, Filipino women will always put the stability of their marriage first, before money and they will always be more willing to sacrifice career than a family.
?Filipina women don't believe in divorce?
MYTH: Raised with high values of honesty and fidelity, Filipino women are very patient and willing to stand by their husbands during hard times. This is not unconditional, however, so don?t equalize the illegality of divorce in the Philippines with unwillingness of Filipinas to divorce if they could. A Filipino woman in an honest and loving relationship will never consider divorce as an option but if her husband abuses her verbally or physically she will resort to it if given the opportunity.
?Filipinas are excellent home keepers?
FACT: Filipino women are very focused on family needs and are exceptional mothers. Their home is a great source of pride for them and they do their best to create a warm and loving environment for their family. For the Filipina even yelling at home would mean de-facing her home so you will probably never find a Filipina woman screaming or breaking dishes.
?Filipina women prefer senior men ?
FACT: Filipinas are, at a minimum, tolerant of much older husbands. This fact is confirmed by the statistics ? with 80% men older than their Filipina wives by at least a year, more than 40% are at least 10 years older and about 15% are more than 20 years older. What makes them desirable despite the significant age gap is that Filipinas perceive older men as more mature, less promiscuous, and financially stable.
?Filipinas seek Western men for marriage because there are twice as many females as males in the Philippines?
MYTH: The population difference is about 700,000 (age 15-65) in a country with a population of about 73,000,000 ? that is a difference of less than 1% which proves that such a statement is just inconsistent. Filipino women seek Western men for a husband for many of the same reasons Western men want them for a wife ? for a stable, loving and lasting relationship.
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The Lebanese National Bloc party saw in the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Lebanon, and the campaigns of his agenda to confront Hezbollah, an occasion to affirm the necessity for Lebanon to adhere to diplomatic norms and to apply a nonalignment policy pertaining to the Syrian crisis.
The Bloc sees that it is the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ responsibility to coordinate with international delegates and not to exceed the limits of diplomatic norms during their visits to Lebanon. This applies specifically when it comes to informal "side" meetings that international delegates hold with party leaders, which are neither informal nor private.
The National Bloc party’s view on the position of the US administration on Hezbollah is as follows: the Bloc sees that Hezbollah’s lack of commitment to the nonalignment and self-restraint policies, as stipulated in the “Ministerial Agreement” despite Hezbollah’s participation in government, can be interpreted as a contradiction, and give justification to arguments that may weaken Lebanon's position internationally.
The Bloc stated that one of the main repercussions of Hezbollah’s intervention in the Syrian conflict is the loss of Lebanese citizens’ lives, rather than using Lebanese citizens’ potential internally. Additionally, the National Bloc Party stated that the duty to defend Lebanon and all its citizens of all sects who may be targeted by expiatory terrorists is the responsibility of the Lebanese state and specifically that of the Lebanese Armed Forces.

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QMA Instructor: Joe Jansen
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Joe Jansen has been a professional guitarist for over 30 years. He is no stranger to the stage and studio. He currently plays in 80’s tribute bands including Big Top Radio and Revenge for the 80’s. Joe has worked with artists such as Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Eye 2 Eye, Marc Labossiere, Snake Oil and Fred Mitchell, as well as touring and recording all over North America, Europe and Middle East.
A calm and patient instructor, Joe is versed in almost any genre. If you are looking to start playing, brush up on your technique, or learn theory, Joe can help you attain your professional and personal goal in music!


The new VW Golf R appears to be pretty similar to its predecessor on paper, at least until you start digging a little bit more into its oily bits.
The most powerful VW Golf in the range still has a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with over 300 HP sent to all four wheels via a dual-clutch transmission -sadly there’s no longer a manual option- but the big difference here is the all-wheel-drive system itself.
While the system is still named 4Motion, the Golf R’s all-wheel-drive system is not your familiar Haldex unit; VW replaced that with a rear-drive unit that features two clutches, giving the new Golf R for the first time torque vectoring. This makes it significantly more agile, as the system is now able to control more precisely the torque between the two rear wheels, in addition to distributing the power between axles. It’s a similar system to that in the last Ford Focus RS but unlike the Ford, the new Golf R locks its greatest party trick behind an option, at least in Europe.
European customers must get the optional R Performance Package in order to enjoy the much advertised ‘Drift’ mode of the new VW Golf R. In that mode, the torque vectoring system sends 100 percent of the rear torque to the outside wheel for some sweet all-wheel-drive drifts. The torque split between axles can go as far as 50:50 at all times.
The package also lifts the top speed up to 167 mph (270 km/h), adds a bigger roof spoiler and a set of 19-inch Estoril alloy wheels, as well as a special ‘Nurburgring’ driving mode, which slackens off the adaptive dampers and optimizes the torque vectoring system for the track’s cornering profile.
We still don’t know if VW is going to offer the track-only ‘Drift’ feature as an option to US customers when the Golf R arrives on our shores late this year but we sure hope they won’t make the same mistake as their European counterpart. After all, this is one of the signature features of the new VW Golf R.


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Kevon Looney is a dual threat
Milwaukee Hamilton basketball star shows discipline in classroom
The key is to start 'em young.
If you want to know one of the secrets to grooming a Division I ballplayer, begin there. Set the bar high. Put together a disciplined game plan and stick with it. Let it be known there will be repercussions for any slip-ups and then follow through if necessary.
That's what Doug and Victoria Looney did with their three children, the youngest of whom turned out to be one of the most sought-after basketball recruits in the nation.
"We were always consistent. I think that was the biggest key," Doug Looney said. "We were always consistent from the foundation when he was in kindergarten, all the way through elementary school. If you're not eligible, you can't play. If your grades aren't good, you can't go outside and play. We were always consistent. When we came home, you did your homework and then you do whatever you've got to do as far as playing sports or whatever."
For those of you who missed it, Kevon Looney, a senior at Milwaukee Hamilton rated among the top 15 prospects for the 2014 class by most recruiting analysts, committed to UCLA last week. He also had Wisconsin, Duke, Tennessee, Michigan State and Florida among his final six schools.
Truth be told, he could have gone to any of the 300-plus Division I schools, something that obviously has a lot to do with the fact that we're talking about a 6-foot-9 forward with excellent ball-handling skills and a sweet jump shot.
The key stats, however, are in his transcript. Honors classes. Advance-placement courses. A long line of report cards with grade-point averages of 3.5 or better.
When college coaches see a potential recruit, one of the first questions they ask is how are his grades. Then they want to see his transcript. If they don't like what they see, they won't waste their time on the player no matter how prodigious the talent.
The implementation of the APR (Academic Progress Rate) has forced college coaches to place a greater emphasis on the academic potential of prospective recruits. The APR is calculated based on a program's eligibility, retention and graduation rates. If a program's APR drops to a certain level, it risks sanctions that cut as deep as a postseason ban.
As a result, coaches are taking fewer kids who would be viewed as academic risks. They really can't afford to. A kid with less talent but a better academic history is the safer way to go.
Looney is the type of dual threat that makes coaches' lives easier.
"Homework. All that stuff came natural to him," his mother said. "We never really had to check his homework. He just knew to do it. That's the kind of kid he is. He just goes and does what he needs to do."
Last Thursday was a celebration of what can happen when you combine that kind of effort in the classroom with a ton of basketball skill. Before Looney announced his college choice, Hamilton principal Rosana Mateo spoke of the positive light in which Looney helped put the school. Shelby Parrish, Looney's coach with the Running Rebels, called him an example of what the organization is about. Tom Diener, who coached at Hamilton the past three seasons before leaving for the Cedarburg job in August, called Looney a future leader of society.
That's all lofty praise. It's the type of stuff said about Looney since his freshman year and much of it is the result of the results he has produced in his classwork.
"Once he got into the groove (of doing his work), it was all him," he father said. "He's a pretty disciplined kid.
He is part of a trend that hopefully continues.
In the past three seasons, the Milwaukee City Conference, which is still the state's deepest league, has produced four players who were ready for Division I ball on and off the court straight from high school: Looney, Marquette's Deonte Burton (Vincent), North Dakota State's Carlin Dupree (Bay View) and Connecticut's Phillip Nolan (Riverside, Vincent).
Those are nice numbers, but I want to see more.
So my message to all you gifted ball players is to become a dual threat and watch how many doors it opens.
And for everyone else, remember to start early. School is much easier to handle when you're not playing catch-up, and that's true whether you can play ball or not.
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Excellent photo, beautiful color and focus.
well done and chosen
You need a caterpillar with a hookah on top of it (nice shot, though)
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Great colors and focus
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Beautiful.....I likethis alot
Thanks, i had 4 of them crawling around a big mushroom
quality photo! nice work
bravo, polite and focus, bravo
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very good anagraph near perfect offset and very little color interferance
very cool, I agree, near perfect...it works very well...nicely done author.
Very nice, good job author.
This is a really beautiful picture, and the 3D feel of it is credible enough.
But I think that if you would have kept the background in focus as well it would have been better.
In a traditional picture the blurred background would work perfectly to focus the attention on the subject, but in an anaglypf you don't need this kind of separation, because the subject sticks right out of the screen, while the background remains in the background. But the viewer should have the opportunity to focus on the background if he wishes to.
That said, i still believe that this is the most (or one of the two most) successful take(s) on the theme.
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Delhi to slap entry tax on goods from states
the delhi government, aiming to replace sales tax by a value added tax by april 1, 2002, plans to give set-off of vat paid on inputs against central sales tax levied on the output exported from the state, levy a vatable entry tax on imports into the state, and include petroleum products within the vat chain. the delhi government also plans to give cash refunds in cases where the vat taxes to be set off against the final tax exceed the final tax. this was explained by dr r khullar, commissioner, sales tax, delhi and mr manish gupta, state s-t additional commissioner here today at a press conference. an entry tax or tax on imports would be levied on all goods imported from other states into delhi. however, this entry tax will be allowed to be set off against the vat payable on sale of the item within delhi. while the delhi government officials say that the tax is to protect businesses within the state, traders present at the conference opposed the proposal to levy an entry tax. the vat levied on inputs used to manufacture a product within the state will be allowed to be set off against cst payable on inter-state sales. of course, vat levied on inputs will also be allowed to be set off on the final vat on local sale of the final product. since cst is currently at four per cent, inter-state sales would require set off of vat levied on the inputs used in making the final product against the cst. in such a case, it is likely that the set-off amount exceeds the cst payable on the final product resulting in a refund requirement. the delhi government has decided to give the refunds in all such cases, according to sales tax officials. refunds would also be given in case of local sales where the input tax credit exceeds the final tax payable on sale, officials say. the delhi government is also planning to abolish the separate threshold limits of zero, rs 1.5 lakh, and rs 3 lakh currently prescribed for exempting importers, manufacturers and traders, respectively and prescribe a common exemption limit of between rs 5 to 15 lakh, officials said. this limit exempts persons with sales below this limit from paying sales tax. the tax rate on petroleum products is likely to remain at the current level of 20 per cent for the state. if a business uses petroleum products to manufacture another item, it would get credit of the tax paid on the petroleum products. however, it would not get the credit if it uses or burns up the fuel, i.e consumes it, in the manufacturing process, officials explained. "we would, in general, give input tax credit for all business inputs such as furniture, goods transport vehicles, pens etc used for output manufacturing directly or indirectly'', says gupta. currently, delhi has sales tax rates of 0, 4, 8 and 12 per cent. the vat rates in the new regime are likely to be zero, four per cent, and a revenue neutral rate of between 10 and 12 per cent. this rnr is being concretised.


Kyle Shanahan has not assured that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will play this season.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has not assured that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will play this season but will be active on Sunday, he told reporters.
Kyle Shanahan on Jimmy Garoppolo: "I can't promise you that he will play this year."— Joe Fann (@Joe_Fann) November 1, 2017
Garoppolo is not slated to start Sunday's game against Arizona Cardinals. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season unless the 49ers ink him to a new deal or tag him as their franchise player.
The 49ers acquired Garoppolo in exchange for a 2018 second-round draft pick. The 49ers also decided to release veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer before he signed a three-year deal with the New England Patriots.
Garoppolo started two games for New England at the start of the 2016 season while Tom Brady sat out a four-game suspension for his role in the Deflategate scandal. Garoppolo was 42-for-59 passing with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He was drafted out of Eastern Illinois by the Patriots in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft.
The 49ers are 0–8 on the season.


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The problem with eating light until supper, is that we are starving by the time we get supper made. I would rather eat a good, lunch, and have popcorn for supper! I lose more when I have a smaller supper than the rest of the meals of the day. It is hard to have a supper time when everyone isn’t ready to eat. The other day I fried up okra. It took a while with the last batch of okra. It didn’t want to fry in the pan. Maybe I should slow down, and watch it cook. I had checkers on my mind. Really. So I gave up checkers to fry okra.
Finally the okra fried, and looked wonderful. I added a little salt, and covered it until everyone could gather around the table. Ed was on his way home soon, and Isaac came in to help me with the last part of the meal. Pork chops left from Wednesday night were already cooked. Heating them in the pan was all I needed to do. They were tender because we marinated them for a couple of hours. Yes! It worked. Then we breaded them, and put them in the oven. It took an hour to bake them ever so slowly.
I made custard coconut pie, and one apple pie with the candies in it. I have to peel 7 apples to make this apple pie, and I have pie dishes that are wearing from making pies. I know how to make custard, and I put the coconut into the custard after I stirred it together. I used whole milk, and it made a fine pie.
Now you know why I intend on getting on the machine today to exercise. I have eaten heartily! At times we refrain from having dessert, because we are too, full from eating the pork chops that were left from Wednesday night’s supper. The crowd was not there. I didn’t get any calls about anyone not coming. The usual crowd didn’t show, because they were busy eating something else. Smile. What goes around comes around. I will fix less…I hope. For some reason I can’t help but cook up a storm. When the oven is full I stop. Smile.

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Vans has partnered with Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and legendary British artist Damien Hirst for a series of silhouettes that bring his iconic style to its footwear. The release is the latest project from Hirst and Palms Casino Resort, which recently saw the artist design a Demon With Bowl sculpture in the pool complex and a number of his works added to 9,000-square-foot sky villa.
The pack features three different takes on the Classic Slip-On VLT LX and three versions of the Sk8-Hi Reissue VLT LX. The different designs all reference iconic Hirst artworks, with one set featuring a colorful all-over spot pattern, alongside a twist on the classic Vans checkerboard. Other designs reference Hirst’s butterfly work — showcased in his recent “Mandalas” exhibition — and the spin skull design.
Speaking about the capsule, Hirst explained, “I’ve always loved Vans and the artwork works brilliantly on these shoes. I can’t wait for people to see them. It’s amazing for an artist to have the sort of freedom Palms and Vans have given me.”
The Damien Hirst x Vault by Vans collection will release on December 6, exclusively via the Vault by Vans store in New York and the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
In other Vans news, the brand recently debuted a trippy tie-dye pack.


Two-thirds of Americans want to “prioritize clean energy sources,” the Pew Research Center reports. But for energy consumers, deciphering the jargon of electricity generation can be disempowering.
The federal Department of Energy website used to offer helpful guidance on green power choices. No more. Look to the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) website for advice on choosing an electricity supplier and you’ll find just 88 words.
Maine could offer a website like the “Energy Switch” one in Massachusetts, where consumers can review a list of electricity suppliers that specifies percentage of renewable energy provided and whether that power comes from new projects like wind. That’s a key distinction: not all renewable power is equal in terms of pollution and climate change.
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Iceland Sours on Austerity as Pre-Crisis Parties Close on PowerOmar R. Valdimarsson
Icelanders, burdened by more than four years of hardship, are poised to oust the government and return to power the parties that steered the island through a banking-led boom that ended in economic ruin 2008.
Voters in the 322,000-people North Atlantic island nation head to the polls today, with a preliminary result expected after the voting ends at 10 p.m. local time.
“No government that’s forced to raise taxes enormously and cut all services down to the bone will become popular,” Eirikur Bergmann, a political science professor at Bifrost University, said this week in an interview. “The current government is headed for the greatest defeat in Iceland’s history.”
Polls show voters have abandoned the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left Green Party coalition, which took over after street protests ousted an Independence Party-led government in 2009. Independence and its pro-deregulation ally, the Progressive Party, are now set for a comeback, tapping voter fatigue as the nation struggles to dig itself out of the collapse triggered by the failure of its three-largest banks.
The government will win only 25.6 percent of the votes combined, according to the latest poll. Support for the Progressive and Independence Parties was 25.4 percent and 22.9 percent, respectively, according to Frettabladid and Stod 2 poll released on April 26.
While Social Democratic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has won praise from the International Monetary Fund and debt rating companies for her handling of the crisis, voters are burdened by excessive mortgage debt and an unemployment rate that’s still more than double pre-crisis levels. Unemployment was 6.8 percent in March, up from below 2 percent in 2007, according to a monthly survey from the Statistics Office.
The government has made close to 300 changes to the tax system, including raising income, value-added and corporate taxes. The government dropped a 37 percent flat tax, raising the highest marginal tax rate to 46.2 percent and also introduced a 1.5 percent wealth tax on fortunes above 75 million kronur ($638,000). New taxes have also been levied on natural resources and the tourist industry, as well as bank employees.
The parties have been outbidding each other with promises of debt writedowns and tax cuts, measures they say will be paid for by the creditors of the failed banks.
The Progressive Party, one of the pre-crisis architects of financial deregulation, has pledged to writedown mortgages by as much as 20 percent, which in part will be financed by the 450 billion kronur of domestic-currency assets held by creditors in the failed Kaupthing Bank hf, Glitnir Bank hf and Landsbanki Islands hf.
The Independence Party, a potential government partner with the Progressives, has pledged cutting taxes to ease the financial pain of consumers and corporations.
“In most matters it will be pretty easy for the Progressive Party and the Independence Party to reach an agreement, which can be the basis of them forming a government,” said Olafur Hardarson, a professor in political science at the University of Iceland, in an interview this week. “However, the promises of the Progressives to write down mortgages and abolish the inflation indexation of consumer loans may be a bit tricky.”
As forced writedown of creditor claims may also backfire on Iceland’s economic resurrection, according to Lars Christensen, Danske Bank A/S’s chief emerging markets economists and one of the first to predict 2008 collapse.
While there’s a need to ease household debt, “paying for that by seizing the assets of foreign investors such as the creditors of the failed banks isn’t the way,” Christensen said in an interview this month. “If their assets are seized, the international investor community won’t soon forget that.”
Iceland emerged from a $4.6 billion IMF-backed rescue program in 2011 and has since returned to global capital markets with two U.S. dollar bond sales. In January, it won a court battle against the U.K. and the Netherlands, freeing it from as much as $2.6 billion in damages for not honoring depositor claims stemming from failed Landsbanki.
Since 2008, Iceland has relied on capital controls now blocking as much as $8 billion in offshore kronur holdings from being offloaded. The government and central bank have yet to design a road map for exiting the controls as they try to avoid a new crisis. The turmoil in 2008 sent the krona plunging as much as 80 percent against the euro in the offshore market. Even the official onshore rate dropped close to 50 percent.
Inflation spurred by krona losses has crippled households. With more than 80 percent of private debt linked to consumer prices, Icelanders are more vulnerable to currency swings than borrowers elsewhere. Households owe domestic lenders about 1.43 trillion kronur ($11.3 billion) in loans indexed to inflation. They’ve struggled to keep up debt payments as price gains hover close to 4 percent.
“After a term which has been very difficult financially for many voters, the Progressives and the Independence Party have promised solutions which are designed to do away with people’s financial misery,” said Bergmann. “It’s like making people an offer they can’t refuse.”
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1 barrier which accompanies efficient interpersonal media usage is that the period needed to find a brand new skill place to find the absolute most out of your own efforts. For a lot of owners and managers, the own plate is full. Thus incorporating this endeavor into the match plan only will not in shape. Or, social media management they can know social media marketing’s relevance, nevertheless they might perhaps well not understand the best places to get started.
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Balfour Beatty launched its new Rail Innovation Centre at its Raynesway facility in Derby on June 28, dedicated for research, development and testing activities.
The centre covers over 450 Sqm and will support Balfour Beatty’s contribution to the development of the digital railway for a more reliable, cost efficient and safe railway network for all users across the UK and overseas.
“The Rail Innovation Centre is at the heart of Balfour Beatty’s technology offering with the specific purpose of driving efficiencies and safety across the rail network for those who work on the railway and ultimately the travelling public,” Mark Bullock, Balfour Beatty’s Chief Executive Officer for Rail and Utilities, said.
The new Rail Innovation Centre will bring together Balfour Beatty’s expertise in systems engineering, computer science, robotics, data analytics, electronics and electrical & mechanical engineering.
In combination with company’s York and Matlock offices, it will employ over 150 leading technicians, engineers, data scientists and developers with expertise and knowledge of the design, operation and maintenance of the railway.
The centre will be home to the latest developments in measurement systems, predict and prevent technology, signalling and data science.
The new facility will enable collaboration and knowledge sharing with a range of stakeholders and industry partners, the strengthening of company’s relationships with the data science community and further mutually beneficial links with universities.
Initially, the centre will provide new jobs across a range of disciplines and will allow Balfour Beatty to maintain and grow its graduate and technical schemes to develop the next generation of rail engineers. It will initially employ four graduates, five apprentices and three trainees.


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The author sets out to give a full account of what it was like to grow up and live in twentieth-century Ireland, and it is the first comprehensive social, political, cultural, intellectual, and economic survey of that Irish century. Many threads are woven together to make up this complex story to tell the story of a bitterly divided society, focusing on the social and cultural aspects, the changing role of women and the family, and the relationships with Europe and the U.K., alongside the political and religious divisions that dominated headlines throughout the century. --Book jacket
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Retail news round-up on January 30, 2014: Amazon plans Kindle checkout system, Tesco poaches Aldi executive, House of Fraser rolls out queuing technology, My-Wardrobe bolsters management team and Iceland bins case dropped.
Amazon plots Kindle checkout system for brick-and-mortar retailers
Amazon.com is planning to offer a checkout system that uses Kindle tablets to brick-and-mortar retailers as soon as this summer. The move would give retailers access to more consumer data. Amazon is to provide retailers Kindle tablets and credit-card readers under the scheme, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The ecommerce giant could also offer retailers other services, such as web development and data analysis. Amazon’s plans remain fluid and the project might be delayed, altered or cancelled, sources said. The online retailer may also look to develop a mobile wallet with stored credit-card data to help accelerate payments.
Tesco Ireland hires Aldi’s senior executive to join grocer
Tesco Ireland has poached competitor Aldi Ireland’s buying director Malachy O’Connor to join in a senior commercial role with the group, the Irish Independent reported. O’Connor will report to John Paul O’Reilly, the UK retailer’s commercial director in Ireland.
His appointment at the grocer could give it a better understanding of how to tackle the threat from the hard discounters. Previously, he was at Dunnes Stores, Superquinn and BWG.
House of Fraser to roll out its queue-busting technology
House of Fraser is to roll out its queue-busting technology that reduces the time click-and-collect shoppers wait in store.
The retailer will install the virtual queuing system, which was piloted at its London City store last year, in 15 further shops in the first quarter. It intends to roll out the technology to the rest of the estate by the end of the year..
Prosecutors drop Iceland food bin theft case against three men
The case against three men accused of stealing food from bins outside an Iceland store in London’s Kentish Town has been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, after a public outcry, The Financial Times reported.
The three men were arrested after they were caught taking about £33 worth of mushrooms, tomatoes and Kipling cakes from a bin near the chain’s store. The frozen food retailer’s chief executive Malcolm Walker took to Twitter to condemn the arrest.
After receiving a complaint about the prosecution from the company, the CPS performed a U-turn. Baljit Ubhey, the chief crown prosecutor for CPS London, said that a ‘prosecution is not required in the public interest’.
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Joe Elliott vs. Nigel Tufnel: March Mullet Madness
We're breaking the bubble and smelling the glove as Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott goes up against Spın̈al Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel in the opening round of Ultimate Classic Rock's March Mullet Madness tournament.
While college basketball goes nuts with March Madness this month, we're practicing our own brand of insanity: all business in the front, and a party in the back. That's right, classic rock fans — this month, it's time to put your bracketology skills to the test with March Mullet Madness. We've lined up some of history's most spectacular mullets and paired them off against each other for a series of tonsorial battles, and we're halving the field every week based on your votes, until only the greatest mullet in rock 'n' roll history is left standing.
During Def Leppard's '80s peak, the only thing more spectacular than Elliott's immaculately ripped jeans was his mullet — the kind of cut that looked like it might have been permed and highlighted, but still appeared casual enough for rock 'n' roll during the genre's decade of hairsprayed decadence. Tufnel, meanwhile, might have been a fictional character, but while playing him, actor Christopher Guest sported a fairly convincing working-class variation on the 'do — the kind of mullet you might bump into in a concert crowd or liquor store parking lot.
So which of these mullets gets your vote? If you just can't decide, don't worry — you can come back and keep voting once an hour between now and when the Round One polls close on March 21 at 11:59PM ET. Our March Mullet Madness winner will be announced on April 12.


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Eye spy. Quite the looker, this stainless steel necklace showcases a distinctive evil eye design at the center. The eye dazzles with a combination of clear and blue crystals, as well as colored epoxy enamel. From Steel by Design(R) Jewelry.
Stainless Steel, Goldtone-Plated Stainless Steel, Rosetone-Plated Stainless Steel, or Blacktone-Plated Stainless Steel.
- From the Steel by Design Jewelry Collection
- Stainless steel
- Stationary round disc in the center; attached on each side to a fine rolo link chain; round, clear and blue crystals form the eye; dark blue, white, and black epoxy enamel accent center of eye
- Lobster claw clasp
- Measures approximately 18"L x 1/2"W plus a 2"L extender


Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008) (2008)
Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii
Jan. 7, 2008 to Jan. 10, 2008
Expert locators and repository-based knowledge management systems (KMS) are different architectures proposed to perform different kinds of knowledge management functions. While expert locators can recommend an expert to perform a task, repository- based KMS can share a learned strategy to solve a given problem. In this paper, we describe a framework to develop KMS that can perform multifunctional tasks, usually performed by repository-based and expert locators separately, in one single architecture. The proposed framework follows principles from knowledge engineering and from the management literature on how to prevent failure in KMS. We illustrate the proposed framework with an implementation to support a community of science.
S. Gunawardena and R. Weber, "Designing Multifunctional Knowledge Management Systems," Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008)(HICSS), Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, 2008, pp. 368.


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Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who ... See full summary »
Jo Sasaki's 2007 novel is the first in the so-called "The Hokkaido Trilogy" and was inspired by corruption in the police force governing Japan's northern island. Set in the capital, Sapporo... See full summary »
Matsuyama Kenichi Stuns as Film's Vibrant Epicentre
Possibly passed off as unbelievably quirky and whacky, Matsuyama Kenichi's performance as a hay-wired 25-year-old oddball really spiced up the entire film to be the vibrant epicentre throughout Yokohama Satoko's second feature film.
Yojin (Matsuyama Kenichi) is a 25-year-old farmer grandson who stays with only his grandmother after the departure of his grandfather, who left him only an audio tape containing agriculture tips and instructions. Suffering from a deranged mental state that prompts him to sport sudden energy outbursts and impromptu disorientated behaviour, he finds failure and no meaning in tending his grandmother's farm and looks elsewhere. His attention shifted to a new kindergarden teacher from Tokyo, Machiko (Aso Kumiko), who came here to seek a spiritual medium's help in coping with her deceased husband. It was said that his head was knocked cleanly off in a car wreck...
Matsuyama Kenichi's display of his versatile acting has earned my respect in awe as he never ceased to amaze in Bare Essence of Life. With unpredictable demeanour that triggers mostly humour and simplistic joy, he is highly the bare essence of life in The Bare Essence of Life.
Yojin's random quirky behaviour is linked to the vibrancy in life as he is possibly portrayed as a life form that is liberally without fear or woes. Akin to what Machiko has mentioned to an under appreciating Yojin during a walk home one evening, human beings have possible ceased to evolve due to fear and their focus in destroying nature (urbanisation).
However, Yojin one day discovers that by dousing himself with agriculture pesticide, he is able to retain a calm mind and a reserved body language. In hope of allowing Machiko to like him, he performs this outrageously on a routine and unknowingly causes defects to his good health. Through the pesticide showers, Yojin "evolves" and finds himself less able to express himself physically (less vibrant) but attains adequate writing capabilities (more aloof).
He further evolves to a new kind when he is actually living with a stopped heart. Not just that, Yojin also has a shocking encounter with Machiko's headless husband who is supposedly already dead. This is possible seen as the negative effects of urbanisation and mankind's detachment from nature. The film shows a man living on without a heart (spiritualism) but just a polluted mind (technological advancement). This is subtly hinted when Yojin says that Machiko is the only resident there who thinks of such complex issues of life while the others only hold simple thoughts.
The ending image of the bear savouring Yojin's brains is a powerful explanation of how nature works. Cyclical.
Nevertheless, a directional loss in story is picked up amidst some life-reviewing themes brought up by young director Yokohama. It seems as if she has been caught up with these themes and neglected the story that will serve to be the vessel transporting the logs of themes down the mind flow of the audience.
Without a feasible story, these ideas will merely stay on screen and not connect with us. In short, it will be futile.
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Jiangsu New Energy Vehicle Smart Energy Equipment Innovation Center is led by Wanbang New Energy Investment Group, and 11 shareholder units including leading companies in the energy industry, vehicle industry, energy service field and well-known universities and research institutes in the United Nations, in July 2018 Co-sponsored the establishment of the National Innovation Energy Vehicle Energy and Information Innovation Center (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. as the operating carrier of the center, and was officially awarded the provincial innovation pilot license on December 10, 2018. It is currently the only one in the Jiangsu new energy field Provincial Manufacturing Innovation Center
On October 23, 2019, a group of personnel from the Jiangsu New Energy Vehicle Smart Energy Equipment Innovation Center visited the innovation center. The two parties exchanged ideas on the center’s situation, operation mode, research and development direction, intellectual property distribution, etc., and learned from experience.
On October 23, 2019, a group of personnel from the New Energy Vehicle Smart Energy Equipment Innovation Center visited the Innovation Center


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Exoskeleton of a last instar leafhopper on the underside of an oak leaf. Similar to other exmples in this gallery, the mouthparts are imbedded into the main vein to anchor the insect to the leaf. In addition, the six legs are grasping the sides of the vein to further improve attachment to the leaf. This makes it easier for the adult to separate from the old skeleton. The split along the head and thorax is where the adult literally walked out of its' own skin. The oval structure lateral on the thorax contained the folded-up wings. The new adult was white, soft, and vulnerable until the body shell hardened and the wings were completely unfolded and ready to support flight.
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