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Detailed Accident Report
Submitted By: Tom Kimbrough, UAFC
Place: Square Top Mtn. Summit County, Utah
Summary: 2 alpine lift skiers, out-of-bounds, caught, buried, and killed
Square Top Mountain,
Summit County,near Park City, Utah
Two Skiers were killed on Tuesday afternoon (1/11/00) in a large avalanche in the backcountry adjacent to The Canyons Resort near Park City, UT. The couple, a man
and a woman in their forties, were reported missing Tuesday evening and their bodies were located by a search team on Wednesday afternoon. Both were found by a
probe line in the debris near the base of the slope. The woman was buried about 18 inches deep. The man was about 3.5 feet deep but had a hand close to the surface.
They were about 60 feet apart in the same fall line. They were in downhill equipment without beacons or shovels.
The slide was several hundred feet wide and ran almost 1,000 vertical feet. The slope is northeast facing with the top at 9,800 feet elevation. There are few slope
anchors and part of the slope is under-cut by a diagonal rock band that creats a partially hanging snowfield. The overall slope angle is about 35 degrees with steeper
rollovers. It is on the Wasatch crest and is heavily loaded by west and southwest winds, which were blowing strongly on 1/11. The snow pack may have initially failed in
the recent wind drifts or in facets at the interface between the December and January snow, but in many places it pulled into faceted snow near the ground, 3 to 5 feet
From the Salt Lake City Deseret News 1/13/2000
Deaths stun Park City
Avalanche that killed pair leaves an orphan, age 3
By Jennifer Dobner
Deseret News staff writer
PARK CITY ? The fate of two Park City skiers was pretty clear as soon as the
aerial photographs of Tuesday's avalanche were developed.
"We see a pair of ski tracks hiking up to
Square Top. And then I see one going to the
right and starting to make a turn and then one
going straight and starting to turn . . . and then
they disappear at the fracture line," their friend
John Benson said. "They had to know right away
they were in trouble. I can only imagine what
they must have been thinking."
Looking at the photo, Benson broke down. It
was then that his hope ran out for his neighbors
Greg and Loren Mackay.
The Mackays' bodies were found about 1:30
p.m. Wednesday, buried beneath the
debris-filled snow of a slide that officials from the U.S. Forest Service and the
Summit County Sheriff's Office are calling massive. The slide is estimated to be
about 600 feet wide, 5 feet deep, with a vertical drop of about 1,000 feet, Forest
Service avalanche forecaster Tom Kimbrough said. This is the third year in a
row that backcountry enthusiasts have died in snow slides along the Wasatch
Front on Jan. 11, he said.
Tuesday's slide was likely triggered by the Mackays, Summit County Sheriff's
Lt. Joe Offret said. The couple, who were skiing at the Canyons resort,
apparently used a backcountry access gate near the top the Ninety Nine 90 chair
lift, and hiked about a mile behind that peak and across a saddle to Square Top,
a peak at about the 9,700 foot elevation. The couple was skiing outside the
Canyons resort boundaries at the time of the slide, Offret said.
Square Top peak is on Forest Service land in
the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Avalanche
control work is not done in that area by either
the forest service or the Canyons resort. Still, it
is a popular backcountry location for skiers and
other outdoor enthusiasts, Kimbrough said.
"That ridge line gets a fair bit of traffic, but
it's steep, maybe 37, 38 even 40 degrees," he
said. "It wasn't a good idea to be there. It's right
on the Wasatch Crest, it was very heavily drifted
and it was starting to warm up."
Those factors have prompted many to say
that the Mackays should never have been skiing
in the area. A canyon ski patroller told the
sheriff's office he encountered the couple near the backcountry access point
about noon Tuesday and "strongly discouraged" them from skiing there, Offret
But Greg Mackay, 47, and his wife, Loren, 41 ? who run a Florida-based
scuba diving company from their Park City home ? would not have taken a
chance with their lives, Benson said. They were active, athletic and lovers of
adventure, but recklessness would be uncharacteristic of the pair, he said.
"They were major powder-hounds, expert skiers," he said. "I don't want a
picture painted that these are reckless people, because they are not. There were
very conscientious people who were devoted to (their son). I'm convinced they
felt they were going to be safe."
It was uncharacteristic of the Mackays to not pick up
their son, Connor, 3, from day care Tuesday afternoon.
Their failure to do so was what first alerted authorities to a
possible problem. Deputies came knocking on the door of
the Bensons' home, about 6 p.m., asking if John and his
wife knew the whereabouts of their neighbors.
The Bensons thought Greg Mackay had left on a
business trip to Las Vegas. But snooping around the
Mackays' home that night, Benson found the plane tickets.
About 10:30 p.m. he started calling Greg Mackay's friends
and ski buddies. Steve Graybill told him the Mackays had
gone to spend the day at Snowbird, Benson said. But while
sheriff's deputies mobilized officials at Snowbird, Benson
and friends started looking for the couple on their own.
Benson discovered one of the Mackays cars was at a
local dealership for repairs. Graybill and another friend,
Clay Oakley, cruised the parking lots at Park City
Mountain Resort looking for the other. They found it at the Canyons and alerted
A search at the Canyons went on through the night without luck. A
helicopter was hampered by bad weather, and about 5 a.m. the search was called
off temporarily. A few hours later, when the skies clear, the bird was back in the
air taking pictures.
From the pictures, officials were able to pinpoint a possible location and
concentrated the search, which included about 45 search and rescue volunteers
and ski patrollers from the Canyons.
First a ski was found. Then a
body and then about 20 minutes
later, the second body, about 20
yards away, Offret said. The
medical examiner has not yet
determined a cause of death, but
most avalanche victims die from
suffocation, Offret said. Neither
of the bodies appears to have
suffered much physical trauma,
The deaths, however, have
traumatized the Mackays' neighborhood, where the families have become close
because their children play so often together. Connor Mackay, and the Bensons'
own 5-year-old son, also named Connor, play like brothers, Benson said.
"I feel like I've lost a brother," Benson said.
The tragedy will also make Benson, a self-described powder-hound himself,
rethink his choices the next time he straps on a pair of skis.
"It's now for the first time I can say with a surety that the risks I've taken in
the past will never be taken again," he said. "I've had some close calls and
reflecting back on it . . . my gosh . . . I could have died."


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Control of Salmonella on Sprouting Mung Bean and Alfalfa Seeds by Using a Biocontrol Preparation Based on Antagonistic Bacteria and Lytic Bacteriophages
Abstract:The following reports on the application of a combination of antagonistic bacteria and lytic bacteriophages to control the growth of Salmonella on sprouting mung beans and alfalfa seeds. Antagonistic bacteria were isolated from mung bean sprouts and tomatoes by using the deferred plate assay to assess anti-Salmonella activity. From the isolates screened, an Enterobacter asburiae strain (labeled "JX1") exhibited stable antagonistic activity against a broad range of Salmonella serovars (Agona, Berta, Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg, Javiana, Montevideo, Muenchen, Newport, Saint Paul, and Typhimurium). Lytic bacteriophages against Salmonella were isolated from pig or cattle manure effluent. A bacteriophage cocktail prepared from six isolates was coinoculated with E. asburiae JX1 along with Salmonella in broth culture. The combination of E. asburiae JX1 and bacteriophage cocktail reduced the levels of Salmonella by 5.7 to 6.4 log CFU/ml. Mung beans inoculated with Salmonella and sprouted over a 4-day period attained levels of 6.72 ± 0.78 log CFU/g. In contrast, levels of Salmonella were reduced to 3.31 ± 2.48 or 1.16 ± 2.14 log CFU/g when the pathogen was coinoculated with bacteriophages or E. asburiae JX1, respectively. However, by using a combination of E. asburiae JX1and bacteriophages, the levels of Salmonella associated with mung bean sprouts were only detected by enrichment. The biocontrol preparation was effective at controlling the growth of Salmonella under a range of sprouting temperatures (20 to 30°C) and was equally effective at suppressing the growth of Salmonella on sprouting alfalfa seeds. The combination of E. asburiae JX1 and bacteriophages represents a promising, chemical-free approach for controlling the growth of Salmonella on sprouting seeds.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 2: Food Program, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, 93 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 5C9 3: Land Resource Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Splinterlands raffle took place last evening (my time) and we all received our bonuses if we had winning tickets. Some nice perks to add to our collections while we wait for the Land Expansion to shape up.
By the way, claiming your winings is mandatory within 30 days, or you will forteit them.
It was calculated that roughly 1 in 15 tickets would be winners.
I have to admit I am one of the few that I heard having a worse ratio. Mine was of 1 in almost 17 tickets winners.
But I don't complain, I'm ok with the distribution of bonuses I received.
The only regret - if we can call it like that - is that I didn't win a legendary totem. Not even an epic one actually.
But I did win 3 land plots, 9 Azmare Dice packs, 10 Untamed packs, 28 common totems and 11 rare totems, as we can see in the screenshot below:
Of these, the land plots and the packs have an estimated value, totems don't yet, but we expect them to be quite useful, so their value should reflect that.
If we are to count only the claims I won for which there is an estimate, we have
3 x 20$ + 9 x 3$ + 10 x 2$ = 107$
That's 10.5% of the value I paid for the tract in the presale. So we can count it as an additional 10.5% 'lucky' discount, right? Without taking in consideration the totems yet.
Not bad, I'd say... 40% discount for being in phase 2 of the presale, 15% for the bulk sale and 10%+ from the raffle.
The curious part is this. If we check the prices of PLOT, TRACT and REGION tokens on the secondary market, we see that plots are currently sold below their presale discounted price, tracts ask price is a little above that but transactions are almost non-existent, while regions are not traded at all and not even bid or ask prices are set (which doesn't exclude the possibility that transactions are happening by direct negociations and payments).
So, what I see from that, is that people with lower investments will be the first to part with their investments, even at a loss, while those with the biggest investments have strong hands and don't even consider selling their land... yet.
The three land plots I won, while I probably won't need them since I have a tract, I won't sell them just yet. They are likely to be worth much more in the future.
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Young blood is a rural inspiration
One of the greatest movements ever to have stemmed from our towns, villages and greens, that has focussed on great causes and inspired our youth to help others, has to be the Young Farmers Clubs. It’s strange that although it’s name implies ‘farmers’ the truth is that YFC is for everyone in the local community, not just farming.
In Skirlaugh, East Riding of Yorkshire, during September 2015, the Skirlaugh YFC is celebrating some 65 years of being an active club. Typically, the group runs a mixture of events from visits to local businesses, manufacturing facilities and of course farming enterprises. Visiting local farms to understand how farmers of today are producing our home-grown food, gives considerable insight into the technological advancement in the industry and can encourage a career focus for some. But the range of subject matter covered at meetings is vast.
“We have internal evenings where we may cover things such as woodworking, cooking, flower-arranging, or carol singing at Christmas, commented Izzy Moulds, the Skirlaugh YFC Press and Publicity officer. “but then there are other events such as paint-balling, go-karting and winter sports, where we all get together and enjoy active events. We certainly have a lot of fun.”
But it’s not just about fun, there are some serious, life-changing benefits to joining a local YFC group, if only to help local charities or individuals who could do with a helping hand in life. For example, recently the Skirlaugh YFC raised £400 for Hornsea Inshore Rescue. On another project focus, they organised a fashion show to raise much needed funds for L6ve Life, a charity that was focussing on local sufferers of Motor Neurone Disease.
“There is a joining fee for individual members, because as part of the National Federation of Young Farmer Clubs, we do need to support our national organisers with funding, as we get so much help and assistance in running our local club from them. added Izzy. “But meeting on a weekly basis, it encourages young people from the ages of ten to mid twenties to get together and learn a lot about life and helps people communicate and develop personal skills.”
Recently, on a visit to Ripon Farm Services, Ottringham, Skirlaugh YFC members met with the branch Parts Manager, Julie Bligh who showed them around the facilities and helped them understand the level of mechanical, after-sales and technical support available to farmers, from a major farm equipment dealership.
Said Julie, “as one of the largest farming support businesses in the area, we see the young farmer’s movement as being a very important part of rural life and indeed in helping our youth to meet other like-minded people for personal benefit and helping good causes. At Ripon Farm Services, we assisted with some of the funding towards the club clothing and we have a generous on-going discount system to help those going to college to be able to afford clothing and footwear. We also plan to support the YFC for future events. After all, these young people are our future and we want to help them in any way we can. Rural life needs help from rural businesses.”
The success for the YFC movement is all about attracting more members to join and enjoy participating in events. The Skirlaugh YFC meets every Tuesday evening (except through August/September), normally at Long Riston Village Hall, but the first meeting of the new season is an AGM and will be held on October 6th at Rise Hall, Rise at 7.30pm. Members from all local villages are welcome to come along and find out if the YFC is for them. Some current members travel 40 minutes or more to be there, so they must see benefit in belonging to such an enthusiastic organisation.
“One of the most successful events we had recently was a Foam Party, commented Izzy. “It was based around a disco and of course lots of foam being sprayed around. We sold-out of five hundred tickets, almost two weeks before the event and we managed to raise six thousand five hundred for fees and charitable support. It was a huge success and we are always looking at different ways to attract new members to come and join us.” concluded Izzy.


With changing educational trends comes a change in educational campus planning. Not all schools can afford a complete renovation or new building. However, those that can reflect the changes in planning in four key ways.
When considering the current trends, it helps to consider the features professors, teachers and the administration have requested for the design. The environment and features of the building impact the learning of students in different ways. Some schools may want features tailored to new pedagogical ideas. Schools may want the addition of a greenhouse or gutters that run under the concrete in the front of the building.
Cost is definitely a factor in educational campus planning. The type of building and the amount of technology incorporated can all affect the cost and timetable of completion. Sustainable and energy-efficient features can be more expensive upfront but save money in the long run.
The size of the available land can constrain the type of building that can be done. Many schools have been working on being a more inclusive community which affects how they are designed. The amount of space available remains the largest constraint to campuses as there is rarely enough for everything they want to do. Building up is not always an option especially for elementary campuses.
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Roughly 150 years ago, Charles Darwin shared his theory of natural selection with the world. It is through this evolutionary process that all species — humans included — chose their mates. Early on in our history, it was a process of elimination more than a choice. The individuals best adapted to their environments would survive long enough to reproduce, sending their desirable genes forward to the next generation.
Natural selection is still at work in our species today, but so is a far less natural means of genetic manipulation.
"All people are not created equal"
In December 2016, global fertility agency Purenetics opened for business. The company claims to provide its clients with eggs and sperm "from the highest quality donors in the world." Basically, it is a company that is meant to allow the rich to "buy" a baby with whatever genetics they desire.
Those "genetically desirable" donors submit their information online, sharing everything from their blood type and eye color to their IQ and ethnicity. Purenetics clients must show proof of funds of at least $750,000 and give a deposit of $10,000 to even access the donor database. If they decide to make a purchase, $500,000 goes to the donor and $250,000 to Purenetics.
Up until just last year, payment for an egg donation was limited to $10,000, and the average sperm donation still only earns the donor roughly $35 to $50. Clearly, Purenetics is positioning itself as a high-end fertility service—one that works with people that the company designates as being "genetically elite."
The company's founder claims that the work is not unique: “Our focus is not that much different than that of an upscale matchmaking service," he claimed in a press release announcing the company's launch. "It is a niche market that has not been addressed in an institutionalized way.”
Despite the founder's attempts to normalize the process, the company's uber-sexy donor video and tagline of "All people are not created equal" might leave anyone without a modeling contract feel a bit like a member of the huddled masses. Add to that social media accounts that feature more buxom blondes than a Playboy pool party, the founder's decision to remain anonymous, and the fact that donors must pay $5.99 to even submit their applications, and the whole thing feels even less legit.
But setting aside any clues that it might be little more than a money-making scheme, is Purenetics necessarily doing anything wrong by selecting "desirable genes"?
Two Medical Milestones, One Big Controversy
While our ancient ancestors had pretty simple criteria for their reproductive mates — stay alive long enough to reproduce — advances in healthcare, agriculture, and education have made it so surviving well past the reproductive years has become the norm in much of the developed world. Research confirms what most of us probably already knew: people with the traits that are now most desirable — good looking, wealthy, steady income — are in a position to be more selective when choosing their mates. Proponents of Purenetics might say it is simply using the technology of the internet to speed up the selection process.
But like many issues surrounding the intersection of genetics and reproduction, this one carries with it numerous ethical concerns.
In 1978, the world's first "test tube baby" was born via in vitro fertilization. Researchers had successfully removed an egg from a woman's ovary, paired it in a laboratory dish with her husband’s sperm, and then implanted the subsequent embryo into her uterus. The woman had been unable to conceive through traditional methods despite years of trying, but nine months after the procedure, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
Another medical breakthrough took place 25 years later when the first human genome was mapped. As the Human Genome Project put it, "Having the essentially complete sequence of the human genome is similar to having all the pages of a manual needed to make the human body." Today, anyone with a couple hundred dollars to spare can request an abbreviated copy of their own genetic owner's manual through sites like 23 and Me or Pathway Genomics. This relatively easy access to human DNA has led to new medical research and treatments, and now, we're not only able to study and learn from human DNA, we can also alter it.
IVF has been called everything from a "moral abomination" to a "miracle," and public opinion is split on gene editing as well, with some deriding the technology as "playing God," while others list its thousands of benefits. Combine the two controversial medical milestones, and the phrase "designer baby" moves from the realm of science fiction tropes to that of real-world possibilities. That shift excites some and terrifies others.
The Perfect Baby
Only recently have laws against human embryo editing begun to loosen, but we have good reason to be cautious about the technology — past efforts to manipulate the genetic makeup of a population haven't gone so well. The early-twentieth century eugenics movement in the United States considered poor, uneducated, promiscuous, and non-white citizens "genetic undesireables." By the time the movement ended, more than 64,000 people had been legally subjected to forced sterilization. It wasn't until after the Nazis enacted their own eugenics programs that the practice lost favor in the U.S.
Thankfully, the situation today is a little different. Instead of forcing those with undesirable traits to forgo reproduction altogether, in some instances, doctors could simply remove the negative traits from their DNA. Some are already envisioning a not-so-distant future in which this modification will be permitted when doing so could prevent a baby from inheriting a disease. Editing genes to ensure a baby is healthy doesn't seem so controversial. But attractive or tall or athletic? Where do we draw the line?
Right now, the best way to ensure that you have the "perfect" baby is to choose a mate that meets all of your qualifications and hope your offspring takes after them. After all, being a billionaire isn't an inheritable genetic trait, but if the money can be used to buy the reproductive material of someone whose desirable traits are inheritable, are we really doing anything differently than our ancestors, combining the genetics of society's "fittest" — both financially and genetically — to create the next generation?
There is no right answer, but the question of just how far we're willing to go to create the ideal offspring is one we'll need to address very soon. If someone is willing to pay $750,000 in the hopes that "elite" DNA from a donor will carry on to the next generation, would they be willing to skirt the law and modify that DNA to ensure that it does?
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Helping Salford housing company connect with tenants.
With recent legislation changes, Salix Homes needed to ensure tenants were aware of the need to pay their rent directly. Increased communication was vital and a recent survey of Salix tenants showed that around 40% of them claimed not to have access to the internet, but used Facebook. The housing association needed to reach out to their tenants via this channel and engage with a much wider audience.
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Salix has an extremely well engaged Facebook audience, so the goal was to maximise this and help communicate the ease with which payments could be made online.
It was decided to create three separate apps to cover each of the key areas, simplifying the message in each. For a tenant, it was important to be able to report a repair in real time or to pay rent on the go, when they have time to login.
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The app improves customer service as it is able to re-direct the enquires from the social media platform to the team that can most efficiently deal with them.
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"Like any housing provider, we are increasingly dependent on our tenants having access to the Internet, yet the stark reality is there are 8.7 million adults in the UK that have never been online – and worryingly almost half are social housing tenants.
But as we grapple with the challenges of digital inclusion brought about by welfare reform, it’s clear that there has been an explosion in the onset of social media. Many tenants will tell you they’ve never turned on a PC before, but they have been on Facebook.
Nationally 31 million people have a Facebook account and 22 million log on every day. On our own Facebook site we’ve seen a massive 90% increase in interactions in the past year alone, with the majority of users accessing social media via their phones.
At Salix Homes we saw this as a massive opportunity – an opportunity to tap into the realities of our tenants’ lives and align our mode of engagement with theirs.
We undertook a tenant survey around internet usage and discovered that 40% were regular Facebook users, so thought that social media could hold the key to achieving digital inclusion.
We’ve now become one of the first housing providers in the country to enable tenants to pay their rent via Facebook, through the development of our innovative Facebook App with Cunning Plan, revolutionising the way tenants pay their rent and access services such as reporting repairs and getting advice on money management.
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This evaluation board was developed to support customers in the first steps of designing a three-phase inverter power stage for applications such as fans, fridges, pumps, or small appliances.
The board with it’s iMOTION™ software provides:
- A synchronous rectification algorithm to reduce reverse-current hard-commutation stress
- A sensorless speed control directly at FOC start-up
- 3-phase or 2-phase Space Vector Modulation (SVM)
- Hardware and Software Overcurrent Protection (OCP)
2ED28073J06F gate driver IC with integrated bootstrap diode (BSD)
This 600 V half-bridge gate driver IC comes with an integrated bootstrap diode and typical 0.02 A source and 0.08 A sink currents. It is housed in a DSO-8 package and well-suited to drive MOSFETs with integrated fast body diode, such as the 600 V CoolMOS™ PFD7 superjunction MOSFETs.
600 V CoolMOS™ PFD7 key features & benefits
State of the art technology
The 600 V CoolMOS™ PFD7 technology combines best in class performance with ease of use, built on more than 20 years of experience.
- Portfolio with wide range of RDS(on) values up to ≤ 2 Ohm
- Supporting cost effective designs with SMD packages like SOT-223
Robustness & ease of use
- ESD protection of up to 2 kV
- Integrated robust fast body diode
- Excellent commutation ruggedness
Optimized for low power drives
- Supports the trend of energy saving at major home appliances with speed controlled motors
- Optimized for high efficiency especially at light load conditions (e.g, < 300 W)
- Reduction of both, bill of material as well as operating costs
Increased energy efficiency
- Up to 2% efficiency increase*
- Up to 18°C better thermal behavior*
- Addressing power ranges up to 300 W
*Compared to CoolMOS™ CE


Doctors' Day profile: Russell Anderson, D.O., discusses challenges, impact of COVID-19 pandemic
(March 30 is National Doctors’ Day. Hillcrest Hospital South would like to thank our physicians for the dedication and passion they show for their patients. In honor of National Doctors’ Day, we would like to spotlight medical director in the emergency room and president of medical staff, Russell Anderson, D.O.)
When the COVID-19 pandemic first made its way into Green Country a year ago, Russell Anderson, D.O., like many physicians, was uncertain of what to expect.


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Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world.
This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of interrelated capital - institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical - enable development and sustainable growth. In addition to a widely-applicable model, Godfrey provides principles to guide application. Core chapters articulate each specific form of capital and provide examples of how it contributes to the triple bottom line. Not just a theoretical examination of poverty, More than Money delivers timely advice to organizations that produce goods and services, implement policies, and create meaningful change on the ground. This book will guide social innovators and entrepreneurs in business, government, and civil society settings as they create a vision, assemble a team of strong partners, and effectively measure social innovation.

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Cairns has a mix of free and paid on-street parking.
Parking is generally time regulated between 1 and 3 hours. There are signs at the beginning and end of regulated parking areas.
These signs also indicate if the parking is free or paid. Paid parking is indicated with the word "Ticket" - e.g. 2PTicket.
Free parking is indicated when there is no wording under the time limit display.
It is important to be aware that time restrictions apply to the entire parking zone (paid and free parking). You must move your vehicle outside the parking zone by the end of the parking period - it is not sufficient to move your vehicle to another bay in the same parking zone. You must move your vehicle from the area by driving past the nearest intersection. It is also illegal to purchase and display another paid ticket whilst remaining in the same parking bay once the time restriction indicated on the sign has been reached.
Paid on-street parking encourages a regular turn-over of vehicles in high-demand areas to balance the needs of businesses, visitors, residents and workers.
Cairns on-street paid parking method is via ticket machine for the area (pay and display). The machines accept Australian coins (except 5c coins) and credit card (Visa and Mastercard only).
Paid parking applies between 8.30am and 5pm weekdays and 8.30am and 11.30am Saturday unless otherwise signed. Outside these times parking is free.
Parking costs $1.20 per hour.
Parking ticket machines accept 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 coins. No change is given on any machine.
Free parking is available in many locations across the City. Time restrictions still apply.
Parking in centre medians is free but time restricted.
Yellow lines are used in Cairns to alert drivers to parking conditions.
Solid yellow line
A solid yellow line near the side of the road signifies a "no standing" zone. Motorists may not park, or wait next to a solid yellow line.
Solid yellow lines are used in areas where it is not safe to park, for example near an intersection as parking in this area could obscure the view of other motorists.
The penalty for parking by a continuous yellow line is $100.
Dotted yellow line
A dotted (non-continuous) yellow line indicates restricted parking zones.
They are used to indicate areas such as:
- Bus zones
- Loading zones
- Commercial vehicle loading zones
- Passenger set down zones
Penalties for parking in a dotted yellow area vary depending on the type of zone, but are from $100.

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This is a page about postal code of Balkaya Köyü, Kömürlü(Göllet), Şenkaya, Erzurum, with more professional information like latitude, longitude and online map etc.
This is online map of the address Balkaya Köyü, Kömürlü(Göllet), Şenkaya, Erzurum. You may use button to move and zoom in / out. The map information is for reference only.
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There is pot roast and there is Perfect Pot Roast with Best-Ever Pot Roast Gravy. I have experienced both.
Not to brag, but I have always made a pretty “mean” pot roast – even as a newlywed. Shortly after my husband and I married in 1976, my father-in-law, Bob, came for a visit. It was the first meal I cooked for him, and I was both nervous and excited.
I decided to cook a pot roast simply because I knew he loved pot roast, but it seriously stretched our $30 grocery budget for the week. For the week prior and the week after Bob’s visit, we reduced our food budget to $25 to make due.
The recipe I used included Cream of Mushroom soup and Lipton Dry Onion Soup Mix. It was delicious. My father-in-law enthusiastically told me it was the best pot roast he had ever eaten.
Right after complimenting me, he laughed and told me not to tell my mother-in-law, Harriett, what he said. Of course I wouldn’t share that conversation, but I was in Heaven – especially because my mother-in-law was an excellent cook.
I used that same recipe for 38 years with rave reviews, but last year I decided to mix things up a bit. I also wanted to incorporate red wine into my pot roast. After testing a few recipes, all of them tasty but not quite what I wanted, I finally came across the pot roast of my dreams.
I probably should have called this post Ree Drummond’s Perfect Pot Roast, because this is her recipe. Almost always, 99.999% of the time, I adjust recipes while making them, but this time I decided to follow The Pioneer Woman’s lead into the world of beef.
She lives on a cattle ranch so I figured she must know pretty much everything there is to cooking beef. Boy, was I correct! This roast is the BEST-EVER!! I am not exaggerating.
I did change the gravy a bit by pureeing together all the yummy goodness in which the roast cooks. I just blended together the carrots, onions, meat juices, wine and beef broth until it came together to make a flavor-filled sauce. This gravy – this Best-Ever Pot Roast Gravy is to die for – seriously!
I thank you Ree Drummond – as does my family, my friends, my country and the entire world. I know my father-in-law would thank you, too, and would have loved this recipe. I can only imagine his exuberance after eating this Perfect Pot Roast with Best-Ever Pot Roast Gravy.
This roast is delicious served with Roasted Potatoes and Carrots or potatoes & carrots cooked with the pot roast.
Perfect Pot Roast with Best Ever Pot Roast Gravy
- Kosher Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Smoked Paprika
- One 4 to 5-pound chuck roast
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 whole sweet yellow onions peeled and halved
- 6 to 8 whole carrots peeled or unpeeled, sliced
- 1 cup red wine
- 2-3 cups beef broth
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- If adding root vegetables:
- 6 Yukon Gold Potatoes quartered
- 4 carrots peeled cut into 2-inch chunks
- 2 sweet yellow onions peeled and cut into chunks
- For the gravy only if needed:
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- ¼ cup water
- For the Pot Roast:
- Preheat the oven to 275F.
- Generously sprinkle chuck roast with kosher salt, black pepper and smoked paprika.
- Heat olive oil and butter in large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Place the halved onions in the pot. Brown onions on both sides, remove them from the heat to a large plate.
- Place carrots in the same hot pot and cook them until slightly browned. Remove carrots from the heat and place with the onions.
- If needed, add a bit more olive oil to the medium-hot pot. Place the prepared meat in the pot. DO NOT MOVE it or flip it for at least 3 minutes or until it has a nice sear. Turn it over to sear on the other side. Once seared, remove the meat from the pan and place it with the onions and carrots.
- With the burner on medium-high, slowly pour the wine into the pot. De-glaze (remove the cooked goodies stuck in the pot) the pot by scraping the bits off the bottom while the wine boils. This process is crucial to getting the most flavor back into the roast while it cooks.
- Once the pan is de-glazed, place the meat back into the pot. Place onions and carrots on top of the meat and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway.
- Place the fresh herbs (or sprinkle the dried herbs) on top of the meat.
- Place the lid on the pan, then roast the meat for 3½-4 hours or until fork tender.
- *(If adding extra root vegetables to eat with the roast, add the cut-up vegetables the last hour of cooking. Be sure to place the lid back on for the last hour of cooking.)
- The meat will be fall-apart tender and delicious when done.
- For the Best-Ever Pot Roast Gravy:
- Remove the sprigs of rosemary, thyme and cooked roast from the pan. Using a hand-blender, immerse the blender into the cooked carrot/onion/pot juices and blend until the desired textured is achieved. I blend the gravy until – almost- completely smooth. This gravy is unbelievably full of flavor. If the gravy is a little on the thin side, stir 2 tablespoons corn starch with ¼ cup cold water then pour the cornstarch mixture into the gravy. Bring gravy to a boil, turn down the heat to a low-boil; stir the gravy until it thickens. (Repeat if necessary).
The cooked pot roast and gravy freeze beautifully. Freeze the meat and gravy in separate freezer bags or containers. When ready to serve, either thaw the meat or gravy overnight in the fridge or reheat, covered, in the microwave or oven. It is a good idea to add a little extra beef broth or even water to the meat before reheating.


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Dr. Deanne Zenoni, DVM, CVA, CVSMT, CAC, CVMRT, practices primarily in rehabilitation at the Chicago location of Integrative Pet Care. She has extensive experience in various disciplines including acupuncture, rehabilitative therapy, animal chiropractic, emergency medicine, and exotics/zoo medicine.
She has long been an advocate of the Assisi Loop®, and we caught up with her to learn more about a few of her favorite patients who have benefited from tPEMF™.
AAH: How did you first learn about the Assisi Loop?
Dr. Zenoni: I learned about the Loop at my first job in rehab at TOPS Veterinary Rehabilitation [in Grayslake, Illinois]. I worked with Dr. Laurie McCauley, and she used to get to try all the fun things. We had the Assisi Loops, and I tried it on everything. I have learned that cervical pain and lumbosacral pain respond well. I also use it in other areas but it is my go-to for those.
I have some sporting/agility patients, and they have their own Loops so if there’s a soft tissue injury they can start treatment sooner, until they can get in to see me. I have a few clients that I’ve lent my own Loops to, and if they like it, they go and buy their own. Clients often feel it sounds a little too voodoo, so if I give them mine for a week or two, they try it, they see that it works, they’re far more willing to buy one themselves.
What have been a few of your favorite cases that used the Loop?
My absolute favorite case was a seven-year-old male neutered Peke-a-poo, who would get recurrent neck and back pain every few months. The episode would last a day or two; the owners would give him pain meds, but it would take while for it to work. When they put the Loop around his neck, within five minutes he was walking around again. This was my most dramatic response.
We started with a loading dose of four times a day, then went down to three times a day, and we weaned it down so that they were just using it when he had the episodes.
Another one is a 16-year-old Maltese mix. She has a lot of health issues: a torn cruciate, luxating patellas, hip arthritis, Addison’s disease, hypothyroidism, hypertension, chronic skin issues, cleft palate, head tremors, and elevated liver enzymes. With all of these health issues, she wasn't able to take many medications, and we couldn't laser her because she had a history of cancer.
This was a good case for us to use the Loop with, because we were so limited in our options. We did the Loop on her knee, hip, and back. I can’t say which it helped the most; but she just was overall feeling better and moving better in the rear. We started twice a day on her leg and I added her back in a bit later as it was persistently sore.
Do you ever combine the Loop with other therapies?
I have a 14-year-old dachshund patient who, of course, has back pain and cervical pain, which started seven years ago. With her, we used more of a multi-modal approach and the owners wanted to do as much as they could at home. We started using the Loop four times a day on her back and neck and reduced it gradually. She now receives the Loop treatments every other day.
It took a while to get her off much of her pain medications as she was on the medications for a long time before she came to me for her neck issues. I started her on acupuncture, laser, massage and the Assisi Loop.
The combination of things has really seemed to help her. We were able to add in stretches and strengthening exercises to reduce risk of further spinal injury. I’m still seeing her, and she’s doing really well.
You mentioned how the Loop is particularly good for clients who can’t get into the clinic. What kind of cases do you see that kind of improvement with?
I have a 13-year-old Standard Poodle with severe elbow OA along with a history of a hock injury. His mom purchased a Loop for him when they went on vacation since he couldn't get his weekly therapy. He was very active and had a lot of stairs so she wanted to keep him comfortable.
I have a 4-year-old sheltie patient whose owner drives 1.5 hours to see me. The dog has an iliopsoas injury which has been an on-going issue for several months. It may be related to her having an extra lumbar vertebrae. Since she is an agility dog, the owner had a Loop at home already so she had been able to incorporate that into her therapy.
I use it especially for these kinds of situations: for clients who can’t come to see me, for the dogs that are doing well but owners want something for flare-ups at home, for clients who are limited on funds, and those who need to be able to do more things at home. It’s a great option.
What are generally your go-to diagnoses for which you prescribe the Loop?
I love it for necks and backs, since I feel it is where I get the best results. It can be helpful for elbow cases which can be frustrating to treat. You don’t always see the best results in gait, but in comfort you will. It’s a great product to give the owner something else to do for pain, especially at home when they need it.
Doctors like Deanne Zenoni incorporate the Assisi Loop® into their treatments.
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The 5 Most Impressive Scoring Seasons in Philadelphia Flyers History
Claude Giroux is having one of the greatest second halves in the history of the Philadelphia Flyers.
After zero goals and just seven points through his first 15 games, Philadelphia’s captain has recorded 25 goals and 72 points in just 62 outings since. What’s more, Giroux is coming off a month of March in which the 26-year-old pivot produced 21 points and seven multipoint efforts in just 14 total games.
Despite the slow start, Giroux will pace the Flyers in scoring for the fourth consecutive campaign and enters the season’s final week fifth in the league in overall scoring.
And yet, as impressive as Giroux’s season has been, it’s not one of the handful of most impressive scoring seasons in Philadelphia’s 46-year history. Here’s a look at the five most impressive scoring campaigns in Flyers history.
5. Reggie Leach, 1975-76
Scoring Totals: 80 games, 61 goals, 30 assists, 91 points, 11 game-winning goals
The 1975-76 season was the most impressive campaign in the 13-year NHL career of Reggie Leach.
Even though he finished third among all Philadelphia skaters in overall scoring that year with 91 total points, Leach paced the Orange and Black with a career-best 61 goals.
The Riverton, Manitoba, native was the primary finisher on the LCB line, featuring Leach at right wing, Bobby Clarke at center and Bill Barber at left wing, which set an NHL record for goals scored by a single line with 141 conversions.
Of his 61 markers that season, Leach netted a career-high 11 game-winning goals and deposited another 19 tallies in just 16 playoff outings to boot.
His 61 goals remain the Flyers’ franchise record for most goals in a single season.
4. Bobby Clarke, 1975-76
Scoring Totals: 76 games, 30 goals, 89 assists, 119 points, plus-83
The face of the Flyers, Bobby Clarke had more than a few impressive seasons during his 15-year career in the City of Brotherly Love, but none was more impressive than his 1975-76 campaign.
While linemates Leach and Barber combined for 111 goals that season, Clarke matched his career high and equaled the franchise record for assists in a single season with 89 helpers. What’s more, the Flin Flon, Manitoba, native reached the 30-goal plateau for the fourth and final time in his career and posted a career-best 119 total points.
The Hall of Fame center was a plus player in each of his 15 NHL seasons but never more so than in 1975-76, when Clarke compiled a career-high plus-83 rating. His plus/minus rating paced all NHLers that season, while Clarke’s 119 points was second-best, just six points behind the Montreal Canadiens’ Guy Lafleur.
3. Mark Howe, 1985-86
Scoring Totals: 77 games, 24 goals, 58 assists, 82 points, 7 short-handed goals, plus-85
One doesn’t often think of offense coming from defense, but it’s that which makes Mark Howe’s 1985-86 campaign so impressive.
In just 77 games that year, the Detroit native matched a career high with 24 goals and set new career bests with 58 assists and 82 points.
Howe’s 24 conversions remain the Flyers’ record for most goals scored by a defenseman in a single season, while his 82 total points are still the most points ever produced by a Philly blueliner in a single campaign. What’s more, his 58 assists are just two off the franchise mark for helpers by a defender in a single year set by Garry Galley during the 1993-94 season.
But Howe’s impressive season goes far beyond the three most attractive scoring statistics.
During the 1985-86 campaign, the 16-year NHL veteran set a career high and Philadelphia franchise record with a jaw-dropping plus-85 rating. An offensive threat every time he hit the ice, he even managed a career-best seven short-handed goals that year.
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, Howe finished second to the Edmonton Oilers’ Paul Coffey in Norris Trophy voting as the league’s top defenseman following the 1985-86 season.
2. Eric Lindros, 1995-96
Scoring Totals: 73 games, 47 goals, 68 assists, 115 points, 15 power-play goals
Eric Lindros may not have fully lived up to the hype surrounding his trade to Philadelphia in the summer of 1991, but at least for one season, the Big E put it all together.
In 73 games during the 1995-96 campaign, Lindros recorded career highs in goals (47), assists (68), points (115) and power-play goals (15). After averaging 1.52 points per game in a Hart Trophy-winning season as league MVP the year before, Lindros managed an even more impressive 1.58 points per game while missing just nine games the following season.
In just his fourth NHL campaign, the 6’4”, 240-pound power forward paced the Orange and Black in scoring for the second straight season and finished sixth among all NHLers in total scoring. Meanwhile, the London, Ontario, native finished tied for ninth in the league in both goals and assists.
The 1995-96 season proved to be the only 100-point campaign in Lindros’13-year NHL career. In fact, he only ever eclipsed 90 points one time after 1996, when the pivot managed 93 points four years later.
For his efforts, Lindros finished third in Hart Trophy voting following the 1995-96 season behind Mario Lemieux and Mark Messier.
Mark Recchi, 1992-93
Scoring Totals: 84 games, 53 goals, 70 assists, 123 points, 34 even-strength goals
No player in the 46-year history of the Philadelphia Flyers has scored more points in a single season than the 123 produced by Mark Recchi during the 1992-93 campaign.
At just 5’10”, 195 pounds, Recchi put forth the most prolific scoring season in Flyers history with career highs in both goals (53) and points (123). Meanwhile, the 70 assists registered by the Kamloops, British Columbia, native were the second-highest such total of his 22-year NHL career.
A reliable contributor on special teams (15 power-play goals, four short-handed markers), Recchi did the majority of his damage that year at even strength, where he compiled a career-best 34 even-strength strikes. In fact, the 1992-93 season was the only one of Recchi’s illustrious career in which he managed better than 30 goals at even strength.
For the Flyers overall, it was a rather forgettable year, as Philadelphia finished fifth in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. For Recchi, though, it was a campaign to remember, as he paced the Orange and Black in scoring by a full 37 points over the squad’s second-leading scorer, Rod Brind’Amour.
Overall, Recchi finished 10th among all NHLers in total scoring and didn’t receive a single Hart Trophy vote for league MVP.


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Create a cave for a mythical creature using geodesic domes
Equipment – cocktail sticks and mini marshmallows/midget gems
Here is a great demonstration -> https://youtu.be/sjHCztFSxTw
Create a unicorn rainbow with a mirror
Equipment – small mirror, glass or shallow bowl of water, torch
Position your glass of water on a table and then place the mirror inside it at an angle.
Make sure that the room is completely dark. …
Take the flashlight and aim the light towards the mirror that you placed inside the glass.
Watch a rainbow appear from the angle of your mirror.
Create a pipe cleaner dragon book mark
Create dragon eggs
Equipment – playdough, salt dough or plastercine; sequins, tiny shells, painted tiny stones, anything that looks like jewels
Using either playdough, salt dough or plastercine shape it into an egg as big or small as you like. Decorate with anything shiny to create a beautiful dragon egg.
salt dough recipe
1 cupful of plain flour (about 250g)
half a cupful of table salt (about 125g)
half a cupful of water (about 125ml)
Make a mermaid whirligig
Equipment – One paper plate per mermaid:Your mermaid printable, click here for a template
there is a design your own hair mermaid.. and a finished one
Pens for coloring in and decorating your mermaid printable; Scissors; brushes and glue stick; String and stapler for hanging
Stick the template onto a paper plate with glue and cut out. Decorate with pens or paint. Staple the string to the back of the mermaids head and hold up and watch it spin! Make another one and make the tail either thinner or thicker and see if that makes the mermaid spin quicker of slower

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RETIRED JUDGE PHILLIP A. HUBBART ON FROM DEATH ROW TO FREEDOM
Sunday, November 19 @ 11:00 am
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States
RETIRED JUDGE PHILLIP A. HUBBART’s From Death Row to Freedom: The Struggle for Racial Justice in the Pitts-Lee Case is an insider’s account of the case of Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee, two Black men wrongfully charged, convicted, and sentenced to death for the murder of two white gas station attendants in Port St. Joe, Florida, in 1963. Their story chronicles the deep prejudice in the courts and police brutality during the civil rights era.


Desoldering wick is a very practical tool for every workshop. It’s a braided copper wire, soaked in flux, so it catches solder effectively. If you have a spot from which you need to remove the solder, this strip will do a great job. Unlike the discharge pump, this strip can completely remove the solder from a hole or a pad. 1.5m should last long since you spend only one or two centimeters per one desoldering.
• Lenght: 1.5m
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On lp That's Life as instrumental and on lp Non Stop Dancing '67/2 in medley with Jackson.
Peter Law [vocal version; lyrics: Scott English/Stanley Gelber]
Brook Benton [on lp Laura, What's He Got That I Ain't Got]
Tom Jones [idem]
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Want to cut shapes and designs according to their imagination with minimal effort?
Die cutters are a boon for people who want to automate the cutting process and make their lives easier. These machines can cut any shape which you want with ease.
Now the question arises, can the Cricut maker machine cut the Fabric for the quilting process? Can this die cutter machine, which is regarded as the best die cutter machine in the market, do this challenging job?
Sewing enthusiasts like us are always looking for a wide range of fabrics that we can use to Quilt. Many options are present in the market ranging from polycotton to Quilter’s Weight Cotton.
Before moving towards the answer, we need to remember that cutting Fabric is challenging for many die-cutting machines. These fabric clothes must remain intact without shrinking and damaging in the process.
Let’s deep dive and find the answer.
Can you cut Fabric using the Cricut Machine?
The answer to this question is Yes! We can cut fiber for the quilting process using this machine. Cricut maker is one of the best die-cutting machines in the market, known for its quality and precision.
Unlike other die-cutting machines in the market, which require additional tools for cutting Fabric, the Cricut maker machines don’t have this drawback. This machine scores extra points due to its ability to work without other tools.
Cricut maker machines don’t require an additional stabilizer like heat and bond ironed to back. Other types of die-cutting machines needed different tools and equipment to cut Fabric.
What are the different types of Fabrics used in Quilting?
As we all know, the quilting process uses different types of fabrics. We need to keep in mind that the Cricut machine should effortlessly work on different kinds of materials.
There are many types of fabrics used in Quilting. Some materials are more accessible to cut than others, and some can be used for multiple applications.
Some popular fabrics used in Quilting are:
- -Canvas or Heavyweight Cotton Fabric
- -Quilter’s Weight Cotton
- -Wool Felt
- -Heavyweight Linen
These all are different kinds of fabrics used in the quilting process. Unlike other die cutter machines, the Cricut maker machine can quickly work on them. Hence you can cut out shapes according to your requirement easily.
What is Cricut, and how to use it to cut Fabric?
Cricut is a device that cuts Fabric. It’s one of the most popular devices for cutting quilting fabrics. Cricut is a type of die cutter which gets its command from CAD software. You can feed design to it, and it will cut the fabric according to your requirement.
There are many die cutters in the market. Still, the Cricut maker machine is the most famous among them, thanks to its unique Rotary-cutter tool part of the unique Adaptive Tool system.
There are multiple types of cutting pens and tools included with the machine. With the help of these tools, you can cut whatever shape you desire with ease. Just fit the cutter in the rotary tool, and you are good to go.
To cut Fabric, you first need to feed the required design into the machine via computer. The Cricut maker machine comes with free CAD software, which can design shapes and textures according to your requirement.
The machine will then start cutting the Fabric according to its design. Its unique rotary tool will cut the Fabric without any additional supporting device. It will waste a minimum of Fabric in the process.
Why is Cricut best for Cutting fabric for Quilting?
Cricut maker machine is the most beloved die cutter in the market. Most die cutters in the market require a specific die to cut a particular shape. Due to this, you need to buy multiple separate dies for every profile.
Cricut machine is different in this sense. Thanks to its adaptive cutting system, you can add other blades and pens inside the cutting method, then cut any shape you want.
For Quilting, we required blocks of different shapes and sizes. The Cricut machine system comes with preloaded profiles, which can be used for Quilting. Or, If you want something different, you can design your shape using its easy-to-use software.
There are many free designs available. You can purchase individual plans or sign-up for membership for unlimited access to the entire library. It will make your work easier and less time-consuming.
There are hundreds of pre-designed options, including 31 different Quilt Patterns with pre-programmed shapes ready to cut.
Limitation of Cricut Maker for Quilting
With all its advantages, there are a few disadvantages of the Cricut machine. Just like every coin has two sides, the Cricut maker machine also has two sides of the coin.
Let’s discuss the disadvantages as well,
The machine ain’t cheap. The basic model of the device will cost you $399, which is not a small amount. You will get a light grip mat, a fabric mat, a rotary cutter blade, and a knife blade for this amount. If you want more tools and equipment, be ready to shell out more money from your pocket.
II. Cutting Limitation and Cutting Space
Your cutting limit is 12 inches wide Fabric only. Not only that, but it also cannot cut multiple layers at a time. Many people can cut square and rectangle shapes more quickly using traditional cutting methods.
However, it would be best to keep in mind that its advantages outweigh its disadvantages by a large proportion. If you can spend a good amount, you will truly get an excellent machine for all your cutting.
So, at last, we can conclude that the Cricut maker machine can easily cut fabrics for Quilting. Unlike other die-cutting machines, which require additional tools and dies for each new shape, the Cricut maker machine scores a point here in terms of ease to use.
Although these machines are somewhat costly, it doesn’t mean that they are overpriced. You will get a device that can cut any shape you want with its advanced rotary cutting tool for such a price.


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Sunday, July 27, 2008
SADIE HAS FOUND HER NEW HOME!
Ok...admittedly, this posting is a few weeks late, but the news is still welcome! Sadie has found a wonderful home with a local couple (Patrick and Ashley) and their young puppy, Dozier. Her new owners report that she is doing very well. She gets along great with their other dog and her hair has almost grown in completely. Sadie is definitely a lucky girl!

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On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the enforcement of the subpoena for Trump’s tax returns issues by the House Committee of Oversight and Reform in a case captioned Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP (the “Mazars Case”). The three judge panel split 2-1, with Judge Neomi Rao dissenting. (The link at the D.C. Circuit’s website pulls up both the opinion of the Court and the dissent as a single file. For ease of use, I have broken that file into separate files. The Court’s opinion can be downloaded here. The dissent can be downloaded here.)
Judge Rao’s dissent is premised solely on what she believes is a limitation on Congress’ legislative power. She makes a distinction between the legislative power of Congress and what she terms its judicial power. Among the areas in which she believes that the judicial power can be exercised is that of impeachment. Thus:
[A]llegations of illegal conduct against the President cannot be investigated by Congress except through impeachment. The House may impeach for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,” U.S. CONST. art. II, § 4, and has substantial discretion to define and pursue charges of impeachment. See The Federalist No. 65, at 338 (impeachable offenses “are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself”). While it is unnecessary here to determine the scope of impeachable offenses, Congress has frequently treated violations of statutes or the Constitution as meeting this threshold. Impeachment provides the exclusive method for Congress to investigate accusations of illegal conduct by impeachable officials, particularly with the aid of compulsory process. Thus, the key determination is whether this investigation targets allegations Congress might treat as “high Crimes” or “Misdemeanors.” To make this determination requires no search for hidden motives, but simply crediting the Committee’s consistently stated purpose to investigate “illegal conduct” of the President. Cummings Memorandum at 4; cf. Eastland v. United States Servicemen’s Fund, 421 U.S. 491, 508 (1975) (“[I]n determining the legitimacy of a congressional act we do not look to the motives alleged to have prompted it.”).Dissent slip op. at 6-7 (footnotes omitted).
I do not know whether the distinction that Judge Rao draws is valid. However, why do we even have to address that point now? When the subpoenas at issue in the Mazars Case were first issued, the House had not begun to explicitly investigate the possibility of impeachment. That is no longer the case. In response to Judge Roe’s dissent, the House Oversight Committee should simply issue a new subpoena seeking the same documents that were the subject of the first subpoena. The new subpoena would lack the infirmity that Judge Rao perceived in the subpoena at issue in the Mazars Case and her objections to that original subpoena would therefore be moot. The House could then get on with the pressing task of investigating whether Trump should be impeached. (Yes, I know that the White House Counsel has issued a letter refusing to cooperate with the various constituent parts of the impeachment investigation because, inter alia, there really isn’t a valid impeachment investigation. I suspect that this argument would not be tossed aside lightly by any reviewing court. Rather, it would be thrown aside with great force. Cf. here.)


Building resilient serverless systems
John Chapin explains howin this brave new world of managed services and platformsyou can use serverless technologies and an infrastructure-as-code mindset to architect, build, and operate resilient systems that survive even massive vendor outages.
|Talk Title||Building resilient serverless systems|
|Speakers||John Chapin (Symphonia)|
|Conference||O’Reilly Velocity Conference|
|Conf Tag||Build systems that drive business|
|Location||London, United Kingdom|
|Date||October 31-November 2, 2018|
In this brave new world of serverless, we entrust our vendors with keeping the infrastructure up and running. However, when even cloud behemoths like Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud have outages and failures, how can we build resilient systems? John Chapin explains how to use serverless technologies and an infrastructure-as-code approach to architect, build, and operate large-scale systems that are resilient to vendor failures, even while taking advantage of fully managed vendor services and platforms. He then leads an end-to-end demo of the resilience of a well architected serverless system in the face of massive simulated failure. All source code, infrastructures templates, and slides will be available for the audience to download and explore. While the examples largely focus on AWS—including API Gateway, CloudFront, CloudFormation, DynamoDB, Lambda, and Route 53—the techniques discussed are broadly applicable across cloud vendors.


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By Chris Parker
By Jake Rossen
By Jesse Marx
By Michelle LeBow
By Alleen Brown
By Maggie LaMaack
By CP Staff
Coleman supporters defend the poor performance of the joint operating agreement in 2000 by stating that there were bound to be some bumps and glitches in the transition from public to private management. RiverCentre's performance under SPAC in 2001, however, indicates that the problems can't be dismissed so easily. Put simply, revenues were down and expenses were up yet again compared with 2000.
Ibister says that SPAC has added more staff since taking over in July of 2000, in part to maintain the look and quality of the convention center. It's important to note, however, that the building is less than four years old and that over the last two years more than $750,000 has been budgeted by the city to account for amortization and depreciation expenses at its RiverCentre facilities. Ibister also allows that additional personnel, including four more full-time security workers, were hired "because there are a lot more people around the place." Still, a primary reason for this increased foot traffic is that people are walking through Touchstone on their way to hockey games or concerts at the Xcel Energy Center, where the money they spend on tickets, hot dogs, and beer goes to both SPAC and the Wild--not the City of St. Paul.
Given the physical proximity of the Xcel arena to the Touchstone convention center and Wilkins Auditorium, it is inevitable that conflicts of interest will arise. For example, as part of its management duties at RiverCentre, SPAC is charged with monitoring the performance of Wildside Catering, which is partly owned by the Wild, SPAC's corporate parent. (Fortunately for all concerned, Wildside has improved RiverCentre's bottom line during its 18 months on the job.)
Other conflicts could be fuzzier and less overt. What if a musical act could sell out the Roy Wilkins Auditorium but might also do a pretty good business at Xcel, which happens to have an open date? If electricians are working on a major project to upgrade the power capacity at both the Xcel arena and the Touchstone convention center, who pays the costs? How do you bill promotion expenses for a large event that takes place in the both facilities?
The best way for RiverCentre to get what First Ward council member Jerry Blakey refers to as "its share of the cut" is to assign someone to keep close tabs on SPAC's management operation. The RiverCentre Authority is the agency designated by the city to perform this oversight, but since the Authority's board is made up entirely of volunteers, the person most responsible is the RiverCentre Authority's executive director, who is paid $98,000 a year by the city.
"In my opinion, the executive director has to be somebody who knows budgeting, accounting, fiscal analysis, accounts receivable, accounts payable, tax reporting, financial management--am I making myself clear?" says city council president Bostrom. "We have to get a fair and accurate count of revenues going through that building, and for that we need a controller-type person."
But instead, days before SPAC took over the management of RiverCentre in June of 2000, Norm Coleman appointed Erich Mische.
With a blunt, take-no-prisoners style that he honed while serving as Coleman's campaign manager (twice) and spokesperson, Mische is simultaneously one of the most admired and disliked public figures in St. Paul. Even his most bitter detractors would admit he is a shrewd marketer and political operative; even his best friends would acknowledge that finance is not his strong suit. He filed for personal bankruptcy in 1996 (though, to his credit, he eventually paid off his debts), and he generated more buzz than profits as the point man for the high-profile Smithsonian exhibit at the Civic Center back in 1996. Between 1997 and 1999, Mische worked as the director of client services for the public-relations firm Media Rare, which produced the Titanic Exhibit at Union Depot, another extravaganza that made more headlines than money.
Mische left Media Rare in May of 1999 and returned to the city to work as Coleman's director of strategic initiatives at an annual salary of $72,500. It was his job to be Coleman's point man on whatever development schemes the mayor's office was concocting. Thirteen months later Coleman gave Mische a $25,000 raise and added the title of RiverCentre's executive director to his list of duties. Strategically, the move made sense: Coleman had just pushed the RiverCentre Authority to expand its mission into various marketing, promotion, and development projects around the city.
Before Mische's appointment, however, his ability to be an objective watchdog over SPAC's financial management was already hopelessly compromised. When he was at Media Rare, the Wild hired him to help lobby the state Legislature to secure funding for the Xcel arena. When he was working for the city and drumming up support for one of Coleman's earlier baseball stadium proposals, he was assisted by Wild CEO Jac Sperling. Finally, to call attention to any problems in the RiverCentre's joint operating agreement with SPAC would besmirch Coleman's "Chamber of Commerce agenda" for the city and potentially damage the political fortunes of Coleman and Randy Kelly. (After being elected, Kelly appointed Mische--who had left his RiverCentre post in October--to be the city's marketing director.)
In March of 2001, Mische, Deputy Mayor Kimberley, and nearly all the members of the RiverCentre Authority board went before the city council to push for approval of the agency's expanded mission statement. The presentation captured their simultaneous zeal for marketing and lack of interest in either divulging or paying attention to the signs of financial trouble at RiverCentre.