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Organic Leek (Musselburgh) Seeds
VEGE-LEEK-2-1Regular price $3.95
Leeks are one of the easiest vegetables to grow in a home garden, and they are a great companion plant. Interplant them throughout the garden to ward off garden pests - and grow enough for a family at the same time!
Our organic Musselburgh Leek seed packets contain approximately 70 seeds - more than enough for a small garden.
What are Leeks?
Leeks (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) are an ancient vegetable that originates from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. It is an easy-care vegetable that is related to the onion, but with a milder, sweet flavour. They have thick white tubular stalk with fine layers of tightly packed leaves, rather than a round bulb. The Musselburgh variety is vigorous and hardy, and also resistant to pest and disease. It produces medium green leaves with long thick white stems of up to 500g each if fed well.
Leeks are the perfect choice for cottage gardens, or home vegetable patches, whether large or small.
Culinary Uses for Musselburgh Leeks
Leeks have a mild, sweet onion-like flavour. This pungent white and light green vegetable is a delicious substitute for onions and is delicious as a complement to potatoes, in soups and stews, or in homemade chicken pie. For the health conscious, the leaves can be gently steams, slit lengthways and used as a carb-free substitute for lasagne pasta.
Growing Conditions - Musselburgh Leeks
Leeks are one of the easiest vegetables to grow. They are best sowed in late spring or early summer as they can take up to six months to fatten up! Carrots, Celery, Lettuce and Onions are good companion planting choices for Leeks. (Leeks are also good companion plants for many other plants as they help ward off many garden pests.)
This unfussy vegetable thrives in full sun, but doesn't mind wind or a light frost. While they do best in crumbly rich loam that is slightly acidic, Leeks generally adjust to most soil types. They require a little water while young, but will generally survive with little hands-on care until near harvest time.
When your leeks are nearly grown (around mid-autumn), you can use a technique called 'blanching' to sweeten their taste.
Growing Instructions - Organic Musselburgh Leek Seeds
- Direct sow or transplant: Early spring or early autumn
- Spacing: 15 cm apart
- Sowing depth: 6 mm
- Keep soil moist but not soggy while seeds are germinating
- Germination: 10 - 15 days
- Harvest: 110-120 days

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With the exception of the Lezyne Micro Floor Drive and other pumps of similar construction, all other hand pumps are unable to reach the high pressures required to pump up a road bike tire properly. However, an 80% inflated tire is better than a totally flat tire, as it still allows you to get somewhere even though it is slower and with more risk of getting a pinch flat.
The Lezyne Micro Floor Drive is powerful, but it just seems too big to fit nicely on the Merida Scultura 5000 road bike. Therefore I decided to get a slimmer and more compact hand pump for the road bike.
I have tried the Topeak RaceRocket Pump before, and this time I want to try a Lezyne hand pump. I selected the Lezyne Pressure Drive as it looks sleek and simple, and is not too expensive.
Lezyne Pressure Drive S size.. Rated up to a maximum pressure of 120 PSI.
It comes with a bracket for mounting the pump on the bike, using the bottle cage bosses.
Ingenious way of storing the hose inside the pump body itself.
The pump is about 190mm in length before extension
The hose is stored inside the pump cylinder itself, and can be accessed by opening a rubber cap at the top.
The hose can be pulled out fully. There are two ends of the hose for Presta and Schrader valves. One end attaches to the valve while the other end attaches to the pump body.
For example, if I am pumping a Presta valve, I will attach the Schrader end to the pump body by screwing in the hose to the bottom opening of the pump.
What I have done is to extract the hose from the top part of the pump, and screwed it into the bottom part of the pump. The hand pump is now ready to be used!
When fully extended, before compression, the pump length is actually very long!
The supplied mounting bracket is actually commonly used across many different models of Lezyne hand pumps.
The mounting bracket comes with a velcro strap as shown to secure the pump tightly to the bracket.
This particular model of hand pump also comes in two sizes, S and M. They are basically the same except for the length, which probably means that the M size pump has more volume per stroke.
Small sized pump weighs 91 grams without the mounting bracket.
Medium sized pump weighs 104 grams without the mounting bracket.
The mounting bracket weighs 12 grams.
Ultimately, whichever hand pump you choose, the pump needs to be able to reach the minimum pressure required by the tire. On a MTB tire this is no problem as the pressure is much lower at 30-60 PSI, although it will take many more strokes. However, on a road bike tire where the minimum pressure required is usually about 90 PSI, this will be very challenging.
To test out the capability of the hand pump (and my arm strength), I tried to inflate the road bike tire using the Lezyne Pressure Drive, from zero PSI. At the start it was easy, but at around 50 PSI (estimated), it started to get really tough. It required a lot of strength to push one full stroke of air into the tube. I finally maxed out at 80 PSI (checked with a floor pump gauge) using this hand pump. Given my arm strength, I could not put in any more air as I am unable to compress the pump any more.
The 120 PSI rating on the pump refers to the quality of the seals in the hand pump, and that theoretically it is possible to reach 120 PSI if arm strength is not an issue. Realistically speaking, arm strength is the limiting factor here, as it comes a point where you will not be able to pump in any more air. Asking your buddy to take over and continue pumping may get a few more strokes of air in, but it will still be very tough.
Testing the max PSI that can be achieved with my effort alone.
Overall I would say that this Lezyne Pressure Drive hand pump does its job adequately, without being exceptionally outstanding. Given its lightweight construction and the compact size, I cannot possibly expect too much from it. Being able to achieve 80 PSI should be sufficient for me to continue riding after fixing the puncture.
Besides the Lezyne Pressure Drive hand pump, I will also be carrying the Lezyne CO2 Trigger Drive. This is a CO2 cartridge system that is used to inflate tires rapidly with minimum effort. It is popular among road cyclists due to it being more lightweight than hand pumps, and the quick inflation possible. The downside is that if you use the CO2 cartridge wrongly, it will be wasted, with the CO2 being discharged uselessly into the air. This would be a mini-disaster if you don't have a hand pump as a backup.
The Lezyne CO2 Trigger Drive comes with one 16 gram CO2 cartridge and the trigger. I bought an additional 16 gram cartridge as a spare.
This is the trigger that links the CO2 cartridge to the valve. It allows the flow of CO2 to be controlled so that the tire can be inflated properly.
The trigger needs to be used properly by attaching it to the valve and CO2 cartridge in the correct order, to avoid wasting the CO2 cartridge.
Weight of the CO2 cartridge. Although it says 16 grams at the side, this refers to the amount of CO2 inside the metal cylinder and not the weight of the CO2 cartridge.
The weight of the trigger is 26 grams, and the weight of the CO2 cartridge is 57 grams, giving a total weight of 83 grams. This is only 20 grams lighter than the Lezyne Pressure Drive + bracket shown above. There isn't really any significant weight savings if you choose a CO2 inflation system over a traditional hand pump.
However, the CO2 cartridge will be able to inflate the tire to 120 PSI when the pressurized CO2 is fully discharged from the cartridge into the tube. This will be better than the hand pump in the sense that it can achieve the required high tire pressure without any pumping effort.
I have not used a CO2 cartridge before, so this is new to me. Hopefully I will not need to use it, but in case I do, I hope I am able to use it properly! In any case there is always the hand pump as a backup.
In summary, with the combination of the Lezyne CO2 Trigger Drive and the Lezyne Pressure Drive hand pump, I will be able to deal with any punctures that may happen along the way. Overall these two systems add less than 200 grams to the bike weight which is still acceptable, given the importance of the hand pump and the CO2 system.


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6. Smarter Coffee
If you love coffee and want the best coffee maker money can buy, this is the gadget for you. Smarter Coffee works with Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT already way ahead of any other smart coffee makers out there. The accompanying app, of course, allows you to control everything you could want to, for example, Smarter Coffee can make your coffee from your bed when you wake up in the morning.

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Sorry to hear about your bad luck on your chainplate. The repair is a tough one. I would go to a reputable fibreglass shop and get an estimate. It won't be cheap is my guess fibreglass work never is. Possibly you can get your insurance to cover the damage. Try to get some references from other catsailors in your area. Onsgard, Phillips, even Rick White would be a good source for recommendations in your area.

On the tramp you need to unlace the tramp in the back and pull it out toward the front crossbeam. Look at the track and determine if it has been pulled apart. You might need to take a rubber mallet to the tramp track to hammer it back together. After you get the track looking normal again feed the tramp back in a re-lace. This should be a pretty easy operation.


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By Decree of the Authorities, the Emergency on Taman Peninsula is “Over”;
However, the Catastrophe Continues
Yesterday, the deputy head of the administration of Krasnodar Krai, Alexander Ivanov, stated on “New Kuban Television” that the emergency situation, which had occurred around the ship wrecks in the Strait of Kerch has been resolved and that the authorities are planning to place a small team on the shore to “monitor the situation.” On November 23rd at a meeting of the interagency commission for liquidating the results of the storm in the Strait of Kerch, it was noted that “the situation is now the responsibility of the staff.” Before that, on November 19th, the Prime Minister of Russia, Victor Zubkov, in his report to the President of Russia, stated that fuel oil would be removed from the shore during the next two days. As a whole, according to the information coming from different state organs reported on by the media, the impression given is that the basic problems created by the environmental catastrophe in the Strait of Kerch have been resolved.
However, reality refutes these assertions. Six days have already passed since the statement by the Prime Minister, but there are still significant portions of the beach where no cleanup from the oil spill has taken place. In addition, there are a lot of other problems occurring as part of the liquidation of the impacts of the catastrophe. The most significant of these is saving birds.
A week ago, activists from Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus conducted monitoring of the polluted beaches in Temryuk raion. The results showed that at that time no work to clean the beaches in the southern part of the Chushka Spit (a five kilometer area) had taken place. In addition, no cleanup had occurred in the area between the Capes of Panagiya and Tuzla (seven kilometers), and between the Capes of Akhilleon and Pekla (12 kilometers). It also became clear that because of the government’s lack of action, the situation with saving birds was critical; and the public was refused access to the territory of the southern part of the Chushka Spit.
As a result of the monitoring, on the morning of November 20, Environmental Watch sent an official letter to the interagency commission for the liquidation of the impacts of the storm in the Strait of Kerch. Environmental Watch proposed the following in its letter:
“to include beach cleanup without exclusion of the polluted parts on the beach in the Temryuk raion”
“to provide access to the southern part of the Chushka Spit to volunteers and representatives of public organizations in order to help suffering birds and to conduct cleanup of the territory”
“to provide special resources, housing and transport for the means to collect and rehabilitate injured birds.”
However, five days have already gone by and the work has begun only on the southern part of the Chushka spit, which is the most environmentally valuable of the areas impacted by the sinking of the tanker “Volgoneft 139.” When activists from Environmental Watch were on this part of the Spit on November 19th; the beach was contaminated with fuel oil—tens of meters wide and one and a half meters deep—and littered with dead birds. This unique protected area was “protected” and in keeping with the sense of that word, not one emergency liquidator had set foot there. Now, beach cleanup is taking place, but how it is being conducted is a secret. After this, activists from Environmental Watch were able to go the southern part of the Chushka Spit and to document the criminal negligence of the emergency liquidators, the authorities carried out even stricter limitations on access to this territory, as if there were a secret facility. Journalists and representatives of public organizations were not allowed to go there.
And regarding other sections of the beach that were polluted by fuel oil, the situation is no better. As activists from the public organization, Saving Taman!, reported today, two weeks following the sinking of the tanker, on the Black Sea beach between the Capes of Panagiya and Tuzla, no beach cleanup has taken place. According to Dmitrii Artamonov, coordinator of a group of volunteers from Greenpeace Russia, there has been no organization of a commission to liquidate the impacts of the catastrophe on the beaches between the Capes of Akhilleon and Pekla on the Sea of Azov. The only beach cleanup taking place there is being done by Greenpeace volunteers.
For the last five days, after Environmental Watch sent its official letter to the commission for the liquidation of the impacts of the storm in the Strait of Kerch, no steps have been taken to save the birds. The Commission not only has done nothing itself, but it has not given any help to the volunteers who have come to save the birds. And the members of the Commission would not have to go far to see how critical the situation is for the birds; the dying birds are easy to see through their office windows.
The authorities have not found it possible to find a warm building where birds could be rehabilitated; without this it is impossible to organize a massive effort to save the birds. They have failed to provide help to the volunteers in many instances. In addition, they have not even given permission for volunteers to carry out efforts to save the birds in the southern part of the Chushka Spit.
And the birds continue to die. As residents of the village of Chushka told Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus, today in the central and northern parts of the Chushka Spit, on the road between the Port of Kavkaz and the village of Ilyich, they saw a lot of birds covered with fuel oil. This speaks to the fact that in this part of the spit, there was a significant number of suffering birds, to whom no one is providing help.
One more quality of the Russian authorities’ activity in the “rescue” operation is ignoring the suggestions of the environmental public and the creation of obstacles to its activity. Currently, representatives of environmental organizations are finding it difficult even to go to the office for liquidation of the impacts of the catastrophe, as it is located in a zone where there is no access. What kind of cooperation can we speak about? The only organization among the departments involved in the liquidation of the catastrophe that is working constructively with the public is Rosprirodnadzor (Russian Federal Service for Regulation of the Use of Natural Resources).
On the whole, the real situation on the Taman Peninsula does not correspond to a situation that is ready to be turned over to “staff.” The sunken ships have not been recovered and the source of the pollution in the sea has not been liquidated, many kilometers of polluted beach have not yet been cleaned, and birds continue to die.
In the current situation, there should be no change in the regime of emergency situation, and liquidating the impacts of the catastrophe should not be turned over to anyone else until a complete cleanup of the seashore and the liquidation of the source of the pollution has been completed. It is also critically important that the authorities change their relationship to the birds that are threatened with death. It is necessary that they initiate a complex of conditions for saving the birds and prevent the oiling of additional birds. They should also undertake effective coordination with public organizations. This is especially important because a massive migration of birds is occurring across the territory where the catastrophe occurred. Many of these birds could also be killed, as they find themselves in zones that have been polluted by petroleum products.
Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus
November 25, 2007

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The Jacket star, 23, was caught out by a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) sting operation when he tried to buy the illegal opiate from an undercover officer.
LAPD Detective Ron Hodges says, "He was intending to buy real heroin from an undercover officer."
Fourteen other people were arrested in the random sting. Renfro was arrested in 1998 for possessing cocaine and cannabis, but made a plea deal which kept him out of prison.
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Are you planning to purchase a brand new gaming laptop? But, you run short of money, and think maybe next month add up would help you to purchase a better gaming machine? Still, you could only amass 300 dollars; you ask yourself “Could I purchase a good cheapest gaming laptops under 300 in 2020?
If you had asked me the same question with the same budget, I would have categorically refused your desire of purchasing a good specification gaming laptop under this price range. In, past it was almost impossible to buy a superior performance laptop around $300 for gaming.
The development of technology has helped a lot, in these days the laptops have become cheaper and the range has become wider. I am not saying, you are going to get an Eight generation laptop with a dedicated graphics card and 12-16GB RAM in this range. But you will grab a relatively good performance machine.
The laptops under this range would be equipped with Intel Pentium N3530, Intel Celeron 3205U, and other processors, with 4GB of memory. For playing high-ended video games, using video editors and installing high-graphics software, however, need higher specification. And it seems unrealistic to select a 300 dollar laptop to exercise such kind of tasks.
These are cheap gaming laptops and they are equipped with an integrated graphics card with display performance. It comes short of meeting the latest gaming needs. If you just could raise your budget to 500 dollars, the selection becomes wider. These cheapest gaming laptops will meet your requirements.
Cheapest Gaming Laptops Under 300 2020 Reviews
After the research of our editors and by receiving the feedbacks of users, I have finalized some of the best gaming laptops available in 2019. I have compiled a shortlist of some best gaming laptops under 300$ that you are looking for.
|Laptop Name||Display||RAM||Battery Life||Price|
|Acer Aspire E 15||15.6-Inch||6GB||13.5 hours||View|
|Lenovo Ideapad 330||15.6-Inch||8GB/16GB||5-6 hours||View|
|Lenovo ThinkPad T430||14-Inch||8GB/16GB||5-6 hours||View|
|Dell Inspiron||15.6-Inch||8GB/12GB||8 to 9 hours||View|
|HP EliteBook 840 G1||14-Inch||8 GB||7 to 8 hours||View|
|Acer Premium 15.6||15.6-Inch||4 GB||12 hours||View|
Acer Aspire E 15, 15.6″ Full HD
Acer Aspire series without a single shadow of a doubt is a complete value for money devices. This machine will impress you with its features and really offers you an experience beyond the expectations. It would be quite hard to get a laptop under $400 with such impressive specifications of good battery backup, Full HD display an abundant amount of RAM.
|Processor||Intel Core i3-8130U Processor (Up to 3.4GHz)|
|Display||15.6″ Full HD (1920 x 1080) widescreen LED-lit Display|
|Memory||6GB Dual Channel Memory|
|Hard Disk||1 TB Mechanical Hard Drive|
|Optical Drive Type||8X DVD Rom|
|Battery life||Up to 13.5 hours|
|Operating System||Windows 10|
Acer Aspire series really stood in the test of the time. This is the best gaming laptop under 300 and evolved as one of the best budget gaming laptop series. This Acer Aspire E 15 would surprise you with splendid features. Though the price slightly has been pushed forward towards 350 dollars, the features are beyond the imagination in this range.
Acer Aspire E15 equipped with eight-generation Intel core I3-8130U processor, with 15.6 inches Full HD display and 6GB Dual Channel memory.
The hard drive of one TB going to blow you away, the biggest edge would be the battery backup of more than ten hours.
The Aspire E15 comes with a backlist Keyboard, and I can guarantee there would be no other machine offering these features under this price range. The keyboard offers you a complete comfortable typing experience from the core. Buy Now From Amazon
Acer laptop series has always been known for its good multipurpose laptop manufacturer. This machine as well is adorned with the two builds in stereo laptops for greater surround sound effect.
The laptop is a great combination of speed and productive multitasking, during the review we test the multi-tasking and speed of the machine, and it performed the way we expected and wrote.
If someone asks you about purchasing the cheapest gaming laptops, you can suggest this without a single doubt. There would be no better option in that range, and that is the reason, this laptop comes at number 1 slot of best budget gaming laptops 2020.
|One Thousand GB of storage||The absence of a dedicated Graphics card|
|Backlit Keyboard||No cooling system|
|Strong battery backup|
Latest Lenovo Ideapad 330
Let me ask you a serious question? Are you really looking for the cheapest gaming laptops under 300 dollars? If yes, then Lenovo 2019 Newest Flagship Premium IdeaPad 330 has a multitude of gaming features.
|Processor||Quad-Core; 1.1GHz Up to 2.7GHz|
|Display||15.6″ LED-backlit display, 1366 x 768 HD resolution|
|Hard Disk||128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB SSD 2TB HDD|
|Optical Drive Type||DVD Re-Writer|
|Battery life||2-Cell Lithium Battery (5-6 hours)|
|Operating System||Windows 10 Home 64-bit|
|Graphics||Intel UHD Graphics 605|
This gaming machine is equipped with the Intel Pentium N5000 Quad-Core processor to help you play your favourite games without any hiccup. Choose your RAM, up to 4GB/8GB DDR4 that can handle the difficult task; the multitasking of this gaming machine is one of the biggest edges.
This machine though has a little problem with Keyboards and show flexes under the stress gaming hours. But, a little problem cannot define the entire piece of electronics. You will have a sturdy and reliable feature at the end of the day.
The Lenovo Ideapad has gotten the standard connectivity, there is a single USB 2.0 port, and One USB 3.0-port has gathered a great amount of connectivity in the hands. Buy Now From Amazon
The machine is adorned with one SD card and an HDMI card slot so that you got no issue when it comes to connecting the Laptop with any television and camera.
Lenovo Ideapad 330 comes with Windows 10 Home 64-bit installed and a DVD RW optical drive, which makes it the ideal machine to play the favourite movies.
Battery life is always a durable point for basic laptops. But the Lenovo IdeaPad 330 fails to impress here, 3 hours 20 minutes are quite ideal for average usage. If you are planning to install some latest AA games into it, then have your charger in the bag.
The laptop has been designed for the webserver or the first-time gamer, an entry-level gaming machines which will display a great performance in general purposes.
Getting the hands onto this machine ideally would land no trouble to you for sure.
|Quick and responsive performance||No keyboard backlight option|
|Simple sober design||Middling battery life|
|8GB/16GB DDR4 Ram|
Lenovo ThinkPad T430 (Cheapest gaming laptop under 300)
Lenovo has put a lot of effort into uplifting its ThinkPad series. This series has been timeless; it has been more than two decades this machine dominating the business devices markets.
The traditional competitors of this machine are Dell and HP. Though HP Chromebook somehow competed this Lenovo product, the battery performance and other key specs of the machines could not be surpassed.
|Processor||Core i5 i5-3230M Up to 2.6 GHz|
|Display||14″ LED-backlit display, 1366 x 768 HD resolution|
|Memory||4GB DDR3 RAM|
|Hard Disk||500 GB HDD|
|Optical Drive Type||DVD Re-Writer|
|Battery life||6-Cell Lithium Battery (5-6 hours)|
|Operating System||Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (Upgradable)|
|Graphics||Intel HD Graphics 400|
ThinkPad T430 finally comes with the USB 3.0 ports this feature was long missed by the users and now Lenovo has three new ports in it.
The potential buyers are welcomed with the three different processors of Intel current Ivy bridges models. For those who are budget conscious, and does not want to exceed from $300 would love to get Core i5-3230M processor with 4GB DDR3 RAM and further can be extended 8GB if needed.
The machine has 500 GB hard drive, but no hard disk cache, just a Serial ATA. The high native resolutions of 1366×768 pixels also eat up lots of performance of the machine. It causes buffer during the majority of the time while watching HD videos. Buy Now From Amazon
The biggest edge of this machine would be the 6-cell battery with an enormous 65 Wh, while the other model of the same series were managed with a 6-cell battery with 58 Wh. This machine easily can bear at least 6-7 hours of normal workload without asking you to inject the charger.
Though Keyboard has been a great aspect in the Lenovo ThinkPad series and this time as well they have offered a great keyboard but the layout seems non-standard.
|Looks and acts as brand new||Non-Standard keyboard layout|
|Good keyboard||Normal Video resolutions|
|6-7 hours battery life with 6-cell|
|Excellent build quality|
Dell Inspiron 15.6 Slim and Light Customize Laptop
The price range is slightly high than other machines available in this list. Though under this price range of $340, the more laptop you look forward is to tend to follow the DellSSDLaptop models of the laptops. And DellSSDLaptop models without any single doubt has marketed itself. A simple school or office laptop and evolved one of the great competitions of this Dell Inspiron 15.6 product.
|Processor||AMD A6 OR Intel i3 OR i5 CPU|
|Display||15.6 Inch HD resolution 1366 x 768 display|
|Memory||Available with 4GB/8GB/12GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM|
|Hard Disk||128GB / 256GB / 512GB / 1TB SSD and 500GB / 1TB / 2TB HDD|
|Optical Drive Type||DVD Drive|
|Battery life||8 to 9 hours|
|Operating System||Windows 10 Home|
|Graphics||Intel HD Graphics 620 Or AMD Radeon R4|
You need not limit yourself only with the DellSSDLaptop, as Dell Inspiron series has evolved during the test of time and emerged as the winner. This machine offers extensive experience of a traditional laptop. This laptop provides you best response when you get to use this for multitasking, it is super fast in 12GB RAM edition.
This machine is more than a traditional looking laptop and powered with AMD A6 processor. It comes with customized 4GB/8GB/12GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM RAM speed for multitasking.
These two pieces when joins hands with the AMD Radeon R4 graphics, it produces stunning visuals and turbulence-free usage. Buy Now From Amazon
The storage is not an issue when it comes to the Inspiron series. It offers you a customized 128GB / 256GB / 512GB / 1TB SSD and 500GB / 1TB / 2TB HDD space. This is enough storage to store your data and the latest running games.
Dell Inspiron comes with the solid-state drive as well as HDD. SSD has no moving parts, resulting in faster start-up times and data access. No noise and reduced heat production and power draw on the battery
|Large Storage For Movie And Gaming||No backlight keyboard|
|Multi-format Build-In digital media card reader|
|12GB RAM speed for multitasking|
HP EliteBook 840 G1, (Certified Refurbished)
HP Elite book series really stands heads and shoulders above the rest of the machines for business class or normal usage. The nice-looking design, long battery life, and 4th generation processor will make you execute MS office; excel PowerPoint or entry-level games without any hiccup.
|Processor||Intel Core i5- 4200u processor 1.6GHz|
|Display||14″ Full HD LED-backlit Display|
|Memory||8 GB SDRAM DDR3|
|Hard Disk||500GB HDD|
|Optical Drive Type||No Optical Drive|
|Battery life||7 to 8 hours in normal use|
|Operating System||Windows 10 Home|
|Graphics||Intel HD Graphics 3000|
Though the HP series has dropped the optical drivers from all EliteBook notebooks. But this is making the machine thinner and lighter in weight.
This laptop has aluminum and magnesium material with the silver-based soft-touch finish on the lid. The processor is the real threat which comes from this machine, 1.6 GHz Core i5-4200U CPU. It is equipped with Intel HD Graphics 3000, with 14″ Full HD touch screen.
The storage capacity has also left as per the user’ use. You got 500 GB of the storage capacity. There is no SSD hard drive you got only HDD. The user could save a huge amount of data in the hard drive as per its usage.
This machine comes with Windows 10 Home; the integrated camera is good enough for a conference call or skype call. The keyboard has an adjustable background light; the touchpad is sensitive and easy to use.
The battery life is the real taste of this machine, and user reviews also sail in favor of the machine. The laptop can afford 7-8 hours in normal usage while in intense hours you will have to take the charger along with you. Buy Now From Amazon
The machine is a rocket when it comes to single-thread performance, on multithreading. This may not show some splendid results.
If you are looking for a traditional laptop then this is the best choice than any other. And you must not neglect the price range of the machine, as this falls fine under the best gaming laptops under 300 dollars price.
|One of the cheapest gaming laptops||The touchpad is sensitive|
|The design is superb and eye-catching||Slippery eraser head tracking stick|
|Extremely easy to use and handle||Poor multitasking|
|The keyboard will make you fall in love with this laptop|
|3x USB 3.0 ports included|
|Long battery life|
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|Processor||Intel Celeron Dual-Core 1.6GHz (Up to 2.48GHz)|
|Optical Drive Type||None|
|Battery life||12 hours|
|Operating System||Chrome OS|
The 15.6 inches huge screen shares breathtaking views as the 400 Intel HD Graphics has used. The outcome of the video is just ideal for those who want to watch movies or play games. The Acer new technology decreases the reflection of the picture.
The LED backlight display gives it a decent look. Acer Chromebook has built-in cloud support which let the user store the data freely even when your system is offline.
The Acer premium Chromebook is one of the cheap gaming laptops under $300 because 1.6GHz Intel Dual-Core Celeron N3060 processor is placed and that boosts up to 2.48GHz. And we all know for gaming all we required a fast processor and high-quality video Graphics. Buy Now From Amazon
You can interact with your friends and your co-workers/bosses by built-in HD webcam with microphone. 4GB DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM system memory and 16GB eMMC flash drive help the system to work without getting stopped or hanged.
You can connect internet via Next-Gen Intel Wireless-AC and enjoy the high-speed of the browsing on your Chromebook. It has two USB 3.0 and one HDMI port or you can go for a Bluetooth option as it has 4.2 Bluetooth.
Google Chrome OS allows you to take pleasure in audio and video visuals by using built-in stereo speakers or one headphone/speaker jack.
You can work long 12 hours non-stopping on the Acer laptop. It allows you to read and write data on a memory card.
|The system offers great Graphics||Sometimes the laptop powers off randomly.|
|The laptop has lots of built-in features like media reader, stereo speakers, and virus protection and so on.|
|The Acer Company offers you the best-featured laptop at the low-cost.|
|The Acer Chromebook has Long 12-hours battery life.|
Points To Remember For Gaming Laptops 2020
Always consider the following most important factors before buying a gaming laptop:
1. Powerful Hardware
Every laptop cannot fall into the criteria of a gaming laptop; gaming laptop comes with powerful hardware and made to deliver the ultimate experience to the users.
2. Processor Cooling System
You need to remember that gaming laptops come with lots of heat. You can tackle this problem only with the powerful processor cooling system. Still, the heat problem is the biggest issue even in a premium gaming laptop is got the same issue.
3. Processors and Graphics Card
For a gaming laptop, processors and graphics card are the biggest aspects. And one should stick to a basic model and spend more on these two. Rather than the hardware which has nothing to do in playing video games.
3. Compatible CPU Configuration
Having a good CPU configuration, with at least 4GB of RAM. It has a good graphics card can make sure you are going to have great gaming experience. Though you may not be able to play high-ended aggressive video games as in this range.
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Lyme disease has raised controversy in science, medicine, and public policy. This is mainly due to divergent views on the best approach to diagnosing and treating this illness. The conflict makes it difficult for patients to be properly diagnosed and receive the right treatment.
Treatment for Lyme disease can be divided into two major categories: acute Lyme disease and chronic Lyme disease. In both cases, the most important thing to consider is that Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme causing bacteria, has several forms: the cell wall form, cystic forms and organisms in the intracellular compartment and biofilms. Certain antibiotics will only work when the organism is actively dividing and reproducing, so the standard treatment of 2-3 weeks of antibiotic treatment will not work.
After a tick bite, Borrelia burgdorferi spreads rapidly in the bloodstream and, for example, can be found within the central nervous system as soon as twelve hours after entering the bloodstream. This is why even early infections require full dose antibiotic therapy. However, if patients have multiple rashes, or a stiff neck, headaches or tingling/numbness in extremities, then the organism has disseminated and one month of antibiotics is insufficient. These patients often go on to develop persistent symptoms, so they’ll have to continue treatment.
Late Or Chronic Lyme
Experts agree that the earlier you are treated the better. Unfortunately, patients treated with short-term antibiotics can continue to have significant symptoms.
Treatment of chronic Lyme usually requires combinations of antibiotics. B. burdorferi can be found in both the fluid and the tissue compartments, yet no single antibiotic currently used to treat this bacterial infection will be effective in both compartments. This is one reason for the need to use combination therapy.
B. burgdorferi can exist in at least two, and possibly three different morphologic forms: spirochete, spheroplast (or l-form), and the recently discovered cystic form (although, there is controversy whether the cyst is different from the l-form). L-forms and cystic forms do not contain cell walls, and thus beta lactam antibiotics will not affect them. Spheroplasts seem to be susceptible to tetracyclines and the advanced erythromycin derivatives. B. burgdorferi can shift among the three forms during the course of the infection. Because of this, it may be necessary to cycle different classes of antibiotics and/or prescribe a combination of dissimilar agents.
A Lyme literate medical doctor (LLMD) may consider the possibility of tick-borne co-infections. Other factors to consider are immune dysfunction caused by Lyme, silent, opportunistic infections enabled by the immune dysfunction, hormonal imbalance and other complications.
A major key to overcoming Lyme disease is to repair, stimulate and modulate the immune system. Lyme disease becomes chronic because the bacteria are able to evade the immune system by hiding inside the cells, much as viruses do, while also forcing the immune system out of balance. In the case of Lyme, the innate system (Th1) is suppressed, while the adaptive system (Th2) becomes overactive. This overactive TH2 response causes excessive inflammation and a cascade of multi-systemic dysfunction, including neurological, endocrine, and gastrointestinal as well as abnormal activation of coagulation.
Because of the complexity of this illness, the best approach is an integrative one that addresses both the infections directly and the systemic effects of the illness on the body. Depending on the individual’s needs, a Lyme literate healthcare practitioner may use some combination of the following therapies: prescription and/or natural antibiotics, antivirals, antiparasitics, immune modulators, hormone balancers, nutritional supplements, low dose immunotherapy, ozone therapy.
Other Treatment Options
The Cellular Peptide Therapy is an ideal therapy for those suffering from Herxheimer (die off) reactions, which can limit effective treatments for Lyme disease. The peptide growth factors, especially those derived from the thymus and spleen, are shown to boost the innate (TH1, intracellular) immunity, allowing the body to seek and destroy the Lyme bacteria inside the cells, while at the same time reducing the harmful overstimulation of the adaptive (TH2, humoral) that is causing the multi-system dysfunction.
A study by the American Society for Microbiology offered new, interesting information to help develop more successful Lyme treatments. This study demonstrates that Lyme has the ability to transform into a metabolically inactive form, called a persister cell. This lack of metabolic activity makes it totally resistant to any antibiotic at any dose and also any combination of antibiotics. This is in contrast to other methods that bacteria use to become resistant that can be overcome by using larger doses of antibiotics, different antibiotics or a combination of antibiotics. None of these strategies have any effect upon the persister cells.
Upon regrowth back to the normal active form, which occurs when the antibiotic is removed, the persister cells have no antibiotic resistance. By allowing sufficient time off of antibiotics to allow the reconversion back to the standard form, the more defenseless form of Lyme can be treated more efficiently. Such new knowledge may change the way Lyme disease is viewed and treated.
Choosing a specific treatment that is right for you requires an open and informed dialogue. Your doctor should cover the potential side effects and likely benefits of the different treatment options, as well as your goals and preferences.

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When COVID-19 forced public health organizations to act, the universal strategy included social distancing, quarantine measures, comprehensive contact tracing and testing, mask wearing, and other strategies in order to prevent the virus from spreading. Enacting this strategy taxed public health infrastructure across the globe.
In many communities in the United States, this constellation of responses required local Boards of Health to significantly alter their operations. In Holyoke—a city in western Massachusetts with an approximately 53% Latinx population that was hard-hit early in the pandemic—the Board of Health changed many city employees’ roles, including having school nurses serve as contact tracers and sanitarians serve as COVID-19 compliance officers. To support this response, Holyoke partnered with the MGH Center for Global Health to help understand their community’s incidence of COVID-19 infection.
The Holyoke Board of Health and MGH launched the Holyoke COVID-19 Community Antibody Study, a seroprevalence study designed to help Holyoke measure the incidence of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—and help the Board of Health respond to the pandemic. A seroprevalence study measures the number of persons in a population who test positive for antibodies against a specific disease, indicating they have been exposed in the past.
We spoke with Ryan Paxton, MPH, sanitarian at the Holyoke Board of Health, to discuss Holyoke’s partnership with CGH.
What follows is an interview with Ryan Paxton, lightly edited for clarity.
Can you describe the Holyoke COVID-19 Community Antibody Study?
The project we did with the MGH Global Health Initiative was a seroprevalence study. This study essentially involved sampling 2,000 random households in Holyoke.
We asked households to participate, which involved completing a survey that asked a lot of demographics information, information about potential exposure, household situation, where they work, and more.
If they agreed to do the survey, they were also asked to provide a blood sample. We were able to send that to a lab [at MGH] to check for antibodies [for SARS-CoV-2 which produces COVID-19].
Why did you conduct this study in Holyoke?
The main reason was to see what portion of the study population had been infected with COVID-19 at some point in time. We also wanted to see what level of immunity was present throughout the community and look at whether or not there were disparities within that.
What was your role on the team?
I am the point person in Holyoke, while most of the team works out of MGH. I worked on data collection and working on the more macro side with organization and logistics. I plugged in wherever I was needed.
What have you found as a result of the research?
First thing is that, out of our sampling, the data suggested that the overall seroprevalence of COVID-19 antibodies in the city was approximately 13.9%. This is approximately double the number of our reported cases in the city.
Can you explain this difference further?
The data that was previously available via confirmed PCR testing in the MAVEN (Massachusetts Virtual Epidemiologic Network) database only captured about half of what our study data suggests was the case in the city. This was probably the biggest conclusion: the regular testing protocol does not fully capture the whole caseload of the city and there are probably a lot of undiagnosed, untested individuals.
Were there other important conclusions?
The next main conclusions are where the disparities in the community come in. The Latinx population had a seroprevalence rate around 16.8% compared to individuals identifying as white having a rate of 8.9%. This was very in-line with national trends that documented racial and ethnic disparities in various communities.
We [also] saw that both people over 85 years of age and younger groups have higher seroprevalence rates.
A final conclusion was that seroprevalence was higher among people reporting household contact with someone with COVID-19. This led us to believe that household transmission was a significant risk factor. [Before the study] we saw a lot of people getting COVID-19 without having household exposure, but the study data indicated otherwise. It seems that a lot of transmission was at home.
Why do you think that is?
During the pandemic, there was an assumption that people could maintain proper isolation and quarantining in their own home and thus prevent the spread from one individual to another. As we found, that does not seem to be the case.
Not everybody has the physical capacity to be completely quarantined or isolated from other individuals in their house. For example, if there is only one bathroom or people sharing bedrooms and things like that.
How has the research informed the Department of Health’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
It was very clear that we would have to focus on making both testing and vaccinations as accessible as possible—particularly to lower income and denser portions of our city—to ensure equitable access. We did try to do that to the best of our ability: we had vaccination buses that were sent from the state that were available here, we had vaccination sites at the Holyoke mall, and we actually had two mass Stop the Spread testing sites, one of which was accessible via foot traffic which is not necessarily the norm in testing sites. I believe that we bolstered accessibility through our response and through contact tracing, epidemiology, and surveillance.
Ultimately, we are here to protect the health of the community, but we do not necessarily interact with a very large number of individuals unless they reach out to us, or we are already engaged with them in some capacity. This study was a great opportunity that involved a lot of hands-on work we do not always have a lot of bodies to do, but the work was very helpful and insightful in [navigating the pandemic].
Find a summary of results here.
Thank you to the study team: Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, Wilfredo Matias, MD, MPH, Isabel Fulcher, PhD, Yodeline Guillaume, MA, Niame Daffe, Kerry Phelan, MBA, and Jack Zhu, MPH.

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“The Light Imprint methodology has expanded its educational outreach and professional contributions to become a recognized rainwater mitigation practice. Light Imprint green infrastructure is compatible with urban design that emphasizes compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented design, and environmental efficiency. It is designed to reduce community infrastructure costs,” states Thomas Low.
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“The city has invested more than $25 million over the past decade in gray infrastructure improvements to increase the capacity of the city’s wastewater system,” said Lancaster Mayor Richard Gray. “In spite of this investment, a significant amount of untreated combined sewage continues to overflow into the Conestoga River and eventually into the Chesapeake Bay.”
Implementing Green Infrastructure: “Philadelphia is leading by example,” says US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe says Philadelphia is leading by example in implementing green infrastructure storm water management practices. “Storm water management, which sounds like such a dry subject, although it is very wet, is turning into something much bigger.”
“The language-shift that you have initiated in British Columbia is what we would like to see happen in Portland. This is one reason why the Bureau of Environmental Services has coined the RAIN acronym because we believe this will help promote changes in thinking and practice so that we achieve beneficial outcomes,” stated Tom Liptan.
“The urban landscape may be a concrete jungle, but it does not need to behave like one,” says Leta van Duin of ALIDP
“Designers have long known the toll that compacted turf-and-tree landscapes and hardened surfaces like roofs, roads and parking lots take on our lakes, rivers and streams. So low impact development is really a statement of a desired outcome–the outcome of a holistic approach to urban drainage management,” states Leta van Duin.
“The key concept driving this project is the value of ecosystem services. In a place like New York, it can be more cost-effective for a construction project to use natural system designs for water management,” said Tom Keiter.
Wetland Conservation in a Watershed Health Context: “Watershed Blueprints will help municipalities integrate and better deliver on regulatory requirements,” says Kim Stephens
“A watershed blueprint helps to create a picture of how to achieve a desired future condition. If communities reduce their ‘water footprint’, and if local government actions ensure the integrity of groundwater flow, they can then protect watershed and stream health. This is a reason for conserving wetlands,” stated Kim Stephens.
“My problem is that I strongly believe terminology can – and in some cases has – become the enemy of really good water management. Such terms are open to interpretation – or misinterpretation – and to being adopted for differing agendas,” states Alex Stephenson.
“Rethinking the way we deal with rain and snowmelt in our cities means replacing conventional pipe-and-convey systems with an approach that recognizes rainwater as a valuable resource while, at the same time, reducing runoff volume and improving runoff quality,” states Oliver Brandes.
“While ‘grey’ or traditional infrastructure remains an essential part of safe and effective design for flood control and urban watershed management, it is no longer the only tool in the toolbox. Green infrastructure systems, by contrast, harness natural processes to infiltrate, recharge, evaporate, harvest and reuse stormwater,” writes Laura Tam.


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Mahira's got fans: New to Instagram, she bagged 50,000 followers in a day!Culture
Soon-to-be Bollywood superstar Mahira Khan delighted fans by announcing that she's joining popular photo-sharing site Instagram.
Mahira, who previously connected with fans mostly through Twitter, made her Instagram debut with an adorable video promising more updates soon:
She followed this up with a little bit of goofing off:
Mahira joins the ranks of celebs like Fawad Khan, Mawra Hocane, Ayesha Omar, Ali Zafar and more on Instagram. She's already racked up over 50,000 followers, though she does have some catching up to do: Fawad Khan can boast of almost 300,000 followers, while young Mawra Hocane has hit almost half a million.


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A lovely litter of Irish terriers from a working / heritage line. Home bred and used to the hustle and bustle of family life. Very well socialised, chunky, healthy dogs and bitches.
These rare terriers are great family pets, equally at home in front of the fire as out in the yard catching vermin.
Deposit secures. No withheld numbers please. DOB: 27/04/2018 Update: 1 dog, 2 bitches left!
£650 £600 ovno
Contact: Nicola Gribble
Phone: 07955 530234
Wanted West Highland Terrier. Wanted. We are looking for a female West Highland girl to join our family. A puppy is ok we don't mind an older girl up about 5 years old.
Please call us with full details, many thanks, anytime.
Would also accept a Jack Russell or any Terrier type, thanks.
Location: Norfolk / Suffolk
Contact: Charlie Guy - T
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3 year old show Spaniel. No paperwork. Had her from being a puppy. Lovely temperament. She’s had 1 litter.
Change of circumstances leading to sale.
Call any time.
Price: £600 no offers
Phone: 07393 942998
Cocker Spaniel dog for sale, orange roan, 2 and a half years old. KC registered, PRA test certificates here.
Never missed a bitch, throws all colours. Very nice quiet dog.
Phone: 07768 388053
Lurcher, Saluki cross Whippet, 6 year old entire bitch. Good quick working dog, never been bred from but would be a good breeding dog.
Price: £100 ono
Contact: Nat Pannell
Phone: 07460 820585
Fawn triple carriers possible quad, KC reg, health tested clear French Bulldogs. DOB 07:04:18
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Phone: 07821 958685
Patterdale pups, ready now, 1 boy and 4 girls, excellent bred. Work or pet. Regularly wormed. Excellent with kids. DOB 5 April 2018
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Phone: 07981 402046
1 year old stag game bird, Thai / Shamo. Excellent condition, quality bird.
£250 £150 ono
Phone: 07799 251406
For sale, merle Chihuahua bitch, 18 months old, fully inoculated. Very unusual markings.
Had one litter of pups, lovely mum, no problem with having her pups.
Price: £600 ono
Merle Chihuahua bitch puppy for sale, 12 weeks old, fully inoculated, vet checked and microchipped.
Unusual markings. Used to children and other animals.
Price: £600 ovno
Choc and tan quad boy available, carries blue and cream. KC reg, fully health tested clear. No pied, no brindle.
Stunning quality and great example of the breed, will enhance any breeding program. Born 12/8/17, he's nearly 10 months old.
Proven boy and has produced some of the best quality pups to date.
£2,300 £1,800 no offers
Location: Colchester Essex
Phone: 07821 958685

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- A new program will help 2,300 low-income workers find new jobs in New York City’s construction industry.
- NYC’s Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers Will Help Job Seekers All stages of employment include recruitment and training, job placement, retention and promotion. The initiative is designed to place workers in high-paying and/or unionized jobs, such as merchants, construction project managers, diesel mechanics or general utility workers, According to press release from New York Mayor Eric Adams.
- A grant of $18.6 million will fund the project. It came from the U.S. Economic Development Agency in response to the winning proposal for the Good Jobs Challenge under the 2021 American Rescue Program Act.
PINCC will be exclusively for participants interested in careers in construction and industry.
“This is a dynamic workforce development The new approach, a major shift from the way job seekers and employers were previously served,” Adams said in announcing the program. “This isn’t just a program — we’re applying the same philosophy to revolutionize our approach to talent development in New York City, signing an executive order to simplify the work of the nearly two dozen city agencies and offices that manage these programs. “
In 2020, New York State has the No. The top four construction industries, but also the industry with the largest number of unemployed, According to the Office of the State Auditor . Much of the damage was caused by the pandemic.
Nevertheless, most companies employ employees Fewer than 20 people, and more than a quarter of employees earn more than $80,000 a year. “The construction industry provides stability in a variety of jobs careers and is always looking for qualified building managers and skilled tradesmen,” said Eric Macfarlane, First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Design and Construction. “We look forward to working with the Office of Talent and Workforce Development to develop a more holistic approach to guiding people to these opportunities for lucrative careers.”
Construction still faces a career gap, even as it added jobs this summer, including “Amazingly High” Growth of 32,000 hired workers in July. Meanwhile, job losses in construction have fallen, suggesting many jobs will remain vacant unless newcomers join the industry.


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Often when people hear the word cholesterol, they think it’s something that’s bad for you. In fact, though, your body needs cholesterol to produce hormones (such as cortisol, testosterone, progesterone and estrogen) and vitamin D. The liver also uses cholesterol to make bile, which plays an important role in the processing and digestion of fats.
Wow, where did the summer go! Is it really time to start school again? At Westchester Health Pediatrics, we feel the same way. We’re parents too and feel the same pangs of anxiety, and relief, as many of our patients’ parents when school rolls around every year. Is my child ready for a new year, […]
Above: Lucas and Zachary Tesler, Dr. Deborah V. Tesler’s identical twins As every parent knows, taking care of a newborn is totally amazing, deeply fulfilling, often frightening…and thoroughly exhausting. And that’s just for one baby. What about two?!! At Westchester Health Pediatrics, we have […]
Although women are at greater risk of osteoporosis, men get this potentially debilitating bone disease, too. In fact, as Baby Boomers age (currently the largest U.S. generation), more men will get this disease as the number of men above the age of 70 continues to increase and life expectancy continues to rise. So that men […]
Most people acknowledge that cigarette smoking is bad for your health, but did you know that it is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States? It’s true—cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths every year (nearly 1 in 5 of all U.S. deaths). However, we at Westchester Health want to draw your attention […]
Here at Westchester Health, we get a lot of questions from our pregnant moms and their partners asking what happens in labor and delivery so they can better prepare for it, both mentally and physically. How long will it last? How much will it hurt? How do we know when it’s starting? To keep expecting parents […]
At Westchester Health, we want you to know that we care about you and will support whatever choices you make regarding your pregnancy. With no judgments, we’ll help you work through the pros and cons of each option. Whatever action you decide to take, we’re here for you with information, advice, referrals and prenatal healthcare. For some important information regarding […]
Teenagers today can’t avoid it. In magazines, on TV, in ads, and especially all over social media, young people—both male and female—are bombarded with images of how they should look. It’s no wonder most of them feel they’re too fat, too thin, too short, too tall or not attractive enough. Sure, there are messages out there […]

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Re: LG Split unit turns itself off after a couple of...
Check your remote control using your camera or cellphone camera as your
eyes. Point the remote control transmitter to your camera and "on",
light should emit in your remote control transmitter (means good
remote). Reset the unit by disconnecting the power supply for 10 sec. then "on"
again and start the unit. If it wont work you need a qualified tech. to
solve the problem.Some of your safety device might be defective.
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Usually when an AC runs a couple of mins then turn off is due to a couple of things; (is there a blinking light as well?)
1. Gas pressure is too low so AC is cutting off on the coil sensor
2. The Coil Sensor itself is defective
Two sensors are located inside the evaporator with one at the front of the coil (room sensor) and one at the side if the coil inside a copper sleeve (Coil Sensor)
Remove both sensors.using a multimete, turn it to measure resistance in ohms then take the wires of the sensors and touch them with the meter leads. You should get an ohmic reading in kilo-ohms usually between 4k-10k ohms. With the leads connected, rub the sensor between your fingers and see if the value of the resistance change, it should.
If your reading is in ohms 0-999 the sensor is bad.
Note that the value of the sensor should be replaced with the same value or else it would not work i believe LG units are compatible with 8k ohm sensors
I previously asked you, if the C6 appear on the unit or on the hand held remote. I contacted a friend of mine who is a service technician for the LG Split System units and he advised that it's an error code that can only be solved by a LG trained service tech or LG itself. It may have been caused by a power surge, which may have caused some damage to the circuit board.
Before buying new one, try with this step. Remove batteries from your remote and reset it after 5 minutes. And also remove DC wires plugged to indoor sensor display, and after 5 minutes re set it again. Now start your unit. Sometimes it will work out. Thanks.
First check your circuit breaker or fuse that supplies power to the outside unit. It's probably separate from the inside unit. Then try to turn unit on. If the fan and compressor just make a humming sound then turn it off and check the capacitor if you have a multimeter. You can also look at it and see if the top looks expanded. That's a good sign its bad, but not all bad one's look expanded. Tomorrow I will have access to an LG service manual and can let you know what the code means. Sorry I can't get it sooner. Let me know what you find.
check your remote control using your camera or cellphone camera as your eyes. Point the remote control transmitter to your camera and "on", light should emit in your remote control transmitter (means good remote). Check for reset or rst button in your remote control and push it to reset and test it in your unit. If wont work means either the receiver board or mean board is defective.You need a qualified tech. for this problem. For the mean time you can use manual button to operate the unit.
there is a lot of reason why your LG split unit would not work by remote control.
first likely trouble is the remote itself. it could have drop from a height and broke the remote, or corrosion has set inside the remote if you left an old battery for a long time and it could have broken it.
secondly which is not more likely to happen is the remote receiver in your unit got broke that is why it can not communicate with your remote controller. it could happen if someone has serviced your evaporator and could have disconnected wires to the receiver , or wires were just left not connected.
you can test the remote if you have an identical unit which is working with a working remote. use the working remote to your unit then you can decide.
i hope i was able to help.
Try sutting off the power to both units. This may reset the unit. Check out the service manual at LG website www.lgusa.com. Go to their support page and put the model number in. Remove and replace the batteries in the remote. If there is a communication error, the inside unit will display 3 flashes. If all else fails, call LG at 1-800-243-0000.


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Is the circuitry or chipset the same in both the Clip & the Fuze players (previous generation, not the + series)? I was just wondering if the SQ is/should be exactly the same?
Yes. The newest variant of the Clip, the Clip Zip, continues on with that chipset.
iPod Touch 5G 32GB, Touch 4G 32GB, Clip Sport 8GB. Rockbox-> Clip Zip 4GB, iPod Nano 2G 4GB, iPod 5.5G 80GB
2012 Nexus 7 32GB, Asus MeMoPad 8 16+64GB, LG Optimus G Pro, Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 520


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First Barney Fishing Derby coming soon
The first Barney Baldwin Memorial One Day Trout and Salmon Derby will be held Aug. 12 on Cayuga Lake.
Barney was a longtime baitshop owner on Myers Point in Lansing, derby organizer and local character who died last year. In recent years, he had partnered with Steve “Bear” Williamson, owner of Bear’s Baits in Trumansburg and on Myers Point.
Seventy percent of the event’s entry fees will go back as prizes for the top three fish and the other 30 percent will be donated to Hospicare in Barney’s name.
Bear has organized the one-day derby ($20 entry fee) to run from midnight to 4 p.m. on Aug. 12 with all weigh-ins and the awards ceremony at Barney’s old site at Myers Park.
Lake trout must be at least 24 inches to be entered; salmon, rainbows and browns at least 21 inches.
For information, call Bear’s Bait Shop at 387-5576 or the derby hotline at 227-7512.
Turkey survey next month
Since 1996, New York has conducted the Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey to estimate the number of poults per hen statewide.
Weather, predation and habitat conditions during the breeding and brood-rearing seasons can all significantly impact nest success, hen survival and poult survival. The survey helps to gauge reproductive success and predict fall potential.
All next month, participants can record the sex and age composition of all flocks of wild turkeys observed during normal travel.
Anyone interested in participating can download a Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey form along with instructions and the data sheet directly at http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/48732.html. Survey cards can also be obtained by contacting a regional DEC office, by calling 518-402-8883, or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.org (type “Turkey Survey” in the subject line). Participants also can submit observations online. Visit the link above and click “Summer Wild Turkey Sighting On-line Report.”
Tracking invasive species
Turkey surveyors or other fledgling citizen scientists, or at least those with swimming pools, also can help the state with its sixth annual Asian longhorned beetle Swimming Pool Survey.
The majority of invasive forest pest infestations are found and reported by members of the public, making citizen science a vital component for protecting urban and rural forests.
Everyone knows that August is National Tree Check Month when the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service encourages us all to look for evidence of ALB attack on trees in their area.
The timing of these survey activities is important as ALB do not emerge from infested trees until the end of July and are most active in late summer.
The state is asking people with swimming pools to periodically check their pool filters for insects that resemble ALB and either email photos to the Forest Health Program at email@example.com or mail insects to DEC’s Forest Health Diagnostics Lab for identification, Attn: Jessica Cancelliere, 108 Game Farm Rd., Delmar, NY 12054.
The public similarly took part in discovering a minor infestation of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae), which was confirmed on Forest Preserve lands in the town of Lake George in Warren County on July 18. It is the first known infestation of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) in the Adirondacks.
More information on HWA, including identification, control techniques, and reporting possible infestations can be found at Cornell’s New York State Hemlock Initiative (www.nyshemlockinitiative.info) or the DEC website (www.dec.ny.gov/animals/82617.html). You also can call DEC's toll-free Forest Pest Information Line at 1-866-640-0652 to ask questions and report possible infestations.
Plovers back in Pa.
Meanwhile, south of the border, the return of another species is being heralded in Pennsylvania.
Absent as a Pennsylvania breeding bird since the mid-1950s, two pairs of federally endangered Great Lakes piping plovers returned this year to nest in the Gull Point Natural Area at Presque Isle State Park in Erie County.
The last recorded piping plover nest in the Erie basin was in 1977 at Long Point on Lake Erie’s north shore in Ontario.
Crushing ivory in NYC
If you are interested in meaningless publicity stunts, you might want to trundle on down to Central Park, between Sheep Meadow and Naumburg, at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 3.
That’s when the Department of Environmental Conservation will ceremoniously destroy more than one ton of illegal ivory confiscated in the form of ivory tusks, trinkets, statues, jewelry and other decorative items.
The items will be crushed, “sending a clear message that the state will not tolerate wildlife crime that threatens to wipe out Africa’s elephants,” according to the DEC.
Yeah, that will show them.
Elk license deadline is July 31
If you want any chance of hunting elk in Pennsylvania this year, you need to file an application by July 31. Applications can be submitted anywhere hunting licenses are sold, or online at the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.pa.gov.
Applicants must pay a $10.90 non-refundable application fee to be included in the drawing. This year’s drawing will be held Aug. 19 as part of the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Elk Expo. The Game Commission has allocated 118 elk licenses for this year’s hunt – 25 licenses for antlered elk and 93 licenses for antlerless elk.
Bobcat trappers need pelt seal
In areas of New York open to bobcat hunting and trapping, individuals are required to have a license and to have the animal "pelt sealed" (a plastic tag affixed by DEC staff) after the animal is killed.
Licensed hunters/trappers were also required to obtain a free special permit from their regional wildlife office.
This requirement allowed biologists to collect information on participation, harvest, harvest pressure (e.g., number of days afield, number of traps set) through a diary or "log," and to collect biological samples.
Henderson’s outdoors columns appear in the Press & Sun-Bulletin and Ithaca Journal on Thursdays. If you have a comment or data pertinent to the columns, send it directly to Henderson Outdoors, 202 Prospect St., Endicott NY 13760 or email it to firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Beatles Tribute show performed by the legendary Tim Armstrong and Band. This will be an awesome night not to be missed.
Preforming some of their greatest hits.
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Burglary suspect will be tried after rejecting public defender
Public Defender J. Patten Brown told the court that a plea deal had been reached that would have sent Carillo to prison for five years to avoid trial, but Carillo clearly didn't think Brown was the right man for the job.
"He is not helping me," Carillo said when Ginocchio asked whether Brown had adequately represented him. The question is part of a standard "canvassing" process aimed at making sure defendants understand they are giving up their right to a trial by changing their plea.
Carillo is accused of first-degree burglary at 80 Workman Ave., Torrington, on Jan. 19, 2012. He also has charges pending against him in New Britain. Ginocchio ordered Carillo's guilty plea vacated and returned him to the pretrial docket.
When Brown said he couldn't comply with Carillo's request for copies of his entire file, Senior Assistant State's Attorney Dawn Gallo agreed to provide copies of all reports.
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 Nintendo announces Pokémon Farm Channel
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Declares 'Health Emergencies' to Limit Legal Liability for Anti-terrorism
October Surprises: The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Michael Leavitt, has declared a series of 'public health emergencies' -- due to risk of a bioterrorism attack -- that continue through 2015.
U.S. Limits Anthrax Vaccine Legal Liability By Elaine M. Grossman 07 Oct 2008 The U.S. Health and Human Services Department early this month moved to shield government, industry and business officials from lawsuits filed by those who have received the anthrax vaccine (see GSN, Sept. 5, 2007). Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt established legal immunity for public and private officials who oversee the production or distribution of the anthrax vaccine by declaring a “public health emergency” due to the risk of a bioterrorism attack. He said the emergency began on Oct. 1 and would run through Dec. 31, 2015. U.S. law provides protection from lawsuits to individuals responsible for selected countermeasures, including antibiotics, during a declared emergency. Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, which President [sic] George W. Bush signed into law in December 2005, a health and human services secretary’s emergency declaration can limit financial risk for government program planners and the manufacturers or distributors of pharmaceutical countermeasures.
Emergency declarations smooth way for vaccine makers --Consumer advocates see action as giveaway to the drug industry that strips the public of legal protections. 17 Oct 2008 In a little noticed move, federal officials this month have declared a series of public health emergencies relating to potential weapons of biological terror. On Oct. 1, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt declared an anthrax public health emergency. On Oct. 10, he declared health emergencies for smallpox, radiation sickness from the detonation of a nuclear device and poisoning from botulinum toxins, the active ingredient of Botox. There’s no clear evidence that terrorists have managed to weaponize anthrax or stolen large caches of Botox from cosmetic surgeons in Beverly Hills. But by declaring these public health emergencies, HHS has granted manufacturers of anti-terrorism drugs and vaccines and others involved with the products protection from lawsuits if the drugs were to cause unfortunate side effects.
Bogus Anthrax 'State of Emergency' Protects Drugmakers, Not Public By Brandon Keim 15 Oct 2008 Not a single case of human anthrax has been reported in the United States this year, but the nation is now officially in a state of anthrax emergency. The emergency was declared earlier this month by the Department of Health and Human Services, and will last until 2015. Whether it will protect public health is debatable, but it will certainly protect makers of faulty anthrax vaccines. Emergency exemption from legal liability is granted to vaccine manufacturers by the Public Readiness and Preparedness Act, passed in 2005 to protect against paralyzing lawsuits during outbreaks of anthrax, avian influenza or other potentially pandemic diseases. The act is supposed to be invoked when the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined "that there is a domestic emergency, or a significant potential for a domestic emergency, involving a heightened risk of attack with a specified biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent or agents."
37 human anthrax cases in northern Iraq outbreak 12 Oct 2008 Thirty-seven people have been infected by anthrax in northern Iraq in the country's first outbreak of the disease since the 1980s, the health minister in the Kurdish autonomous region said on Sunday. Health Minister Ziryan Othman said the disease appeared to have been passed on from livestock [?]. The first human case of the outbreak was discovered in remote Dahuk province last month.
US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears 11 Oct 2008 When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. Yet deep inside an 86-page supplement to United States export regulations is a single sentence that bars U.S. exports of vaccines for avian bird flu and dozens of other viruses to five countries designated "state sponsors of terrorism." The reason: Fear that they will be used for biological warfare.
Mail carriers, escorted by police, to bring drugs in anthrax attack --HHS science advisor: Attack using crop-dusting airplane dumping anthrax spores over a city is a possible scenario 01 Oct 2008 Government mail carriers would deliver emergency supplies of antibiotics to people in U.S. cities in the case of an anthrax attack, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials said on Wednesday. The system has been tested in three large [blue] cities -- Seattle, Philadelphia and Boston -- and a pilot program is set to begin soon in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota. The U.S. Postal Service carriers who would bring the antibiotics from door to door all would be volunteers who would have advance supplies of antibiotics to protect themselves and their families, officials said. Following any new attacks, the mail carriers would be escorted by local police as they deliver supplies of a few days' worth of antibiotics directly to residences throughout an affected community, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said.
HHS Announces New Steps in Anthrax Preparedness (dhs.gov) 01 Oct 2008 HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced two new actions in the department’s ongoing activities to bolster the nation’s preparedness for a potential outdoor anthrax attack. In development since March of this year, the steps being implemented today build upon more than a decade of preparedness efforts across HHS and other agencies of the federal government. The first of today’s actions focuses on United States Postal Service letter carriers who volunteer to deliver medicines directly to residences in their communities during an emergency... Over the past several years, under the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI), HHS and the Postal Service have successfully developed and tested in three U.S. cities -- Seattle, Philadelphia and Boston --the ability of letter carriers to quickly deliver door-to-door quantities of antibiotics from the Strategic National Stockpile to residential addresses. This quick-strike capability is intended to buy time for local and State public health authorities to set up points of dispensing for further provision of antibiotics across the community.
Judge Affirms Win for Plaintiffs in 'Anthrax I' Case By Elaine M. Grossman 05 Sep 2007 For the first time, a federal judge last month declared six U.S. defense personnel the definitive winners in a four-year court battle over the anthrax vaccine. The Aug. 21 decision, which revolves around payment of attorneys’ fees, is the latest chapter in a protracted struggle over whether the Defense Department can require service members to take the anthrax vaccine. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan decided the government defendants must pay the plaintiffs' expenses because the plaintiffs won the case. The litigants -- defense personnel who were required to take anthrax vaccine shots in a Defense Department effort that began in 1998 -- won the first round of litigation in October 2004, when Sullivan issued a permanent injunction banning mandatory inoculations. Based on a finding that the vaccine was never certified to protect against "weaponized" airborne anthrax spores, the judge declared the Pentagon’s mandatory vaccinations "illegal."
HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/HSPD-21, issued 18 October 2007, states that within one year of the directive's date, 'the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, shall establish an academic Joint Program for Disaster Medicine and Public Health housed at a National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences... Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense authorities will be used to carry out respective civilian and military missions within this joint program.'
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For my niece’s first birthday I decided to make her a Hello Kitty Birthday Cake after I got the idea online. I’ve never worked with fondant or carving cakes before. I wanted to be sure I could make it before the day of her birthday party. My first attempt was not horrible but I knew I could do better with the fondant than I did.
Baking and carving:
I baked two 9×13 boxed mix cakes and froze each for about an hour. After I took them out of the freezer, I used super whipped icing from the grocery to frost the top of one of the cakes. I gently placed the second cake on top to prepare for the carving.
I found a picture of Hello Kitty on the internet and stretched it out to make it the size I wanted the cake. Using the cut out placed on top of the cake I carved the shape of hello kitty?s head.
Fondant and details:
I purchased the fondant in a box at the craft store; it was a bit tricky to work with as it was my first time around. I used a simple wooden rolling pin than left dents in the fondant and caused it to be thinner in some areas than in others. When I placed the fondant on her head, the fondant ripped in some areas which I tried to fix with water and virtually ruined the fondant.
I found a $7 rolling pin with handles that was much easier to use. I measured the sides of the cake and used the cut out paper face as a guideline. Placing the fondant on the cake was much easier and it came out very smooth- I did not frost the top of her face before I laid the fondant. The details of her face like the bow, eyes, nose, whiskers, and flowers were all tediously handmade. I printed out a couple copies of her face and used a sheet protector to create the placement, size, and shape of her bow, nose, and eyes. Coloring the fondant was really simple, I found color paste at the craft store in pink and black and I used common food color to dye some fondant blue, green, and yellow for her nose and some flowers.
The flowers were cut out with a cookie cutter type tool that I found at the craft store and glued together using a dab of water. The whiskers were cut out and dried over night to gain firmness and were glued to her face with a bit of butter cream icing. I wanted the cake to look somewhat professional so I bought a 12 inch box and 12 inch round cake holders at the craft store.
All in all the cake came out really nice and I had a lot of fun making it. I can?t wait to make more creations using fondant.
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My best friends daughter will be celebrating her first birthday this weekend with Hello Kitty as the theme. I found your cake online and absolutely could not get over how professional it looked. I have never worked with fondant,but am looking forward to attempting this project. I will post again as soon as my cake is complete to let you know how it turned out. Thank you for the awesome idea!
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