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• A police shield sign hangs above the front entrance to the Oakland Police Department off Broadway in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

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OAKLAND — They can fire a police chief, pick a pool of finalists to replace the top cop and have equal say on discipline handed down to police officers.

This may sound like the job of a top city official, but these duties will also be in the hands of Oakland residents, if voters approve an independent police commission in November.

While these civilian review boards exist in various forms in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and other major cities, observers say the proposal in Oakland would be among the most powerful boards.

“This could arguably be the strongest police oversight board in the country, what many hope would be a national model,” said Tom Nolan, a retired Boston police lieutenant and criminology professor at Merrimack College.

The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to place the measure for a Community Police Review Agency on the fall ballot. In doing so, the council is asking voters to shift some power from the City Administrator’s Office to a new seven-member commission, more than half of which will be selected by a panel of residents.

Reformers say the fact that four of the members will be chosen by a panel — who themselves are picked by council members and Mayor Libby Schaaf — is an unprecedented step. Rashidah Grinage, of Oakland’s Coalition for Police Accountability, knows of no other city with a similar appointment process. Mayors in Chicago and Los Angeles, by comparison, select all members directly.

“It puts a layer between the elected officials and the commissioners, which we think is critical because it establishes that the commission is independent of the city’s apparatus,” Grinage said.

That’s a departure from the city’s current police oversight body, the Citizens Police Review Board, which formed in 1980. The board has had the authority to investigate complaints against officers and offer recommended discipline to the city administrator.

The review board, which has suffered from staffing problems, is seen as ineffective. About half of the board’s recommendations were rejected over the past seven years, according to the board’s annual and biannual reports. And Councilman Dan Kalb said its findings on police discipline do not carry much weight.

If voters approve the measure this November, the CPRB will be disbanded. A new agency, whose director is appointed by the police commission members, would take over investigating misconduct complaints with an expanded staff and powers.

The head of the agency, in addition to having the power to subpoena police documents, would have the ability to review an officer’s personnel file. Under the proposed model, the agency would conduct a concurrent investigation with the police department’s internal affairs. If the agency’s proposed discipline of an officer differs from the police chief’s recommendation, a three-member discipline committee within the seven-member panel would review both investigations to decide which discipline decision was appropriate, said Kalb, who along with Councilman Noel Gallo developed the proposal.

An officer still has the right to appeal discipline decisions in a hearing before an arbitrator.

“It gives the agency equal standing in determining what the ultimate discipline will be,” Kalb said.

A police chief’s fate could also rest with commission. Five of its seven members, a super majority, could vote to fire the chief with cause, a decision the mayor could not veto, Kalb said. The San Francisco police commission has similar authority but did not fire Chief Greg Suhr, Grinage said. Suhr resigned at the urging of Mayor Ed Lee as his department was rocked by two controversial police shootings within six months, and revelations about racist and homophobic text messages exchanged among officers.

If Oakland were to hire a new chief, the commission would drive the search and select four finalists for the mayor to choose from. If Schaaf rejected all choices, the search would start over. By comparison, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this year ignored the Chicago Police Board’s recommended list of finalists and chose his own candidate.

Not everyone was happy with the final language of the ballot measure. Dozens of residents who spoke at Tuesday’s council meeting objected to Schaaf having three direct appointments to the agency, and said threats by the Oakland Police Officers Association had watered down the proposal. Even council members Rebecca Kaplan and Desley Brooks were against Schaaf’s appointment powers.

“I have received many calls and emails asking that the commission be entirely independent of politics,” Kaplan said. “I am asking that all the appointments be made by the citizen group.”

Nolan questioned whether this proposal would have passed the City Council if not for the recent scandals within the Oakland Police Department. Authorities are investigating officers for sexual misconduct involving a sexually exploited teenager who is a police dispatcher’s daughter. She has admitted to working as a prostitute, and claims some officers had sex with her when she was underage and others shared confidential information.

“The time is certainly right for a board like this to be voted up and implemented,” Nolan said. “Not to beat up on the Oakland PD, but they are really not in the position of strength to resist this initiative, given what has been reported.”

David DeBolt covers Oakland. Contact him at 510-208-6453. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.

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Hi folks,

I've just written a WeatherCat to MQTT bridge using the excellent WeatherCat Applescript interface.

MQTT allows lightweight publish and subscribe functionality and is used for process control, Arduino projects and lots of other fun things. The bridge I've written uses the open source MQTT tool Mosquitto ( to publish the WeatherCat data.

It is pretty straightforward and can be found at GitHub (

The code was based upon the Applescript in the WeatherCat docs and can be customised to replace the call to the 'mosquitto_pub' to any OSX shell script or command.

Have fun,

Mangrove Mike

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MQTT stands for MQ Telemetry Transport. It is a publish/subscribe, extremely simple and lightweight messaging protocol, designed for constrained devices and low-bandwidth, high-latency or unreliable networks. The design principles are to minimise network bandwidth and device resource requirements whilst also attempting to ensure reliability and some degree of assurance of delivery. These principles also turn out to make the protocol ideal of the emerging “machine-to-machine” (M2M) or “Internet of Things” world of connected devices, and for mobile applications where bandwidth and battery power are at a premium.

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Metrasat Supports Digitalization of Tourism Destinations in North Sumatra

Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatra- The Telecommunications and Information Accessibility (BAKTI) with Metrasat installed new facilities namely free wifi access in tourist and homestay areas in Humbang Hasundutan Regency, North Sumatra. A total of 10 locations, especially during this the blank spot area or not covered by telecommunication signals, will get access to free internet services.

According to the organizer of the Desa Wisata, Harmawan Saputro, support the program. With free internet access can support tourism promotion. "This Tourism Village program aims to introduce, promote tourist and natural resources destinations that lead to improving the economy of the community," he said.

To get free internet access, visitors can directly connect to the access point in the tourist area and was immediately directed to the Desa Wisata portal. Visitors can look around the favorite tourist destinations in Humbang Hasundutan.

Currently Metrasat already realizing the Desa Wisata program at some point in Humbang Hasundutan, such as:

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  2. Homestay Tipang
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  4. Places Sipinsur
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  7. Village Homestay Marbun Tonga Dolok
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"Ten points of the Tourism Village are each equipped with VSAT antennas and three access points that will cover internet services up to a 200-meter radius," said Wawan.

At the end of the conversation, Wawan hoped that this program would be supported by all components. So that it can bring local tourists and foreign tourists to vacation in Humbang Hasundutan Regency, without worrying about having problems with the internet.


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This is a follow-up to an earlier post about the beginning of the What We Do Now project …

Call it what you will — crashing a book, “dropping in” a book, making an “instant” book — is pretty pure publishing, of a sort that’s hard to do in the world of modern publishing. In a modern marketplace, dominated by giants — giant publishers AND giant retailers — it’s all about bestsellers, and the system concocted to support that needs about twelve to eighteen months to gestate. Go outside that schedule and all hell breaks loose.

That’s because bookstore buyers nowadays plan their orders (and budget accoringly) that far out, so sales reps have to provide them with information about upcoming books then. Which means publishers have to provide information to the sales reps even further out than that. Often enough, at that point, the book is only a pleasant idea. It’s not actually written yet or anything. Yet publishers have to say pretty definitively what they’re offering — down to providing page counts. Prices, production expenses, all kinds of time allotments, have to be made based on a thing that in all likelihood doesn’t exist yet. Not a good system under which to make art, nor for nonfiction writers to respond to developing reality.

Which is what you’re trying to do when you crash a book — discuss reality relatively close to the news cycle — but which is also the thing the system is completely unprepared to deal with. Buyers at the bookstores have already spent their budget for that season long before, and allotted their display space. Sales reps have already sold in that season to those buyers and it’s a major pain in the ass for them to go back and try to convince buyers to add a book they don’t now have the budget for.

And publishers are working out of budget, too — they’re adding a book to a season already fully budgeted and scheduled. Publicity teams, marketing, editorial — their schedule’s already packed. Now you’re adding another book to their work load.

In short, it’s really stressful and the odds are against it working. So why do it?

Well, because sometimes you have to. I don’t like the way the marketplace is driven by factors — you know, capitalism — that aren’t necessarily what books are about. It seems to me that, historically, books have always had a much more vibrant place in the discussion of current events — think Tom Paine. Hell, think Martin Luther. That is a big part of what made them so revolutionary.

Now, given the catastrophic dearth of in-depth discussion of current events in modern media, books appearing closer to news cycles is in some ways more revolutionary than ever. They can do things no other form of media can. Except now the familiar major publishers are not really set up to do that.

Which may be why, when you crash a book with obvious currency, everyone in the business recognizes something ancient and electric, and gets excited. They want it to work. They get charged about what they do, about how books can make a difference. It’s energizing. Also, you know, in this instance, everybody wants to fight Trump but can’t figure out how. How cool to think they could do it by, you know, doing what they do — making and selling books.

Which is what happened when I let our giant distributor (Penguin Random House) know yesterday that we were crashing a book called What We Do Now. The response was, basically, “Lock and load. Let’s go.”

Let me tell you, when PRH decides to get behind a book, it’s a beautiful thing to behold. It’s all hands on deck: They’ll alert the sales reps, call accounts, generate big orders, instruct the warehouse to move this baby, and get it out into stores in a big way.

And so we’re off, officially. And it was a good day even beyond that. Some very significant additions were made to our list of contributors: Anthony Romero, head of the American Civil Liberties Union, agreed to participate, as did Cornell William Brooks, head of the NAACP, and Alicia Garva, founder of Black Lives Matter. So did Trevor Timm, co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association.

This leaves only two major organizations we haven’t gotten commitments from that we’re still haranguing: the Anti-Defamation League, which has taken our calls and is considering, bless them; and Planned Parenthood, which Valerie and I have been calling and emailing for weeks, as well as pestering lots of connections to contact on our behalf … all to no avail. Neither their New York nor Washington press offices seem to have anyone answering the phones — it was voice mail after voice mail. This one is important to us (which is why we’re long time donors to the PPA) so we won’t quit. Likewise the ADL.

Then there’s the one person we can’t reach: Michael Moore. He posted a great, morning-after-the-election to-do list on Facebook that, on a standing agreement, he let just about every lefty website reprint. I’d love to include it in our book but I figure a book publisher needs more specific permission than that. But God knows how to reach him — my pestering of various connections resulted in three different email addresses, none of which drew a response.Nor did tweeting at him, nor trying to reach him through Facebook. We can’t track down his production office. The owner of the agency that represents his books (William Morris) just held a meeting with President-Elect Trump, so I don’t think they’ll be sympathetic. Given how many different publications ran the piece, I have a feeling he wouldn’t care, but it’s starting to look like we’ll be unable to confirm that — i.e., we won’t be able to use it …

Fingers crossed on all of the above, but alas, at this point we’re beyond deadline on finalizing contributors. Today, the day before Thanksgiving, we need to finalize the cover — on which I want all the contributors’ names to be listed …

See how hair-raising this can get?

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House. Follow him at @mobylives


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With advanced imaging technology and highly-skilled staff, our patients can be confident that they are receiving the best imaging available in the Miami Valley area. The Breast Centers have been recognized for excellence by the American College of Radiology.

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Our Breast Center teams are devoted to providing patients with personalized care. Centralized scheduling, convenient locations, and varied appointment hours make it easy to arrange an appointment that fits patients’ busy lifestyle.

Because waiting for results is often the most challenging aspect of any medical test, diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds are reviewed by a board-certified radiologist and discussed with the patients before they leave the Breast Center. Reports may even arrive at the physician’s office before the patient makes it home.

We typically evaluate screening mammograms within two to three days and send a report with the results to the physician as soon as the images are reviewed. If additional imaging is needed to complete the evaluation of the breast, we will contact the patient directly by phone. We will then contact the physician to let he or she know when the patient is returning. As required by federal law, all results are also sent to the patient by letter.

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EPA Expands Power by Calling Plowed Farm Fields 'Mini Mountain Ranges'

Federal rule could impose wetland permit mandates on plowing a field

The federal government wants to call the dirt kicked up by plowing "mini mountain ranges" so it can expand its regulatory power. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

When farmers plow their land, it produces grooves called “furrows,” bordered by small ridges of dirt.

But in pursuit of new regulatory powers, federal agencies refer to the little dirt mounds by another term: “mini mountain ranges.” That seemingly absurd distinction is being used to impose more federal control over private land use decisions made by U.S. farmers.

That was the claim described in a U.S. Senate committee report released Sept. 20. The committee reviewed the powers held by the nation’s two largest environmental regulation agencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency, and a proposed regulatory rule.

The rule, called “Waters of the United States,” uses the Clean Water Act to give both federal agencies expanded jurisdiction over private land use decisions. The Senate report suggests the dispute over whether the rule goes beyond what the law authorizes will ultimately be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court. It accuses the federal agencies of playing word games to get around laws in place that restrict their oversight.

The EPA has referred questions to the Department of Justice. The DOJ refuses to comment because the interpretation of the new rule is being challenged in court.

The rule would allow puddles, tire ruts and standing water to be labeled “disturbed wetlands” and regulated under the Clean Water Act. The Senate committee report states the rule would allow EPA to get around legal limits to its authority over ditches, draws, low areas, or other wet areas by simply calling them a “regulated tributary” or “wetland.”

The report concludes that if the EPA and Corps interpretations were allowed, “most if not all plowing” would be considered a “discharge of a pollutant” and require a federal permit.

The Corps is a federal agency overseeing America’s waterways, and states on its website that “environmental sustainability” is a “guiding principle.”

Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said the 1977 amendments to the Clean Water Act specifically exempted plowing as a “normal farming activity.”

“The Corps even tries to argue that these newly created small mountain ranges hamper the growth and development of wetland plant species, apparently ignoring the fact that farmlands are managed to produce crops, not cattails,” Hayes said in an email. “No reasonable regulation of the nation’s farmland can demand farmers produce crops without moving dirt, or expect farmers to produce wetland plant species instead of corn or wheat.”

Daren Bakst, a research fellow in agricultural policy at The Heritage Foundation, said it is not surprising that the EPA and Army Corps claim furrowing can create small mountain ranges.

“Does kicking a pebble next to water create a mini-meteor? Is a puddle a mini-ocean? Who knows?” Bakst wrote in an email. “The moral of the story is furrows will mean what they want them to mean until the courts stop them. Of course, Congress should have been stopping this nonsense a long time ago.”

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The Gospel of Luke begins with 4 stories about the advent of Christ. In each story a song, or anthem, is sung in celebration of God's coming. Because of the hustle and bustle of this time of year, it can quickly change from the most wonderful time, to the most stressful time. But these 4 anthems shift our attention back to Jesus, 'the reason for the season', and why we rejoice.

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MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 or as it is more popularly considered, MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format which implements a form of lossy data compression. The lossy compression that is used in the MP3 algorithm is designed to profoundly decrease the amount of data needed to represent the audio recording while still sounding like a pretty good reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for the majority of listeners who use this format. An MP3 file that is developed using the setting of 128 kbit/s will produce a file that is about 1/11th the size of the CD file created from the original audio source. An MP3 file can also be generated at higher or lower bit rates, with higher or lower resulting quality.
Video CD which is almost always abbreviated as VCD, is a standard digital format used for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are able to be played in dedicated VCD players, most modern DVD-Video players, personal computers, and within some video game consoles. The VCD standard was established in 1993 by Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC and is considered the White Book standard. Video CDs are authored using the Mode 2/XA format, allowing an estimated 800 megabytes of VCD data to be stored on one 80 minute CD in comparison to 700 megabytes when using Mode 1. This in combination with the net bit rate of VCD video and audio, means that almost exactly 80 minutes of VCD content can be stored on a conventional 80 minute CD, 74 minutes of VCD content on a regular 74 minute CD, basically it may use the exact amount of time specified by the CD. The VCD standard also gives the user the option of creating DVD-quality still images/slide shows with audio, at resolutions of 704×480 (NTSC) or 704×576 (PAL/SECAM). Version 2.0 has the playback control (PBC), which features a simple menu akin to DVD-video.
Sometimes it may be necessary to convert a VCD to MP3 for increased compatibility with a wider range of products and also as a better storage solution. To accomplish this you may use any software that is able to convert from VCD to MP3.

Things you will need

  • Conversion software for this demonstration is an Audio/Video to MP3 Maker.
  • VCD file for conversion

  1. Ensure that you have an MPEG decoder installed. For the files that are encoded with the 1.1. or 2.0 formats install a DVD player like WinDVD or PowerDVD which will have the correct VCD encoder.
  2. Install the conversion software in this case Audio/Video to MP3 Maker.
  3. Once it has been installed open the program and click on the [Open Media File] button.
  4. Once you have inserted the VCD into the CD/DVD drive, you will find the directory named MPEGAV in the VCD. In this directory, there will be some VCD files named AVSEQ01.DAT, AVSEQ02.DAT or MUSIC01.DAT, MUSIC02.DAT etc.
  5. Open the VCD file to be converted in the program.
  6. If you want to convert the entire audio from the VCD file, then set the Output File if necessary, and then click on the [Convert] button.
  7. If you wish to convert a portion of the audio from the VCD file then drag the slide bar directly, or alternatively click on the [Play] button to preview the media file and then set the Start Time and the End Time. Finally, click the [Convert] button to start converting to mp3.

  • Do not shut down your computer while the files are still being converted.

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Book Review-The Barrow Woman's Bones: A Ghost Story - J.P. Reedman

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween everyone. I decided a short and spooky novella would be just the thing--so here goes.

Try and imagine that you are on the older side and you live alone. Your house is right near a barrow--which is a graveyard from people long ago. Now this doesn't bother Violet until one night she hears scratching on her window. What she sees is frightening but Violet decides to try and help the old skeleton--she leaves it food outside her door every night. The skeleton keeps coming back.

Violet figures out what the old skeleton wants and does something about it. Does it help? Read this short novel to find out!

About the Book: (from Amazon)

One thundery day in 1909 a Bronze Age burial mound was opened near the sleepy little town of Marlborough. Soon Violet's nights would be disturbed by scratching and tapping. By a horrible, skeletal face pressed to the window.

What did the creature want from a staid old widow? Could Violet ever send this unwanted nightly visitor to eternal rest?

A gentle ghost story based on Wiltshire folkore. Approximately 8000 words

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Born to a Canadian soldier and English war bride, J.P. grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. but has lived in the U.K. for almost a quarter of a century.

Interests include anthropology, archaeology, folklore, fantasy, the Wars of the Roses era (Richard III in particular), Robin Hood, medieval life in general, Stonehenge and the megalithic culture.

Works include two novels set at the time of Stonehenge, Stone Lord and Moon Lord, and two popular works on Richard III (I, Richard Plantagenet parts 1 and 2) written from his first person point of view. Other works include a dystopian novel My Name is Not Midnight, which takes place in a post-Apocalyptic Canada, and a historical fantasy Sacred King which is about Richard III's 'return' in a Leicester carpark. Many short stories and collections are also available, the subjects ranging from high fantasy and horror to pure historical fiction.

Upcoming projects are a Complete Edition of I, Richard Plantagenet (revised, with new details), a novel on Eleanor Provence, Queen of Henry III, and a mystical version of the Robin Hood legend.

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In remembrance of Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action, several events are planned here for the week of Sept. 12-16, 2011.

The week's events will include:

Sept. 13 - "Rolling Thunder" Remembrance Ride at Remembrance Park at 11 a.m.
This is a motorcycle ride with U.S. Air Force Airmen and civilians, Ministry of Defence civilians, and contract workers from RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath. The ride begins on base, visits several memorials on base and in the local community before ending on RAF Lakenheath.

Sept. 15 - 24-Hour Vigil at Remembrance Park at 4:30 p.m.
Volunteers take turns reading the names of Prisoners of War and those currently listed as Missing in Action at the base memorial. After reading for five minutes, they are relieved by another volunteer and proceed to stand watch over the memorial for another five minutes. This rotation continues for 24 hours until all of the names are read.

Sept. 16 - Retreat Ceremony at 100th Air Refueling Wing Headquarters at 4:30 p.m.
A formation of USAF Airmen from units across RAF Mildenhall participate in a traditional retreat ceremony where the base flag is lowered from the flag pole in a ceremonious manor. A flag security detail folds the flag and presents it to a member of the 100th ARW leadership as a way to show the flag is in safe hands. This event pays tribute to the American Flag, signifies the end of the duty day, and will serve as the official closing of this year's POW/MIA Remembrance Week.

Media interested in attending any event should contact the base public affairs office at 01638 54 2654 by noon Monday, Sept. 12.


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In it they're looking for some new kit to outfit their SEAL platoons, including swim fins, masks, boots and gloves.

I thought it would be cool to post some of the items on the list, since there are a few that are by name requests.

You can see the whole Navy SEAL gear list at this link.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Having grown up in a Polish-American family, I am no stranger to those fried confections topped with a blizzard of powder sugar known as chrusciki. Before I was born, my maternal grandmother made them regularly, along with paczki (donuts), pierogi (filled dough pockets), and gołąbki (lit. pigeons; stuffed cabbage leaves). Once I came into the world, however, her time was taken by babysitting (me) and consequently, I got very few of those home-made treats. But...we lived in what once was a Polish neighborhood, and there were still bakeries in the area that could provide us with reasonable fascimiles of home-made. To my tastes anyway. My mother always liked to remind me that Mommy's were better, and having never tasted them, I couldn't argue.

When Mr Minx and I shopped at Wegman's the other day, I spotted boxes of White Eagle chrusciki in the bakery aisle and bought one, for nostalgia's sake.

Unfortunately, these did not turn out to be my madeleine. Fresh and tasty, they were not as fried/greasy as I recall, and there was perhaps a little too much powdered sugar.

And most had broken in transit, leaving none in the actual familiar "bowtie" shape.

I've had some nasty chrusciki in my day. I remember, with no fondness whatsoever, those that our next-door neighbor, my grandmother's first cousin, brought us one afternoon. Her daughter made them, she bragged. Well, her daughter must have kept her powdered sugar next to a box of mothballs and a bag of dirty laundry, because that's what they tasted of. It was like eating deep fried gym socks. I choked down part of one to be polite, and Grandma discreetly trashed the rest of them once cousin Mary shuffled back home.

(And that leads me to an aside: don't even try to store powdered sugar for any length of time, as it absorbs the flavors of everything around it. One of my co-workers made a chocolate cake with completely inedible icing. She evidently stored her confectioner's sugar in the same closet with her Yankee Candle collection.)

Does anyone out there know where to get truly tasty chrusciki in the Baltimore area? (And anything else Polish as well, besides the Krakus Deli on Fleet Street.)

Jan said...

If you are going to store powdered sugar, put it in Tupperware or some other storage container with an airtight seal and make sure the cover is on tight. It'll keep a little longer that way.

Louise said...

Herman's Bakery in Dundalk, or the little Polish Store three doors down from Holy Rosary Church. Good Luck!


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MK Dons will travel to Yeovil Town in Round 2 of the Checkatrade Trophy.

The men from MK1 will face the Glovers at Huish Park during the week commencing 5th December – full match details to be confirmed.

The Dons qualified for the knockout stages as runners-up, while Yeovil topped their group with seven points from three games.

Full Round 2 draw:
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Cheltenham Town v Leicester City U21
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Decoder Isolation
In An Older HO Brass Diesel

I have a few older brass HO locomotives that are not "DCC ready". The motors are not isolated from the frames.

If you've ever tried installing a decoder in an older brass or other metal locomotive you know it can be a real challenge to isolate the motor and the motor must be isolated for DCC.

One of the engines I have is an Alco S2 diesel switcher. There's not a lot of room inside for a decoder and adding sound would be really difficult.

I opted to try installing a silent TCS decoder that was left over from an earlier sound conversion in another locomotive. The engine had a can motor but the electrical path for DC used the frame. I didn't want to remotor the locomotive if I could avoid it.

Bill Payne, fellow member of our Nottawasaga Model Railway club is far more knowledgeable than me about solving these kinds of problems. He came up with a novel solution that may help you with your decoder isolation challenges. Follow along as I show you what he came up with.

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The key was using the vertical motor support. The motor is screwed to the support and floats above the floor.  The usual trick of disconnecting it and floating the motor in silicon didn't seem like the best way to go. We began by disassembling the motor from the frame.

The motor support in the S2 brass diesel
brass motor support

We used a thin piece of styrene and cut a barrier that could be placed between the motor support and the motor.

The decoder isolation styrene shield
brass motor shield

The holes for the screws had to line up but the size of the hole in the middle wasn't critical. It only had to clear the shaft.

The metal screws that held the motor in place needed to be replaced by nylon screws. We discovered by trial and error that a 1-72 screw would fit but it would have to be shortened. We could have isolated the motor by using the screws that held the mount to the floor of the frame but that metal is very thin and we didn't want to interfere with the swing of the trucks.

The motor mount
brass motor mount

The nylon screws were too long to insert into the motor so we cut them with rail nippers. The trick to shortening screws is to feed on a nut passed the point where you will cut.

Shortening the nylon screws
brass motor mount screws

After cutting you back off the nut. This cleans the threads at the cut end of the screw. As you can see in the picture Bill used a metal 1-72 nut on the nylon screw to clean the threads. Here is the barrier lined up on the vertical brass support.

Setting up the decoder isolation shield
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We used some liquid electrical tape to isolate the motor shaft bushing. It was carefully applied with a toothpick to ensure that it didn't foul the shaft itself.

This isolation may not have been necessary but we wanted to make sure the bushing couldn't contact the brass support when the motor was reinstalled.

Isolating the motor shaft
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Also for added insurance we installed a piece of black electrical tape on the floor of the frame beneath the motor. The motor floats above it. This was just an added precaution.

Isolating the motor from the floor
brass motor floor isolation

Engine reassembly

Now we were ready to reassemble the locomotive. The first task was to put the gear train back together. This has to be done before the motor is screwed into place.

Reassembling the drive train
brass engine reassembly

The top screw was loosely attached using a screwdriver that could "catch" the head. A magnetic screwdriver wouldn't work, obviously, because the screw was nylon.

Tightening the nylon screws
brass engine reassembly

The bottom screw was more difficult to line up and reinsert. Bill used a smaller screwdriver and slid it under the handrail.

  • A trick is to use a piece of putty or something sticky to hold the head of the screw to the screwdriver temporarily.

After a little fiddling we got it snugged home. It was time to check the continuity with a meter to make sure the motor was completely isolated from the frame.

Checking electrical isolation

Electrical continuity test
continuity test

We used my small RadioShack meter for the continuity test.

Meter reading
meter coninuity reading
  • You want to see that zero number!

Good. We were set for decoder isolation. The TCS decoder had an NMRA plug on one end. As there wasn't going to be room for it I cut off the wires. The decoder would have to be tucked up into the cab. Not an ideal solution but there was no room above the motor or the gear towers.

Decoder hookup
decoder wiring

Before proceeding we put the engine on the programming track. In Service Mode on DecoderPro I wrote in the engine's number.

It accepted it at the first attempt confirming that there was no short circuit.

I planned to use only the standard headlight wires. I cut the wires short that I wouldn't be using to limit the number of wires that would have to be grouped in the shell.

These need to be kept clear of the gear towers and shafts. We carefully soldered on the orange and gray wires to the motor and the red and black wires to the trucks.

We had to check which side of the rear and front wheels origianlly went to the DC motor. The standard is the red wire is connected to the right rail (engineer's side in North America).

The next step was to drill out the chassis for the headlights. I used a Dremel to slowly increase the size of the holes starting with a #56 drill bit and worked up to 1/8".

A little cutting oil helped. Bill showed me how to sharpen a drill bit on a belt sander. Never tried that before! I had a mini 12v bulb that I glued with ACC into the rear of the cab.

I need a second one for the front so this project will have to wait for a few weeks until I buy one. I could have used an LED but I didn't have any in my supplies.

You'll notice in the photo that we inserted a 150 ohm resistor into the blue common wire for the lights.  This makes the bulbs less bright and will help them last longer.

Decoder hookup
decoder installation

After getting the wires for the rear light hooked up we tried the locomotive again on the track. It ran in the wrong direction with the headlight on.

 I used DecoderPro to change the CV for direction so the diesel would go forward on my Lenz throttle when the arrow was in the normal UP position. However, the light was coming on at the wrong time. It was easier to resolder the headlight to the white wire instead of the yellow.

 Sometimes older brass locomotives were wired using the red wire for the front truck to the left rail instead of the right. That may have been our error. This S2 diesel doesn't pick up on all 8 wheels. The front truck is used for one side and the rear is used for the othe. There's no easy way to get all 8 wheels powered.

The last step was to hook up the other headlight bulb to finish the installation.

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Brooklyn Series Drumset and Snares

by Michael Dawson

From 1883 until 1970, the Gretsch factory was based in Brooklyn, New York. These days, all Gretsch USA Custom drums are handcrafted in a facility in Ridgeland, South Carolina, but to commemorate its roots, the company recently launched the new high-end Brooklyn series, which is available in six different shell packs and in four satin finishes and four Nitron wraps.

We were sent the GB-R844 configuration, which comprises an 18×24 bass drum, 9×13 and 16×16 toms, and a matching 6 1/2×14 wood snare, in Tabasco satin finish ($3,495). Gretsch also threw in two of its new Brooklyn series metal snares: the GB-4160 8-lug, 5×14 chrome-over-brass ($460.99) and the GB-4164 10-lug, 6 1/2×14 chrome-over-brass ($510.99).

Brooklyn Specs

Like USA Custom drums, Brooklyn series shells are 6-ply (without reinforcement hoops) and have 30-degree bearing edges with Gretsch’s classic Silver Sealer interior. The difference is that instead of being all maple, Brooklyn shells are a combination of maple and poplar. “We tested many wood combinations to engineer the Brooklyn sound we were looking for,” Gretsch rep Joe Mazza explains. “We wanted a sound that had its own personality, but at the same time they still needed to have a ‘Gretsch’ sound. The 6-ply maple/poplar was the best combination to fit our goals. The shells are made to Gretsch specs, but they’re slightly thicker than the 6-ply USA Custom shell.”

Also new to the Brooklyn line is the 3 mm, double-flange 302 hoop, which is a throwback to the hoops Gretsch used on all of its drums until the mid-’50s. (USA Custom snares and toms come with die-cast hoops.) The 302 hoop, plus the maple/poplar shell, helps bring a more lively, ambient characteristic to the Brooklyn series, while retaining the punchy, warm, and focused sound that Gretsch drums are known for. “The combination of the shell and 302 hoops give a more open tone that has a little more high-end presence,” Mazza says.

Gretsch Brooklyn Snare

The Brooklyn series is finished off with Gretsch USA hardware, including suspension mounts for rack toms and a new black and pewter round badge, which is also a tribute to the original Brooklyn-era drums.

Click here to check out the Brooklyn Series drumset with matching snare.

Click here to check out the 5×14 Brooklyn Series chrome-over-brass snare.

Click here to check out the 6.5×14 Brooklyn Series chrome-over-brass snare.

The complete review of the Brooklyn Series drumset and snares is in the July 2012 issue of Modern Drummer.


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Parenting Styles: Is there a right way to keep your child safe but also independent?

13 December 2018

If you are a parent, you have probably struggled with the concept of your child having a certain amount of freedom. There are terms that pop up in conversation and online such as “free-range parenting” or “helicopter parent” and you may wonder where you fall or if there is a good balance that you could reach in your family.

“Free-range parenting” is basically taking a step back and allowing your children to have a little more freedom and expecting them to take a little more personal responsibility. According to MPRNews.org, many parents feel that this type of parenting can be dangerous while others argue that it is important for kids to learn to fend for themselves instead of being constantly monitored and directed (https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/02/25/bcst-free-range-parenting).

In America especially, parents say they worry about something happening to their children if they don’t pay close enough attention. In many other countries, like, around Europe, for example, you will see children walking to school, riding the subway, and going swimming by themselves. When you see this as a parent, you could either feel motivated to make your children more independent or you may feel horrified that these children are possibly in danger.

In the opinion of many, there should be a middle ground to almost everything with no difference in the case of children and their freedoms. You can start small with things at home such as children picking out their own clothes before leaving the house, perhaps reminding them to check what the weather is like and to think about what activities they will be engaging in. It is all about preparation and getting kids to think critically.

Another thing that parents worry about are strangers and while many people think that their children would never go anywhere with a stranger, there is a very interesting social experiment with Joey Salads where, with permission from a parent, approaches children on a playground holding a puppy and gets them to follow him to “see more puppies” (See the video here). It is horrifying to the parents that this could happen.

There are some very crucial conversations that should happen at home and when learning moments pop up when families are out and about. Children should know that they should not talk to people they do not know and if they are ever in trouble, what kind of people they should look to for help (police officers, parents with children, etc.).

The bottom line is, yes, bad things can happen to children who do not have skills or experience to deal with difficult situations on their own. It is much more rare though for children who have had multiple conversations and even drills with their parents to get into dangerous situations. It all starts at home and no parent will ever be perfect or completely hopeless. If you are making an effort, that means you are doing great!

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Presstitutes At Work: « Dangerous Lies Pumped Out by the US Media ». This is « Democratic » America…

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This morning I was stuck in front of a Fox “News” broadcast for a short period and then with a NPR news program. It was enough to convince me that Nazi propaganda during Hitler’s Third Reich was very mild compared to the constant stream of dangerous lies that are pumped out constantly by the American media.

The New York Times, Washington Post, and a couple of think-tank types were represented on NPR. They delivered the most crude propaganda imaginable and questioned no US government statement.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (image right)

Did you know that all the trouble in Syria is due to the Russians and Assad?

The US has no blame whatsoever. The US is trying to fight ISIS (which the US created, aids and abets), but the evil Russians and Assad are fighting the innocent “democratic rebels” who are trying to bring democracy to Syria as a replacement for a “brutal dictator” (elected by a large majority vote).

The Russians are also bombing schools and hospitals, “collateral damage” when the US does it but war crimes when the Russians are accused of doing it.

The accusers had no evidence for their accusations against Russia beyond the unverified claims of the US government. Despite nonexistent Iraqi “weapons of mass destruction,” nonexistent Iranian nukes, and nonexistent use of chemical weapons by Assad “against his own people,” the talking heads continue to accept without question whatever the US government says. I was especially disappointed in Karen DeYoung. As a young reporter she aggressively covered the neoconservatives’ misadventures in Nicaragua. However, to become the Washington Post’s senior foreign affairs reporter she had to give up and join the presstitutes.

Did you know that China was militarizing the South China Sea by building up atolls to accommodate runways and by placing weapons on the site?

It is not militarization when the “exceptional country” allocates 60% of its large fleet to the Pacific, declares the South China Sea, which is thousands of miles from America, to be an area of “American national interest,” and sends warships to patrol the sea. That’s simply “countering the Chinese threat.”

Did you know that the clamor by the British people for UK exit from the European Union has nothing to do with preserving UK national sovereignty and the legal protections of British civil liberty? It is all to do with rejecting refugees, a sign of racism.

Fox “News” informed us that due to his great service to our nation, Justice Antonin Scalia was lying in state in the Supreme Court to be paid homage by both the government representatives and public victims of the police state of which he was an architect. Under Republican leadership the Supreme Court has helped the executive branch elevate its authority above that of the US Constitution, refusing to even hear challenges to indefinite detention. Among Scalia’s accomplishments are:

— Stopping the Florida vote recount in order to install George W. Bush as President

— Kentucky v. King: police should have greater leeway to break into homes without a warrant

— Florence v. Burlington: allowing jail officials freedom of action is more important
than protecting American citizens from debasing strip searches.

Like the Supreme Court the presstitutes have aligned themselves with the rich and powerful. Fox “News” reported that Marco Rubio, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, declared that to make the poor rich requires making the rich poor and we shouldn’t make the rich poor. Apparently, Fox “News” believes that aligning Rubio with the One Percent is helpful to his political career. Fox showed Rubio’s audience cheering and applauding his defense of the One Percent.

This is “democratic America” where the people have no representation.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts’ latest books are The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West, How America Was Lost, and The Neoconservative Threat to World Order.

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Istanbul 2012: a record before it began

With 172 nations participating in the turkish World Indoor Championship it will be the highest attendance.

The World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, scheduled for March 9 to 11, has registered a record even before it began: with 172 nations participating in this year edition it has surpassed the previous record achieved in 2008 in Valencia, with 147 nations. Large participation in terms of attendance, with 349 male athletes , 334 women athletes and 616 officers. The World Indoor Championships were held for the first time in Paris in 1985 with the participation of 65 nations, and the last edition was held in Doha in 2010 and was attended by 148 nations. In Istanbul, the athletes will be competing on a Mondo track, and Mondo will also provide equipment, screens and the stands.


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Helping people to manage their money better is at the heart of the Money Advice Service business plan for 2013-14.

To be able to do this we need to have a deep understanding of habits that can impact on financial capability later in life.

This report, written by Dr David Whitebread and Dr Sue Bingham from the University of Cambridge, aims to provide insight and ideas about how to prepare the next generation to manage their money.


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Beatles Revolver Rare Withdrawn Mix11 Tomorrow Never Knows 1st Press

Beatles Revolver Rare Withdrawn Mix11 Tomorrow Never Knows 1st Press

Early 1st UK Beatles Mono pressings like this are becoming so scarce and rare to find This is the earliest possible pressing featuring the withdrawn mix of ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’  and the rarest E.J.Day Cover. There is is general overall  wear and tear. This album is listed for its rarety rather than for its condition. But is very desirable and sought after indeed.

Revolver is the seventh studio album by English rock band the Beatles, released on 5 August 1966 on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin. Many of the tracks on Revolver feature an electric guitar-rock sound that contrasts with their previous LP, the folk rock inspired Rubber Soul (1965). In Britain, the fourteen tracks from Revolver were released to radio stations throughout July 1966, “building anticipation for what would clearly be a radical new phase in the group’s recording career”

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The Vinyl:
This is the original Earliest thick heavier chunky slab of vinyl only found like this on the earliest pressings. On visual inspection there is general wear and tear and I can see  needle scratches/scuffs on the playing surface. Some do cause light clicks or pops but the vinyl plays through without distortion and there is no skips or jumps.

The Audio Quality:
I have played this vinyl at very loud volume prior to this listing on a top system. Importantly using a dedicated Mono cartridge. The audio is cristal clear and vibrant through out no distortion, but there are some light clicks and pops or light crackle heard. In general this is still a playable copy and indeed very rare and sought after being the very earliest variant.

The Matrix:
Side 1“YEX 605-2”
Side 2“YEX 606-1” (Earliest for this pressing)

The Mother Stampers
Side 1“5””GL”
Side 2 “2””RP”

The Labels:
These are the original 1st issue Parlophone Labels: feature “Sold In The UK….” text across the labels (only 1st press) K.T. tax code is stamped on side 2 (very early for this early pressing and rare to find) Spidering can be seen this has been played a few times. There are light marks to mention on the labels.

The Record Sleeve:
This is the original plain white paper record sleeve light creasing, browning, becoming fragile with age only.

The Cover:
This is the original 1st issue E.J.Day &co Large flip back cover laminated front only. There are creases and general wear and tear with use a small split at the opening edge to mention. light ringwear at the rear. No edge splits .

For any Beatles collector it is always a dream to own the first variation of this album and have a copy with the rare withdrawn mix of Tomorrow Never Knows.  Although this copy is not the best looking copy and does have wear , it plays surprisingly well throughout and is very enjoyable throughout.

Very collectable indeed.

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Joanie Capalupo, Broker Associate, ABR, CRS, GRI

Joanie’s specialty lies in providing outstanding listing service and buyer representation to professionally manage the needs of her clients throughout the buying or selling process. Negotiating contracts to a successful close, Joanie uses her extensive knowledge of the real estate market and of the parties in the transactions to the benefit of her clients.

Her Journey With Real Estate

I grew up in a real estate family so I’ve been around it since my days at Westlake High School when my mom started working as a broker. I answered phones and did odd jobs at Moreland Properties when they got their start in the 80’s. I got my license in 1993 after college but worked in other fields for about 12 years before starting to help people buy and sell homes in 2003. I’ve been at it 15 years now.

Involvement Around Austin

My husband and I are working hard raising kids when we’re not working at our jobs so most of my volunteering happens at their schools in Eanes ISD.

Her Ideal Austin Weekend

I love to run the trails around Lady Bird Lake and have for many years. An ideal weekend day for me is an early morning run with my dog Tess, a cup of coffee at Jo’s Coffee on South Congress and then home to be with my family adventuring on a hike in the Barton Creek Greenbelt or a mountain bike ride at one of our nearby trails such as Reimer’s Ranch.

One Standout Listing

One listing I’ll never forget is my historic listing at 1108 West 9th Street in Clarksville. The house was built in 1898 – what a treasure in Austin! If those walls could talk, I’d love to hear the stories. It sits on a double lot and has such charm and sophistication. It had been totally remodeled by Fern Santini of Abode Interiors and was just fabulous. More than anything, we had a great team of professionals on every side of the transaction from agents to buyers, sellers, title company, etc… It was just a pleasure to work on.

What Makes a House a Home

My personal home backs up to a private section of the Barton Creek Greenbelt. We use it daily to walk, ride bikes, run the dog and catch fish with the kids. It is priceless to us and allows us to escape in nature in our otherwise busy lives.

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I love the outdoors. Camping, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, anything that involves getting outside and being active.

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I am a Mormon because through much searching, studying other religions, and prayer is have gained a personal witness that this is the true church.

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Ad Targets Bachmann’s Defense of BP

A new political ad is taking a bite out of Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn) over her support for BP. It appears to be the first televised campaign ad to use BP’s spill against a Republican incumbent in Congress.

By the standards of Joe Barton and much of the rest of the GOP caucus, Bachmann’s BP lovin’ is pretty tame. That said, she’s taken $71,450 from the oil and gas industry, which is a lot for a Congresswoman from Minnesota. And Midwestern voters might not stomach a defense of BP as well as would those in Barton’s East Texas.

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Honda PCX Scooter Goes Hybrid and Electric

Honda announced new electric and hybrid versions of its PCX scooters at the Tokyo Motor Show. Both are scheduled to go on sale as 2018 models in Asia, including Japan. For now, the only PCX in North America remains the PCX 150.

The PCX ELECTRIC is an electric scooter equipped with a high-output motor developed independently by Honda, as well as the Honda Mobile Power Pack, a detachable mobile battery pack. Where there’s no charging station available, you simply whip the batteries out and bring them to the electricity.

Nobody can liberate your PCX when you take the batteries inside for a charge. Bummer, though, that they take up most of the trunk.

The PCX HYBRID is Honda’s newly-developed original hybrid system designed for motorcycles. “This compact hybrid system employs a high-output battery and ACG starter to assist the engine and enables PCX Hybrid to realize a ‘torqueful’ riding performance,” says Honda. Honda PCX Hybrid is scheduled to go on sale in 2018 in the Asia region including Japan.

Outwardly, these two don’t look much different from Honda’s other internal combustion PCXs. Inside they’re a whole new ballgame designed for a cleaner, greener world. Given the current climate in the US and the lower cost of gas compared to most other markets, we may not see them for a while.

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During the height of World War II, members of a resistance movement within the Sobibor concentration camp attempt a daring uprising and escape. As the underground group, including Alexander Pechersky (Rutger Hauer) and Leon Feldhendler (Alan Arkin), devise a plan, they must contend with Nazi officers, Ukranian guards and the realization that anyone apprehended will likely be killed. Initially plotting for a few people to escape, they eventually decide that all 600 prisoners must break out.

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Nobody likes the sight of their beautiful lawn destroyed by lawn pests. But with help from Mower Source, you can get your grass back to looking lush, healthy and green.

Chinch Bugs: The Original Grass-Muncher

Hardly any lawn’s been immune to the devastation caused by chinch bugs, which are about a fifth of an inch long with black bodies, white wings and a white stripe across their body. They can be kind of hard to recognize, but if you head out a little before noon, you’ll have the best chance of spotting them. When they’re babies, you’ll be looking for little yellow specks. Chinches take a month to a month-and-a-half to reach maturity, in which case you’ll be setting your sights on red dots. And if you can’t be bothered to look for them, you can spot the destruction they’ve caused by seeing if your lawn has restricted circular patches that turn yellow, then brown, before the grass dies.

How to get rid of them: It may sound odd, but using a shop-vac to vacuum your lawn can be an effective way to battle chinches. You can also try one of the two soapy solutions on this page — whichever method you choose, water the heck out of your grass and set your lawn mower blades higher than usual so your grass has a chance to recover.

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Grubs: No Fun for Anyone

Grubs, those milky-white C-shaped critters that live for either one or three years (or less, if you can get to them!), attract predators to your lawn like raccoons and skunks. These lawn pests typically start breeding right around now and don’t take long to reach maturity; depending on the type of grub, their complete life cycle is one or three years. Because grubs feed on grass roots, you’ll want to attack them as quickly as possible because it’s not a superficial issue.

How to get rid of them: The trick to treating grubs is to figure out how many you have, and you can do that by taking small soil samples (read our post on soil samples if you need a refresher). Five or fewer grubs per square foot means you get off scot-free because your grass can handle their feeding, but more, and you should look into curative chemical grub treatments.

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Ants: A Surprisingly Small Enemy

Ants may seem harmless enough, but like grubs, get enough of them together in one spot, and it could spell trouble for your lawn. Different types of ants can wreak havoc on your lawn, but more than that, big anthills are just not pretty to look at.

How to get rid of them: Luckily, this is a really easy fix. Go to your local gardening store, and pick up some nematode Steinernema feltiae to biologically control ants on your grass.

Moles: The Underground Scavengers

Moles can do lots of really cool things, like live in low-oxygen environments, has 12 fingers so it can be super efficient at digging, and takes care of earthworms for you. But…they can also cause damage to your grass by making an unsightly mess with their criss-cross tunnels.

How to get rid of them: There are essentially two ways of going after moles. The first involves removing their source of food — things like grubs and earthworms — so they’ll burrow elsewhere. The second involves setting mole traps. No matter which one you choose, for the next few weeks, water your grass a little less than usual so you can dry it out and prevent moles’ food source from attracting the rodents.

Next week, we’ll take a look at other bugs that cause problems for your lawn and how to deal effectively with them. For now though, browse our catalogue to see how you can care for your lawn as best as possible. And remember, no matter what you choose, it’s free shipping and tax-free prices (except in MN) all the way!

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As you may or may not know, as of November 2012 it became a legal requirement for every tyre in the EU to come with an energy rating chart (as seen below). The tyre label testing is self-certified using specific EU standardised methods that every test must follow.

The energy rating chart takes three very important factors into consideration and these are:

  • Fuel Efficiency
  • Wet Grip
  • External rolling noise

This chart is graded from A to G, with A being the highest performing tyre and G being the least performing.

Fuel Efficiency

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The grades given to tyres for their fuel efficiency are given based on the energy that is lost when a tyre is rolling – also known as ‘rolling resistance’. The tyres that you put on your car can affect its fuel economy by up to 20% and a lower rolling resistance reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, helping a tyre achieve it’s A grade.

You should always take fuel efficiency into consideration when purchasing new tyres as they may save you some money! Grade G tyres could end up using 6 litres more fuel for every 625 miles that you drive than if you fitted A rated tyres.

When scoring tyres for their fuel efficiency, the EU Tyre Regulation doesn’t use D as a grade as this helps to differentiate the top and bottom three grades.

Wet Grip

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The information provided on the wet grip label is an extremely important safety aspect to look at when purchasing new tyres as this informs you of how well your tyres will grip to the road in wet weather.

Tyres with excellent grip on wet roads have a shorter braking distance. Tyres that don’t offer such a good drip have a longer braking distance and the stopping distance between each grade is roughly 3m (the average length of 1 car). Therefore, purchasing tyres that are at the top end of the spectrum provide you with an important safety benefit when driving.

Similarly to the fuel efficiency, grade D is not used whether measuring a tyre’s grip in wet weather, and there are also no current plans from the EU to use G either.

Noise Levels

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The tyre’s exterior noise is graded by decibels and in addition to this there is an image which shows whether the tyre external rolling noise is above the future European mandatory limit value. One black wave indicates the best noise level which is at least 3db below the future legal limit, and three black waves show the weakest performance, which is also illegal and over the European noise limit.

At MQ Tyres we are proud stockists of Nexen and GT tyres – both of which are known for their excellent energy efficiency ratings and great value for money!

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40ug of low endotoxin DNA (produced by mtibio) will be used to transfect 30mL of mammalian cells (either HEK293 or CHO) in suspension culture. A positive transfection control will be run in parallel using a beta-galactosidase expressing construct. At 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 days post-transfection, 4ml culture samples will be taken, separated into cell and media fractions then flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80C. All media and cell samples will be analyzed by SDS-PAGE.

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(A) His- or GST-tagged proteins: Lysis in buffer (standard lysis buffer is 50mM Tris-HCl, pH8.0; 150mM NaCl; 10% glycerol; 0.5mM TCEP; protease inhibitor cocktail), clarification by centrifugation, mixing with either Ni-NTA- or glutathione-agarose, recovery and washing of affinity resin. Elution (imidazole or reduced glutathione, respectively) and analysis by SDS-PAGE.

(B) Western Blot: Lysis in standard buffer (above), clarification by centrifugation followed by fractionation of clarified lysate by SDS-PAGE and blotting to nitrocellulose membrane. Blot will be blocked and treated with primary antibody supplied by customer (or anti-FLAG Ab) with washing (Tris-buffered saline with Triton X-100) and treatment with secondary antibody (goat anti mouse peroxidase conjugated) and staining using DAB (diaminobenzadine) as substrate.

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Mammalian suspension cultures (HEK293 or CHO) will be expanded to the target volume (1L to 10L) and density (1x10e6 cells/mL) and transfected with endotoxin-free DNA (~1.2mg/L). The culture will be harvested at the optimal time as indicated in the expression analysis. Cell pellets will be flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80C. If required, media will be processed according to customer preference for an extra charge depending on necessary material and protocol (please inquire).

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For nearly two decades, the RockShox BoXXer has been piloted to the top step of the podium at downhill World Cup races and freeride events more than any other fork. The BoXXer features the Charger Damper, reworked air and coil spring systems, Rapid Recovery rebound, and Fast Black stanchions. Rapid Recovery allows the fork to recovery faster between consecutive bumps, letting the wheel track the ground with greater precision, while Fast Black coating on the upper tubes provides improved durability and decreased friction. You can tune the fork with Bottomless Tokens that thread into the top caps, just like the Pike. And guess what: the lightest production downhill fork on the market is getting a whole lot lighter. - Brake Type: Post Mount 200 - Crown Race: 30mm - Offset: 48mm - Steerer Tube Length: 268mm - Positive Spring: Coil - Negative Spring: Coil - Travel: 200mm - Wheel Size: 27.5"
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More than an enduro race fork. Now featuring an EVOL air spring and updated upper tubes for unparalleled small bump sensitivity, the 36 is even smoother than before. The exceptionally strong 36 continues to expand the range of damper and axle options, including Boost and Performance Elite models, that’s made it wildly popular among aggressive trail riders and enduro racers. Performance Elite forks retain the same adjustments, dampers, weight, and 7000 series aluminum upper tubes as Factory Series, but have black anodized upper tubes instead of Genuine Kashima Coat. A Performance Elite graphics package is found on these forks to tie in the black-on-black look. - NEW FLOAT EVOL air spring adds plushness - Back-to-back Men's EWS Championship-winning platform - FIT4 damper - 3-position lever adjustment
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