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Andy Curtiss in Second SamuelThere are few things in today's desensitized society that I think will shock audiences. But the Playcrafters Barn Theatre's Second Samuel, by author Pamela Parker, manages to shock in its secret that's almost carried to the grave by Miss Gertrude, a deceased woman who is never seen on stage. That secret creates the play's tension, and ultimately leading to a lesson in tolerance that avoids being too preachy, and that applies to the acceptance of anyone's differences.

Pamela Crouch-Zayner, Chris Zayner, Lisa Kahn, and Don Faust in Dinner with FriendsThe Playcrafters Barn Theatre's latest production, Dinner with Friends, explores the impact of a marriage-ending extramarital affair on not only the couple involved, but also their best friends. And while what results can be correctly guessed before the finale, playwright Donald Margulies manages to incorporate some unexpected paths along the way, particularly in the evolving responses of the couple's pals. While I did find my mind wandering during Friday's performance due to a lack of interest in some of the longer-winded conversations, I still enjoyed the overall presentation for being thought-provoking regarding relationships, and for offering some great laughs, too.

Emma Terronez and Bill Peiffer in The Secret GardenThe Playcrafters Barn Theatre's The Secret Garden seems, to me, to be the quintessential type of production to grace its stage: a classic story told with community-theatre charm, which director Donna Weeks' staging has in spades. Through the show's almost perfect casting and a less-is-more approach in her set design, Weeks manages to create some magic.

Cayte McClanathan and Laila Haley in The Miracle WorkerWhen it matters most, the Playcrafters Barn Theatre gets A Miracle Worker right, and does emotional justice to author William Gibson's tale of Annie Sullivan (Cayte McClanathan) teaching the blind, deaf, and mute Helen Keller (Emma Terronez) how to communicate through sign language. The scenes shared by McClanathan and Terronez are powerful, and their chemistry palpable, in Annie's fight to force young Helen to learn, and Helen's stubborn efforts to resist. But in truth, Saturday's performance didn't really find its footing until McClanathan and Terronez first shared the stage about halfway through Act I.

Greg Bouljon, Sydney Crumbleholme, and Karen Decker in Anne of Green Gables Sydney Crumbleholme, a freshman at Moline High School, plays the title character in the Playcrafters Barn Theatre's current Anne of Green Gables, and I doubt there has been a better, more inspiring piece of casting on area stages in all of 2008.

Broc Nelson and Ashley Hoskins in Crimes of the Heart In the Playcrafters Barn Theatre's current production of Crimes of the Heart, Ashley Hoskins portrays Babe, the youngest and most eccentric of playwright Beth Henley's Magrath sisters, and the actress is like a nervous breakdown on legs.

This is meant as the highest of praise.

Alexa Florence and Chris Zayner in You can tell that the Playcrafters Barn Theatre's production of Strangers on a Train is doing its job, and doing it quite well, because - at Friday's opening-night performance, at any rate - the show appears to be making a large segment of its audience really uncomfortable.


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LeeAnne Locken Rich Emberlin Real Housewives Of Dallas

Last week’s Real Housewives Of Dallas ended on a cliffhanger with LeeAnne Locken crying in her wedding gown over her mother. I mean what’s a LeeAnne Locken event without drama about how her mother abaaaaaaandoned her?!

At least it wasn’t Rich Emberlin who left LeeAnne stranded at the altar although wouldn’t that have been the most exciting drama to ever grace a Real Housewives episode anywhere?! More exciting even than incarceration and secret weddings

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Anyway, after LeeAnne and Rich say their long-awaited nuptials they throw the wedding reception to end all wedding receptions but forget one crucial thing: the food. Apparently, they couldn’t find a caterer willing to work for free! And on any other Housewives franchise (Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, for instance) this wouldn’t have been a problem, but on Dallas… these girls eat Texas-sized portions.

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While some couples are saying “I Do” other couples are saying “I don’t.” Brandi Redmond is struggling to decide if their family should also adopt Bruin’s sibling but Bryan doesn’t think they can handle more children. Finally, someone is sane in that family!

Meanwhile, Kary Brittingham and Eduardo end up having a date night gone Emily and Shane wrong when they wind up in a power struggle over money.

D’Andra Simmons and Jeremy Lock wind up locked in a heated cooking competition when they’re supposed to be preparing a romantic meal. Apparently living together and working together is taking its toll (probably because neither one of them has ever had a job before. Well, at least D’Andra probably hasn’t!).

RELATED – D’Andra Simmons Isn’t Ready To Forgive LeeAnne Locken For Calling Her A “Fat Cow” On Real Housewives Of Dallas

I don’t know if LeeAnne couldn’t manage to get a free honeymoon or what, but Stephanie Hollman decides to invite all the ladies on a vacation to Thailand where I guess they’re gonna track down Travis’s dad or something? And also find some spiritual zen and togetherness, that too!

RELATED – Real Housewives Of Dallas Visit Thailand- Check Out Photos Of Kameron Westcott, LeeAnne Locken, Stephanie Hollman, & D’Andra Simmons

Watch Real Housewives Of Dallas tonight at 9 PM on Bravo. Comment throughout the episode on this post. Tweet us with your thoughts. Follow us on InstagramLike our page on Facebook. And make sure to check our site tomorrow for our Real Housewives Of Dallas recap!

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To Trident or not to Trident

The dilemma of nuclear deterrence in the age of austerity
The last line of defense?

The last line of defense?

How does a middle power remain relevant? One of the most important aspects of global power in the post World War II period is the possession of nuclear weapons. Although only two nations on Earth – the US and Russia – possess nuclear arsenals capable of practically annihilating the planet, the nuclear arsenals of the UK, France and China are large enough to deter any potential adversary from daring to attack it with nuclear weapons itself. Such an exchange between the US and Russia was known as MAD: mutally assured destruction. Although a country like Britain could not conceivably assure the destruction of a country as vast as Russia or China, it could indeed wipe out most of their large cities and lay waste to a significant part of the country’s economic and military infrastructure…

…with just one submarine.

We’ve all heard of Trident but few people really understand the way it works. The Trident is a US-designed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that is carried on the US Ohio-class subs as well as the UK Vanguard-class. Each sub carries various silos (16 on the Vanguard, 24 on the Ohio) that launch the missiles while submerged. The missiles the rise out into orbit like a rocket to the moon, at which point the tip of the missile opens and lets out a number of independently-targeted warheads (known as MIRVs) fall back to Earth. There are 8 British-designed MIRVs on each Trident carried on the Vanguard subs (the US Tridents carry up to 12) which means that each Vanguard sub armed with a full complement of 16 Tridents can theoretically destroy 128 targets from practically anywhere in the world.

A frightening price tag

Unfortunately this kind of destruction comes at a cost. It is estimated that a replacement for Trident (which in reality means replacing the ageing Vanguard-class subs, rather than the missiles themselves) will cost the UK government an estimated £100bn although it should be noted that this the program’s lifetime cost up to 2062, not a lump sum. This frighteningly huge number is often quoted by politicians and NGOs opposed to such wasteful spending in a time of austerity. A scary aspect of this budgetary dilemma is that this Trident replacement cost is already based on the minimum necessary to keep the system operating as a credible deterrent at all times. A country generally requires four submarines to ensure that one of them is always on patrol: reducing this number to three means that there will be periods when there are no subs out in the water which an enemy could take advantage of.

A proposed alternative is to launch nuclear-armed cruise missiles on smaller, cheaper submarines (like the Astute-class of hunter-killer subs) but these would have limited range (the US-designed Tomahawk missile that is in use with the Royal Navy has a range of no more than 2,500 km), and they can be shot down with greater ease than a ballistic missile. Some have argued that the submarines should be scrapped altogether and keep nuclear weapons on aircraft instead. This would be far cheaper, as nuclear-armed cruise missiles can be installed at much lower cost on most existing aircraft like the Typhoon or Tornado. However there is always the risk that the aircraft can be intercepted on their way to their targets, or that their bases could be crippled in a first strike. It should also be said that neither the Typhoon nor the Tornado are long-range strategic bombers (only the US and Russia have these) and would find it very difficult and risky to undertake deep-strike missions into the Russian heartland. Reaching China is simply out of the question.

In other words, a fleet of four ballistic missile submarines is the only minimal credible way in which a country can guarantee a second strike against any enemy, since it can fire from almost anywhere in the world and the odds of the enemy finding that one sub before it fires its deadly payload is close to zero.

The nightmare scenario

If this all sounds like Cold Warrior paranoia, well, it is and it isn’t. As outlandish as the idea that Britain could be attacked by a nuclear power like Russia or China may seem, maybe the following nightmare scenario might make you think twice. Imagine for a moment that the current discord between the West and Russia escalates. Perhaps the economic crisis in Russia deepens and Vladimir Putin sees the only way to drum up popular support is to find a way in which he can challenge NATO without risking full retaliation given that Russia’s non-nuclear forces are weaker. Given this military disparity, Russia may instead attack a smaller NATO country, and possibly with nuclear weapons (let’s not forget that it has considered using them against Ukraine), if this were a country that could not reply in kind.

The twisted logic is simple: would the US risk annihilation in a full nuclear exchange with Russia over a NATO ally like Estonia or Poland? This question has long worried NATO policymakers because the answer is probably no. Obviously an attack against the US would be responded to in equal or greater measure. But it may well be that the US (or any other NATO nuclear ally) would choose not to respond to the nuking of Tallinn or Warsaw with some nuking of its own. And knowing this actually makes Russia more likely to attempt such a move. As it stands, Britain and France could not be subject to this kind of aggression since they too could lob a few nukes in Russia’s direction. But how could a nuke-less Britain fare? Would the US risk its own existence for its trans-Atlantic ally if Sheffield (and only Sheffield) got nuked*? I should add that this is not my own paranoid nightmare scenario but one brought up by Andrei Piontkovsky, formerly of the Strategic Studies Center in Moscow.

You don't want to be on the receiving end...

You don’t want to be on the receiving end…

Now even with Trident there’s a little caveat: although it is not public, it is strongly suspected that there are strings attached to the use of Trident given that it is a US-designed nuclear delivery system. It is widely believed that the US would not allow Britain to use them independently of some wider NATO or coalition action. This would not have been an issue back in the Cold War since any nuclear exchange with the USSR would have likely involved the US anyway. But the nightmare scenario above is exactly a case in which Britain’s independent use of Trident could be put in question although I find it hard to believe the US would not permit their use in self-defense at least (again, the details on this conditionality is clearly secret and it could well be that there aren’t as many strings attached as some fear).

Welfare or defense?

Ultimately though, the question boils done to recognizing what are the UK’s needs as a nation and a society, and prioritizing limited resources towards addressing those needs. With this perspective, one finds it hard to justify the £100bn lifetime cost of Trident which alone absorbs one-tenth of the defense budget, more than any other weapon system. That this money could be better spent on education, on the NHS, or on science and technology is undeniable. Unfortunately as I described above, there is simply no alternative for the UK to have a credible round-the-clock nuclear deterrent. The UK is also unique among the world’s nuclear powers in the high level of public opposition to its deterrent: France has a similarly sized fleet of four missile submarines although it developed its own SLBMs rather than accept the conditionality attached to a US missile system (which was offered at one point). This was even more costly than Britain’s choice of adopting Trident. But rarely is the expense questioned because of the French view that national security and nuclear capability are inseparable concepts.

Whether because of insularity, enlightenment or naivety, in Britain that is not the case. Which makes the question of whether Trident is worth it difficult to answer. A £100 budgetary sinkhole or the nation’s ultimate guarantee of survival? Perhaps both.

My choice of Sheffield as a hypothetical city facing nuclear annihilation is not a random one: it is the location of a 1984 BBC film called Threads about a nuclear war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Suffice to say I saw this movie as a small child and found it terrifying, and probably triggered my obsessive interest with Cold War and nuclear warfare to this day. It is now considered one of the most realistic depictions of a nuclear attack and its aftermath (both immediate and long-term).

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[–]zimzat 9 points10 points  (17 children)

As much as I wish I could say this is great, another implementation of GraphQL in PHP that supports proper middleware and directive resolvers would be good (the default JS reference implementation does not support either of those and the most popular GraphQL in PHP implementation limits itself to only what the reference implementation does), the design of the library itself leaves a lot to be desired.

It makes way too much use of functions. Every request, even ones that don't touch the GraphQL endpoints or code, will be loading an additional 12 files. Many of those function names also don't make sense without their associated namespace and will pollute autocomplete in IDEs (which often favor namespaced functions over top level methods, explaining how I keep accidentally including Guzzle's json_decode and json_encode everywhere).

There are a lot of hardcoded static methods being used to reference the library that could have been made instance aware. A lot of the above methods are tiny shortcuts to like 2 or 3 commands of a static method, which makes it harder to inject custom behavior into any of the GraphQL classes or to provide a different parser implementation, for example. It's okay to tell people they need to do $parser = new \Name\GraphQL\Parser(), because then they know what the real dependencies and injection points are prior to running the parse, build, and execution, and can cache that parse step too.

There's no documentation on how $options work or how to inject the middleware. I also don't see a way of caching the parsed schema (that's a pretty big step that shouldn't need to be done more than once in production). I do see a link that says "look at the tests for more information" but the first thing I see upon doing that is "Functional" or "Unit" and go "uhhhhh.... no idea."

[–]Jalle19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, co-author if the library here.

We're aware of the slight overuse of namespaced functions, we will most likely strive towards reducing their usage. When we started out we only exposed some functions that were part of the public API, but over the time it grew to more and more files. It is indeed a shame that functions can't be autoloaded.

Which hardcoded static methods are you referring to?

[–]fesor 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Many of those function names also don't make sense without their associated namespace and will pollute autocomplete in IDEs

How classes would fix this?) You will also have this "collisions" in names.

[–]zimzat 4 points5 points  (1 child)

There wouldn't be any collisions on individual method names, maybe the top level helper class name as a one-time thing to resolve. Most IDEs only use values based on the context. If you're trying make it wouldn't autocomplete for Schema::make or vice versa.

Functions often have no context to them. If the context isn't in the name then it's gone. e.g. \json_decode vs use \json\decode => decode($value). If you found something called decode on line 50, would you know what it was decoding? Some programmers take things to extremes on "don't repeat yourself" and put too much value or context into the namespace when it should primarily be used for organizational purposes.

In that example a class might have done:

use IrrelevantPackageName\SerializtionGrouping\Json;

In which case it has the benefits of context, class autoloading, and a short method name.

use GraphQL\Server\ServerConfig;
use GraphQL\Server\StandardServer;

new StandardServer(
    // This is redundant, because StandardServer will do ::create for us if
    // passed an array but still gives us the ability to create our own instance
    // of ServerConfig if we needed to

If this were done using functions then they might have made it look like:

use GraphQL\Server\standard;
use GraphQL\Server\Config\create;

The reference might make sense while you're writing it but if you come back two weeks later and look at just the one line, good luck.

[–]hungneox 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I also think the same. For example, there are probably many Request, Response classes in different namespaces. Namespaces is the key not classes.

[–]fesor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would prefer more verbose function/class names and more flat structure of modules. But this heavlly depend on how you and your team mates navigate thought code. For example it's easier to me instead of digging in file structure just go to class definition.

[–]Crisu83 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I'm sure we can fix the potential problem of using namespaced functions if this is actually an issue. However, in our experience, this doesn't affect the performance in any significant way at all. To prevent the use of the wrong functions, e.g. Guzzle's json_encode, use \json_encode instead and you cannot go wrong.

I'm also curious what hardcoded static methods you are referring to? You don't have to use the shortcuts, you can simply use the underlying API instead. You can even inject your own implementations into the DI container (this is not yet documented because this is more of a secret API at this point).

I made a quick fix to the resolver middleware documentation to at least demonstrate how to inject the middleware (but GH is acting up atm, so I cannot merge the PR right now). Caching the executable schema falls outside of the scope of our library, but you can store the schema instance in OPCache to solve this.

All of the test cases in the reference implementation are basically functional tests. For the new concepts introduced we've added unit tests to ensure that they work as intended. For examples, you want to look at the functional test suite. You can read about the difference between functional testing and unit testing on Wikipedia.

[–]Jalle19 1 point2 points  (1 child)

When @crisu83 says OPCache he surely means any kind of fast persisted cache, e.g. APCu or Redis.

[–]Crisu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this was just an example.

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Functional testing

Functional testing is a quality assurance (QA) process and a type of black-box testing that bases its test cases on the specifications of the software component under test. Functions are tested by feeding them input and examining the output, and internal program structure is rarely considered (unlike white-box testing). Functional testing usually describes what the system does.

Functional testing does not imply that you are testing a function (method) of your module or class.

Unit testing

In computer programming, unit testing is a software testing method by which individual units of source code, sets of one or more computer program modules together with associated control data, usage procedures, and operating procedures, are tested to determine whether they are fit for use.

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[–]arnaud_lb 4 points5 points  (6 children)

How does it differ from https://github.com/webonyx/graphql-php ?

Does it has integrations with some frameworks such as Symfony ?

[–]justaphpguy 1 point2 points  (4 children)

^ this question. webonxy has been around for some time and is the basis for almost everything else.

But: it doesn't really innovate; it defines itself as following the graphql-js implementation. But it seems depending on the contributions, this may change 🤷♀

[–]Crisu83 1 point2 points  (3 children)

One of the main reasons we started this project was actually the lack of innovation in the GraphQL space in PHP. Existing implementations are either hard to contribute to and maintain or they do not fulfill the specification. We aim to provide just enough "skin on the bones" to make the core useful on its own. Even the people who wrote the reference implementation at Facebook have said that it's just that, a reference implementation.

[–]justaphpguy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Sounds truly exciting.

I did mention "the one existing" webonxy, but I don't have a beef with it. Seems very solid, lots of tests (you always could do more) and activity wise it seems "m'kay".

Can you give more details what the new implementation can (or will? do better?

[–]Crisu83 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I already wrote a few words about this above.

We have a very active core development team and we’re using very modern tooling to ensure the integrity of the project (such as unit tests and static type checking).

Our team also has a long history working with various open source projects and we are more than motivated to bring the best of GraphQL to the PHP community now and in the future.

[–]justaphpguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, guess I missed it. Fair point, thanks!

[–]Crisu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m one of the authors of the project in question. I won’t go into comparing the two projects, however what I can say is that we’re heavily focusing on the future of GraphQL. What this means is adding developer-friendly support for using advanced features of GraphQL such as custom scalars, custom validators, resolver middleware and schema directives.

What comes to integrations with frameworks I must say that aren’t that many. However, usually a GraphQL engine is basically the graphql-function, so integrating the library with you favorite framework shouldn’t take long at all.

Does this answer your questions?

[–]gudgip 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Nice. Is this already used in production? A bit more documentation would be appreciated though.

[–]Jalle19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes this is used in production in one customer project so far. Going forward we will use this library in all new PHP-based GraphQL projects.

The documentation definitely leaves something to be desired, although the plan is to update it slowly but surely.


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change to electric forklift in singapore
change to electric forklift in singapore

As individuals, we are all too familiar with the environmental and health concerns surrounding diesel engines.

For businesses, however, it’s hard to walk away from them. After all, diesel-powered forklift trucks are powerful performers – capable of making light work of the task at hand. Over and over again.

This unwavering loyalty was well placed. Until 2019, that is. At the start of the year, Euro Stage V requirements came into effect, creating tough decisions for companies making and employing diesel lift trucks.

The legislation enforces stricter emission limits for Particular Matter (PM) and Particulate Number (PN) in engines between 19 kW and 560 kW, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation.

The tighter requirements demand a lot from manufacturers. For example, manufacturers have been required to slash PM emissions to just 0.015g/kWh – a 40% reduction from Stage IV.

Responding to this, designs have become increasingly complex, including engines which aren’t reliant on diesel particulate filters (DPF).

While these trucks continue to deliver power and are EU-compliant, these new designs mean that ownership comes at a far higher price.

Many companies that rely on forklift trucks have a tendency to replace outdated models on a like-for-like basis. With 2040 and the UK ban on IC-engine vehicles approaching, however, it’s clear that companies buying lift trucks need to give their replacement strategy some thought.

Electric may be a relatively new concept in the automotive field but it’s a long-standing alternative in the lift truck industry.

With zero emissions, battery power has been the go-to choice for applications requiring absolute cleanliness, such as in the food industry.

For many decades, lead-acid batteries were the top choice for companies employing lift trucks. As well as offering power, these large, cumbersome batteries serve a second purpose: acting as the counterbalance weight.

However, they weren’t without their issues. Long charging times were just the start – with trucks often only able to work for a few hours at a time. Employers soon realised ways to work around this: investing in additional batteries and chargers.

Maintaining lead-acid batteries was also problematic due to the high risk of operator misuse. Under and overwatering, for example, can cause significant damage to lead-acid batteries. Battery life can also be reduced through opportunity charging, or charging as and when it suits you – rather than when it’s more than half empty.

Fortunately, there’s a new kid on the battery block: Lithium-Ion. Tried, tested and proven in the market, li-ion offers the capability of meeting the needs of your business… whatever your industry.

While lithium-ion technology has been adopted widely within electric vehicles, its real popularity in the material handling sector followed the launch of EP Equipment’s 1.2-tonne entry-level power pallet truck in 2016.

Previously, li-ion technology had only been available for larger equipment, at a far higher cost. Widespread adoption was unlikely as ROI could only be achieved within a hard-wearing, triple shift application.

This ground-breaking development has led to the development of further models and, according to EP Equipment, makes it possible for every class of materials handling equipment – including powerful diesel models – to be powered by li-ion technology.

Over the past two decades, the growth of e-commerce and warehousing has led to electric vehicles becoming more attractive in the marketplace – to both manufacturers and forklift employers.

As a result, the technology has moved quickly. While lead-acid, gel and AGM batteries were attractive a few years ago, Li-ion has gained traction thanks to its incredible efficiency.

Not only are EP’s forklifts a competitive initial investment, over time there are less costs involved in maintaining your li-ion fleet.

A straight forward comparison is diesel vs li-ion. Fuel can cost on average $25 per day, with electric charging costing just $5 per day.

With our Battery Management and Telematics systems maintenance is far easier and less costly. You can see how the battery is doing and be alerted to any issues that need to be looked at.

For lead acid batteries you need to have a dedicated space for charging the batteries for long periods of time, often overnight. With faster charging EP’s li-ion forklifts can be easily charged during the day, using break times or other downtime in the warehouse and without having to remove batteries from the forklifts. Charging can be planned into the day, rather than a longer period of 8-12 hours to achieve a full charge on lead acid batteries.

This also means that you don’t need two batteries for each forklift, another cost often involved with lead acid batteries if you want to maximise working time for the forklifts.

Even within battery technology there is a difference between lead acid batteries and EP’s li-ion technology. Here are some things to consider:

Lithium-ion technology drives battery longevity. Traditional lead-acid batteries offer a lifecycle of as little as 500 cycles, compared with 3,000 for li-ion. Typically, lithium-ion batteries last many times longer than their counterparts.

Cycles are calculated by the percentage of charge, rather than each time the battery is charged. This means that a 10% charge equates to just a tenth of a li-ion cycle. With a lead-acid alternative, that 10% would equal a full cycle.

Opportunity charging is another area where li-ion batteries are strong. Lead-acid batteries, for example, require a full charge cycle (8-12 hours) or else there’s a risk of chemical imbalance. By allowing for opportunity charging, li-ion allows you to charge as and when necessary – even during break times.

The high-power density of li-ion technologies allows for a design that is much smaller and lighter than traditional battery alternatives. Compared to their lead-acid counterparts, li-ion batteries are two-thirds lighter.

For manufacturers, this extra space pays dividends. As well as allowing for more ergonomic features, such as increased operator compartment, performance is improved, thanks to the truck’s smaller size and weight.

With battery power, there will be a small amount of energy lost. Lead-acid batteries typically lose 15 to 20 per cent of stored energy. Conversely, the advanced design of Li-ion batteries means that losses are generally less than 5 per cent.

Improved battery capacity efficiency like this ensures much faster charging. While lead-acid batteries typically need 8 to 12 hours to charge, lithium-ion batteries for forklifts require just 2 to 3 hours to fully charge.

Maintaining lead-acid batteries comes with a number of pitfalls for employers, including water issues. Fortunately, lithium-ion batteries don’t require on-going or specialist maintenance to ensure longevity.

For employers, choosing Li-ion removes the risk, while also eliminating costs associated with battery upkeep, including maintenance and infrastructure.

Before committing to a battery choice, always run a cost comparison over the life of the battery. While lead-acid batteries offer savings at the time of purchase, lithium-ion battery systems may be a more cost-efficient solution in the long term.

Remember to consider factors such as the reduced time and expense associated with charging and maintenance, as well the time and labour you’ll save by not doing battery changeovers.

Although named for its active elements, it’s important to bear in mind that not all lithium-ion batteries are created equally. Engineering a lithium-ion battery for the forklift sector requires two chemical components: Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide(NMC) and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP).

Tried and tested in industries, such as automotive, where weight and size are important factors, NMC offers high energy density in a compact size and weight. However, it does come with a risk of inflammation and explosion, as a result of puncture or overheating.

LFP technology offers an alternative that is being embraced by leading li-ion forklift manufacturers. LFP provides outstanding electrochemical performance while ensuring low resistance. Offering a high current rating and extensive cycle life, LFP technology also provides good thermal stability. For employers, this means enhanced safety for operators and their operating environment.

Choosing an LFP battery for larger materials handling categories, such as electric ride-on pallet trucks or electric forklifts, ensures it will deliver all of its strengths – without any risk to safety.

This is only possible using LFP batteries with li-phosphate. It offers a li-ion battery system that is far more tolerant at full charge conditions. In addition, these systems are far less stressed than li-ion alternatives when operating at high voltage for a length of time.

At the heart of every battery is its cell. It’s important to choose a battery with the highest quality cells, to ensure safety, improve energy and power density and extend service life.

Cells should be able to operate in a wide range of temperatures. Some manufacturer’s cells can even handle extreme weather conditions.

High-quality components prevent the risk of overheating as high current charges and discharges.

For best results, always look for a manufacturer who has been engineering customised battery solutions. This ensures that your forklift’s lithium battery components will be a perfect match for your requirements.

In recent years, safety concerns regarding lithium-based batteries have garnered a great deal of attention in media and legal circles.

Battery management systems, also known as BMS, are key to protecting a battery from a range of issues, including short circuit, over/under voltage and over current.

BMS is essential for ensuring your forklift is using the lithium-ion battery safely. Fully automated, it collects and calculates data and controls the system in response.

Its management of the charge and discharge processes for voltage, current, temperature and state of charge ensures improved battery performance while extending battery life.

A good charger is not enough to overcome the significant risks associated with lithium-ion battery fires as a result of overheating. Instead, the BMS monitors the temperature and, should it fall outside of normal parameters, communicates with the battery, forklift and charger.

The BMS also protects the battery from overheating during day-to-day use. But it does so much more: including optimising charging and storing cycles in its memory.

The Controller Area Network, also known as the CAN bus, acts as a central networking hub that allows all parts of the battery to communicate. As well as communicating battery condition information, it automatically issues an alert to the BMS when damage occurs.

Together, BMS and CAN offer remote diagnostic capabilities – enabling for battery performance to be monitored. Advanced data monitoring and analysis functions ensure issues can be identified and responded to quickly.

While there are many advantages to making the switch to an electric forklift truck, it’s clear that the biggest advances – right now – can be made by making choosing a truck benefitting from lithium-ion technologies.

For more advice on finding the best lithium-ion warehouse and counterbalance trucks for your application, contact us today.

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20 travel bags for all your holiday needs this summer

The chicest companions for every travel situation
Suitcase, Hand luggage, Red, Baggage, Bag, Luggage and bags, Rolling, Maroon, Wheel, Automotive wheel system,

Already started thinking about packing for your summer holiday? Fear not, because we've found the chicest travel bags that will suit every type of holiday.

We spend so long debating what to buy and pack for our holidays. Questioning, "Will I be too hot? Too cold? Is this too casual? Too smart?" that planning our holiday wardrobes can be a little stressful, but why don't we put so much time and effort into choosing the little, (or large and bursting at the seams in my case, sorry Marie Kondo), bags that will be carrying our perfectly edited capsule wardrobes away with us?

But great holiday style starts with your travel bag.  So whether you're going long haul or keeping it close to home with a staycation, we've found the best bags suitable for all your travelling needs. Hopefully, with a new addition you might just be a little more excited about packing.

Travel bags doesn't have to mean boring, with brands like Rimowa becoming the staple celebrity travel accessory and high-street labels such as Reiss and French Connection expanding into chic and sophisticated luggage.

Beach bags are also having a moment, on and off the beach this year, with people choosing to go back to basics with hints of wicker and straw for that picnic nostalgia.

So whether you're going for a yoga retreat in the english countryside, looking for some winter sun or getting festival ready, we have you covered to get your holiday packing off to the right start.

Warning: they're so chic they might make you book a holiday just to use them...

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The carry on

red suitcase, £155, Antler

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The one nighter

canvas bag, £34.99, Mi Pac

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The week away

Wheeled suitcase, £395, Reiss

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The oversized hand bag

striped woven bag, £170, Truss at Net a Porter

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The business trip

Wheeled suitcase, £199, French Connection

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The weekender

large canvas bag, £70, Longchamp

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The beach bag

woven basket bag, £59, J Crew

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The luxury trip

black suitcase, £450, Rimowa at Selfridges

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The picnic bag

Wicker picnic basket, £89.95, Joules

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The long haul

matte suitcase, £245, Samsonite

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The yoga retreat

jogging bag with yoga mat holder, £75, Uterque

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The backpacker

20 litre backpack, £29.95, Regatta

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The sports trip

duffle bag, around £198, Tory Sport

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The best buy

cabin suitcase, £55, Marks and Spencer

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The summer clutch

embroidered clutch bag, £35.99, Mango

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The camera bag

grain leather camera bag, £180, Mon Purse

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The bag for him

nylon holdall, £310, Il Bisonte

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The bag for kids

pink backpack, £40, Herschel Supply at Paperchase

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The bank holiday

striped duffel bag, £50, Eastpak

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The shopper

oversized tote bag, £1560, Max V Koenig

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Mary Berry’'s baking tips

Bring a little #GBBO into the home

Looking to bring a bit of Bake Off into your home? From oven temperatures and cake tins to raising agents and storing bakes, don't don your apron without reading Mary Berry’s baking tips first…

1. "Be sure to use the specified size of cake tin. Even the difference of one centimetre all round can mean the difference between success and failure."

2. "If using a fat other than butter, make sure it is suitable for baking. It must be made of at least 70 per cent fat; low-fat spreads are not suitable because of their high water content."

3. "If you find your cakes don’t rise it could be caused by a number of factors, including insufficient raising agent, too cool an oven, or too stiff a mixture. Always follow the instructions in the recipe carefully."

4. "Measure baking powder precisely, as too much can create a bitter or dry result, or cause the cake to rise up and fall back down, making an unsightly dip in the surface."

5. "Place cake tins on the middle rack of the oven at the right temperature. Cakes baked on the top shelf will crack."

6. "When arranging biscuits on a baking sheet, leave enough space between them to allow for spreading. If I’m making more biscuits than fit on my baking sheets, I just cook them in batches – they don’t take long."

7. "Bake for the minimum time given in the recipe before opening the oven door. If the door is opened too soon it may cause some cakes to deflate."

8. "If a cake looks as though it’s browning too quickly, I cover the top loosely with foil. Cakes that are baked for too long will be dry and the outside will be crisp."

9. "Most biscuits can be stored in an airtight tin for a few days. If they soften, crisp them up in a warm oven."

10. "Do not store cakes and biscuits together, as the moisture from the cakes will soften the biscuits."

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What Are the Symptoms of a Fractured Rib?

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Symptoms of a fractured rib are mild or severe pain on the injured area, pain when breathing deeply, and pain when someone touches the breastbone, according to WebMD. Patients may also have shortness of breath due to breathing difficulties.

Patients who have fractured ribs experience chest pain that worsens when the patients breathe deeply or when someone touches the area, according to Drugs.com. This may cause shortness of breath as they may have trouble breathing in deeply. Some patients have a lump on the chest or a change in the shape of their chest. In some cases, a broken rib bone may cut through the skin.

Patients with fractured ribs find it hard to breathe properly and this may cause restlessness, anxiety and fear, notes WebMD. Some patients feel tired, sleepy or dizzy, while others complain of headaches. Patients may also experience pain when they twist or bend their body, according to Mayo Clinic.

Serious symptoms that warrant a call to the doctor include fevers and increase in mucous when coughing, explains MedlinePlus. Another serious symptom is a tender spot in the rib area, reports Mayo Clinic. In case a patient experiences squeezing pain or pressure in the center of his chest, he should seek immediate medical attention as these symptoms could indicate a heart attack.


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Mountain Creek Resort. New Jersey Premier 4

The following are a series of steps and tips to ensuring that you find a mountain bike of good quality which is best able to suit your specific needs. Starting in May, I’m going to be one of the teachers and guides on an experimental programme which Dark Mountain is running with our friends over at Way of Nature We’ve worked together before, taking people out into wild areas and focusing on the big questions in our lives and in the world.

We surrendered ourselves to the road, and one by one the teachers appeared, like chapters in an unfolding saga: eccentrics, lost souls, madmen, one or two wandering sadhus playing the flute beneath a full moon… We danced to trance music in the forest, ate Weetabix in an old hippy’s boat up a mountain.mountain

Steeped in ski lore and legend, Sun Valley – America’s first destination ski resort – is a rare find, nestled in an authentic community that is as unpretentious and pristine as the mountains and rivers that surround it. You won’t find lift lines here but you will find 3,400 vertical on Bald Mountain and off mountain wintertime adventures to delight the entire family, including a new 20,000 sq. ft. luxury spa and lavish heated outdoor pools.

Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is Washington State’s largest mountain bike association, and the largest single-state mountain bike organization in the nation representing thousands of riders through seven regional chapters across the state.mountain

Alpamayo is safe to ride and not harmful to the mountain earlier in comparison need ice and you can climb safely but for those who already had an opportunity to see or climb this mountain he will never forget his experience so memorable. You can install a bike computer to your bike however these can be a little fiddly to fit and can be a little inaccurate when tracking what has been done.mountain


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    July 27th – This Thursday, a plane of the airline TUI which started from Catane, in Sicily, to go to Brussels, was obliged to turn around and to land in Catane, yesterday evening because of a technical issue. The 189 passengers of the flight, expected several hours a hotel to spend the night. Nevertheless, all the passengers could be in their room arounf 3:00 of the morning.

    Florence Bruyère, the French spokeperson of the airline, explains that this consequent delay for the passengers was due to technical incident: “several hours were passed, before we could analyze the breakdown carries out the checking techniques. »

    A plane of replacement is planned today at 15:40, involving for the passengers a delay of more than 19 hours.

    This is the second important delay for TUI this week

    It is the second time this week which it arrives such an important delay for TUI. Tuesday, not less than 100 passengers saw their plane landing in Malaga due to engineering problems again. Indeed, the flight which started from Faro, in Portugal to go to Brussels, to Belgium, of TUI of July 25th, 2017 was constrained to land in Malaga, Spain for the same reasons as the flight Catane-Brussels. This time situation the situation was not been very well taken by the airline since the flight had been deferred several times in the evening and the night of Tuesday.

    The German airline which total 77000 employees and 16.35 billion euros in the world, knows impressive delays increasingly frequent.

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Phase I- this is the fun part, where you go on some fun dates, play 20 questions, determine if there is any chemistry, and if so, you may plan fun weekend getaways together. This phase is the one full of adrenaline, and it is like a cocaine high for many– I always tell people to just enjoy it while it lasts.

Phase II- you have a talk about being exclusive, hopefully exchange STD test results, and establish some check-in procedures. You also start to leave things at each other’s place– small things, like a toothbrush, shampoo, maybe a change of clothes. You start enjoying down time, just cooking at home and watching t.v. You meet each other’s friends and family, and go on an extended vacation together.

Phase III- for those that just want to have fun, they are pretty happy just staying in Phase II– and typically (althougth not always) women are the ones that want to push the issue of where are we heading with this? Phase III is hard, and this is why many will never get there. For those who deluded themselves into thinking that they could coast once they got to Phase III, they are in for a rude awakening.

When things really get serious and you take about co-habitating and c0-mingling your finances, this can and will lead to some difficult conversations because it’s highly unlikely that you will share the exact same life style choices/habits, taste in furniture/art, and views on spending vs. saving money.  To further complicate things, not everyone deals well with difficult conversations and transitions.

Change is scary for a lot of people, and merging not just households, but two separate lives together, is definitely not easy. Some couples get bogged down by all the details, and when you are trying to blend two families with kids, this can be particularly challenging. If you are lucky enough to get to Phase III, let me just say this- plans do not have to be made overnight, nor do you have to tackle these issues all alone. Weigh your options about schools and available, affordable housing. Have honest and open discussions about realistic goals, including household budgets. Share your credit scores and sketch out your financial picture for the other. Read books about blended families, seek expert advice if you need to from a qualified mental health professional, get a legal opinion if you think you need a cohabitation agreement or prenup.

If you are truly committed to each other, you will work together to find solutions to each issue that will arise as you make more long-term plans and increase your level of understanding one another. Remember, a home cannot be built overnight– you need to lay a proper foundation. Of course, even when you do, there is no guarantee it will all work out, but at least you gave it your best shot. If it doesn’t work out, then it wasn’t meant to be, and you can resume the phases of dating all over again.

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Man to die for ritual murder

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Freetown – A Sierra Leonean court sentenced a 70-year-old man to death on Wednesday for the ritual murder of a seven-year-old boy whose heart and other organs were removed.

Ritual killings or human sacrifices to local deities are customary in parts of West Africa, where some people commission killings to obtain body parts for magic spells to gain political power and influence.

“Ritual murder in Sierra Leone is becoming rampant,” Judge Olu Ademusu told the court before sentencing Alhaji Bockarie Kallon to death.

He said a number of other cases of suspected ritual murder were being investigated.

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The killing of a young black boy whose headless body was discovered floating in the River Thames in London a year ago sparked an international investigation after experts said the case had the hallmarks of a West African ritual murder.

Sierra Leone is struggling to recover from over a decade of civil war in which hundreds of women and children had their hands, feet or ears sliced off with machetes by roving gangs of drug-taking rebels. Tens of thousands more were killed or raped.

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7 & 9 Seater Car hire Calpe

Do you need 7 or 9 seater car hire in Calpe? Your local car rental company in Calpe with everything included in the price. No deposit or excess in case of damage. Free additional driver and unlimited mileage. Collect your rent a car at our office in Calpe, or have your car delivered to your home or hotel in Calpe area free of charge. Call booking +34 653 221 333 to get cheap 7 or 9 seater car hire in Calpe, or use the search form below.

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7 & 9 Seater Car hire in Calpe

7 & 9 Seater Car hire Calpe

A seven and nine seater car hire in Calpe is cheaper to rent than two small cars, as well as savings on gasoline costs, etc. A car with seven or nine seats will allow larger families or golf groups to travel together so no-one misses day trips to the beach or other sights in Calpe in Spain. Book you car early because car hire with 7 and 9 seats are highly requested, with limited availability. This is especially true for Easter and the summer months between June and September. Without a doubt, this is the best way to travel if you are a group of family or friends and want to travel together. If you rent a minibus in Calpe you could travel together and you will have more space, including travel bags, sports equipment, as well as more passengers.

Renting a rental car with 7 or 9 seats in Calpe is much more cheaper than in most places in Europe, but there are still big differences between the various car rental companies. Most people book a rental car in Calpe on internet. It is easy and in most cases you get cheaper price than by booking on arrival in Spain. In addition, the selection of 7 and 9 seater rental cars is much larger. Use our comparison service to get the best value for your 7 and 9 seater car hire in Calpe. We compare prices from Spain’s leading car rental companies, so you can choose which car you want and from which rental car company you want to use.

Our fleet consists of rental cars from leading car manufacturers with the best car models to give our customers the best driving experience. With us, you can choose the best 7 and 9 seater cars available from the best brands on the market, such as Citroën, Ford, Nissan, Opel, and Volkswagen to name a few.

7 and 9 seater cars are available in well-known cities and towns throughout Spain. Centrally located to the major tourist destinations along the coast like the Costa del Sol, and Costa Blanca. The metropolitan areas of Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, and the islands of Majorca and Gran Canaria. No matter where you are going, there is a 7 & 9 seater rental car for you and your family.

The rental companies are known for their high standard as well as excellent customer service. Use the form above to find cheap 7 and 9 seater car hire in Calpe.

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  • Always order as early as possible. In the high seasons there is struggle for rental cars with 7 and 9 seats in Calpe. This means that prices will be higher, if you book on the internet as early as possible, the chance will be great for getting a car hire at a much cheaper price than by booking when you arrive in Spain. Check your prices for 7 and 9 seater car hire in Calpe, by using the form above.
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  • Once you have received a key and will pick up your rental car in Calpe, take a tour around the car and check for bumps, broken lights, and scratches. Take photos and videos of the rental car before you use, so you can document the state of the car when you picked it up and return the rental car after use. Also read: Why you should take photos and video of the rental car before use

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Happy ValenStein's Day, Abilene!

Children's book author-illustrator David Ezra Stein is in town from Queens, New York City, is launch his "Worlds of Wonder" exhibit at the NCCIL.

Author David Ezra Stein with his daughter Hannah 6, 9-year-old son Sam, and wife Miriam Kessler at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature after their arrival late Wednesday afternoon.

Children's book author and illustrator David Ezra Stein confessed that Valentine's Day is not monumental at his house.

This year, then, it won't be a big deal in Abilene.

However, Feb. 14 will be a day to remember for David, Miriam, Sam and Hannah.

They'll spend it in Abilene Town, which is the scene of his 2007 Cowboys Ned and Andy tale "Ned's New Friend."

From "Dinosaur Kisses" by David Ezra Stein.

Stein's exhibit "Worlds of Wonder: David Ezra Stein" opens today at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. The retrospective of 12 years of his work covering 17 books can be viewed through May 18.

Cowboy David and us

The family flew in Wednesday afternoon. Miriam is his wife. Sam is 9 and Hannah is 6.

This is the native New Yorker's third visit to Texas, having just been in Houston for the Bookworm Festival.

"I'm told it's quite different out there," he said.

You're right, David. We aren't Houston by any stretch.

He said the family is staying at a "beautiful house" during the visit here, and they plan to have a family lunch Thursday before Dad attends to business.

"It's a mini vacation for us," he said by phone Tuesday from New York City, where the Steins share their home with a rabbit.

His workday includes a gallery tour, during which he will talk about his artwork in hopes docents can share that same information after he leaves.

There is a gallery talk planned for 6:30 p.m. It's free and open to the public.

If you have one of his books, he'll sign it.

Is this interrupting Valentine's Day? If so, a dash across the street to Vleta's would provide a chocolate-y solution.

"No, it's not," he said. "We don't treat it as anything special in our family."

But the day does not pass without some celebration.

It's the birthday of "very special" nephew named Guillermo, who's 3. There was a party Sunday before the trip to the wilds of West Texas.

Cowboy Guillermo and Andy would be welcome in Abilene Town any time they'd want to mosey on down to Texas.

The 'Abilene' connection

From "Santa Calls," by Williams Joyce.

Here's the ironic twist.

In his 1993 book "Santa Calls," author-illustrator William Joyce dropped the name of Abilene.

"He lived in Abilene, Texas, with his aunt and uncle, who ran a Wild West Show and Animal Phantasmagoria," Joyce wrote of young Art Artchison Aimesworth.

The now-locally famous story goes that then-Mayor Gary McCaleb was asked to read the book to an elementary class, discovering the Abilene connection as he read.

That led to an invitation to Joyce to visit Abilene. Lunch on us.

Four years later, the NCCIL was formed as a nonprofit. In September 2000, the restoration of a former auto garage at the corner of Cedar and North First streets to the NCCIL.

It's where Stein's artwork is exhibited.

The opening sentence of his book reads:

"Cowboy Ned and his best buddy, Andy, reached the end of the trail at Abilene Town."

From "Ned's New Friend," by David Ezra Stein.

Stein said he did his research and settled on Abilene.

And so, at this point in time, the bookends of the NCCIL are Joyce and Stein.

If they are the cookie sides of this artful Oreo, there's been a heaping helpin' of illustrated literature in between.

A chance to reflect

The exhibition at the NCCIL provided Stein two opportunities.

One was to update his resumé, which he did.

The other was to reflect on "12 years of doing this professionally," he said. Seventeen books that include 2011's "Interrupting Chicken," a Caldecott Honor. Children's book publisher Scholastic ranks it among the top 100 books written for children.

His most recent work is "Hush, Little Bunny."

It really was the first time he paused to consider a dozen years of writing book, even before Sam came along.

David Ezra Stein

More than 100 pieces are in the NCCIL show. Stein said the process was humbling, interesting and inspiring to him.

Yes, the author-illustrator of 2019 saw how he'd do some things differently. At the same time, however, he realized he had it going on years ago.

"I saw what worked and what didn't work, but sometimes I was impressed," he said, laughing. He sees the "good, bad and the ugly" but there is way more good, and viewers likely will agree.

Looking over the 12 years of work he saw connectivity. There is a thread that connects each book yet he has "zeroed in on what really works."

He said he continues "evolving" as an author-illustrator.

"I see a progression of growth and experience," he said. He has not been afraid to try different things. Each book, he said, is different and "I change my style a bit."

But a Stein book remains a Stein book.

He is doing, he said, what he wants to do and that will "continue to the end, till I die."

Still a kid at heart

Going back the other direction, he remembers books being read to him as he sat on a lap.

"I’ll never forget the experience of sitting in a beloved lap and having a whole world open before me: a world brought to life by the pictures and the grown-up’s voice," he has said. "That wonder is what I want to re-create in my own books.”

He wrote seven books before Sam debuted. Some author-illustrators are inspired by what their kids do. For Stein, having kids reminds him he has "an inner child" and provided him the father's role in a family.

From "Ned's New Friend," by David Ezra Stein.

"Interrupting Chicken" is about a father reading to a daughter, with a warning not to interrupt. But she can't help saving the day for the characters in the books. But can she save her dad from falling asleep in his chair?

He has delighted in watching Hannah grow up.

"She's 6 going on 18," he said.

She had "crushes on older boys" at 2 and already is a pro with makeup. He doesn't know where the lipstick and such come from but "someone is finding it" for her.

He doesn't really seem to mind.

"I relate to being a kid," he said. "I've never lost that connection."

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Abilene ISD charity tennis event finds a cause close to home in memory of late coach

Jason Aulerich, a campus officer at Abilene High, watches his return shot in the second annual Police-Fireman Tennis Match put on by the Abilene High and Cooper tennis teams on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Rose Park Tennis Center. Aulerich teamed up with AHS' Clark Sullivan to play firefighter Seth Westin and Cooper's Jake Aldridge.

A year ago, the Abilene High and Cooper tennis programs teamed up with local police and firefighters to help with Hurricane Harvey relief in the Houston area. This time around, the cause hit much closer to home.

Proceeds from the second annual Police-Fireman Tennis Match on Saturday at Rose Park will help fight colon cancer in memory of Mann Middle School tennis coach Sharon Wartes, who passed away from the disease on July 29. Wartes, 54, had been a coach with Abilene ISD for 15 years.

“We chose colon cancer, because we lost one of our own back in July, coach Sharon Wartes, who was a longtime tennis coach at Mann,” Abilene High tennis coach Stacy Bryan said. “We just thought it would be a great thing to do this year, and the weather turned out beautifully. It’s been a great day.”

Money raised from T-shirts and food sold during the event will go to fighting colon cancer. Bryan said all proceeds will likely go to an Abilene oncology center.

Bryan said this year the AISD teams were able to find sponsors for the T-shirts and food – meaning more money could go to the cause.

Seth Westin, right, a firefighter with the Abilene Fire Department, celebrates a point with Cooper's Jake Aldridge during their match against policeman Jason Aulerich and AHS' Clark Sullivan. The teams were playing in the second annual Police-Fireman Tennis Match put on by the AHS and Cooper tennis teams on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Rose Park Tennis Center.

“We appreciate our sponsors so much,” Bryan said. “They paid for all the shirts and food. So, everything we made goes directly to the cause.”

More:Firefighters, police face off in AISD charity tennis tournament

Cooper coach Trance Rosenquist was pleased with the turnout, believed to be much bigger than last year, and he was thrilled with the sponsors and the cause.

“Our sponsors were phenomenal, so hopefully we can donate a lot of money for a great cause in the memory of Sharon Wartes,” Rosenquist said. “Anyone who knows tennis here knows of Coach Wartes, whether it was playing tennis at the junior high or seeing her at camps or knowing her husband, Allan. We miss her so much, and we wanted to do something to help fight colon cancer and cancer overall. We did it for her, just making it special, because she was a big part of our lives.”

The tournament also allows members from both the Abilene Police Department and Abilene Fire Department to interact with each other, along with players from both AHS and Cooper.

“It’s really good,” said Jason Aulerich, who is a campus officer at AHS. “For me, just interacting like this whether it be Abilene High or Cooper students or our firefighters, it’s shows us as police officers and firefighters in a different light. It lets us interact well with the kids and just have a good time.”

Seth Westin, an Abilene firefighter, agreed.

“It’s great. It’s wonderful,” Westin said. “I’ve been able to interact with more people in the community – our fireman brothers and the police officers. It’s nice, because we see each other professionally. We don’t get the see each other off the job, so this was really fun.”

Westin and Cooper sophomore Jake Aldridge teamed up to play AHS senior Clark Sullivan and Aulerich.

Westin, who will have been an Abilene firefighter for four years in April, said he hadn’t played tennis for eight years.

“It came back some,” Westin said. “We played around the station a little yesterday, and we came here early and warmed up.”

Abilene High's Cassie Hernandez watches her return shot during the second annual Police-Fireman Tennis Match on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Rose Park Tennis Center. The event, put on by the AHS and Cooper tennis programs, raised money to fight colon cancer. Hernandez teamed up with police officer Zack Hall to play against Cooper's Beau Hollowell and firefighter Taylor Smith.

Aldridge, a second-year Cooper varsity player, thought Westin played well.

“I thought he did amazing,” Aldridge said. “At the beginning, he felt a little nervous, and I was, too. But after we got into the swing of it, we got comfortable with each other. He was hitting great shots. It was just a really good match. Both teams played well, I think.”

It was a special moment for Sullivan and Aulerich, who know each other from school.

“I see Officer Aulerich every day at school before my first class,” Sullivan said. “We’ll talk sometimes in the hallway. We’ve been talking about this tournament for a couple of weeks.”

Aulerich, playing in the tournament for the second consecutive year, said he also plays in the student-faculty tennis tournament each year at AHS. So, you’d think he would have been comfortable on the courts and be able to play well enough to not embarrass himself.

“No, but I did,” Aulerich said.

Sullivan, though, said both teams played well in a match won by Westin and Aldridge 8-6.

“It was a good match,” Sullivan said. “They played really well. I thought he (Aulerich) played really well.”

Bryan said both the police department and fire department had 16 members each compete, along with 20 players from both AHS and Cooper.

“It’s such a blast, and that’s what we stress to our kids, both Trance and I – have fun. “It’s for such a good cause. We’re so excited that Coach Wartes’ family was able to come out here and support the event. It was just a great day.”


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Great Ape – Honda Monkey Bike Madness

One of the biggest highlights for me when we were pulling together issue 6 of Tank Moto Magazine also happened to be the smallest. Nick Sawyer’s incredible custom Honda Z50JZ Monkey Bike was a ground up build with a focus on performance improvements and the results are quite astounding. With the talented Jason Lau behind the lens we captured these images and recorded Nick’s story of this grand little build…

Nick Sawyer owns what is indisputably one of the smallest road legal motorcycles in Australia. Despite its size, Nick’s pint-sized Monkey bike has clocked up speeds of over 130kmh, can run circles around Sports Bikes on Victoria’s legendary Black Spur Drive and is the first motorcycle I’ve ever encountered that can be parked “under a desk at work”. It’s a road registered pocket rocket and it provokes sounds of pleasure from everyone that encounters it.

It took Nick some 5 years to locate the base for the project, a bare bones, Australian delivered, complianced frame that popped up on eBay late one night. “A road registered Honda mini bike had been a long time project idea of mine, fuelled by the nostalgia of owning one when I was younger and a love of quirky Japanese vehicles.”  Says Nick and by the time he found the frame he’d already planned most of the build out. The Z50 is a favourite in Japan’s custom motorcycle scene so Yahoo Auctions (Japans equivalent of eBay) was a gold mine for sourcing bits for the bike. Unfortunately language and international shipping barriers meant that getting the parts to Australia was going to be a difficult task. Thankfully Nick found a friend in Japan who was willing to bridge the gap and the ordering began. Nick had decided to stick with the original look of the Z as Honda did a great job when they first put it together. A set of new old stock tins sourced directly from Honda Japan in the classic red/white scheme set the tone for the look of the bike, but for the engine he decided to “do something crazy”.

The original engine for the frame he’d sourced was an outdated 6 volt points set up which simply wasn’t going to cut it for what Nick had in mind. An early 2000, 12 volt CDI engine was chosen as a starting point. No sooner had it arrived from Japan Nick had it upgraded from 50cc to 117cc. The massive increase in capacity came from the adaption of a big bore top end kit and a longer stroke crank. Larger valves were also added for increased flow and everything was ported and polished to get it breathing just right.

Nick installed a lightened stator for faster revving and a remapped CDI to remove the factory rev limiter. To avoid high RPM explosions (a common issue with high horsepower Z’s) a clutch relocation kit from Monkey custom parts specialist Takegawa Japan was installed. Cooling was another safety concern so a trick, alloy external oil cooler was mounted to the front of the engine to keep internal temperatures down. To feed the beast a Mikuni VM26 carb, which is around double the size of the stock unit was added and an under slung Yoshimura exhaust takes care of the exhaust gases. The lightly baffled muffler also helps to let people know Nicks around, as he puts it “I’m not likely to be seen so I should at least be heard!” To fill the gap where the old pipe sat Nick added an alloy catch can and ensure that everything matched his classic colour scheme all the alloy was either polished to a mirror finish or anodised red.

What does all that engine work amount to? Well in stock form a Monkey will produce a side-splitting 2.5bhp. Nick’s Monkey however is good for 15bhp. That might not seem like much, but to put it in perspective that’s six times the stock power figure! More power than the latest model Honda CBR125R and only a fraction of the weight. As I mentioned this Monkey’s been clocked at a touch over 130kmh, which is sure to impress even the most opinionated “big bike” lover, but Nick’s not done yet. Future plans include twin cam heads and an even larger bore to bump power up to the mid twenties. With that much power Nick says “that may also necessitate a longer swing arm to keep the front down!”

For the complete story of Nick’s Monkey bike build and more photos grab yourself a copy of Tank Moto issue 6. The new, bigger A4 format means more photos, more content and as always you’ll find nothing but killer custom motorcycle content.

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Matters of Opinion: Local commentary, May 30-June 5

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From tobacco packaging to horse birth control to opposing viewpoints on downtown redevelopment, Reno Gazette-Journal columnists and readers had something to say on a broad range of topics last week. Below are excerpts from our One View submissions and columnists from the week of May 30 through June 5. Click on the headlines to read the full articles.

The RGJ invites readers to share their opinions on local, national and global matters. Click here to learn more on submitting One View pieces and letters to the editor.

Our view: Guinasso for Assembly, Washington for county

The Opinion of the RGJ Editorial Board, Sunday, June 5

"Guinasso’s openness to discussion and compromise make him the preferred candidate in an environment where hyper-partisanship has harmed government’s ability to make progress on crucial issues and has created record levels of dissatisfaction among the public. This trait becomes even more important in a race where non-Republicans are shut out of the vote ...

"Where (Vaughn Hartung and Maurice Washington) diverge a bit is on how they approach governance. Hartung excels at understanding the minutiae that the county is in charge of, from various grades of effluent to lot sizes in Spanish Springs. Washington expresses a clearer vision of where the county needs to go in the face of massive growth.

"Both traits have advantages. That said, county staff’s job is to delve into details on behalf of commissioners whereas a main function for commissioners is to provide vision."

Ralston Reports: Early votes can be less-informed votes

Jon Ralston, Wednesday, June 1

"Every cycle I rail about it, and no one listens: Early voting is a curse, should not exist, doesn’t help democracy.

"As you close your ears or begin to scream — or both — let me remind you of my reasoning. Early voting does not increase turnout — it has been below 20 percent in primaries and remains so. And the danger of voting before Election Day is that you will miss a vital development, a character-revealing moment or even a scandal."

Ralston Reports: With primaries looming, 5 rules to remember

Jon Ralston, Sunday, June 5

"The last week of campaigns is the worst. Eleventh-hour revelations that are not revelatory. Nasty smears that can’t be answered. Complaints made to sound like murder warrants filed with various agencies ...

"It’s the least wonderful time of the year. During this period, I always sense a general surrender, that voters have all but raised the white flag and decide to vote mindlessly or not vote at all. It’s especially acute during primaries, when turnout is so low (20 percent is high in Nevada) and only inveterate participants turn out. But I am here to help with the Last Week Survival Guide, for those of you who care enough about your civic duty to wait to cast your ballot on Election Day."

Randi: The new faces of the GOP

Randi Thompson, Sunday, June 5

"In the current primary election there is the son of a Pakistani immigrant running for Sparks City Council, Adam Khan. There is a Hispanic-American and an immigrant from India running for Reno City Council — Victor Salcido and Sam Kumar, respectively. There is a transgender veteran running for the state Assembly, Lauren Scott. There is a gay father running for the state senate, Kent Baily. And there is a black minister running for Washoe County Commission, Maurice Washington. There are also many other women running, but fortunately women running under the GOP banner are not that rare these days."

Cory Farley: American renaissance begins with rhubarb

Cory Farley, Sunday, June 5

"One of the problems with America is that we don't eat enough rhubarb.

"I don't, anyway. Our house came with two large plants, which I initially didn't recognize, then comprehensively ignored."

Packham: For World No Tobacco Day, new packaging is goal

John Packham, Monday, May 30

"In the current budget year, the State of Nevada will collect $213 million in revenue from the 1998 tobacco master settlement agreement and tobacco taxes. However, Nevada will spend a miserly $1 million on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit this year – a figure well below the annual funding level of $30 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement a comprehensive tobacco control program.

"Let’s use World No Tobacco Day as a wake-up call to the global epidemic of tobacco use and the considerable unfinished work of tobacco control that remains in Nevada."

One View: Major corporate tax incentives bad for Nevada

Geoffrey Lawrence and Dusty Wunderlich, Wednesday, June 1

"The new gross receipts tax is a poster child for the uneven playing field created for businesses. Its high compliance costs aside, the tax is projected to yield only $60 million annually for state coffers. Yet the current state budget includes $45 million per year in transferable tax credits for a single company, plus millions more for (the Governor's Office of Economic Development) to distribute on a discretionary basis.

"Nevada's native entrepreneurs are being forced to pay for GOED’s sweetheart deals to outside companies."

One View: Rosemond is wrong — children are not broken

Carol Purroy, Wednesday, June 1

"If we perceive a child as 'bad' we respond to his unacceptable behaviors very differently than if we see his actions as normal for that stage of development. We respond with anger and disapproval. We punish him. Some people might take Rosemond's article on child-rearing to mean that in order to 'fix' a child we must beat the 'bad' out of him (lovingly, of course). That's the old 'this hurts me more than it hurts you' baloney."

One View: BLM should use PZP to rein in wild horse population

Allen Rutberg and John W. Turner, Jr., Thursday, June 2

"Reducing wild horse population growth using contraception is an obvious solution. This is hardly news to the BLM, which has been funding such research, including ours, for 40 years. We’re grateful for it. But at some point, studying must yield to doing. And here, BLM lags."

One View: No fights or thrown chairs at Nevada State Democratic Convention

Robert Mulvana, Friday, June 3

"While I was departing with the last remaining diehards, there on the ballroom stage were 16 armed brownshirts in close formation, conjuring up images of Victor Klemperer’s 'I Shall Bear Witness,' penned in Germany during the Social Democrat regime, along with the apologia so ubiquitous after the end of World War II and the trials that followed: But, we didn’t know! Nobody warned us!"

One View: The most thankless job in America

Scott R. Hadley, Saturday, June 4

"Unfortunately, many people see cops (especially in the larger cities) as threatening and to be avoided at any cost. It's easy to blame cops when crimes escalate and get out of hand. But without them we would live in a society of absolute chaos. In every profession, there are always a few 'bad apples.' It's just the statistical nature of our humanness."

One View: Redevelopment must thrive for Reno to survive

Mark Nissenbaum, Sunday, June 5

"[O]ur choice is to tax or build. Building begets increased tax revenue. We can’t have it both ways. Increased revenue alone won’t solve our school problem. We need top-flight management and teachers. We won’t get that without solid pay, where teachers don’t have to pay out of their pockets for supplies.

"I’m not advocating the rampant growth of the '80s. Thoughtful growth that plans for many of the unintended consequences is critical. Is this project perfect? Not much on earth is. But from what I’ve seen, The Clark Group has systemically and thoughtfully worked hard to mitigate developmental pitfalls."

One View: EIS needed to properly assess West 2nd District project

Jerry Purdy, Sunday, June 5

"I urge elected officials to require developers of major projects to fund the full cost of a professionally prepared EIS by independent experts. If the developer refuses, it’s recommended the project be put on hold or terminated. Projects of this size and complexity are very difficult for local officials, or a citizen like me, to evaluate without input from a variety of experts."

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