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If you are worried about that pile of scrap metal in your front yard will be there forever, have no fear. There are professionals that are interested in helping you get rid of the unsightly pile of scrap that used to run. Stop making your neighbors shake their heads in disgust, and take a moment to speak to someone about removing it. They might even pay you for taking away the old vehicle. There’s a good chance the person who takes the vehicle will be able to make money off of selling parts of the vehicle to other car owners.
If you think about it, the vehicles we drive around are worth plenty of money in parts. Have you ever had a fender bender of an accident? That little dinged up fender costs a fortune to purchase new from a dealer. You might be able to find that part at a scrap yard, but you have to have to tools and patience to be able to claim parts from a scrap yard. You will be lucky if you find someone on the internet who is selling auto parts to other car owners. That’s the type of deal that people who buy cars for scrap purposes are hoping to fulfill.
You can make a small fortune on selling away a broken down vehicle that isn’t doing any good on your lot. That old vehicle isn’t moving anywhere any time soon. If you had an accident with the vehicle, someone else might be able to use parts off of it. If it stopped running for whatever reason, there are pieces of that vehicle that are worth money to someone else. Don’t be a fool by letting it sit and rust any longer. Take initiative by selling that vehicle off to someone who is interested in purchasing it.
You might get more money for the vehicle if it is in good shape. But you will get something no matter what, so why not try to get some money for your junk car Houston Tx.? You might be surprised how much it’s worth. It’s worth more to you being sold off for parts than it is collecting rust in your yard. Your yard will look better without that hunk of junk taking up space in the grass. Don’t worry about the grass; it’ll grow back soon. Just take time to speak to a professional about hauling away your old vehicle before it gets any rustier.
It’s good to give back to the world, and when you sell your vehicle for someone to scrap out for parts, that is what you are doing. Your vehicle will live on by helping keep other vehicles in proper running condition. You might end up helping someone in need without even knowing about it. You’d be surprised how good it feels to get rid of large machines that we don’t need taking up space in our lives. Make room for the new machines that work better and run better.
There are things that can go wrong with a vehicle that might require you to replace some of its parts. There are times when you want to find parts to purchase so that you can update your vehicle and make it a little cooler. You can give your vehicle a personality that is all its own when you purchase parts for it and add them to it. It is important that you know where to turn when you are looking to purchase parts for your vehicle. Whether you have an update that you need to make or you would simply like to change the vehicle a bit, you have to know where you can find the parts that you need.
When you are looking for the parts that you need for your car, you should have an idea of what you will have to spend on those types of parts. You should figure out what you can afford to spend to update your vehicle. It is important that you find those who have their parts listed at prices that seem fair to you and that fit with what you are prepared to spend.
As you are searching for any auto parts phoenix az, you have to make sure that the parts that you find will work well. You need to make sure that any parts that you add to your vehicle are in good shape and that they are made in a quality way. You do not want the parts that you add to your vehicle to take away from the vehicle, overall. You want the parts that you purchase to stay a part of your vehicle for a long time and they must be quality parts to do that.
When you are searching for auto parts, you should know that there are many companies out there that are making the kinds of parts that you need. You should shop through those who will have a number of good part options available to you so that you can get exactly what you need. You should try to find the parts that you need through a company that offers you exactly what you are looking for, and you should make sure that the company that you shop through will make it fun for you to shop.
If you value the vehicle that you drive, you should be careful about purchasing parts for it. You should be careful about adding to that vehicle in any way and you should be careful about updating it when you notice issues with it. Know how to shop for the parts that will make your vehicle into all that you want it to be. Shop with care so that you update your vehicle in a way that will truly make it better.
During a hot summer day, you would want to turn the AC on and on full power. It is one of the things that you must have in your car, especially when you’re traveling in hot places where the temperature can spike into unbearable heights. However, there are times when the AC’s blowing warm air instead of the cold and comforting one you’re expecting. In this kind of situation, the part that most likely failed to work properly is the Air Conditioning hoses.
What Are Car Air Conditioning Hoses?
Car air conditioning hoses are one of the main components of your car AC system. This place is where the refrigerants contained. When the AC system is not as cold as it used to be, or if the AC is blowing warm air, there is a chance that these hoses are not functioning properly. This is because when the hoses are not in the good condition, the refrigerant will leak and can damage other parts of the AC.
The first and the most obvious sign is if there are irregularities in the temperature that your AC is producing. An example of irregularity is when your AC isn’t blowing air as cold as before. Another example is when your AC produced cold air, but will then produce warm air later on. Perhaps, the nastiest part is when there’s an unusual noise coming from your AC. This can be brought from the possible leaking of refrigerant that already affected other components of the AC.
Another way to check your fittings is by checking for physical damage. You need to check your AC system for noticeable physical damages that might’ve caused the rubber seals and hoses to lose elasticity. Most of the time, a damaged hose causes leaking and needs to be replaced immediately.
Replacing car air conditioning hoses seems like an easy task, but US Environmental Protection Agency or EPA requires individuals to have at least a section 608 license. This is also called the universal refrigerant handler’s license. The reason for this is because replacing these parts requires a specialized set of tools. There’s a lot of professionals who are offering any air conditioning hoses tacoma wa services. If you know someone, you can ask them to do the job instead. However, if you have the tools and know how to use them, the first thing you need to do is to recover the old refrigerant.
Hook the AC recovery machine’s cords to places: blue line for low side port, a red line for high side port, and yellow line for the recovery tank. Follow the instruction in the AC recovery machine. Turn on the AC machine and make sure that the readings in high and low are both zero.
The next step is to get a basic socket set, line O-ring, eye protection, and the replacement of the AC hose. Wear your eye protection and first, locate the failing AC hose, replace the O-ring, and install the new line. After installation, you need to vacuum, recharge, and check your AC system.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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The Best Foods for Better Bones!
What kind of steps are you already taking towards better health? What else can you do? How about taking a look at your bone health? Are you taking measures that promote bone health?
Diet plays a very important role in bone health. Calcium and Vitamin D are essential for bone health and according to the USDA, 75% of Americans are not getting enough calcium each day. Let's take a look at how you can help improve the health of your bones �" all 206 of them!
Bone is constantly being broken down and rebuilt with calcium and other nutrients being added to help strengthen bones. Childhood through young adulthood are critical periods for building and determining peak bone mass. This is when bone formation is greater than bone loss.
At about age 30, bone is broken down faster than it can be rebuilt making adequate calcium intake and regular physical activity very important to help maintain bone mass.
Bone is vital to our mobility and structure, protects our organs and stores calcium which helps maintain calcium levels in the blood.
Bone strength can vary between individuals. Some ethnicities have stronger bones than others, men generally have greater bone mass than women, bone mass decreases with age and heavier people tend to have stronger bones than smaller, thin people.
Regular physical activity, especially weight bearing activities such as strength training, walking, running and aerobics, can help promote bone health by reducing bone loss and protecting peak bone mass.
Other factors such as smoking, alcohol abuse and some medications can adversely affect bone health.
Diet plays a very important role in building and maintaining bone.
Most of us know that Calcium and Vitamin D are essential for healthy bones. But did you know that phosphorus, Vitamin K and magnesium also play a role in healthy bones?
Eating regular, balanced meals will help your bones as well as your weight loss goals! Skipping meals can mean skimping on important nutrients.
A calcium supplement and/or multi-vitamin may be warranted if your diet is sub-optimal or for general “insurance”. You can post what you are eating in the Rate My Plate board anytime for feedback and guidance!
Step Up to Healthy Bones!
Use this handy list to add the following foods to your diet and help keep your bones strong and healthy.
Calcium: low-fat dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese), kale, broccoli, tofu (set in calcium), fortified soy milk, calcium-fortified foods, corn tortillas, kidney beans, canned salmon with bones, almonds, blackstrap molasses.
Vitamin D: fortified milk and yogurt (choose low-fat varieties), fatty fish, sunlight (your body makes Vitamin D from sunlight).
Phosphorus: lean meat, chicken, turkey, fish, eggs, nuts, beans, milk.
Vitamin K: leafy green veggies, margarine, vegetable oils.
Magnesium: whole grains, seeds and nuts, beans and dried peas, dark green veggies.
Add a little calcium to each of your meals with these easy ideas!
Breakfast: Steam 1% or non-fat milk and add a little coffee. Now you have your own homemade Café Au Lait!
Lunch: Try a spinach salad with kidney beans, part-skim mozzarella and sliced almonds.
Snack: Enjoy your favorite flavor of light non-fat yogurt with a few dried figs.
Dinner: Add some steamed broccoli to your favorite tofu stir-fry.
After-Dinner Treat: warm up with a steaming mug of low-calorie hot cocoa made with non-fat milk or fortified low-fat vanilla soy milk!

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Ben Haenow is the winner of the UK's 2014 X-Factor, announced on the evening of December 14, 2014, beating Fleur East. His first single "Something I Need" was released on the night of his win.BackgroundBen Haenow was born in 1985 and grew up in Croydon, UK, attending Spring Park Primary and then Edenham High School.
Ben Haenow performs pop, rock, male vocalists, x factor music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Ben Haenow for your event, Please Contact. Ben Haenow has more than 36.2K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Ben Haenow for an upcoming event.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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This perfect half-moon shape you see here, done in true Chloé style, no less, is the Nile Minaudière, which is essentially jewellery-inspired thanks to a number of gold-toned metallic elements on the bag. The main star, the handle, is actually a bracelet – you can ‘hang’ the bag on your arm through the bracelet-handle which might feel silly at first, but give it time and it will feel most natural. It also means you’re hands-free, which is always a good thing, especially when one’s clutching the smartphone while the other is holding a hot latte. It also comes with a long sling, which means you can also wear it over the the shoulder or across the body.
Don’t be fooled by its small size though; the bag’s big enough for a mini cardholder/wallet and your core essentials. There’s also a back pocket for you to slide cards in. EZ-Link? Check. The perfect combination of form and function, it’s also a unique enough design that ensures you won’t be bored after one season.
For those who want more, the Nile collection extends to Small and regular sizes. And although they lose that perfect half-moon shape, the fuller bag is still classically Chloé (looks a little like the Marcie, no?) that comes anchored with the stunning bracelet loop. Which is the highlight of the Nile after all.
Currently sold out on MATCHESFASHION, you can find the Small Nileon Net-A-Porter where it is retailing for GBP1055. In Singapore, you’ll find the Nile Minaudière in White retailing for SGD2180 at On Pedder Ngee Ann City. The Small Nile in Black will also be available soon and will be priced at SGD2380. In other words, go have a look and see if this little darling is for you.
And if you’re a fan of Chloé, I hear they might be coming back to Singapore with a proper standalone store sometime in May 2017, so watch this space for more updates.

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negotiations and peace, according to several outspoken Cambodian parliamentarians.
"In order to have peace in Cambodia, we need to negotiate with the Khmer Rouge,"
is nonsense for us to outlaw the Khmer Rouge. We made a mistake."
that he has been doing this [negotiating with the KR].
peace, we have to forget the past for the time-being.
headed by his father Son Sann, supported a political settlement with the KR.
time, the National Assembly will withdraw this law."
Soubert supported the KR being allowed to start a political party.
my father has always advocated a political party for them."
elections, he said he saw no reason why they shouldn't field candidates in 1998.
Cambodian people can sanction the Khmer Rouge. If they lose, they are finished."
opposing any future political or government role for former KR leaders.
Yahya rounded on the US-funded genocide investigation as sending "a bad signal"
interests, it's in American interests," said Yahya.
Of Pol Pot, he said: "Punish him? We don't need it. Let God punish him."
a dangerous man, that we cannot wipe away his crimes."
it to be abused by the government to attack political dissidents.
Of any bid to abolish the law, he said: "Better late than never."
He was adamant that any KR party should not include Sary and other KR leaders.
humanity, they must be dealt with properly - justice must have the last word."

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Earlier in my life, I was part of a beagle rescue group in Austin. I loved fostering dogs, and at some time in the future, I hope to be able to return to fostering. Right now, though, it’s not an option for me for many reasons. However, I do what I can to support animal rescue in other ways. I have my Amazon Smile set up to benefit Dogtoberfest Austin (which in turn supports local dog rescue groups). I donate to local shelters when I have extra funds. Most importantly to this post, I will donate my metaphysical services to those doing animal rescue when I have availability in my schedule. At times it can be helpful to have insight into rescue pets especially when it’s hard to figure out their needs since the animals can’t communicate verbally with us.
Recently two women in a group I’m part of rescued a stray cat. The cat was a cutie, one whom I wanted to snuggle up with the moment I saw his picture. One of the women was debating adopting him herself, but she was concerned about how the cat would get along with her cat as well as the potential medical expenses he would have. They knew that the cat had a broken leg which needed to be reset to heal properly. Beyond that, they had little information on the cat’s origins or needs.
The first thing I heard as I tuned in to higher powers was, “There’s more wrong.” I then saw a series of symbols that were confusing and which I had a hard time translating. What I learned after I gave the healing message to the woman who requested it was that these initial symbols likely represented her parents. There were parallels between her parents and this cat that I couldn’t understand at the time. This is something I would not likely have figured out as I didn’t have the details about her parents to make that connection; I also didn’t expect that connection in a message about the cat.
I also felt like one of the symbols was indicating that the cat had a secondary parasitic infection. As I read down a list of common parasitic infections in cats, I was able to pinpoint that the infection was likely some kind of protozoan infection. This is not unusual: we dealt with multiple worms and parasites in our two dogs over the 13 years they lived with us. Both were rescues and came with a few extra critters we hadn’t expected.
As I continued through the message, I kept getting hit by what I would call “cancer vibes.” I don’t like that sensation, and I don’t want to be passing on potentially life-threatening information to clients if I am not absolutely certain of what I’m being told from the other side. I knew for many years before it happened that one of my dogs would die from cancer (and thymus cancer eventually led to his death), so I know what it’s like to live with that kind of information. In this healing message, I was being told that this cat would eventually face cancer. The estimate I got was many years down the road, but as I’ve said before, time estimates are often not accurate when it comes to information from the other side. I wasn’t happy about having to pass this information on to the client, but I was certain I needed to.
The other bit of relevant information that I received was that this stray cat and the potential adopter’s cat would get along well, but I had a huge amount of concern that the stray might pass on something to the adopter’s cat. This is a risk all animal foster parents take, and it’s why most of them keep their own pets fully vaccinated. Rescues often bring disease with them due to the neglect they’ve undergone in their previous living situations. The fact that I was getting this warning wasn’t too unusual in my mind.
I passed on the information to the woman involved in the cat’s rescue. She meditated on it and decided that the best decision for her and her cat was not to adopt the stray. Instead, she surrendered him to the local animal shelter for them to help him. A few days later, she got back to me with information I hadn’t expected: The stray cat had feline leukemia virus, a virus that eventually causes cancer in cats. It also weakens the immune system and leaves cats prone to secondary infections such as parasites. It’s spread by close contact with other cats with the virus; her cat would have been at risk had the stray joined their home.
It’s always amazing for me to get feedback from clients once they’ve understood what the message I received is actually about. In this case, I wish that I had been wrong about what I had seen. However, the good news is that the stray cat was able to get into a sanctuary for cats with major health issues. He will live out his remaining time loved and cared for.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Bike Attack offers a wide variety of different brands of bike seats for your child.
There are 2 different kinds of bike seats: behind the handle bars or on the rear rack.
We offer seats from I-Bert, Yepp, Topeak and other brands.
For more information, email Sales@BikeAttack.com or give us a call at 310-862-5001.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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Next week I’m doing an insane, gigantic art installation at the Standard, New York. For five days I’m creating five giant paintings on the themes of labor, war, truth, money and revolution- but with squid and animals in funny hats. It’s for the PEN World Voices Festival for International Literature, chaired this year by Salman Rushdie.
I dearly need my friends, fans, and hot girls and boys of the demimonde to keep me company during this art martyrdom. So if you ever wanted to meet me, now’s the time. You are highly, highly encouraged to come in costume.
Molly will, over the course of 5 days, create 5 giant paintings. The paintings, which form a loose narrative, use swirling detail, allegorical animals and Rube Goldberg machines to tell a story of dictatorship, wealth and freedom. Over the five days, Molly will be joined by muses from New York’s demimonde, and will create her art in view of the public.
Molly’s paintings will be auctioned at the end of the festival to support the PEN Foundation’s work.
This year, the Festival has formed a partnership with The Standard, New York and Friends of the High Line. The High Line will become both the literal and metaphorical spine of the Festival, with many events taking place on and around this Manhattan landmark and at the hotel. The Standard, New York and the High Line will both serve as the Festival’s hubs.
Molly will paint in the Plaza of The Standard, New York from April 25-29 (with breaks to paint at The Top of The Standard, and The Chelsea Piers).
This entry was posted in Events on April 22, 2011 by Molly.
Alack-a-day! I will be unable to meet you for I live in a different state. Ah well. I wish you all the luck in the world with your martyrdom!

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs' started by mistermikev, Apr 17, 2016.
just bought this cab. have some question I was hoping to pose to marshall experts.
1) what is the difference between G12T-75 with the all white label (below) and the black and white label?
2) see the blue below? it is blue cloth - looks like what you might use to dry your hands... this can't be stock right?
3) any idea of the value of this cab? The speakers are model "TXXX" so I believe that makes them 1985ish?
EDIT: oh, also... planning to replace the wire with hardwire connections but was wondering what I might use to be able to connect/disconnect to the back? I'm not sure about spade clips... seem a bit dodgy to me... what are you using?
1. The speakers pictured are older than the ones with the black & white label I believe you are referencing. These get trashed on tgp but a well broken in set of g12t75 is certainly a fine and usable speaker.
2. Some 800 cabs used a dye on the cloth which faded to brown after some time. It is possible that the cloth is faded on yours too & used to be black. A peek at the back of the cloth through a speaker hole with a flashlight will tell you if it has faded.
3. I've sold several similar mid 80s jcm 800 cabs for between 4 - 500 with the same speakers. Run of the mill cabs are a tough sell these days.
There will be a 3 digit code on the frame of the speakers which is the code you will use to date them, not the Txxxx number. Googling celestion speaker date codes will help find the right resource.
thank you snicklefritz. I hear you on the trash. they are exactly what everyone says: tons of lows, almost zero mids, lots of highs.
I have some black/white mixed with greenbacks that I love... but these white labels seem to need to be cranked to sound similar so I wonder about differences.
so the cloth is used freq in marshall cabs, huh. was thinking of replacing for speaker grommets - glad I asked.
I've got $250 in it so I guess I didn't do too bad... always wanted red tolex so I'm happy either way.
sweet cab! G12t75 is a garbage speaker for me. They will fully neuter your midrange. Some people like it though.
Those are not the T75's everyone hates those older original 75's are much closer to 65's with more top end. They sound more like Greenbacks but without the speaker break up/compression. The even older vented backs are better..
You need to unscrew those speakers and get whatever that blue cloth is out of there, no idea why its there but it should not be there.
I'm not sure about spade clips... seem a bit dodgy to me... what are you using?
Properly tensioned spade connectors are fine. Since I am a speaker swapper it works better than the direct solder method. I do solder the wire to the spades. I run the back plate wire long enough to 'pop' the back off to get to the connectors.
I suspect the blue cloth is in front of the drivers in an attempt to darken or tame the highs on the speakers.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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With the introduction of CPOP's Retrowave Collection, 1944: Combat Shock has been remastered, restored and resurrected. Return to the fields of battle. Return to the hell of World War II.
You can now enjoy the game originally published in 2013, with minor changes, including updates and grammatical alterations. 1944: Combat Shock returns in an updated revision.
In Combat Shock, players construct either platoons or full companies and engage in brutally quick and easy to play skirmishes across the battlefields of World War II. Miniatures in 15mm scale are mounted on bases to represent teams and scenarios determine the kind of battles fought. Players can play small-scale skirmishes on tabletops of 2 by 2 feet, to epic-scale conflicts on 4 by 4 foot tabletops.
This digital rulebook is in PDF format and includes basic and advanced rules, as well as several playable scenarios, rules for platoon and company construction, force lists for Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States of America and Great Britain. Also included are rules for battle conditions and more.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


text: Following the events of Captain America #600, Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back the original Captain America. Or is what they found something more sinister? The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand. Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be REBORN?


text: This is a 6 pc Set that includes a handy workbench or fieldbox holder for the Ball Wrenches. The perfect tools for getting at those hard to reach places. Ball wrenches make it possible to turn socket head screws or bolts from any angle. Set contains one each of :.050, 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 9/64, and 5/32.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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I am running out of Leonard Cohen songs to cover. This one is from his most recent studio album, Dear Heather (2004).
Ken, That is simply beautiful.
Thanks Lozark. I don't know about payroll. As I think I have told you before, if Sony find out they woill have my YT channel closed down.
Great - I could listen to Your music the whole day!
I have made 362 video and, at an average of over 3 minutes each, it would take you the best part of a day to listen to them all.


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Subterranean, Chicago Saturday, August 22, 2009 Solillaquists Of Sound calls its show a celebration, and with the unadulterated energy this quartet often brought to Subterranean’s compact stage, there’s not much to dispute.
House Of Blues, Chicago Wednesday, September 2, 2009 The Cult frontman Ian Astbury thinks the idea of making albums is passé. The reunited band won’t be making them anymore (yes to maybe the odd song), but this leaves them more time for ideas like Love Live, a reproduction of a classic album in concert.
Toyota Park, Bridgeview Saturday, August 15, 2009 By the time the skipper of summer cranked up the Corral Reefer Band at 20 past eight, the party was already hours old.
Aragon, Chicago Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Modest Mouse releases have always come with some deviousness (or deviantness), but with success things can change. Isaac Brock’s songs are increasingly mature, and when a summer tour coincides with a throwaway EP the air has a whiff of things dubious.
Lollapalooza recap Because we don’t want to rehash what went on at our live blog over the weekend, here we present Jaime de’Medici’s Lollapalooza notes. Enjoy!
Metro, Chicago Sunday, August 16, 2009 Chicago-based music-marketing behemoth Jeff McClusky Associates returns with its third McFest, a local-music roundup that benefits Special Olympics.
Woodstock: 40 Years On – Back To Yasgur’s Farm (Rhino) What better way to spend Lollapalooza weekend than with a six-CD set from a festival nine-years your senior in air-conditioned glory? Take it from someone who wasn’t there!
We’ll be bloggin’ ’round Palooza when it comes . . .
Be sure to check in all weekend, as we post pics and summaries of Lollapalooza 2009. Just visit www.illinoisentertainer.blogspot.com!


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Looking for something unique and unusual for your wedding ceremony? We’ve rounded up our 8 favorite unusual wedding readings to suit all kinds of different and tastes.
Though love as a noun is difficult to define.
love’s … just lovely, isn’t it?
I love love as a verb.
we promise to disturb each other’s peace.
will read our future scratched onto a stone.
and recognize it quicker than our own.
You start and finish me, you’re my extent.
I speak these words to many and for one.
To another – and to one’s inner self.
because you are people, I love you.


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If you’re a homeowner, you may not give a second thought to what condo communities put on their roofs. But, you should … because you can learn a lot.
According to Ward, this type of analysis plays favorably for polymer roofing products that resist impact, fire, insects, mold and algae. Other advantages that condo and townhome communities look for in a roof include the color being blended throughout each tile and a 50 year roof warranty. Again, the same key aspects homeowners look for when making a smart roof choice.
Across the country, many condo communities have identified DaVinci composite roofing as the solution to their roofing needs.
In areas of Colorado, Turner Morris Roof Systems has installed DaVinci Class A Fire Rated synthetic roofing material on a variety of condo communities, including Quartermoon Townhomes in Bachelor Gulch, the Dakotas in Avon and Bachelor Spring Townhomes near Arrowhead Village.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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Max Wondra was awakened by his mom on August 14, 2018. “WAKE UP!!!!” said his mom, excitedly. He got in the car, nervous for his first day, and upset that his summer was over. He pulled into the U, saw the seniors, and thought, “Oh no.” When it was his turn to kiss his mom, his face turned bright red. Think back to when you started High School. Were you scared, or felt unwelcomed? Bishop Kelley has the problem solved with the link crew program. Link crew was started by Dean of Student Activities, Gary Oberste. He hoped to make the school as welcoming as possible, so he thought what better way to welcome students than by other students! For years, juniors and seniors have been working together to lead the freshman to have the smoothest possible start to their four years at their new home.
The freshmen all have different opinions on link crew. Freshman Ruthie Buchner was new to Oklahoma this year and knew no one when starting school.
A common opinion among the freshman was that they felt Link Crew was very awkward and uncomfortable, although many students had ideas to make Link Crew flow a smoother. Rachel Nightingale (9) sees ways it could be more fun.
“I feel like if we could request someone to be in our group it would make it less awkward and I think I’d make more friends that way,” Nightingale said.
While some people felt Link Crew helped them, others disagreed. Freshman Jake Rawlings only embraced part of the experience.
“Part of Link Crew felt unnecessary, the chromebook training and learning your way around school helped, but I could have gone without all the extras,” Rawlings said.
In the past, Link crew has helped people to make friends, but this year freshman found it difficult for that goal to be achieved. Three out of the three freshman interviewed said Link Crew did not help them make friends, but they think the program should stick around. Link Crew is such a key piece to Bishop Kelley that every freshman should get to experience.
Thanks to link crew, Max had a great first day that he would never forget.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Malcolm Elliott is a 20 year old musician from the West side of Detroit. He was introduced to the art of music through the saxophone in the 3rd grade, an instrument he continues to play as a music student and a member of the Wayne State University Jazz Ensemble. Malcolm is a poet, who translated his gift for words from poetry to rap. He recently released his mixtape, Era of Adolescence & this week, we were able to catch up with the young artist to talk about his music, his inspiration and his goals.
Malcolm Elliott began playing the saxophone in elementary school. He developed a love for music and stuck with the instrument, continuing to play at Renaissance High School and as a music student at Wayne State University. A member of the Jazz Ensemble at WSU, Malcolm has an immense respect and appreciation for the craft and his love for music is shown through his commitment to his saxophone as well as through his rap music.
Starting off as a writer who wrote poetry, Malcolm made the decision to become a rapper when others started to take notice of his talent. Rappers he knew heard his poetry and had begun asking him for features on their songs. He started rapping, and the rest is history.
Malcolm draws his inspiration from those around him. There are multiple sources responsible for being his muse. But, he is really motivated to make great music by other "subpar" rappers who have entered the game on a whim and make a mockery of the craft. Malcolm's favorite rapper growing up was Lupe Fiasco. He greatly admired Lupe's witty metaphors and slick wordplay. And he looked to Lupe as an example of a great emcee.
What's next for Malcolm Elliott?
He wants to bring great music back to Hip Hop, specifically the scene in Detroit. He has a deep-rooted passion for music and is encouraged by that as he works to put out music that people love and want to hear more of. Malcolm wants to be one of the greatest to ever rap. And he is well on his way after a very successful release of his debut mixtape, Era of Adolescence, that dropped last month.
Posted on March 23, 2015 by Black Bottom and tagged Malcolm Elliott Hip Hop Interviews Rappers Detroit Paige Watkins.


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LAHORE: Inquiries into corruption cases against opposition leaders are being conducted by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on urgent basis while those against government officials are being carried out at a snail’s pace.
Time and again the opposition has condemned NAB’s double standards under which the inquiries against government officials are being done very slowly.
Future Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan was summoned for possessing assets beyond known means of income in June and July, but he did not appear. His last appearance was on August 10 in an ongoing investigation against him at NAB Lahore. Since then, NAB is silent.
However, NAB has sought the record of his assets in Britain and the United Arab Emirates. The bureau reached out to both the countries about three months ago and reminder letters were also sent, but no answer was received.
Aleem has four flats in London and three in UAE and the decision to summon him again would be taken after obtaining the information.
Likewise, a letter was written to Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Ilahi on July 27, while they last appeared in the middle of August.
According to NAB sources, Ilahi’s son MNA Chaudhry Monis Ilahi had also last appeared before the bureau about three months ago.
NAB received the records of the cases against the Chaudhry brothers and was reviewing them.
NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has said at multiple forums that NAB does not see the faces, but the cases.

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We’ve all turned to a home remedy from time to time, from toothpaste on spots, cherry juice to bring on a good night’s sleep, brandy on your toddler’s gums to soothe teething. And while some people find success in managing common ailments, in most cases it’s been a waste of time.
Head lice is another condition popular with home remedies, so we’ve identified the most popular solutions that people turn to, and following that, assessed whether or not they really work.
· Mayonnaise – This is a popular choice of home treatment, and for some reason those who advocate this will insist that the real full-fat version is the only way to go. Apparently the lice can handle the low-fat version.
Washing up liquid – Aside from whether or not it works as a treatment, one of the great downsides of washing up liquid is that it dries out the scalp, which means that people who use it as a home remedy treatment tend to suffer with terrible dandruff in the weeks following. Naturally this makes it more difficult to search for head lice and therefore complicates the eradication process.
Hair gel – The thick kind that stiffens the hair.
Petroleum jelly – another popular choice, and while it smells nicer than mayonnaise, it certainly isn’t easy to wash out.
Olive Oil – will grease your hair like nothing else, but a common go-to choice where home remedies are concerned.
The reason these products are selected is not because of the Omega-3 found in mayonnaise, the Magnesium Sulphate in washing up liquid, or the paraffin in petroleum jelly that offends the head lice. These products are in fact not used because of their ingredients at all, but because of their viscosity. This means that the application of these products could potentially clog the head lice’ breathing holes. In fact, the goal of all home remedies generally relies on somehow suffocating the head lice through smothering. So if you hear one parent saying to another: “Mayonnaise not working for you? Have you tried honey and peanut butter?”, then they’re essentially about to embark on the same journey and achieve the same results. One will have no greater effect than the other, as they are all selected purely for their gloopyness.
People advocating these home remedies generally advise applying the product to the child’s hair and scalp before covering their head with a shower cap and leaving it for a 10 hour period. But will this kill the head lice? Studies have shown that it will not kill the lice, but rather, it will likely stun them. They’re also not likely to kill the eggs laid by the head lice, i.e. the nits.
What do the scientists say about home remedies?
Why have people used these home remedies?
The vast majority of resources available on the subject of home remedies generally advise that a head lice comb should be used in conjunction with them. As we mentioned earlier, the head lice can be stunned from home remedy products, which scientists have discovered will merely slow them down. Whilst this makes them somewhat easier to catch with a comb, this is certainly not a solution. And furthermore, this has nothing to do with the power of olive oil or mayonnaise.
It’s easy to see why some people have seen some measure of success in the past with home remedies, but if these viscous products are only slowing the head lice down and not killing them, then that’s simply not good enough. And, quite crucially, even if the home product slows down the head lice enough to catch with a comb, that still doesn’t take care of the nits (head lice eggs) which are glued to the hair shaft.
There are several other considerations to be made when it comes to the battle against head lice. Besides the gloopy products, people have tried lots of other ways to win their war on head lice, some of which really should carry a warning sign.
Tea Tree Oil has been a popular option because some believe that head lice cannot stand the smell of it, which would lead to them vacating the premises in favour of a nice smelling host. Which is why those who recommend this remedy will also advise that everyone in the family home should rub tea tree oil into their hair too. These claims have never been substantiated.
For years Tea Tree has been a highly trusted product because of its ‘natural’ properties despite being a fungicide and bactericide. According to studies referenced at the National Pediculosis Association, perhaps in this case the word ‘natural’ is misleading: “If it kills organisms, then it must be treated with respect. Pure tree oil is contraindicated for babies, young children, pregnant women, and some pets. Tea tree oil is not to be used daily, and is toxic to the liver in high doses. High doses can also be irritating to the skin and provoke an allergic reaction in some people”. The conclusion of a study recorded by Scandinavian University Press found that, for safety reasons, the promotion of commercially available essential oils as treatments for head lice should be discouraged until more data is available.
As the mark of a desperate last resort against head lice back in the early 1900s, people doused their hair and scalps with kerosene or gasoline. And although our modern times and advances in treatment should render this method null and void, the number of people still resorting to such measures suggest that a warning against it should still be issued. Kerosene is used as another suffocation method in the same vain as the household products, except this one can lead to far greater problems and is extremely dangerous. Avoid at all costs!
In conclusion, head lice can take some serious flack – that much is clear. The home remedies seem to have some effect thanks to their viscosity, but some researches have demonstrated that they are not as effective as one could think. And if you’re going to wear a shower cap full of mayonnaise and smell like a bad sandwich for 12 hours, it really does need to be worthwhile.


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Five prisoners at the Burnside jail have filed habeas corpus applications with the Supreme Court. The applications arrived at the courthouse yesterday, September 5.
Kaz Cox, Matthew Grimm, Maurice Pratt, Steven Skinner, and Leonard Greenough each say they are wrongfully being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. It’s unclear if any of the five are aware of the others’ applications.
A sense of the prisoners’s conditions is relayed by their hand-written applications.
Cox, Greenough, and Skinner are on remand, meaning they have not been tried for the charges that brought them to jail. It’s not clear from their applications what Grimm’s or Pratt’s status is.
Greenough is the only one of the five who has la lawyer; he is represented by Zeb Brown of Kentville. Brown did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According the the habeas application Brown filed on Greenough’s behalf, Greenough was arrested on March 16.
Leonard Wade Greenough, 24, and William Brian Farrow, 29, have both been charged with two counts of break and enter, two counts of theft under $5,000, two counts of possessing property obtained by crime, and single counts of possessing a break-in instrument and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
The charges stem from incidents alleged to have occurred in Windsor on Jan. 29, Feb. 22, Feb. 26, March 1 and March 6.
It is alleged the men took a donation box with change in it from a Tim Hortons location in Windsor Jan. 29, stole a firearm during a break-in at a home on Underwood Drive March 1, and broke into the Windsor Hantsport Railway Inc. Property on Water Street Feb. 22, the same place the pair is accused of later stealing scrap metal from on Feb. 26.
Greenough is also in court on one charge of knowingly transferring a non-restricted firearm without authorization.
After his arrest, “[Greenough] was denied interim release following a show cause hearing and remanded into custody to await trial,” writes Brown.
But that trial has been repeatedly delayed, alleges Brown. The first potential trial dates, May 14-17, were missed because the Crown said it needed more time to investigate. The trial was then scheduled for July 16-18, but on the first day of that trial, July 16, the trial was adjourned “due to incomplete Crown disclosure,” writes Brown. The trial has been rescheduled for November 19 and 20.
Greenough’s experienced his 90th day in jail on June 5. Before that time, he was imprisoned in the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou; on June 29, he was transferred to Burnside. Neither jailed made the required Detention Review application to the court, writes Brown.
a. His trial has been unreasonably delayed from May to November due to avoidable disclosure issues, which is a factor that may be considered in a Detention Review. Essentially all of the disclosure, which was produced to defence in multiple waves from March to August, could have been produced by April 2018.
b. The extended period of remand until trial, more than eight months, exceeds what would normally have been within the contemplation of the bail judge and creates particular hardship for the Applicant. He is a young man with no adult criminal record and just a few dated youth offences; [medical condition omitted by the Examiner]; he has incurred no discipline while in custody, and yet he has been assaulted and kept for extended periods in 23-hour lockdown cells.
c. The case against the Applicant is not strong, at least in respect of the most serious charges. The Crown case depends heavily upon the statement of William Farrow, a drifter who was sleeping on the Applicant’s couch after being released from jail. Mr. Farrow was charged as a co-accused and has 66 prior convictions, many involving similar offences. He ultimately pleaded guilty to a subset of the charges and was sentenced pursuant to a joint submission.
d. The Applicant has been able to organize a much better release plan than what was proposed to the bail judge, including a surety, employment, and residence away from the Windsor area.
Skinner is also on remand, charged with the 2011 murder of Stacey Adams in Lake Echo. After Adams was killed, Skinner fled to Venezuela, where he was arrested in 2016; his trial is scheduled for September 2019.
Stephen Skinner has been transferred to the Cape Breton Correctional Facility today. Please see the email below of Tracy Dominix — Deputy Superintendent of Compliance and investigations.
With respect to Mr. Skinner’s application that was filed with the court of September 5, 2018, it’s the Crown’s / Respondent’s position that the court no longer has jurisdiction to hear Mr. Skinner’s application because his grounds for habeas corpus cited in his application pertain to his confinement at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility. Now that Mr. Skinner is no longer housed at that facility the conditions of his confinement which gave rise to the filing of his application on September 5, 2018 no longer exit [sic].
Based on the above, I respectfully request that Mr. Skinner’s application be set aside under the circumstances.
Pursuant to Civil Procedure Rule 87.03 and 87.06(2), please forward this correspondence to his Lordship for consideration regarding my request that Mr. Skinner’s habeas corpus application be set aside.
Apparently, the jails are arguing that so long as they shift prisoners from one jail to another, prisoners can be kept in solitary confinement indefinitely.
None of the claims made in the habeas applications have been tested in court.
Supreme Court Justice James Chipman has accepted all five habeas applications, and has asked that the matters be scheduled for consideration either tomorrow or on Monday.


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The country has attracted investments in the oil exploration activities.
This approach can enable oil and gas companies to plan for a much longer production timeframe than usual and maximize the potential for oil extraction from the discovered fields.
Globally, thermal recovery is the most preferred technology for enhancing the oil extraction.

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Please send us children's books!
As part of our collaborations with children's hospitals and AIDS orphanages in South Africa, we send children's books to the institutions. As one of our collaborators there mentioned, "too few Zulu children have access to books."
Thanks very much! The children will appreciate them :).
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text: Only invest what you can realistically afford to lose. In Sports Betting you have to remember that you really do not need to start with al a lot of money. I got started with only $100 dollars and I followed the system and my money has doubled over and over again over the course of years.

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Bought for my brother’s girlfriend. I tried it on for size. Good fit and super warm.
Always check the label. Is your High Street chunky knit cardigan 100% lambswool?


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This is the most restraint I’ve had to show in my life.
This tub contains the awesome trio of nuts, peanut butter and chocolate. I don’t know how they’ve lasted 24 hours in this house.


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This pattern describes the provision of mixed facilities to incubate technology, creative and social enterprises in an urban environment.
The intention is to foster growth across the high-value sectors of a city economy in a way that maximises the potential for cross-sectoral interaction and innovation. Locating incubation facilities in a city centre rather than on an out-of-town campus encourages such cross-fertilisation between existing and new businesses. The city environment – its transport systems, retailers, businesses, residents and visitors – can also serve as a “living lab” in which to test new products and services.
Such incubation facilities are often operated through hybrid public/private models so that they are financially sustainable, but act so as to promote the success of enterprises which contribute to the host city’s strategic objectives – for example, promoting growth in key sectors of the economy or creating jobs or skills in specific areas or communities.
People: Primarily innovators. Citizens, employees and visitors play a secondary role as the potential consumers of new services created through innovation.
Hard infrastructures: Information and communications technology, spaces and buildings.
City-centre incubation facilities are often operated by “Special Purpose Vehicles” (SPVs) jointly owned by city institutions such as local authorities; universities; and organisations providing incubation services to businesses and social enterprises. Alternatively, some are established through collaborative business models such as Co-Operatives, Social Enterprises or Community Interest Companies. This enables them to offer the revenue-generating services that enable financial self-sufficiency; but also to focus on incubating those enterprises that contribute most significantly to the city’s overall strategic objectives, rather than simply generated the highest revenue income.
Some investment is often made in shared technology or services for use by tenant enterprises: for example, access to Cloud computing resources; collaboration tools; video conferencing services; 3D-printing or 3D-cutting facilities. Such services may be procured through the creation of partnerships with technology vendors or service providers who are seeking to build their own ecosystem of entrepreneurial business partners.
Long-term financial sustainability is dependent on the generation of commercial revenues from services offered to successfully operating businesses and social enterprises.
An active incubation programme depends on a complex ecosystem of relationships and capabilities, including: the generation of new entrepreneurial talent through the education system; the attraction of external entrepreneurs and businesses to re-locate; access to market insight and development capability, mentoring and finance; the provision of business support and growth services such as office space, computing capability, legal and financial advice; and access to business partners and market opportunities.
Unless they are of significant size and diversity, cities and regions will be most successful if they focus their business development capacity on the stimulation of growth in specific sectors that maximise the value of their existing regional economic, social, geographic and infrastructural capability.
Such focus may lead to some supporting capabilities, including technology, being common to many businesses in a locality. For example, 3D printing is an increasingly useful tool for prototyping manufactured objects; but the cost of highly capable 3D printers may be beyond the capability of individual small businesses to afford. Similarly a Cloud Computing platform dedicated to supporting small, entrepreneurial businesses may enable the cost of some technology capabilities to be shared by a regional cluster.
An economy of sustainable, profitable businesses is at the heart of the long term vitality of cities and the regions surrounding them. As economic growth in emerging markets combines with increasingly rapid advances in science and technology, maintaining such an economy requires constant innovation by businesses; and it is in the interests of cities to stimulate and support such innovation.
Michael Porter’s analysis of economic clusters shows that this innovation is created when businesses adopt new technology; or when they adopt existing technologies from outside their current market sector. Whereas many science parks have been based on or near to University campuses to enable access to new technology, an increasing number of more broadly focussed incubation facilities are based in city centres in order to facilitate cross-sectorial interaction and innovation. Some of these can additionally exploit their proximity to city-centre Universities.
City centre locations also provide the opportunity to create businesses with unique capabilities or value. New technologies that emerge from University-based science are often the result of a global research agenda; but innovations that are created through cross-sectorial interaction in a city economy are shaped by the specific characteristics of that economy, and of the city’s geography and demographics. They may thereby create unique products and services that it is harder to replicate elsewhere, providing a competitive advantage in the global economy.
Enable local organic economic growth and job creation through small and entrepreneurial businesses.
Enable local businesses to exchange ideas across sectors to maintain the value of existing products and services; and to create new ones.
Provide access to leading edge technology and market insight to local economic clusters through the attraction of technology and service providers seeking partnerships with clusters of entrepreneurial businesses.
Coordinate regional investment and incubation capacity in support of business growth in areas of strategic local importance.
Create an offer that is attractive to talented people and businesses to locate in a place.
There are very many factors that affect the success of initiatives intended to provide business incubation and stimulate economic growth, including the availability of affordable housing, the attractiveness of the urban environment and the availability of skills. Some of those factors are difficult to influence, and some take considerable time and investment to affect.
It is difficult to “pre-let” incubation capacity, so initial investments are usually speculative.
Rental revenues for incubation space provide relatively short term financial returns, but job creation, economic growth and other intended outcomes are long-term.
Genuinely constructive partnerships rely on effective engagement between city institutions, businesses and communities that can take time to achieve.
Collaborative working spaces exist in many cities to offer small businesses, entrepreneurs and mobile workers convenient, attractive, flexible and vibrant places to work. Whilst they are not always explicitly intended to incubate new businesses, or businesses in specific sectors, they clearly represent an incubation capacity; and most also invest in shared resources such as office space and digital connectivity.
Cutting edge examples also use technologies such as 3D-cutting to constantly re-fashion furniture and interior structures to adapt the shared space to changing requirements to support presentations, workshops, prototyping, conferences and events. Many collaborative working spaces attractive creative and media rather than technology businesses; but these sectors now overlap to such a significant extent that the distinction between them is increasingly slight.
Demos’ analysis of London’s Tech City: “A Tale of Tech City“.
When I am at my most productive as a computer programmer, I don’t write code; I sculpt virtual objects from it.
Any computer system exists to fulfill a purpose in the real world. To do so it recreates in code those aspects of the world that are relevant to its purpose. What transformed the creation of that model from the laborious, procedural task of writing instructions into the seamless creative flow that I liken to sculpting was Martin Fowler‘s conception of “refactoring”.
– (quoted from the Refactoring homepage).
Refactoring is at the heart of what we now know as the “Agile Development” of software. Agile approaches embrace the fact that when we start to create a new system, we don’t know exactly what the final result should be. Traditional approaches to software development attempted to address that challenge through the lengthy analysis of stakeholder requirements. In contrast, agile approaches address it by quickly presenting a first working solution to stakeholders for feedback, and asking them what should be changed. The final solution is co-created by developers and stakeholders through many iterations of that process.
Refactoring codified the tools and techniques for performing the adaptations to computer systems required by that evolutionary process whilst preserving their operability. With practise, a good programmer internalises those tools so that they are used almost unconsciously – just as any good artisan or artist creates their work through the expert application of technique.
We need similar tools and techniques to support the evolution of our cities in the 21st Century.
Those cities will exist in a world that is ever more changeable, and ever less certain. Geoffrey West’s analysis of city systems, for example, showed that as the cities of the world grow, the rate of social, technological and economic change within them will increase. At the same time, climate change is causing not just an increase in temperature, but an increase in the variability of temperature, and of other environmental conditions. That variability reduces the stability of supply of grain and other natural resources that underpin the systems that support life. In order to provide social stability in this context, cities need to be adaptable and resilient in the face of change and uncertainty.
But it is already the case that the urban, economic and social systems of cities can’t keep up with the rate of change we are experiencing today.
Take the ability of education to support the economy. Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt criticised the British Education system recently for producing insufficient computer programming skills to meet the needs of businesses.
But our current need for those skills is based on the computing technologies that are broadly adopted by business today. By and large those technologies are at least five years behind the leading edge; consider that whilst the first generation Apple iPad was launched in 2010, most businesses do not yet routinely provide their employees with a touchscreen tablet for use as a business tool.
As the rate of change in science and technology increases, the skills required by business will also change more rapidly. Consequently, it will become even more challenging to design and operate an education system that prepares children for productive careers in an economy that evolves for at least a decade after their education begins.
We won’t design those education systems successfully by considering our current requirements for skills; or by attempting to predict the skills that will be required ten years from now. If we make such predictions, they will be wrong. Instead we need to equip the education system with refactoring tools that allow it to continually adapt to the changing needs of the present.
The same challenges apply to the strategic planning of physical infrastructure in cities. As cities pursue “Smarter City” strategies, and as their economies evolve to exploit new technologies, what are the impacts on power requirements? On the need to provide connectivity to residential, retail and business space? On the physical space required by retail and business as online commerce and mobile working continue to grow? And on the movement of people and goods as information marketplaces change the physical supply chains of industries?
The only thing we can be sure of is the need for flexibility: the city of the future will need to be more responsive and adaptable to change than the cities that we know today.
Techniques to provide flexibility in the physical environment are already emerging. Kelvin Campbell’s theory of Smart Urbanism encourages the use of a spatial grid, party walls and building shells as a substrate upon which the fine detail of a city can grow.
A high quality, detailed physical environment can first be constructed on such a substrate according to customisable “design patterns” such as town houses and mews studios; and then refactored through interventions such as the reconfiguration of internal walls; the conversion of lofts to living or working space; or straightforward extensions to the physical size of buildings. Recently developed technologies such as 3D printing and 3D cutting provide additional opportunities for the physical refactoring of buildings and cities that would have been unimaginable relatively recently.
In materials science, sophisticated materials such as semi-conductors and super-conductors grow when large numbers of individual atomic particles are attracted to appropriately designed substrates; and when those particles form clusters together which eventually grow and combine into continuous materials. The process by which those initial clusters form is nucleation.
By analogy, if we can design urban substrates which encourage the nucleation of small-scale, productive, sustainable social and economic activity; and the subsequent agglomeration of that activity into larger-scale systems; then we will have created an environment in which smarter 21st century cities can grow.
We need to evolve similar concepts to support the development of information infrastructures for smarter cities. Broadband, wi-fi and mobile communications provide the equivalent substrate to the grid-based spatial framework of a city; but what are the equivalents of the party wall, building shell, design pattern and nucleation?
“Open data“, for example, is clearly an important component of a Smarter City information infrastructure; but we do not yet fully understand how to exploit it sustainably. Doing so will likely involve structures such as city information partnerships; sustainable commercial models; standards for the interchange of data; models of the meaning of data; and planning and procurement policies that embed the openness and interoperability of data into the development process.
Finally, the same challenges appear in economic development.
Michael Porter’s theory of economic clusters states that in order to protect profit margins from commoditisation over time, businesses need to constantly adopt new capabilities into their products and services. As science and technology develop more rapidly, cities and regions will need to drive that process of innovation more intensively in order to remain competitive in the global economy.
This thinking is behind the technology innovation and business incubation partnership programme I’m putting together for IBM with Sunderland Software City, following our recent agreement to provide support for their new urban technology incubation campus at Tavistock Place.
Sunderland Software City- like Bristols’ Watershed media incubation centre and Birmingham’s Science Park Aston and Custard Factory – are exploring a form of urban technology incubation that is very different from that enabled by the more common out-of-town, campus-based science parks. They are not only concerned with supporting new businesses that exploit the latest developments in science and technology; but with doing so in a way that creates synergies between local businesses, and that contributes to the economic and industrial strategy of the cities where they are located.
Refactoring, nucleation and incubation are concepts drawn independently from domains as diverse as software engineering, the physical sciences and economics. There is no guarantee that they are mutually compatible; or even relevant to urban systems in any more direct way than by loose analogy.
But they share important characteristics that are also observed in successful urbanism and the research of resilient systems. For example: a preference for emergent growth rather than planned development; and the need to enable widespread changes that are adaptable to highly specific local contexts.
So whilst I can’t be sure that these concepts are universally applicable, I am convinced that their potential value is so great that we are compelled to explore them.

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Baltimore rapper M.I. and New Jersey producer DJ Cutt, aka Constant Deviants, released their fifth studio album “Omerta” digitally on June 28th through Six2Six Records.
It is being distributed worldwide on CD and vinyl formats by Fatbeats, and is due in stores from next week.
They have just released their third single from the album. “Reign Storms” was written in the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore Police officers, all the more poignant now due to the well documented tragic events of recent weeks.
Quite clearly, black lives matter, as indeed do all lives.


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Make sure when getting a home improvement house equity loan. Do not forget that the collateral that you are setting up against the loan is your own house. If you can’t make the payments and make them on time, you might wind up losing your house. You obtained cash for the sole purpose of enhancing your house and losing your home would be a disastrous situation undoubtedly.
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Did you know that 50% of the world's cork supply comes from Portugal? Yup, it's the country's number one export.
With free-flowing wine beckoning us, four years ago, my bestie and I embarked on a week-long exploration of new territory (to us, at least!) … Portugal. After quizzing my European colleagues, I found that Portugal beaches were a hot spot for many Northern European travelers. Convening on our layover in Philadelphia, Ms. Leupo and I boarded our direct flight to Lisbon.
Despite a rough flight with inclement weather - I’ll spare you the gory details - we powered through the Lisbon airport to the bus station to catch a ride to the beach town of Albufeira in the Algarve region. The Algarve is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal and covers an area of about 5,000 kilometers.
After a long, hot and rather smelly bus ride, we checked into our beachside resort and enjoyed its beautiful pool. With typical September weather around 80°F, sunshine and a breeze, we set out to trek the coast. Beautiful (and packed) beaches with bronze bodies rolled in the distance. The hills made it look like you could see for miles. After walking a few minutes, we found the “Old Town” Albufiera. Lined with bars, restaurants and vendors, we knew we were in the right place as we observed many groups of tourists from the U.K. Old Town Albufeira is a happening spot, due to its coastal location and several miles of pedestrian walkways. While in the south, we also spent a day in the picturesque beach town of Lagos.
Monument of the Discoveries (Padrão dos Descobrimentos) – A 1939 testimonial to the Discovery Ages, built by Portuguese architect José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo.
Belem Tower (a.k.a. Tower of St. Vincent) – Built in the early 16th century, this tower, located on the Tagus River, played a significant role during the Portuguese discovery period.
Jerónimos Monastery – Just down the road from the Belem Tower, the monks of the monastery provided assistance to the seafarers during the Discovery Ages.
We also day-tripped to the coast again to see the beautiful cliffs and towering cross of Cabo da Roca - the western most point on mainland Europe after visiting the town of Sinta. Guarded by the Castle of the Moors on an overlooking hilltop, Sinta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing several unique attractions including a grand palace often used as a summer home for Portuguese royalty.
Our week in Portugal was the perfect blend of beach, cocktails and exploration. It's hard to believe the trip was four years ago, I'd say it's about time to start planning our next adventure!
I really hope that you give me plenty of notice the next time you visit Portugal. I'd love to show you more of it.

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St. Patrick’s Day blessings to you!
As I finish up the second draft of The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson this week, I keep thinking about the long history of what, for lack of a better term, I’ll call their “inclusivity.” The Gaelic word for it is Gart, which seems to mean “generosity, hospitality, open-handedness.” Its literal meaning is “warmth” or “friendliness,” meaning acceptance and openness to other people, giving each their due. It keeps shining through the interviews and newspaper articles, biographies and anecdotes about Charles Peterson, Harry Kapps, Tony Dempsey, Tom Palmer and many of the people who have worked to make Peterson pipes for more than 150 years.
This virtue is seen quite clearly in Peterson’s partnership with Mario Lubinski, their Italian distributor since the late 1970s. Lubinski is an amazing man and the story of how his father founded the business and he continued it deserves to be told, preferably in English for those (like me) unfortunate enough not to know Italian.
We’ve got some of Lubinski’s magic (including amazing pipe pix) in the book, but for now let me just say that, after Harry Rogers back in the mid-twentieth century, Mario Lubinski has been Peterson’s most unique trade partner, producing some of the most interesting, unique, and for the U.S. collector, all-but-unknown Peterson lines.
Each year Lubinski, in addition to carrying the regular international Peterson lines, releases a few specialty lines for the Italian market. The shapes are drawn not only from the regular Classic Range catalog, but from the B shapes as well – meaning special collections and Pipe of the Year shapes.
I want to begin with a look at the special Lubinski lines for 2013, as these are becoming a bit scarce and there may be someone who needs to fill a slot in his rotation with one of these beauties.
The Lubinski special lines are invariably sterling-mounted with acrylic stems and usually (but not always) a blast finish. Sometimes you’ll see a high-grade from Lubinski, issued in an orange stain with a smooth finish, like the Kapp-Royal.
From the business side, the idea (if I understand it correctly) has to do with the fact that Peterson will always have bowls left over from a special collection or Pipe of the Year and needs to “place” them, as it were. We see this here in the U.S. in the special shapes sometimes issued in the St. Patrick’s Day or Christmas series, like the recent incredibly cool Large Tankard from the Mark Twain set, which appeared in the St. Patrick’s Day 2016 collection.
The only possible down-side of the Lubinski special issues for some aficionados is the acrylic stems. I don’t mind an occasional acrylic and have a few Petes with them in my rotation, even though I prefer the softer, more comfortable ebonite.
The upside of the Lubinski lines is that they are unique, always interesting, produced in small quantities, rarely seen in the U.S., and once they’re gone, they’re gone. It seems like the lines generally disappear about two years or after release, unless they catch on and become a staple at Peterson, at which point they are often imported to the U.S. The banded Aran line is one example of a runaway success and the Kapp-Royal is another.
For 2013, Lubinski released three special lines: the Black Rock, Kapries and Rock of Cashel lines, as well as the Maigret shape 107 commemorative, the Fisherman and the Hunter / Golfer pipes.
Peterson line names almost invariably come from some place on the map in Ireland. Blackrock is a suburb of Dublin just northwest of Dún Laoghaire and fairly close to the Peterson factory in Sallynoggin.
B54 – the LT or “Large Tankard” which was issued first as the corncob homage in the Mark Twain set a few years back and has just been released as the sole special shape for the 2016 St. Patrick’s Day pipes.
I’m spoiling a bit from the book, so don’t tell my publisher, but the Kapries name is recycled from the 1970s and is one of the few non-Irish line names in the Peterson catalog. If you look at the word carefully, you’ll see it contains the last name of a well-known U.S. tobacconist who used to be interested in Peterson.
X55 – the straight bulldog from the Molly Malone collection.
I confess I love Maigret the detective, more perhaps in the BBC adaptations with Michael Gambon even than in the original Georges Simenon novels. In any event, the Italian series from 1964-1972 starring Gino Cervi is iconic Italian TV, and it was a moment of inspiration that led Lubinski to use the Classic Range 107 billiard to give homage to both Cervi and Maigret. The commemorative is one of my favorite Lubinski releases, with sterling band engraved “Maigret,” hot foil P stamp and black fishtail acrylic mouthpiece. Lubinski wrote me that he personally selects each bowl, which is one reason there have been so few (around 300 at the time he wrote me).
A short-stummeled, short saddle-stemmed version of the B47 or Oscar Wilde, from the Writer’s collection, this is an attractive-looking Dublin, and who knows better how to make them than Peterson? (I was a little taken aback, incidentally, when I read on a well-known e-tailers site that the Dublin was “an English shape.” Hmm, is there a “Dublin, England” I don’t know about?) Anyway, Lubinski released it in the Rock of Cashel finish, but with a black P-Lip ebonite stem, one of the few such in his lines.
These represent the launch of the latest series of Peterson’s sports pipes, this time with full-size bowls, acrylic fishtail stems and, in the Lubinski line, sterling army mounts. It amazes me that they smoke well, given the short stem, but they do.
If you’re interested in any of the Lubinski-Peterson lines, try the retailer listed on the blog roll, or just keyword search and see what you can come up with.
In the meantime, today’s the day to light your Peterson and give thanks for the comfort your pipe brings, perhaps with your favorite Peterson pipe tobacco. I wish you the joy of it.
Finishing up the second draft! Music to my ears! The Lubinski specials are truly amazing. I fell in love with the natural linseed finish, but was unfortunately too late and unable to find one. However the same mistake was not to be made when I fell in love with the “fisherman” and I was lucky enough to get one for myself. The finish is truly a thing of beauty, and with its nice thick walls a beautiful smoker as well.
Thanks Mark, once again, for sharing with us Pete fiends these little glimpses into the nooks and crannies of Peterson lore, knowledge and wisdom.
And let me wish you a very happy St Patrick’s day in advance. I have my 2013 B58 St Patrick’s day pipe all ready for the big day.
Wow, those Black Rock pipes must be like hens teeth. I’ve never seen one on Ebay, etc.
I’m not surprised there are few Maigret 107’s as the 107 is quite rare anyway!
Thanks Mark for all the info and all your work.
The XL90 shape is my favorite, but I haven’t gotten used to the small, slim stem with the army mount. I like the 307 with the flared stem, but the Rock of Cashel above with the slim stem just seems unbalanced.
I’m surprised about the Dublin being considered an ‘English’ shape. I especially like the Millenium shape, aka the B16, a nice large Dublin.
I don’t smoke English mixtures in my Petersons for that reason, because the Irish have generally resented being occupied by the English!
Amen to that last comment. I don’t know enough about the history of pipe shapes to make a definitive statement, but the name suggests the origin, doesn’t it? And of course, the shape has been made with multiple variations by Peterson since 1906. I will blog about all the Dublin shapes at some point, but I think they’re terrific smokers, better than billiards.
Novelli.it currently has a broad selection of all the Lubinski – Peterson lines. Just added them to the blogroll for your convenience.


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Victoria resident Sharon Noble protests at a demonstration against smart meters in downtown Vancouver.
Opponents of B.C. Hydro’s smart meters have lost a legal challenge against the nearly complete province-wide installation of the wireless devices.
The B.C. Court of Appeal refused to consider an appeal by Andrea Collins and Citizens for Safe Technology (CST) in a written ruling released Nov. 13.
The smart meter opposition group had hoped to halt the ongoing rollout by getting the court to rule that the program did not have a required certificate from the B.C. Utilities Commission and that the province’s exemption from that requirement wasn’t legal.
The utilities commission had previously rejected the claims but Collins and CST tried appealing it to B.C.’s top court.
The court found no substantive grounds to hear a full appeal.
The defeat leaves smart meter opponents hoping the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will uphold their complaint – to be heard in the new year – that the mandatory installation of wireless meters discriminates against residents who claim to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
“Hopefully the human rights tribunal will recognize B.C. Hydro is coming between patients and their doctors and recognize that electro-sensitivity is a growing concern around the world,” said Victoria smart meter activist Sharon Noble.
Hydro contractors have already installed more than 95 per cent of the 1.7 million new smart meters in virtually all of B.C. except the Gulf Islands.
But Noble said she believes there are still many holdouts and added the opposition won’t give up – even if B.C.’s smart grid is completed.
Noble said she and many other opponents will go off the grid before they accept smart meters in their homes and said they will keep fighting for Hydro customers to have the option to have a wired meter instead.
New legal challenges are possible, she added.
Hydro maintains its wireless smart meter network is safe and public health authorities in B.C. have said they have no concerns.


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