Its finally time to start on the Polara. Our new house is finished as well as a separate garage for the Deuce so my two car garage can now be dedicated to the restoration/modification of this classic Dodge.
Even though space is limited I feel I'll have enough room to maneuver the car around and complete all the work that needs to be done. It will be tight but if I run out of room to store parts I do have some extra room in the Deuce's garage.
Before bringing the car into the shop I needed to strip the seats and what was left of the headliner out of the car and "de-bug" the car. No reason to bring any unwanted insects or rodents into the work area so this was done outside. Once the seats were removed the car was closed with the windows up and insect bombed twice just to make sure anything that crawls or bites was dead. We do have some insects here that can do you great bodily harm if you let them so a little extra insurance was in order.
You can see in the following pictures car is pretty solid. No metal repairs required int he trunk, back seat area or the majority of the front floors. There is a section on the drivers side foot well that the previous owner patched with fiberglass that I will remove and replace with steel but as far as the floors are concerned, other than a clean up that's about all that will need to be done.
This is an original 383 4 speed car and I spent a lot of time thinking about different options for the drive train. Rebuilding the original 383 was an option but I didn't want to take a chance with the numbers matching engine so the decision was made to eventually rebuild it and store it for a future owner if he or she wanted to return the car to a numbers matching condition.
The possibility of a 451 stroker was also considered, since I happen to have a 400 big block and spare 440 crank handy, but that idea was also shelved since I might want to use that in a future "re-engine" project for the De,uce.
So the final option was to go with a 440 that I also had laying around. It will give me the torque I want, even with a mostly stock rebuild, and will also work well with the overall theme of the build which is a 426 Street Wedge recreation.
I don't intend this to be a "clone" as much as my interpretation of what I would have done with a 426 Street Wedge had I owned one back in the day. Therefore some modern creature comforts will be added such as air conditioning and disk brakes. I'll also be adding some frame stiffing components to add strength to this 52 year old uni-body so it will be easily able to handle the 440.
So with all that said lets get started building the 440. Ideally one would not build the engine for a project first, but in this case I need to get all the boxes full of parts out of my way so assembling rather than storing them seemed to be the best option.
I started with a stock '76 440 block and a forged crank I bought at Carlisle several years ago. My machine shop worked their wonders on the block, boring it .040 over and re-sizing the rods and balancing the rotating assembly so when I picked it up it was ready for assembly. You can see I used stock '72 flat top pistons with no valve reliefs which sit down in the hole far enough to give me a very pump friendly 8.4:1 compression ratio when combined with my 452 casting heads that measured out to 87cc. Like I said before, I'm not going for max horsepower with this build, just a street friendly easy to maintain 426 Street Wedge look-a-like.
I replaced all the rod bolts with ARP units and here you can see the oil pickup that works with the larger capacity oil pan I'm using. It is a 6 quart pan and will ensure I don't run the pan dry with the high volume pump I'm using.
The windage tray did require a small modification to fit the new pickup tube but nothing substantial. Just remember unless you're doing a totally stock rebuild small you will run into some situations where small mods are necessary. This is a prime example of that.
Here you can see the 6 quart oil pan installed. Its similar to the larger ones used for serious racing but its only a couple inches deeper than the stock pan so It won't cause any major ground clearance issues.
When assembling any engine it is imperative to confirm top dead center. This is espeically important when assembling an engine from parts purchased separately.
Using a degree wheel and piston stop makes this an easy task that only takes a couple minutes. In this case it confirmed that the marker on my timing chain cover was off by 3 degrees. The appropriate adjustment was made to the marker and the build moved on.
I used head studs simply because I like them. I had to buy head bolts anyway and the cost of studs was not much more than a set of ARP bolts would have been. I knew that I'd be pulling the heads on and off several times checking piston to valve clearance and pushrod length so studs just made sense.
I mentioned earlier the heads were 452 castings. My machine shop did a complete rebuild, added new valves and assembled everything using the springs I provided that will go with the cam I'm using. When I got them home I cc'd all the chambers and although there were some minor variations the average chamber turned out to be 87cc. This is slightly smaller than advertised for these heads but makes sense given that they were surfaced at the machine shop.
Here is where the engine stands today. The air conditioning compressor is mounted on the driver's side just about where the power steering pump would be, if the car was so equipped. Mine is not. Back in the day it was somewhat unusual to have a 4 speed car equipped with power steering. There was a fear that one could jerk the wheel when power shifting and put the car out of control so manual boxes were the norm. This was not an unreasonable fear either, given that the shifters of the day were not as slick as those we use now days.
You might also be wondering why the block is painted turquoise instead of the more common hemi orange that would be found in the typical Mopar muscle car of the late 60's and 70's. Back in '64 the only big block engines that were orange were the Max Wedges. All other big blocks, including the Street Wedge were this turquoise color.
Because I'm building the engine first, it will sit on the engine stand for several months before it goes in the car. To add a little insurance and piece of mind I added an additional support that bolts to the front motor mounts and supports the front of the engine. This limits the stress on the rear support of the stand. It took a few feet of 2" square tubing and about 15 minutes to slap together. The extra piece of mind was well worth the effort.
That's it for now. I'm stuck at the moment waiting for parts to arrive to complete the engine build.


Today I have uploaded an unofficial Python SDK for the Constant Contact API. The SDK works with Python versions 2 and 3.
Here is a link to the github repository, here is the gh-pages documentation, and here is the PyPI page. Every endpoint is currently working and tested except for partner endpoints. Feel free to make pull requests and send issues to me if and when they come up if you use it.


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Trouble or Nothin'  is a 1989 album by female artist Robin Beck. It was produced by Desmond Child and recorded and mixed by Sir Arthur Payson. This album was re-recorded and released independently in 2009 as Trouble or Nothing: 20th Anniversary Edition. An additional four songs were recorded.

Track listing

Personnel
Robin Beck - lead vocals
Guy Mann-Dude, John McCurry, Steve Lukather, Ira Siegel, Jeff Mironov - guitar
Hugh McDonald, Seth Glassman - bass
Gregg Mangiafico, Chuck Kentis, Robbie Kondor - keyboards
David Garfield - additional keyboards
Bobby Chouinard, Gavin Spencer, Steve Ferrone - drums
Alan St. Jon - organ on "Save Up All Your Tears"
Brandon Fields - saxophone on "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"
Brad Parker, Guy Mann-Dude, Paul Stanley, Richard T. Bear - gang vocals on "Save Up All Your Tears"

References

External links
The official website of Robin Beck

Robin Beck albums
1989 albums
Mercury Records albums
Albums produced by Desmond Child

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Is There An Everson Griffen Reunion With The Minnesota Vikings?
Chris Allen Published: August 18, 2021
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Everson Griffen and the Minnesota Vikings are both in a spot. Everson wants to keep playing and retire a Viking, Minnesota needs help and might be recognizing Griffen was a good player.
This is only a tryout. The Minnesota Vikings may pass on him and then what? He may be forced to retire or go somewhere else if he still wants to play and be a backup and teach the up-and-coming guys. That is a real possibility.
Sports Illustrated says the Vikings need him and he still has enough gas in the tank to produce. Maybe he puts in a year or two and then retires. I just think this says a lot about each side. Minnesota knows what kind of a player he is, they could sign him and watch him in the pre-season. He has declined and maybe doesn't have the same mentality he once had. He is 12 years into his NFL career and he has to prove himself.
When the Vikings let him go he went to Dallas, I think he is a good player but he didn't fit in their defensive scheme, and I think he was a little depressed being let go by Minnesota and passed on by Seattle. Dallas let him go to the Detroit Lions, and he found his stride but the Lions are a terrible team.
I think this would be a win-win. He will inspire the defense to get better, he will be sparked by being back in purple and in a situation he knows. Because he knows this defense, he knows Mike Zimmer. We will have to see. I predict he does well and they sign him.
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10 Minnesota Vikings Kickers Since 1998
The Minnesota Vikings will head into the 2021 season with yet another new kicker, after releasing Dan Bailey in March. The Vikings certainly have had their fair share of kickers in recent years. Let's take a look back at who has kicked for the team since 1998. Some of these guys may be better than you remember, but there are likely a few you'd like to forget.
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If Denmark were your home instead of Lithuania you would...
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Denmark are $6,303.70 USD while Lithuania spends $859.20 USD
be 54.21% less likely to be unemployed
Denmark has an unemployment rate of 4.90% while Lithuania has 10.70%
The GDP per capita in Denmark is $37,800 while in Lithuania it is $22,600
The per capita consumption of electricity in Lithuania is 2,938kWh while in Denmark it is 6,026kWh
The life expectancy at birth in Denmark is 79.09 while in Lithuania it is 75.98.
67 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Denmark compared to 315 in Lithuania
0.70 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Denmark compared to 6.80 in Lithuania
consume 43.28% more oil
Lithuania consumes 0.8442 gallons of oil per day per capita while Denmark consumes 1.2096
The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Denmark it is 24.80 while in Lithuania it is 35.50.
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Denmark is 4.10 while in Lithuania it is 6.00.
be 2 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS
The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Denmark is 0.20% while in Lithuania it is 0.10%. 100 people in Denmark and 100 people in Lithuania die from AIDS each year.
have 9.19% more babies
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Denmark is 10.22 while in Lithuania it is 9.36.
More Information about Denmark
With its 5,569,077 people, Denmark is the 114th largest country in the world by population. It is the 132nd largest country in the world by area with 43,094 square kilometers.
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European defense cooperation, and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.
Languages spoken: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
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package apis

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
)

type testType struct {
	LastTransitionTime VolatileTime `json:"lastTransitionTime"`
}

func TestVolatileSerializationEmpty(t *testing.T) {
	tt := testType{}

	b, err := json.Marshal(tt)
	if err != nil {
		t.Error("Marshal() =", err)
	}

	if got, want := string(b), `{"lastTransitionTime":null}`; got != want {
		t.Errorf("Marshal() = %v, wanted %v", got, want)
	}

	got := testType{}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &got); err != nil {
		t.Error("Unmarshal() =", err)
	}
	if got != tt {
		t.Errorf("Unmarshal() = %v, wanted %v", got, tt)
	}
}

func TestVolatileSerializationNow(t *testing.T) {
	tt := testType{
		LastTransitionTime: VolatileTime{metav1.NewTime(time.Unix(1024, 0))},
	}

	b, err := json.Marshal(tt)
	if err != nil {
		t.Error("Marshal() =", err)
	}

	if got, want := string(b), `{"lastTransitionTime":"1970-01-01T00:17:04Z"}`; got != want {
		t.Errorf("Marshal() = %v, wanted %v", got, want)
	}

	got := testType{}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &got); err != nil {
		t.Error("Unmarshal() =", err)
	}
	if got != tt {
		t.Errorf("Unmarshal() = %v, wanted %v", got, tt)
	}
}

func TestVolatileTimeEquality(t *testing.T) {
	tt1 := testType{
		LastTransitionTime: VolatileTime{metav1.NewTime(time.Unix(1024, 36))},
	}
	tt2 := testType{
		LastTransitionTime: VolatileTime{metav1.NewTime(time.Unix(2048, 36))},
	}

	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(tt1, tt2) {
		t.Error("equality.Semantic.DeepEqual() = false, wanted true")
	}
	if cmp.Equal(tt1, tt2) {
		t.Error("go-cmp.Equal should have still returned false")
	}

	opt := cmp.Comparer(func(VolatileTime, VolatileTime) bool {
		return true
	})
	if !cmp.Equal(tt1, tt2, opt) {
		t.Error("go-cmp.Equal with opt should returned true")
	}
}

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From a beef farming background in Ireland, and having gained a degree in Agricultural science from University College Dublin, company founder Gerry Conlon has worked in the UK market since 1999. With a passion for providing new and innovative solutions to beef and dairy farmers, we have introduced a number of new products including the Rotogrind range of straw and grain mills from the USA, alongside the VDW range of feed processing and feed clamp solutions from Belgium.
Enegis- constantly striving to provide you with smart farming solutions for your business.


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Q: NHibernate self-join many-to-many symmetric relationship (person friends problem) Is there any way to set-up a symmetric self-join relationship mapping in NHibernate? Suppose we have two tables:
Users
  id

Relations
  id
  user1
  user2
  relation_type

The User and Relation classes should look like this:
class User
{
    public virtual int Id { get; set; }
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual ISet<Relation> Relations { get; set; }
}

class Relation
{
    public virtual int Id { get; set; }
    public virtual User User1 { get; set; }
    public virtual User User2 { get; set; }
    // Let's leave the RealationType as string for the sake of brevity
    public virtual string RelationType { get; set; }
}

I do NOT want the relations table to have two rows for the same relation. But the relation MUST be symmetric, which means if there's a relation between two users, A and B, the Relations collection of the user A must contain a relation with user B and the relations of user B must contain a relation to A.
It sounds almost like a challenge. But, can someone solve this? Please, if you can, post the xml mapping. I'm not using Fluent.

A: You can use Key-Many-To-One mapping and remove the Id field from the relation entity. Also you better use inheritance for different relation types.

A: I doubt it. If you think about the manual SQL query you'd need to write to pull a User & all his Relations out in an outer join query, you can see why NHibernate would struggle to generate something like this. Updates would be an even bigger headache - how do you decide which ids go in which field for a new Relation?
If you're stuck on this model, all I can suggest as a workaround is to map two private collections and implement a Union()ed read-only public collection. Implement update/remove methods that locate & modify the appropriate relation, and a round-robin Add() method. You won't have any NHibernate query support for queries on this collection.
Your other option is to change your data model so that User has a many-to-many relationship to Relation (eg a UserRelation table), rely on application code to enforce a 'two users per relation' rule, and add convenience methods like IList<User> GetRelations(RelationType)

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With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope only a year away the exoplanet community is gearing up to exploit its capability for characterising exoplanet atmospheres. A new paper by Yu et al contains a plot of the best targets, giving the expected "signal to noise" for each planet as a function of the planet's mass. The higher the S/N the better, enabling more atmospheric features to be discerned.
It is notable that most of the best targets do not come from Kepler (which had a relatively small field of view, and so looked at mainly fainter stars), but instead from the ground-based transit surveys (which focus mainly on brighter stars, which are thus better targets for follow-up). WASP features strongly, supplying half of the best targets.
The focus of the Yu et al paper, however, is the discovery of two very good targets from the K2 phase of Kepler's mission. K2 is observing more fields for less time than the original Kepler, and so covers more bright stars.
HD 89345b (labelled in red above) is only 10% of Jupiter's mass but is bloated to 0.6 Jupiter radii. Transiting a bright star of V = 9.4 makes it a prime target.
The transit depth of only 0.15% means that it is too shallow to have been detected by WASP (which can do 0.2–0.3% at best), especially given the 11.8-day orbit, which means that it produces fewer transits than shorter-period planets.
The other new discovery, HD 286123b (which had also been independently found by Brahm et al), is a larger and more massive planet producing a 0.8% dip. This one should have been within the reach of the WASP survey, but happens to lie in a region of the Northern sky where SuperWASP-North has only limited data.
This entry was posted in exoplanet atmospheres, James Webb Space Telescope, K2 planets, Kepler planets, WASP project on March 12, 2018 by waspplanets.


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Jules Giancola is a Toronto-based visual artist who specializes in ink drawing and illustration. Jules uses India ink pens and works intuitively to create repetitive configurations in the design of her work. Her mainly monochromatic works allow the emphasis to be placed on visual structure and the precision involved in their creation. You can find her portfolio here and follow her on Instagram @julesgiancola.


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The new interactive queue at the Haunted Mansion in the Magic Kingdom is a lot of fun and gives Disney World Guests a new way to spend their time in line.
Haunted Mansion Interactive Queue
In continuing with the trend of adding interactive activities for Disney World Guests to occupy their time while waiting in line, the Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom is the latest to "plus" its queue.
Guests are given the option to explore the interactive portion of the queue or to bypass it and proceed directly to the Haunted Mansion. Taking the path to the new queue extends your wait by a couple of minutes, but it takes that long to play with the interactive features so you don't notice the extra time.
If you touch the musical instruments pictured above it adds those instruments to the music that is playing.
The organ is emblazoned with the name "Ravencroft" in a tribute to "Thurl Ravencroft" had added his voice to a number of projects and is most recognizable as the voice of Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's), singer of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch", and lead singer of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" at the Haunted Mansion. He also lent his voice to a number of characters at Disney World.
There was concern that the original tombstones that Magic Kingdom Guests have enjoyed reading would be removed to make room for the new queue, but rest assured that the tombstones do have a place in the new queue, like the one for Master Gracey shown above. It is also a tribute to Disney Imagineer Yale Gracey. Yale created many of the classic illusions that you enjoy in the Haunted Mansion.
The giant bathtub pictured above periodically spews forth a stream of bubbles to entertain the passersby. Captain Culpepper Clyne is a character who's picture has been inside the Haunted Mansion since its inception.
The bookshelves move books in a out as you touch them.
There is also a magic book where the words appear before your eyes.
If you compare the two above pictures you will see that the word "cemetery" has appeared. It is even more fun in person because the words appear as if they are being written one letter at a time.
Another wall of epitaphs uses humorous quips that also pay tribute to Disney Legends and Imagineers.
The above tombstone pays tribute to Marc Davis who is responsible for designing many of the humorous gags found in the Haunted Mansion.
X. Atencio, referenced above, penned many of the catchy songs for the Disney World attractions including: "Grim, Grinning Ghosts" & "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me.)"
This epitaph reads "Here lies Prudence Pock. She died, it's said from writer's block." Prudence supposedly was a poetess and may be related to Phineas Pock who is a character in the Haunted Mansion.
Great New Addition
The addition of the interactive queue to the Haunted Mansion was very enjoyable. The added features all fit within the playful boundaries of the existing gags and features of the Haunted Mansion. The guests in line were enjoying playing with the various items.
Time will tell if people continue to go through the interactive portion of the line even after they have been through it a couple of times.
We are also glad that the original tombstones were preserved and integrated into the new queue. We are especially glad since they pay tribute to the people that designed and built the Haunted Mansion.
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Got to give a big round of applause to the guys in Imagineering. Disney World simply the best place created for families to bond. Both children and parents have a thing to enjoy for themselves, I couldn't agree more when people say it's a magical place.
Terra Verde Resort near Disney says:
Awesome! Disney World has been always the friendliest place and most enjoyable to bond with family, friends, or even your love ones. So, this New Haunted Mansion is our next destination huh...see you there.
house painting says:
I was not really surprised because Disney World really has a bunch of creative and imaginative people. They keep on amazing and entertaining people. They're marvelous!
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Regions Hospital is currently exempt from paying property taxes.
The St. Paul City Council has resolved its short-term money troubles by coming up with a street maintenance program to replace revenue lost to an assessment system last year by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
The city will use a combination of the new street maintenance fees and revenue from a property tax hike to fill the budget gap for 2017. But before the council begins work on its budget for 2018, it wants to see if there is another source of revenue, one that might ease the city's dependence on street fees and property taxes.
Enter something known as payment in lieu of taxes, aka PILOT.
On Wednesday, the City Council will formally invite the Citizens League to look into whether St. Paul should create a PILOT system to get the city's big nonprofits to voluntarily pay what the Minnesota Constitution exempts them from paying. That is, could the city's museums, hospitals and universities be persuaded to offer cash to help pay for services that might otherwise be covered by property taxes.
Sean Kershaw, the executive director of the Citizens League, told the council last week that the league would conduct the examination, and that the group has already attracted grants from the St. Paul Foundation and the Bigelow Foundation to cover most of the $41,000 cost. Kershaw hopes to ask up to 19 people to spend time between now and August to discuss the concept and make recommendations to the council.
Kershaw said he expects to have the group put together by the end of this week, and meetings will be open to the public. Because of that, Kershaw said he doesn't expect the recommendations to be a surprise when they are made final in August.
For years, St. Paul collected a right-of-way (ROW) assessment that was based on the street footage of each property. The fees covered a large batch of services related to city streets: everything from sweeping and tree maintenance to plowing, salting, and towing and ticketing during snow emergencies.
But a lawsuit brought by two churches — First Baptist Church of St. Paul and the Church of St. Mary — argued that the ROW assessment acted like a property tax, since it was charged on nearly every parcel in the city for what could be considered basic services. In essence, the assessment was a property tax disguised as a fee, the churches argued. And since nonprofits are exempt from paying property taxes under the Minnesota Constitution, the groups were being taxed illegally.
The court didn't go that far. But it did rule that the ROW program was overly broad and improperly applied. In response, the council is set to apply new fees that are based on state laws allowing the collection of money for a limited number of services. All property owners — including nonprofits — will pay much lower street maintenance fees than they did under the old ROW assessments.
Yet those fees would pay for fewer services; the rest of the services formerly funded by the ROW assessments will still be performed by the city, but will be funded out of the property tax levy increase. And since nonprofits pay the former but not the later, they will save a significant amount of money under the new plan. The Church of St. Mary, for example, paid $7,324 under the ROW system but would pay $1,157 under the new street maintenance program.
Those on the council pushing hardest for a PILOT study, including Amy Brendmoen, Rebecca Noecker and Jane Prince, often cite a program in Boston that seeks voluntary contributions from colleges, hospitals and cultural institutions.
Boston's PILOT system uses a somewhat complex series of calculations to determine what a nonprofit would be asked to pay, a process that takes into account what the nonprofit's tax would be if it weren't exempt but also its usage of city services and the benefits it provides to the community.
In 2016, Boston asked for a total of $47.4 million from the city's nonprofits and received $32 million. Only larger nonprofits, such as colleges, medical centers and arts organizations like the Boston Symphony were asked to take part, and it remains voluntary. Charities — think of services akin to the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul — were not included in the PILOT in Boston.
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is currently exempt from paying property taxes.
That sort of public pressure was mentioned by some St. Paul council members as a method to get nonprofits in the city to pay up.
Last year, St. Thomas paid about $55,000 in right of way assessments and expects to be charged around $22,500 when bills go out under the new street maintenance program. In addition, it pays $10,000 a year to neighborhood associations that touch on campus property and another $10,000 to the West Summit Neighborhood Advisory Committee.
University of St. Thomas is currently exempt from paying property taxes.
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Is the Gulf safe to swim in? And if not, are the fish safe to eat? and if not do water and fish stay in one place? Here is one person whose husband worked for oil companies and died from exposure to "Benzene-Ethyltoluene". He loved his employers and begged her on his deathbed not to sue the oil companies that exposed him.


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"Doctor I've Been Impaled": Obesity & the Medical Establishment's Fat Frenzy
Fascist Health Care: We only operate on people
who don't need operations?
A new policy in England, an NHS ban on surgery for people who are obese.
And while it isn't an official policy in the rest of the world, there is a growing movement among doctors to refuse services to fat patients. The refusal to treat people who are overweight is a serious problem even when it isn't overt public policy.
I'm Fat. I've been chunky all my life, and between diabetes and fibromyalgia (which makes exercise very difficult and dangerous), I've recently crossed that threshold where doctors don't just suggest I lose weight, but actively refuse to treat any aspect of my health care needs and make outlandish, dangerous and uninformed suggestions, often starting with the sentence "I'm not a nutritionist, but…" (But then STHU!) If you're not a nutritionist, giving nutritional advice is very dangerous. If you're not even going to ask me what I eat, telling me what I should eat is very dangerous.
It's a safe bet that anyone who is my age (58) has tried every diet, diet pill and diet strategy to the point of self harm. I've found a regimen that works for me, that balances my limited strength, finances and dietary needs. Very few people eat a diet as healthy as mine. My partner, Andy lost 80 pounds and has kept it off for over a year, eating almost as healthy as I do. I haven't lost a pound. I struggle with diabetes and fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia makes exercise difficult because it makes me more incapacitated. There is nothing I can do about my weight EXCEPT try a series of extreme and unhealthy practices to attempt to conform to a societal standard that I just can't achieve.
While I am no longer a smoker, my first cigarettes were given to me as samples, promotions by the tobacco industry, handed out on the streets of Philadelphia. I was 13. I don't know if people should be held responsible for the consequences of addictions they were introduced to by the corporations who manufacture that poison, or how much control people have over addictions.
This is an ableist death sentence.
To quote Lavar Burton "But you don't have to take my word for it", here are medical sources, patient anecdotals and activist sources on the issue. This list is updated as more information becomes available to me. Newest additions to this list of resources are at the top of the list.
Many people can't and shouldn't exercise like this, but it's an important article to challenge attitudes toward fat people and the assumption that skinny= fit.
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/a29628423/ultrarunner-mirna-valerio-on-size-and-fitness/
I'm Not Your Typical Ultramarathoner. Here's What I Want Everyone To Know About Size And Fitness.
https://twitter.com/upupdowndown/status/1192441005917790209
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217812382716205&set=a.3880107516105&type=3&theater
"A coworker just passed away. She was a Black woman in her early 30s. She went to her doctor last Wednesday about shortness of breath and chest pain. He just told her to lose weight. Well, she had clots in her lungs and had a massive heart attack Friday.
Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.12266
Weighing the care: physicians' reactions to the size of a patient.
"In the latter half of the 20th century, the medical industrial complex (MIC) and the health industry worked in conjunction with the governments of the west and our media to express deep worry for the state of fat people in the western world. They referred to it as the "obesity epidemic." From that moment forward, the public's perception of fat people was warped—and, in many ways, justified and affirmed—by fear mongering headlines, medical and pharmaceutical officials who antagonized their fat patients, a billion dollar diet industry built off of the fear of fatness, and a government that pushed a wide-range of "health initiatives" in schools across America…
…Generally, there is no in-depth analysis in these left spaces around fatness and health. However, through work written by J. Eric Oliver, Roxane Gay, Sabrina Strings and others, we learn that our obsession with "obesity" and being "overweight" is less about health—as there is little to no science that shows 'obesity' is an actual killer disease—and is more about cultural and systemic anti-fatness which the diet and medical industrial complexes and media industries profit off of. Just like with the "war on drugs" and the "crack epidemic," which many of the organizers in these spaces know about and understand, major institutions (including our government) made up or falsified evidence about the effects of fatness/'obesity' as a way to criminalize, dehumanize, and profit off of fat people. (J. Eric Oliver, "Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic", 2005); especially and particularly fat Black folks. If you can understand just how harmful science has been for other marginalized groups, and how much the government has lied to propagandize the public, you can understand exactly how much the "obesity epidemic" is not real.""
FAT PEOPLE MUST BECOME A PRIORITY TO THE LEFT
https://wearyourvoicemag.com/news-politics/to-the-left/fatphobia-leftist-organizing
"Race was integral to the issue. At the onset of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, skin color was often used to determine racial belonging. But by the 18th century, skin color (after years of interracial sex in the colonies) proved a poor sorting mechanism.What we had by the 19th century was a new racial discourse that suggested black people were also inherently voracious. Combine this with the displacement of poor Europeans in the 19th century (i.e., Irish, Southern Italians, and Russian Jews), and white Americans were being advised to fear black people, as well as these "degraded" or supposedly "part-black" Europeans, who were also purportedly identifiable by their weight and skin color."
https://www.futurity.org/fat-phobia-book-sabrina-strings-2130182-2/
BOOK: FAT PHOBIA AROSE FROM RACISM AND RELIGION
A new book explores the religious and racial origins of society's obsession with thinness.
"The issues facing obese people follow them through the medical system, starting with the physical exam.
Research has shown that doctors may spend less time with obese patients and fail to refer them for diagnostic tests. One study asked 122 primary care doctors affiliated with one of three hospitals within the Texas Medical Center in Houston about their attitudes toward obese patients. The doctors "reported that seeing patients was a greater waste of their time the heavier that they were, that physicians would like their jobs less as their patients increased in size, that heavier patients were viewed to be more annoying, and that physicians felt less patience the heavier the patient was," the researchers wrote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/health/obese-patients-health-care.html
Why Do Obese Patients Get Worse Care? Many Doctors Don't See Past the Fat
""One of the most popular explanations is that fat people get more aggressive treatment than thin people, because their weight raises red flags at the doctor's office. This seems questionable: studies show that overweight and obese people tend to avoid doctors, get fewer preventive screenings, and receive worse treatment because they're often misdiagnosed as "fat" rather than with a specific medical condition.""
https://qz.com/550527/obesity-paradox-scientists-now-think-that-being-overweight-is-sometimes-good-for-your-health/
Scientists now think that being overweight can protect your health
"Dieting does not meet the criteria for ethical, evidence-based medicine. But as studies like Matheson et. al, Wei et. al., and the Cooper Institute Longitudinal Studies show us, focusing on our actual health, and allowing our bodies to settle at whatever weight they settle, is a far more evidence-based health practice than trying to feed our bodies less food than they need in the hopes that they'll eat themselves and become smaller, and that somehow the result will be improved health."https://danceswithfat.org/2019/09/18/an-open-letter-to-james-corden-from-a-fellow-fat-person/
An Open Letter To James Corden From A Fellow Fat Person
https://mashable.com/video/james-corden-on-bill-maher-fat-shaming/?fbclid=IwAR1y9y88hDPf49EAh4hTQZJDJnDiEQGAoKRGBz-3zsHo9bdqkOhZOQGs4lE
Watch James Corden's beautifully honest response to Bill Maher's pro-fat shaming take
"When the culture and the medical world are constantly pushing the idea that "obesity" needs to be eliminated, it's not the fat cells that are feeling that stigma—it's the fat people. This hierarchy of bodies is nothing new, with roots in racism, slavery and every other attempt to rank bodies. We can no longer pretend that being less likely to be hired or get promotions, being paid less, receiving biased medical treatment, being socially excluded and bullied are attempts to help people "be healthier." These are the direct consequences of living in a culture that vilifies and fears fat bodies and that treats the people living in them as morally lesser beings."
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fat-is-not-the-problem-fat-stigma-is/
Fat Is Not the Problem—Fat Stigma Is
"Negative words—"noncompliant," "overindulgent," "weak willed"—pop up in their medical histories with higher frequency. In one study, researchers presented doctors with case histories of patients suffering from migraines. With everything else being equal, the doctors reported that the patients who were also classified as fat had a worse attitude and were less likely to follow their advice. And that's when they see fat patients at all: In 2011, the Sun-Sentinel polled OB-GYNs in South Florida and discovered that 14 percent had barred all new patients weighing more than 200 pounds."
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/
Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/17/nhs-provokes-fury-indefinite-surgery-ban-smokers-obese/
NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese
https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/05/gtfo-with-obesity-epidemic/
5 Reasons Why Everything You Think You Know About Obesity Is Wrong (Or At Least Really Shady)
https://www.statnews.com/2016/06/03/weight-obese-doctors-patients/
In treating obese patients, too often doctors can't see past weight
https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/horrible-new-medical-guidelines-for-fat-patients/
Horrible New Medical Guidelines for Fat Patients
Low and behold, a higher BMI may even mean that we're healthier than if we were thinner, as long as health conditions related to weight ARE addressed!
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/10/477376914/does-putting-on-a-few-pounds-help-you-cheat-death
Does Putting On A Few Pounds Help You Cheat Death?
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html
How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat
For years doctors have and continue to promote a diet regimen unsupported by evidence or research. They told us to eat this way!
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat
50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
Posted in Ableism, Blaming the Victim, Daily indignities, Fat is a Disability Issue, Radical healing, Radical self care


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Rochester, New York – July 12, 2018 – Lendio, the nation's leading marketplace for small business loans, today announced an expansion of the Lendio franchise in Rochester, New York. Lendio Rochester will provide financing solutions to businesses from Syracuse to Buffalo and Niagara Falls to the Canadian border. Lendio franchise owner RJ Muto hopes to ease the financial hurdles for local business owners by helping them apply for loans, review their options and secure funding through Lendio's network of over 75 lenders.
An online service that helps business owners find the working capital they need to grow their businesses, Lendio's funding options include SBA loans, startup loans, equipment loans, commercial real estate loans and more. Through franchisees that understand the needs of local business owners, the Lendio franchise program reduces the legwork of looking for a small business loan while bridging the gap between online lenders and the small business community.
Since 2008, accessing financial capital has been difficult for small business owners in upstate New York. In addition to feeling the burden of high taxes in the state, business owners view themselves as outvoted and misrepresented in state government by the massive population of New York City, according to Muto. While residents migrated away from Rochester and Buffalo in record numbers as jobs became scarce, the area is mounting a steady comeback, says Muto, and he hopes to play a role in its rebirth.
Between 2015 and 2017, online lenders, including Lendio, funded over $758 million to 11,490 small businesses in the state of New York. These online loans directly generated $1.8 billion in sales for small businesses in New York State and created 20,154 jobs and $795 million in wages. Nearly one-third of these loans went to small businesses in lower-income communities (those below the national median income).


Dads love cars right? Well what better way to celebrate Father's Day that with an antique car show?
Sunday more than 4,000 people came out for the 50th Annual Iroquois Region Antique Automobile Club of America Father's Day Car Show in Conklin.
The cruise-in welcomed all cars with more than 200 automobiles on display. More than 40 unique trophies were given out to the showcased cars.
There was also a flea market, a DJ, food and raffles for families to enjoy.
"It became a tradition, a lot of people just like to do a get together with the family on Father's Day. We have a chicken BBQ, we have good food vendors here, and so they come up here and enjoy the day with the family. And a lot of them show up here just for family reunions," said President of Iroquois Chapter AACA Ed Sheop.
"My Step Father is here with me today with his own car. And we came out, and my boy enjoys checking out the rest of the cars, just like I do," said Binghamton Resident Paul Hoelle.
Those in attendance were asked to bring a can of food for CHOW in addition to donations for putting the cars on display.


INDIANAPOLIS – Officials from Ivy Tech Community College today announced plans to construct a new state-of-the-art classroom building, including a community gathering place, on the site of the former St. Vincent Hospital on Fall Creek Parkway.
The façade of the building will be preserved, per the recommendation of the Blue Ribbon Task Force, a committee representing members of the college, community and neighborhood formed in July 2008 to study the use of the building.
The college is in need of additional classroom and lab space, as well as parking, at its downtown campus. Enrollment at Ivy Tech's Indianapolis campus has quadrupled over the past 10 years with Fall 2009 semester enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The Indianapolis campus was also named the fastest growing community college in the nation in a report released by Community College Week in late 2008.
A space needs study conducted by Paulien & Associates in 2005-2006 projected that Ivy Tech's greatest needs, in order to continue to provide its core programs and services, include: classroom spaces, scheduled teaching labs, open labs, and student support spaces (library, bookstore, food services, etc.), even to meet their current student population.
The architectural and cost study for reusing the former St. Vincent Hospital as classrooms concluded that although it is possible to renovate the entire building for instructional use, it was not the most cost effective or the most efficient use of the building.
Dunn applauded the work of the Blue Ribbon Task Force in reaching a compromise with the college that allows for construction of much-needed classroom and lab space while honoring the historical significance of the site by incorporating the existing façade into the design of the new building.
City of Indianapolis officials are "on board" with the task force's recommendation, said Maury Plambeck, director of the Department of Metropolitan Development, noting that the city is prepared to sign a revised project agreement reflecting the changes in the building design proposed by Ivy Tech.
Dunn said that the project is basically "shovel ready." Tentative plans call for constructing a 150,000 square foot building to include classrooms, science labs, and new science and engineering programs, said Dunn. Schmidt Architects is working on the building space plan as well as exterior design. Shiel Sexton will be the construction manager for the project.
The former St. Vincent Hospital building, located at Fall Creek Pkwy. North Dr. and Illinois St., was constructed beginning in 1909 and served as St. Vincent Hospital from 1913 to 1974. It was renovated in the mid 1970s into 296 housing units for the elderly, disabled and low-income individuals known as the Weyerbacher Terrace Apartments. It was closed in 2003 and taken over by the federal government. The City of Indianapolis acquired the property in 2004 and it was acquired by Ivy Tech Community College in 2006. The north wing of the building and adjacent structures, not original to the main structure, were removed in 2007.


Gyin-thot. Salabat. Kimchi. Beni shoga. Or some more familiar foods–Ginger ale, gingerbread, ginger tea and ginger beer. Ginger has been used for thousands of years both as medicine and in cuisine. Ginger's family name is zingiber officinalis. Ginger is derived from the Sanskrit name "singabera" meaning "horn-shaped." The ginger family also includes turmeric, cardamom and galangal root. All these spices thrive in tropical climates. Except for cardamom, which is a seed, the other spices are all roots. Ginger and turmeric are both rhizomes or rootstocks where the roots grow out from an underground stem.
Ginger has been a staple in Chinese medicine for over three thousand years. In fact, traditional Chinese medicine describes ginger as "restoring yang" and "expelling cold." It is a warm spice and believed to cleanse the body of toxins. Its therapeutic properties are wide-ranging throughout the body. One of its better-known benefits, recognized in both eastern and western medicine, is as a natural therapy to relieve nausea either from motion sickness or morning sickness without any drug side effects. Ginger aids in reducing flatulence (intestinal gas) as well as stomach pains and diarrhea. Ginger's digestive benefits may explain why pickled ginger traditionally accompanies raw fish used in sushi and sashimi.
Ginger may relieve asthma symptoms by allowing smooth muscles in the airways to relax.
Ginger may be used to help relieve migraine headaches.
A University of Georgia study found that daily ginger reduced exercise-induced muscular pain.
Ginger was shown to alleviate pre-menstrual pain by 83% compared to 47% from a placebo.
Ginger can be a great addition for those with diabetes. It has been shown to protect the nerves and lower blood triglyceride levels in diabetics.
Ginger root aids in lessening the effects from the common cold and flu by acting as an antihistamine and decongestant.
Ginger root is fever reducing and anti-bacterial.
Ginger's anti-inflammatory properties may help in reducing osteoarthritis pain.
Ginger may assist in controlling high blood pressure by acting in a similar way to calcium channel blockers. This mechanism allows the blood vessels to be more elastic.
In animal studies, ginger has been found to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides and increase HDL (good) cholesterol.
Ginger helps relieve the symptoms of high altitude sickness.
Ginger supplements used in conjunction with anti-vomiting medications help alleviate nausea symptoms caused by chemotherapy.
Ginger and its cousin, turmeric, are being researched for their ability to lower the incidence of cancer. For more about natural cancer strategies see my resources page on my website.
Ginger root is a knobby root that has a thick light brown skin that should be peeled before use. Inside, the flesh may be yellow, white or red depending on the variety. As a spice, ginger has been added to many Asian foods. It arouses the senses. It is a powerful pungent spice that "heats your insides." Its unique aroma stimulates the olfactory glands. Ginger mellows with cooking. When used in its dried or powdered forms, the taste will be different. One teaspoon of fresh ginger only has one calorie so don't be afraid to add it to dishes. It contains both vitamins B5 and B6 that are needed for the body's energy production. In addition, it also contains potassium, magnesium, manganese and copper.
Ginger has a high ORAC score indicating that it has high antioxidant properties. For more about antioxidants, see my article, "Spice It Up." Some of ginger's powerful properties are due to these antioxidants, specifically gingerols. They are anti-inflammatory in nature, which may explain ginger's ability to ease pain from arthritis. The gingerols also protect against free radicals. Gingerols also are responsible for many of the other properties listed above.
To prolong the life of fresh ginger, place it in a plastic bag with as much air removed as possible. It can then be refrigerated up to a month. Use fresh ginger if possible to get the maximum flavor and nutritional benefits. If using ground ginger, keep in mind that powdered spices only last for about six months before they lose their potency. Besides mincing fresh ginger to add to stir-fry dishes, slices of ginger can be added to hot water to make ginger tea and added to chicken stock to augment their use as "Jewish penicillin." For a delicious recipe using ginger, try my Tree of Life Stir Fry recipe. Ginger slices may also be added to footbaths to improve the skin and fight discoloration and the effects of aging.


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A Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura (UNESCO) propôs um plano de proteção aos bens culturais do mundo, através do Comité sobre a Proteção do Património Mundial Cultural e Natural, aprovado em 1972. Esta é uma lista do Patrimônio Mundial existente na Chéquia, especificamente classificada pela UNESCO e elaborada de acordo com dez principais critérios cujos pontos são julgados por especialistas na área. A Chéquia, país do Leste Europeu que abriga um vasto legado cultural marcante da passagem de várias civilização que a colonizaram ao longo de sua história, ratificou a convenção em 26 de março de 1993, tornando seus locais históricos elegíveis para inclusão na lista.

Os sítios Centro Histórico de Praga, Centro Histórico de Ceský Krumlov e Centro Histórico de Telc foram os primeiros locais da Chéquia incluídos na lista do Patrimônio Mundial da UNESCO por ocasião da 16ª Sessão do Comitè do Património Mundial, realizada em Santa Fé (Estados Unidos) em 1992. Tais locais foram designados quando a atual Chéquia ainda integrava a Checoslováquia (juntamente com a atual Eslováquia) e transpassados à propriedade checa depois da dissolução deste regime em 1993. Desde a mais recente adesão à lista, a Chéquia totaliza 16 sítios classificados como Patrimônio da Humanidade, sendo todos eles de classificação cultural.

Bens culturais e naturais
A Chéquia conta atualmente com os seguintes lugares declarados como Patrimônio da Humanidade pela UNESCO:

Lista Indicativa
Em adição aos sítios inscritos na Lista do Patrimônio Mundial, os Estados-membros podem manter uma lista de sítios que pretendam nomear para a Lista de Patrimônio Mundial, sendo somente aceitas as candidaturas de locais que já constarem desta lista. Desde 2021, a Chéquia possui 14 locais na sua Lista Indicativa.

Ligações externas

Conservação na Chéquia
Chéquia


Hopefully she's too busy twerking to notice that they picked the Pope as their "Person of the Year."
After teasing Miley Cyrus first with a good run in the reader's choice poll and then a spot on the shortlist for this year's "Person of the Year" title, the editorial team at Time magazine decided to rudely not give her any of the actual awards. (I even heard a rumor they planned to invite her to their offices and then drop a can of pigs' blood on her.) Instead, Pope Francis won the big title and the magazine cover (see above) that comes with.
There are four runners-up this year, and none of them are Miley either. That lucky foursome is made up of "The Lethal Tyrant," Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, "The Barn Burner," Texas Senator Ted Cruz, "The Dark Prophet" Edward Snowden and "The Unlikely Activist" Edie Windsor. You're telling me they couldn't just round it up to five and give Miley a fun title like "The Disney Provocateur" or something?! I mean, really. The video package accompanying Windsor's profile is just beautiful, though.


TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that iPhone models to be released next year will adopt a new combination of antenna technology in the push towards 5G networking.
According to Kuo's note issued to clients over the weekend, seen today by AppleInsider and MacRumors, the next iPhone will use a Modified PI (MPI) technology that will replace the current Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) solution.
While LCP antennae will still be used in smartphones, the MPI antenna technology is expected to be adopted by phone makers like Apple in the push for 5G cellular networking. 5G deployment in the United States is in a nascent phase currently so the analyst believes that the LCP and MPU antennae will co-exist during the transitional period.
Specifically, Kuo expects a combination of two LCP antennae and four MPI antennae in 2019's 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch iPhone models. By comparison, this year's iPhones feature six LCP antennae. Apple will source MPI antennae from up to five suppliers, tapping into its bargaining power to mitigate risk and basically wring out the supply chain.
We predict that the modified polyimide (MPI) will replace Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) and become the mainstream antenna technology of 2H19 new iPhone models. In total, six LCP antennae are currently being equipped in 2H18 new iPhone models (XS Max, XS and XR). We predict that 2019 iPhone models—including the new 6.5-inch OLED, 5.8-inch OLED and 6.1-inch LCD models—will adopt four MPI antennae and two LCP antennae.
He added LCP shipments for 2019 iPhones would decrease by at least 70 percent year-on-year.
The last major antenna technology change in iPhone was back in 2010 when Apple unveiled the then-new iPhone 4 design which integrated the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and cellular antennae inside the stainless steel frame running around the edges of the device.
There were gaps in the stainless steel band to make the solution work, but a design oversight caused the cellular signal to drop when closing the gap with one's hand or finger.
So-called Antennagate erupted and Steve Jobs canceled his holiday to hold a hastily organized press conference, announcing free bumpers for everyone in an obvious damage control move.
In the ensuing years, Apple would iterate on that antenna design to the point where it would no longer exhibit any of the iPhone 4 defects. The new Apple Watch series 4, for instance, also integrates its cellular antenna into the device frame.


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This section of the eVillage is devoted to providing information about and links to our Local, State and Federal Government as they affect Reston area residents. We have a page devoted to each of our local elected officials from which they can be contacted. Reston has one state delegate and lies within two separate state senatorial districts so each of these elected officials also have a page.
All commonly recognized governmental functions and powers such as police, fire, schools, taxation, social services, zoning and development are under the jurisdiction of Fairfax County. Transportation, road maintenance, traffic safety, motor vehicles and criminal prosecution are under the jurisdiction of the state.
Even though Reston is a large and populous place it is not a city or town. It has always been under the jurisdiction of Fairfax County and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Urban County Executive form of Government in Virginia grants powers to Fairfax County alone that are normally given to cities. Therefore, the Fairfax County government is akin to a city government except for roads and maintenance. Reston has never had its own governmental powers except those that were granted by Fairfax County as part of Reston's zoning to the Planned Residential Community category. Those powers are constituted to maintain open space, lakes and recreation facilities owned in common by all of Reston's land owners/homeowners and to maintain the efficacy of the covenants on architecture and the like. Furthermore our cluster associations own and maintain common space and infrastructure that lies within the boundaries of each cluster and each cluster's covenants.
The Reston Association was formed to maintain homeowners and renter's common facilities and covenants, while the Town Center Association was formed for the same purpose within the Town Center area. It, however, also has business members, and owns in common some roadways, parking garages and green space shared by businesses.
The other quasi-governmental body is the Reston Community Center. It was created because Reston needed a place for community activities including, active recreation, the performing arts, and community meeting facilities. A small tax district, which levies a an additional property tax on residents, was formed to fund the center and a Board of Governors was constituted through a preference poll to oversee the facility, but it also is under the ultimate jurisdiction of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. We also have a "non governmental" Reston Citizens Association. It has no legislative or budgetary powers for the community. Its members are elected community wide and it does express its-self as speaking on behalf of the community on a wide range of issues. Its most prominent role historically has been to host political candidate debates and to speak to Reston land use issues through the Planning and Zoning Committee.


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Where Are Milgard Windows Made?
Milgard's patio doors and windows are designed and crafted in the US, and they're built to last. Over the past several years, we've won BUILDER Magazine's Best Quality Vinyl in the Nation Award eight times. We've won five Most Used Vinyl Window awards, as well as the Builder's Choice designation for fiberglass and vinyl windows.
What Kind of Warranty Coverage is Available?
Milgard doors and windows are covered by a full lifetime warranty, which lasts as long as you own the home. When you buy our patio doors and windows, you can rest assured that they'll be installed right the first time by factory certified technicians.
Milgard offers only the best patio doors and windows, which will make your entire home feel more livable and comfortable throughout. Every part is the result of countless hours of research and development, and by building everything in-house, we find it easier to perform proper quality control. The window and door industry has taken notice, giving Milgard dozens of performance and quality awards. Visit a local dealer to see the difference for yourself!
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At Milgard, we're proud to offer doors and windows that do so much more than let in air and natural light. Our engineers are renowned for their cutting-edge designs that use patented technologies, and we've introduced low-maintenance exterior finishes and easy-opening windows with SmartTouch handles and locks. We're not stopping there, though, and we're always looking for more ways to address customers' needs. For us, innovation is all about anticipating the features that homeowners want.
How Well Do Milgard Windows Perform?
The AAMA or American Architectural Manufacturers Association has a long history of leadership within the industry, and they've helped to develop the door and window performance standards we all follow today. Milgard's patio windows and doors all carry the AAMA's Gold Label, which proves that we've met their requirements and everything has undergone independent testing for air leakage, water penetration, forced entry resistance, and structural integrity.
Milgard proudly stands behind every patio door and window we craft. If any part covered by our comprehensive lifetime warranty needs service, our factory trained techs are ready to help. We're committed to customers' satisfaction and top-class service. Read our customers' reviews and see how we're making a difference in homeowners' quality of life.
How is Milgard Making a Difference and Moving Ahead?
At Milgard, we're very grateful for our success and our customers' continued support. To give our thanks, we've taken part in various regional and national initiatives, such as those listed below.
In August 2018, we donated $25,000 to TAF (Technology Access Fund), which is a Seattle-based non-profit supporting middle school and high school-age students participating in robotics competitions.
We partnered with Goodwill to eliminate obstacles to career advancement for non-English speaking employees in the Tacoma, Washington area.
We've worked with Tacoma's Habitat for Humanity to get homes ready for low-income families.
We received the Houzz "Best Of" in design for the fourth straight year.
Milgard celebrated a half-century in the patio door and window manufacturing industry by offering buyers a $100 Amazon gift card with any Montecito, Tuscany, or Aluminum-series sliding door. Homeowners who bought a moving glass wall system during February got a $200 gift card.
In 2017, we ranked in the top 10 for Bike MS fundraising. With help from the Masco Corporation, we raised more than $27,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society in America.
Further along in 2017, we helped the ABC Green Home 3.0 win the Gold Nugget Award; it was deemed the best zero-net energy design. This home in Orange County, California was designed using our most energy-efficient vinyl windows.
What Are People Saying Online About Milgard, and Which Awards Has the Company Won?
Back in June 2017, Milgard Windows & Doors earned the honor of being named the highest-rated patio door and window brand online. In 2016, we won Window & Door's award for Most Innovative Window for our Essence Series radius casements. According to Chad Martinez, the product manager for the Essence Series, the product uses cutting-edge technologies. They're designed with durable phenolic exteriors that allow greater flexibility in shape and design, and their non-visible fasteners give them a more streamlined appearance.
The wooden Essence Series line was, in the past, recognized as the winner of the Crystal Achievement award in the innovation category. This series combines a rugged fiberglass exterior that offers protection from the elements with a solid wooden core that provides enduring beauty and great performance. With our radius casement windows, now available in gabled styles, we'll continue to receive the industry's top honors while offering some of the most advanced products on the market.
How Did Milgard Get Its Start?
Milgard Window & Door was founded in Tacoma, WA in 1958 by Maurice Milgard Jr. and his son Gary; another son, Jim, joined the company three years later. A short time later, the Milgard men diversified their offerings a bit, getting into the aluminum window industry. When Gary Milgard left the company's glass division, he started an aluminum window company known as Milgard Manufacturing; his goal was to provide high-quality, reliable aluminum windows made to meet the architectural and structural demands of the western US. Six years later, Milgard Manufacturing began building sliding glass doors, and shortly thereafter, their aluminum frames were retooled to accommodate insulating and single-pane glass.
In 1989, Milgard introduced its first vinyl-frame windows, and WoodClad fiberglass doors and windows were introduced the following year. At Milgard, growth continues to be a top priority. Along with the location in Tacoma, the company now has service, sales, and manufacturing centers in Portland, Sacramento, Temecula, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
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While many door and window companies distribute other vendors' products, Milgard is one of only a few vertically-integrated manufacturers. We make our own vinyl components and glass units, frames, and more. The vinyl plant in Tacoma started extruding frames in 1988, and to ensure the utmost quality, we control the manufacturing process from start to finish. Our fiberglass components receive enormous attention to detail, and almost all our components are manufactured in-house to ensure top quality.
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«Чайный сервиз "Арлекин" и другие истории» () — сборник рассказов английской писательницы Агаты Кристи. Впервые опубликован в США издательством G. P. Putnam's Sons в 1997 году под названием «Чайный сервиз "Арлекин" и другие истории» (). В 1998 году он был издан Penguin Publishing Group с тем же названием. За исключением рассказа «Чайный сервиз "Арлекин"», который был опубликован в сборнике 1991 года «Хлопоты в Польенсе и другие истории» все произведения антологии были изданы в Великобритании в 1997 году в сборнике «Доколе длится свет и другие рассказы» ().

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Сборник включает в себя девять самостоятельных рассказов разных лет, каждый из которых содержит отдельную историю (криминальную или мистическую):

 «На краю / The Edge» (1927)
Впервые издан в британском журнале Pearson's Magazine в феврале 1927 года. Он сопровождался комментарием, что написан непосредственно перед «болезнью» и исчезновением писательницы в декабре 1926 года, которое было вызвано семейными проблемами между Агатой и её мужем Арчи. В рассказе идёт речь о влюблённой женщине, которая случайно узнаёт тайну соперницы и хочет заполучить женатого мужчину, избавив его от неё. В литературе отмечается несомненные биографические черты произведения, отражающего глубокие личные переживания автора.

 «Актриса» / The Actress (1923)
Рассказ впервые опубликован в журнале The Novel Magazine в мае 1923 года под названием «Ловушка для растяпы» (A Trap for the Unwary). В связи с неоднократным обращением писательницы к ранним произведениям считается примером того, как мастерски она могла варьировать одну и ту же историю, внося в неё дополнения и изменения. Так, этот сюжет был использован Кристи сразу в нескольких рассказах и, прежде всего, в «Крови на мостовой» (The Blood-Stained Pavement) из авторского сборника «Тринадцать загадочных случаев» (1930), а также в таком известном романе как «Зло под солнцем» (1941).

 «Доколе длится свет» / While the Light Lasts (1924)
Впервые опубликован в The Novel Magazine в апреле 1924 года. Имеет некоторое сюжетное сходство с внецикловым романом «Хлеб титанов» (1930), изданного в Великобритании William Collins & Sons в апреле 1930 года, а в США Doubleday в том же году. Роман был первым из шести написанных Кристи под псевдонимом Мэри Уэстмакотт.

 «Дом грёз» / The House of Dreams (1926)
Мистический рассказ впервые опубликованный в 1926 году в журнале The Sovereign Magazine. Основывается на первом её прозаическом произведении — «Дом счастья» («Дом красоты»), которое было доработано автором в середине 1920-х годов. Он был написан зимой 1908—1909 годов в числе первых её рассказов, имеющих в своей основе мистическую тематику с трагическим концом.

 «Одинокий Бог» / The Lonely God  (1926)
Впервые увидел свет в журнале Royal Magazine в 1926 году. Относится к категории тех нескольких рассказов писательницы, где вообще отсутствует детективная интрига. О его характере Кристи позже выразилась, что он был «излишне сентиментальным» (regrettably sentimental). По мнению исследователей, это произведение представляет интерес ещё и в связи с тем, что в нём запечатлён тот неподдельный интерес автора к археологии, которую она позже охарактеризует как своё любимое занятие в жизни.

 «Золото острова Мэн» / Manx Gold  (1930)

Рассказ был напечатан в журнале Daily Dispatch, где выходил в пяти частях 23, 24, 26, 27 и 28 мая 1930 года. Возникновение замысла рассказа связывают с деятельностью Артура Б. Крукелла, олдермена, члена совета графства, входившего в комитет, на который возлагались функции популяризации и развития туризма на острове Мэн. Ему пришла в голову идея, что этим задачам может помочь распространённые в этих местах легенды о запрятанных контрабандистами кладах. Крукелл решил заинтересовать общественность поисками этих якобы спрятанных сокровищ представив всё таким образом, как будто они реально существуют и их можно найти, если правильно разгадать шифр. Несмотря на первоначальное сопротивление со стороны некоторых членов, ему удалось убедить комитет и освятить дело так, будто драгоценности действительно зарыты где-то на острове. Крукелл пришёл к выводу, что для массовости и доступности этой идеи было-бы хорошо показать её в виде детективного сюжета. С этой целью он обратился к Кристи, которая с удовольствием приняла это предложение. Для реализации замысла она отправилась на остров в апреле 1930 года, где в течение нескольких дней побывала с инициатором плана в местах будущего произведения и обсуждала с ним детали этого необычного для неё рассказа.

 «За стеной» / Within a Wall (1925)
Впервые опубликован в Royal Magazine в 1926 году. Относится к тем ранним произведением, сюжет которых туманен и может интерпретироваться различным образом. По наблюдению исследователей, здесь впервые в произведениях писательницы, нашла отражение тема «любовного треугольника», к которой она неоднократно возвращалась на протяжении своей творческой деятельности и, в частности, в таких известных её романах как «Смерть на Ниле» (1937) и «Зло под солнцем» (1941).

 «Тайна испанского сундука» / The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1939)
Представляет собой увеличенную версию более раннего рассказа «Тайна багдадского сундука» (The Mystery of the Spanish Chest), созданного в 1932 году и опубликованного в том же году в журнале Strand Magazine, а в 1939 году в сборнике «Тайна регаты». Относится к циклу произведений, где главным персонажем является Эркюль Пуаро. Исследователи отмечают в способе убийства и последующих манипуляциях сч трупом некоторые восточные мотивы.

 «Чайный сервиз "Арлекин"» / The Harlequin Tea Set  (1971)
Заглавный рассказ сборника впервые опубликован в 1971 году. Входит в цикл «Мистер Кин и Саттерсвейт», посвящённый встречам загадочного мистера Харли Кина с пожилым джентльменом по фамилии Саттерсвейт, представителем высших кругов общества. Когда последний сталкивается с какой-либо загадкой, то неожиданно появляется мистер Кин и своими наводящими вопросами помогает ему разгадать тайну.

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Сборники рассказов 1997 года
Сборники рассказов Агаты Кристи
Произведения, опубликованные посмертно
Эркюль Пуаро
Книги по алфавиту
Книги издательства «G. P. Putnam's Sons»