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WEST CHICAGO – After a severe storm hit West Chicago in July 2012, resident Ron Meyers drove around the city among the wreckage.
Fallen trees were everywhere, blocking the street to his mother's house and filling Reed-Keppler Park, where 163 were damaged beyond repair.
But looking at those broken trees, Meyers didn't think they were lost, fated to become firewood or mulch. He saw something else: possibility. And luckily, so did the West Chicago Park District.
"The drive for me to do this was to promote urban lumber, to make people more aware of what can be used with trees in their backyard," said Meyers, a cabinetmaker who owns a sawmill in Batavia.
Thinking someone might be able to find a use for the wood, park district crews collected and saved the longer pieces during the storm cleanup, said urban forester Phil Graf, who works with the West Chicago Park District.
The district's expectations were realized when Meyers contacted officials about using the wood. Soon after, he called his nephew Jeff Perkis, an architect in the area.
Perkis was a recent graduate of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago and contacted the school to see if any classes would be interested in a project to transform the wood into something new.
Paul Pettigrew, who teaches a class titled "Architecture and Furniture," jumped at the chance to give students the opportunity to get out into the community to do work at a real site.
Based on input from Pettigrew and his students, the project was named "Out of the Woods," which was meant to symbolize how the fallen trees would become furniture and other items.
"Just because it was damaged from the storm doesn't mean that it's bad wood. It can be used for more than firewood and mulch," Perkis said. "You can actually do something with it."
The spring and first summer semesters of Pettigrew's class participated in "Out of the Woods," with Perkis as the teaching assistant for the project. The 35 students created about 50 to 60 pieces to be sold or raffled off during West Chicago's Railroad Days festival July 11 through 14.
Pieces included smaller items like spoons, paintbrushes, jewelry, cufflinks and train whistles. Chairs, tables, benches and shelves were among the larger items featured in the raffle. Students were instructed to create pieces inspired by the community of West Chicago and Reed-Keppler Park.
The project raised $2,300 at Railroad Days, to be split evenly between the West Chicago Park District and The Conservation Foundation, a nonprofit based in Naperville that focuses on environmental efforts and education in the area.
Remaining pieces are expected to be available for sale at the West Chicago City Museum, 132 Main St.
Only a portion of the wood from Reed-Keppler Park trees was used for the "Out of the Woods" project, and Perkis said he hopes to use more of the wood on another project, possibly one that will be open to the rest of the community.
But in the meantime, Perkis and other project participants are happy knowing they've already given a second life to some of those trees.
"With this project, you're extending the life of the tree and giving the trees a second chance," recent IIT graduate Francisco Miranda said. "A piece of furniture is something that is timeless."

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Welcome!! to our website for Hamlet's American Taekwondo Academy.
You can try a couple of lessons for FREE, just to see why so many people like our classes. (just call us at 707-448-2600)
My name is Brian Hamlet, Chief Instructor and school owner. It is my sincerest wish that you will let me share with you and your family a martial art that has been a part of my life for the last 40 years. It is more than just something I happen to love, it is an activity that has something to offer everyone.
When one first enters our school and sees a class in session, the obvious is first noticeable, and that would be the physical movement and techniques of self defense that the students are learning. However; if one were to look a little longer, a little deeper, then you would see the level of courtesy and respect that the students show each other.
You would see people from all walks of life coming together to better themselves both physically and mentally. And...you would also see people having a lot of fun!
This web site can give you an overview of our school, and what we do here. But to really learn about what we do and how it can benefit you or your family, I invite you to visit with me and let me share you all there is to know about our school.
Look over the information links that are either on the left or above, and then give us a call to set up an appointment and I will meet with you personally. There is an area of information for our CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS , with many LETTERS from the happy parents. And there is also an area of information for our ADULT PROGRAMS as well.
Thank you for taking an interest in our school. I wish the best for you and your family
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Jeff Vinik told investors in a letter Friday that he plans to shut down his hedge fund and return their money by June 30.
Vinik, a former manager of Fidelity's Magellan mutual fund, said he wants to devote more time to his ownership of the Tampa Bay Lightning professional hockey team and to his family, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Globe.
Vinik launched his hedge fund business in 1996 in downtown Boston but last year moved the headquarters of Vinik Asset Management to Tampa, to be closer to the team. He bought a house there and moved his family with him, prompting some clients to wonder if his heart was still in the investment business.
After delivering investors returns averaging 17 percent a year since opening, Vinik's performance slipped this past year. The fund has lost 4.8 percent of its value in 10 months since July 1, while markets have generally climbed.
Vinik, 54, said in the letter that he and cofounder Michael Gordon "both love competing with the market day in and day out" but "it is time for us to take a break." Bloomberg News first reported on the letter.
Vinik closed his hedge fund once before, in 2000, when he returned $4.2 billion to clients. He mainly managed his own money for a few years, but later reopened quietly and slowly expanded the business again. Last year, he was running the eighth-largest hedge fund in Boston, with nearly $9 billion in assets.
This is not the first time a Boston hedge fund manager has chosen professional sports teams over money management. John Henry recently shut down his hedge fund to devote more time to the Boston Red Sox, England's Liverpool soccer club, and other sports ventures. Jim Pallotta traded in hedge fund life for the Italian soccer team AS Roma, along with some private equity work.
Vinik continues to hold a small stake in the Red Sox as well.
Meanwhile, Vinik's other partners may launch new funds. The letter said his Growth Group portfolio managers — Doug Gordon, Jon Hilsabeck, and Don Jabro — expect to start an independent long-short equities hedge fund in Boston. They will likely use the Vinik Asset Management office downtown, Vinik said. Other professionals at the firm also may launch new businesses, he said.
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john practice on some 1/8" mild steel (get it from a welding shop or even lowes) Once you feel comfortable buy some plates and I will send some scrap 4130 with the plates to practice on.
Personally it might be cheaper to rent a gas mig 220v for a weekend
I think VZ makes a great point here... practice a bit... a few hours of practice will really pay of in being able to lay down a nice bead, or at least get the settings on your welder close.
Fortunately this isn't aluminum and welding steel is pretty easy, although 4130 is a little trickier than mild steel. If you are anywhere near DC you can come over and use either my MIG or TIG setup.
save your money and go for the mig. Ive got a lincoln SP100 its got the gauges and hoses for the C25 gas. Ive done patch work for my chevelle and elcaminos. its much easier to do sheet metal with the gas. I even cut the cowl induction dome off a chevelle hood and welded it to a camaro hood, just to be different. Jim
Thats frigging impressive.. I have a lot of talents but welding is not one of them. Gotta learn.
Great post, never built a gun but I really want to, but hands down to you.
Welding really is simple for something like that. All you have to do is mess around with your wire feed speed and amount of heat you putting out. And always get your welds tied in at the begining of your weld. TIG welding I would think would be fairly easier for something like this "maybe" because it would be much cleaner leaving no splatter and require less grinding. Now if your welding pipes that is a different story because you have to purge it, but for sheet metal and such I'd recomend that. Either way this guy did a nice job.
generally novice welders using too light of a welder will find 4130 harder to run a smooth bead on.


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It seems that whenever the words "Asia" and "islands" come up, it is always in the context of renewed regional tensions.
And while that was certainly true last week with a flare-up of incidents between China, Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea, there has been a turn for the better concerning the dispute in the East China Sea.
Of course, with relations tense between Beijing and Tokyo in the past few years, any improvement in Sino-Japanese ties is good for regional stability. Last week, a nine-member delegation from the Japanese Diet (led by ex-foreign minister Masahiko Komura) made its way to Beijing to meet with top legislator Zhang Dejiang, one of the highest-ranking members in China's Politburo Standing Committee.
China and Japan have been at odds in recent years over territorial rights to a small group of islands in the East China Sea, which Beijing calls the Diaoyus and Tokyo, the Senkakus. Emotions were further incensed when China created an Air Defence Notification Zone over the islands last November, followed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for Japanese war dead last December. A group of Japanese lawmakers made a separate visit to the shrine — home to 14 Class-A war criminals — in April.
So Komura's visit (at the head of a delegation chosen from the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union in Tokyo) in itself can be seen as a step forward in improving ties. Last year, a similar visit had to be cancelled because, as The Economist put it, "the group was told no high Communist Party officials would meet it."
Tokyo-based Asahi Shimbun reported Komura said Abe would like to hold a high-level summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC conference later this year. And while Chinese officials said they are willing to continue some form of dialogue — the key being "to determine if the Abe administration views Beijing as a friend or foe" — Beijing is non-committal concerning a Xi-Abe summit.
Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that Beijing is content to continue dialogue, but remains adamant that Tokyo is to blame for recent tensions.
"China has always welcomed people from all walks of life in Japan … to make positive moves to improve China-Japan relations," the Xinhua quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying as saying. Hua added that events such as the Yasukuni Shrine visits "pose severe political obstacles for high-level exchanges."
"Whoever started the trouble should end it," Hua told Xinhua, not so subtly pointing the finger at Abe. Other reports quoted Hua as stating: "The crux of this (Sino-Japanese) problem is clear to all."
Japan also has its misgivings. In an editorial, the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Shimbun said: "It is unfortunate that the Chinese side remains obstinate" toward Komura's offer of a "forward-looking proposal."
"We believe most of the causes of the current stalemate in bilateral ties stem from the Chinese side," the editorial said, citing the continued presence of Chinese boats in the waters near the disputed islands. "It is time that China thought seriously about how to bring an end to 'mutually detrimental' relations."
It would appear that Komura's visit did little to change the underlying distrust both sides have for one another. Observers speculate that the decline in Sino-Japanese trade in recent years has dented both economies — currently ranked second- and third-largest in the world, respectively — and the visit may be an attempt to re-assume a closer business-only relationship. Of course, that would mean the fundamental causes of tensions between Beijing and Tokyo remain unaddressed.
It will only take another misstep to re-escalate tensions. But, as the saying goes, the road has to start somewhere.


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I'm curious to hear from anyone with experience in Multi Family Auditing what your thoughts on the muti-point blower door test are, and if there are ideas for performing a valid audit without the need of 5+ blower doors/auditors.
I'm curious to hear from anyone with experience in Multi Family Auditing what your thoughts on the muti-point blower door test are, and if there are ideas for performing a valid audit without the need of 5+ blower doors/auditors.
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Training on MF Blower Door Testing
I am doing a hands-on three day training, April 12 - 14, 2012 in Aurora, Illinois. It is intended to teach protocols for testing multifamily buildings, how to assess a building, to plan efficient testing, the mechanics of using all major available testing systems, and acquiring & analyzing data. While the focus will be on residential buildings, the techniques and analysis methods involved are directly applicable to all types of conditioned buildings of less than 2 million cubic feet in volume. Participants will attend two days of classroom training and one day of field work performing multiple tests in an apartment building. As a result of this training you will be able to identify the appropriate test protocols for building configurations, determine appropriate test mechanics based on building systems, analyze blower door data from test procedures, identify problems, understand infiltration theory and calculate energy loss.
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So what happened here?? Did "phil" get banned??
I quit trying to accomplish anything in this discussion because some juvenile kept spouting off with a bunch of stuff clearly motivated solely by his desire to be a wisea _ _.
Now I see that everything he dumped in this discussion has been stripped out.
I am a little confused of the controversy here about testing.
The health care analogy without testing we are simply phoning in a diagnosis
The cost of a blower door test? You buy one blower door and can perform thousands of tests. If you are in this industry and do not own one buy one now. They are a valuable tool.
30 thousand homes have been built the same so no need to test? I have been in and out of spaces more as a contractor than an auditor or assessor. I can tell that off the same plan and same crew you will get a difference from house to house. Move occupants in for ten plus years and they will interact and make changes. I contend that they might look the same but will not test the same.
Before I start a performance based job I will test and not make assumptions. I will guarantee improvements by performing a test in and test out with results that can be verified by other professionals. I must admit that sometimes it seems redundant as I can visibly see problems but I am often surprised by what I did not expect to see.
I do not see the blower door being an added cost but part of the service.
As far as the multi family testing procedures I have no experience whatsoever. There were some excellent answers by industry professionals that was interesting and informative. This is why I come to this site, to learn and interact with professionals. It would seem this test is more complicated and would add costs however what are the options. Shoot in the dark and hope for results? How do you know what you have performed is safe to the occupants?
My limited experience is in KY and VA. I haven't yet encountered a house that is below the BAS. I work on a team that audits multifamily buildings, including multi-point blower door testing. My job is to take the data collected and figure out what makes sense from an economical point of view to do in order to save energy. I see a lot of funds going toward doing multi-point blower door tests, and I struggle to get funds for things like duct sealing. This is frustrating for me. We are required to put in continuously running fans due to ASHRAE standards. The risk of buttoning things up too tight is zero.
When this job is over, I will concentrate on my own business as a home energy auditor. I want to continue to work with multifamily buildings, on a private level, because I see a huge opportunity to save energy. I question the efficacy of multi-point blower door tests. I would rather use utility bills to individualize units that are consuming a lot of energy, and a thorough IR imaging of the building to help pinpoint where the weaknesses in the envelope are. Neither of those two tools are being used in the program I am working in.
My interest in this thread is to find out what others think, and I'm fairly pleased so far, but I'm still not convinced one way or another.
Good discussion going here....great forum for this type of more "global" chatter.
Jon, to your website idea. My trepidation here is that a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. The tightening-up of a building envelope is virtually incompatible in the presence of atmospherically vented combustion appliances (thinking small homes here...). I have seen some *scary* situations with CO concentrations in the products of combustion. Then you have Mr. DIY spend a weekend air sealing every possible envelope penetration because he just read about it on the 'Net, and a bunch of people get CO poisoning and die. Not that there isn't a way to best educate people to this issue, but it really takes a trained professional to properly assure the safety of a combustion appliance after the building envelope has been altered.
A few other thoughts:
1. Duct sealing is significantly lagging envelope improvements in terms of auditor/industry awareness. And my experience w/incentive programs is that they can make duct sealing cost-prohibitive based on stringent testing requirements. Duct testing can take a long time, and to test-in and test-out as BPI, etc requires drives the cost of the retrofit measure to unacceptably high levels. Its a tricky situation, but duct sealing in both single and multifamily homes is a huge deal. We are doing a disservice if ducted distribution systems do not get enough attention.
2. I think our idea of a multifamily home is largely a walk-up with a dozen or so units in it. My work is mostly in NYC. How about a 300,000 sq ft 25 story building w/300 units, 6 elevators, amenity spaces, multiple air handlers, and stack effect craziness that drives infiltration and air quality concerns? Lots of these buildings in big cities, especially on the east coast. Huge energy savings opportunity, but the complexity of building interactions is mind bottling. The expense of trying to test a building like this is obscenely high, if at all possible.
Point being, traditional methods of testing/implementing/verifying are not always applicable. The opportunities and scope vary significantly from project to project; a cookie cutter approach is not reasonable. Do we need to test every house in Levittown? No way. Economies must be built into programs if upgrading multiple similar buildings. But do we need a trained professional to ensure the post-construction safety of occupant and property at every single house/building? Absolutely.
Further complicating things is the issue of ownership. How are you going to make every private homeowner in a Levittown execute an energy retrofit? Not going to happen, and if that type of thing becomes legislated, I'm leaving to go look for a *free* country to live in. Multifamily, however, presents a unique opportunity because participation in an Association might allow for a market-rate program of price-economized audits and retrofits. Homeowner associations might be interested participants and good folks to talk with.
Lastly, On-bill Recovery Loans in the free market seem to have great potential: Competition would keep services affordable and will spark innovative ideas related to economizing price structures. Sound analyses and implementation projects should generate energy savings that would make interest rates extremely palatable, and the avoidance of up-front capital outlay by the end-user is a huge incentive. I hope these programs grow and are implemented judiciously.
Not to belabor the point but what did you mean by "give them powerful tools". I thought I had you pegged as opposed to the "tools" i.e. computer models, IR cameras, blower doors and the like. Do you have other essential tools in mind? I understand you may be using the term figuratively.
I think David is right, regional differences do matter.
It is evident that there are different housing scenes in different regions. In much of New England, subdivisions by a single firm are small and scattered, compared to other places I've lived in and visited. I think most houses were built in different eras, very often as a lone project. Each needs its own analysis.
People have been talking past each other here, as a result. Though I wish it would, I don't know how it'll stop. With enthusiasm, Phil brings a good idea, both for business results and for overall impact, and cannot be omniscient with respect to such regional differences.
You assume too much. You assume that I work for a program that funds my audits, I don't. Most of my audits are paid for by the owner, the full amount.
I don't guarantee savings. Do you? What does that mean anyway, you give them all their money back including the cost of all the improvements they undertook that didn't save as much as you predicted? I stand behind my work though. If a customer doesn't get anywhere near my predictions a year or 2 later than we work together to find out why.
I do agree with you that if I were in a 30,000 unit subdivision with all the same type of house that we could get what we need to know by thoroughly testing just 1 or 2 units but that is extreme example. Up in the north east where I live our subdivisions are 20-50 homes max and they weren't all built by the same builder. I have seen the huge subdivisions you describe in Vegas. Do you routinely test in large subdivisions?
And yes, you are right, the big box stores are saving more the then HP contractors in total. However, on a 1 on 1 basis more is saved by choosing the right items rather than just blanketing everything with products bought from the store. This is particularly true on larger buildings and less so on houses. In other words, choosing the right things to focus on matters more the bigger the building gets. In fact your argument leads to a logical conclusion that not only should we not test houses, we should not even audit them. Rather, we should just post an elaborate and detailed website that covers 90% of what is wrong with most homes and refer people to it when they call. Now THAT is cost effective. What do you think?
Personally, I think people will still want auditors to spell it out for them anyway, even if there was such a website.
Thomas Price,
I'd like to pick up your doctor analogy; I think there is much in common between us and doctors (except pay).
I don't believe that doctors typically prescribe more tests just to make more money. They know that every test they prescribe has to be paid for and they know generally which ones are covered by insurance and which ones are not. They prescribe tests because they don't already know the diagnosis, or they think they know but they want to gain confidence and/or want to rule out other possibilities. They typically have to balance their need to be 100% confident in their diagnosis with the costs of the tests. So it is with a good auditor. She has the tools at her disposal, she uses her experience to form hypotheses about the building, she chooses the tools she needs to gain confidence in, or rule out, those hypotheses, and she has to balance the need for 100% confidence with cost of the audit.
For example: You see an acoustic tile ceiling with friction fit fiberglass above it. No brainer, this is a big air leak. But what is it worth in energy savings and how does it compare in energy savings with the uninsulated foundation wall of the walk out basement in the same house? An experienced auditor would have some good guesses if they had been faithfully checking energy bills on all their previous retrofits which almost no one has the time for. I try but I catch less than 5% of my projects because nobody is paying me to look at energy bills a year later. So what else does that experienced auditor have to cross check his ideas if he doesn't have any tools? Nothing. This is just a simple example. What about more something a little more nuanced? How much is sealing behind the baseboards worth vs. air sealing ducts that travel in an inaccessible cold attic? Intuition tells you they should both be fixed but if the owner wants to phase the work which should they do first?
We talk about money being wasted on "needless" tests. But what about money wasted on needless fixes because the auditor used his intuition but no tools to gain confidence in his recommendations. What if your work scope includes an item that needs to be fixed on MOST houses but not this one?
One thing I will say that has yet to come up explicitly and I believe may be one of the points in favor of the "no tools" proponents. There is no substitute for time on site. I find I have to see every nook and cranny before I feel I know the building well enough to start to comment on its energy use. I got burned on some of my earliest projects because I over relied on the output from the tools and didn't spend enough site time. I cringe when I hear about programs that seek to "streamline" an auditor's time one site or worse, computer models "so good" that the audit can be conducted by phone. Not knocking models, they are a tool just like everything else, but there is no model that can substitute for site time.
Grant Salmon – I agree 100%. There is so much more you can do with a blower door than just get the whole building #. I use it all the time to help confirm that the air sealing I am recommending will: 1- is detailed correctly and, 2- really save energy. I agree though that most auditors do not use these techniques, some because the programs they work for don't fund additional tests (back to the doctor analogy) and others because they don't know these techniques.
Have the tools, use judgment and experience in their use.
I think you are on the right track. What can we do that still gives us reasonably accurate data yet not use up all the funds on the audit so there are none left for making improvements? I contend, and I can see that some disagree, that auditor experience with a few simple tests can fill in most of the blanks when we cannot conduct all the tests that we would like to.
I read your article and respectfully disagree. We do not need to test all multifamily structures in order to be able to do a good job with air sealing. The late Tony Woods and his colleagues at CANAM came up with an alternative method called ALCAP that was based on blower door tests and completed air sealing on several multifamily high rise buildings. After a while they abandoned blower door testing in favor of ALCAP because it worked. I believe that the Zerodraft folks (a spin off from CANAM) use ALCAP as part of their assessment procedures today.
One final comment: Not every auditor knows, but should know, that blower door results at 50 or 75 Pascals don't have an exact translation to air leakage at natural pressures. In fact, a properly conducted blower door test can be off by as much as a factor of 2 from what a tracer gas test would say (not my words, page 34 in the Minneapolis blower door manual). Also, the larger the building the harder it is to determine what the blower door number really means at natural pressures, and by extension, what are the potential energy savings. This is a fact lost on most new auditors because many state and non-profit energy programs treat ACH natural as if it is a hard fact, not what is really is, a highly variable air leakage rate that literally changes with the weather. So, if we are going to get all "scientific" about making sure we test every single building then we have to ask ourselves the question that Colin Genge raised, "what does this all mean?" If we show with pre and post blower door tests that our air sealing work decreased air leakage by 35% does that mean we can accurately predict what the building will save in heating fuel? By my experience, the people I've talked to, and the research I've read probably not.
I don't disparage the science or the proper test techniques. I have several blower doors and use them to test buildings every week but the bottom line is auditor knowledge and experience is the most important tool out there. All other tools we have come in second.


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GM's immediate top concern is Vancouver Canucks' scouting summit next week in Whistler
Jim Benning (right), the new general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, with team president Trevor Linden at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Friday, May 23, 2014.
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Unless you're his neighbour or co-worker, you probably haven't seen Jim Benning around Vancouver since he was named the Canucks' general manager two weeks ago.
He has had a few things on his plate, which further overflowed Friday with the firing of Pittsburgh Penguins' coach Dan Bylsma. And Benning's workload will only increase as the June 27-28 entry draft approaches and the Canucks' try to move up.
Hiring a head coach is on Benning's to-do list, and that item will probably remain there until at least the end of the National Hockey League and American Hockey League seasons.
"We've been in meetings all day, so we haven't had a chance to really sit down and talk about it," Benning said Friday afternoon of Bylsma's sudden availability. "But he's an interesting name, for sure.
"We're going to wait until the NHL is done and the AHL is done. We're going to do our due diligence on this. We want to make sure we pick the right guy that's right for this group. So we're going to take our time and do the work. It has gone good so far and I expect it to keep going good."
Benning and his boss, Canuck president of hockey operations Trevor Linden, began interviewing candidates this week.
But the two coaches believed to be at the front of the field, Los Angeles Kings' assistant John Stevens and minor-league coach Willie Desjardins of the Texas Stars, are still working. So it won't extend the hiring process when Benning suspends his coaching search next week to concentrate on the Canucks' scouting summit in Whistler.
Benning will gather together the full amateur and professional scouting staffs he inherited from former GM Mike Gillis.
Given the Canucks' failure the last decade to draft and develop players, then introduce them into the organization's NHL lineup, Benning's defence of long-time chief scout Ron Delorme and his staff is surprising to some people.
But Benning rose in management on the amateur scouting side of operations, remains a scout at heart and understands it's an unfair oversimplification simply to look at the lack of in internally-developed Canuck players in recent years and conclude the amateur scouts don't know what they're doing.
The Canucks, for instance, have had fewer picks at the draft than any NHL team the last eight years because Gillis and his predecessors, Dave Nonis and Brian Burke, regularly traded them. From the time Burke was hired in 1998, the Canucks have had a second-round pick in only seven of 15 entry drafts. In seven drafts, they've had no third-round selection.
"They've been a real strong organization for the last 10 years," Benning said. "I came from Boston and in some ways we did the same thing. When you're close to winning, sometimes you sacrifice draft picks and young prospects to add that one more piece you think gives you a chance to win the Cup. Over the course of time, it catches up with you. Maybe it caught up with our organization a little bit now."
Still, not having a full quota of picks doesn't excuse some poor choices that have been made.
The Canucks only two notable NHL regulars so far produced from the last eight drafts — 2006 first-rounder Michael Grabner and 2008 first pick Cody Hodgson — play for other teams.
"I've known some of the guys on this staff a long time," Benning said of his scouts, whom he gathered in Toronto last week for the draft combine. "I didn't work in the organization, so I don't know what the direction was. I'm going to keep an open mind with everybody. We're going to assess everybody as we go along and if we feel we need to make changes we'll make them. But I'm going to give everybody a fair chance to show what they can do.
"It's a hard job. You're gone three weeks on the road every month. If you have kids and family stuff, it's a big sacrifice. Getting to know the players in all the different regions around the world, it's a hard job. I understand it. I know the draft this year because I was out on the road a lot this year, so I'm going to give these guys direction and communicate with them the types of players that we want."
Amateur scouting meetings will fill the first three days in Whistler, Benning said. He and his staff will assign a numerical rating to every draft prospect from Canada, the U.S. and Europe, then compile a master draft list. Thursday and Friday will be devoted to pro scouting. Every NHL player will be rated, and Benning said his group will determine which players to target in free agency or in trade.
One of the most interesting discussions will be what to do with the Canucks' first-round pick at No. 6. Vancouver should get a good player at that position. But there appears to be a dropoff after the first four picks and if the Canucks want one of the top centres, Sam Reinhart or Sam Bennett, Benning will have to trade up.
"We're going to explore everything," he said. "We feel we're going to get a real good player at six. But we're going to explore moving up, if we can, and what the cost is. If we're able to do it, that would be great. But we're happy where we are at six."
Benning has been putting in 12- to 14-hour days. But it is a good tired.
"I always say, aside from being a player, the funnest two times of the year for me are the amateur draft and being part of the trade deadline," he said. "The adrenalin gets flowing and you make decisions that matter."


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(CBS News) Imagine going to school to pick up your child and not being certain which kid is yours. Imagine brushing your teeth every morning and not wholly recognizing the face in the mirror. All of this is unimaginable for most of us, but a basic fact of life for people with the mysterious neurological condition called "face blindness" -- or prosopagnosia - which can make it almost impossible to recognize faces, even of one's nearest and dearest. Dr. Oliver Sacks knows something about the condition, and not only because he's a neurologist, but also because Dr. Sacks himself is face blind. Lesley Stahl reports.
The following is from the script "Face Blindness" which aired on March 18, 2012. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Shari Finkelstein, producer.
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850 pages of script later and the team was being urged to "cut it down, cut it down, cut it down," and release the content as DLC.
This was met with jeers from the Comic-Con crowd, with Parker adding, "and I agree... f**k that."
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Keyclick and Noise Blanker modification of the Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V
The keyclick modification is very important for serious CW-operators!
(I like to thank W8JI and W7HV for their much appreciated help)
To prevent failures caused by ESD it is wise to take some precautions.
Perhaps the work as could be seen on the pictures is not the best example.
A grounded antistatic mat is better then a tablecloth and paperwork, by all means.
Before soldering the component(s) I put the metal body of the soldering iron for a few seconds on the chassis of the rig to neutralize differences.
I do not wear clothes, like Fleeze, which could cause statics. However I admit that taking more precautions would be very wise and advisable.
First remove the covers of the Mark-V.
Then lift the PA- and the fan-unit. It is not necessary to remove them.
This picture is taken at the same time, but from another angle.
We have to remove the RF-board. Please write down which cables are being released and where they came from!
Just have a good look at all the thin cables on the inner side where the PA-unit came from. We will meet them later on...
This is the bottom of the RF-board.
Install the 0,1 uF capacitor between C1004/R1004/R1003 and ground. That's all we have to do on the RF-board for the mod!
This is the view from one of the sides.
Re-install the RF-board. Take care of the cables. It looks difficult, but it is not.
Re-install the fan-unit.
Then re-install the PA-unit. This is IMHO not easy.
Be very careful not to damage the thin cables underneath the right side (seen from the frontpanel of the Mark-V) of the PA-unit!
To fasten the two screws of the PA-unit I advise a screwdriver with little clamps; this makes the work much easier.
What I use is Lip Conditioner on the tip of my screwdriver; this will hold the screw.
Be careful not to damage the little wires, when you re-install the PA-unit.. I used a few extra cable ties.
Now we have to remove the bottom covers of the Mark-V and lift the IF-board (this is the board where the filters are mounted on).
Only remove the necessary cables to lift the IF-board at its side (you will see this on the last photo).
Then solder the two caps of 0,1 uF (104), the resistors of 22k and 680k between the ungrounded end of C2148 and ground.
Be very careful that these four components will not touch the PCB or the chassis of the Mark-V! Prevent short-circuits.
To prevent short circuits I used PVC isolation tape between the mod and the PCB and...
PVC isolation tape between the mod and the chassis of the Mark-V.
Now lets do the Noise Blanker mod!
To do the NB modification first remove R2046.
Then mount a 220 Ohm resistor between the source of Q2009 at C2027 and the collector of Q2016 at R2049.
There is no need to use a wire. You can mount the 220 Ohm resistor directly between C2027 and R2049, if you want.
The job is almost finished...
Re-install the IF-board and the bottom covers of the Mark-V.
That's all!
It took me a couple of hours on a rainy sunday afternoon. I must say that the job was not very difficult. Just take your time!
I am not a very experienced engineer, but "just" a HAM...
The toughest thing IMHO was to re-install the PA-unit and fasten the two screws without damaging the thin wires.
If you want I have a document with other pictures, drawings and text how to do the keyclick modification.
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18 Months In America (10/16/15 – 5/16/17)! The Congress Must Be Like The Roman Senate, A Real Adviser Of the Executive Power, Including The Shadow President! I'm Writing To My Representative To Inform Of My United Nations Initiative About WWII History: A Seminar To Reopen This Nuremberg Files!
April 13, 2017
18 Months In America (10/16/15 – 5/16/17)! The Congress Must Be Like The Roman Senate, A Real Adviser Of the Executive Power, Including The Shadow President! I'm Writing To My Representative To Inform Of My United Nations Initiative About WWII History: A Seminar To Reopen The Nuremberg Files!
Previous articles:
There Is Nothing Else Than THE USA (Russiangate in America), A Book For Barnes & Nobles And The New York Times! Frederic VIDAL Is The Anti-Star Of The US-B And The President Of The US-A As Mike FULLER! It Is My Email To A Lawyer About The Consortium TIMefraMES.
New PRESS RELEASE: RUSSIANGATE Before TRUMP's Impeachment. / FAKE PUNK, BrAmStOcKeR Album, Managed By Mike FULLER, Shadow President. / FRENCH COP 3: WIN WIN, Frederic VIDAL's Masterpiece To Be Produced From NEW YORK. / The XXth Century is Finished A 2nd Time In 2017, USA. /
World War II And World Wide Web: The UN Seminar! NEW YORK, SONY, REAL PUNK, FAKE PORN, SCIFI: BrAmStOcKeR'S Social Wave Means The UNITED NATIONS Are NEW AGE!
Here is my email to my congressman the closest of NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. After the resignation of the Governor of ALABAMA, it's time for the NEW ERA we deserve in this Land of the Free. It's about the relationship MAN – WOMAN, it's about the relationship SUBCULTURE – MAINSTREAM, it's about the relationship DEMOCRATS – REPUBLICANS.
Read this article and be sure I am sad because I was in Birmingham in Alabama last year in April and I could not interfere to prevent the impeachment of this Governor or to accelerate it as a PhD specialist of the social media and the political science and the US Presidential candidate Mike FULLER.
Frederic VIDAL
I am in New York after 4 days in Washington. I met your secretary who gave me your business card.
My purpose is to entertain the population of our Country with a spectacle of music and movie. I was in Nashville for a while last year to play my songs and meet professionals there. Now, I am pre-producing the debut album of my band BrAmStOcKeR, FAKE PUNK. I will feature the DJ and Porn star Jessie ANDREWS, I want the new lineup to be me and her as I am a frontman – songwriter but also my own manager since 1977 and the end of the amateur lineup that was dysfunctional.
I am French and American, I am proud of my dual citizenship and I participated in the Presidential election as a write-in candidate. I would need your recommendation for a project regarding my activity of philanthropist: I schedule to create a nonprofit, American Culture Department (ACD) in May. This structure will organize a seminar about World War II and the reopening of the Nuremberg files in order to be sure we did not forget to punish any crime committed by the Nazis. It's our duty to know more about the D-day and our alliance with the Soviets. The Nazis were not neutralized enough by our troops.
I already contacted the Eisenhower Presidential Library that is interested in my objective of research, also about the Jewish assets stolen by the Nazis.
Could I have an appointment with you when I will be back in DC in May? I will call your secretary next week to schedule a meeting.
Sincerely yours,
Frederic Vidal
ON BLIP http://blip.fm/TheBRAMSTOCKER
LISTEN TO MY FAVORITE DJ. She's cute and I want her with me for my band BrAmStOcKeR debut album FAKE PUNK. She's Jessie ANDREWS, also a PORN STAR. FV
Jessie ANDREWS and Frederic VIDAL together for the 12 songs of the FAKE PUNK debut album of BrAmStOcKeR, it's HOUSE music and Rock'n Roll and a MORE!
The HOUSE PUNK will be a surprise for you: it's the 40th anniversary of 1977 and the 12 songs of FAKE PUNK are already drafted. 2 songs DEMO upcoming.
Little by little, since July 2014, I'm in touch more and more with Jessie ANDREWS but in this music business & porn industry, TIME IS MONEY AND FAITH.
Now that I am in NEW YORK definitely and promoting my band and album project, I believe in Jessie ANDREWS to accept to share the risk to WIN TOGETHER!
She already recorded great songs on CDs, she's a brilliant performer. I am her fan #1, her music veteran, never commercialized before, "ASSOCIATE". FV
On TWITTER
Thomas SPEARS – April 13 – https://twitter.com/vidalfuller2016
AMERICA is a CONTINENT and the UNITED NATIONS are a Federation of STATES created after WWII. WWIII of terrorism started September 11, 2001.
Mike FULLER – April 13 – https://twitter.com/mikefuller2020
The US did not hesitate: the 'mother of all bombs' was the right weapon against ISIS in AFGHANISTAN LIKE THE 'FATHER OF ALL BOMBS' IS PEACE!
Fred KELLY – April 13 – https://twitter.com/Timeframes2020
THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE THE CENTURY OF WOMEN OR WON'T BE. Andre MALRAUX prepared us to anticipate this prevision & TRUTH by a FAMILY deal.
I AM THE FATHER OF ALL SUPER HEROES. Fred KELLY (more than Stan LEE) because I'm THE MAN FROM 25! TIMefraMES franchise – FRENCH COP Universe
BrAmStOcKeR https://twitter.com/BRAMSTOCKER –
April 11
TRUMP is sick. He's like OBAMA, a man with a PLAN that is too personal GLORY and not enough associating me, Mike FULLER, his BUSINESS ANGEL. https://t.co/iv0bNq8qC7
BUSH, OBAMA, TRUMP: they have to learn the ALTERNATE POWER is to REHABILITATE our CONSTITUTION and they have to stop THEIR HATE AGAINST ME. https://t.co/hoepPS61SF
I am a FAIR CITIZEN of the United States and a LEADER of the SUBCULTURE. Shadow President, I am in NEW YORK, today, APRIL 11, 2017 to BUILD. https://t.co/FUIIOsidWo
I WAS NEVER A BAD POLITICIAN, it's my comeback as an insider in DC: WASHINGTON needed an UPGRADE with a guy from EUROPE who was a LAFAYETTE. https://t.co/2ymaWOejUO
To be the SHADOW PRESIDENT is a routine for me: I AM A GOOD POLITICIAN PARTLY since I am 21, I know the WHITE HOUSE more than you think. FV https://t.co/Mh2xs0UHkS
FAKE PUNK – REAL PORN! Top porn stars 2017: https://t.co/qIbonOEtUG Our rock is hard and our porn is soft or HARDCORE like our music HOUSE! https://t.co/QQCrvlWsfa
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH EVERY DAY. Frederic VIDAL to Jessie ANDREWS. I want the WEB to be sure of it as we live in a SMALL WORLD to associate. https://t.co/xbAaS9MVhI
LOVE MAKE US FEEL MORE LOVERS AND LOVE GIVES US THE PROJECT TO SEE EACH OTHER WITH THE WEB AS A FOLLOWER. BrAmStOcKeR by 2 promoters of NYC. https://t.co/Phrqm90Z7L
You look PUNK, I'm HOUSE! It's time to see each other in NEW YORK. We're not FAKE, we like the SHADOW. It's D – 6 for you, JESSIE and me! FV https://t.co/zfe6aHAfRf
Jessie ANDREWS and Frederic VIDAL also known as Mike FULLER and frontman of BrAmStOcKeR ARE producing FAKE PUNK for the WEB and the US-A. FKhttps://t.co/zzhyQvvjO6
@Timeframes2020 @jessieslife I continue my poetry on BrAmStOcKeR Twitter to say to you that I love you, we don't mind the others, they are our followers, SWEET HEART! FK https://t.co/az1OjvSlfw
Jessie ANDREWS and Frederic VIDAL alias Mike FULLER are a woman and a man who are scheduled to record an album: FAKE PUNK = HOUSE with LOVE. https://t.co/6s3xzXGUyn
@jessieslife Have a good week in your environment, I do my best in NYC to organize our time together. I continue to write a lot. It's cool & useful. Fred https://t.co/o4ZBcSQ6BS
April 12
I have never a reply from you but I know you're sincere, OK for FAKE PUNK: ROCK, HOUSE and LOVE! Frederic VIDAL to PHONE CALL Jessie ANDREWS https://t.co/T76XtpnEKf
Jessie Andrews – You Won't Forget Tonight (feat. Comets We Fall) https://t.co/PQesFi7VJm via @YouTube She's my choice to be SHADOW PUNK. FV
Jessie Andrews at Lucky Bar https://youtu.be/2mfsivCecjU via @YouTube BrAmStOcKeR's DJ? YES and FAKE PUNK debut album is nothing without her! FV
Jessie Andrews – I Never Knew (Cover Art) https://youtu.be/d8yxvxZAPhI via @YouTube TIME IS MONEY AND FAITH: The Risk To WIN TOGETHER is real. FV
Jessie Andrews – Grind https://youtu.be/zsEUcAExH5w via @YouTube WHO IS SHE IS A WOMAN different than the others like I am A MAN who is SMART. FV
I have not the money to finance the trip of Jessie ANDREWS to NEW YORK. I'm looking for INVESTORS. 917 941 2190 to co-produce FAKE PUNK. MF
April 13
BrAmStOcKeR is FAKE PUNK rock and SHADOW HOUSE addicted. It's better than HEROIN. It's a system validated by the UN: the NEW MAINSTREAM. FV
Q&A tomorrow FRIDAY by Mike FULLER, from the US-A! What about Vince SAUVAN in JAPAN? What about the FAKE NUKE on Afghanistan, in the US-B?
April 14
Q&A with Mike FULLER. Be ready to read the SHADOW PRESIDENT replies to the US-A Press. Words and Pictures.
New York Times: Frederic VIDAL has now a lawyer and a business & marketing consultant. Will he publish THE USA book about the RUSSIANGATE?
Mike FULLER: of course. In the US-A, we are waiting for the manuscript for a release of the book before the Summer. FAKE PUNK in the US-B!
VARIETY: this BrAMsToCkEr debut album could win a GRAMMY? MF: it will be released in January, next year, too late for the awards but not for
the fame and the appreciation of this tour de force to record a commercial CD 40 years after 1977. The song DESTROY NO FUTURE explains it.
Washington Post: what about Vince SAUVAN who is not inter dimensional like Frederic, his biographer. Is he still in TOKYO? MF: Yes. With Pat
HUNTER, they are continuing their benchmarking in JAPAN to prepare our Country computer age that will include ROBOTS. P.M.U.R.T. is a song
about a President replaced by a robot. (laughs). The FRENCH COP will be back in May, normally. LosAngeles Times: after the ads, the WWIII?
Mike FULLER: I'm surprised you ask me this question, Los Angeles Times! It's a Cyber War on the Web and in the press. It's the subject of
THE USA book. The RUSSIANGATE is a crisis a lot more than the Watergate: the candidate of Moscow was the nickname of Donald TRUMP. ISIS is
ISIS is the 3rd part of the WWIII. The US-B Bomb in Afghanistan won't neutralize the terrorists. The UN Conference about WWII that I propose
Is the solution.
April 15
REAGAN CITY will be the capital of the United States in the future (in the Midwest). Mike FULLER
It will be the center of the comeback of the American Dream. In New York, I study the architecture of our future Federal City. MF
The HOUSE PUNK is like the acid rock a genre to develop for the victory of the NEW AGE. JESUS is our LORD and it's my first name.
The RUSSIANGATE is the LAWSUIT of all criminal activities against the Independence of the United States. The FBI will prosecute THEM ALL. FV
New age.
Q&A Mike FULLER. Wall Street Journal: how do you see the crisis evolution in the US-B? MF: the Army is nervous, the President is fragile and
there are a lot of programs in progress with Russia that need to be listed. One program is not acceptable: to commerce intelligence with
Russia except when it's certified CIA. PUTIN was supporting TRUMP candidacy in the newspapers and TRUMP threatened to call PUTIN to calm
down the Americans against him. His entourage is now investigated by the Congress and the FBI. It's spectacular how many collaborators of
the controversial and eccentric New York billionaire are suspected by the US authorities to have been Russian guests about BEING MOSCOW'S
PROTEGES we know why? 77 years since 1939. USA TODAY: what you mean, (Shadow) President? MF: it's 2017, WWII was a joint venture of us with
USSR. After the change of regime, the Russian strategy has been to invade our Country backstage. TRUMP wanted to be the new ROCKFELLER, he
collapsed (bankruptcies) and selected the second super power to be his new victim. Russia and Easter Europe were proud to find a friend from
collapsed (bankruptcies) and selected the second super power to be his new victim. Russia and Easter Europe were proud to find a friend from
HOLLYWOOD, LAS VEGAS, NEW YORK and WASHINGTON. Their union was a deal too business and not right for diplomacy. VARIETY: well said, Mike.
After the Spring Equinox, I'm in my new EQUINOX club close to BLEECKER Street, thinking about you. HAPPY EASTER, JESSIE! Frederic VIDAL, NYC
Napoleon's most famous defeat was WATERLOO because the Americans did not accept to be with the Empire of FRANCE after the 2 revolutions.
From: http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291
Read more about BONAPARTE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
On FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/fredericvidal2012
April 12
Jessie is now ready to have an upgraded career because I selected her to be my musical partner for FAKE PUNK, the album and FRENCH COP, the film. This is a strategy to have a business plan compatible with a WIN WIN love story. She's PURE, I'm not EVIL. We are (white) HOUSE, he is SHADOW president, Mr. Mike FULLER (my hero of French Cop 3 with Vince SAUVAN). You are my friends on Facebooking hook and I am inviting you to support my project with her as you are my main network for our collective success on the SOCIAL MEDIA. In the next few days, we will celebrate the confirmation of this DEAL: BrAmStOcKeR and TIMefraMES, my 2 brands institutionalized thanks to the creation of the nonprofit AMERICAN CULTURES DEPARTMENT (ACD) in NEW YORK.
She's the DJ we need to UPDATE our music. She's the Disc Jokey who can transform our songs that are too heavy metal. Watch this video to see my personal icon playing her selection of HOUSE. She's great! Frederic VIDAL, BrAmStOcKeR frontman and PhD.
April 11
My message to this studio: I am the frontman and manager of my own House Punk band BrAmStOcKeR. Would it be possible to record 2 songs next week (on Monday and Tuesday for instance). We prepare a debut album since 1977! We were with the Sex Pistols of the British wave, in France at that time. Now, in the US since 2003, we are ready after a lot of underground diffusion of our music and draft albums TO RECORD COMMERCIALLY. I met a lot of music business people since the 90's and first Clive DAVIS at the MIDEM 2002 and in New York TODAY we have the keys to succeed. Read our Twitter account: https://twitter.com/BRAMSTOCKER The 2 songs are for a demo for the record labels network. I am singer and guitarist and the second musician is a DJ programmer.
Sincerely yours,
Frederic VIDAL
FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page
The FBI has the right to investigate until the truth will appear for the judges to know what is real in this RUSSIANGATE story and what is FAKE (a trendy word, by the way, I use with my band BrAmStOcKeR for the title of our debut album FAKE PUNK). I will publish THE USA book later this year to acknowledge everything I know about this PUTIN-TRUMP connection that began in the 1960's according to me. In fact, its in progress since 1945 and the Cold War was not the worst time for the TRUMP America to commerce with the PUTIN Russia that was, at that time the USSR, a powerful federation managed by Moscow. A lot of Science Fiction will upgrade this study with my intellectual franchise I am writing on my blog on WordPress. This SciFI and Science Semi-Fiction are necessary to understand there environment and the context of what the humans did to read their own history in their publications lying sometimes about the deals and agreements the most important. There was not an in investigation like this one (at the Congress) since the NcCarthy Commission oin the 1950's and it's good for our democracy and the modernization of our Country that deserves a plan and a program not following the mistakes of a bad WIN WIN of the past with RUSSIA, first. 100 days of TRUMP in 19 days! Mike FULLER aka Frederic VIDAL.
April 13
U.S.-led coalition accidentally bombs Syrian allies, killing 18
The 'FATHER OF ALL BOMBS' is PEACE. The UNITED STATES must organize with the UNITED NATIONS a CoNfErEnCe about World War II and the risk of World War III with the islamic terrorism and the American warfare to INVERSE ASAP to prevent a nuclear war or more terrorism or a destruction of our EMPIRE that is COMMERCIAL and POLITICAL. The US DIPLOMACY must invite Vladimir PUTIN and RUSSIA in WASHINGTON to sign a historic TREATY of PARTNERSHIP like in YALTA, not to share the world in two this time but to produce a FREEDOM ENVIRONMENT in every State of the PLANET.
Frederic VIDAL alias Mike FULLER
U.S. military drops 22,000-pound bomb on Islamic State forces in Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHl2yRkwpBk5_RmUHspp4Q On Youtube, BrAmStOcKeR is about to release the first demos of the debut album of the band FAKE PUNK, the commercial breakthrough scheduled bu the HOUSE PUNK duet previewed on the Web. Mike FULLER, Us-A President (in the FRENCH COP franchise).
President of the States was a draft of debut album, unplugged but charismatic for our band. FAKE PUNK would not be FAKE PUNK without this 12 songs before. MF
The songwriting of the song in 7 minutes. The 12 songs were composed in a very short while with a camcorder filming for Youtube in July 2015. MF
ON YOUTUBE FOR FACEBOOK – April 13
The MOAB (mother of all bombs) is a concept of bomb to finish terrorism in ONE TIME. I think it works but I'm not sure. The FOAB (father of all bombs) must have been the father of the Germans V1, V2, V3 and the American SATURN V, Verner Von BRAUN, a Nazi who was denazified and invited in the US after WWII. He would have proposed a bomb that will never explode but would have been a permanent threat like the nuclear weapon: A CONFERENCE TO STOP ISIS WORLDWIDE BY BOYCOTTING IT WITH ISLAM AND ARABIANS reunited to sign a condemnation of this movement of war and never peace. Mike FULLER (Frederic VIDAL, PhD in New York)


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Member LeahG added a "Purple & White Salad" to CookKosher.com and sent us step by step photos to show you how she put it together.
The salad is a great gift when you're invited to someone for a meal or when sending over food for a simcha.
It's easy, delicious and looks really beautiful.
Start with a trifle bowl or any clear salad bowl. Place the shredded cabbage, and layer the romaine lettuce leaves on top. Pour the dressing right over the lettuce.
Use any tortilla chips you have. Barbeque flavor is fun addition, but any flavor will taste great. Crush it while it's in the bag, so you have less of a mess.
Using skewers (straws or knife) as guidance. Place the topping over the top, alternating purple and white colors. Craisins, almonds, purple onion, tortilla chips.... Repeat. Remove the skewers.
All done! Really quick and looks like you put in a lot of work.
I love the idea. And such great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! Love this idea. I will be preparing this salad for sure and I will also use the idea of skewers to make an interesting fruit trifle. Thank you so much.
Love it! Heard it is delicious. I will be making it for the chanukah party!


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Small class sizes allow for a great deal of personalization and interaction between our distinguished faculty and students. The Department of Philosophy at Chapman offers a range of courses from studies of pivotal thinkers throughout history, to metaphysics, epistemology and religious thought, as well as ethical inquiries into medicine, business, and the environment.


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English: Fourth floor of Eiffel Tower and its spire, seen from north side. The tower was lit in blue to celebrate french presidency of European Union.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (UPI) -- A San Francisco man accused of trying to sell a grenade launcher was ordered released on bond on the condition he read each day and write book reports.
Otis Mobley Jr., 23, was indicted last month alongside cousin Khusar Mobley, 18, and Dmarce Hutcherson, 19, on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, assault on a federal officer, robbery and a weapons violation, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.
Prosecutors said the men arranged to sell a grenade launcher to an undercover agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives March 28 and the sale was actually a ruse for a planned robbery.
The men pulled guns on the undercover agent and attempted to rob him, but fellow agents joined him and Hutcherson was shot and wounded by an agent.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore ruled April 23 for Mobley to be released on $150,000 bond and wear an ankle monitor with GPS tracking. Prosecutors appealed the ruling, saying Mobley is a flight risk, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers upheld the bond ruling Monday.
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Skagen Table / 7.495 dkk
Designed by Mogens Holmriis
The Skagen Table presents a solid yet elegant impression. Named after the northern tip of Denmark, Skagen draws references to a late 19th century ambiance when many of Denmark's most famous painters and writers were staying in the area. Timeless design, long lasting materials and a Nordic vibe.
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LxWxH: 140x78x73 cm
Item no. S1131015
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Weight: 27,5 kg
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Teak is commonly found in Southeast Asia, Central and South America. Our FSC-certified Teak comes from Central America, Brazil and Indonesia, while our non-certified Teak comes from plantations in Southeast Asia and Trinidad; managed to sustain a renewable and reliable supply of wood.
Teak is a heavy, hard and sturdy type of wood. The high content of natural oils makes it highly weather and rot resistant and is therefore a good choice for outdoor furniture.
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This past week I had my students use one of the following timeline creators,(Timetoast, Xtimeline) to discuss the major events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Since both of these tools are free and simple to use I thought that they would be a great fit for my class.
Both tools required no instruction to use and my students found them easy to navigate. They do require the latest flash player and an updated web browser. As my students progressed with these tools I did notice that not having a spell checker was an issue. Since nothing was underlined red they assumed everything was spelled correctly, which was not the case. But as far as use and functionality they both seemed to work well for my students.
From a teachers perspective I found that timetoast was a bit friendlier to use. Timetoast has a text view option that allows you to see all of the content for each date so that you do not need to click on each event to read the student material. This was really helpful and saved time in the grading process.
Check both of these tools at the following addresses:
Here is a link to a previous post on "14 Ways For Students To Create Timeline"
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Micah Claire's 4th birthday is still a week away but we had her party today. Her birthday is always on Labor Day weekend and her friends are usually out of town and can't make her party; so this year we moved it up so they could all come.IDK why this picture is sideways...uhhh.. but anyways I was super proud of myself and MC for making these Minnie Mouse invitations. It took a lot longer to get it all together and get it made so we only had time to make them for the kidos at school. MC was so proud of them! We glittered all the kids' names on the ears of the invitations.
She couldn't wait to get near it!
And of course Ms. Kayln.... MC's best buddy!